President Roosevelt in Maine Tour Draws Massive Crowds
President Roosevelt continues Maine schedule visiting Augusta Bangor Waterville and Ellsworth. He urges strong navy and lawful business regulation while praising Maine people and rural life. crowds cheer as he speaks at the state fairgrounds and park. END LEAD.
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Ellsworth
Pine Tree
Augusta
Bangor
Waterville
Maine
Bill” Sewall
Island Falls
Dakota
Congressman Powers
Hunter
Bill
Fair Grounds
Sewell
Washington
Orphans’ Home
Hale
Nashua
N. H
Mayor Greely
President Attends Maine Visit and Citadel of Duty
A long civic address extols farming roots, civic duty, and moral progress, urging self help and neighborly aid. The scene shifts to public cheers as the President travels by carriage and train, receiving warm greetings in Bangor and Hancock Street amid a grateful crowd.
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Republic
Department of Agriculture
F. O. Beal
The
Fair Association
Presi
Bangor
Avalon Sends Greeting from Catalina Island
Aug 27 Ellsworth Missouri reports President Roosevelt sent and received telegraphic greetings noting Catalina Island now connected to the world via Pacific wireless telegraph. Signatures include A L New Avalon Catalina Island Cal and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Ellsworth
Avalon
Catalina Island
California
Roosevelt
White House
Pacific Ocean
A. L. New
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
Hanna asked to lay cornerstone of Salvation Army building
In Cleveland on August 27 Senator Hanna was asked to lay the corner stone of the Salvation Army's new building. The Bricklayers' Union demands that he join the union and obtain a work card. The union asserts cornerstone work falls under its jurisdiction. President McKinley joined the bricklayers in Chicago in 1899 before laying a federal building cornerstone.
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Cleveland, O
Hanna
Salvation Army
Bricklayers’ Union
Cleveland
McKinley
Chicago
Federal Building
Pelee Erupts as Mont Pelee Rumbling Increases
A dispatch from Dominica dated Aug. 26 reports prolonged rumbling sounds from Mont Pelee in quick succession since 2 p m. today. Indications point to a violent eruption. Communication with Martinique via cable has failed as the French Cable company has no working line to that point and cannot say when service will resume.
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St. Thomas
D. W. II
Dominica
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Coal operators gain in Wyoming region with Avondale output
Wilkesbarre Pa Aug 27 coal operators in the Wyoming Region continue gains with the Avondale mine sending 250 tons to the breaker. President Mitchell and district presidents held a conference but no particulars were released for publication.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Avondale
Mitchell
American Bar Association Opens 25th Annual Meeting
The American Bar Association began its 25th annual meeting in Saratoga New York with President A M Rose of Little Rock Arkansas delivering the opening address.
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Saratoga
N.ny
American Bar Association
A. M. Rose
Little Rock
Ark
Letter Advocates Zinc in Painting Trade
A Lowell mass letter from F. W. DeVoE & Co. explains the shift from lead and oil to zinc in paints. It describes two methods to use zinc, either mixed with lead or as ground together with lead in DeVoE products. The firm claims machinery mixing yields better results and touts 146 years of experience, noting Adams Hardware & Paint Co. sells their paint.
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Zevoz
Fair Bodies Ship From Cherbourg To New York
Paris August 27 The bodies of Mr and Mrs Charles L Fair killed in an August 14 automobile accident near Evreux are removed from the Church of the Madeleine after a brief service. United States Consul General Gowdy and family lawyers attend along with Hotel Ritz manager Ellis in charge of arrangements. They may be shipped tonight via Cherbourg or Havre to join the St Louis which sails August 30 from Southampton and Cherbourg.
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Paris
Charles L. Fair
Evreux
France
Church of the Madeleine
Gowdy
United States
Cherbourg
St. Louis
New York
Havre
Southampton
Wages Demands Across Rail System Prompt Possible Strike
Milwaukee dispatch reports 100000 Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members seek a 20 percent wage rise by Sept 15, amounting to about 1 million dollars more monthly for U S railroads. A West of Mississippi concerted move for uniform rules and pay is under way, with votes by members to authorize concessions. No strike talk yet, expected 90 day vote period.
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Milwaukee
Wis
the Sentinel
Brotherhood of Railway
American Railway Union
Chinese Crew Detainees Hinder Korea Steamer Transfer
In San Francisco on August 27, 250 Chinese sailors bound for the Pacific mail steamer Korea arrived aboard the Gaelic. The customs collector orders the Chinese detained on Gaelic while Treasury decides. The sailors union argues transfers must halt to avoid bringing them ashore for signing, which would violate the Chinese exclusion act.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Korea
Steamship Company
Treasury Department
Sailors’ Union
United States Shipping Commissioner
Gas in Oil Field Serious Menace
Beaumont Texas August 27 George A Hill oil field inspector warns conditions are alarming gas is dangerous to operators over 100 overcome daily and danger of total blindness feared due to constant contact
Disastrous Blaze Destroys Rear Structures in Fall River
A major fire in Fall River on August 27 started in wooden sheds behind Pleasant Street near Fourth, housing Charles H. Williston a gravel roofer and concreter. The blaze raged through tarry flames prompting three alarms and requiring the full city fire department to respond. The fire spread to a three story building as crews battled the blaze.
