Roosevelt Passes Through New Hampshire Industrial Centers
President Roosevelt travels by rail through Nashua and Manchester New Hampshire on Aug 28, greeting crowds and underscoring industrial growth. He warns against evils of progress while calling for balanced reforms and personal initiative. He commemorates Spanish-American War veterans and receives roses before continuing to Maine.
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Nashua Junction
New Hampshire
Pacific
Nashua
W. A. Larned
Dohertys
Larned
Jothrney Hamblett
Cignal
Garry Owen
Custer
Roosevelt Visits Concord At Brief Stop En Route To The Weirs
President Roosevelt's train halted in Concord at 11.03 for a brief stop announced late. Geo Hester B Jordan and Congressman ahnk D Currier joined the President's party. A small crowd greeted him as he appeared on the rear platform and acknowledged the applause.
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Nashua
N. H
Roosevelt
Bill Sewall
Ellsworth
Bangor
Maine
Kittery Junction
Gen. Ayling
Concord
Edward Pearson
George H. Moses
Jordan
Clermont
Windham Junction
Geo. Hester B. Jordan
Ahnk D. Currier
Epidemic of cholera sweeps across Asia to Japan
Reports from Victoria note cholera spreading rapidly from Java to Japan with hundreds dying in Java and tens of thousands affected in Chinese and Japanese cities. Hong Kong, Tien Tsin, and other coastal areas show high case counts and significant European involvement in infections.
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Victoria
B. C
Pacific
Java
Japan
Hong Kong
Tien Tsin
China
Kuelin
Kwansi
Shanghai
Canton-Hankow
Chingsha
Yung Chow Fu
Hunan
Wu Tingfang
Washington
Huan Shih Kai
Wu Ting-fang
The Fair Estate End of Dispute Reaches Settlement
Chicago reports that Mrs Harriet Nelson relinquished all claims to the Fair estate for cash, typically around 500000 dollars. The estate will go to Charles L Fair’s relatives Mrs Herman Oelrichs and Mrs W Vanderbilt jr, with Mrs Fair’s property also passing to them. A possible late will could still cause future trouble, according to Fair’s friends. Mrs Nelson plans to reside in California.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
San Francisco
Charles L. Fair
Herman Oelrichs
W. T. Vanderbilt, Jr
Nelson
California
Hibernian Convention debates bed at Carney hospital
Worcester August session of the Ancient Order of Hibernians draws about 500 members and delegates. State President John A. Ryan presided. A proposal for a dedicated bed at Carney hospital drew support from several speakers but faced opposition over broader adoption. Committee actions and future consideration noted.
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Committee
South Africa
Pennsylvania
Order
Federation of
Catholic Societies
John J. Power
Worcester
Fletcher
John A. Ryan
Daniel H. Toomey
Patrick F. Cannon
Ancient Order of Hibernians
James A. Punch
South Boston
Carney Hospital
Thomas Riley
Westboro
John R. Buckley
Milford
John B. O'Higgins
Boston
Father McLaughlin
Adams
Clare
John J. Slattery
South Framingham
William L. Vinton
C. J. Keys
O'Sullivan Svigson
Mr. Coyle
Brighton
Mittee On Insurance
P. J. Stanton
Widows and Orphage’ Fund
William McNally
The
Widows and Orphans’ Fund
Roosevelt creates two new Montana forest reserves
The Helena land office reports President Roosevelt set aside two reserves in Montana. The Madison reserve covers thousands of acres of timber land mainly in Madison County, and the Little Belt forest reserve spans forested land in Central Montana. Both reserves comprise unsurveyed lands, so exact acreages are undetermined.
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Helena
Mont
Helena Land Office
Roosevelt
Madison Reserve
Madison County
Little Belt
Montana
Land Office
Tragic Chicago Bride Ends Life in Gas Choked Death
Mrs John Mc Curdy a bride of less than three months killed herself in a shocking act driven by fear of insanity. She dressed, climbed the dining room table, placed her mouth over a chandelier jet, wound heavy cords around her neck and turned on the gas. Her husband found her dead. Letters imply mental distress. She was years old.
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Chicago
John McCurdy
Missionaries Warned to Leave Cotovoi Mexico
Plainfield Indiana reports Berett Morgan and his wife, once residents, now missionaries at Cotovoi, warned natives will kill them unless they depart by September 17. They were sent by the Western Yearly Meeting Friends about four years ago and have been in Cotovoi about a year with Miss Sarah Lindley, the only other Americans there. appeals to authorities seek protection.
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Merrimack Common
W. O. Sullivan
Major Sullivan
Molly Stark
Stark
Republic
Philippines
Therin
Plainfield
Ind
Berett Morgan
Cotovoi
Mex
Morgan
Board of Foreign Mission
The
Western Yearly Meeting of the Friends
Sarah Lindley
Fort Sheridan prisoner escapes during picnic plan
Chicago reports Frank Byer of the Ninth battalion escaped by a new plan of escape near a picnic party. He fled into a ravine after flagging a guard in the guard house. the guard Breakey hesitated to fire for fear of hitting picnickers. Byer had served one day of an 18 month sentence for desertion.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Frank Byer
battleMan
George Breakey
Byer
Mayor Allows Labor Day Use Of Grounds Again
The mayor sided with precedent and instructed the superintendent of commons to let local labor unions lease South common for Labor Day. The trades and labor council will again control the lots, despite conflicting city solicitor guidance on legality. The press statement cites long custom and unanimous committee support. The note also mentions assessors auditing seven words and a forthcoming street watering tax adjustment tied to electric sprinklers.
