No Wrong Intent Said by Stuart’s Friends
The former British vice-consul Willoughby H. Stuart, now in McLean Asylum, faces a forgery inquiry amid alleged short accounts and peculiar check transactions. Friends cite mental strain from a bulldog attack years earlier, claiming he never recovered and deny deliberate fraud.
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Willoughby H. Stuart
McLean Asylum
Foreign Office
Boston
Mr. Stuart
Stuart
Post
McLean Hospital
Bank of
Nova Scotia
British Foreign Office
Arioch Wentworth
Stokes
McLean
Floral Rivalries at Horticultural Hall Flower Show
Mrs. Jack Gardner and Mrs. Elisha Converse head rival displays at the annual Horticultural Hall flower show. Attendance was the largest opening-day crowd in years with extensive exhibits of plants, fruits, vegetables, and ornate collections including Madagascar lace plant and Pennsylvania nymphea.
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Horticultural Hall
Elisha Converse
John L. Gardner
Madagascar
BE. S. Converse
Yamanaka
C. W. Waird
Oakes Ames
E. Jackson Clark
Connecticut
Converse
J. Arthur Beebe
Joseph H. White
Norma
Bellini
Rosey
Amornia
Czibulka
Gavotte
Biehl
Mareh
Tobani
the Gond Oilérs
Sullivan
Raff
Strauss
Bendix
Bon Blon
Gabriel Marte
Fortune
Teller
Herbert
Ravotte
Wiengarten
Martha
Flotow
Spain
Langey
Gabriel Marie
Waldteufel
Overland
Morse
Croker Unhappy and Plans Return to America
Richard Croker told Attorney General Griggs and Attorney Samuel Untermeyer he is unhappy in England and longs for America. An agent searches the United States for a quiet home as Croker insists he will not return this year despite seeking peace. Griggs recounted a tale of a coachman mishearing Croker’s name at Wantage, prompting humorous confusion.
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New York
England
America
United States
Richard Croker
Samuel Untermeyer
Untermeyer
Teutonic
Vantage
Croker
Mr. Griggs
Mr. Croker
Mr. Untermeyer
Lady Leyland to Visit Newport Amid Rosebery Engagement
Newport reports Lady Naylor-Leyland, famed for beauty and praised by Queen Alexandra, is engaged to Lord Rosebery. The couple’s romance, begun after Captain Hubert Naylor-Leyland’s death, spans scandal and high society, ending in a remarkably happy marriage.
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Lady Leyland
Lord Rosebery
Newport
Lady Naylor-Leyland
Alexandra
Princess of Wales
Jennie
England
Naylor-Leyland
New England Industries Campaign Speech by E N Foss
E N Foss, candidate for the Republican nomination in the uth district, opened his campaign at Curtis Hall with speeches to workers of the Sturtevant Blower Company. He advocated tariff revision, protection for American labor, reciprocity with Canada, and harbor and maritime policy to boost New England industries and jobs.
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E. N. Foss
Uth
Curtis Hall
Foss
Atl
Blower Works
Mr. Foss
Ward 22
Samuel B. Capen
George Merrill
Employees’ Campaign Club
Sturtevant Blower Company
New England
Congress
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Puulie
Great
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Watson
Fore River Ship and Engine Company
Quincy
Boston
Delaware
Nova Scotia
West Virginia
Steel Trust
Iron and Steel
Schwab
Steel Company
Canada
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Germany
Dominion of
France
Netherlands
Mexico
Belgium
Italy
Western Hemisphere
United States
England
Cuba
Washington
Isthmian Canal
Teller Wolcott Contest Dominates Colorado Election
In Denver the forthcoming Colorado election centers on the United States Senatorship with Henry M. Teller vs Edward O. Wolcott. Democrats and Populists pledge to Teller. Republicans favor Teller’s re election, with Frank Goudy Likely to secure gubernatorial nomination. The Democratic nominating session adjourned after selecting a full ticket headed by Teller and Adams.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
United States
Henry M. Teller
Edward O. Wolcott
Teller
Wolcott
Republcan
Cratic
Alva Adams
Edward C. Stimson
Thomas Annear
Boston's Call to Build Ships and Boost Trade
A proclamation urges government action to back shipbuilding, aiming to transform Boston into a premier port. The plea envisions Boston as the leading commercial metropolis and port for New England and Canada, uniting efforts to restore industrial and economic supremacy in Massachusetts.
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New England
Canada
Boston
Boston to East Coast Tour Dispatches Eight Day Trip
Travel notice announces an eight day Boston to coast tour via Fall River line departing September 2, with stops including Mauch Chunk, Gettysburg, Antietam, Harper's Ferry, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York. All expenses priced at 32 dollars, with a side trip to Luray at a small extra charge. Simmons & Marsters, agents, 26 School Street, Boston.
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Mauch Chunk
Gettysburg
Antiettam
Harper's Ferry
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Fall River
Luray
Simmons & Marsters
School Street
Issue of Bonds Not Opposed by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission held a hearing on West End Street Railway Company petition for approval of bonds totaling 3,559,000 with no opposition. A hearing is set for Sept 29 at 10 30 on three last General Court resolves regarding power brakes, jack screws to free injured persons, and street railway fenders.
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Beacon Street
Swampscott
Stuart
Woolwich
Eng
British Foreign Service
Calcutta
Special Commission
Foreign Office
Railroad Commission
West End Street Railway Company
King Attends Braemar Highland Games in Scotland
King Edward in a kilt and thistle badge watches highland games at Braemar with Queen Alexandra and royal family. Troops and Highlanders gather as the King and Queen receive a warm ovation before returning to Balmoral Castle.
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Braedmar
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Edward
Braemar
Queen Alexandra
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke and
Duchess of Fife
President Removes Vaughan as U S District Attorney
Sept 11 Vaughan of the northern district of Alabama is removed for neglect of duty. John P Debolt is appointed judge at Honolulu to replace Abram Humphreys, who has resigned. Debolt is a prominent member of the Honolulu bar.
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Washington
William Vaughan
United States
Northern
Alabama
John P. Debolt
Honolulu
Abram
Humphreys
Debolt
Roosevelt Not the first union president in history
The piece notes that Presidents Roosevelt and McKinley were rare cases of sitting presidents elected to labor unions. It recalls Roosevelt joining the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen in Chattanooga and compares it with McKinley being elected by a Chicago Bricklayers Union. It mentions Frank P. Sargent guiding the Roosevelt nomination and cites prior Chicago proposals for Cleveland and Harrison too.
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Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen
Chattanooga
Roosevelt
McKinley
Chicago
Bricklayers’ Union
Frank P. Sargent
Terence V. Powderly
Bureau of Immigration
Brotherhood of Firemen
Cleveland
Harrison
Holbrook to plead insanity in Wilton murder case
Holbrook, a young husband jailed in Farmington on a Wilton murder charge, has suffered morphine withdrawal and heavy drinking since confinement. He refuses food and sleep and nears collapse. Counsel C. N. Blanchard plans to enter an insanity plea when the Superior Court convenes this month.
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Farmington
Herbert Holbrook
Wilton
C. N. Blanchard
Holbrook
McCormick Set to Return Home from England
Vienna dispatch reports United States ambassador Robert S McCormick and Mrs McCormick will sail for the United States from England on September 17.
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Vienna
Robert S. McCormick
United States
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E. S. Converse
Sallie Slick
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Europe
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Corner Beach
Lehigh Valley Tours
King
Vaughan
UNION
M'Cormick
PENN
Bromfield ST
Flipp
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