A Blighted Life A Young Girl in Tragedy at Union Street
A tragic report from Lixx details Susie J. Truell's death by suicide amid her illegitimate child's disputed future. Windrum is named as the man involved in the girl’s past ruin. The case involves legal actions, a despondent mother, and police inquiries with medical examiners and potential inquest pending.
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Union Street
Silsbee
Susie J. Truell
Windrum
Lean Peabody
Ira B. Keith
Wother
Susie
Mary Carroll
Mary Wee
Carroll
Misss Truel
Miss Carroll
Good
Miss C
Miss Track
Stove
Meare
Central Avenue
Carrie
Kate Donovan
Mise Truci
Pinkham
Stickney in Court in Fall River Gas Company Case
Charles P. Stickney, once treasurer of Fall River Manufacturers Gas Co, testifies in Boston bank suit seeking director liability as company insolvency looms. He details notes and proceeds, faces cross examination, and is returned to prison after brief public appearances with Chamberlain overseeing discipline differences noted at Taunton station.
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Fall River
Manufacturere’ Gas Company
Taunton
Mass
Charles P. Stickney
Concord
Warden Chamberlain
Bit
Shoe and Leather National Bank of Boston
Manufacturers’ Gas Company of
Fair River
Boeton
P. Ltickney
Auwaust
Leather National Bank
Stickney
Cine Company
Seth Turner
Cours
M. F. Dickinson
Biliard, Hyde & Dickinson
Homeless Family Found Near Starved After Rum Crisis
Jono Hart aged 42 with wife and children were found homeless and nearly dead from exposure in a derelict area. Report cites alcohol as the cause of their plight, noting the family had been sent to a home after suffering extreme deprivation.
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Jono Hart
Etree
Nine Men Drowned in Henderson Harbor Disaster
A yacht West Wind capsized near Henderson harbor on September 5 and sank instantly due to a heavy ballast. Nine men were aboard and all perished, with none of the bodies recovered. Drowned are Byron Wescott, Nelson Westcott, Edward Benjamin, Shuler Howard, Drake Lewis, Allen Romany, and Edward York. all were married except Edward Benjamin. Wind was strong at the time.
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Watertowny
West Wind
Henderson Harbor
Byron Wescott
Nelson Westcott
Edward Benjamin
Shuler Howard
Drake Lewis
Allen Romany
Edward York
Revival of Railroad and Iron Industry Reported
The Times notes a revival in railroad manufacturing as a Southwestern railroad agent could not obtain bids for 6000 tons of rails since eastern mills report full orders into February. A Washington Tribune special says iron firms face overwhelming private demand, hindering government material delivery for new war, state, and navy buildings.
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the Times
Gamleman
Southwestern Railroad
Chicago
Tribune
Washington Special
Washington
Navy Department
Great Storm Devastates Louisiana Sugar and Cotton Crops
New Orleans dispatch reports immense storm damage across Attakapas and river parishes Lafourche Assumption Ascension and Iberville with sugar losses estimated at 600000 hogsheads and 100000 barrels of molasses worth over 2 million. Cotton in the Mississippi lowlands severely damaged. overall destruction may push agricultural prices and influence election finances.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Attaks
Lafourche
Assumption
Ascension
Iberville
Mississippi
Sprague Estate Auction Seizes Cranston and Provdence Properties
The Sprague estate in Providence and Cranston, under federal attachment by the National Bank of Commerce of New York, was bought in by the plaintiff at an auction sale. Debts of about 55,840 dollars were claimed, with nine lots selling for 202,890 dollars and Cranston parcels totaling 4,700 dollars, plus Narragansett Park lands sold for 500. The sale faces questions over a trust deed validity.
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Fanny
Mary Sprague
Young Orcb
Cranston
Bir
Mury W. Gardner
Narragansett Park
The World's Checker Book by Barker Brothers
Charles F Barker of Cambridgeport Massachusetts announces The Worlds Checker Book a comprehensive compilation by William R Barker and Charles F Barker containing twenty two openings five hundred fifty five original games and twenty four original positions. Two cover editions offered with cloth or board binding and mailed on receipt of price.
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Charies F. Barker
Price
William Rh
Charies B. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Masa
Checker Book and World’s Checker Book notices
Readers from multiple cities confirm solutions and delivery of the World's Checker Book and related materials. J W Miller and others report correct positions and last moves, while several individuals cite copies and forwardings to addresses and clubs. A Beffner notes the Switcher is ready for publication.
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Belfast
O. Bebner
New Chambersburg
T. Stroud
Wilmington
Del
R. BE. Bowen
Millbury
Mass
J. Noe
H. E
France
Lod
Dak
W. R. Weedman
Fall River
W. F. Drake
Middeport
N. Y
Ff. Harding
Rainbow
Conn
A. J. Beffner
Boston
Chess position notes and authorship listings
Position No 612 by Charles F Barker Black. Position No 613 by Walter Smith Black to move and win. Position No 614 by G H Powell.
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Charles F. Barker
Walter Smith
Black
Warre
G. H. Powell
Checker puzzle notes reveal alternating wins and analysis
The record presents multiple chess problems with solutions by J W Miller and W C Parrow. It references Barker Bros and Mr Brock and Jacob Hatzier's recent Turf column, noting misplays and corrections. Solutions include numeric move lines such as 26.22 26-92 and 16. ae me 16 40 indicating White or Black victory in positions 610 and 611.
