Elope couple hunted after call to Jamaica Plain home
A police dragnet surrounded Rev. Francis W. Sprague’s house at 62 Dunster Road Jamaica Plain early today to catch eloping pair Anna Taylor daughter of Samuel Taylor of Salisbury and George Spencer a chauffeur. A caller claiming to be Samuel Taylor alerted Jamaica Plain station with an urgent request to detain his daughter and her runaway companion.
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Francis W. Sprague
Dunster Road
Jamaica Plain
Anna Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Salisbury
George Spencer
Greece Responds as Bulgaria Mobilizes Army and Navy
The report states Greece answers Bulgaria mobilization with military readiness while warning Bulgarians to cope with Greece. It notes possible Serbian attack and a major Russian victory in Galicia. The article suggests Greece may influence Bulgaria while Teutons and Roumania contemplate actions.
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Greece
Bulgaria
Serbia
Galicia
Teutons
Roumania
Mexican Raiders Attack Progreso Texas Border Town
Details of a clash at Progreso Texas between U S cavalrymen and Mexican raiders report an American trooper dead and the captain wounded. Raiders looted the post office storehouse and burned it before fleeing across the Rio Grande under heavy fire from cross river forces.
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Washington
United States
Progreso
Texas
Anderson
Mercedes
War Department
Funston
Rio Grande
Border clash at Progreso post office report details
Major Anderson reports about 80 armed Mexicans attacked Progreso post office storehouse at daybreak looting and arson. Twelve Cavalry troops returned fire killing Private Henry Stubblefield and wounding Captain A V P Anderson. Firing lasted two hours with hundreds of Mexican shots and several perished on both sides. American forces pursued across the river and reinforced. Carranza troops nearby.
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Anderson
Progreso Post Office
Twelfth Cavalry
Henry Stubblefield
A. V. P. Anderson
Reindeer Meat to Compete With Beef in Seattle Market
The steamer Elihu Thompson will reach Seattle from Nome next week with about 150 reindeer carcases. The meat will be sold in Seattle to compete with beef and mutton.
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Seattle
Wash
Elihu Thompson
Nome
Elopement Plot Traced From Jamaica Plain to Salisbury
A minister corroborates a late night call from a man named Spencer seeking an urgent marriage to a girl named Taylor. Police traced the pursuit of an underage daughter by car from a Lynn restaurant to Jamaica Plain and then toward Boston, with Salisbury’s Ocean Street listed as the groom’s residence.
Baseball scores from yesterday across leagues
National and American league results show St. Louis 8 Boston 4 and Cleveland 4 New York, Chicago 7 Philadelphia 12 5, Washington 11 Detroit 4. In the National League Boston 2 Pittsburg 6 Cincinnati 7 Brooklyn 5 Chicago 6 Philadelphia 0 Philadelphia 6 Chicago 0.
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St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Missing Saco girl spurs police search in Newelingland
Eighteen year old schoolgirl from Saco and a youth are reported missing. authorities, including police in Newelingland, conduct a search for Jo Therese Torrey.
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Saco
Newelingland
Missing Thornton Academy student and man believed connected
In Saco Maine on September 24 the disappearance of Miss Josephine Torrey 18 a Thornton Academy junior and active in church work and Ralph Seavey 28 son of a Kennebunk meat dealer who relatives say is married has caused a sensation as the case becomes public.
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Saco
Josephine Torrey
Thornton Academy
Ralph Seavey
Kennebunk
Miss Torrey
Diamond Smith
Dyer Street
Biddeford
Main Street
Seavey
Missing Miss Torrey Seen With Seavey At Biddeford Station
Frank Norwood reports seeing Miss Torrey with Seavey at the western division B M station in Biddeford around 6 PM and they likely boarded a train to New York City. Police across towns and cities from here to New York are alerted and asked to arrest them if found.
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Frank Norwood
Miss Torrey
Seavey
Biddeford
New York City
New York
Murder in Newton Upper Falls Barn Stables
The body of Patrick Cannon 30, an odd job man, was found in a former coachman’s room in an unused barn off Eliot Street, Newton Upper Falls. Medical examiner said he was murdered likely two days earlier and robbed. no motive or suspects identified. Joseph Cannon identified the body. Cannon last seen alive on Dr. C Arthur Thompson’s grounds last Saturday morning.
