Ready for Shock at Portsmouth
A massive 45 ton dynamite blast was set to clear Henderson's Point in Portsmouth New Hampshire at 4 p m to deepen a waterway for the Seavery island navy yard dry dock. The project cost $749000 funded by a government appropriation with Gov McLane and Admiral Meade in attendance.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Henderson’s Point
Piscataqua
United States Navy Yard
Severy’s Island
Ethel Foster
Henderson's Point
Navy Yard
Can Put the Beer Away in a Police Court Tale
In a police court session Judge Pickman hears Daniel Crowe describe losing a $5 promissory note, blaming former drinking partner Harry Blakie who testifies he never pocketed the bill. Blakie is jailed two months after admitting heavy drinking. other cases include a Franco-Polish fight and minor fines for drunkenness with two first offenders released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Blakie
Donnelly’s
Admiral Jones's Body Flown to Annapolis for Final Interment
The body of Admiral John Paul Jones, found in Paris, passes the Virginia capes aboard the cruiser Brooklyn with Rear Admiral Sigsbee. Sigsbee and Davis squadrons proceed to Annapolis for burial at the U S naval reservation, after a 15 gun salute from Evans and Davis fleets.
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Norfolk
John Paul Jones
Paris
Horace Porter
United States
France
Virginia Capes
Brooklyn
Sigsbee
Atlantic
Galveston
Tacoma
Chattanooga
North Atlantic
Evans
Davis
Capes
Admiral Evans
Maine
Missouri
Kentucky
Chesapeake Bay
Alabama
Illinois
Massachusetts
Iowa
Admiral Jones
Annapolis
Old Point Comfort
Lambert's Point
Upper Bay
U. S. Naval Reservation
Sigsbee and Davis
Jones
Moody outlines beef packers probe progress to date
Nahant July 28 Attorney General Moody spoke to the Lincoln Club Boston outlining the government’s actions against the beef packers conspiracy. He said a brief public review may proceed with the president’s approval while protecting due process for those under indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Knox
Equity
Circuit Court
United States
Bethea
Hitness
Day
Public Service
Grosscup
Béthea
United States District Court
Morrison
Councilman Dodge Proposes Nine Member Water Board Plan
Councilman Dodge announces at the next common council meeting he will introduce an order to form a nine member water board with one member from each ward and serving without salary.
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Dodge
Common Council
Water Board
Surrey rifleman wins King’s Prize at Bisley
Armorer Sergeant Comber of the Second East Surrey regiment won the King’s Prize at the National Rifle Association meeting in Bisley with a score of 315. King Edward attended the final stage and presented the gold medal. Sergeant Richardson of Canada took 307 for $100 and Sergeant Crowe of Canada scored 299 for $60.
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Bisley
Eng
National Rifle Association
Comber
Second East Surrey Regiment
King Edward
Richardson
Canada
Crowe
Lowell baseball players threaten strike over back pay
Captain Connors of the Lowell team declares players will not play Concord unless money owed for 22 days is paid outside Concord’s share. Manager Burns seeks league help in Boston as talks continue with New England league leaders Murane and Morse. If unpaid by July 25 the franchise may be forfeited.
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Concord
Capt. Connors
Lowell
Conecord
Lawrence
Spalding Park
Burns
Boston
Murnane
Morse
New England League
Lynn
Fall River
New Bedford
Lake
McDermott
Tuesay
Doherty Brothers Keep Davis Trophy at Wimbledon
In the doubles final the Doherty brothers defeated Holcombe Ward and Beals C Wright 8-10 6-2 6-2 6-4 8-6 to retain the Davis trophy. The match was closely contested from start to finish and secures another year holding the trophy.
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London
Doherty Brothers
Holcombe Ward
Beals
C. Wright
Ward
Wright
Dohertys
Staging Collapse Kills One Injures Two in Roxbury School
In Boston today a staging collapse at Hyde Gram mar School room Roxbury sent workers plunging about 20 feet. Frank D Mulry 30 of West Roxbury died John J Murten 20 of the South End and James Green 28 of Roxbury were injured. They were treated at the city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hyde Grammar School
Roxbury
Frank D. Mulry
West Roxbury
John J. Murten
South End
James Green
City Hospital
Assassination attempt on sultan in Constantinople
A bomb from an unknown attacker exploded near the sultan as he departed the mosque at the Yildiz Palace. The blast killed several horses and damaged carriages and a clock tower while injuring spectators. the sultan proceeded to his carriage despite the danger. The would be killer remains at large as authorities struggle to explain how the guard cordon was breached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgaria
Abdul Hamid
Yildiz
Pera
A. Grant Smith
Italian Brick Maker Buried Alive in Hampden Pit Cave-In
Springfield, July 22. Angelo Buttteri was killed and Giovanni Magnana seriously injured in a cave-in at Hampden Brick Works clay pit. Both men were buried alive beneath several feet of heavy sticky material.
