Mayor Collins Delayed Return Sparks Health Rumors
Alarming reports of Mayor Collins’s health circulated yesterday though friends denied danger. He will not return from Hot Springs today and may stay another week to ten days as doctors urge continued treatment. Acting Mayor Doyle will remain in office until the Mayor’s return.
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Collins
Hot Springs
City Hall
Boston
Jet Springs
John J. Collins
Post
Doyle
Board of Aldermen
Priest
Mr. Priest
Hall Caine Arrives in New York on Cunarder Lucania
Hall Caine, the novelist and playwright, arrived in New York with his wife and daughter aboard the Cunarder Lu cania. Reporters could not describe his attire, so a publisher’s agent assisted. He promoted the play Eternal City and disputed claims it irreverently treats the Pope, then left for Philadelphia with a theater syndicate uptown.
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New York
Hall Caine
Caine
English actor praises New York stage extras in mob scene
Martin Harvey of England says New York performers, especially super numeraries, bewilder him with their ease and superiority. He credits a week of work to shape a mob scene for The Only Way at Herald Square Theatre, noting New Yorkers master mob art enough to raise the roof.
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New York
Martin Harvey
Mr. Harvey
Herald Square Theatre
England
Ambergris Catch Reported By New Bedford Fishermen
Frank and Lon Veeder of Cuttyhunk hauled a 15 pound lump from Vineyard Sound to New Bedford that smelled of ambergris and looked unusual in color. Whalemen consulted agreed the substance resembled ambergris and could be worth thousands of dollars if verified.
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New Bedford
Frank
Lon Veeder
Cuttyhunk
Vineyard Sound
Cuba Big Brother Cigarro Fueling New England Businessmen
A short smoke costs a dime for a packet of five, using ten millions yearly to supply New England businessmen. The figure feels unreal, but trying one cigarette may reveal the scale of demand and consumption.
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Cuba
New England
Melville presses for fast American warships
Washington Oct 19 The Navy Board of Construction nears a turning point in cruiser design. Engineer in Chief Melville insists the armored cruisers be built for speed to outrun any battleship or cruiser, not merely to carry heavy fire. Secretary Moody faces a decision on whether speed will be sacrificed for power and size.
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Washington
Board of Construction
Navy Department
Melville Hade
Moody
Salisbury In Very Bad Health
London reports a medical journal states Lord Salisbury, aged and obese, has given up his duties as prime minister. Returning from Lucerne, he remains largely at home as intestinal paresis worsens. The condition raises risk of intestinal obstruction with age.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Lucerne
New York Journal Research Society Promotes Consumption Cure
The Journal Research Society at 579 American Tract Building New York aims to stop consumption by sending free Hoff remedy prescriptions to consumptives and bronchitis asthma and catarrh sufferers. Each package includes medicine a book detailing Hoff’s cure of Frederick Hamman as published by the Journal. Hamman was cured after three months at Vanderbilt Clinic.
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New York
Journal Research Society
American Tract Building
New York City
Hoff
Vienna
Austria
Frederick Hamman
New York Journal
Hamman
Vanderbilt
Journal
Father John's Medicine Promises Quick Lung Relief
The advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a cure with a money-back guarantee. It claims the remedy is free from opium or nerve-destroying drugs, avoiding temporary effects that weaken the body and worsen illness. It positions the product as a safer alternative to medicines that merely suppress symptoms.
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Father John
Woman Slugger Abroad Again Sparks Watertown Fear
In Watertown residents report recurring assaults on unprotected women, mirroring Cambridge and Somerville incidents. A 14 year old girl on East Watertown’s Coolidge Avenue was knocked down by a well dressed man. no arrests. Earlier, Mary Hanson, 16, was attacked by a drunken young man with a whip near Somerville, with a second man present. she escaped and police found no suspect.
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Watertown
Cambridge
Somerville
Jane Ladelle
Brighton
Coolidge Avenue
East Watertown
Carter
Mary Hanson
David Hanson
Concord Avenue
Somerville Assault Rumor Probed By Police
Saturday night rumors spread in Somerville that another woman was assaulted by the unknown assailant the police are vigilant for.
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Somerville
Escaping Steam Scalds Workmen in Wheeling Plant
Eight workers were scalded when a steam pipe parted at the Riverside plant of the National Tube Works in Benwood. Three or four of the injured were reported to be dying.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Riverside
National Tube Works
Benwood
Dudley Street Church Harvest Festival Draws 1500
At Dudley Street Baptist Church an audience of 1500 attended a harvest festival. A rural scene framed the platform with corn husks squash chandeliers and grain decor. Gifts valued around 1000 included a bound Bible class book with engravings and a sunflower of $2 bills. Proceeds fund parish poor relief.
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Dudley Street Baptist Church
Letters Build A Church In Dayton Ky
Sixty thousand letters built a church for the Rev. R. D. Harding in Dayton Kentucky at the corner of Wighth avenue and Walnut street. He began with 6000 letters to societies asking ten members to give ten cents each and the total grew to six thousand dollars. He then appealed to prominent national figures and received gifts from many, though not large from any single donor.
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Dayton
R. D. Harding
Wighth Avenue
Walnut Street
Ibsen Whiskey Orders Sold as Autographs
In Copenhagen an ornate cafe autograph scheme shows Ibsen scribbled notes reading One whiskey H I s on scraps. The playwright drank during his Copenhagen years while writing Woman of the Sea. He used slips for orders, sometimes six to eight times an afternoon. Autographs fetch high prices.
