Port Arthur Battle Reports Grounded Russian Ship
A June report from LONDON states a great naval battle at Port Arthur left one Russian battleship sunk and another grounded, with a cruiser damaged. Rumors say Russian ships attacked Jop torpedo boats decoys, while Japanese forces suffered minimal damage.
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London
Port Arthur
Tokio
Togo
Sevastopol
Liaoyang
Oku
Kuroki
Varangon
ST. Petersburg
Sakharoff
Senuchen
Siangpaitse
Tangtsin
Litsiatung
Yongtsanatung
Wanetsiaoshang
Tavaja
Kantak River
Siugen
Haicheng
Engberts
Anitchkoff
Perdicaris Free and Home Again Returns to Tangier
Ian Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley arrived in Tangier after capital imprisonment by Raisuli. Perdicaris, exhausted yet relieved, praised the townspeople and his captor’s mercy while Varley appeared cheerful. The release followed intense negotiations with shereefs Mulai Ali and Mulai Hamet aiding in securing safe passage and safe return.
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Tangier
Ian Perdicaris
Cromwell Varley
Raisuli
Perdicaris
Wazan
Mulai Ali
Mulai Hamet
Benairos
Drowning Lad Saved By Boys From North End Park
Two 13 year olds, Martin Connolly and Morgan Kane of North End, plunged into North End Park water to save Harold Crofts, a 5 year old from 39 Charter Street. They swam with him, lifted him from the water, and the crowd cheered as the boy was rescued. The rescuers then returned the child to his home, warning him not to repeat the danger.
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Martin Connolly
Morgan Kane
North End
North End Park
Harold Crofts
Charter Street
Crofts
Connolly
Commercial Street
Kane
Henchman Street
Harold
Harvard Class Day Gala Draws 50 000 to Fairyland Yard
Harvard marked its most glorious class day as 50 000 people wandered the yard for hours. Lights gowns and music turned the campus into a fairyland with Alice Roosevelt among the guests. The day featured prayers at Appleton Chapel a Sanders Theatre program and lavish spreads before a stadium march led by Evert Wendell and the graduate band.
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Harvard
College Yard
Glee Club
Gayety
Alice Roosevelt
Holworthy Hall
Appleton Chapel
James A. Burgess
Carl Marshall
Edgar C. Rust
Sanders Theatre
Evert Wendell
Quiet Fourth Debate Divides Boston Officials and Citizens
Judge Emmons urges no firecrackers before the Fourth as discussions ripple through Boston. Opinions split among city leaders and residents with Meyer Bloomfield praising the tradition and others like John P. Whitman and F C Tupper supporting late or daytime celebrations.
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F. C. Tupper
Brighton High School
Woodell
Brookline Educational Society
Dillon
Chelsea Boys’ Club
A. H. Nazarian
Mt. Bellingham
Roxbury
Emmons
Theodore A. Glynn
Roxbury Associates
Fire Devastates Hoo-Hoo Structure At World’s Fair
From St Louis dated June 24 a pair of mysterious fires swept the grounds of the World’s Fair destroying the ornate Hoo-Hoo structure on the Plateau of the States and threatening adjacent Texas and other pavilions. Loss runs about 60000 with 20000 insurance. Five occupants escaped by climbing from a second floor and about 50 black cats were left as guests of honor as the blaze possibly began from an electric light wire.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Dorchester man dies by own act in Neponset River
Albert Holmes 21 of 21 Rosewood Street Dorchester ended his life in the Neponset River during a fugitive moment of insanity. His body was recovered on the Milton shore yesterday afternoon by Metropolitan Park Police rescuers.
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Albert Holmes
Rosewood Street
Dorchester
Neponset River
Milton Shore
Metropolitan Park Police
Hurled 20 Feet by Locomotive in City Station
Albert H. Munroe a South Station baggage porter was hurled twenty feet by a locomotive while guiding a truck at the edge of the platform. He lay in a serious condition at City Hospital as fellow worker acted quickly to pull him clear before the east bound train passed.
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Albert H. Munroe
City Hospital
Munroe
Paris Says Loomis Is Found
Paris dispatch states Kent J. Loomis brother of the American assistant secretary of state has reappeared in Paris and left for Northeast Africa this evening. He was accompanied by Mr Collins, son of a prominent American journalist.
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London
Paris
Kent J. Loomis
Loomis
Africa
Collins
Man Shot by His Own Revolver in Roxbury
James Hinchey aged 30 of 53 Whitney Street Roxbury was injured when his revolver discharged after falling from his hip pocket while chasing a car near Roxbury Crossing. He was rushed by Division 10 ambulance to City Hospital for treatment.
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James Hinchey
Whitney Street
Roxbury
Hinchey
City Hospital
Fair Local Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
Boston area forecast calls for fair weather with sunny skies on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures should remain mild with light winds across the city and nearby suburbs.
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Boston and Vicinity
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Boosts Spirits and Sleep
Individuals feeling low in spirits and nervous from smoking and drinking are urged to take Horsford's Acid Phosphate. It is claimed to cure dull headache, improve mood, relieve exhaustion, and induce restful sleep.
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Horsford
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