Beef Packers in Chicago Cut Prices Boost Retail Outlook
A Chicago price list cut dress beef by a half cent on high cuts and a quarter cent on low cuts, prompting Boston retailers to anticipate immediate price drops. Swift wholesale figures show declines of 50 to 100 cents per hundredweight, with retailers waiting for further wholesale adjustments. Lamb prices fell to 11–12 cents a pound, signaling broader retail declines as hot weather pressures the market.
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Chicago
Boston
Swift
President backs Butler for Westerly postmaster nomination
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles J. Butler for postmaster of Westerly Rhode Island in a routine executive action dated June 24.
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Washington
Senate
Charles J. Butler
Westerly
R. I
Travels 7000 Miles To Wed In Turkey Love
Jacob Hallejian of 65 Dartmouth Street and Rachal Kechijian wed yesterday as the steamer Zeeland arrived in Boston ending a 7000 mile journey. They fell in love after correspondence started two years earlier and after Hallejian requested the marriage eight months ago, his betrothal was announced by his father in Aintob Turkey.
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Jacob Hallejian
Dartmouth Street
Rachal Kechijian
Turkey
Zeeland
Boston
Hallesian
America
Aintob
Tercentennial Baptism of Chief Menbertou Celebrated
Restigouche N B June 24 St John Day observed with an elaborate religious celebration marking the 300th anniversary of Chief Menbertou first Micmac convert to Christianity. Representatives from major Roman Catholic orders and high church dignitaries attended.
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Restigouche
N. B
St. John’s Day
Menbertou
North American
Sergeant Angell Promoted to Inspector Title
Sergeant Gilbert H Angell is promoted to inspector by Commissioner O Meara. The promotion follows the retirement of Inspector Robinson.
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G. H. Angell
Gilbert H. Angell
O'Meara
Inspector Robinson
Fishermen Survive Battle With 500 Pound Man Eater Shark
Damiano and Guiseppi Cardenale were attacked by a monster shark while fishing off the banks in their power boat Maria. After a two hour struggle for life they brought the 10 foot, 500 pound shark carcass to the Eastern Packet pier yesterday.
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Damiano and
Guiseppi Cardenale
Maria
Fishermen Slay Giant Shark After Two Hour Battle
Early yesterday two men hauling trawls battled a monster shark that attacked their small boat twice. They repelled each strike with a pole and gaff until Giuseppi lunged overboard and stabbed the shark, killing it after a two hour struggle. The carcass was hauled aboard and viewed by hundreds of spectators.
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Giuseppi
Adams School to Be Renamed Commodore Barry Samuel Adams School
The last class from Adams Grammar School in East Boston graduated yesterday. Next year the Adams School becomes Commodore Barry School. A new Webster Street building will be ready around January 1 and named Samuel Adams School.
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Adams School
Adams Grammar School
East Boston
Commodore Barry
Webster Street
Samuel Adams School
Russell or Stokes to Lead Socialists
At Socialist headquarters in New York the party announced that its State convention will be held tomorrow in Schenectady. Charles Edward Russell, magazine writer, will be put forward for Governor and another possible nominee is J G Phelps Stokes.
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New York
Socialist
Schenectady
Charles Edward Russell
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Wholesome Tonic Relieves Exhaustion Quickly
Horsford's Acid Phosphate advertised as a remedy for fatigue from summer heat overwork or insomnia. The brief ode presents the tonic as a fast-acting aid to restore energy.
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Horsford
Tafts Enjoy Day of Rest in Beverly
Mrs William Howard Taft and her children spent a quiet day in Beverly with shopping and auto rides. Robert Taft golfed and played tennis at Essex County Club. Charley Taft visited his dory Bandit and viewed repairs before a possible visit by the President early next week.
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William Howard Taft
Robert Taft
Essex County Club
Roosevelt
Taft
Charley
Dory
Bandit
Dick Hammond
John Hays Hammond
Evans Cottage
Taft Home
Executive Office
Executive Department
Board of Trade
Corner-stone to be laid for Atlantic Memorial Church
The Atlantic Memorial Congregational Church corner-stone will be laid tomorrow at 4 pm on the old site. The granite and concrete building will cost 15000 and be among Greater Boston’s finest churches. Rev. William B Ayers and Rev. Edward A Chase will lead scripture and prayer at Sunday services.
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Atlantic Memorial Congregational Church
Boston
William B. Ayers
Park and Downs
Fined for Burning Building Faces $2500 Penalty
Morris Rudnick, Benjamin Davis, and Michael Rudnick were fined $2500 each after pleading guilty to burning a building on Summer Street. The blaze caused extensive damage and led to insurance claims.
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Morris Rudnick
Benjamin
Davis
Michael Rudnick
Summer Street
Michae
Prudnick
Two Girls Locked In Car After Being Shot
Two unconscious Italian girls were found in a freight refrigerator car on the Lackawanna line at Seacaucus New Jersey near Hoboken. They had been shot in Buffalo Tuesday afternoon by malicious boys and traveled without food or water. They were taken to Y M C A headquarters in Hoboken where stimulants revived them.
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New York
Lackawanna
Seacaucus
N. J
Hoboken
Buffalo
Girls Entombed in Moving Car Rescued After 72 Hours
Mary Monia aged 10 and Nunzia Bifulco aged 8 from Buffalo vanished after visiting a freight yard. Police alerted railroad authorities. a long search among cars found them alive in a barrelling car after 72 hours. Physicians call their survival remarkable. The children were lured by promises of bananas.
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Mary Monia
Nunzia Bifulco
Buffalo
Sec Navy Hosts Italian Duke for Four Month Stay
Duke Michael Angelo Caetani, senior in Italian peerage, visits Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer at his Hamilton home for a day or two. He will then go West to his brother’s mining interests and remain in the United States about four months.
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Duke Michael Angelo Caetani
Italy
George Vonl. Meyer
Hamilton
Von.l. Meyer
West
Derrick's Fall Kills Franklin Boy on Highway Work
Thomas Burleigh twelve year old son of Harry W Burleigh was instantly killed when a derrick top fell as a guy rope parted during highway construction near Franklin New Hampshire. The accident occurred as the boy watched from a yard near his home.
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Franklin
N. H
Thomas Burleigh
Harry W. Burleigh
Westward Wins Krupp Prize In Kiel Regatta
In Kiel on June 24 the American schooner Westward owned by Alexander S. Cochran of New York won the Krupp memorial prize in the regatta. Westward beat Emperor William's Meteor by half an hour over 23 miles with the Emperor at the wheel. The Hamburg, once the Rain Bow, placed third. Germania and Cicely did not finish.
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Kiel
Westward
Alexander S. Cochran
New York
Emperor William
Emperor
Hamburg
Rainbow
Norddeutscher Reggatta Verein
Germania
Krupp von Bohlen
Halbach
Cicely
Westward Triumph Leads From Start To Finish In Calm Race
Captain Charley Barr sailed the Westward with a skilled crew to outpace all rivals. The course faced a near calm and heavy rain. Emperor William took the Meteor for a nine hour voyage as the sail race unfolded.
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Charley Barr
Emperor William
Imperial Regatta Week Opens With Royal Yacht Attendance
The Pea Monaco and Crown Princess Frederick William followed by Iduna, while Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia and Princes Waldemar and Sigismund rode the Carmen. Emperor William hosts a dinner on Hohenzollen for the royal party as David Jayne Hill and Mrs Hill arrive to observe regatta events aboard Oceana. The emperor's personal participation injects new life into the annual races.
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Monaco
Frederick William
Henry
Prussia
Waldemar
Sigismund
William
Hohenzollern
Herr Bahin
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