Turkish Troops Report Major Balkan Engagement
Reports from Salonica detail fighting between Turkish forces and Bulgarian insurgents at Lake Rapela near Klisoura and Kastoria on September 1. Some 400 Bulgarians killed, leaders Kohle and Manoloff captured, Charklaroff escaped with collected funds. Around 2,500 Turkish troops surround remaining insurgents.
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Salonica
Lake Rapela
Klissura
Kastoria
Kohle
Manoloff
Charklaroff
Kussura
Vitch
Florina
Razlog
Sofia
Seres
Adrianople
Turkish Promises Guard Beirut Consul as Turkish Guard Reinforces
Turkish Minister Chekib Bey told Secretary Hay the Ottoman foreign office received assurances that the Beirut American consul is satisfied with measures to protect life and property after an assault on Vice-Consul Magerssen. The Porte warned against Bulgarian bandits and noted limited European marines plus Turkish guards may suffice.
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Washington
Chekib Bey
Hay
Foreign Office
Beirut
Turkey
Magerssen
Porte
Legation
Leishman
Dardanelles
Farragut
Franklin
Special court formed to try Bulgarians in insurrection
A special court has been constituted to try Bulgarians implicated in the insurrection. Over 20 Albanians who refused military service were sent yesterday to Smyrna. Strong insurgent bands threaten Ghergheli and Gumenje, 35 miles northwest of Salonica.
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Salonica
Smyrna
Ghergheli
Gumenje
Impilled American Colleges in Turkey Report
The American Board prepares a Turkish-English report from Aintab detailing imperilled Christian colleges in Turkey. It lists institutions by establishment date including Robert College in Constantinople and Euphrates College at Harpoot, among others.
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van and
St. Paul’s Institute
Tarsus
United States
Robert
Beirut
Ottoman Empire
Arabia
Egypt
Robert Colleges
Robert College
Asia
Europe
Euphrates College
Harpoot
Harpoot College
Euphrates
Turkey
American Board
Aintab
Robert College of
Constantinople
Syrian Protestant College
Central Turkey College
Anatolia College
Mardo
Postum replaces coffee to cure sick headaches
A well known Brick Church Tennessee resident reports reduced headaches and improved health after switching from coffee to Postum. She cites her husband’s stomach trouble and smothering spells disappearing within a year and notes other relatives experienced similar benefits. The letter endorses Postum from the Battle Creek company and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Brick Church
Tenn
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Forest Fireildaeths at Rhodope Frontier
Turkish troops are said to have set fire to the Rhodope forest along the frontier to stop Bulgarian bands from crossing the border. The move heightens tensions on the border and raises concerns about regional security.
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Philippopolis
Rhodope
Man Loses $2000 in Cambridge Scam
Night watchman John Smith of Murray Street Cam bridge fell for a con in Cambridge, losing $2000 to two slick men who swapped his bank box for bricks. Police, led by Inspectors Deehan and Keany, pursue a 70 year old ringleader suspected from a decade-old real estate fraud. Smith had earlier met the pair at Cambridge Common and Story street boarding house.
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John Smith
Murray Street
Cambridge
Gerry Street
Smith
Story Street
Cambridgeport
Bill Bunce
Boston Girl Lillie Wood Arrested at Coney Island
Lillie Wood, 14, runaway from Boston for nine weeks, was arrested at Coney Island after traveling with a young man to Providence and New York. She admitted identity, said she lived with her mother in Boston, and had $200 from her mother when found. Authorities in Boston and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children will investigate.
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New York
Lillie Wood
Boston
Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Berkeley Street
Providence
R. I
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Wood
Muller
Hila Julie
Boylston Street
Mou
Cinderella in Flowerland performed by East Boston children
Forty children staged Cinderella in Flowerland at Commonwealth Hall East Boston to raise funds for a free summer Hebrew school. Miss Becker directed the Emerson School of Oratory and the cast featured Philip Lichenstein Robin Red Benny Warrenow Marguerite Gertrude Saxe and others with sunbeams raindrops and a trained chorus delivering a splendid exhibition.
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Boston
Flowerland
Commonwealth Hall
Free Summer School For
Wells School
Blossom Street
Miss Becker
Emerson School of Oratory
Prince Charming
Philip Lichenstein
Robin Red
Benny Warrenow
Princess Marguerite
Gertrude Saxe
Tiger Lily
Daisy Alpert
Hollyhock
Minnie Goldstein
Violet
Sarah Mazur
Poppy
Gertrude Larange
Sweet Briar
Ida Gorfine
Buttercup
Rebecca Craznor
Pansy
Freda Simons
Daffodil
Rose Silverstein
Elizabeth Ruskin
Mignonette
Rebecca Leventhal
Lily Bell
Jennie Lichenstein
Sweet Pea
Jennie Chertoc
Narcissus
Dinah Sperling
Page
Deborah Warenow
East
Roosevelt Reforms Consular Service Policy Change
President Roosevelt, after consulting with Secretary Hay and Loomis, plans to promote existing consular service personnel to higher grade posts. Appointees will be officers already in service with relevant experience, while their current roles are filled by less experienced individuals.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Francis B. Loomis
Hay
Loomis
State Department
Red hair and prosperity tied to Boston women in theater talk
Boston society and theatre chatter weigh whether red hair signals wealth or luck. A Majestic Theatre ad finds only one applicant, while hair experts debate authenticity. Notables such as Miss Ethel Cochrane and Mrs. Fiske Warren are cited as Titian beauties shaping Boston’s social image.
