Used Cheney name to swindle stagegirls in New York case
New York October 2 Henry W Savages detectives traced a gang using the name Frank P Cheney claiming to be nephew of Millionaire B P Cheney wife of Julia Arthur led the operation. They lured chorus girls with fake contracts demanding five dollars for a lower berth before any agreement. Police connected a Philadelphia purse theft to Charles B Castleman tied to the Chicago swindle network and Savage plans to punish the offenders.
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New York
Henry W. Savage
Frank P. Cheney
B. P. Cheney
Julia Arthur
Mr. Savage
Chicago
Savage
Women Barred From Cranstock Church Over Hats
London Oct 2 The no hat movement reaches Cranstock where the vicar posts a circular urging hatless ladies to cover heads or refrain from entering. A woman attended service with head uncovered and was asked to place a hat on. Detectives later restrained a girl who shouted There’s the Chicago fire as she smashed a window and injured her hand. She is in a padded cell and described as crazy since the Iroquois fire.
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London
Newquay
Cornwall
Cranstock
House of God
Theatre Escapade Ends With Pursuit Across Stage
In Duluth on October 2, Hil da Olein bursts past the doorkeeper and confronts a scene on stage in a dramatic moment captured in a theater. The lively incident unfolds with a bold brush past and a sudden pursuit that echoes a playful confrontation.
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Duluth
Hilda Olein
Rural phones lure rich husbands for operators
In Aurora, Oct 2, farmers wed central girls whose voices travel the long rural lines. One night central has married a landowner worth $100 an acre from a good family and with enough property to retire in 10 years. The Aurora office manager says the voice on the wire sparks wooing, claiming the country telephone exchange acts as a marriage recruiting office.
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Aurora
Central
West
Country Telephone Exchange
Donts for Black-Eyed Girls on Flirting Question
Professor Robert L. Cumnock of Northwestern University Chicago spoke to his class of young women about flirting. He warned black eyed girls to avoid attention from men, avoid strolling with multiple escorts, and not to attract or speak to men they do not know.
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Robert L. Cumnock
Northwestern University
Chicago
Hoar’s Body To Lie In State At City Hall
Hale and the Rev Rush R Shippen of Brockton will announce the lying in state of Hoar. Body will lie in state at Worcester City Hall from 4 to 8.
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Hale
Rush R. Shippen
Brockton
Worcester City Hall
City Hall
State Mutual Life Insurance
Worcester County Savings Bank
Worcester Hoe Hoar Rites Mark State Tribute
Worcester mourns Senator George Frisbie Hoar with dignified funeral services and public viewing at City Hall. Delegations from Washington and Massachusetts join Mayors and officials in honoring the Worcester statesman whose life united diverse faiths and communities.
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John I. Bates
Massachusetts
Washington
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Worcester
Senator Hoar
Stolen silver regime robs Roxbury bachelor quarters
A multi item burglary at Alexander Reid's Linwood square home yielded two solid silver tea sets two dozen forks three dozen knives one dozen oyster forks one dozen souvenir spoons two cut glass decanters solid silver settings and other silver table furnishings valued at about 2000 dollars plus two overcoats. The thieves left a single jimmy clue and escaped before dawn amid signs of professional planning.
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Roxbury
Alexander Reid
Linwood Square
Reid
Concord Plans Quiet Simple Burial Service
Senator Hoars body will arrive from Worcester at 1 19 pm Tuesday and be taken to the First Parish Unitarian Church for a brief simple service at 2 15 pm conducted by Rev Loren B Macdonald with Colonel Richard F Barrett and town officials assisting. Music by a quartet. Body to lie in state an hour then interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in the family lot.
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City Hall
Concord
Sleepy Hollow
Worcester
Vincent E. Tomlinson
Universalist Church
George Frisbie Hoar
St. Paul's Catholic Church
John Power
Senator Hoar
First Parish Unitarian Church
Loren B. Macdonald
Richard F. Barrett
John M. Keyes
R. M. Hall
Stedman Buttrick
E. J. Bartlett
Charles W. Prescott
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Republican Club Funeral Delegation Named
The Republican Club of Massachusetts appoints Eben Draper Frank L. Dean Weston K. Lewis George G. Crocker and Colonel Wills b Sohler to attend the funeral of Senator George F Hoar.
