Italy Readies Fight as Turkey Alters Mediterranean Posts
Italy declares readiness to mobilize 112000 reservists and dispatch a fleet and expeditionary forces totaling 60,000 to Tripoli and the Adriatic coast. Turkish forces in Tripoli numbered about 30000, with reports Taranto under siege and ambassadors seeking explanations for Italian ship movements.
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Tripoli
Italy
Mest
Adriatic Sea
Macedonia
Syria
Arabia
Taranto
Italy Readies Tripoli Occupation If Turkey Refuses Pact
Rome and Paris news service report Rome hopes for an amicable Italian protectorate over Tripoli under Turkish sovereignty. Italy warns of military action and a naval demonstration before Smyrna if Turkey rejects the arrangement. Critics note Abyssinian war memory and European shifts in Africa.
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Turkey
Italy
Tripoli
Smyrna
Giolitti
Ministers of War and Marine
French plans for central African lands near Chad lake
The text argues France values its Nile basin holdings more than Chad area and suggests France exchange central African territories for lands around the Great Chad Lake to place that region fully under French control.
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The
Nile
Chad
France
Great
Chad Lake
Italian Steamers Recall Passengers From Turkish Ports
Rumors of Italian troops landing in Tripoli raise alarm in Constantinople as the liner Romania is ordered to land passengers within half an hour at the Dardanelles. The ship sails to Italy without mails. Other Italian steamers reportedly depart Turkish ports without unloading cargoes following Italian consul orders. The Porte directs Turkish handling of Italian vessels.
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Italy
Mesurata
Rome
Constantinople
Tripoli
Romania
Dardanelles
Porte
Round Up Five at Pistol Point
Five Wakefield youths about 13 years old were seized by Wakefield police near Nan Taskeet Street Wakefield Junction after they were seen gambling in woods. Officers Tainter and Preston halted the group with drawn revolvers and arrested them for arraignment before Judge Charles M Cross in Malden District Court.
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Wakefield
Charles M. Cross
Malden District Court
Tainter and
Preston
Wakefield Force
Nantasket Street
Wakefield Junction
Reward Raised for Ames Diamond Brooch
Newport Rhode Island September 24 six hundred dollars now awaits the return of the diamond bowknot brooch lost by Mrs F Lothrop Ames at the Elms dance on September 2 The ornament is valued at ten thousand dollars with some placing the value higher The reward began at two hundred dollars and rose to four hundred before this latest increase.
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Newport
R. I
F. Lothrop Ames
Elms
Edward J. Berwind
General Lawrence Medford's first mayor dies after long illness
Gen. Lawrence of Medford veteran of Civil War and founder of the Lawrence Light Guard Armory dies after three months at home and worsening condition. He served Medford as its first mayor after it became a city, supported the public library and rail connections, and was honored with military and civic posts. His death follows a long illness with kidney trouble and Bright's disease.
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Bright
William B
George N. Batchelder
Daniel W. Lawrence
George R. Barrett
James E. Cleaves
Boston
R. W W. Fitz
Paul Thorndike
Lawrence Light Guard
Frederick W. Hamilton
Tufts College
General Lawrence
England
Lawrence
Medford
Boston & Maine
Daniel
Elizabeth Lawrence
Harvard College
Chicago
Bigelow & Lawrence
Charlestown
Rebecca Badger
William
Wilton
Daniel Lawrence & Son
Eastern Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Maine Central
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Bul Run
Artill
City of
Lawrence Light Guard Armory
Masonic Order
Mt. Hermon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Riker Jaynes Store Opening Draws Boston Crowd
The Riker Jaynes drug store at 801 Washington Street opened last Saturday to a record crowd of 36 144, with 60 clerks and 10 cashiers handling the rush. Police managed the lines as souvenirs exhausted and tickets were issued for later redemption. The event surpassed the next largest store by 33 1 3 percent and drew about 8 percent of Boston’s population that day.
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Riker-Jaynes
Washington Street
Boston
Boston Drug Stores
News Store
Riker- Jaynes
Lawrence, Medford Mason Leader, Earned Top Rite Honors
General Lawrence rose through Masonic ranks becoming grand master of the Masons of Massachusetts in 1880 and grand commander of Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1894. His peak came on Sept 23 1909 as sovereign grand commander of the Supreme Council Northern jurisdiction. His Medford home housed a premier Masonry library.
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Masons of
Massachusetts
Knights Templars
Rhode Island
Supreme Council
United States
Lawrence
Medford
Train Hits Hayrack Party. 13 Die in Collision
A hayrack party of 31 returning from a celebration was struck by a train beside billboarded tracks. Nine escaped unharmed while the train suffered no fatalities but a severe jolt. Dust and fog contributed to the tragedy.
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Finn
Joseph Brizinski
Mary Schwartzbauer
Brizinski
Peter Hanson
Wagon party tied to Menasha Woodware merger wedding
A funeral wagon ride to Hanson farm for a wedding anniversary drew an all company turnout from Menasha Woodware Company. The group traveled in the early evening at about 60 mph the coroner's jury convened but adjourned to allow the district attorney and others to interview witnesses.
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Commercial Street
Peter Hanson
Chicago
Menasha
John Drill
James Cheslock
Gustav Finn
Mabel Finn
John Hart
Steven Lisek
Dominick Omniechinski
Mabel Renz
John Schedick
Joseph Schedick
Joseph Siengo
Frank Lisgardt
Isabelle Suchowsal
Philip Mott
Benjamin Dumbrowski
Antone Kurmoski
Myron Olson
Anna Sodalski
John Snuchodolski
Amanda Syring
Herman Syring
Menasha Woodenware Company
Hanson
Aviator Rodgers Halted by Barbed Wire Fence in Coast to Coast Flight
Jamestown N Y September 24 Aviator Calbraith P Rodgers coast to coast attempt for Hearst prize halted when a double line of barbed wire along a country lane stopped his biplane at Red House 25 miles east of here after 89 miles. Engine trouble and wind contributed to the wreckage as he failed to clear the second fence.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Calbraith P. Rodgers
W. R. Hearst
Red House
Here
Rodgers
Hornell
Olean Fair Grounds
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Ames Gem
Victor
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Roepe
UME Eaton Velie
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
N. J
Victor Records
Victrola Red Seal
Tamagino
Patti
Oliver Ditson Company
Victor Machines and Records
Tremont Street
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Mass
Gen. Lawrence
Davis & Sanford
Samuel C. Lawrence
Mystic Royal Arch
Masonic Sovereign Grand Com
Paine Furniture Company
Canal Street
North Station
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Paine
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