Stock Market Opens Strong Then Fades With Few Changes
The market showed no major features though Erie at 49 drew local interest. Opening was solid but after early trading interest faded, with steel stocks sustaining modest support. Republic Iron & Steel declares a regular 134 percent dividend payable Oct 1, and National Lead pays 134 percent on preferred stock. Books close Aug 23 and reopen Sept 17.
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Erie
Republic Iron & Steel Co
Chicago
National Lead
Glasses improve vision and cure headaches for Read & Kittredge staff
Miss A. G. O'Brien, bookkeeper at Read and Kittredge, 343 Westford Street, reports that after months using the glasses from C. T. Saul & Co. at 70 Central Street, they not only provide satisfactory vision but have almost cured her persistent headaches, avoiding resignation.
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Messrs
C. T. Saul & CO
Central Street
A. G. O'Brien
Miss O'Brien
Read & Kittredge
Westford Street
Traveling Man Resents Mrs Nation's Impertinence
Carrie Nation toured a St Lawrence river boat and began confiscating cigars from passengers after denouncing tobacco. Eugene Foley of Utica slapped her to stop the tirade, ending her crusade. Nation spoke at Glen Park under Dell Slocum’s local management.
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Watertown
N. Y
Carrie Nation
St. Lawrence
Eugene Foley
Utica
Transporting Soldiers From San Francisco To Manila
The annual transport service report shows $20,000,000 disbursed for upkeep. Shipping costs include $136 per soldier and $256 per cabin passenger from San Francisco to Manila. Transports carry 1200 to 2000 persons, with coal a major expense. The Meade will burn 110 tons daily for 25 days, totaling about $27,000 in coal alone.
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San Francisco
Manila
Meade
Woman Dies From Mosquito Bites In New Haven
New Haven Ct August 16 Mrs Barbara Ellen Leddy of Woodruff Avenue Mt Carmel died yesterday from mosquito bites. Her body was badly bitten and she scratched the irritated surface until she opened a vein and bled to death despite relatives and a physician efforts mosquitoes have been a general topic in the city but Mt Carmel and nearby suburbs report the greatest numbers.
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New Haven
Barbara Ellen Leddy
Woodruff Avenue
Mt. Carmel
Rockhill Stays in Pekin Pending Protocol Signing
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Rockhill will stay in Pekin rather than depart as planned while awaiting a probable protocol signing within a few days. The cablegram indicates the expected agreement is with Chinese plenipotentiaries.
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Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Pekin
Water Falls. Telegraph Restored to Mobile Central Office
Atlanta reports flood relief progress as water levels drop at Mobile, enabling a return of telegraph service to the central office after communication loss yesterday. The four foot fall in water marks a key easing of the disruption.
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Telegraph
Mobile
Atlanta
The Ranger Leaves San Diego for Panama Immediately
Washington reports the Ranger now stationed at San Diego California has been ordered to Panama and will depart at once. The move sends the vessel to assume duties in the Panama region as ordered by defense authorities.
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Ranger
San Diego
Cal
Washington
California
Panama
Groton Bridge Plant to Close Indefinitely
The Groton bridge company once absorbed by U S Steel posted a notice that the Groton mills will close indefinitely Saturday night. The plant employs 400 men and has long sustained Groton, with workload dropping since the absorption.
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Ithaca
Groton Bridge Company of
Groton
U. S. Steel Corporation
Boston Child Dies After Four Weeks in Coma
Catherine Davidoff, once comatose at Boston Children's Hospital, died Wednesday. The case has puzzled the medical fraternity. William R. Fletcher of Dorchester died of heart disease while bathing at Hough's Neck Thursday evening at age 38. he was a shipper at Eddy Refrigerator in Dorchester. James Kelly, driver of the billposting wagon linked to the death of Alice Ryan, was held in 5000 dollars for the Superior Court in South Boston district court.
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Children’s Hospital
Boston
William R. Fletcher
Dorchester
Hough’s Neck
Eddy Refrigerator Company
James Kelly
Little Alice Ryan
Superior Court
South Boston District Court
Car collision injures horse as Dr Hill escapes harm
While Dr. E D Hill of Plymouth exited the Warren estate gateway Thursday evening an electric cart struck his carriage broadside severely injuring the horse which had to be killed and smashed the vehicle Dr Hill was pitched onto the sidewalk but escaped injury according to witnesses.
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E. D. Hill
Plymouth
Alonzo Warren
Reg
Hill
Hyde Park mill worker injured by saw blade fragment
Joseph Godgkinson, 46, employed at a Hyde Park planing mill, was struck by a beard whirled from a revolving circular saw. He was knocked unconscious and later found at the hospital to have internal injuries from a blow to the upper abdomen.
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Joseph Godgkinson
Hyde Park
James Howarth Dies After Crane Accident at Water Shops
James Howarth aged 42 died at Mercy hospital Springfield Thursday afternoon from injuries at the water shops worksite. He was operating a large crane hoisting grind stones when the crane failed and a stone weighing several tons fell on him.
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James Howarth
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
Water Shops
Howarth
Tragic Ending in Pawtucket Boxing Bout Between Armstrong and Dion
The Pawtucketville boxing match ends tragically as Dion collapses from a fifth round onslaught by Armstrong. Dion drops from a right hand to the jaw in the ninth round and does not rise before the ten count. Dion, about 27, is taken to St John’s Hospital after ambulance transport.
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Dior
Diom
Pawtucket
Victor
Dawn
Kelliher
Lieut. Brosnan
McCann and
Freeman
A. BE. A. McCann
Woods
Burnham
McCann
St. John’s Hospital
John Dion
Bill Regan
Lowell
Jordan
Boston
Young Kelley
Kid Hogan
Kelly
Autopsy Finds Cause of Death For John Dion
An autopsy at St. John's hospital this noon determined meningeal hemorrhage on the right brain as the cause of John Dion's death. The findings follow the examination of the body by medical staff.
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John Dion
St. John’s Hospital
Knickerbocker Athletic Club forms to stage lawful boxing
The Knickerbocker Athletic club organized under a state charter to manage prize bouts after preceding events were run without formal club oversight. Lowell promoters created a charter, promised monthly incentives, and required advance applications and fees. State officers found no proven money taken at the door, and bouts were generally successful with little brutality until a recent development involving Billie Gardner and Tommy Sullivan.
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Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Knickerbocker Organization
Lowell
Massachusetts
Billie Gardner-lommy Sullivan
Armstrong and Dion Fight Ends in Tragic Knockout
The article recalls a sequence of New England boxing bouts led by Armstrong and Dion. After a series of contests including Sullivan Rice and Gardner Flaherty, the Armstrong Dion match ended fatally in the ninth round as Dion collapsed from a jaw blow. Both fighters had trained hard to meet at 158 pounds middleweight, with Dion in strong form prior to the bout.
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Armstrong
Dion
Peter Allen
Tommy Tully
Billie Gardner
Bob Armstrong
Joe
Martin Flaherty
Fred Humphrey
Joseph Dion
William Kelliher
Pawtucketville
Tommy Sullivan
Austin Rice
Billie Gardner-Martin Flaherty
New England
New York
Jack Fitzpatrick
Professor Robinson
Bill Regan
Jordan
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