Pope Pius IX fainted during mass in Rome
Rome August eleventh reports Pope Pius IX fainted while celebrating mass. His private chaplain Mgr Bressan caught him as he collapsed, with physicians Davenzra and Lapponi dispatched. The incident followed a period of overwork and sleepless nights amid coronation ceremonies.
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Rome
Pius K
Pauline Chapel
Pius
Mgr. Bressan
Davenzra
Venice
Lapponi
Vatican
Chicago clubs go dry refuse liquor bars in city
Chicago clubs enforce dry rule after police mandate dram shop licenses. Chicago Athletic Association votes to stop serving drinks, with other clubs like Lincoln Menoken Automobile Tuscarora and Press following suit citing license costs. Authorities vow strict enforcement to avoid legal trouble.
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Chicago
Chicago Athletic Association
Alexander H. Revell
Lahiff
Lincoln
Menoken
Automobile
Tuscarora
Press Clubs
Wreck of St Louis Flyer on Katy Near Nevada Mo
An eastbound Missouri Kansas and Texas flyer from Parsons Kansas to St Louis jumped the track twenty miles north of Nevada Missouri injuring ten passengers who were all believed unhurt seriously. They were taken to Nevada for treatment. The tender and two forward cars left the rails and one car overturned. The report also notes John J Gray receiving a strong offer for St Peters Catholic Cemetery with details unavailable.
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Kansas City
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Parsons
Kansas
St. Louis
Nevada
Italians Try to Lynch Fellow Italian in New York
A mob of Italians attacked a prisoner on Thompson Street in front of a store. Police fought to protect the Italian suspect accused of fatally slashing a boy with a knife. The crowd grew as the prisoner was beaten with stones and clubs, and was bruised extensively as deputies intervened.
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New York
Thompson Street
Italian Fracas Aids Leader Suffer Stabbings in NY
In a clash at 104th street and Second avenue early today Italians backing Joseph Balsarini fought a notorious youth gang. Three men were stabbed or beaten, reserves needed to quell the scene. Balsarini was badly cut but went home. Bareilel suffered deep slash wounds and a fractured skull. Rogers was stabbed in the abdomen. Two arrests were made as the melee began when Balsarini urged the crowd to quiet.
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New York
Joseph Balsarini
104Th Street
Second Avenue
Balsarini
Joseph Bareilel
William Rogers
Death of Oliver Roberts in Orange New Jersey
Oliver Roberts longtime cashier at the United States assay office in New York and former United States consul at Hong Kong died at his Orange New Jersey home from paralysis.
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New York
Oliver Roberts
United States Assay Office
United States
Hong Kong
Orange
N. J
Paris Tunnel Disaster Death Toll Surges Beyond One Hundred
Paris August 11 reports say eighty four bodies have been recovered with the death list likely to exceed one hundred from the Metropolitan electric railway disaster. Firemen and police labored through smoke and heat to remove victims as crowds mourned and officials ordered morgues and barracks to catalog the dead.
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Paris
Metropolitan Electric Railway
Ahearns
Menilmontant
Lepine
Les Charonnes
Inquest For Riverside Park Explosion To Be Private
Judge Hadley announced the Riverside park explosion inquest will be held in police court on Tuesday afternoon August 18. The death report of Robert Galloway prompted the date and only one death report will be submitted to determine contributing causes. The inquest may last two or three days with many witnesses summoned and District Attorney Sanderson expected to attend. Court officers and witnesses only will be allowed in the room. reporters have been excluded except in one earlier case, and further access is discretionary.
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Hadley
Riverside Park
Robert Galloway
J. C. Irish
Galloway
Sanderson
Boston
Mary Gallagher
Merrimack Corporation
Goddu
Sailed Single Handed Off Booth Bay Harbor
Capt Cambage a 70 year old Rockland man sailed his 60 ton two masted schooner New Boxer from Ban gor with lumber for Salem Mass. He could not find a single sailor and the one man aboard ran away at Booth Bay Harbor. After a week idle he resolved to navigate alone despite being lame and discouraged.