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The
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
George F. Hoar
Eben 8. Draper
Frank L. Dean
Weston K. Lewis
Wills B. Sohler
Hibernians Pay Tribute to Hoar in Charlestown
Division 1 A O H met in Roughan Halls Charlestown with over 400 present to adopt resolutions mourning the death of Senator George Frisbie Hoar. The statements called Hoar America’s greatest statesman and praised his lifelong friendship with the Irish race and his stand against Know Nothingism.
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Roughan Halls
Charlestown
Senator Hoar
Order of Hibernians
America
George Frisbie Hoar
Hoar
Robert C. Winthrop
American eagle on the housetop quote shifts to justice
The remark champions fair play and justice over narrow A. P. A. principles once dominant in the state, venerating the American eagle in sunlight rather than a blind bat in a cellar.
Oppressed Races in Mourning for Hoar
A letter from Naz. Kyan of Cambridge mourns Senator Hoar as a great loss to Armenia and humanity. It lauds his life of liberty advocacy and notes his death while affirming his lasting legacy in the hearts of liberty lovers.
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Metcalf
Senator Hoar
Armenia
America
Naz. Kyan
Thorndike Street
Cambridge
Friends Present Swartz with Diamond Ring
Friends of Harris Swartz the West End liquor dealer surprised him at 34 McLean Street on his return from Europe by presenting a diamond ring. R. Gandy spoke, with supper guided by toast master F D Fuchs. Guests included P. McCormick, W. Welsh, Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs, and many Swartz and Gandy relatives.
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Harris Swartz
West End
McLean Street
Messrs
H. Finkelstein
F. D. Fuchs
P. McCormick
Massachusetts Breweries
W. Welsh
Southern Brewing Company
Fuchs
A. Miller
R. C. Gandy
E. Herman
J. Holzman
M. Swartz
R. Miller
Charles Olsen
L. Rosenthal
L. A. Herman
New York Excursion via Boston & Maine October 6
Five dollar round trip excursion offered by Boston & Maine to New York on Thursday October 6. Travel via Hoosac Mountains to Albany by rail, then down the Hudson by steamer to New York, return by Fall River line to Boston. Stopovers at Albany and New York City. Tickets at Boston offices or Union station. free illustrated booklet mailed on request.
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New York
Boston & Maine
Hoosaog Mountains
Deerfield Valley
Hudson
Albany
Fall River Line
Hoosac Mountains
N. Y
Hudson River
Boston
New York City
Boston City
Washington Street
Union Station
General Passenger Department
Boston & Maine Railroad
Russians stake all on sea fighting as Baltic fleet sails
St. Petersburg reports that Russia plans to press naval dominance in the war with Japan. Czar to bid farewell to the Baltic squadron bound for the far east, arguing coast control and sea supremacy will resolve land threats. Port Arthur action noted, ships prepared for a decisive Baltic strike.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Far East
Port Arthur
First Japanese train reaches Liaoyang in new rail link
General Oku's headquarters report the first Japanese train arrived at Liaoyang. The Dalny gauge has been changed to Niuchwang, enabling a regular regional schedule within days. Engines and cars from Japan have been used to transport ammunition telegraph and railway supplies to the field forces.
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Oku
Fusan
Liaoyang
Dalny
Niuchwang
Japan
Russians Strive to Regain Port Arthur Water Supply
Russians at Port Arthur press desperate efforts to retake Fort Kuropatkin and nearby positions to restore the city water system. They renew assaults after shelling from Japanese fortified shores while Japanese defenders hold. Both sides suffer heavy losses as new Japanese heavy guns command the harbor and the fate of the Russian fleet remains precarious.
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Rio
Port Arthur
Fort Kuropatkin
Outposts Skirmishing Outside Mukden Near Tie Pass
Japanese and Russian outposts and scouts maintain close contact south southeast and east of Mukden with daily skirmishes. The general engagement is expected soon to occur near Tie Pass as forces press toward the front.
