Boston commerce takes a big boom as embargo ends
Boston shippers herald a major boom with cattle embargo lifted and freight space tight. The City of Birmingham sails with 14,000 bales of cotton after the Columbus carries 9,000 bales, while the Leyland line resumes weekly sailings and livestock moves from East Boston. Grain freights face delays due to West floods, but 100,000 bushels head to the Grand Junction for export.
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Boston
Columbus
Savannah
City of Birmingham
Savannah Line
Chattahoochee
Tallahassee
City of
Birmingham
Leyland Line
Devonian
Portland
Winifredian
Liverpool
Grand Junction
East Boston
International Mercantile Marine Company
London
Antwerp
Red Star Line
Kingstonian
Leyland
Mrs Glidden to Arrive on Saxonia as Arctic Auto Pioneer
The steamer Saxonia is due today with Mrs Charles J Glidden of Boston aboard the lone woman to tour the Arctic circle by automobile. She left Boston with her husband after touring Europe and faced harsh conditions, earning the title heroine of women autoists.
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Mrs. Glidden
Arctics
Saxonia
Arctic Circle
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Europe
Beverly Girls Go Vestibuling To The Delight Of Motormen
BeverLy townsfolk describe vestibuling as a new autumn fad among Beverly girls. The sport involves riding in the front vestibule of closed streetcars with windows open to savor the brisk air as motormen drive along. Crowds gather on the conductor’s platform where air remains cooler and more comfortable.
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Beverly
Plot to Kill Is Alleged
New York Oct 14 That a conspiracy to crush David Lamar and remove Monk astman from the scene was discussed between a Wall Street clique and Inspector George B McClusky of the New York Detective Bureau was the defense claim in Freehold New Jersey where Lamar a Wall Street broker and horseman stands trial on a charge of conspiring to kill James McMahon his former coachman Eastman Brown and two others had been employed by Lamar to protect his wife from McMahon and his union Lamar testified that noises at night and break ins troubled his home and that he hired guards to ensure Mrs Lamars security
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New York
David Lamar
Monk” Astman
Wall Street Clique
George B. McClusky
New York Detective Bureau
Wall Street
Freehold
N. J
James McMahon
Terhune
Lamar
McClusky
Eastman
New Jersey
Senator Terhune
Brown
Rumson
Seabright
McMahon
Projector
Senator Garrison
Joseph Brown
Bernard Smith
Mrs Leslie Shaw Prefers Knowledgeable Daughters
Mrs. Leslie Shaw wife of the Treasury Secretary will host Washington parties this winter Her eldest daughter will be introduced while Miss Erma Shaw attends Woman's College in Baltimore She explains a girl should study or attend social events and prefers daughters who know something The Shaw girls have remained in the background reflecting this stance
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Leslie Shaw
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Erma Shaw
Woman's College
Baltimore
Edith Webb May Be Arrested Over Kohn Death
San Francisco coroner investigates A B Kohn’s death and flags Edith Webb known as Dot Thurman as a potential arrestee. Webb said she was Kohn’s wife and claimed marriage in Wisconsin last May at Lake Beulah before they returned to Chicago. Kohn died at Alder Sanitarium San Francisco with doctors citing morphine withdrawal.
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San Francisco
Cal
A. B. Kohn
Edith Webb
Chicago
Dot Thurman
A.H. Kohn
Lake Beulah
Wis
Webb
Twenty-second Street
Kohn
Wisconsin
Europe
California
Alder
Alder Sanitarium
Mrs Vanderbilt Seen Smoking On Ship Arrival
Passengers report Mrs. Vanderbilt smoked a cigarette while aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II after arriving in New York with William K. Vanderbilt. A fellow traveler noted she kept to her stateroom door and that European women often smoke.
Hague Tribunal Angered With Wayne MacVeagh
Information from The Hague and returnees says Wayne MacVeagh left suddenly to avoid recall as Venezuela and creditor nations challenged preferential distribution of the indemnity fund. He was accused of harsh remarks to the tribunal and of accusing Britain of fomenting the Venezuelan revolt.
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Washington
Hague
Wayne MacVeagh
Venezuela
International Tribunal of Arbitration
England
Germany
Italy
MacVeagh
Executive Council
Tribunal
Not Underneath but Side by Side Poem Honors Flags
A poetess Mrs. J G A Carter of Highlandville writes Not Underneath but Side by Side on a leaflet printed by William Carter of the Ancients. The verses, composed aboard the New England August 16 1902, praise friendly flag ties as an English lady urges equal honor for the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack with England and America cited.
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J. G. A. Carter
Highlandville
William Carter
The
Ancients
Honourables
New England
Liverpool
Boston
Derbyshire
United States
England
Vales
Eingland
Hair Restoring Compound Claims Quick Growth for All
Legendary doctor chemist at Altenheim Medical Dispensary announces Foso hair restorer that grows hair overnight on any bald head. Free trial packs offered to all who write with a 2 cent stamp for postage. Cincinnati based. claims cures across age and sex with immediate results.
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Altenheim
Foso
Altenheim Medical Dispensary
Foso Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
Drunken Sailor Causes Scene Aboard Prince George
An intoxicated deck hand aboard the English steamer Prince George caused a disturbance on Long Wharf after 3 PM and refused to go below. The captain and Mate Robert Stanwood overpowered him and he was handcuffed and placed below decks.
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Prince George
Long Wharf
Robert Stanwood
Novel defence in Vermont liquor heist case
In Barre Vermont on October 14 William Wright faced breaking and entering a liquor saloon and whiskey larceny charges. His defense claims he is a chronic dipsomaniac and not responsible for actions while intoxicated. The case was continued without a decision and Wright was committed to the State Insane Hospital at Waterbury for expert observation.
Amy Dale Actress Sued for Divorce in New York
Papers served to Amy Dale the actress in New York notify a divorce suit filed by William Dale of Appleton Wisconsin who claims desertion. Dale known for The Runaways and formerly a chorus girl with The Burgomaster and noted in Boston among the Harvard set.
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New York
Amy Dale
William Dale
Appleton
Wis
Amalgamated Copper Hosts 8000 at Mont Festival
Amalgamated Copper Company held a festival and barbecue in Butte Montana for about 8000 employees. A parade drew roughly 6500 workers as eight oxen fifty hogs and about 25 sheep were roasted. The event cost about 75000 dollars.
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Butte
Mont
Amalgamated Copper Company
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