Which college football eleven is champion 1908
The essay weighs Harvard Penn Yale as East champions with Harvard gaining favor after a key win over Yale. It recounts points for and against each team, noting Pennsylvanias remaining game and the strength of opponents. It discusses goal line crosses and criticizes or supports contenders based on scoring margins and opponents faced.
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Harvard
Pennsylvania
Yale
Crimson
Pennsy
Middies
Carlisle Indians
Quakers
Navy
Brown
Princeton
Carlisle
Michigan
Dublin Summer Hotel Burns In Grand Fire
A large fire in Dublin New Hampshire destroyed the Leffingwell House a premier summer hotel in the state its annex and stable and also consumed the Unitarian parsonage where Rev J L Seward D D resided the blaze lit by Monadnock Mountain upstate New England with Vermont as a distant witness and caused extensive spectacle and alarm in the town
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Dublin
N. H
Vermont
Defer Parliament as People Reject Constitution
A ruler cites the people's will against a constitutional parliament. Clergy warn Parliament would breach Islamic law, so future establishment is ruled out. Yet orders are given to uphold justice and protect subjects’ rights against evildoers. The ecclesiastical body is summoned to publicize the resolve.
Oxford Boy First to Go Through Ice
Clarence Stanley 14 son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Stanley of Oxford became the first winter incident saved from icy waters at Barber pond when he fell through while teetering on thin ice. James R Foster rescued him from drowning.
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Oxford
Clarence Stanley
Charles H. Stanley
Barber Pond
Stanley
James R. Foster
Fire Strikes Town Wrecking Hotel and Parsonage
Direct flames engulfed the town library, town hall, stores, and homes as a drought hindered local firefighting. Aid from Peterboro Marlboro and Harrisville helped control the blaze with chemicals. Leffingwell Hotel property losses reach 25000 with partial coverage. Unitarian parsonage destroyed, few furnishings saved, house loss about 2500.
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Peterboro
Marlboro
Harrisville
Leffingwell
Unitarian Parsonage
Austria Hungary Breaks Off Talks With Turkey Over Bosnia
Austria Hungary refuses further negotiations with Turkey until the Ottoman boycott of its ships and goods ends. Baron von Aehrenthal warned that any Turkish effort to coerce Serbia or Montenegro would be a casus belli. Troops are concentrated and gunboats ready to move to Semlin to control Belgrade.
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Berlin
Austria- Hungary
Turkey
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Baron von Aehrenthal
Servia
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Semlin
Belgrade
Lung Eure Promises Quick Cure for Threatened Lung Troubles
Advertisements claim Lung Eure rapidly cures throat and lung troubles, promising quick relief from coughs and breathing issues with herbal ingredients and unspecified remedies.
Carnegie urges tariff shift on manufactured goods
Andrew Carnegie writes in Century Magazine that infant industries no longer need protection. He says steel and other industries have grown and that tariffs on luxuries should stay, but duties on manufactured goods should be greatly reduced or abolished when unnecessary.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Century Magazine
Carnegie
Congress
Carnegie on Tariff Views And the Dingley Era
The article reviews tariff policy from Dingley to present, arguing tariffs should shift to revenue use rather than protection. Carnegie asserts the U S has mature industries and must gradually reduce duties while preserving security needs, urging a non revolutionary pace and stressing revenue as the main driver for Congress.
Roxbury Family Flee Fire at 8 Plant Avenue
The Werner family at 8 Plant Avenue Roxbury escaped into the street in night clothes after a third floor blaze broke out shortly after 1 am. The damage was listed at $200 and the building is owned by the George Von Meyer estate.
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Michael Werner
Plant Avenue
Roxbury
George von Meyer
Incendiary Fires Reported in Newton Centre
Two fires of suspected incendiary origin struck Newton Centre within 48 hours. A blaze at Thomas F. Drennan’s residence at 10 Beecher Place caused about 600 dollars in damage. Another fire damaged the carriage shed behind Edward Hickey’s home at 73 Beecher Place with only slight damage.