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Fall River
Charles H. Williston
Pleasant Street
Fourth
Fire destroys Williston plants and shingles mill
Wooden structure owned by Fraprie-Douglass Co manufacturers of paper cap tubes and a shingle mill owned by A S Blossom were nearly wiped out. Fraprie-Douglass building badly burned with stock destroyed. Blossom loses 100000 shingles valued at 3 per thousand and a machine worth 300. Willis tone’s loss covered by insurance.
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Fraprie-Douglass Company
A. S. Blossom
Williston
Blossom
Fraprie-Douglass
Willistone
Six Die In Neb Fire In Family Tragedy At Home
Gehring Nebraska reports six lives lost when a kerosene fire started by S H McCumpsey ignited the clothing of McCumpsey his wife and four children in a tragic home incident.
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Gehring, Neb
S. H. McCumpsey
McCumpsey
Latimer Leads in South Carolina US Senate Race
Charleston reports at 3 am incomplete returns show Congressman Latimer leading the statewide U S Senate race with over 12,000 votes. Ex-Gov John Gary Evans is second and ex-Congressman J J Hemphill third. Governor results unchanged.
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Charleston
S. C
Latimer
United States
John Gary Evans
J. J. Hemphill
Death of Delaware lawyer Levi C. Bird at Hilltop
Levi C. Bird a leading Delaware lawyer and Republican figure died suddenly at his country residence Hilltop St. George's Hundred aged 60 He was brother in law of the late Thomas F Bayard Bird’s death comes as a shock to Wilmington and state political circles.
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Wilmington
Del
Levi C. Bird
Delaware
Hilltop
St. George's Hundred
Bird
Thomas F. Bayard
Ostend Cavalry Race Won by French Lieutenant
The international cavalry race from Brussels to Ostend covered 83 miles. Lieut. Mademet of the French army finished first in six hours and 54 minutes, arriving in Ostend.
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Ostend
Belgium
Brussels
Lieut
Mademet
Philadelphia City Cavalry Ordered to Shenandoah Duty
Harrisburg August 27 The second troop of the City cavalry was ordered by Governor Stone to report to General Gobin at Shenandoah for service in the anthracite coal regions.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia City
Stone
Gobin
Shenandoah
Daughters of Liberty Concludes National Convention in Syracuse
The 27th annual national convention of the Daughters of Liberty closed in Syracuse with Detroit chosen as the next convention city.
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Syracuse
N. Y
the Daughters of Liberty
Detroit
Corner Store and Tenements for Rent Nearby Depot
A corner store with a meat refrigerator offers good business potential. Off Westford street is a three room tenement in solid repair and pleasing setting at $7.00 monthly. Near the Northern Depot a larger sunny tenement is available for $11.00 monthly. Apply T. H. Elliott at 34 Central Street or call 908-2.
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Westford Street
T. H. Elliott
Central St
Wedding and Card Engraving Services Ad
WEDDING AND CARD ENGRAVING. Engrave work of every description for calling cards wedding invitations and announcements at home cards. Engraved in any style and printed on best stock. Prices affordable for high grade work. Samples available. Courier Citizen Co Merrimack Street.
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Courier- Citizen Co
Merrimack Street
Precocious Johnny’s Shutters Hide a Hidden Plot
A terse note suggests a clever boy named Johnny exposes a deception by using shutters as a blind. The line hints at misdirection or a secret plan involving a young observer. Further context remains unreadable from the fragment.
Earthquakes Kill Twenty in Mindanao Moro Sector
General Chaffee reports a series of earthquakes near Lake Lanao in Mindanao Moro country. Twenty Moros died from collapsing walls while nearby Americans escaped without injuries. The disturbance affected rivers and terrain near Camp Vikers, the U.S. base in Mindanao.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Mindanao
Lake of ‘Lanao
Camp Vikers
A Year of President Roosevelt Across Public Life
A World s Work summary lauds Theodore Roosevelt as energetic and conservative, noting his blend of brisk action and cautious policy. It contrasts his near heroic public visibility with steady routine, praising the higher energy in executive departments and the broad political impact of one year in office.
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Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Harrison
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Frank
Eliot
Executive Department
Government
Army
Navy
Civil Service
Queer fossils found in stone spark roaming exploration
The article by Dr. Campbell Brown details prehistoric monsters preserved in rock, including birds like archaeopteryx and sea serpents called pythonomorphs. It notes fossil abundance in quarries, fossil fish, and abundant mollusk shells, highlighting curiosity for amateur geologists.
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Pearson
Campbell Brown
National Museum
Berlin
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