Porto Ricans Demand Fat Government Jobs And Roads
Porto Rican laborers from San Lorenzo travel 27 miles to San Juan seeking work. Acting Governor Hunt orders road work begun between Caguas and San Lorenzo and arranges contractor employment. Anti-American sentiment linked to Spanish landowners is noted, with praise for American governance and its benefits, as occupation anniversary events unfold.
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United States
Fortelaza Street
Hunt
Caguas
San Lorenzo
Caguyas
Miles
Managuez
Herminio Diaz
Mayaguez
Diaz
Governor Allen Returns to San Juan with Family
The United States despatch boat Mayflower brought Governor Charles H. Allen and his family to San Juan Puerto Rico. They arrived from Boston on August 14. An executive council meeting is set for August 27 to plan the November elections.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
United States
Mayflower
Porto Rico
Charles H. Allen
Boston
Executive Council
Love Finds A Way In Telegraph Courtship
John Parsells of Tenafly New Jersey and Ellie Coneys of Grand View kept long conversations over telegraph wires despite distance and parental opposition. Parsells, a Northern railroad operator, married Coneys, who joined him in Nyack after the ceremony. The telegraph linked their romance and thwarted the Coneys family plans.
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New York
John Parsells
Tenafly
N. J
Ellie Coneys
Grand View
Papa
Mama Coneys
Parsells
Northern
Mr. Parsells
Miss Coneys
Surprise Elopement Near Grand View Ends In Nyack Wedding
Miss Coneys and Parsells wed secretly at Bridge Ville Sullivan county after a hasty decision during vacation. The couple traveled to Nyack yesterday to join as Mr. and Mrs. Parsells. The bride is described as pretty and accomplished. her parents are well to do.
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Grand View
Bridge Ville
Sullivan County
Seven Men Die In Kenisco Rear-End Collision
A fatal rear-end wreck near Kenisco New York sixteen miles from New York City tonight leaves seven dead. The engineer and fireman on the second train are buried under debris and believed dead. The conductor and two forward train brakemen are missing and presumed dead. The dead engineer is visible on the cab seat with an arm on the air brake. Names given include William Langerbach, John Cassiday and a brakeman named Abel.
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New York
Kenisco
N. Y
William Langerbach
John Cassiday
Wisg
New York City
Abel
Fugitive Freight Car Destroys Track Near West Derry
A runaway empty freight car detached from a switching movement on the Boston and Maine line at West Derry New Hampshire struck a Boston bound passenger train traveling at speed. The collision telescoped the freight car, damaged the locomotive, wrecked the car, and tore up the track for rods, delaying traffic for hours.
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N. H
Boston and
Maine
Boston
Beaver Brook
Heir to 12,000 Fortune After 34 Years
New York Aug 21 a dispatch from Albany reports Mrs Julia Sheldon a knitting mill seamstress in Galveston Texas saved the life of Mrs Elmer Carthage of Galveston by cutting the traces when a horse ran away during a ride in 1866. Mrs Carthage died recently and left Sheldon sole heir to 12000 dollars discovered in the will after years of no contact.
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New York
Elmer Carthage
Galveston
Tex
Albany
Julia Sheldon
Pittsfield Man Hunt For Murderers In Berkshire Hills
Pittsfield residents organize a massive search for a dozen miles around the city after Miss May Fosburgh is shot during a burglary at her father’s house. Chief Nicholson mobilizes two thousand volunteers. more than twenty arrests by nightfall, with authorities vowing no rest until suspects are found.
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Berkshire Hills
May L. Fosburgh
Wosburgh
Miss Fosburgh
R. L. Fosburgh
James Fosburgh
Yale
Miss May
Beatrice
Adams
Fosburghs
Nicholson
Berkshire
Woman dies after criminal operation in Everett
Everett police identify the deceased as Mrs Annie M Southwick of Charlestown Boston. She arrived Aug 11 with a young man, rented a Broadway room under an assumed name Annie Southwick, and died at Whidden hospital. Husband Walter G Southwick confirms prior departure. no arrests yet.
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Mass
Whidden Hospital
Lawton
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Annie Southwick
Boston
Whiddon Memorial Hospital
Annie M. Southwick
Lexington Street
Charlestown
Walter G. Southwick
Kneipp Cure Sees Man Driven to Bellevue Hospital
John Delfino aged 25 moved to Monroe New York and joined a Kneipp curists colony. He walked barefoot for several mornings causing swollen feet alarms among peers who urged him to seek hospital care. Bellevue doctors diagnosed ivy poisoning.
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New York
John Delfino
Monroe
N. Y
Bellevue Hospital
Kneipp
Bellevue
Saved His Family Fire Hero Of Mount Vernon Fire
New York Aug 21 Jack O'Brien driver for Clinton Hook and Ladder in Mount Vernon rushed from his fire truck when flames emerged from his home. He woke his wife and three children on the third floor and led them to safety. He then rescued his savings before returning to battle the blaze.