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Newton
Newton Centre
Thomas F. Drennan
Beecher Place
Edward Hickey
King Edward Receives Cullinan Diamond at Windsor
King Edward and the Queen were presented the Cullinan diamond by Mr Ascher at Windsor Castle. The gem was cut by Ascher's company after being given to the King on his birthday last year as a gift from South Africa.
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London
Edward
Windsor Castle
Ascher
South Africa
Clothing in Flames
Miss Hazel Cooper teacher at Brockton High School narrowly escaped severe burns when flames broke out in her father James A. Cooper’s home. Her hair and clothing ignited as she tried to smother the blaze with a rug and her mother wrapped the rug around her to smother the flames.
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Brockton
Hazel Cooper
Brockton High School
James A. Cooper
Miss Cooper Burned In Street Hair Singed By Runaway Truck
Miss Cooper aged nineteen suffered hair singeing and facial and neck burns as two women narrowly avoided being struck by Hose Wagon 5 during a street incident at Belmont and Martin. Driver John Parker was thrown when the horses crashed into an electric light pole. he sustained bruises and cuts but recovered at home. The two horses were badly bruised yet expected to recover in weeks.
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Miss Cooper
John Parker
Hose Wagon 5
Belmont and
Martin Streets
Parker
Fire damages five story Atlantic avenue building
A morning blaze on Atlantic avenue gutted the upper floor of a five story brick building at 367 369 Atlantic avenue, causing 1500 in damage. Patrolman Lane found the fire at 1240. Alden Speare Sons Co occupied the premises. Firefighters battled smoke and flames for about 30 minutes. Spontaneous combustion is suspected.
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Atlantic Avenue
Alden Speare & Sons Company
Cork Birthplace of Penn Stirs Irish History Talk
William J. Walshe told Paine Memorial Hall that Penn was born in Cork Ireland, recalling the Magoon castle birthplace as opposed to England. In New York a collision between the Admiral Dewey and the Mt Desert endangered 500 people, with Captains Davidson and Beebe guiding passengers to safety aided by Lt. Belton and Capt. Hayes.
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New York Harbor
Boston Public Schools
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Cork
Ireland
William J. Walshe
Thomas Francis Meagher
Paine Memorial Hall
Magoon
England
Mr. Walshe
Allen
Larkin
O’brien
Walshe
New York
Jamaica
Mt. Desert
Bay Ridge
Kingston
Captain Davidson
Admiral Dewey
Davidson
Bay
Captain Beebe
Cornelius J. Hayes
Samuel G. Belton
City Police Department
Belton
Hayes
Walshe recalls William Penn and Irish-born claim
Mr. Walshe cites the William Penn incident as evidence of Irish birth and extraction being misrepresented. He recounts the Manchester execution linked to Fenian rescue, noting Kelly and Deasy fled, Captain Brett died, and Allen Larkin and O’Brien were hanged for Brett’s death amid dispute over evidence and alibis. Ireland honors the trio as patriots and martyrs.
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Trelatin
Walshe
William Penn
Mr. Walshe
Manchester
Ireland
Fenian Brotherhood
Brett
Kelly
Deasy
Allen
Larkin
O’brien
England
United States
Steamers Prolific in Boston Harbor
The Admiral Dewey and the Mt Desert are familiar Boston water front steamers. The Dewey sails regularly between this port and Jamaica from Long wharf and has a reputation for being involved in exciting adventures and several collisions in the lower harbor. The Mt Desert also plied between Boston and Nahant for several seasons.
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Boston
Jamaica
Long Wharf
Nahant
New England Forecast Warm Interior Then Rainy Colder
The forecast covers New England with fair weather on Monday and warmer conditions inland. Tuesday brings rain and a drop in temperatures, especially at night in the western areas, with light to fresh south winds throughout the region.
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Washington
New England
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