Jamaica Storm Devastates Island Causing Widespread Loss
Kingston Jamaica reports the hurricane struck Jamaica with full force, devast ating eastern banana plantations and Port Antonio area. Death toll may reach fifty with millions in property losses as Port Antonio and surrounding areas were overwhelmed. Many houses damaged transport disrupted and crops ruined.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Port Antonio
United Fruit Company
Simon Dumois
Alfred Dumois
Brighton
Port Maria
Salvatore di Gior
Gio
Annotta Bay
Second Convention Delegates Meet In Cincinnati
Forty delegates from a second Cincinnati convention plan a public meeting at the G A R hall next Friday to protest Lewis G Bernard’s leadership, alleged to control the local group with George B Cox. Meville E Ingalls seeks senatorial endorsement amid contested seats. Bernard faction backs John L Zimmerman for governor while Bigelow faction supports Mayor Johnson.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
G. A. R. Hall
Lewis G. Bernard
George B. Cox
Meville E. Ingalls
Bernard
John L. Zimmerman
Bigelow
Johnson
Sam Scott Confesses to Wollaston Burglary
Quincy Aug 12 Sam Scott the man arrested in the Wollaston burglary at Charles W Clifford home on Aug 4 has confessed to the crime and says no one else was implicated. He was brought from Dedham for a district court hearing scheduled for tomorrow.
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Quincy
Sam Scott
Charles W. Clifford
Wollaston
Clifford
George Heal
Scott
Dedham
Jamaica Fruit Crop Damaged by Hurricane Says United Fruit
Boston Aug 12 President A W Preston of United Fruit Co said Jamaica frit crop badly damaged by hurricane though damage not yet estimable. He noted the hurricane came at end of Jamaica season and the company would shift supply to other growing regions notably Costa Rica.
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Boston
A. W. Preston
United Fruit Company
Jamaica
Costa Rica
Cuba's Damage Light Reports No Major Damage
Havana Aug 12 winds threaten all provinces but no major damage reported. Land telegraph with Santiago restored after interruptions. Cable links to the West Indies intact except Jamaica Martinique Guadeloupe Dominica.
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Havana
Cuba
Santiago
West Indies
Jamaica
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Man Admits Guilt After Police Interrogation
Evidence mounting against him led to a confession to Sergt Barry and later to Inspector McKay and Policeman Cahill. He claimed sole involvement and said Joe Bailey played no part in the assault.
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Sergt. Barry
Inspector McKay
Cahill
Joe Bailey
President invites foreign naval attaches to observe maneuvers
Washington Aug. 12 The President has invited naval attaches from foreign governments accredited to the United States to join him on the flagship Kearsarge on Monday for the North Atlantic squadron naval maneuvers. The attaches will board a torpedo boat destroyer at the New York Yacht Club landing and be taken to the Kearsarge.
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Washington
United States
Kearsarge
North Atlantic
New York Yacht Club
Tolstoy pamphlet seized and destroyed in German trial
Leipsic Aug 12 The provincial court here found the German publisher of Tolstoys pamphlet Thou Shalt Not Kill guilty of lese majeste for statements about Emperor William. It ordered unsold copies and plates destroyed.
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Leipsic
Germany
Tolstoi
William
English golfers win tight two ball matches at Myopia Hunt Club
Hamilton Aug 12 English intercollegiate golfers defeated American college players 6 to 5 in two ball matches at Myopia Hunt Club adding to yesterday’s four ball score to make 9 to 7 in favor of Oxford and Cambridge. The deciding Chick Alison match went to the English after a dramatic finish on the 19th hole.
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Hamilton
Myopia Hunt Club
Old England
Harvard
Oxford
Essex
Manchester
Mass
Chick
Alison
Beveridge
Smith
Yale
Wehr
Day
Low
Campbell
Princeton
T. M. Hunter
F. J. O. Alsop
N. F. Hunter
Cambridge
Pp. H. Jennings
D. F. Ranson
A. J. L. Low
O. Reinhart
J. A. T. Bramston
Cc. H. Alison
W. C. Chick
Many Burials After Paris Metro Tunnel Disaster
Fifty eight victims of the Metropolitan tunnel catastrophe were buried today. Funerals occurred in the district of the disaster and more burials follow tomorrow with Premier Combes delivering a discourse for the government. The Metropolitan Railway offers 2000 to victims’ families. The British ambassador conveys King Edward's condolence. Judicial inquiry continues.
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Paris
Combes
Metropolitan Railway Company
Edmund Monson
King Edward
Long Island Tennis Semis Set at Meadow Club
Larned Clothier and H L Doherty reached the singles semi finals at the Meadow club on August 12 in Southampton. Clothier defeated Mahoney in three sets after a strong net surge, Larned beat Harry T. Allen in two sets, and Doherty defeated A W Post. The Doherty brothers won the doubles.
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Southhampton
L. L
Meadow Club
William A. Larned
William J. Clothier
Philadelphia
H. L. Doherty
Larned
Doherty
Clothier
Mahoney
Deuce
Harry T. Allen
Allen
Three Good Harness Races at Cold Spring Park Meet
At Cold Spring Park Trochester N Y on Aug 12 three good races highlighted the second day of the light harness meeting. In the 2.17 pace Chum Boy won the overall race with times 2.14 3-4 2.15 2.15 1-2 and 2.16, with Golder team taking first heat. In the 2.16 trot Ben H. swept three heats and the race with 2.19 1-2 2.17 3-4 2.21. Hil debird second won heat three in 2.18 3-4. In the 2.21 pace Emmet H. won the race with times 2.17 1-4 2.14 3-4 2.17 1-2. Decima Dean took heat one in 2.21 3-4. Other starters included Lexinson, San Telmo, Byron Wilkes, Parker G., George Prisser, Budweiser, Thelma and Corona.
