Calabrian Earthquakes Leave Thousands Homeless
In Calabria and Sicily a prolonged series of earthquakes has killed many and driven about a thousand people from homes. Two hundred bodies were recovered by six o'clock tonight as tremors continue. People sleep in the open despite rain, seeking refuge in churches only briefly, and pray to the Virgin as sacred relics are shown in Catanzaro cathedral to calm fears.
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Rome
Calabria
Sicily
Cathedral
Catanzaro
Body Found in Deer Island Work Area
District Attorney John B Moran and Penal Institutions Commissioner Martin plan an investigation into a rumor that workers digging for a wall at Deer Island found a body of a woman in prison garb recently buried. The discovery occurred amid efforts to separate federal and municipal property.
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John B. Moran
Penal Institutions
Martin
Deer Island
Rumor of Hidden Body Roils Island Work Site
Reports claim Atlas Contracting workers near the wall project found a body recently interred and reburied it to keep quiet. Officials including Commissioner Martin District Attorney Moran deny knowledge and say they will investigate. Senator Linehan disputes the tale as baseless.
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Atlas Contracting Company
Frank J. Linehan
Island
Penal Institutions
House
Frederick
Mor gan pool saves Wall Street from panic in dramatic NYSE climax
At the close of the Stock Exchange observers cheered J Pierpont Morgan and his pool for averting a panic that threatened to sweep Wall Street. The scene marked one of the most dramatic incidents in NYSE history as morning excitement gave way to rest and hope between 1 and 2 o clock. Continued on Page 3 First Column.
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New York
Stock Exchange
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Stroudsburg Youth Sentenced to 155 Years for Murder
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on October 24 a jury convicted Benjamin Courtright of second degree murder for shooting Harvey Crow and acquitted his mother. Courtright, not yet 21, received a 155 year penitentiary sentence.
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Stroudsburg
Penn
Benjamin Courtright
Harvey Crow
Courtright
Scollar Target of Probers Over Tax Collection Practices
Report criticizes the poll tax and property tax collection by the current collector Exter ordinary and staff. It notes poll taxes rose from 20.3 percent in 1905 06 to 48.5 percent in 1906 07 while overall department expenses surged from 75 900 to 122 500 annually. City council members also failed to pay 1906 poll taxes and waivers for delinquents allegedly served political aims.
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RCO
City Collector Scollard Proposed for Administrative Overhaul
The Finance Commission recommends sweeping changes in the City Collector office. It urges assigning deputy collectors to field work with daily reports and daily money returns, modernizing book-keeping, extending tax collection hours, and reducing deputy and general clerks. The commission notes treasury and auditing depart ments are largely satisfactory. It also recommends the collector be appointed to hold office.
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Scollard
Finance Commission
Fitzgerald
Treasury
L Lttle
Doctor Prepares Gold Cap For Japanese Ape
Worcester Oct 24 Dr G A Savage operated for 40 minutes on a live Japanese ape named Koko to cap the left eye tooth of the lower jaw with gold. The procedure followed by plans for similar work on the tooth.
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Worcester
G. A. Savage
Captain Walker Absent From Harvard Line Before Amherst Game
Dartmouth holds final practice preceding Amherst clash as Captain Walker misses due to illness. Congdon steps in at centre for Yale against Cooney. Sam Langford starts West for bout with Jackson. Boston high schools organize basketball season. Auto show season opens in New York at Grand Central Palace.
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Harvard
Dartmouth
Amherst
New York
Grand Central Palace
Congdon
Cooney
Centre
Yale
Sam Langford
Jackson
Boston
Motor Yeggs Blow Up Safe Wakefield Depot
Safe breakers blew open the Greenwood depot safe in Wakefield and escaped with about 100 dollars in tickets 25 in cash and valuable papers. They also tried to enter the nearby post office by cutting the rear door lock but fled without success.
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Wakefield
Greenwood
Relbers
Boston Area Weather Forecast Summary
Forecast for Boston and vicinity: fair and warmer Friday and Saturday. Winds southerly to westerly, with cooler conditions on Saturday. Regional outlook notes fair conditions in New England Friday and Saturday, warmer in the northwest portion Friday, fresh west winds, and eastern New York expecting warmer Friday and Saturday with cooler conditions and west to northwest winds.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New York
Coughs Halt Sleep Then Trust in Father John’s Medicine
A reader at 8 St. Mark's Place in New York recalls lasting coughs preventing sleep for three nights until Father John’s Medicine provided relief. The note claims fifty years of use and positions the product as a non patent medicine.
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Father John
St. Mark's Place
New York City
Drowned crew of the Clara J Sylvia in Georges Bank hurricane
Ten sailors perished from the schooner Clara J Sylvia after a hurricane off Georges Bank. The 17 member crew lost seven boats overturned by towering seas. The seven survivors, exhausted, struggled to reach the vessel and were buffeted by the storm for hours.
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Georges
Clara J. Sylvia
Sylvia Two-Masted Vessel Anchors Off Highland Light
The Sylvia, a two masted vessel with Captain Manuel J Silva and a crew of 17 Portuguese from Gloucester, sailed from Gloucester last Friday and anchored about 200 miles off Highland Light after reaching the fishing grounds. The Francis P Mosquita and other vessels were nearby, including Captain Joseph Mosquita, a neighbor of several crew members.
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Sylvia
Manuel J. Silva
Gloucester
Highland Light
Francis P. Mosquita
Joseph Mosquita
Indians on a Rampage Troops in Pursuit
An Indian agent requests troops from Fort Meade to subdue Utes transferred from Utah to the Cheyenne reservation. No outbreak details. the Fort Meade regiment has been sent to the Philippines, so others must mobilize. Colonel Downs reports unruly Utes needing force, with cross‑country cavalry moves required.
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Army
Cheyenne Reservation
Fort Meade
Utah
Philippines
Washington
Downs
The
Indian Office
Cheyenne River Reservation
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Antone Viera
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