Five Lost Captain's Wife Drowned in Barge Sinking
New Bedford reports seven aboard barge Florrie bound to Providence with 2069 tons of coal perished after its deck house failed in heavy seas. Captain Cobb and a deck hand survived, clinging to a hatch until rescued by tug Boswell from Norfolk. Survivors were taken to Boston aboard the tug.
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New Bedford
Boswell
Norfolk
Emily
Calain Cobb
Florrie
Baregate
Fire Island
Captain Cobb
Boston
Providence
Rescued at Sea From Hurricane Sinks Orient Crew
Capt. Trom stad of the Banes reports rescuing eight men from the British schooner Orient on July 25 in lat 30.35 north long 74.29 west. The Orient, sailing Baltimore Harbor Isl and, was pummeled by a hurricane on July 22 23. The crew landed at Rum Cay Bahamas on July 27 after fighting to keep the sinking vessel afloat.
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Philadelphia
Tromstad
Banes
Port Antonio
Munroead
Orient
Pound
Baltimore
Harbor Island
Rum Cay
Bahamas
Weavers Battle Non-Union Band Over Labor Day Parade
At Fall River Central Labor union meeting the Weavers prefer a non-union New Bedford band for the parade, sparking protests from Musicians union who threaten withdrawal. A trio seeks to persuade the non-union group to join the New Bedford union, with a report due August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Central Labor Union
Weavers’ Association
New Bedford
Musicians’ Union
Weavers
New Bedford Union
Postmasters Hear Madden and Castile at Boston Session
Delegates of the National Postmasters association visited sites around Boston and attended an evening session where Edward C. Madden and Henry A. Castle spoke. Officers elected include F. B. Dickerson as president and W. E. Hull as first vice president with A. W. Wills H. B. Odell and G. A. Hibard named as vice presidents. T. G. Lawler was chosen secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National Postmasters’ Association
Edward C. Madden
Henry A. Castle
Post Office Department
Atlantic City
N. J
F. B. Dickerson
Detroit
Mich
Revere Beach Gases Hearings At Chelsea Court
In Chelsea court Special Justice Stearns resumed hearings on Revere beach liquor cases tied to metropolitan park police raids. Michael J. Doherty faced liquor nuisance charges at Star of the Sea cottage with four raids yielding 24 and a half gallons, a disputed May 10 closet search, and a May 12 raid. Doherty found guilty, sentencing hearing set for August 13. John H. Lacey’s Ocean Avenue case continued to next Tuesday. John H. Sheridan, 374 Boulevard, Revere, found not guilty of nuisance but guilty of liquor sale, fined 50 dollars. he appealed.
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Boston
Revere Beach
Metropolitan Park Police
Oakes
Chelsea
Stearns
Michael J. Doherty
Star of the Sea
Doherty
Devine
Stewart
John H. Lacey
Ocean Avenue
John H. Sheridan
Sheridan
Boulevard, Revere
Mysterious Strangler in Framingham Mystery Man Sighting
A well dressed stranger from Springfield circulated in Framingham and Natick Aug 6 asking for the man in charge at homes. He left cards boasting anti debt and political lines, claiming expertise in engineering. Police investigate as some call him a crank, others say insane.
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Framingham
Natick
Springfield
Republic
Kentucky
Will of David O Keefe Named Beneficiaries in Savannah Probate
Attested copy of the will of David O Keefe known as King of Yap arrives from Hong Kong. The widow in Savannah is not named. the legitimate daughter Mrs Louisa Veronica Butler is a beneficiary. Illegitimate children share with the legitimate one present. Col Walter C Hartridge seeks to contest the will from Hong Kong, acting for Mrs Keefe.
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Savannah
David O’keefe
Yap
Caroline Islands
McAlpin
Deacon & Hastings
Hong Kong
Louisa Veronica Butler
Terank
Col
Walter C. Hartridge
Ckeefe
Escapes From Exile Of Kurdish Chief Moussa Bey
London reports Moussa Bey, the Kurdish leader linked to Armenian outrages, has fled Medina with several chiefs after exile. He was involved in 1894 95 Armenian troubles, wounded American missionary Rev. Knapp in 1895, and was acquitted. The U S minister and missionaries protested the verdict, leading to his exile by the Sultan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yedda
Moussa Bey
Medina
Mr. Knapp
United States
Bigamy case unfolds romance from Italy in Haverhill
In Haverhill on August 6, Giuseppe Montanaro is held on $500 bond for the superior court on bigamy charges. The trial reveals a tale from Nola Italy of two lovers in 1886, Maria Napolitano and Montanaro, later separated by another suitor’s actions. The suspect married Rosana Romano in 1896 in the United States while his first wife was believed dead. Evidence includes consular records confirming Maria and child alive, leading to Montanaro’s arrest and bond set for September.
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Haverhill
Guiseppi Montanaro
Abbott
Montanaro
Italy
Nola
Montanara
Maria Concetta Napolitano
Giuseppe
America
Maria
Rosana Romano
Rosana
City Cerk Roberts
Guuseppe
Sargent
Guiseppe
Barrett
Essex Abbott
Roberts
Guiseppe Montanaro
William W. Roberts
Pittsburg Builders Trade Tieup Escalates War of Wages
Pittsburg August 6 unease over the Builders' Exchange peace move sparks a fresh break in the general resumption plan. The league demanded union hoisting engineers for all Wilson contracts, but workers refused to extend the union scale. The exchange withdrew the settlement offer and reaffirmed returning all trades to pre strike conditions on Wilson contracts, keeping the lockout alive.
