Adams praises Massachusetts reformatories and Tewksbury hospital
Melrose August 25 Rep C H Adams chairman of the ways and means committee spoke at the Free Baptist church defending state reformatories and charitable institutions. He cited 1.5 million yearly for reform, a million for charity, and lauded Lancaster girls school Westboro boys reformatories Concord State farm Bridgewater and the spotless Tewksbury hospital with 4000 patients last year. He noted new half million dollar buildings, top care for the sick homeless and insane, and that the state educates and places blind and deaf children in top institutions. He asserted Massachusetts leads the nation in welfare and relief for soldiers and families and praised recent insanity care legislation.
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Melrose
Rep
C. H. Adams
Ways and Means Committee
Free Baptist Church
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
United States
Lancaster
School For
Westboro
Nichols
Tewksbury
Amherst
State College
New England
Rutland
New York State
Boston
Foxboro
Adams
Government to Erect Fortifications at Bass Point Nahant
The U S government plans a series of modern fortifications on Bass Point Nahant affecting about 75 cottages and the Trimountain house area. Land valued at $175,000 to $250,000 is already purchased, with evictions to follow. The park commission and state additions may expand holdings as the town faces next winter’s cooperation.
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Fynn
Bass Point
Nahant
U. S
Trimountain
Bailey Hill
Metropolitan Park Commission
Little Nahant
Bass Point land grab plans reshape Nahant area
The State contemplates acquiring additional land to extend the parkway to Bass Point. Government ownership would cover most land near Bailey Hill and the park, with Nahant nearly wholly taken for a vast development. No summer residences on the north shore would be disrupted.
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Bass Point
Bailey Hill
Park
Nahant
Old Point Comfort
Prohibitionists to Convene in Tremont Temple Labor Day
Boston August 25 The Massachusetts Prohibition State convention will base representation on one delegate per town ward and one delegate per ten votes for the Prohibition Governor candidate. Rev M C Ward of Hingham named temporary chair, Rev Alva H Morrill of New Bedford permanent chair. A ratification meeting and banquet follow in Lorimer hall with speakers Oliver W Stewart of Chicago and Rev Samuel F Pearson of Portland. Pearson’s subject will be Does Prohibition Prohibit.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Prohibition
M. C. Ward
Hingham
Alva H. Morrill
New Bedford
Lorimer Hall
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
National Prohibition Committee
Samuel F. Pearson
Portland
Cumberland County
McNally Daring Swim From Boston to New York
Peter S. McNally plans to swim from Boston to New York starting next Sunday. The voyage covers about 400 miles by water closely following the coast, with a 30 day target and a fully equipped steam yacht for support. He will begin near the Charlestown bridge around 1 PM and is accompanied by two trusted swimmers and a small support boat.
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Boston
New York
Peter S. McNally
Mr. McNally
Charlestown Bridge
Nantasket Beach
McNally
Oxford and Cambridge Athletes Leave Boston for Montreal
Beis Boston reports the Oxford and Cambridge athletes arrived Friday morning and began their Montreal journey at 9 yesterday. They enjoyed Boston hospitality from Evert J. Wendell, Harvard Yale committee chair, ex-Capt. Jack Hallowell, and Yale captain Richard Sheldon. After a 7 am breakfast and a short stroll they traveled from North Union Station. They will sail home in October, proceeding directly to New York from Montreal around Sept. 18.
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Boston
Oxford
Cambridge
Montreal
Evert J. Wendell
Harvard-Yale
Jack Hallowell
Harvard
Richard Sheldon
Yale
North Union Station
New York
Levi L Brown Dead and Adams Mourns Loss
Levi L Brown a prominent Adams manufacturer and friend of Governor Crane died after a four month illness. Born in 1826 he learned the paper making trade at Crane's Paper in Dalton and founded the L L Brown Paper Company in Adams. He also held interests in several other industries.
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Adams
Levi L. Brown
Crane
Dalton
L. L. Brown
First U S City Dedicates Spanish War Burial Lot
Lynn August 25 dedication of a Pine Grove cemetery burial lot for Spanish American war soldiers and sailors. The ceremony drew several thousand mourners with delegations from many Massachusetts cities and towns observing the event.
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Lynn
United States
Legion of
Pine Grove Cemetery
Massachusetts
Ex-Senator Robert Howard Said Committed to Asylum
Boston August 25 ex-senator from Fall River and prominent textile union leader Robert Howard reportedly was committed to McLean asylum at Waverly for treatment. Howard long championed mill operatives in New England and was viewed as the father of recent mill legislation in the state.
