Earthquake Strikes Sicily and Calabria In Italy
The Sept. quake devastates southern Sicily and Calabria with widespread loss of life. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Margherita mobilize relief, sending funds and orders to speed aid to Messina, Catania, and other stricken areas. The catastrophe echoes past calamities near Pompeii and Pompeylaneum.
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Sicily
Calabria
Pompeii
Merculaneum
Sielly
Piske
Cainvia
Mucivana
Naples
Strait of Messina
Mount Etna
Messina
Palermo
Katy
Victor
Miramanuel
Italy
Vesuvius
War and Marine
Mount
Etna
Rex E Beach praised as new successor to Mark Twain
The notice highlights Rex E Beach as a rising author of The Barrier and The Spoilers. It notes his lively, easy writing style and cites a dinner with Colonel Harvey for Harper's where Beach delivered a fresh after dinner speech. Richard Watson Gilder later says a successor to Mark Twain appeared in Beach.
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Mibraries
Bartler
Rex E. Beach
Harvey
Harper’s
Mark Twain
Beach
Richard Watson Gilder
Mark Turtain
Morse Elected President of Boston Mayor's Club Unanimously
Hon. Walter B. Morse former Marlboro mayor 1901 02 and 03 was unanimously elected president of the Mayor's club at a Boston Young's Hotel meeting. About 50 members attended with speeches by several mayors including M F O Connell and J M Woods. Marlboro reps present included Mayor Henry Parsons and ex Mayor F R S Mildon.
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Walter B. Morse
Marlboro
Mayor's Club
Young's Hotel
Boston
Morse
William F. Davis
Woburn
C. H. Porter
Quincy
M. F. O'Connell
Fitchburg
J. M Woods
Somerville
Brown
Lowell
William White
Lawrence
Henry Parsons
F. R
Mildon
Boxing Instructor Fred Bryson Joins Andover College
Fred Bryson the former boxer has been chosen as boxing instructor at Andover College one of New England's leading prep schools. He began teaching there and previously held similar roles at St Mark's School Groton Pomfret and now Andover, praised for his successful approach and spirited disposition.
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Fred Bryson
Andover College
New England
Bryson
St. Mark's School
Southboro
Groton
Marlboro Electric to Light West Boylston Streets
The Marlboro Electric Co. will light West Boylston streets under a signed agreement with town officials. A hearing was held in the town hall with representatives from the Marlboro Electric Co. and Worcester Electric Co. present.
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Marlboro Electric Co
West Boylston
Worcester Electric Co
Boxing in Schools Sparks Board of Education Stance
Dr Cramp ton, New York City physical training chief, rejects a compulsory boxing bill. He notes boxing has long been taught in some schools and aims to channel boys energy into exercise rather than street fighting. He says boxing helps expel steam from incorrigible youths through discipline and sweat.
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New York
Crampton
Board of Education
Henry White hosts luncheon for battleship officers at Nice
In Nice France Henry White the American ambassador held an elaborate luncheon for the officers of the first division of the American battleship fleet. A separate rollout notes Georgetown University to confer LL D on former Governor Higgins at its June commencement in Rhode Island. Tang Shao Yi the Chinese ambassador and his suite arrived in Plymouth England aboard the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm and went to London. Dr Charles Wu Eliot Harvard president emeritus praised Unitarians at a New York dinner. In Washington Senate business Jan 27 features Senator Davis backing futures legislation and Senator Cummings opposing the postal savings bank bill.
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Henry White
Nice
France
Governor Higgis
Rhode Island
Georgetown University
Tang Shao Yi
United States
Plymouth
Eng
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
London
Charles Wu
Eliot
Harvard University
Unitarian Club
New York
National Senate
Washington
Davis
Cummings
Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Committee On Post Offices
Jerome urges state libel action over federal pursuit
District Attorney Jerome writes that a New York World libel accusing Douglas Robinson and Charles Taft is a serious state injury. He favors initiating criminal libel proceedings in state courts if allowed without clashing with federal jurisdiction, asserting precedence over federal action and stressing the need to punish the false publication.
