Circus Comes to Town in Spectacular Ringling Parade
Ringling Brothers Circus arrived early and drew crowds as a major city event. The parade and performance impressed both older residents and children, with the vast setup and tents quickly erected to host the show. Officials hailed the arrival as smooth, and over 20 000 spectators followed the parade through Gorham Central Merrimack Dutton Thorndike Gorham to the fair grounds.
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Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Gorham
Central
Merrimack
Dutton
Thorndike
Fair Grounds
Mayor Casey Keeps Up Fight With Alderman Fairweather
Mayor Casey challenges Alderman Fairweather to prove his allegations of undue influence over a beer report. The mayor explains the report is accessible to city officials but blocked from the council via regular channels due to a city solicitor ruling. The dueling exchange continues as McEvoy seeks full Supreme Court review of a redistricting veto ruling, while Textile School funding of 8000 dollars is approved by the accounts committee despite one dissent.
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Fairweather
Casey
Hill
Board of Aldermen
Alderman Fairweather
Lowell
John W. McEvoy
Supreme Court
Loring
McEvoy
Committee On Accounts
Baldwin
Probation for Giroux After Domestic Threats Trial
In Lowell police court Rosie Giroux testified her husband John threatened to kill her and their children, drank heavily, and held a knife over her. He was found guilty on both counts, with the threat charge leading to probation for Giroux and other defendants receiving fines, suspended sentences, or defaults.
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Rosie Giroux
John
Rosie
Mr. Rivet
Lowell
D. J. Donahue
Giroux
Slattery
Thomas H. Martin
Fred J. Fogarty
Massachusetts Reformatory
John Ledwidge
James Conroy
Postmaster Appointed in Maine City Leeds Reaction
Washington June 28. The following fourth class postmaster was appointed today Charles B. Sherwood for Maine Leeds reaction.
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Washington
Maine
Leeds
Charles B. Sherwood
Mobilization Begins in St. Petersburg Area
The June 28 mobilization in St. Petersburg and Moscow started at midnight. Recruits who did not respond were seized at home and escorted to barracks. Towns like Tsarskoe-Selo and Peterhof join the effort as 60,000 men are called, with about half to enter regiments. Workmen grumble, but no riots have occurred yet.
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Supt. Taft
Northern Station
Western Avenue
Fair Grounds
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Tsarskoe-Selo
Gachina
Peterhof
Fire at Cambridge Street home injures clothes in closet blaze
An alarm from box 18 at 12 43 today summoned firemen to Dr Batchelder's Cambridge street residence where Mrs Downing had left three children with matches. The children started a closet fire that scorched clothing but caused no damage outside the wardrobe.
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Cambridge Street
RAGES ON THE HUDSON RAGES AT INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTA
Poughkeepsie June 28 Brillant weather and favorable water set the scene for a classic Hudson regatta with six top crews from Columbia Syracuse Wisconsin Georgetown Pennsylvania and Cornell. Varsity eights race at five over four miles amid shifting winds and possible no records, making Cornell a favorite but Syracuse and Wisconsin hold open bets. Special trains bring students and alumni. river fringe shows yachts and pleasure craft as teams prepare for the day’s dramatic finishes. Syracuse won the Varsity four-car race.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson
Intercollegiate Association
Syracuse
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Georgetown
West Shore
Harvard Beats Yale In Impromptu Freshman Rowing Race
Gales Ferry Connecticut June 28 Harvard won the first blood on the Thames by defeating Yale in a one mile race for freshman pared crews. Harvard finished two lengths ahead with a 5.33 clocking as 38 stroke led. Yale rowed 34 stroke. Harvard lineup included Comstock Bacon Parke Ball Whitney. Yale lineup included Townsend Godley Auchincloss Shelton Colston.
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Gales Ferry
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Comstock
G. Bacon
Parke
Ball
Whitney
Townsend
Godley
Auchincloss
Shelton
Colston
Shaw arrives in Camden with family from Portland
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, accompanied by Mrs. Shaw and their two daughters, arrived in Camden from Portland aboard the revenue cutter Algonquin. He will return tomorrow, leaving his family behind for the gummep.