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New York
Jack O’brien
Clinton Hook and Ladder Company
Mount Vernon
Howard Case Marries Former Teacher in Syracuse
Howard G. Case of Fulton, 19, married his former schoolteacher Harriet T. Egerton, 40, in Syracuse. The ceremony, performed by Rev. C. N. Sims, follows his plan to enter Syracuse University College of Medicine this fall to pursue becoming a physician.
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Howard G. Case
Fulton
Harriet T. Egerton
C. N. Sims
Syracuse University
Case
Syracuse University College of Medicine
Is THIS THE MAN Boston Arrest Of Fred A White
Boston police inspectors arrested Fred A White a printer on Lagrange street suspecting him as a key figure in a scheme to defraud the Boston and Maine railroad company. Officers found 50 ride tickets and mileage books in his shop and linked him to forged contracts printed June 20. White 24 of 48 Curve street pleaded not guilty and is held on 1600 bond.
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Boston
Fred A. White
Boston and Maine Railroad Corporation
White
Lagrange Street
Boston and Maine
Patrick Kileran
Newport
Frederic Close
New York
Curve Street
Patterson Sentenced for Perjury in Boston Court
In Boston on August 21, William J. Patterson received a one year sentence in the house of correction for perjury in the superior criminal court. He had no prior arrests beyond drunkenness and lied about owning property while bailed to help a drunken companion. Judge Brayley called the sentence a fitting punishment and a warning to others.
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W. J. Patterson
House of Correction
Boston
Superior Criminal Court
William J. Patterson
Patterson
Brayley
Arthur Bates
Blaze in Peoria kills one fireman at plant fires
Peoria Illinois August 21 two fires destroyed the Peoria Lounge and Mattress plant and Carrolls ice houses. Captain Manning was killed by falling walls and five other firemen were seriously injured. Total losses around 30000 dollars, partially insured.
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Peoria, Ill
Peoria Lounge and Mattress Company
Carroll
Manning
Wind Storm Destroys Buildings at Richmond Street Fair
A violent wind swept Richmond Indiana last night demolishing several structures and blowing down the street fair triumphal arch. The storm injured several people and caused a panic among thousands who attended the pageant.
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Richmond
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Naumkeag Mills Shut Down for Repairs
Salem reports the Naumkeag Steam Cotton company mills will shut for one week starting August 25 due to market dullness. The plant employs about 1600 workers and will undergo important repairs while idle.
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Salem
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
Two Lovers Resolve Amid Wealth and Want
In a city park a couple confronts love and realism. Kitty rejects John's marriage proposal due to poverty and fear of hardship, choosing independence and later reunites with him by the lake. Years pass as both pursue different fortunes, revealing how money and status alter affection. John earns twelve dollars weekly, Kitty five, and they rediscover love despite their struggles.
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John
Kate
Kitty
Good
The Mas cot morning siege at Cumberland Gap 1868
On September 7 1868 Confederate General Frazier faced Burnside’s demand to surrender Cumberland Gap as Buckner moved toward Chattanooga. Burnside held Knoxville and sent 16 regiments and artillery to the gap while Frazier’s Morristown force of about 1000 aimed to control the rail line for Buckner. Reports from Abingdon and Jonesville state advancing Union troops pressured the Confederate position.
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Cumberland Gap
Buckner
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Knoxville
Morristown
Jonesville
Jones
Abingdon
Teddy the Mascot and the Gordon's Mills Battlefield
Mary Patton Hudson recalls Gordon's Mills, the Union turning point in Tennessee, General Cleburne and Buckner, Teddy the Company H mascot who guarded the regimental flag as the Confederate assault faltered, the Star Spangled Banner bandplay, and the brigade’s renewed courage after seeing the flag. The piece notes how Teddy’s flag influenced the battle outcome and boosted Union morale amid riverine and mountain maneuvers near Chattanooga.
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Frazier
Buckner
Jones
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Sequatchie
Cumberland Range
Longstreet
D. H. Hill
Cattett’s Gap
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Thomas
Tennessee
Gordon's Mills
Pat Cleburn
Kentucky
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Twentieth
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Teddy
Ohio
Mary Patton Hudson
Cincinnati Post
Poetry and prose in early literacy in St Nicholas
The piece argues against the idea that poetry is for specialists. It says poetry is the oldest form of writing and foundational to literacy. It notes babies learn nursery rhymes before prose and that prose needs training, making poetry essential to understanding literature.
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St. Nicholas
Absentminded Traveler Seeks Room Night Clerk Responds
A traveling man says he wants a room. The new night clerk, formerly a department store employee, asks if payment will be by cash on delivery. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Record as a brief, dated anecdote.
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Gas Light CO Promises Unlimited Hot Water On Demand
Gas Light CO offers an unlimited hot water supply at the flip of a faucet with automatic gas shutoff when water is turned off. The KENWOOD heater requires no boiler though it can be used with one. Office demonstrations show the heater’s advantages. Also advertised is the Welsbach Light mantle touted for 50 percent more light and three times strength with long life. First class gas cooking ranges offered at cost.
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Philadelpia
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Atlantic Seaboard
E. P. Wing
Central Wharf
Mass
George C. Eckhardt
South
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