New Sails Tested On Defender Off New Rochelle
The Defender tested Wilson and Silsber sails replacing Herreshoff sails in morning trials from New Rochelle with wind at 10 knots. On board were C Oliver Iselin Mrs Iselin H C Leeds and Nat Herreshoff. Sails set well and held wind better. Valkyrie also sailed in light air near Sandy Hook. Defender to Erie Basin for dock and prep ahead of the big initial race.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
L O
Wilson & Silsber
Herreshoff
Captain's Island
C. Oliver Iselin
Prohibitionists Open Saratoga Convention with Roosevelt Cheers
At Saratoga NY the State Prohibitionists opened their convention hall session with strong enthusiasm for Roosevelt’s New York excise law enforcement. The temporary chair Rev G K Trunk praised Roosevelt, while C H Mead of Steuben was elected permanent chair. A telegram endorsing Roosevelt, Grant, Parker, and Andrews was adopted and sent to NYC police commissioners. A monster street parade and mass meeting followed with Samuel Dickie and John G Wooley as speakers.
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Saratoga
N. Y
G. K. Trunk
D.D
Kings County
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
West
C. H. Mead
Steuben County
Board of Police Commissioners
New York City
New York State
Messrs
Roosevelt
Grant
Parker and Andrews
Isaac R, Funk
Samuel Dickie
National Committee
John G. Wooley
Chicago
Chelsea St Rose T A and Ladies Aid Joint Meeting
The Chelsea St Rose T A and B Society and Ladies Aid Association met in their hall last evening. The Ladies Dramatic Club performed a comedy farce The Greatest Plague in Life with Annie Monahan Nellie Mahoney Amanda Fee Mamie Kilcourse Sadie McDonald Minnie O Mara Maggie Fee Nellie Donahoe. Rev Father Mulligan introduced ex President John Driscoll who had just returned from Ireland and presented him with a plush easy chair and silk umbrella. A collations and dancing followed.
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Chelsea St. Rose T. A. and B. Society
Ladies’ Aid Association
Ladies’ Aid Dramatic Club
Annie Monahan
Nellie Mahoney
Amanda Fee
Mamie Kilcourse
Sadie McDonald
Minnie O’mara
Maggie Fee
Nellie Donahoe
Father Mulligan
John Driscoll
Ireland
Driscoll
Glenark Knitting Co Seeks Tax Break for New Woollen Mills
In Woonsocket, representatives of the Glenark Knitting Company told the Business Men's Association they would start a $75,000 brick woollen yarn mill within a month if ten years of tax exemption on improvements are granted. A second mill would follow, employing hundreds to produce a product new to the company.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Glenark Knitting Company
Business Men’s Association
Fire department responds to small blaze behind Milk Row station
Somerville firemen extinguished a minor fire in an unoccupied building on Fitchburg Street. Damage totaled only a few dollars. As Ladder No. 1 moved out, its rear axle broke, causing several firefighters to fall. firefighter Frank Lingley sustained leg injuries and was sent home.
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Somerville
Milk Row
Fitchburg Street
Frank Lingley
Beverly Polo Practice Game Sets Stage for Upcoming Matches
Beverly Sept 3 A polo practice at Myopia field ahead of next week’s games. Any second team may play the first in the matches. Attendance was small. The Yellows scored 18 goals to 5. The Whites received four goals as a handicap.
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Beverly
Myopia
When the Citizen Questions Monopoly on Business
A citizen asks how monopolizing the business will be managed and pleads for something left to the public. The reply hints at opting to keep baseball as the remaining arena for public participation and competition.
Docks Fire Destroys Johnson Line Freight Shed
A blaze in East Boston at Johnson Line freight houses of the Boston and Albany Railroad destroyed Pier 1, Grand Junction yards, and contents. Alarm boxes 621 617 618 activated. cause undetermined. Total loss feared with rapid spread and heavy damage ahead.