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Pittsburg
Builders’ Exchange League
Building Trades Council
A. and
S. Wilson
Wilson & Co
League
Builders’ Exchange
Wilson
Umpire Sought For Miners Dispute In Pennsylvan
In Pottsville on August 6 the conciliation board failed to resolve all grievances between anthracite miners and operators and asked judges of the third judicial circuit to appoint a seventh umpire. The umpire will render a final binding decision. Judge Gray, former Strike Commission president, sits on the circuit bench.
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Pottsville
Third Judicial Circuit
United States Court
Strike Commission
Conciliation Board
United States
Gray
Third Circuit
Out of Sight Hostile Fleet Still at Sea
With thick weather along the coast the attacking fleet under Rear Admiral Sands faced conditions to strike from the Maine coast. No word by nightfall on Aug 6. defenders under Rear Admiral Barker patrolled off Eastport to Cape Ann and wireless Cape Elizabeth station reported functioning well. Portland prepares for army and navy maneuvers starting Aug 24 with fort defenses, mined harbors, searchlights, and submarine cables tested within 48 hours after Aug 25 midnight.
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Portland
Sands
Barker
Maine
Penobscot Bay
Bar Harbor
Admiral Barker
Eastport
Cape Ann
Admiral Sands
Cape Elizabeth
Army
Navy
Vacation plans and local notices in Middlesex County
Rev. Sarah A. Dixon of the Evangelical church schedules late summer time off with a two week window in August and early September. Dr. Emery L. Butler of Newton visits. Paul O. Kable shows health improvement after a doctor ordered rest. The drowning of Country club steward William H. MacDonald shocks Tyngsboro friends who knew him.
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Sarah A. Dixon
The
Evangelical Church
Emery L. Butler
Newton
Mass
Paul O. Kable
William H. MacDonald
Tyngsboro
Picnic Plans and Local Appointments Noted
Relief committee expects bills from property holders for broken windows and chimneys. Edw. Burgess family moved to Blossom street Lowell. Picnic of the Sunday school rescheduled to next Saturday with cars leaving the chapel at 1 20. Ptr. J. W. Laycock rented a house on Ellsworth street Lowell. Several local residents sworn in for police duty.
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Relief Committee
R. Edw. Burgess
Blossom Street
Lowell
J. W. Laycock
Ellsworth Street
Chelmsford Notes and Community Updates
Undenominational gospel meetings will continue at Stearns's grove with a 2.15 children’s session and a 3.00 adult session. Electric road repairs are planned between the village and the city though a double track is not this season. Centre school gains new principal H H Rice from Nantucket for fall term and the Rices will reside in Lowell street.
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Stearns’s Grove
Electric Road
Centre School
H. H. Rice
Nantucket
Subcommittee Members Meet With Aldrich at Warwick
Providence Aug 6 members of the senate finance sub committee gather at Senator Aldrich's Warwick country residence to discuss the forthcoming financial bill. Spooner arrived from Dubuque Platt came by electric car Allison expected later. no formal meeting planned during the visit.
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Providence
R. I
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Warwick
Congress
Spooner
Dubuque
Platt
Allison
Jett-White Case Near Midpoint in Kentucky Trial
In Cynthiana Kentucky the commonwealth case against Jett and White proceeds with defense witness Henry F Wilson claiming a large floor hole at Jackson courthouse. Defense demands pair Jett and White stand with backs to jury aiding alibi. Jury seated after five panels, 11 Democrats and one Republican.
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Cynthiana
Commonwealth
Jett
White
Henry F. Wilson
Jackson
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
Golden
B. J. Ewen
Powell County
Joseph Bruner
Ewen
Marcum
Protests Call Roosevelt to Help End Lynching
Mass meeting of colored citizens in New York adopts resolutions deploring lynchings and peonage, urging President Roosevelt to push Congress for reform. Speakers include George A. Allen James H. Hayes W H Brooks and Granville Hunt. Hayes urges Negro voting power in the North to redress wrongs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
South
Roosevelt
Congress
Colored Literary League of
Greater New York
Leagues
George A. Allen
League
James H. Hayes
Richmond
W. H. Brooks
Granville Hunt
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Hayes
Linen Huck Towels Offered at Special Price
Three hundred and fifty dozens of Seconds towels from the mill, good quality, 12 1/2c value, on sale for 10c each or three for 25c. No quantity discount. Display in Palmer street window Juinen department near the entrance. A G Pollard & Co.
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Palmer Street
Juinen Department
Anddannn
Lowell to Perform Sunday at Canobie Lake Park
American band Lowell headlines a Sunday concert at Canobie Lake Park with an afternoon and evening show listed for local entertainment.
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Lowell
Canobie Lake Park
Cheap Rates To Pacific Coast Excursion Tickets Sale
Nickel Plate Road offers special July 31 to August 14 fares Buffalo to San Francisco or Los Angeles at 60.50 and Buffalo to Seattle Tacoma or Portland at 69.20 with return until October 15. Finest Pullman Standard or Tourist Sleeping cars and dining cars with club meals from 35c to 1. Meals a la carte available. Write L. P. Burgess N E P Agent No. 258 Washington Street Boston Mass for through rates from your station.
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Nickel Plate Road
Buffalo
N. Y
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Calif
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Ore
Pullman
L. P. Burgess
N. BE. P
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
GCA Storta Boorstho We Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of Boorstho We Kind You Have Always Bought appears in a brief notation likely indicating a traditional slogan or advertiser note. No clear event, person, organization, or place is identifiable from the fragment.
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Boorstho
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the Postmasters’ Association
W. E. Springer
WMID
Burbank & Company
Geruine Lamson & Hubbard
Cloak & Sui CO
John Street
Middlesex County
Tyngsborg
Wigginville
Chelmsford
eul_rance
A. G. Pollard & CO
Pacific Coast
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