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Trades and Labor Council
Joseph F. Convery
Supt. Jackson
Commons Department
Commons
Superintendent of Commons
Committee On Commons
Pension totals from army and navy reach high in 1902
The interior department auditor reports 1902 pension disbursements totaling 138,556,039 dollars. Army payments cover invalids, widows, survivors, minors, and others, while Navy pensions total 444,702 dollars with similar beneficiary categories. Overall pension disbursements to recipients amount to 137,400,741 dollars for the year.
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Washington
Auditor of the Interior Department
Roosevelt to visit Tennessee and North Carolina in trip
President Roosevelt will fly to Tennessee and North Carolina after arriving at Peter Bay on September 3. He plans to attend the Chattanooga convention of the Association of Locomotive Firemen on the 8th, spend Sunday the 7th at Chickamauga battlefield, and visit Asheville and possibly another North Carolina city on the return.
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Ee N. H
Rosevelt
Peter Bay
Tennessee
North Carolina
Chattanooga
Association of Locomotive Firemen
Chickamauga
Asheville
Perha
Dime novel reader appears in court
In police court this morning John Dyer, a juvenile charged with larceny, was found with a five cent dime novel titled The Bradys With a Circus in his pocket. Officer Bumps retrieved the book after the boy hesitated to identify it. the case was continued to tomorrow while Dyer remains at the barracks of the Volunteers of America.
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John Dyer
Bumps
Dyer
Brady Boys
Brady Brothers
Unk
Samuel Goldstein
The
Volunteers of America
Shattuck Street
John E. Quinn
State Farm
Corn Huskers
Delia Kennedy
Sherborn
John Thompson
Martha
Robbery of $2710 At Devonshire Mills Station
Manchester New Hampshire authorities seize 19 year old Waverley resident Joseph M McDermott after a daytime robbery at Goffs Falls station. He acted as substitute agent when $2710 plus 71 in silver was taken from an express car envelope. Police doubt his account and hunt for the actual robber. A mask like handkerchief remains near the scene along with a gray cap and false mustache fragment.
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Manchester
N. H
Boston
Devonshire Mills
Goff's Falls
Joseph M. McDermott
Waverley
McDermott
Goff’s Falls
McDonald
Thomas Walker, Jr
Devonshire
Kelleher Yard
Kelleher
Steamer Collision Sinks Dutch Vessel in Straits
A July collision in the Straits of Malacca between the Dutch mail steamer Prinz Alexander and the British steamer Ban Hin Guin left the Prinz Alexander sunk with 21 dead. Twenty aboard were saved, including the captain, while the Ban Hin Guin was badly damaged and towed to Singapore and beached.
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Victoria
B. C
Singapore
Straits of Malaca
Fire destroys Cameron Lumber Co mills at Harrison Idaho
A blaze engulfed Cameron Lumber Co mills in Harrison Idaho on August 28 destroying nearly 3,000,000 feet of choice lumber. Loss is estimated at 80 000 to 90 000 dollars with only 20 000 dollars insured. Local women and children aided by the fire brigade helped save the town from destruction.
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Harrison
Idaho
Cameron Lumber Co
Niearly
Berle
Wayward Boys Runaway From Lowell Homes
Walter Sanford and Joseph Doherty both aged about 11 have disappeared from Shaw street Lowell. Police were notified this morning after they left Monday night with suspected influence from dime novels. They may have headed to Boston or Nashua. A separate tip led to 16 year old Fred Bates from Newburyport, found in Lowell and released to his mother.
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Walter Sanford
Joseph Doherty
Lowell
Shaw Street
Boston
Nashua
Newburyport
Fred Bates
Jewett Street
Holbein Fails Third English Channel Attempt
Dover reports Montagu Holbein started from Cape Gros-Nez at 3.30 p m yesterday on his third attempt to swim the English channel. A Calais boat arrived at 7 a m with news that he was within nine miles of the Kentish coast but Holbein was taken from the water about a mile from Dover, ending his bid.
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Dover
Eng
Calais
France
Montagu Holbein
Cape Gros-Nez
English Channel
Kentish
Holbein
National Republican Clubs plan three day Chicago meeting
Plans for the national convention of the League of Republican Clubs are partly framed. A three day meeting is proposed in Chicago on October 2 3 and 4 with President Roosevelt likely to speak on October 3 and Senators Dollived of Iowa and Beveridge of Indiana slated as principal speakers on the other days.
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Chicago
League of Republican Clubs
Roosevelt
Dollived
Iowa
Beveridge
Indiana
Labor Day Parade Fines Slated By Bricklayers Union
At a Wednesday night meeting the Bricklayers union voted to fine members one day's pay for not turning out for the Labor Day parade. Delegates from Lawrence, Haverhill, and Nashua will likely join the march. The Stationary Firemen's union also convened, handling routine business with Boston officials Managan and Sheehan in attendance. A unanimous invitation was accepted to join the Labor Day parade, with final arrangements to be set at a special meeting next Sunday at 10 o'clock.
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Lawrence
Haverhill
Nashuavill
Managan
Boston
Sheehan
Myon
Ten Union
Parochial School Children Trip to Mountain Rock
Four carloads of children from the French parochial schools went to Belle Grove this morning, with the altar boy of St. Patrick’s filling a seat in one car for an outing at Mountain Rock.
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Belle Grove
St. Patrick's
Mountain Rock
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