Athletes Attend Luncheon at Atlantic Hotel
Steeplechase Island hosts a large gathering by the United Irish Societies as top athletes arrive from New York for events. Dan Ahearn McGrath Flanagan Lunghi Robbins Lawson Robertson and others join a warmly received parade of champions at a city luncheon organized by Frederick Mullins and a noted committee. Major John J. McMurray coordinates final arrangements with officials and club leaders.
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United Irish Societies
New York
Dan Ahearn
McGrath
John J. Flanagan
Kiviat
McLeod
A Wilson
Emilio Lunghi
William Robbins
Lawson Robertson
Irish Athletic Club
Atlantic
Frederick C. Mullins
Harry ¥. Porter
Thomas C. Coughlin
Thomas M. Cullinan
William R. Hog- Speer
J Man, Sr
David E. Mo Col
T. J. Murphy
Edward F. Mi Yern
John J. O'Neil
James
Lonon
Herbert L. Trube
John 4. McMurray
F. H. Laley
Stephen Horan
Joseph A Richard Murphy
E. F. Blank
Garate
Joseph Gaynor
John Fay
Sigmund Loewith
Walter Haggerty
Chris Rickard
Louis Kutscher
Archibald McNeil
James Kelly
Three Trains Collide In New Haven Rail Yard
At 1 a m a freight train crashed into the Adams Express train near the station, derailing freight cars and a scraper into an east bound freight. Three trains were involved but no injuries were reported. After five hours work the line reopened in both directions. Engineer J Munson alleged to have failed to see rear lights.
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New Haven Railroad Company
Adams
J. Munson
Miss Johnson to Wed Nephew of Farragut
Salisbury Conn Aug 21 The marriage of Miss Katherine S Johnson daughter of the late Rev William Allen Johnson D D to Algernon Sidney Ashe of California will take place here Aug 23 at St Johns church Mr Ashe belongs to a pioneer North Carolina family and is a nephew of the late Admiral Farragut Lawcen Purdy of Newark will give away Harold Sewell of Bath Me will be best man Ushers John Loyall Farragut and Augustin Coleman Smith There will be no bridesmaids The couple will make their home in California
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Bath
John Loyall Farragut
Augustin Coleman Smith
Fornia
Father Sheridan Resumes His Duties as Pastor
Rev. J. O'R. Sheridan, after treatment at St. Raphael's hospital and surgery in Chicago by Dr. John Murphy, has been discharged and resumed his duties at St. Patrick's parish Meoretuck in New Haven. Recent imports note a Mauretanian woolen consignments arriving yesterday for Main Street.
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New Haven
J. O'R. Sheridan
St. Raphael's Hospital
Chicago
John Murphy
St. Patrick's Parish
Mrs Thaw charges Matteawan mistreatment of Harry Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, accuses Matteawan officials of worsening her son's conditions to hinder his fight for freedom. She says he was denied eggs and orange juice, kept in a bare cell from early morning to late afternoon, and barred from piano play, while meals and mail access were restricted.
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United Press
Matteawan
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Justice Mills
Pockets Rifled of $100 in Connecticut Highway Robbery
James P. Catling a store owner and post office operator in Northfield Connecticut was robbed by masked bandits at 3 am while returning home. He was knocked down, left in a serious condition but is expected to recover. The thieves are believed to have taken about $100, exact amount unknown as Catling cannot speak.
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United Press
Northfield
Conn
James P. Catling
Catling
Consul Randall Injured by Auto in St Petersburg
London dispatch reports United States Consul James W. Randall and his wife were injured when their auto struck a wire stretched across Rue Kamenostrof. The Globe's St Petersburg correspondent cites evidence the wire was placed by terrorists aiming to stop Premier Stolypin's car, with several arrests made.
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United Press
London
Globe
St. Petersburg
United States
James W. Randall
Spanish Use Hand Grenades to Kill the Moors
Madrid reports fierce fighting at Melilla between Spanish troops and Moorish forces. A hand grenade unit under Colonel Burguet trained 19 Andalusian Asturian and Toledan cowboys to fling grenades, causing many Moorish casualties. Moorish women fight with slings, wounding Spanish troops.
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United Press
Madrid
Melilla
Burguet
Lumber Fire in New Haven Burns Plant at Gibbud and Augie
A blaze at the Gibbud and Augie Company lumber plant in New Haven broke out this afternoon of unclear origin. Fire damage was extensive, with much of the lumber stock destroyed. Local firefighters battled the blaze for hours until containment. Information on casualties or total loss was not immediately available.
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United Press
New Haven
Gibbud and Augie Company
Able Lumber
Shocking Death of Bridgeport Boy Struck by Train
The 15 year old son of Charles F. Ensworth was killed when a work train struck the wagon he rode in near Washington Connecticut. A box of ball cartridges in his pocket exploded, causing fatal injuries. An elderly man, Charles Hoffman, driving the team, was also injured and later died. The accident occurred as the party prepared to return home after a country outing. The body was prepared for shipment to Bridgeport.