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Camden
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Governor Improves. plans trip to Monument Beach
Brockton dispatch reports the governor is notably better with fever reduced and a easier cough. Dr. S. J. Grover says he may go out tomorrow and travel to his summer home at Monument Beach for a few days.
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Brockton
8S. J. Grover
Hetter
Monument Beach
President Roosevelt Cheered By Harvard Alumni Crowd
Cambridge June 28 The second day of President Roosevelt's visit to Harvard college for the 25th anniversary of his class and the annual commencement featured the alumni dinner address and a series of festivities. The president rode in procession with the lancers to Massachusetts Hall and attended Sanders Theatre, where honorary degrees were conferred on James Homer Wright Reginald Heber Fitz, James Burrill Angell, Edward Douglas White, and William Howard Taft among others. Roosevelt mingled with officials and greeted Dr Hale before heading to the German museum and sending a cable to the German Emperor thanking him for cordial ties between the nations.
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Cambridge
Roosevelt
Harvard College
Harvard
Wm. Lawrence
Massachusetts Hall
Curtis Guild, Jr
Wm. L. Douglas
Brockton
National Lancers
Lancers
Commonwealth
Bishop Lawrence
Mary A. Taylor
Guild
Christchurch
William H. Taft
Francis C. Lowell
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
John D. Long
Sanders Theatre
Eliot
Loeb
Kermit Roosevelt
Taft
Long
Mr. Bonaparte
Gov. Guild
South
W. A. Lambeth
Henry Marion Howe
Boston
James Burrill Angell
University of Michigan
Edward Douglas White
U. S
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Supreme Court of the Nation
William Howard Taft
Philippines Commission
Angell
Justice White
Lieut
Edward Everett, Hale
United States Senate
Dr. Hale
Mr. Guild
Germany
Mass
Berlin
Harvard University
Theodore Roosevelt
Dyspepsia Cure Promoted as Stomach Strengthening
An advertisement urges readers to strengthen and tone the stomach to cure dyspepsia and gastric troubles. It claims the stomach must be reconditioned rather than treated by other means and warns against substitutes.
Russian Sailors Mutiny Threaten Odessa Bombardment
The crew of the battleship Kniaz Potemkin mutinied off Odessa murder of officers is reported and ships threaten to bombard the town if interfered with. Port work halted as Black Sea fleet arrival looms and unrest spreads through Kherson province.
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Odessa
Kniaz Potonkin
Black Sea
St. Petersburg
Kherson
Martial Law Still Prevails in Lodz
Warsaw reports Lodz remains under martial law with most workers returning to work. About 7000 of 60,000 still out at 22 factories. streets patrolled, liquor shops closed. Rumors of Russian mobilization stirred excitement. officials warn of possible disturbances in Warsaw if moved.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lodz
Russian
Admiral Chouknin declines marine portfolio
St. Petersburg June 28 Vice Admiral Chouknin commander of the Black Sea fleet has declined to accept the post of minister of marine succeeding Admiral Avellan who recently resigned. News from Tambov Province says M Bezobrazoff president of the Yalu Timber Company has invoked military aid to protect his estate and life amid peasant hostility over his war responsibilities.
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St. Petersburg
Chouknin
Black Sea
Avellan
Tambov
M. Bezobrazoff
Yalu Timber Company
Minors on Strike in Polish Industrial Districts
A strike was declared this morning at coal and iron mines and factories in Dombrowe Strzem ieszyce and Sosnowiec districts in Russian Poland. The action affects major mining towns as labor groups press for demands.
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Warsaw
Russian Poland
Dombrowe
Strzemieszyce
Sosnowiec
British Skirmish Report From Korea and China Front
The war department telegram reports that five enemy companies with six guns attacked near Changehiation, 12 miles NW of Quangping, on June 24 and were repulsed. It states that our cavalry seized Kusyong, 10 miles north of Kyongsong, in Northern Korea, on June 26.
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Tokio
War Department
Changehiation
Quangping
Kusyong
Kyongsong
Korea
Japanese torpedo boats sighted off Vladivostok horizon
Vladivostok reported on Tuesday June 27 as Japanese warships believed to be torpedo boats were spotted on the horizon, signaling possible naval activity in the area.
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Vladivostok
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Bridge Street
Traders National Bank
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the Hudson
SHAW
Douglas Better
Harvard Union
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Nan
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