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Boston
Robert Howard
Fall River
McLean Asylum
Waverly
Howard
New England
Death by suicide of Attleboro farmer on Seba Perry farm
Davis Groves, 65, a wealthy North Rehoboth resident and Seba Perry homestead farm owner, hanged himself yesterday. Illness and fear of dependency were cited. A Warwick, Rhode Island native, he bought the farm 40 years ago and left three sons.
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Attleboro
Mass
Davis Groves
Seba Perry
North Rehoboth
Warwick
R. I
Untitled fragment on castor bears and labels
A garbled OCR fragment mentions castor bears and product branding phrases. The text includes references to The Kind You Have Always Signature and LSU, but lacks clear events, dates, or actionable facts to summarize into a coherent news item.
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Castor
Sean
LSU
Baltimore Lawyer Tsador Rayner to Aid Schley
Tsador Rayner of Baltimore, soon to be a prominent member of Admiral Schley's counsel before the naval court of inquiry, is an experienced lawyer with deep Navy ties. A former congressman who represented Baltimore wards, he is age-matched with the admiral and shares keen sympathy for his position. Rayner, a University of Virginia graduate, has been a leading Baltimore attorney since 1870.
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Tsador Rayner
Baltimore
Admiral Schley
Naval Court of Inquiry
Santiago Bay
Mr. Rayner
Congress
Rayner
University of Virginia
Schley replies to Howison interview clash in navy inquiry
Washington dispatch details Admiral Schley's letter to Secretary of the Navy on the Howison statements and the department's stance. The exchange centers on whether Howison’s alleged remarks affect his fitness, with Schley urging handling through the court of inquiry and noting his own high personal regard for Howison.
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Washington
Admiral Schley
Department
Howison
Schley
Lemly
Court of Inquiry
Parker
W. S. Schley
Glory for Both in Schley Sampson Controversy
Capt James McQueen Forsyth, retired U S N, visited Kansas City en route home from San Francisco and reflected on the Schley Sampson dispute. He said navy guidance forbids discussing merits but noted both officers showed courage and the Santiago battle was brilliant regardless of leadership. He argued the controversy dimmed the victory and condemned questioning either man’s bravery.
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Schley
Sampson
Navy
Key West
Indiana
Admiral Watson
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Forsyth
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Kansas City
James McQueen Forsyth
Times
Saymes
Navy Department
Sicard
Washington
Bantiago
Raid at hotel ends with suicide attempt by arrestee
In Clinton on August 24 a hotel raid led to the arrest of Lillian Shepherd, Mrs. Helen Davis, and Mrs. Mary Ann Lynn. Shepherd attempted hanging with stockings in her cell but was saved by Chief O B Bates. Davis, previously sentenced for probation breach, faced new warrants, while Lynn aided in the disturbance. The trio to appear before Judge Stone Monday amid further arrests hoped for.
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Clinton
Lillian Shepherd
Asbury Grove
O. B. Bates
Miss Shepherd
Helen Davis
Worcester
Mary Ann Lynn
Oxford
Davis
Sherborn Reformatory
Fitchburg
Capias
Dwinnel
Died on Balcony in Minnesota D A Evans Succumbs
Robert G. Evans 47 district attorney for Minnesota died suddenly of heart disease on the balcony of his Queen Avenue home in Minneapolis. He went to awaken his daughter, then collapsed on the balcony and died on the front porch. He had been a prominent candidate to succeed Senator C K Davis in the United States Senate.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Robert G. Evans
Minnesota
Queen Avenue
Kenwood
Blondin Hunt Fails to Locate Fugitive in Gaspe Region
Massachusetts State police investigators in Ste Felicite Quebec conclude no trace of Joseph Wilfred Blondin, the wife murderer, after days of searching from here to Little Matane. Sightings of a strange man and thefts fuel rumors, but officers doubt Blondin remains in the Gaspe peninsula and plan continued scrutiny of ships and settlements before returning to Boston.
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Ste. Felicite
Rhoades, Proctor, Letteney and Dunham
Massachusetts State Police
Joseph Wilfred Blondin
Earst
Letteney
Dunham
Matane
Blondin
Gaspe Peninsula
Little Matane
Boston
Bere
Gaspe
Swimmer Battles Sea Sickness and Swells Near Coast
The athlete endured heavy swells and seasickness as attendants grew sick. He swam a six mile stretch from Cape Gris-Nez in two hours and twenty five minutes, alternating back and breast strokes. Saltwater irritation forced periods with eyes closed.