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Trochester
N. Y
Cold Spring Park
Chum Boy
Golder
Billy
Irondequoit Wins Canada Cup Race in Light Winds
In Toronto on August 12 Irondequoit captured the fourth Canada Cup race despite favorable conditions for the defender. A NW breeze near a gale and light seas marked a nine mile leeward and return course. Official times show Irondequoit starting 11.15.11 siding 3.12.13, while Strathcona finished 3.13.31.
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Toronto
Ont
Irondequoit
Leeward
Strathcona
Machinists Strike Continues at Boston & Albany
Boston August 12 reports show striking Boston and Albany machinists remain steadfast at roll-call. Two more dead engines added to prior totals, eight locomotives now out of use, prompting fear of a railway shutdown unless engines are found.
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Boston
Boston & Albany
For the Farmer column seeks brief farm notes from Middlesex readers
The department invites Northern Middlesex farmers to share short, pithy lines on agricultural experience and ideas for a shared column. Readers may submit brief notes for editorial editing, avoiding long-winded discussions and focusing on concise, useful observations.
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Middlesex
Rain Song of the Robin Poem by Kate Upson Clark
A period poem from Harper's Bazaar echoes nature and faith. It imagines the robin's rain song as a spiritual chorus, seeking mercy and heavenly comfort beyond stormy skies. The speaker longs for poetic power to sing through tempests and glimpse divine grace.
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Kate Upson Clark
Harper’s Bazar
Editorial on farming shows and poultry exhibits
The piece urges clover supplies for winter layers and notes favorable conditions for a second crop. It discusses the English cattle show, Middlesex North exhibition ideas, and invites readers to visit the Johnson Seed Potato company farm in Brunswick Maine. It praises Bug Death as a substitute for arsenical poisons and calls for report from visiting editors. The Maine Farmer recommends trap nests to demonstrate poultry production and improvement.
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Johnson Seed Potato Company
Maine
Brunswick
E. A. Rogers
Rogers
Middlesex North Fair
Grapevine care and farm notes from Stow and more
Garden tips from A M Purdy urge mulching to keep tomatoes clean and extend season. Red Acre Farm in Stow hosts 11 horses cared for at a sanctuary run by Harriet G Bird. Severe animal cruelty suggestion quoted from St Louis Herald. Department of Agriculture ships early apples to Europe with good prospects, per H S Perham. Pig feeding fact notes five pounds of skim milk equal one pound of corn meal.
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Red Acre
Stow
Harriet G. Bird
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Route to Quebec via Sherbrooke and Quebec Central railway
Intercolonial railway routes from Lowell through Sherbrooke to Quebec Central railway. Through Pullman cars and coaches operate Lowell to Quebec with no change via Boston and Spaine railroad, Sherbrooke, and Quebec Central. Passengers should have tickets routed via Quebec Central railway, noted as the best route. Prize parade of illuminated boats Willow Daly tonight with dancing.
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Lowell
Que'zc
Sherbrooke
QuebeceCentral Railway
Quebec
Boston & Spaine
Quebec Central Railway
Willow Daly
Distemper Outbreak Reports Over One Hundred Cases in Providence
In Olneyville district Providence physicians report more than 100 cases of a distemper resembling cholera. Several deaths have occurred. Most victims are children, but many adults are affected as well.
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Providence
R. I
Olneyville
To Paint or Not to Paint in New England Farmland
A Greenfield Gazette item notes New England farmers mostly skip paint while neighboring states embrace it. In northeast Pennsylvania farms look prosperous with fresh paint and crisp fences, contrasting picturesque derelict unpainted barns, and questioning policy of visible decline.
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New England
New York State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
Greenfield Gazette
Progressive dairying and soil improvement notes
An article summarizes practices for land improvement, crop nutrition, and livestock feed. It discusses mineral fertilizer to boost root and humus formation, the value of manure straw, and progressive dairying signals. It includes methods to eradicate persistent weeds, egg preservation tips, and profitable squab raising with minimal care.
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South Carolina
New Yorker
Ploughman Notes August Currant Cuttings Survive Dry Start
A reader recounts practical trials with August currant cuttings. An accidental ground slip appeared doomed yet revived after ten days, forming a strong root system by October. The account highlights plant sturdiness and hopeful early spring growth.
City Woman Leaves School In Agricultural Correspondence
Samuel L Taylor laments the absence of a famed Forest Hill farming teacher and a top student in a rural class. He notes poor crop conditions with corn and potatoes failing to thrive under insufficient sunshine and heat, likening it to a strike of the cornfield and warning of broader wasteful farming.
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Forest Hill Farming
New England
Samuel L, Taylor
Farming Calender Notes On Crops And Fertilizers In Billerica
A farmer reports a northeast storm stunting corn and other crops while praising late season cultivation after rains. He notes hay harvest, millet growth, and improvements from early spring fertilization using bone meal, muriate of potash, and nitrate of soda, plus oats as a winter cover crop in August.
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Billerica
Mulching and Watering for Celery Plants
T Grenier advises on irrigation and mulching to protect celery in heat. He warns that watering alone can compact soil and harm small plants, and that dust mulch plus a litter or manure mulch improves moisture retention. He suggests applying mulch around transplanted celery and, when watering, soaking through mulch and stirring soil surface after dryness.
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T. Grenier
Fragmentary sports note about a clever ball save
A partial読 fragment notes a ball save that counters a foolhardy error in a sports moment. The text is incomplete but suggests praise for a crucial defensive move and mocks prior lapse. The readable names or exact teams are not discernible.
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