Missionaries Listed for Board in North China Regions
A roster of American Board missionaries in North China with postings around Pekin Tianjin Pang Chuang Tung-Chao Kalgan Paoting Fu Linching and Linching. The list names Rev C E Ewing Miss Ada Haven Miss Virginia Murdock Miss Frances Patterson and many others including H B Porter Galt Goodrich Ingram Wilder Smith and Chapin among others working in various postings near Pekin and adjacent districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
American Board
North China
William
D. D
C. E. Ewing
Bessie G. Ewing
Ada Haven
Virginia C. Murdock, M
Pang Chuang
Pekin
Henry D. Porter
Emma D. Smith
Mary H. Porter
Gertrude Wyckoff
Arthur H. Smith
Grace Wyckoff
Ament
Mary A. Penfield
Oberlin
Charles E
Bessie (Goodyear) Ewing
Ewing
Edward C. Ewing
Roxbury
Mass
Enfield
Amherst College
Yale Theological Seminary
Danvers
Mission Field
Chicago
Bloomington
Ill
Frances B. Patterson
Knox College
Bible Institute of Chicago
Nellie N. Russell
Tonagon
Mich
Northfield Seminary
Orthfield
Miss Russell
San Francisco
China
Elizabeth M. Sheffield
Z. Sheffield
Tung Cho
Miss Ge
Oberlin College
Missionaries at Tien Tsin Survive Massacre Despatch
A despatch to Dr. A B Leonard states that several Methodist missionaries in Tien Tsin survived the massacre. Names include Rev Frederick Brown S N Hopkins M T, Rev H E King and others with detailed biographical notes on William S Ament and Mrs Mary L Mateer among the American board of missions members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Leonard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tien Tsin
Frederick Brown
S. N. Hopkins
M. T
H. E. King
Leonard
American Board of Missionaries
William 8. Ament
Owosso
Mich
Oberlin College
Union Seminary
Andover
Mass
Ament
Congregational
Calumet
Hancock
San Francisco
Mary L. (Sellers) Mateer
St. Thomas
Penn
Fayetteville Academy
Chambersburg Seminary
Pennsylvania
Mateer
China
Presbyterian Board
Beulah
Cal
Natural Science
Wilson
Col
James H. Roberts
Losses at Tien Tsun in China War News
In the House of Commons Mr William St John Brodrick said no news from Pekin or Admiral Seymour. A June 18 report from Tien Tsin via Taku described attacks repulsed while Chinese shelled the foreign settlement. Allied forces including Austrians British Germans Italians and Russians fought June 17. Casualties were reported across British German Italian and Russian units. Reinforcements were requested and government plans to augment China troops were announced.
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London
House of Commons
William St. John Brodrick
Foreign Office
Pekin
Seymour
Runner
Tien Tsin
Taku
Bek
Chinese Military College
Brit&h
R. Brodrick
Bruce
Chefu
Fusiliers
Relief for Tien Tsin as mixed force departs Taku forts
A Taku despatch dated yesterday reports an international column of British Russian and Japanese troops leaving Taku for Tien Tsin. An Italian detachment will stay to guard the Italian flag, hoisted over the forts, with no Italian losses in the forts’ capture. German reinforcements from Kiao Chou and British reinforcements from Kiong Kong have arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Taku
Tien Tsin
Kiao Chou
Kiong Kong
Ti en Tsin City Under Heavy Bombardment and Its Trade
Ti en Tsin, a major North China commercial city of about one million people, endures fierce bombardment. It rivals Philadelphia in size and ships hog bristles to Boston for brushes. English and French concessions sprawl amid well kept, hide streets and numerous foreign buildings and warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Tung Chau
Gulf of Pechin
Pei Ho
The
Gulf
Eminent Missionaries and Industrial Notes From Oberlin to Tien Tsin
The report lists missionary families and birthplaces with dates from Oberlin to Enfield and Brookline and notes a new American woollen mill in China powered by Westinghouse equipment. It describes Tien Tsin as a key port with rail links to Pekin, Taku, Lins, and Shanhaikwan, plus telegraphic lines and growing foreign commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Taku
Lins
Shanhatkwan
Kaiping
Petang
Postum Cereal Ad Claims Coffee Triggers Paralysis
An advertisement claims coffee caused paralysis and other nerve troubles, and that switching to Postum Food Coffee rebuilt nerve centers. The tester, identified only as Morrow, urges others to stop coffee and use Postum, noting rapid improvement after ceasing coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Cereal Co.Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Famed in Fight and Fiction: Major Waller Tas Valor
A Post reporter learns of Major Littleton Waller of the U S Marines, now in joint command with Admiral Seymour in China, with a friend recounting his daring career from Alexandria in the 1860s aboard the gunboat Quinnabaug and actions against British forces.