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Booth Bay Harbor
Cambage
Salem
Mass
Bangor
Rockland
Lazy people have lazy livers and need Ayer's Pills
A humorous remark suggests some people neglect liver health and may require a full box of Ayer's Pills to feel better.
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Ayer
Carxz
Relief Fund Receives Money From Railway Employes
Relief fund contributions arrive swiftly from St. Railway employees and French Americans. Listed payments total 12 629 83 with individuals like John C Burke and Bessie McGovern contributing. local divisions and others add funds to the drive.
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St. Railway
John C. Burke
Courier-Citizenly Pee
Bessie McGovern
Mary Nesmith
Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co
Siniaealdiia
French Americans Lead in Riverside Relief Fund Drive
The French American community of Lowell raised sizable funds for the Riverside park disaster relief, totaling $719 by last night with St. Jean Baptiste and St. Joseph churches contributing $650 and priests adding $50. L'Etoile donated $19, and the grand fund total reached $12,629.83 as calls grow for further gifts to aid 71 affected families.
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Riverside Park
Courier-Citizen
St. Jean Baptiste
St. Joseph
L'Etoile
Lowell
Boston
Courier-Citizen Fund
Trumped-Up Syrian Charges Dismissed In Court
In a notable morning session Judge Hadley dismissed a case of assault with intent to commit rape against George Hussen after evidence showed the complainant Walter Esses did not wish to testify. Prosecution head John J. Pickman called the action compatible with justice and the court closed the case.
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George Hussen
Walter Esses
John J. Pickman
Hadley
Welch
Dennis J. Murphy
Hussen
City council plans Gloucester visit with 385 officials
Informal conference at city hall outlines tomorrow’s Gloucester visit. 385 visitors arrive at 9:57 and are greeted by 45 Lowell officials. The program includes Riverside park explosion site, Mountain Rock, lunch, sports, dinner, and theatre. A paving loan of 25090 remains unnegotiated and bids may proceed as form. A council member may push to fence canals within city limits. WANTED A woman to do washing and ironing at No 17 19th mrest al2 3t.
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City Hall
Gloucester
Lowell
Riverside Park
Mountain Rock
Common Council
Weather Advisory Warns of Major Storm Exceeding Safe Passage
Boston officials issued a weather advisory at 9 30 seeking to warn mariners of a storm of great intensity approaching from the east toward Jamaica and Cuba. The alert cautions vessels departing the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic routes and Cuban ports to seek shelter and avoid exposed waters.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
Jamaica
Cuba
Force Gulf
South Atlantic
Cuban Po
Lowell Boy Rescues Girl At Juniper Point
Frank Sullivan a Lowell high school pupil aged 15 or 16 saved Ruby Monroe from drowning at Juniper Point while she fell beyond her depth. This marks his second life saving in two weeks after he pulled a 12 year old to shore. The local teen, son of P F Sullivan, is popular at Juniper.
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Frank Sullivan
P. F. Sullivan
Ruby Monroe
Juniper Point
Ruby
Sullivan
Lowell High School
Juniper
New Air Ship by Dr August Gerth in San Francisco
San Francisco reports Dr August Gerth an aeronaut with twenty years of experience has ascended in a dirigible balloon he built. He claims full ground contact with cables and that the ship was fully under control as he steered up and down and around in a stiff breeze. Gerth, French native and University of California graduate, led three ascents and descents witnessed by observers.
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San Francisco
August Gerth
Gerth
France
University of California
Tarantula Arrives in New York Con signed to Vanderbilt Jr
The turbine steam yacht Tarantula from London via Bermuda and Newport News arrived in New York today after passing quarantine at 8 58 a m. The vessel is consigned to W K Vanderbilt Jr.
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New York
London
Bermuda
Newport News
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
For Sale Second-hand Reming on Typewriter
Classified brief lists a second hand Remington typewriter in good condition for sale at X5 this office, plus a woman seeking light housework in the city or camel, a lost storm coat between Wilder Street and Andover, return to 43 Central Street with liberal reward, and a large fourteen-room Highland house for rent with steam heat, Box 153 Lowell.
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Wilder Street
Lowell
Town of Andover
City of Lawrence
Central Street
Highlands
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