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Copenhagen
Ibsen
H. I
Exeter General Bancroft Elected Trustee at Meeting
EXETER N H Oct 19 Trustees of Phillips Exeter held the first meeting of the school year with all members present except President Clyde of Bowdoin. The vacant seat left by Judge Jeremiah Smith was filled by General William A Bancroft of Cambridge Mass. Bancroft entered the academy in 1872 and graduated in 1874. He has long supported Exeter as a former president of its New England alumni association and contributor to the art collection and annual courses.
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Exepter
N. H
Phillips Exeter
Exeter
Presidentlyde
Bowdoin
Jeremiah Smith
Harvard Law School
William A. Bancroft
Cambridge
Mass
Bancroft
Academy
New England
Voice Restored After Moon Eclipse Says Merriman
Howard Merriman, an aged colored messenger at the Treasury Department pressroom, claims the total lunar eclipse Thursday night restored his voice. He had struggled to speak for months and says his voice changed immediately after the eclipse, now able to talk loudly again.
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Washington
Howard Merriman
Treasury Department
Merriman
Denounce the Rule of Turkey in Macedonia Rally
In Sofia an open air Macedonian committee meeting drew about 10 000 attendees led by M Michailowsky. They passed resolutions backing the revolutionary cause and denouncing Turkish rule. Reports say Turkish troops seized the Kresna Pass and control Struma valley, while insurgent positions become untenable. In Philipopolis a large Macedonian committee gathering urged Bulgaria to seek mediation under the Berlin treaty with the powers.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
M. Michailowsky
Macedonia
Kresna
Struma
Philippopolis
Macedonian Committee
Roosevelt Helps End White House Carvers Strike
President Roosevelt helped end a strike by New York wood carvers employed for White House carvings. The workers had demanded hand dressing of the carvings, a concession granted, and the president's mediation aided the settlement.
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New York
White House
Roosevelt
Former Boston Attorney Horace E Smith Dies in Johnstown
Horace E Smith LL D Fulton county's eminent lawyer died at his Johnstown home today at age 8. longtime Boston partner of Henry B Stanton husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. served in Massachusetts Legislature in 1851 and 1852 and was Albany Law School dean for ten years after 1879.
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Boston
Gloversville
N. Y
Horace E. Smith
Fulton County
Johnstown
Henry B. Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Massachusetts
Smith
Albany Law School
Prince of Siam visits Philadelphia on tour
Prince of Siam rode through Philadelphia streets as guest of William Potter at Chestnut Hill. He will visit Independence Hall greeted by the Mayor and inspect the Commercial museums in the afternoon.
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Prince OF Siam
Philadelphia
Crown Prince of Siam
William Potter
Italy
Chestnut Hill
Independence Hall
Child Falls From Staging Fracturing Rib at Somerville Plant
Neil Dunn age 1 of 9 Perkins Street Charlestown fell twenty five feet from a staging at the New England Dressed Beef Company building on Medford Street Somerville yesterday three ribs were fractured injuring him a brief hospital report lists the boy in good condition with no other injuries noted and authorities investigate the accident.
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Dunn
Neil Dunn
Perkins Street
Charlestown
New England Dressed Beef Company
Medford Street
Somerville
Kaiser Sets Dutch Pronunciation for Roosevelt
In a Berlin court scene at Posen, Kaiser Wilhelm II advised that Roosevelt should be pronounced Rose-velt, treating the president’s name as Dutch in origin with a long o sound in every syllable. The Kaiser dismissed other national pronunciations observed among American visitors.
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Berlin
Posen
William
United States
Roosevelt
Pedestrian Schilling Posts Long Journey Progress
Pretoria reports professional walker Schilling has completed 98 pairs of shoes en route from Bloemfontein. He aims to cover 7000 miles in the next year and plans to travel to Cairo then New York, followed by a cross continental walk to San Francisco.
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Pretoria
Schilling
Bloemfontein
Cairo
New York
San Francisco
Boston Area Weather Forecast Card
The local forecast covers Boston and vicinity. Monday will be fair and cooler. Tuesday will be fair with fresh westerly winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Irish Envoys Speak at Two Boston Meetings on Home Rule
Irish envoys Redmond Dillon and Davitt headlined crowded Symphony Hall and Hollis Street Theatre in Boston as delegates from across the U S gathered for the United Irish League of America convention. Speakers included Davitt Blake Redmond Dillon and many clergy and civic figures addressing Ireland’s plight and landlordism.
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Symphony Hall
Hollis Street Theatre
Boston
Redmond
Dillon
Davitt
Thomas Riley
William Lloyd Garrison
John F. Finnerty
Chicago
T. J. Dillon
Josiah Quincy
Edward Blake
Mgr
Denis O'Callaghan
United Irish League of America
Faneuil Hall
Hollis Street
John Boyle O'Reilly
Michael Davitt
Mer
South Boston
United Irish League
Mer. O'Callaghan
League
Quincy
Ireland
John E. Redmond
M. P
Irish Party
Irish League
Mr. Davitt
Monsignor
JD. O'Callaghan
Father Mullen
John F. Cummins
Father Dorney
Cary
Introduction of Josiah Quincy as presiding officer
Dr Dillon introduces Josiah Quincy as presiding officer at a Symphony Hall gathering of Irish Americans. He praises Quincy as Boston’s chief magistrate and friend to Irish representatives, noting the audience’s anticipation of victory for Ireland and the need for a large hall to accommodate attendees.
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Dr. Dillon
Mr. Quincey
Central Council of the
United Irishmen of
Boston
Ireland
Josiah Quincy
Mr Quincy Addresses Irish Movement Meeting in Boston
Mr. Quincy, invited by the committee, presided over a gathering praising the Irish movement. He recalled attending 20 years ago in support of its then phase, noting changes and progress that engage Irishmen across the nation. The address continued beyond the column.
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Mr. Quincy
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