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Yankeeland
Littleton Waller Taswell Waler
United States
Admiral Seymour
China
Waller
Post
Alexandria
Bride-Elect Shoots Herself Hours Before Wedding
Dora Coulter a Roxbury girl 23 attempted suicide at her home on 2022 Washington Street Roxbury shortly after 1 AM. She used a 38 caliber revolver shooting her abdomen the bullet exited below the left side. Dr Nutley took her to City Hospital where she rested comfortably and was expected to recover. Friends say she was to marry today to a man named Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doers Coulter
Washington Street
Roxbury
Hergalf
Nutley
Shawmut Avenue
City Hospital
Miss Coulter
Fitzgerald
Survivors Saved and Twenty Four Missionaries Murdered in Tien Tsin
Report states only those saved are aboard the cable ship while the remaining twenty four missionaries in Tien Tsin were killed by Boxers. Among the dead are women including five from the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society and members of the Hayner Pike Hopkins and Brown families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Hayner
Pike
Hopkins
Brown
Foreigners Suffer in Tien Tsin Bombardment
A Shanghai despatch reported by the US gunboat Nashville states the foreign quarter at Tien Tsin was shelled Monday and Tuesday by Generals Nieh Tung Fuh Siang Kang Su and Yuan Shu Kai. The foreign residents are confined to a restricted district with scarce food and water, and have suffered greatly. Tong-Shan mines at Pie-Tai-Ho were abandoned as Kotera flooded the mines and ruined the machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shanghai
United States
Nashville
Che- Foo
Tien Tsin
Nieh
Tung Fuh Siang
Kang Su
Yuan Shu Kai
Tong-Shan
Pie-Tai-Ho
Kotera
Casualty List From General MacArthur On June 7
Washington June 22 General Mac Arthur cables the War Department a casualty list including Killed: Albert M Dennehey and George D McClure of the Twenty sixth Infantry. Wounded: Thomas Gavignal Peter Dutton Charles K Osgood John Norton Fred Myers of the Twenty sixth Infantry with injuries ranging from severe to slight. The report cites locations in Panay and Samar and dates May 1 to June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Albert M. Dennehey
Santa Cruz
Eganay
George D. McClure
Dumengac
Panay
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Thomas Gavignal
Baratoo
Peter Dutton
Charles K. Osgood
John Norton
Catarman
Samaan
Fred Myers
Death of Augustus Lowell in Brookline
Augustus Lowell, notable K line and Boston citizen, died at his Brookline summer home at 10:30 yesterday morning. Funeral will be held at his residence on Monday. He was a trustee of the Lowell Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Lowell
Kline
Boston
Brookline
Warren and
Heath Streets
Lowell
Major Waller Hero of Two Sides Battle
In a bold Civil War era maneuver, Major Waller with twenty five American marines encircled the town plaza while British troops suffered heavy losses. The feat, recounted by Archibald Gunter, elevates Waller to celebrated status in both ranks and literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Beresford
Tony
Waller
Archibald Clavering Gunter
Mr. Potter
Exas
Major Waller
Norfolk
Virginia
Missionaries perhaps killed cable from China shock
Leonard secretary of the Methodist Foreign Mission Society in this city received a cable from China reporting Tien Tsin bombardment and Pekin in a serious condition with hurried and unclear wording about Hopkins and Brown.
Harvard-educated scholar with Boston ties dies at home
The obituary notes the death of a Harvard graduate and longtime resident at 171 Commonwealth Avenue. Survived by wife Miss Lawrence of Boston and five children Percival, A Lawrence, Mrs Alfred Roosevelt, Mrs William L Putnam, and Miss Amy Lowell. he was a class of 185 and A M degree recipient, vice president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Massachusetts Historical Society member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tute
Commonwealth Avenue
Harvard University
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Massachusetts Historical Society
Lawrence
Boston
Percival
A. Lawrence
Alfred Roosevelt
William L. Putnam
Amy Lowell
Emmets Forfeit Planned for July 7 Gaelic Match
Emmet Gaelic footballers of Chelsea posted a forfeit to bind a match with the Redmonds of Somerville at Everett Athletic grounds on July 7. Purse set at 100 dollars aside plus gate receipts. Redmonds reps were present but asked for time to consider. Garryowens to meet at 58 Hanover Street to arrange Emmets clash with Redmonds at New Downer Landing July 4 tied to Clan-na-Gael picnic.
