Stock Market Holiday Fails to Block Mixed Outlook
Stocks closed on coronation holiday with mixed sentiment. High grade income securities held firm while bonds in the speculative class showed strength on rumors of a possible arrangement involving Central of Georgia and the St. Louis & San Francisco. Grain and cotton crops look strong, but labor costs threaten future profits and delay wage gains.
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Haven & Stout
Inir
Central of Georgia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Missouri Pacific
Gould
Texas Pacific
St. Louis Southwestern
Atchison
Stock Exchange
R. G. Dun & Co
China
Officer Shot in Boston Burglary Standoff
Patrolman Jeremiah J. Clayton was seriously wounded by burglars during a daytime entry on Englewood avenue in Brighton. The house was vacant as Charles Clement and family were away, and authorities believe one burglar was wounded as Clayton returned fire after a pistol shot rang out.
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Boston
Jeremiah J. Clayton
Brighton District
Englewood Avenue
Everett E. Nash
Brighton
Charles Clement
Clement
Clayton
Jimmy
Nash
Artist Twachtman Dead at Gloucester
Gloucester August 8 J H Twachtman of New York famed landscape painter for America and Europe died at Addison Gilbert hospital after several days treatment for dysentery and other illnesses He was 48 His family is in France He helped form the Ten American Painters and ran an artists school during many Coast visits
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Gloucester
J. H.twachtman
New York
America
Europe
Addison Gilbert Hospital
Twachtman
Harbor View Hotel
France
France. Mr. Twachtman
Society of American Artists
Association of Ten American Painters
Justice Blodgett Refuses Two Underage Marriages
Providence August 8 Associate Justice Blodgett of the supreme court refused to marry two couples on the ground the brides were under age. George Tuck 22 of Hyde Park Massachusetts would wed Bertha Mae Bryant 18 of Bangor Maine. Both sets of parents were said dead. Desmond 27 of Boston planned to wed Maude Vesta Tibbetts Trent 19 of New York with both parties claiming deceased parents. Blodgett’s action surprised local visitors and challenged established practice.
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Providence
Blodgett
Supreme Court
George Tuck
Hyde Park
Mags
Bertha Mae Bryant
Bangor
George Henry Desmond
Boston
City Hall
Maude Vesta Tibbetts Trent
New York
Address on the social status of the colored woman
Dr. G. W. Hayes, president of the Virginia seminary in Lynchburg, delivered an address on the social status and needs of the colored woman. Morning speakers included Rev. G. T. Blackwell of Philadelphia and Rev. Beredy C. Ransom of Chicago.
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G. W. Hayes
Virginia Seminary
Lynchburg
G. T. Blackwell
Philadelphia
Beverdy C. Ransom
Chicago
Narrow escape in canoe at Lake Mascuppie carnival
Mrs Oliver Blennerhassett nearly drowned on a Lake Mascuppie canoe ride after the water carnival. Onlookers pulled her from the water near the Iroquois boat house as a canoe she grabbed caught fire from decorations and sank. Another canoe owned by William Bradon tipped and dumped George Lanard into the lake. he swam to shore and the craft was recovered. The notice ends with an advertisement line about Dr Wood�s Norway Pine Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Blennerhassett
Lake Mascuppie
Percy Moody
William Bragdon
George Lanard
King Edward Gives Orders to Foreigners at Investiture
King Edward held an investiture at Buckingham Palace and awarded honors to coronation appointees. He conferred the Order of the Garter on the Duke of Marlborough and knighted Ras Makonnen, Abyssinian envoy, as Knight Commander of St Michael and St George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Order of the Garter
Duke of Marlborough
Ras Makonnen
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Local Baseball Game Sparks Town Rivalry Report
Last Saturday the Littletons lost to Shirleys in a town game played there. Next Saturday the Littletons are slated to meet Pepperells in that town. Frank Hartwell of Clinton and family stay at Spectacle pond cottages for a brief outing. Mrs. E H Chamberlain and child and Persis Jacobs arrive from East Orange New Jersey and visit Mrs. Chamberlain at the Hartwell camp with Miss Jacobs staying with her mother.
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Littletons
Shirleys
Pepperells
Frank Hartwell
Clinton
Spectacle Pond
E. H. Chamberlain
Little One
Persis Jacobs
East Orange
N. J
Arrival of Steamers Altonia and Chicago at Boston
Boston dated August 9 reports the steamers Altonia arriving from Liverpool and Chicago arriving from London. The two vessels docked with passengers and cargo, marking a busy transatlantic day in the port.
