Roosevelt's son Kermit runs two miles at Soldiers Field
Harvard undergraduates fill the stands as Kermit Roosevelt makes his track debut in a two mile race. He finishes a close third amid swift company, despite no formal training for the event. Trainer Donovan guides him through a careful start as Roggevelt settles into the field for eight laps.
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Roggevelt
Hart Beats Sullivan on Foul in Fifth Round at Armory
Marvin Hart defeated Jack Sullivan on a fifth round foul at the Armory A. A. Hart controlled the bout. Harvard varsity practiced with strong form while Navy dispatches from Annapolis suggest the team aims to win or tie Saturday. Yale under Field Captain Coy endured a long hard session. Boston Latin edged Newton High 6-0 as the winning goal came in the final minute.
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Armory
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Annapolis
Navy
Yale
Coy
Boston Latin
Newton High
Yankee Tars Beaten at Baseball by Little Brown Men
Tokio reports a lively third day of American occupation with officers and Pacific coast visitors hosted at luncheons dinners and theatre events. a baseball game featured the fleet nines against Keio University amid broad Japanese enthusiasm and cheers for america.
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Little Brown
Tokio
Japan
Atlantic Fleet
Pacific Coast
Fleet
Keio University
America
Harvard Art Historian Charles Norton Dies at 81
Charles Eliot Norton died at 1 45 a m at his Cambridge home Shady Hill after years of illness. Born November 16 1827 he was nearly 81 and taught art history at Harvard from 1875 to 1898 later becoming professor emeritus. He influenced many students with Dante courses and was famed internationally as a scholar and friend of John Ruskin.
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Norton
Professor Norton
Harvard
John Ruskin
Taft Campaign Focus Shifts to Ohio New York and Indiana
Chairman Hitchcock directs Republican battle lines to Ohio New York and Indiana with the national committee steering the Ohio effort amid fears Taft could lose the state to Roosevelt. Straw polls show mixed prospects across the states while Taft tours West Virginia and Indiana and Bryan campaigns in Indiana with Mrs. Bryan.
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Indiana
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Taft
Cincinnati Times-Star
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Oregon
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South Dakota
West Virginia
Louisville
Republican National Committee
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Ashley
New Bedford
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Ohio in Doubtful Race Shapes National Campaign
Republican leaders fear a sparse majority in Ohio as the national committee takes charge of campaigns in Ohio Indiana and New York. Taft's paper now predicts a lead near eighty thousand instead of two hundred fifty five thousand, while nationwide spending and famed speakers flood Ohio to swing the vote before election day.
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Ohio
New York
Indiana
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Times-Star
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Roosevelt
State Committee
Nurse Weds A Patient In Quiet Somerville Ceremony
George F. Schrafft, noted chocolate manufacturer, wed Bertha Brown, a nurse who cared for him during typhoid. The ceremony occurred quietly last Thursday at a Somerville minister's residence after a private trip, with only the groom's chauffeur present.
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George F. Schrafft
Bertha Brown
Somerville
William Schrafft
George Schrafft
Wareham Street
Medford
Miss Brown
Couple Married After Nurse Brought News at South Station
The chauffeur transported the couple to South Station for a New York departure. He delivered a curt note to William Schrafft in his office, unaware of the wedding. The marriage followed a romance that began during typhoid illness attended by nurse Miss Brown.
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New York
William Schrafft
George Schrafft
Miss Brown
Flames menace dancers after explosion at event
Fire shatters a dance show as flames threaten performers. An explosion triggers a quick evacuation with no injuries reported. Police and firefighters secure the scene and investigate the incident while attendees await updates.
Firemen Escape Death by Jumping from Caving Roof
Fire damaged the Odd Fellows block in Manchester New Hampshire causing about 60000 in loss. About 250 people many young girls at a dancing party on an upper floor fled to the street as a rear fire spread from a cleansing shop to the hall and a back explosion darkened the building.
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Fire guts Odd Fellows block. two firemen injured
Fire destroyed the rear of the five story Odd Fellows building forcing firefighters F A Marston and George H Hammond to jump to a neighboring roof thirty five feet below. The anchoring building burned and most losses fall on the Odd Fellows E R Barry restaurant Prescott Piano Co Republican head quarters and Heffer Business College. A high wind spread sparks but emergency crews prevented further blazes.
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George H. Hammond
Odd Fellows
E. R. Barry
Prescott Piano Company
Republican
Heffer Business College
Chestnut
Hanover Street
Fires Spread Across Maine Line Near Berlin New Hampshire
A large forest blaze near Berlin New Hampshire grew worse as night fell. Smoke choked the city while fires on the west and east sides threatened Shelburne and the Grafton Notch area in Maine, 15 miles north of Bethel. A force rushed from Gorham to protect buildings as the Maine line blaze spread.
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Maine
Bethel
Widower’s Daughter Weds London's Clergyman at 58
In London at St Margaret’s Church Westminster Laura Gibbs, a 17 year old girl from Rewark, married Rev Charles W Kirkby, 68, once assistant rector there. The couple’s paths crossed as she grew from childhood acquaintance to fiancée after her mother’s proximity to Kirkby. The ceremony occurred this afternoon.
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London
Laura
Albert Gibbs
Rewark
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Charles W. Kirkby
Miss Gibbs
St. Jame
Kirkby
Mr. Kirkby
A Fine Little Havana Ciga Deletosa Regalita After Lunch
A brief ad notices a Havana cigar brand Deletosa Regalita offered after lunch at retail by Estabrook Eaton. The fragment signals a tobacco product promotion with a retailer listing and timing cues.
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Estabrook & Eaton, Adv
Pickering Questions Air Machines Threat in War Times
Harvard professor W H Pickering told Boston merchants at the New Algonquin Club that aircraft may not cross oceans and pose little menace to armies in war despite Wright brothers success. He noted aeroplanes would have limited international impact.
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Boston
New Algonquin Club
Seven Officers Apprehend Leahy After Brawl at Charlestown Station
Seven patrolmen landed Patrick Leahy of Boston Street, South Boston, in a cell at Station 15 Charlestown after he snapped chain twisters and struck Reserve Officer Fitzgerald in the stomach, leaving Fitzgerald collapsed. Leahy faces drunkenness charges with a probable additional complaint expected at today’s court appearance.
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Boston Street
Boston
Station 15
Charlestown
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Fitzgerald
Forecast for Boston and surrounding area
Weather forecast reports fair conditions in Boston and vicinity with a rise in temperatures. Winds turn to fresh easterly directions with a northeast to east breeze possible later, and mild warmth expected Thursday.
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Vicinity
Hington
England
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