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C F. Barker
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Barker Bros
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Checker
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Wek
Theo
Kimley
W. C. Parrow
W. Wins
Germany
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Paulsen
Schwarts
P.—White
S —Black
Pwks Srtoyubéa
Kitow Bs
Kituy
Koch
Yloktseb Biacg
New England Chess and Checker Rooms
J. Busby
Isaiah Barker
Barker
Charles F. Barker
J. H. Irwin
New York
Wave
B. Wins
New England Chess and Checker Room
Murray
Joan Busby
Busby
F Ar
Charles W. Umsted
Melmore
Iy Ue
Jouore
Graeme McGregor
Wyllie and M Innes duel over games and moves
The note records Wyllie trailing 6 to M Innes 3 in a series, disputing a 24 26 move in Switcher and asserting openness to future matches for under £68. It also cites a return match between Dick of Kingeeat and Moir of Tillicoultry ending Moir 2 Dick 1, 4 2 and 10 draws overall. Other items mention Durward Lumsden winning a draughts match 26 22, Yates leaving Boston for Brooklyn with sharp ideas, Gates Hyzer contesting a Vermont championship, and Fitzpatrick Graham fifty games in San Francisco with Graham ahead 8 6 and 37 drawn.
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M’innes
M'Innes
Glasgow Herald
George Dick
Kingeeat
J. Moir
Tillicoultry
Moir
Aberdeen
G. Durward
J. Lumsden
Lumsden
Durward
Yates
Boston
Brooklyn
Graham
Fitzpatrick
Chess Congress Aims for International Participation
Communications to W W Curran at 21 Exchange Place outline plans for a national and international chess congress. The piece urges clubs to unite, raise funds, and solicit European masters, with questions on feasibility, host city, travel, timing, and local subscriptions, noting a Manhattan Chess Club meeting and a pending committee report.
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Boston
W. W. Curran
Exchange Place
Compatiwra
Manhattan Club
Allen
Manhattan Chess Club
New York
Lille
Mistress elopement with a negro in Memphis sensational report
A white woman Sue Blackburn was found living with a Black man named Lewis at 14 Desoto street Memphis. Police captured her as she attempted to escape. She claims to be connected in Ohio and wealthy in Indiana, and says physicians in Bowling Green Ky treated her. The man is her alleged husband and she is enamored despite yellow fever. In New Hampshire, Henry Cole, linked to a Springfield murder case, sought his wife accompanied by a French youth after being discharged when the victim reappeared alive. They were traced toward Manchester after traveling with a fourteen year old woman and a child left at home.
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Tenn
Athy
Sue Blackburn
Desoto Street
Captain Haven
Lewis
Little Rock
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Bin
Ohio
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Coxcorp
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Henry Cole
Springfield
Us16
Tule Morming
Mra
Land
Sprimefield
Cole
Nook Fell
Manchester
Deland Denies Alleged Dishonorable Conduct in Berlin
A letter from Mrs. Sara Deland published today in New York rejects rumors of dishonorable conduct with Rev. Dr. Thompson of Berlin. She denounces misinterpretation of a long friendship as evil, noting generous support from Thompson and his family during her troubles and education. Meanwhile Chicago stockmen discuss purchasing the steamship Great Eastern for Europe transport.
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New York
Sara Deland
Dr. Thompson
Berlin
Jr. ‘Thonpeon
Six Men Fall From Calvert Street Bridge Scaffold
Six workmen were on a scaffold at the new Calvert street bridge when it collapsed from a height of forty five feet. One man, Sho MecCarthy, was killed and the others were injured. The accident occurred this afternoon during iron girder work. In Ohio, Thomas Smith, a colored deck-hand on the steamer Cherokee, was shot and killed by fellow crew member William Autour following a provocation.
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Calvert Street Bridge
Sho
MecCarthy
Ohio River
Crycranxatt
Thomas Smith
William Autour
Theodore Black lynched near Burrington after assault charge
Theodore Black, a colored man, accused of assaulting a white girl, was lynched by a Vigilance Committee at Burrington. His body was hanged from a tree as punishment, with the event reported as a deadly extrajudicial act.
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Crncrsyxatt
Theodore Black
Borrington
Severe floods report from St Petersburg dispatch
A St Petersburg despatch notes violent floods in Kassin and Loxpon on September 6 1924. The Neva River rose over its banks but the city and nearby areas suffered limited damage.
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Kassin
Loxpon
St. Petersburg
Chess telegraph controversy sparks move versus notice debate
The article discusses a New York match between Mears Velwar and A. P. Barnes with a seven win target and analyzes whether a telegraph move constitutes a legal move or a false move. It cites Staunton Praxis rules and argues telegraphed moves may be treated as communications rather than actual in-board moves.
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Buffle
New York
Mears
Eugene Velwar
A. P. Barnes
Ofer
Ottawa
Canada
Corm
White
Eurse
Staunton
Telegraph
Waltham Hearing On Outrage Case Involving Mead
The examination of George Mead for siding and abetting in the Prospect House outrage at Waltham was held before Trial Justice B B Johnson. Testimony described alleged plans, conversations, and a suspected arrangement with a man called Mike. Mead was held in $2300 on both complaints for appearance before the supreme court. October 3.
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Waltham
George Mead
Prospect House
B. B. Johnson
J.J. Bryant
Mike
Mead
Tbe
Louse
Omcer Lk. K. Graves
George
Lim
Oltiver N. A. Moody
Belween
Wey
Rowe
Auation House
Grindle
Mike Mead
Miss Grindle
Ler
Sarah Wellington
Mise Grindle
Supreme Court
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