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Carter L
Charles F. Ensworth
Beechwood Avenue
Washington, Conn
Charles Hoffman
Ensworth
New Preston
Young Ensworth
Ensworths
Hoffman
Washington
Cooper
Hatch
Eliot's Religion Views to Be Answered by Pope Pius
Harvard emeritus president Dr Charles W Eliot proposed a new religion in a Summer School address, viewed as a negation of faith by Roman Catholic officials. The Pope reportedly plans a semi official reply after translating Eliot's views into Italian.
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DR. Eliot
Pius
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Harvard Summer School of Theology
Oth.r
Eliot
Unconscious Bigamist Seeks Divorce in Court
Mortimer Drum, unaware he was a bigamist, seeks a divorce from Ida Jordan Drum in Superior Court. He first married Bertha McMasters in Cobble Skill, New York, Sept 8, 1899, who left him in Oct 1899. He married Ida Jordan on June 8, 1908, after which he learned he was not divorced. A New York decree surfaced implying a second union.
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Mortimer Drum
Ida Jordan Drum
Superior Court
Ida
Mortimer
Bertha McMasters
Cobbleskill
New York
John H. Pinder
Ida Jordan
Drum
One Girl Too Many For Tate
May Mooney and William Tate are friends. Mooney is sister to Mrs. John McNally of 1584 Main Street who says Tate threatened her husband after seeing him with another girl. Tate was arrested but released. in City Court the charge was not sustained. Also dated New Haven August 21 Detective Smith heads to Poughkeepsie to arrest John Connors who escaped from county jail August 18, 1908. Connors from Ansonia had three days left to serve a 30 day sentence for drunkenness.
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May Mooney
William ‘Tate
John McNally
Main Street
McNally
Miss Mooney
Redden
Tate
New Haven
Smith
Poughkeepsie
John Connors
Connors
Ansonia
Union Business College Places Students in Stenography Jobs
Union Business College on Main and Congress streets advertises its unparalleled placement results with numerous named students assigned as stenographers and book assistants. The notice touts 18 years in operation and 8,000 educated, inviting inquiries for the August terms and catalogues.
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Union Business College
Main and
Congress Streets
May Baur
Mary Ennis
Grovenor
Foote
Dorothy Bale
Edith Holmberg
Mary Lefkowitz
Main
Ragna Osterlund
Lillian Roe
Leo Eisenman
Ruth DeWolfe
B. B. Spalding
Mary McQuillan
Edith Johnston
Catherine Smith
Bessie Maloney
Ella Toohey
Edward Carmody
Sadie McCarthy
Gladys Mhulsizer
Lillian Hartigan
Albert Dow
Harry Babineau
Frank Vorisek
Lillian Lindroth
Sadie Reich
F. N. Goodwin
Emily Winton
Lorette Hurley
Sara Macdonald
Elmer Setterland
Joseph Harrison
Agda Johnson
Harry Savitz
Arthur Burghart
Alice Grace
John Ready
Mary Judge
Nathaniel Linderoth
Anna Smith
Othel Morehouse
Anna Shea
Mary Mirfield
Mae Walsh
Christine Strickfus
Edith Ballou
Gladys Hulsizer
Frank Anderson
Lillian Zimmer
Alice Hanser
Gertrude Lennon
Ruby Morehouse
Florence Keeler
Ida A. Hartman
Edwin Setterlund
Mabel Leonard
Julie Haggeman
Irene Gowling
Eva McLean
Ada Winton
Mary Curran
Theodore L. Eagen
Willis Disbrow
Lena Cottrell
Daisy Chadburn
Ernest Kalsus
Mee Union
A Seucer
ingTesa
Union Business Colles
Taft's Itinerary Falls 700 Miles Short of Roosevelt Route
Beverly Aug 21 President Tafts swing around the west will run within about 700 miles of matching Roosevelt 1903 record. Roosevelt total 13 955 miles while Taft planed trip stands at 13 200 miles. A few short side trips may be added to push the total past the Roosevelt mark.