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Boston
Altonia
Liverpool
Chicago
London
Whooping Cough Aid Cited by Fair Haven Editor
H J Strickfaden of World Herald Fair Haven Washington credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with saving his son from pneumonia and several severe croup attacks. The letter notes the remedy’s effectiveness and states it is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charmberlain
H. J. Strickfaden
World-Heald
Fair Haven
Wash
Druemiaeta
Conversion of World Theme at Negro Congress Session
Atlanta August 8 The Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress opened with themes Moral and Social Reform Missionary Questions and Temperance The Conversion of the World was the morning subject Rev Dr E Watts of Petersburg chaired the first regular session at Piedmont Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
E. Watts
Petersburg
Piedmont Park
Premature Blast In Bowen Mine Kills Thirteen
Rescue party at Bowen mine in Trinidad Col last evening recovered thirteen bodies as fire damp halted work at 1 am. Officials attribute the explosion to a premature shot. the blast also wrecked the powder house with about 1000 pounds of blasting powder. The mine mouth and surrounding area suffered heavy damage while Bowen town nearby was shaken and windows broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Bowen
Doctor Blamed In Train Crash Fatality At Reading
Cambridge August 8 The inquest finds Dr Charles H Gray contributed to the death of Clarence L Haag in June when his car passed a carriage frightening a runaway horse at the Boston and Maine crossing near Reading The horse led to a collision with a train and the two Haag brothers were injured with one dying later The finding clears the railroad employer of fault and notes Gray drove fastest when danger was apparent.
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Cambridge
Charles H. Gray
Edward
Charles
Mr. Brooks
Boston and Maine
Haag Boy
Woburn
Dr. Gray
Edward F. Brooks
Clarence L. Haag
Mitchell declines Michigan trip in mine strike talks
Wilkes barre Pa August 8 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said he would not attend the Michigan conference between coal operators and strikers, expressing confidence a satisfactory settlement would soon be reached. Mother Jones of West Virginia arrived and conferred with him, while B E Loomis of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western completed a field tour and will report to railroad presidents in New York tomorrow.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Michigan
Jones
West Virginia
B .E. Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
New York
Knox Attourney General Describes Atlantic City Fracas
Attorney General Knox recounted a restaurant incident in which a party of men taunted him and his family at the Garden hotel in Atlantic City. He said he could not retaliate in the moment and noted waiters later controlled the disturbance. He planned to sail soon for Europe to address Panama Canal matters.
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Mr. Knox
United States
Associated Press
Knox
Atlantic City
John T. Schoen
Philadelphia
Sergeant Sheridan Debate Roils House of Commons
In London Aug 8 Irish Nationalist T P O Connor attacked Sergeant Sheridan as a perjured villain from his Irish Constabulary days. He condemned the government for not extraditing Sheridan from Lowell Massachusetts while Wyndham urged landlords to refrain from boycotts and intimidation and to bring offenders before magistrates.
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London
House of Commons
T. P. O Connor
Ireland
Sergeant Sheridan
Irish Constabulary
O'Connor
Sheridan
Lowell
Mass
George Wyndham
Funeral notices and obituaries span multiple families and cities
The notice records funerals for Mrs. Jennie T. Badger and others, listing service details, venues, bearers, undertakers, and burial sites at Edson and St. Patrick's cemeteries. It also notes relatives and out-of-town attendees from Maine and New Hampshire, plus additional local death notices and a stray weather quip about a mosquito exterminator and a weather man.
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Jennie T. Badger
Badger
Methuen Street
Frank Tinker
Tinker
Houston
Susie Shannon
Epping
N. A
Stone
Miss Badger
Concord
N. H
Herman Badger
Henniker
N.H
N. T. Whittaker
Worthen Street M. E
James F. Allen
Cyrus Johnson
William H. Bagley
L. 2. Kimball
L. L. Mills
W. BE. Dodge
Lower Water Board
Miss Sadie Tinker
Mrs. Tinker
Mrs. Fisher Tinker
J.B. Francis
B. E. Badger
C. W. Bell
Miss Curtis
James F.mcelholm
Coolidge
Hamilton
Kimball
John M. Hogan
McBride
Ryer
Lesewitz
John
Elizabeth
Concord Street
St. Patrick's Cemetery
O'Donnell
Annie Glynn
St. Patricks Cemetery
Molloy
Woman and two children found after gas poisoning
Mrs Adelia Sal ampigg 29 of Pequabuck Conn and her two children were found unconscious in a Forty second street hotel room from gas poisoning. A rubber tube connected the gas jet to the woman's mouth. She is in Bellevue hospital charged with attempted death by own action. Three letters were found addressed to her husband and brother.
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New York
Adelia Salampigg
Pequabuck, Conn
Forty-second Street
Bellevue Hospital
Pequabuck
C. Kanenbreen
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Henry Clews & Co
Northwest
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South
New York State
Spencer Trask & Co
Pine St
New York Stock Exchange
Renfrew Mfg. Co
Adams
Massachusetts
Vaughn Machine Co
Peabody
Gulf and Ship Island
Fisk & Robinson, Mempers of
Cedar ST
State ST
Philip R. Hovey
Investment Securities
Telophone
Wall ST
Haicut
Freese
Hildreth Bidg
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
Dr. Wood
Littleton
Negro Society
Bill
Courier-Citizen Job Print
Middle Street
Trinidad, Col., Bower
Reading
Pres. Mitchell
Courier
Knoxious Fist
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
New Panama Canal Company
General Knox
Sergt Sheridan
Procnca
Nellie Proenea
Cooper
Manahan
Aurora C.cooper
Maria S Dodge
Wm. B. Brigham
Northfield
Chamberlain
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