Roosevelt favored early war clash with Spain, diary note stirs debate
Washington reports scrutiny over ex Secretary Long's claim that Roosevelt urged sending a squadron to sink Spanish ships while peace endured. Presidents, Moody and others dispute the remark as personal view. Roosevelt allegedly urged action as March 25 ships voyage marked a hostile act.
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Washington
White House
John D. Long
Roosevelt
Spain
Moody
Long
Navy
McKinley
Navy Department
Secretary Long
President McKinley
West Indies
Mr. Long
Mr. Roosevelt
Judge McKim Objects to Child Witnesses in Probate Court
In a Probate Court dispute, Judge McKim ruled that children should not be called as witnesses in parental contests. Two minors, ages 12 and 14, were removed after testifying for Jennie Gooltz in her separate maintenance case against Isaac Gooltz. The father was ordered to pay $2 immediately and $8 weekly thereafter.
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McKim
Jennie Gooltz
Isaac
Gooltz
Sherborn for girl kidnapper Evelyn Randolph
Evelyn A Randolph a 17 year old girl with three husbands was sentenced to the Sherborn Reformatory for kidnapping a child. Certificates of her three marriages were produced. she admitted all marriages and the kidnapping. She claimed her second husband instructed her to marry in Providence and Boston. Grandmother called her mentally deficient.
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Evelyn A. Randolph
Sherborn Reformatory
Sherman
Providence
Boston
Michael Leavitt 105 Tells How To Live Long
Milford October 13 Michael Leavitt the Amherst centenarian visited town walking from his farm beyond Amherst on the road to Manchester. He says he is 105 but exact birth date is lost. His secret is to live simply, eat plain food, stay outdoors, and keep a clear conscience avoiding avarice.
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Milford
Michael Leavitt
Amherst
Manchester
Leavitt
American Women to Marry in England in November
London reports Cora, Countess of Stafford, former Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate, to wed T. M. Kennard, a wealthy traveler and club member. The union would be her third marriage, with a honeymoon planned in the East. Kennard’s sister-in-law is a successful sporting writer who once entertained the Prince of Wales.
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London
Cora
Countess of Stafford
Samuel J. Colgate
New York
Colgate
T. M. Kennard
Turf
South Street
Park Lane
Ernest Cunard
Miss Padelford
Pitfour
Russia to send troops and supplies eastward
Russia ships physicians and hospital supplies to the Far East as 60,000 troops and nurses move east. Current strength in the Orient is reported at 28,000 men. Officers assigned there have been forbidden to take wives.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Far East
Prominent Pianist Seeks Hot Springs Cure for Kidney Trouble
Fred R. Pennell a famed pianist from Hot Springs Ark recounts visiting the city for bladder and kidney ailments, turning to Peruna after little help from doctors and claiming complete cure after three bottles. He urges others with similar problems to try the remedy. The advertisement extols catarrh of the kidneys as a cause of kidney disease and promotes Peruna as a universal cure, citing testimonials from Washburn of New Orleans and other patients.
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Iean
Fred R. Pennell
Peruna
Hartman
Louisiana Commercial Club
William Watson Washburn
New Orleans
Canal Street
W. W. Washburn
Thieves in Back Bay Plunder City at Night
Thieves have been hitting the Back Bay district and other parts of the city, with sneak thieves house breakers and pickpockets all active. Police chief Watts has assigned many officers to curb the depredations as precincts struggle to cope.
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Back Bay
Watts
Italian Cruiser Ordered East to Join Far Eastern Squadron
Italian officials dispatched orders as the protected cruiser Pugli sails from Callao toward San Francisco to join the Vettor Pisani and the cruisers Calabria and Piemonte. The squadron will protect Italian interests in China if Russo Japanese hostilities erupt, amid lingering interest after the Czar’s Rome visit cancellation and a tilt of Italian sentiment toward Japan.
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Pugli
Callao
San Francisco
Vettor Pisani
Calabria
Piemonte
China
Russia
Japan
Mrs Howe Leads In Plea For Armenia
The Friends of Armenia led by Mrs Julia Ward Howe issue a statement protesting religious persecution in Russia. Armenians in Boston Providence and other cities hold meetings to urge President Roosevelt to object to confiscation of Armenian church property. The Armenian Patriarch and clergy back the claim that church property belongs to Armenians worldwide. The article notes suppression of Armenian societies censorship and library closures in the Caucasus and widespread protests over church property confiscation in Alexandropol Tiflis Erivan Baku Shusha and Elizavetpol with some bloodshed.
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Friends of
Armenia
Julia Ward Howe
Russia
Boston
Providence
American
United States
Roosevelt
Constantinople
Alexandropol
Tiflis
Erivan
Baku
Shusha
Elizavetpol
Engagements and visits span Boston area social scene
The town notes announce Edna Laura Hurlburt’s engagement to Lt Samuel Black William of the U S revenue cutter service. Others mark a 50th anniversary in Newton Centre, relocations, society figures traveling from Portsmouth to Back Bay, Y M C A convention speakers in Gloucester, and various local civic and religious events.
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Charles H. Hurlburt
Dorchester
Edna Laura
Samuel Black Wiliam
United States Revenue Cutter Service
John O. Poor
Newton Centre
Sumner Street
Boston
R. Clipston Sturgis
Portsmouth
N. H
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