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Cape Gris-Nez
Forest fires in Russia destroy towns and forests
A Daily Mail despatch from St Peters burg says the recent Russian forest fires caused losses of about 10 million pounds. Incendiary fires are blamed on Jews. Some 250000 acres of forests burned and 187 villages fully or partly wiped out.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Turkey yields quays concession in Constantinople dispute
M Constans the French ambassador warned he would leave Constantinople unless France's claims were settled. The Porte then abandoned buying the quays due to bad speculation and financial issues. An imperial trade order allowed the Quays company full rights amid claims of a paper victory for France and doubts in London about lasting gains.
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Constantinople
M. Constans
Porte
Tewfik Pasha
Turkey
Paris
Quays Company
Associated Press
London
France
Germany
Ballet Girls Propose White List of Managers
London reports a meeting of 160 ballet and chorus girls discussing protection against immoral managers. A proposed remedy is a publicly circulated white list naming managers who properly protect workers, urging patrons to support only those listed.
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London
Counter proclamation from Lord Kitchener warns Boers
Despatch from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria reports De La Ray’s counter proclamation urging Boers to resist the latest royal decree and continue the struggle.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
de la Ray
Edicts for Chinese signing en route to Pekin
London dispatch in the Times reports Li Hung Chang advised ministers that edicts required for Chinese plenipotentiaries to sign the protocol are now traveling from Santru and are expected to arrive in Pekin on Wednesday.
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London
Li Hung Chang
Times
Pekin
Santru
Daring swim attempt from Cape Griz-Nez to Dover ends near failure
Dover reports M Holbein began at Cape Griz-Nez on the anniversary of Captain Webb’s feat and swam toward Dover. After 12 hours 46 minutes in the rough sea he collapsed six miles from Dover, was hauled ashore at 5 am, taken to a hotel then a hospital in a serious but improving condition. He wore eye protection and fed on raw eggs and hot milk to endure the voyage.
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Dover
England
M. Holbein
MISS WOODS DEAD IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
Private telegram from Charlottesville announces the death of Miss Maud Coleman Woods. She was named the most beautiful woman in America by a Pan American exposition committee, and her profile appears on medals issued by the award board.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charlottesville
Maud Coleman Woods
McEachern Sets Canadian 25-Mile Motor-Paced Record
In Montreal at Queen's Park McEachern beat Champion by half a wheel in 39.19 to set a Canadian 25 mile motor-paced record. Kent and Daley of Boston won a five mile race on a tan dem in 7.02, another new record, and Kent rode a paced mile in 119 without a windshield. Champion defeated McEachern in a ten mile motor-paced race in 1.51.13 4-5, with the next McEachern Champion race set for next Sunday here.
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Montreal
McEachern
Champion
Queen’s Park
Kent and
Daley
Boston
Fournier
Kent
Drowning Death of Sir Frederick Robinson Baronet
Sir Frederick Robinson Baronet clerk of the surrogate court at Osgood Hall and son of the late Sir Lucien Robinson was drowned today at Fairy Lake near Huntsville while summering. His body was found in three inches of water and brought to Toronto by Lady Robinson. It is believed he fell from a boat house, as he was subject to fits.
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Toronto
Ont
Sir Frederick Robinson
Osgood Hall
Lucien Robinson
Fairy Lake
Huntsville
Robinson
Wagner Wroth Over Rights Clash At Munich Theatre
Berlin reports Siegfried Wagner accuses Herr Posart, manager of Munich's new Wagner theatre, of building a rival house to Bayreuth and demands that the rights to perform Wagner dramas in Munich be repurchased.
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Berlin
Siegefried Wagner
Herr Posart
Wagner Theatre
Munich
Herr Wagner
Wagner
Bayreuth
Prince Chun Reaches Basel on Way to Berlin
Berlin Aug 2 Prince Chun brother of the Chinese emperor and the Chinese mission en route to Berlin to apologize for the murder of Baron von Ketteler German minister in Pekin have arrived at Basel Switzerland The prince is ill and will stay there a few days
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Prince Chun
China
Baron von Ketteler
Pekin
Basel
Switzerland
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