France and England May Settle Anglo French Differences
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant reports London Paris talks between British and French leaders. He cites aims: a reasonable arbitration treaty, naval reduction with France and Russia, and a friendly settlement of outstanding disputes. He sees swift signing within months and plans post for broader European American diplomacy.
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Paris
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant
London
Delcasse
Lansdowne
Chamberlain
Baron D’hstournelles
Great Britain
United States
France
Russia
D'Estournettes
Pure vegetable oil soap promises freest lather on market
Advert says the soap is made from pure vegetable oils and offers the freest lather of any on the market. It urges customers to use less product while achieving strong cleaning and lather.
Magazine Blast Kills Three at Bluffton Plant
A magazine in the Empire American Nitro glycerine plant near Bluffton Indiana exploded destroying the plant. Workers William Howard Edward Radabaugh and William Steffy were killed and a stranger is believed to have perished. Machinery was blown 500 feet, and 1100 quarts of explosive destroyed. Officials suspect a driver dropped a can triggering the blast.
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Bluffton
Ind
William Howard
Edward Radabaugh
William Steffy
Actress Alice France Dies Suddenly in New York
Alice France, 55, once a noted actress and member of a famous English acting family, died suddenly today in a cheap New York lodging house. Once wealthy at the peak of her career, she was married to a man named Smith or Schmidt but had separated. Years ago she retired from the stage and received a small allowance from the Actors Fund.
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New York
Alice France
Smith
Schmidt
Severe storm lashes Point Judith with 50 mph winds
A southeast gale intensified into the season's strongest storm at Point Judith Rhode Island on August 5. The tempest pushed eastward at about 50 miles per hour, drove rain for nearly 24 hours, and forced sailing craft to seek harbor refuges while life savers stood ready with a tug for distressed vessels. No wrecks reported as crews monitor the coast.
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Point Judith
R. I
Wheeler Stenzel Glass Company Placed in Receiver
Boston August 5 The Wheeler Stenzel company a glass jobbing house was placed in the hands of a receiver by Judge Colt in the U S circuit court Walter H Barney trustee a creditor for 14416 filed suit asserting debts exceed 215000 assets are inadequate and the firm is insolvent Francis M Edwards named receiver
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Boston
Wheeler-Stenzel Company
Colt
United States
Walter H. Barney
Francis M. Edwards
Knights of Columbus greet Pope Pius X
The National council Knights of Columbus in New Haven sends a cablegram to the Vatican greeting His Holiness Pope Pius X. It pledges fidelity and wishes him many years of happiness, signed by Pp. J. McGivney National Chaplain.
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New Haven
Conn
National Council
Knights of Columbus
Vatican
Pope Pius X
Vatican Palace
Rome
America
Pp. J. McGivney
Appeal to U S on Shanghai editors arrest
Acting Secretary Loomis received a cable from the Bow Wong society of Honolulu requesting U S government intervention for reform editors jailed in Shanghai. No information from Pekin or Shanghai, and the men are to be disposed of by Shanghai’s foreign association. The U S will act only if China or Shanghai’s consul general asks for advice.
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Washington
Loomis
Bow Wong Society
Honolulu
United States
Shanghai
Pekin
Foreign Association of Shanghai
Foreign Association of
Charles Sprague Dies at 80 in Hingham Summer Home
Charles James Sprague aged 80, retired bank officer and lifelong amateur on music and botany, died today at his summer home in Hingham. A prolific contributor of poems and scientific translations for over fifty years, he left a son and daughter as survivors.
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Boston
Charles James Sprague
Hingham
Washington Papers In Lyon Glove Contract Case Mention Littauer
Washington reports that papers in the Lyon glove contract case, in which Congressman Littauer’s name has been mentioned, were received at the department of justice today.
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Washington
Lyon
Littauer
Department of Justice
To Heal a Hurt with Banner Salve Ad
Banner Salve is advertised as the great healer guaranteed for cuts wounds sores piles and all skin diseases. The ad lists multiple local sellers including Goodale's store 217 Central street Ellingwoo Co corner Merrimack and Central Carter Sherburne corner Merrimack and Bridge Falls Burkinshaw 418 Middlesex street.
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Goodale’s
Central Street
Ellingwoo & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Carter & Sherburne
Bridge Stree
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
Rogers Sued Over Bay State Gas Trust Funds
Boston action filed in supreme judicial court alleges Henry H. Rogers as trustee fleeced Bay State Gas of Delaware by receiving 3 000 000 from New England Gas and Coke on Boston area gas ventures. Suit seeks recovery and accounting for alleged negligence and misfeasance.