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Boston
Majestic Theatre
New York
Solomon
Lindsay Loring
Westwood
Mrs. Fearing
Mrs. Forbes
Ethel Cochrane
Miss Cochrane
Mr. Cushing
Fiske Warren
Jack Gardner
Mrs. Warren
John A. Curtis
Brookline
Miss Curtis
Elm Hill
Curtis
Converse Celebrate 60th Anniversary By Giving Trip
Elisha S. Converse and wife of Malden marked sixty years of marriage by funding a voyage for nearly 300 children aboard the Boston Floating Hospital on September 4 1908. Guests on board observed the sea air and voyage aiding ill and wan babies, then passed resolutions of thanks to the couple for their act of generosity and kindness.
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Mrs. E. S. Converse
Floating Hospital
Elisha
Converse of
Malden
Boston Floating Hospital
Converse
Elisha S. Converse
Rossing Hosqitat
Ernest W. Jordan
Grace A. Jordan
James W. Day
John H. Parker
Anna B. Parker
Nellie Parker
Ella A. Sweet
M. E. Cummings
Ida A. Sargent
Boy Dies After Charles River Accident in Cambridge
Joseph Williams aged 8 of 19 Grant Street Cambridge fell into the Charles River while playing at Richardson wharf. Stacey Fuller aged 21 of 18 Hastings Street Cambridge dived in and brought him to shore. The boy died at Cambridge hospital at 8 o clock last night.
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Joseph Williams
Grant Street
Cambridge
Charles
Richardson Wharf
Stacey Fuller
Hastings Street
Cambridge Icean
Cambridge Committees Fail to Report on Street Dept Funds
A Cambridge special meeting heard finance and highway committee reports on street department appropriations but both committees adjourned without presenting any report. Many city workers attended hoping for news on pay. rumors of insufficient funds were denied.
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Cambridge
Belle Isle Battleship Torpedoed in Test at Portsmouth
The old battleship Belle Isle was torpedoed at Portsmouth England and sank at her moorings during a hull below waterline test. A constructed port side section housed an American invention claimed to prevent sinking. a water column engulfed the vessel and she listed before settling. The ship will be raised for further experiments and bottom damage is extensive.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Belle Isle
Spouting geysers halted over carnival dynamite display
A clash over using dynamite torpedoes for water walking geysers led carnival managers at Revere Beach to cancel the feature after fish officials objected. Deputy Phair in charge said no more exhibitions would be given. The event drew no dead fish next day.
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Fish and Game Commissioners
Revere Beach
Oldrieve
State House
Thomas Collins
Gloucester
Carnival
Metropolitan Park Commission
Phair
Dowse Opens Malden Headquarters in Court Building
Senatorial candidate A. C. Dowse opened headquarters in the Court building in Malden. He greeted supporters last evening and invited all to join in a smoke as the event drew a crowd.
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Dowse
Malden
A. C. Dowse
Revere Selectmen Hail Quiet Meeting
Four members attended the Revere Board of Selectmen meeting with harmony. Samuel A. Segee was elected temporary chairman during Chairman Andrews' absence. Minor bills were approved and a small amount of routine business transacted.
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Revere Board of Selectmen
Oakes
Samuel A. Segee
Andrews
Boston leaders denounce racial discrimination in employment
Mrs. Josephine St P Ruffin and Mrs. Hannah C Smith, prominent Boston Black women, report widespread color based hiring bias. They recount cases of colored applicants denied positions in offices and stores and call for fair treatment and equal opportunities amid Northern fear of Southern race politics.
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Boston
New England
Tillman
Chester Lee
Chester
Josephine St. P. Ruffin
Charles Street
Hannah C. Smith
Northampton Street
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H. B. McConnell
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Hotel Pelham
Revere Carnival
Fish and Game
Revere
F. Lusk
A. ST. Clair
Shorthand Typewriting —and
TED
Tremont Temple
H. C. Smith
University of Chicago
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Bostones
KR. H. White Ephone
Coriath
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Chas. H. Flood
Milk St
A. H. Curtis
Gen’l
Federal St
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