Day of Thanks marks final coronation ceremony events
London Oct 26 The last ceremonies linked to King Edward VII's reign took place as the King and Queen Alexandra with the Prince of Wales visited St Pauls Cathedral to thank for the king's health. Rain cooled crowds as Lord Mayor and officials met them at Temple Bar. Premier Balfour and nobility attended a grand, color filled service with a sermon by the Bishop of London stressing the king's recovery.
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Resigns Pastorate at Fourth Presbyterian Church
The Rev. J Wilbur Chapman resigned as pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church in New York today. He left to accept a request from the General Assembly committee on evangelistic work to devote full time to conducting conferences meetings and directing the committee’s work.
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New York
J. Wilbur Chapman
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chapman
General Assembly
Lynn Man May Die of Fractured Skull
Arthur Leighton a shoemaker was found unconscious on Munroe Street in Lynn this morning. Taken to Emergency Hospital his skull is fractured and his condition is extremely critical. Two men driving by found him and moved him to the hospital. police have no information on how he was injured.
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Double drowning in Lewis bay claims two railroad men
An overturned boat in Lewis bay near Hyannis on Oct 26 caused the deaths of Martin Lenan of Hyannis and Cornelius Harrington of Boston, both railroad men. The third passenger, Thomas L. Hallett, swam ashore and made a valiant effort to assist his companions before tiring and reaching safety.
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Lewis Bay
Martin Lenan
Cornelius Harrington
Boston
Thos. L. Hallett
Hallett
Patton Delivers Valedictory Sermon at Princeton
The final act of Princeton's inauguration week occurred in Marquand chapel where retiring president Dr Francis L. Patton preached a stirring sermon to numerous guests alumni and undergraduates. The address titled Ye are the light of the world drew a full house and echoed through the assembly with eloquence and inspiration.
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N. J
Marquand Chapel
Francis JL. Patton
Patton
Panama Route Set for Isthmian Canal Title Validated
Washington dispatch confirms President Roosevelt will back the Panama route for the canal. Attorney General Knox reports the title to canal property is good and unencumbered, with Colombia and United States likely to ratify the Hay treaty amid some delays from naval actions.
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Panama Canal Company
France
Seine
Court of Appeals of Paris
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New York
Panama Company
Yellow Day Anniversary Sparks The Last Day Theories
Twenty one years after a yellowish sky darkened New England crowds recall a Sun as dusk like noon that shifted to twilight. Observers blamed Canadian forest fires and humid air, while EDM Pickering and Dartmouth professors offered explanations. The tale also recounts a cherished watch linked to Mrs. Crane and the Revere lineage, now owned by a Malden musician and piano inventor.
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Harvard Observatory
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Col
Everett C. Benton
Guildhall
Boston Transcript
Paul Revere Watch Passes By Generations To Malden Musician
A famed Paul Revere timepiece, long disputed as the original ride watch, has moved through a chain of relatives to Frederick Lincoln Crane of Malden Massachusetts. The 1830s era relic ties Crane to his wife Susan Dwight Crane and to Col Frederick W Lincoln of Canton, a former head of Revere Copper.
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Col
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Col. Lincoln
Revere Copper Company
Boston
Damon
Pythias
Jane
Elijah Crane
New England
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts Free and Accepted Masons
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Citnton
Harvard College
Harvard Medical School
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Shifting Races Reshape Chicago West Side District
Chicago Tribune reports a steady migration reshaping the West Side ghetto bounded by Halsted Canal Harrison and Sixteenth. Jews move north, Greeks arrive, Bohemians depart, Italians and Russians mingle. Hull House notes Greeks settling with Italians and sometimes marrying, while Jewish settlers expand footprint.
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Canal Street
Andalusia
Hull House
Miss Addams
N. Salapoulos
America
Chicago Tribune
Quote exchanges on race and wall decor
A fragment from Harper's Bazar and the Atlanta Constitution features a stylistic exchange about race in dialect, followed by a decorator's quip about a wife and a wall display. The snippet captures social chatter and urban humor without narrative context.
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von Blumer
Harper's Bazar
Diamond Jubilee at Universalist church marked by long service
Chelmsford celebration recalls pastors Flanders Bicknell Hall and the 27,000 debt raised in 1880s. The 1895 to present ministry noted with a strong choir and sermons on unseen worlds and the church’s progress. Various committees and local clergy assisted in the anniversary service.
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Flanders
Universalist Church
G. W. Bicknell
First Unitarian
Universalist
Lowell
Old King Edward VI Grammar School at Litchfield Auctioned
The historic King Edward VI grammar school at Litchfield, known for Addison and Johnson associations, is to be sold by public auction. Garrick and Ashmole are noted as former scholars, with Johnson once whipped into him and carried to school by peers.
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Addison
Dr. Johnson
Garrick
Johnson
Ashmole
Oxford
Westminster Gazetta
Chamberlain to visit South Africa for war endings study
London reports Colonial Secretary Chamberlain will travel to South Africa from late November to early March to directly assess postwar affairs in the new colonies. King Edward and Premier Balfour approve, with Mrs Chamberlain and son Austen connected to the forthcoming arrangements.
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Chamberlain
South Africa
Edward
Balfour
Times
Mary Endicott
Salem
Mass
Austen
Colonial Office
Theodore Thomas Returns to Chicago from New Hampshire
Theodore Thomas declares himself in good health at his Chicago residence after a country visit. He discusses gaining new land, working afternoons, and jokes about calloused palms from farming. He outlines plans for orchestral concerts, noting no fixed series this season and a focus on novelties ahead of Europe and the East.
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Theodore Thomas
Chicago
New Hampshire
Europe
Chicago Tribune
Pumpkins and Muskrats Tale of Squash Theft
Frank Berry once ran a western New York inn and found a cellar drain leading to a springy 200 yard lake. About 500 pounds of winter squashes were stored there and punctured from the bottom, their contents taken. A trapnetted muskrat spree followed, as a new record in fur farming lore emerged reported by Forest and Stream.
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Frank Berry
Boniface
New York
Botha’s Natal Homestead Compared To English Farm
St James's Gazette notes General Botha’s Swazi frontier estate near Vryheid would make a solid English-style homestead if he retreating from Natal over the annexation. The grounds show planned avenues, substantial modern buildings, English middle-class interiors, abundant books, newspapers, piano, organ, greenhouse, and fernery.
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Vryheid
Swazi
Lucas Meyer
New Republic
Transvaal
St. James's Gazette
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