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Emmet
Chelsea
Post
Redmonds
Somerville
Everett Athletic Grounds
Garryowens
Hanover Street
Emmets
New Downer Landing
Clan-na-Gael
Boy Trader Arrested for Stealing Lead Pipe
Michael Chincilla a 12 year old resident of 20 Norman Street was caught in the act of taking lead pipe and old betties from the Cushing House on Howard Street by Division 3 officers. He and several others entered the building from the rear but escaped before officers arrived. he is to appear in court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Chincilla
Norman Street
Chincilla
Division 3
Cushing House
Howard Street
Esca
Iera
Chineilla W
State Hosts Warships Officers at Algonquin Dinner
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts hosted a brilliant dinner at the Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue for officers of the North Atlantic squadron now in harbor. Admiral Farquhar and 28 fleet officers attended along with Hartford navy yard officers, city officials, Governor Crane, and Major Hart.
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Algonquin Club
Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
North Atlantic Squadron
Admiral Farquhar
Hartford
Navy Yard
Crane
Hart
Commonwealth
Farquhar
North Atlantic
Birthday reception for Miss Fthel Rita Phipps at East Rose ton
Mrs Seymour J Nealis hosted a pretty birthday reception at 174 Lexington Street East RoSoft ton in honor of her sister Miss Fthel Rita Phipps. Guests included Miss Gertrude A Levering of Somerville. Phipps wore white organdie lace and satin trimmings. table flowers featured sweet peas ferns and pinks. the evening included music reading and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour J. Nealis
Fthel Rita Phipps
Lexington Street
East Roseton
Rene Kilburn
Keey Phipps
Harvard Dental School class of 97 annual dinner at Parker House
The class of 1897 at Harvard Dental School held its annual dinner at the Parker House last evening with fifteen in attendance. H. W. Estey presided as officers were chosen: G. A. Warren president, T. J. Fonce and Clarence Vaughn vice presidents, T. J. Lee secretary, and J. Coxester treasurer. Papers were read by F. H. Harding, Frank Yee, and H. C. Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Dental School
Parker House
H. W. Estey
F. H. Harding
Frank Yee
H. C. Spencer
G. A. Warren
T. J. Fonce
Clarence Vaughn
T. J. Lee
J. Coxester
Poole Speaks After Injury On Au Dubon Road
Harold Poole, a sailor boy injured on Au dubon Road admits he does not know what happened. He spoke to a nurse at City Hospital and then again lapsed into a semi conscious state. He is improving yet remains on the dangerous list. Friends and police hope his continued recovery will yield details of the mysterious assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Poole
Audubon Road
Soong
Poole
Italians Fight With Bottles In North End Brawl
Louis Natiel of 16 Greenough lane and Saverio Monico of 33 Sheafe street clashed over beer in Greenough lane North End. They used bottles as weapons, Natiel suffering three severe scalp wounds and Monico a right leg fracture below the knee. Dr Dunn treated both at Station 1. Natiel was jailed while Monico was sent to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Natiel
Greenough Lane
Saverio Monico
Sheafe Street
Sunny Italy
North End
Natiel
Monico
Dunn
Quiet day as St. Louis transit strike continues
ST LOUIS CARS RUNWING reports a calm day with no violence as the transit strike proceeds. Cars operated on every division without incident and police say no violence occurred by late tonight. The Board of Police Commissioners orders reduce the posse to 600 men under Sheriff Postleman.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Board of Police Commissioners
Postleman
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U.S
Boxer
Pekin and
Mary L. Mateer
Mary EB. Andrews
Abbie G. Chapin
Jane G. Evans
Rev. Howards. Galt
Louise A. Galt
Chauncey Goodrich
Sarah B. Goodrich
Kalgan
William P. Sprague
Mark Williams
Viette J. Sprague
Engh
G. H. Ewing
Sarah H. Ewing
Annie A. Gould
Mary S. Morrill
Horace T. Pitkin
Lin Ching
F. M. Chapin
H. P. Perkins
Flora M. Chapin
Estella L. Perkins
Methodist
Ing
G. R. Davis
W. T. Hobart
Edna G. Terry
M. D
Tsanhua
Rachael R. Benn
J. Victor Martin
J. H. Pyke
W. F. Walker
D.D
Ida M. Stevenson
Miranda Croucher
Tsinhua
Mary E. Shockley
Lord Roberts
City
Dr. Hopkins
Professor Headland
United States Legation
At Kalgan
Conn
Yale College
Roberts
Frances D. Wilder
Mary
Stanley) Gammon
Charles F
American Bible Society of New York
Portland
Westinghouse
Harrisburg
Laclede Barron
Ella Glover
Marine Corps
New Milee Conn
Dora Coulter
Volver
Edna G.’ Terry, M. D
Mrs. Nealis
Dental School
Mineola
New York
Seaway Corinthian Regatts
August Belmont
Core Relive
Vanderbilt
Rainbow
W. K Vanderbilt, Jr
SAIL
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