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Patrick Cannon
Eliot Street
Newton Upper Falls
George L. West
Cannon
C. Arthur Thompson
Joseph Cannon
Upper Falls
Walsh to Review New York Militia
Governor Walsh left Boston for a brief visit to New York with Governor Whitman of New York. They will review the National Guard of the State of New York mobilized in New York City today.
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Walsh
Boston
New York
Whitman
National Guard
State of
New York City
Pantalettes on Mrs Nick Longworth fashion scene
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, draws Chicago attention on Michigan Avenue as she wears a pantalette skirt in a fashion show. Her outfit features a heavy skirt, wide leg tucks, lace low shoes, and a furless long coat, drawing public interest from fashionable onlookers.
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Chicago
Nicholas Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Michigan Boulevard
Alice Roosevelt
Middle West
Von Papen Defends Letters as Ungentlemanly Remark
Captain Franz von Papen arrives in San Francisco on leave with a companion believed to be Prince von Hatzfeldt. He condemns the use of private letters by James Archibald calling Americans idiotic Yankees and declines to discuss the matter further.
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San Francisco
Franz von Papen
Washington
James I. J. Archibald
Mr. Hatzfeld
New York
von Papen
Prince von Hatzfeldt
Archibald
Husband shoots wife then kills himself at Rocky Point
John Dubey of Haverhill Massachusetts shot his wife twice in a Rocky Point concession stand and then killed himself with the same revolver. Authorities say despondency over unemployment and the wife's refusal to lend money led to the tragedy Cancer not mentioned.
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Providence
John Dubey
Haverhill
Mass
Rocky Point
River Point couple’s quarrel ends in gunfire
Mrs. Dubey said her husband visited her at her River Point variety store asking for money to pay a bill at Haverhill. After a meeting at Rocky Pont stand he demanded funds again and fired twice striking her head and shoulder. He then shot himself, dying.
Russians Win Two Key Front Victories Forcing Mackensen Retreat
Despatches from Athens and the Balkans say Bulgaria’s sudden mobilization was halted by two Russian victories on the Austro German front. Greek mobilization followed as a pledge to defend Serbia if Bulgaria attacked. The Russian flank attack drove Von Mackensen’s forces north of the Pripet marshes.
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London
Athens
Balkan
Bulgaria
Greece
Serbia
von Mackensen
Pripet
Moon Phases and Evening Sky Details for Autumn
The record lists moon phases and rising times for Portland Gloucester and Newport, noting full moon on Sept 23 and new moon Oct 8. It adds celestial highlights: Saturn as morning star, Venus and Jupiter as evening stars, with vehicle lights timed for 6 09 and 6 39.
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Navy
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Balboa Discovers Pacific Ocean and War Anniversaries
Read a compact review of historic anniversaries including Balboa's discovery of the Pacific in 1513 and a century ago the French bombarded and occupied Lissa in Dalmatia. Also notes British Indian troops landing in Marseilles during a past conflict.
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Sofia
Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Lissa
Dalmatia
Marseilles
France
Forecast for Boston Area: Cooler Weekend
Fair and cooler conditions expected in Boston and vicinity on Saturday with a likely fair Sunday. In New England and eastern New York the forecast calls for fair weather Saturday and probably Sunday with moderate winds.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New York
Yesterday's Temperature Reported by Thompson's Spa
Temperature readings from Thompson's Spa note yesterday's average around 60 degrees with time stamps shown as 3 p m and 9 p m. Comparisons indicate yesterday's average was lower than the previous year’s midnight reading, which stood at 74 degrees.
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Thompson's Spa
Bs Dal
I. Ac Tb
Asa Os
Eich Ee
Loan outlook narrows for Britain and France aid
Negotiations in New York over a proposed credit to Great Britain and France progressed with no major gains. For the first time since the Anglo French financial commission arrived, talk centered on a loan not exceeding half a billion dollars, with some believing this figure optimistic rather than confirmed.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Anglo- French Financial Commission
Commission
Bankers discuss Great Britain France loan terms
A financier notes the proposed five year notes likely bear five percent interest and be issued below par. Bankers say the loan could total up to half a billion dollars and be held mainly by banks, with ratification by Paris and London needed before a contract.
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Commission
Great Britain
France
Paris
London
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