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Johnson Freight House
Boston
Johnson Line
East Bos
Crime wave hits Boston as Knights Templar gang robs several
A Boston crime spree linked to Knights Templar visitors yields nearly four thousand dollars from safes in Roxbury and Nantasket. The gang, possibly led by a New York thief, evades police as Chief Watts and Commissioner Clark pledge arrests. Safes at Morse's grocery and Nantasket Steamboat Co. lose cash and valuables amid broken locks and skeleton key entries.
Bound the Watchman at Swampscott Stables Robbery
Four professional safe breakers pulled a daring burglary at the Upper Swampscott stables of the Lynn and Boston Railway Company in Essex county during the early hours. Night Watchman Herbert B. Lewis was on duty when the break in occurred at about 1 30 this morning. The incident is linked to a gang troubling Boston. Continued on Page 2.
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Swampscott
Essex County
Lynn & Boston Railway Company
Boston
Herbert B. Lewis
Woman Impaled in Accident Near Chicopee
Miss Carrie Stoddard, 30, of Chicopee Falls, died after a runaway wagon struck her bicycle on the road to Chicopee. A shaft pierced her body just above the waist, and the driver fled after throwing himself from the wagon. The death shocked the community, as she was from a well known family.
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Chicopee
Carrie Stoddard
Chicopee Falls
Miss Stoddard
Fall River Post Agent Reports Boom in Sales
James Duckett, Boston Post Agent for Fall River, claims a magnetism has drawn boys to sell the Daily and Sunday Post. He notes weekly totals around 3,750 papers and says four days had no Post deliveries in some afternoons, with agents increasing from five to fifty or more papers daily.
Mystic Shrine Elites Gather for Oasis Vows and Wardrobe
Nobles of the Ancient Order of the Mystic Shrine converge at Nantasket Oasis for a thirst fueled gathering. They recall a desert trial with the sacred cow and waves as odalisques dip seven times. Imperial officers from San Francisco to Boston oversee rituals as a charter is debated and rejected in a colorful, ceremonial pageant.
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Mystic Shrine
Rockland
Oasis
Nantasket
The
Four Winds
Aleppo
Mustapha
Allah
Boston
Sahara
Mt. Sinai
Elijah
Jerusalem
Imperial Council
Melish
Cincinnati-on
A. D. McGaffery
Denver
E. T. Allen
Kansas City
W. B. Brown
Pittsburg
Benjamin W. Rowell
W. H. 8. Rice
St. Paul
R. M. Johnson
Chicago
J. H. Atwood
Leavenworth
Cleveland
New York
Ohio
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Mass. Clothing Co
Hanover
Portland Streets
Ae Ee
Strecker & Co
Burdett
Nan
Burdett College
Chamber of Commerce
Trey
Locheres
Prospectus Free
Washington Street
Union Hat Co
Hanover St
Cor
Union St
Chauncy-Hall School
Mass
Institute of Technology
Lloyd
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Murphy
John Murphy
Canal Street
Cambridge
Caer
Ploonm & Smuxot
Agahelal
Prospect
Beverly Polo
Bond
Blackstones
the Millions
Waitt & Blackstones
Blaze
Cephalonia
Boston and Albany, Railroad
Grand Junction
Strange Crooks
Knights Templars
Roxbury
Walnut Avenue
Nantasket Steamboat Company
Rowe’s Wharf
Watts
Clark
Rowe's Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Nantasketeamboat Company
H. F. Morse
Royal Arch
Roxbury Council
Massachusetts Union of K. T
Cunard
Crooks
Lynn and Boston Railway Company
Washington
New’ England
Andern
New England
James R. Francis
North
Anderson Street
Charles Wheatland
Cambridge Street
the Magnetic Post
Fall River
Daily Post
Sunday Post
James Duckett
Boston Post
K.” Hat
Bowdoin Square
Revere House
Gia
C.H. Robinson & CO
Washington St
Dock Sq
Allan
Zem
Mantasket
King’s Bohemian
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