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United Press
Beverly
Taft
West
Roosevelt
Funeral of C N Ruggles Held at His Home
Funeral services for Charles Napoleon Ruggles were held at 2 30 PM this afternoon from his home 2269 Main street led by Rev George W Nicholson pastor of the First Baptist church Pallbearers were L H Mills Hawley BW percents F E J Cunningham and Mayor Lee Interment followed at Gruss mee
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Charles Napoleon Ruggles
Main Street
George W. Nicholson
First Baptist Church
L. H. Mills
Hawley
F. E. J. Cunningham
Grussmee
Local Foresters Off for Toledo
Twenty one delegates and many members depart New Haven for Toledo Ohio to attend the biennial Supreme Court of Foresters of America convention opening August 24. The Connecticut delegation includes James C Roach James J Fitzgerald M Cole Kennedy Willis Wilmot Matthew Ryan Fred E Allard Fred H Furey Thomas Magner James O Callahan Thomas Flynn S F McAllear George O Malley J W O Mara Frank J William R Canfield Thomas Conlin Michael Connery Pp J Meehan August Parthenay James Gafferty and others. Key issues include establishing a Foresters sanitarium in Denver language use in initiation procedures and changes to appeals and arbitration rules within the courts. The delegation aims to move Forester memorial day to the 24th Sunday in June.
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United Press
New Haven
Toledo
Connecticut Grand Court
Supreme Court of Foresters of America
James C. Roach
Wallingford
James J. Fitzgerald
Waterbury
M. Cole Kennedy
Hartford
Willis Wilmot
Bridgeport
Matthew Ryan
Thomaston
Fred E Allard
Meriden
Fred H. Furey
Thompsonville
Thomas Magner
John Treat
Stamford
John O'Callahan
M Hartford
Thomas F. Flynn
S. F. McAllear
George O'Malley
J. W. O'Mara
Torrington
Frank J. William
R Canfield
Thomas J. Conlin
Michael Connery
Georgetown
J. Meehan
August Parthenay
James Gafferty
Plainville
Foresters’ Sanitarium
Denver
Lowing
Connecticut
Grand Army Official Heeter Haydn Dies in Lesli
Meriden Aug 21 Heeter C Haydn chief mustering officer of the Connecticut department of G A R died yesterday at Leslie where he had been ill for some time The long time veteran served the Grand Army in various posts and duties and was widely known in the state for his civic and fraternal work
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Meriden
Troop A First Home From War Returns to New Haven
The first Connecticut units back from Massachusetts manoeuvres Arrived last night on special trains from Boston. Troop A Battery A and escorts praised the campaign for field duty and discipline Major Ludington highlighted the decisive flank movement against the Blues and the drive toward Boston. Some men reported hardships and food concerns which Ludington denied noting good provisions and weather challenges during the exercises. He stressed militiamen must train for emergencies and defend home and country with no complaints from his unit. A lost Signet ring notice and various ads follow.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Troop A
Battery A
Boston
Red Army
Hanover
South Braintree
Ludington
Journal-Courier
Tenth Cavalry
Squadron A
Essex
Condins
Brewer sues rem in divorce case sequel in Branford
United Darien Aug 21 A sequel to a divorce suit ongoing since last September was disclosed today. W Hofer a wealthy resident of this place filed for a breach of affection against Charles Ochs the complainant’s former wife. The case is returnable at the superior court in Bridgeport. Hofer and his former wife are currently living at Press Point Stamford. Branford Yacht Club opens its season with a first voyage from Branford aiming toward Northport with captains reporting to H Smith on the flagship. The article also includes notices for typewriting notary public and local real estate ads in Branford and Bridgeport.
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United
Darien
W. Hofer
Charles
Branford Yacht Club
United Branford
Conn
North le
H. Smith
Northport
Injunction Dissolved Against Danbury Hat Company
Judge Lucien F Burpee dissolves the temporary injunction against the Hat Company of Danbury Connecticut in a case by Andrew Clark Coin of Smoke Dye Stuffs Noise of Plant Damages Over $2,000. The complaint alleges continual noise from blow pipes and dye stuffs blowing toward Clark s home from the factory chimneys.
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Andrew Clark
Lucien F. Burpee
Sperior
Hat Company
Danbury
Scott
Clark
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Miss Johnson
Farragut
Father Sheridan
Harry
Consul Randall
Charles F
Ensworth, Business
George B. Clark
Furniture House
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Court
Lee Pall
C. N. Ruggles
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Canfield
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Grand Court
Grand Army
Arch and
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Warren St
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Field Avenue
Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Co
Sharon
Litto
A. B. Greenwood Co
George St
William _Dana Specialty Co
Washington Bridge
Sta
Ceiarlid
Fairfield and
Courtland
Crawford Laundry Co
Jones & Lampson
Potter & Johnson
Acme
Cleveland Automatic
Brown & Sharpe
Landis
Norton
Locomobile Company of America
John M. Sears
L A. of M
S. A. of M
Millers Grove
Westville
Henry Haven
Weatville
Brewer Sues Rem
Mim Notary Public
Sears
Meigs
Pat
Torent
Myrtle Ave
Louis Cohen
E. Main St
Jim
East Street
J. Sheehan
Newfield
Traffo
M. Wittstein
Main St. Litz
Home & Land Co
Fairfield Avenue
Iman Street & Lots
Burpee
Danbury Care
Haitsch Hat CO
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