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Tokio
Mukden
Tie Pass
Captains swap on Cuba towboat and Waltham tug
Captain Ben Hawes resigns as captain of the Cuba towboat and is succeeded by Captain Bartlett of the Waltham who proceeds to Taunton to assume command. Captain McConnell moves to the Cuba’s Waltham, while Captain John Kelly of the company takes the Paoli. The Eleanor A Percy remains at anchor behind Castle Island awaiting a charter after arriving with coal from Newport News. 1209 passengers were landed from two steamers the Canopic and the Prince George, and the City of Macon passed Nobska en route to Lewis Wharf with cotton cargo.
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Ben Hawes
Cuba
Staples Coal Company
Taunton
Bartlett
Waltham
Lewis Wharf
McConnell
Paoli
John Kelly
Eleanor A. Percy
Newport News
Castle Island
Mediterranean
Prince George
Yarmouth
N. S
Admiral Sampson
Higgins
Jamaica
Ocean Steamship Company
City of
Macon
Askins
Nobska
Savannah
Shipping News: Arrivals and Sailings Include Many Vessels
Shipping notices list the arrival of U S battleship Missouri and numerous steamers and tugs with merchandise and passengers to ports such as Naples St John N B Philadelphia and New York along with sailings of Boston Olivette Swatara and multiple schooners and barges from Nantasket Roads to St. John Nantasket and other ports.
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United States
Missouri
Cowles
Tompkinsville
Canopic
Maddox
Naples
Ponta del Gada
White Star Line
Admiral Sampson
Higgins
Port Antonio
Jam
United Fruit Company
Calvin Austin
Pike
St. John
N. B
C. E. Laechler
Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
N. S
J. F. Masters
City of Macon
Askins
Savannah
E. H. Downing
Kershaw
Bond
Baltimore
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
Thacher
Philadelphia
Frank P. Wing
Herman Winter
Crowell
New York
H. M. Whitney
Dominion
Burton
Pers
Joy Steamship Company
Ity
Angor
Roux
Bangor
Kennebec
Blair
Monitor
Boswell
Haley
Newport News
Powell
Portsmouth
Perkins
N. H
Boston
Olivette
Buccaneer
Dessong
Montana
Eureka
Sout Amboy
Braddock
Von
Norton
Radnor
Swatara
Marion
Newburyport
Therese
Halifax
N. 8
Jena Maud
W. H. Waterslet
Nantasket Roads
Mary
Japanese Gunboat Said to Strike Mine and Sink
Oct 2 rumor says a Japanese gunboat hit a mine and sank south of Liaotung peninsula. Some crew reached an island and were rescued. the gunboat’s name is unknown. Navy department neither denies nor confirms the report.
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Tokio
Liaotung Peninsula
Navy Department
Coastal Shipping Movements Off Chatham in Gale
At Chatham on Oct 2 the North Star bound for New York and the Horatio Hall bound for Portland passed offshore around 9 am after a 3:15 am westward passage. Tugs Cheektowaga and Daniel Willard with barges are anchored nearby. the schooner William D Marvel remained off Shovelful before heading north at 9:15 am. Gale force winds from the west-northwest.
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E. Morse
Beechwood
Barry
Bethayres
St. Nicholas
Buenaventura
Chatham
North Star
Portland
New York
Horatio Hall
Cheektowaga
Daniel Willard
William D. Marvel
Earthquake Shakes Southern Italy Fells Homes in Calabria
A strong quake hit southern Italy on Oct 2 with heavy rain. Calabria sustained the strongest shock as three houses collapsed at Scylla and many structures were damaged, though no injuries were reported.
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Rome
Italy
Calabria
Scylla
California Oregon and Washington Excur sions By Rail
Special excursion fares from Boston to West Coast and Pacific coast points appear from September 14 to October 15. The offer includes daily tickets via Chicago Union Pacific North Western line with lower rates to Utah Wyoming Montana and Idaho. Pullman sleeping car excursions priced at 9.75 dollars from Boston. Read full details from T P Vaille assistant manager tourist department 300 Washington street Boston.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Chicago
New England
T. P. Vaille
Washington Street
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Clark University
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