Signal Stations and Forts Fall to Higginson Forces
Newport news blurbs report Admiral Higginson's fleet seizing Wood's Hole signal station and Block Island, landing 800 marines, and securing Martha's Vineyard as bases. The attack extended to Fisher's Island and Gull Island forts with fog aiding concealment and a suspected night strike toward Long Island Sound.
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Admiral Higginson
New England
Wood's Hole
Olympia
Block Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Fisher's Island
Gull Island
Fort Grant
Newport
R. I
Higginson
MacArthur
Martha's Vineyard
Long Island Sound
Fort Rodman
Point Judith
Michie
Wright
Central Intelligence Bureau
Portable night signalling lamps prove useful
Small lamps are used for night signalling and are valuable under modern conditions. They can be easily carried anywhere a man can go, and because electricity is almost always available.
First impressions of Cuba Big Brother Cigarro trial offer
The piece notes initial doubt about a Cuba Big Brother Cigarro priced at 5 for 1 cent yet a second impression shows a steep saving versus prior cigar costs. It contrasts this with wartime duties at the forts, including hard work and active searchlight activity, before signaling continuation on Page 9.
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Cuba
Mother’s Night Cough Healed by Father John’s Medicine
Mrs Annie Scanlon of 4 Norwich Street Boston reports her mother suffered a sleepless night due to coughing. After using Father John’s Medicine the cough disappeared and she slept well through the night. No morphine or poisonous drugs involved.
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Annie Scanlon
Norwich 8&T
Boston
John
Labor's Hosts March in Imposing Array in Boston
Summer skies shone as about 15 000 laborers marched through Boston with banners and bands. The Governor and Mayor reviewed two large parades from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., uniting men of many classes nationalities and creeds under the banner Union Labor.
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Labor
Boston
Knights of Labor Parade Draws 2300 Marchers in Boston
A large Knights of Labor parade formed in Copley Square at 9 and moved along Dartmouth street to Tremont street, with 2300 marchers organized into divisions. Key figures included Chief Marshal A G Norander and aides with sashes, and numerous Assembly locals, railroad unions, city employees, and foremen. The procession proceeded to Park Square for review by Governor Crane.
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Knights of Labor
Copley Square
A. G. Norander
Richard R. Fitzgerald
Marshal Norander
James B. Johnson
Thomas H. Canning
Aids
Edward White
Assembly
Patrick J. Smith
W. FF. Shaughnessy
Robert Hyland
Daniel Connolly
W. J. Kenney
Aida
East Boston Express
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
South Boston
Boston
Charlestown
Joocal
Park, Sewer, Sanitary and Paving
Park Department
Ben Franklin Assembly
M68
Ben Franklins
Sewer Workers
Brighton
East Boston
Dartmouth Street
Shawmut Avenue
Tremont Street
Eliot
Park Square
Indiana Wants Mayor Collins for Campaign Tours
Mayor Collins weighs invitations from Indiana and New York Democratic parties to speak in fall campaigns. Indiana notes his ties to Voorhees English and Holman and Hendricks era. New York hopes for Albany and New York City appearances, while Massachusetts districts remain his priority if duties allow.
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Collins
Democratic State Committee of
Indiana
Massachusetts
Indiana State Committee
General Collins
Senator Voorhees
English
Holman
Hendricks
New York State
Albany
Cleveland
Hill
New York City
Licely
Democratic State Committee
New York
Riot at Cold Spring Grove sparks stone volley near towpath cottages
In Blackstone and Woonsocket R I Sept 1 police halted a minor riot after youths at a picnic fired stones across the Blackstone River toward cottages housing Italian strike breakers for the American Woollen Co. The workers answered with bird shot and bullets, striking a boy a girl and a young man but not seriously injured.
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Woonsocket
R. T
Cold Spring Grove
Blackstone River
American Woollen Company
Inmate Thomas Murray Overcome by Heat in Scollay Square
Thomas Murray, an inmate of the Working Boys' Home, collapsed from heat yesterday afternoon in Scollay Square. He received aid from bystanders and was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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Thomas Murray
Working Boys
Scollay Square
Boston Area Weather Outlook
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies with possible local showers, continued warm temperatures and fresh southwest winds. Wednesday looks fair and somewhat cooler with lighter winds.
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Boston
Robbery and shooting at Revere Ice Co offices
Alver E. Ives superintendent of the Revere branch of the Boston Ice Company was shot in his office by a masked man at 9 PM and the safe robbed of receipts totaling over 400. He lies in Frost Hospital Chelsea, with police hunting two masked robbers. Ives, a powerful man with prior head injuries, described the shooter as about 6 feet 7 inches tall and light complexioned, while a second masked man fled the scene. The crime occurred near the Boston & Maine station with freight cars and a coal wharf nearby, complicating investigations by night crowds and rural surroundings. Police expect a difficult hunt for the perpetrators.
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Alver E. Ives
Revere
Boston Ice Company
Ives
Frost Hospital
Chelsea
Beachmont
Winthrop
Boston & Maine
John Bryant
Bryant
Superintendent Ives
Mr. Ives
Wire Ives
I. P. Park
Sackett
Trevere
Mountain Road
Labor Day Cheer From Coast to Coast for Striking Miners
Across the nation labor supporters organized fund drives and parades for the anthracite miners, with Chicago unions raising money via flag-borne contributions and Philadelphia unions hosting a Washington Park picnic. In Wilkesbarre officials reported broad sympathy and funds boosting strike relief, while soldiers escorted non union workers without incident. Senator Platt predicted a settlement within one to two weeks, though details remained undisclosed. Continued coverage on Page 4.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington Park
Delaware River
Wilkesba
Platt
New York
Republican Party
Oriental Hotel
Manhattan Beach
Saratoga
End of Strike Within Two Weeks Declared by Platt
New York Sept 1 Senator Thomas Co Platt stated for Republican national managers that the end of the strike is expected within two weeks. The remark comes as labor tensions continue to shape national political dynamics.
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Platt
New York
Thomas Co. Platt
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Blackstone
Murray
Boston Ice Co
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