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Sdn
New York
New York World
Jerome
Pee
Itny
Daiglas Aphinadit
Hrote Une W
Roonvelt
Wittens
Jereme
Charles P. Taft
Douglas Robinson
Ita
The
of States
United States
Robinson
Gow Jury Completed in Bank Larceny Case
The jury to try William Gow a bank director on an indictment for larceny of 145000 from Borough bank has been completed. The act is linked to the bank's suspension during the 1907 fall panic. Elijah Halford named corresponding secretary of the Laymen's Missionary Movement of the Methodist Episcopal church in Washington.
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Gow
New York
William Gow
Halford
Elijah Halford
Washington
Harrison
Methodist Episcopal Church
Calhoun Bribery Trial Proceeds in San Francisco
Jurors in the Patrick Calhoun bribery case were temporarily excused as a third panel of talesmen was exhausted at the San Francisco court session.
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Calhoun
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Talesmen
Strikers Return to Work at Enterprise Glass
Three hundred striking employees of the Enterprise Glass Company return to work in Sandusky Ohio after agreeing to accept a sliding scale wage plan offered by the employers.
California family dominance and New Year customs in Los Angeles
A portrait shows Patrick Cavanaugh, an American in Alaméda California, with a large family of twelve and his push to exempt large households from taxation. The piece also surveys Southern California New Year celebrations, winter climate, and coastal life, noting yachts, roses, and outdoor activities.
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Patrick Cavanaugh
Alaméda
Cal
Cavandagh
Aouthern California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
California Coast
Marlboro social notes include dances and visits
Marlboro residents and visitors populate a busy social page. Mrs. Mary Bilard moves to East Weymouth while Charles Tempile and F B Coombs are noted with employers. Numerous visits, entertainments, and events occur including barn dances, dancing parties, and club gatherings featuring local bands and orchestras.
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Joseph Cardy
Winnie Dalton
Sotherville
Napoleon Lapierré
F. X. Lacombe
Howest
Omer Cordeau
Wae
Mary Bilard
East Weymouth
Charles Témiple
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
F. B. Coombs
Everett
Windsor
Aldene Gobellle
Fay Ct
Canada
Benjamin Chase
Bostéin
Marlboro
F. Robinson
Auburtdale
C. F. Robinson's
Ria Furlong
Somerville
Marlboro Friends
Alphonse Lafleur
Louis Fit
Jefferson St
Joseph Tayntor
Jo Lennox
Quincey
Helen Hutt
Edinboro St
Young Sportsmen’s Club
St. Jean’s Hall
Maraquina Boat Club
Hibernian Hall
J. Rosseau
Manchester
N. H
Joseph
Jos. Duhamel
Odilon Desrochers
Elm ‘St
Nashua
N. E
Highland City
Augustine Houde
Central Falls
R. 1
Radium Club
Southboro
Town Hall
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Kiersie
Lis
Syracuse
King Victor Emmanuel II
Queen Helena
Rex. E. Beach
OF Mayor's Club
Young’s
Urday
Andover
Ron
Panama
California
America
Wit
York
Bulletina
Los Hondias
Philander Chase Knox
Pewith
Sue
Congress
Policie
Pennsylvania
George T. Oliver
Pittsburg
Oliver
Selene
Bethany College
West Virginia
Allegheny County
George W. Guthrie
Andrew Carnegie
Duquesne Club
Roosevelt
George v. Guth
Voters’ League
Guthrie
Western University of Pennsylvania
Law
Columbian University
Florence J. Howe
Tilden Electors
Florida Returning Board
Marlacro Ie
Louise Carterry
Blanche Claire
Milford
Edwin McClintock
Cambridge
Andrews House
Mast Main St
J. B. McManus
B. B. Lovett
Preston Hall
Walter Wood
Sadie Archibald
Brockton
Walnut St
Archibald
Howard Stone
Worcester St. Railway
Bernard Kane
Young Delaney
New Orleans
Frankie Neil
Crescent City
Harry & Brigham’s Orchestra
Hospital Ball
South Framingham
Northboro
F . Co. P Hall
Concord
Benjamin B.lovett
K. of C. Hall
Pearl Dockendorff
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