Ballinger Heads to Beverly for Alaska Land Case Clash
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger arrives in Beverly with three portfolios of Cunningham coal land entry reports amid a dispute with the forestry division led by Pinchot. The President attended a Myopia Hunt Club event, and Ballinger plans talks in Boston and Beverly to resolve the controversy before leaving Washington.
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Beverly
Ballinger
Interior Department
Cunningham
Alaska
Louis R. Gravis
General Land Offices
Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture
Gifford Pinchot
Myopia Hunt Club
Boston
Washington
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Forestry Service
Taft
Wilson
West
French Schooner Qualite Crew Slain by Natives
The captain and crew of the French schooner Qualite, sent to recruit laborers, were murdered by natives at Mallicollo Island in the New Hebrides after the vessel ran aground during a storm.
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Sydney
Mallicollo Island
New Hebrides
Aviation Week set for Oct. 3 in Frankfort exposition
The international air navigation exposition selects the week beginning Oct. 3 for Aviation Week with prizes totaling 30000 dollars. It is unlikely Orville Wright will participate due to prior engagements.
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Frankfort
Germany
Orville Wright
Train Delay Prevents Wreck At Royal Siding
A north bound excursion train on the Detroit Toledo Ironton railroad was delayed near Washington Courthouse and likely spared a wreck at Royal siding when 10 ties a large post and a huge boulder were found across the track. Unidentified persons placed the obstacles in a dense wooded section last night.
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Springfield
Washington Courthouse
Jackson
Lima
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Royal Siding
Here
Missing Somerville Boy Returns After Visit
John Pshatas an 18 year old Somerville boy reported missing early Sunday from his home on Cedar Street Place has returned and says he spent Sunday with friends near Davis Square setting fears at rest.
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John Pshatas
Somerville
Cedar Street Place
Davis Square
Dems Plan Unity At State Convention Lead On Tax and Nominations
The Democratic State committee outlines a united slate with James H. Vahey as Governor and Henry A. Frothingham for Lieutenant Governor. Key planks favor income tax direct nomination US Senators and eight hour work rules. Chairman Macleod backs Hamlin as convention leader amid militia and Lombard disputes.
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James H. Vahey
Watertown
Henry A. Frothingham
Boston
Thomas P. Riley
Malden
Charles S. Hamlin
John W. Coughlin
Fall River
State Committee
Democratic
Vahey
Draper
Macleod
Douglas
United States
Congress
Brigham
Lombard
Hamlin
O’connell
Ward 20
Fitzgerald
Curley Defends Ward Leaders as True Democrats
In a heated exchange Ellery H. Clark's charges of graft and patronage are met by Alderman James M. Curley who argues ward leaders serve constituents with jobs aid and charity. He praises Democratic loyalty, cites Lomasney’s Ward 8, and contrasts Clark’s Republican alignment with Cleveland era democracy. Ex Alderman Baldwin echoes Clark’s GOP stance.
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Ellery H. Clark
James M. Curley
Clark
James Donovan
Grover Cleveland
Hibbard
Lomasney
Baldwin
Cleveland
Draper Edges Taft In Myopia Golf Match For Massachusetts
At Myopia links in Beverly on September 6 Governor Eben Draper and Lieutenant Governor Louis Frothingham defeated President Taft and Secretary Meyer 1 up in a morning match representing Massachusetts over the United States. Taft later attended the Myopia Club horse show and met local officials before planning a Boston visit with Yale Club engagements.
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Beverly
Taft
Meyer
United States
Eben S. Draper
Louis A. Frothingham
Massachusetts
Draper
Frothingham
Nelson A. Miles
W. R. Nelson
Kansas City
Clarence R. Edwards
Insular Bureau
War Department
Myer and
Ballinger
North Shore
Boston
Yale Club of
Brookline Country Club
Yale Men
Sherman L. Whipple
Unions March Minus Bands in Providence Labor Day Parade
Providence September 6. Due to a dispute between the Musicians Union and the Central Federated Union the Labor Day parade proceeded without musical bands.
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Providence
R. I
Musicians’ Union
Central Federated Union
400 Women In Labor Parade Leads Labor Day Pageant
New York on Labor Day saw nearly 40 000 men and 400 women march from Central Park to Washington Square as workers from labor unions, not just floats, highlighted the parade with banners showing women's struggles to earn a living.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Washington Square
Women’s Auxiliary
Homiletic
America
Pennsylvania
United States
Box of cigars given to police Captain Perry
A box of choice cigars was presented to Captain Robert R. Perry of the Somerville police department to honor his 42nd year as a member of the force. Known as Rufus Choate among lawyers for his courtroom skill, Perry has captained the force since 1876.
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Robert R. Perry
Somerville Police Department
Rufus Choate
Dogs and Horses Slaughtered Under Government Inspection
Berlin report shows in the second quarter of 1909 it lists 1051 dogs slaughtered for food under government inspection and 29 785 horses.
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Berlin
11000 Added to Moor War Campaign in Morocco
Madrid reported the 12th division of the Spanish army with 11000 men under Gen Sotomayo has been ordered to Melilla, Morocco to take part in the campaign against the Moors.
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Madrid
Sotomayo
Melilla
Morocco
Summer events and church notes from Greater Boston
The Christian Endeavorers closed their Sagamore Beach season with open houses and farewell wishes for next year. A new Universalist building on Boylston Street nears completion with interior work under way. The Sixth Annual Conference of the American Baptist Missionary Union opened in the Ford building, with devotion led by Rev. H. Moss of Malden and sessions on administration and missions. Rev. Louis Albert Banks, previously a Prohibition candidate for Massachusetts governor, accepted a pastorate in Kansas City. The International Sunday School As- after.
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Sagamore Beach
Universalist
Boylston Street
The
American Baptist Missionary Union
Ford
H. Moss
Malden
Missionary Union
W. F. Beamon
Louis Albert Banks
D. D
Massachusetts
Independence Avenue Methodist Church of
Kansas City
Luther Freeman
Morningside College
Sioux City
Banks
Trinity Methodist Church of
Denver
Col
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Plank
Frederick J. Macleod
Democratic State Committee
Coughlin
State Militia
Curley
Clarke
Women IN Labor
Huu Uur
Greater Boston
the International Sunday School
C.F. Hovey & Co
Atlantic
Combi
Madras
Panama
Price
Ash
Sociation
Washington, Db. C
Jerusalem
Rome
Immedi
New Orleans
Nashville
St. Louis
Louisville
Chicago
Pittsburg
Newark
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
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