Ghost tales haunt Hull lifeboat legends and old sea heroes
In Hull Massachusetts, a string of eerie sightings and nautical omens unfolds from the 19th century to later winters. Life savers report a spectral carriage and a veiled woman seen near the water, followed by a fatal winter and a wave of superstitions about ghosts and omens. Capt. Joshua James and his crew are central, with tales tying shipwreck rescues to ghostly portents.
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Hull
Boston Post
Point Allerton
Joshua James
Wight
James
Bles
Nantasket
New England
Edward W. Perry
John James
Oxford undergraduates win Hertford scholarship twice in row
The Roman Catholic undergraduates at Oxford celebrate as Hertford scholarship, the principal junior classical prize of the year, is awarded to one of their number for the second year in succession.
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Oxford
Hertford
Terrible Japanese Casualties at Port Arthur Report
A Russian AP dispatch from Liao Yang chronicles brutal Japanese assaults on Port Arthur. It notes 28 000 Japanese killed or wounded since the siege began, 10 000 in a single engagement, and 600 killed by a mine explosion, with dramatic wreckage at a Chinese village and ongoing artillery bombardment from Wolf Hills and Green Hills.
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Port Arthur
Fock
Green Hills
Grien Hills
Wolf Hills
Russian Retreat Open After Gap Near Mukden
Map shows Kuropatkin lines retreating north toward Mukden remain open though Japanese east force presses to cut him off.
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Kuropatkin
Mukden
Survey crews depart Corpus Christi for Robstown extension survey
Civil engineers and surveying corps left Corpus Christi Monday to reach near Nuecestown for the final survey of the Robstown Linton extension of the St Louis Brownsville and Mexico road. A dispatch from Che Foo dated August 22 reports Chinese sources say Port Arthur bombardment by Japan and Russian batteries silenced. Sixty five men from the destroyer Burny aboard the British foreship Humber arrived at Yong Cheng after beaching southeast of Wei Hai Wei.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Civil Engineers
Nuecestown
Robstown-Linton
St. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico Road
St. Petersburg
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Hong Kong
Yong Cheng
Wei Hai Wei
Life Sentence For Mrs Botkin In California Murder Case
In San Francisco Mrs Cordelia Botkin was sentenced by Superior Judge Carroll Cook to life imprisonment at San Quentin for murder by poisoned candy mailed from this city to Dover Delaware. In Paris Texas Monroe Petty and Lake Petty father and son clashed over 65 cents, the son allegedly owed the father. During a Pattonville scuffle Lake Petty bit his father’s lip, tearing flesh and a tooth. both were fined, the elder facing lifelong disfigurement.
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San Francisco
Cal
Cordelia Botkin
Carroll Cook
San Quinten
John P. Gunning
Dover
Dela
Paris
Texas
Monroe
Petty
Lake Petty
Pattonville
Roswell Banker Seized by Brigands in Old Mexico
John Eiland, vice president of the Bank of Portales, is reported in brigand hands in Old Mexico. A letter from Cote states he tortured and killed, prompting Mrs. Eiland to contact the U S consul in Mexico City. No reply has been received and details of capture or location are unknown. Eiland was an early Portales settler and prominent Roosevelt County sheep grower.
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Roswell
N. M
John Eiland
Bank of
Fort Stanton
Portales
Roosevelt County
Old Mexico
Miners in Kentucky-Tennessee District Face Walkout
J. T. Hill of Chattanooga says a large strike is anticipated if current term demands are not met. He reports from a district operators and miners meeting and warns all district miners may quit.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. T. Hill
Hill
Willow Lake Tornado Devastates Town and Fatality Report
A tornado hit Willow Lake nearly destroying the town. farmer Erikson, a mile west, was killed. Six to seven residents injured, with extensive damage to stores, church, school, railway station, and homes. In other notes, Chinese authorities fear Japanese fleet plans to disrupt wireless telegraphy at Che Foo. Texas reports include brisk cotton, bail granted to Frank Motley after shooting W H Neal, and beeve shipments to St Louis.
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Clark, S. D
Willow Lake
Erikson
Washington
Fowler
State Department
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Burnet
Texas
Frank Motley
W. H. Neal
Motley
Neal
True Temperance Pushes Moral Reform Through Subway Tavern Model
An article advocates closing vile saloons and promoting temperance via reformist clubs like the Subway Tavern in New York City. It quotes Bishop Potter and Bishop Spalding praising high moral standards, social clubs, and regulated drinking without endorsing prohibition. It argues the key is elevating communal drinking to a respectable, elevating environment.
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New York City
Henry C. Potter
Bishop Potter
New York
Republic
Great Britain
Lord Grey's Society
Potter
Spalding
Peoria
Ill
Miners Accept Reduction in Southwestern District
A dispatch from South McAlester I T reports the official count of miners votes shows a 1500 majority in favor of accepting a 5 percent wage cut. The Southwestern District covers the entire Territory and Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. A contemplated strike will take place.
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South McAlester
I. T
Align Territory
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Reform and temperate drinking urged in community notice
A historical notice promotes moderation and regulation of saloons, arguing a properly run establishment can aid working men and reduce crime. It touts beer and sanitary soda as harmless in moderation and calls for support of well‑meaning reformers. Samuel Maxim from Maine claims a new steel forging method with a Damascus‑like blade potential.
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Samuel Maxim
Maxim
Mr. Maxim
Maine
Dielmans Little Joke at City College
The humor of Frederick Dielman, head of the National Academy of Design, as he questions students on animal curves. A student finally replies a dog is tall, prompting Dielman to remark that the student is reduced to an extremity.
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Dielman
Frederick Dielman
National Academy of Design of New York
City College
President Dielman
Denver Republican
Waterworks bonds for 7500 to be voted in Pittsburg
The issuance of waterworks bonds totaling 7500 will be voted on at Pittsburg on September 12 after council ordered the election. The Land Commissioner Saturday executed one of the largest public school land leases in county history, bringing 3 per annum to the school.
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Pittsburg
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