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Springfield
Angelo Butterri
Giovanni Magnana
Hampden Brick Works
Lineman Killed by Trolley Wire in Woonsocket
John Grant a lineman for the Providence Telephone Company was killed by contact with a Woonsocket street railway trolley wire at Cumberland Hill. His home is in Providence.
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Woonsocket
R. I
John Grant
Providence Telephone Company
Woonsocket Street Railway
Cumberland Hill
Grant
Providence
Funston Narrowly Escapes Car Crash in Monterey
General Frederick Funston commander of the California department and his aides Lieut Long and Lieut Burton J Mitchell narrowly escaped death when an electric car rammed the carriage they rode in yesterday afternoon in Monterey California. Funston suffered a severely bruised left hand and Mitchell was bruised about the head and body while Long escaped with slight bruises.
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Monterey
Cal
Frederick Funston
Department of California
Lieut
Long
Burton J. Mitchell
S Funston
Mitchell
The Great Alterative and Tonic Promise Relief
Describes a universal tonic highlighting liver and kidneys as crucial for health. Warns of side and back pain, skin yellowness, constipation, foul taste, headaches, pimples, blotches, and loss of vigor if organs fail. Presents the tonic as a remedy.
The Finest Battleship Becomes A Bark With Armor Plate
A. J. Gagnon of 466 Merrimack St. asserts that true armor lies in plate-work. He claims a plate can make teeth feel like steel and win the battle of life, warning that without proper plates one is a loser.
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A. J. “Gagnon
Merrimack St
Passenger on Bangor boat missing reported by Bangor
Boston report says a passenger jumped overboard from the City of Bangor between Monhegan and Cape Ann last night. The man, calling himself Hartford, bought a Bangor Boston ticket but did not show it in Boston. He is described as a large gray bearded man. stateroom used but empty. Crew recalled a gray bearded man at Camden. suggestion he left at Rockland.
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Boston
Eastern Steamship Company
Bangor
City of
Camden
Rockland
Missing Hampden sea captain vowed to kill himself at sea
Bangor Maine July 22 Captain Orrin Hartford a retired Hampden sea captain has been missing since Friday He left his ring watch money and a note saying he planned to end his life by jumping from the steamer City of Bangor somewhere between Monhegan and Cape Ann.
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Bangor
Orrin Hartford
Hampden
Monhegan
Cape Ann
Bennington Disaster Toll Rises With Dozens Dead and Missing
San Diego July 22 The Bennington explosion leaves fifty two known dead with additional bodies yet to be recovered. seventy five are missing or unidentified with about fifty injured in city hospitals. Crew statements allege boiler defects and prior warnings while rescue efforts continue. Ensign Perry is named as the only officer killed. John Turpin, a Maine veteran, assists in rescue operations.
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San Diego
U. S. S. Bennington
T. K. Perry
U. 8
S. N
F. N. Brown
Peoria
G. Newcombe
B. A. Hughes
A. Bensel
W. Cherry
C. Russing
A.*. Scrogs Gere
San Francisco
C. H. Hagb
B. Ferguson
R. A. House
E. W. Bruisen
Cheney
N. B
Joe Hunt
Charles McKeen
C. J. Essell
Waco
Tex
W. C. Wilson
Ed. P. Robinson
Stockton
J. Cc. Barchus
Nebraska
C. F. Nelson
L. Barbher
M. G. Chambers
John Macstone
Mich
Peyton Carpenter
Dle Rock
Ark
Young
Magdalena Bay
New York
John Turpin
Maine
Havana
Bennington
Navy reports progress after Bennington boiler explosion
Rear Admiral MecCalla ordered Captain Drake and hospital personnel to the scene, a tug was sent from Port Hartford to assist, and the naval hospital at Mare Island is prepared for possible wounded. The latest casualty list reports 41 dead and nine missing.
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San Francisco
MecCalla
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Bennington
F. J. Drake
Smith
Hospital Corps
Fortune
Port Hartford
San Diego
Naval Hospital
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Anderson
Mary Wenesky
Annie Cote
Perry’s Court
Lena Wenesky
Mrs. Cote
Telesphore Selésky
Arthur Kelley
William Daley
Portland
Charles E. Adams
N. G. Lamson
Merrimack River
Middlesex Street
Lowell, Mass
Sigsbee’s
Naval Reservation
Gen. Moody
W. H. Moqdy
Surrey Rifleman
Traders National Bank
Post Office Avenue
Washington Savings. Institution
Central St
Lowell Trust Co
Ei-Azhar Sz
Russell & Boynton
Merrimack Street
Bos
Ton
Ternoon
Gen. Funston
Hood
Central Savings Bank
Ensign Perry
Ayers
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