100-50-20 Years Ago Anent American Claims
Naples August 24 report on American claims cites initial $4,000,000 demand referred to Vienna congress. rumors spread of promises or cessions, with debate over a Mediterranean port and Syracuse. Spanish actions prompt parliamentary and military tensions, including a viceroy arrest. Other items note cricket match results, Catalpa tug activity, Irving opens dry goods shop, Ruby brig arrival, local baseball game, and potato price rumors in Utica.
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Naples
Congress of Vienna
Pinckney
Mediterranean
Syracuse
Parle Isles
Cicily
Min Islands
Twenty Years Ago Arrest Of George Williams In Brooklyn
Twenty years ago George Williams, once living in the city and an ex-convict, awaits trial in Brooklyn for burglary. A 16 year old boy, Herbert Slake of Armstrong Place, is shot with a bullet likely from a pistol explosion. doctors cannot locate or explain the bullet’s path. Charles Bostock, a local amusement proprietor, settles unpaid rent with Sheriff Doolan after moving to a New Haven location. John McMahon, 15, hosts a large masked party for friends at his home with about 60 attendees. Delormes' $50,000 painting The Blackith will be shown next week at Howland Dry Goods Company.
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Herbert Slake
Armstrong Place
Charles Bostock
Congo Street
New Haven
Doolan
John McMahon
John H. McMahon
McMahon
Wren
Delormes
Blac
Ith
Howland Dry ‘Goods Company
Seamen Aid Surges in Eighty-Eighth Year Society Report
New York report notes 131000 seamen registered at its headquarter and 41000 sailors lodged overnight with free beds for about two thousand, meals for over one thousand. The American Seamen's Friend Society says gifts totaled 82611, libraries rose to 27413 with 641000 volumes, serving sailors worldwide.
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New York
American Seamen's Friend Society
Port of
Gloucester
Mass
Norfolk
Newport News
New Orleans
Galveston
Rio de Janeiro
Stockholm
Sweden
Jety
Society
Morehhan
Panama Governor Raids Gambling Houses in Colon
Governor Ruben Arcia leads raids on flourishing gambling venues in Colon with two properties seized. Similar actions occurred in Panama City a month earlier, as Arcia vows to drive gambling from the Isthmus. He is described as a young, wealthy, honest official respected by locals and Americans alike.
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Panama
Gamling
Colon
Ruben Arcia
Panama City
Arcian Thaw
Arcia Isone
Soan
Judge Nortoni resigns to stump for Wilson in Midwest
St Louis reports Judge Albert D Norton resigns from Missouri Court of Appeals to campaign for President Wilson. He denounces Hughes as Wall Street oriented and credits Wilson with protecting human rights, women’s suffrage, and child labor laws. Navy contracts noted for six airplanes and six power plants to Pensacola.
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St. Louis
Albert.d. Nortont
Court of Appeals
Missouri
Middle West
Wilson
Jefferson
Lincoln
Nortoni
Republican Party
Hughes
New York
Miz Busines
Mr. Hughes
Wall Street
Agai
New Jersey
Germany
United States
Indiana German Leader Endorses Wilson in 1912 race
Evansville leader John W. Boehne, prominent German American figure, urges Indiana Germans to back President Wilson over Hughes. In a letter to Herman W. Sallwasser, Boehne argues Wilson offers a calmer, more moderate policy and is likelier to keep the United States out of European war with cautious Mexican intervention.
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New York
John W. Boehne
Evansville
Indiana
Wilson
Boehne
Herman W. Sallwasser
la Porte
Hughes
Roosevelt
Brizon Defies Deputies In War Cost Plea In Paris
Paris October 17 Pierre Brizon Socialist Deputy who urged Premier Briand to end the war fails to sway the chamber. He argued the war costs reach 315 to 320 billions of francs, calling war a business and urging negotiation while avoiding further bloodshed and debt. He cited economic tolls, reparations, and old debts to quantify the cost.
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Paris
Pierre Brizon
Briand
France
Switzerland
Monsieur Briand
Monsieur Brizon
Sure Quality and Service for Jewelry Purchase
The ad promises reliable diamonds and jewelry with assured quality and service at fair prices. It invites customers to judge by their own experience and to investigate the merit of the goods, emphasizing plain dealings and reasonable profit.
Episcopal Convention Debates Law Forbidding Divorce Marriages
The Joint Commission on Legislation on Holy Matrimony recommended forbidding church officials from blessing or solemnizing marriages where one partner is divorced while the other is living. The report argues marriages should be considered in light of Christian teaching, warns against close civil rivalries, and urges careful discretion in admitting divorced partners to the sacraments. It also notes civil prohibitions on consanguinity and urges alignment with state law. The proposal, to be ratified by the convention, was presented by Bishop Joseph B. Cheshire.
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St. Louis
Joint Commission
Protestant Episcopal Church
Jesus Christ
Episcopal Church
Jos. B. Cheshire
Raleigh
North Carolina
Streets of Paris Raise Near 30 Million Francs for War Relief
Paris reports reveal nearly 30 million francs raised on the streets and in other cities for war relief. The tally includes Belgium Flag Day, National Relief Committee, Orphans Day, and Victims Day contributions, with Paris Day totals and refugees’ day still being finalized to reach about 30 million.
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Paris
France
Tawdry Saint and the St Audry Lace Tale
The article explains St Audry or Etheldreda of Ely, her relics moved to Ely Cathedral, and links her festival and the origin of the word tawdry from cheap St Audry lace at Ely fairs. It notes her pious life and connection to English vocabulary alongside St Vitus.
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St. Audry
St. Etheldreda
Ely
Andry
Church of Ely
St.Audry
St. Vitus
In Infernal Realms and Quips From Newspapers
A collage of quotations and snippets includes John F Fay on Buddhist Hell and Islamic hellfire, snappy ad lines from the London Chronicle and Pittsburgh Post, jokes about a barber, and a farmer’s ad line. It blends reverent and satirical takes with brief witticisms and notices.
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Hades
Hell
Hella
London Chronicle
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Kingdom of
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Bondo
Ferdinand
Bridgeport
East Bridgeport
Howe
Catalpa
Irving
Sterling Block
Nova Scotia
Stratford
Tigers
Eureka's
Eureka’s
Hotchkiss
Utica Herald
Rome
George Williams
States
Brooklyn
Friend Society
Navy Department
Pensacola
Brizon
Reck & Son
Episcopal Convention
Streets of Paris
Hayes Fish Co
Water Street
Meat Department
Porterhouse
Harbor Blues
Teco
Public Market&Branch
State & Bank Sts. E. Main ST
Cartwright
Main Street
Jonw
Wall
Nubeck
del Vici
Pat
House of Better Gha
Football Goods
Jaycox Rubber CO
Main ST
John F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
Superior Fabrics
Pittsburgh Post
Yonkers Statesman
David Dedlay Field
Swell Resort
Florida Times-Union
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