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Boston
Henry H. Rogers
New York
Supreme Judicial Court
G. W. Pepper
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Mr. Rogers
New England Gas and Coke Company
Rogers
Pepper
Bay State Company of Delaware
Bay State Gas Company of
Delaware
South Boston
Roxbury
Bay State Gas Companies
Massachusetts
Brookline
Dorchester
Bay State Gas Company
Missing from Home Walter Taft Fails Return
Lawrence August 5 Walter B Taft of 185 South Union street has been missing since last Thursday after leaving home without notice His wife Katherine Taft died of heart failure Friday night funeral held at St Patrick s church Relatives seek him and guardianship steps are planned for their four children An agent from a Boston Catholic home took the children to an institution.
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Lawrence
Walter B. Taft
South Union Street
Katherine Taft
St. Patrick's Church
Mr. Taft
Boston
Postmaster halts Monarch Investment fraud order
Kansas City dispatch reports Postmaster Harris stopped the Monarch Investment company mail on a fraud order by the Postmaster General. The Oklahoma town site firm sold 90000 in lots at Apalchia and held a drawing on July 22, with another advertised for Warwick on August 19. No fraud alleged in the lottery feature.
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Kansas City
Harris
Monarch Investment Company
Oklahoma
Apalchia
Warwick
Dedication Postponed for Civil War Monument Indoor Ceremony
New Haven residents adjust plans for Bay View park dedication of the Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers monument as a storm forces the formal exercises indoors at the Second Regiment armory. Veterans unveil the monument while Rev. W. J. Slocum of Waterbury delivers the address and Governor Chamberlain attends.
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New Haven
Conn
Bay View Park
Ninth Regiment
Connecticut Volunteers
Second Regiment
W. J. Slocum
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Waterbury
Chamberlain
Seven hundred drowned in Che Foo floods
Berlin Aug 5 A dispatch reports 700 people drowned in floods at Che Foo China on July 27. About two thousand inhabitants were left without means of subsistence.
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Che Foo
Berlin
China
Whaling Ship A. R. Tucker Returns From Long Voyage
Bark A. R. Tucker with Captain Manuel E. Costa arrives at New Bedford from a 20 month Atlantic whaling voyage. Total catch 1,450 barrels consigned to J. and W. R. Wing. The voyage endured a severe gale off Cape Hatteras that wrecked upper spars and port boats. whales were plentiful but rough weather limited hunting.
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New Bedford
A. R. Tucker
Manuel E. Costa
W. R. Wing
Cape Hatteras
Practical Suggestions On Cabbage And Peppers In Cooking
This educator style piece by Lida Ames Willis outlines cabbage as a fibrous, digestion heavy vegetable and offers buying and cooking tips. It covers varieties of peppers, green bell peppers, and several prepared dishes including cabbage hearts with string beans, scalloped cabbage with cheese, green peppers au gratin, fried pepper rings, and stuffed peppers with tomato sauce. It notes preparation steps, cooking times, and serving ideas to favor digestibility and flavor.
Inquiries Answered on Coffee for Boat Trips or Picnics
Reader asks for simple coffee methods for a boat excursion or picnic. Also included are notes on German Fruit Fritters: fry stale bread rounds in hot fat, dip in hot milk, dust with sugar, top with fruit jam and whipped cream.
Railroads seek extension on safety appliance deadline
Washington August 5. The inter state commerce commission held a hearing on requests by several railroads to extend the time to equip rolling stock with safety appliances beyond the September 1 deadline. Boston and Maine master car builder J T Chamberlain testified his firm has 6500 cars still unequipped and would need seven months to complete the work.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. T. Chamberlain
Boston & Maine
Consumption Threatened. Foley’s Honey and Tar Cures Cough
Cham paign Ill resident Unger of 211 Maplestreet says a yearlong hacking cough frightened him for consumption. After trying many remedies and months under physician care he used one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar and was cured. Sold by Goodale's drug store and Ellingwood Carter Falls Burkinshaw outlets at key city corners.
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Do. Unger
Maplestreet
Champaign
Ill
Foley's
Goodale’s
Central St
Merrimack and
Bridge Streets
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
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Opera
Caleb L. Smith
Goston Brangh Groger
Middlesex St
G. W. Bonneville
D. D. S. Lowell Dental Parlors
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Bluffton, Ind
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C. J. Sprague
Bay State Gas Co
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Monarch Investment Co
Lida Ames Willis
Marquette Pbuilding
Chicago
Banning Co
Peppers
A. G. Pollard & CO
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Sea Island
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H. B. Shattuck & Son
York Cloak x Suh CO
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