Boat Capsize Kills Five in Penobscot Bay Sailors Drowned
A thirty five foot sloop capsized off Deer Island Maine in Penobscot Bay. Seven summer visitors drowned including Miss Alice Torre Miss Eleanor Torre and Miss Kellogg. Captain Haskell and Captain Crawley survived with others. Rescue efforts saved two.
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Penobscot Bay
Deer Island
Aliee Torre
Eleanor Torre
Washington, D. C
Kellogg
Little Kellogg
Baltimore
Lucy S. Crawley
Philadelphia
Elizabeth G. Evans
Springfield
Mass
Jason C. Hutchins
Bangor
Haskell
Deer Isle
Edward Crawley
University of Pennsylvania
Crawley
Evans
Dry Sunday closes Atlantic City saloons for first time in decades
A rare drinkless Sunday in Atlantic City saw all 220 saloons and hotel bars closed to guests and visitors. Police headquarters bulletin noted saloons closed and no troops in town.
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Atlantic City
Died While Bathing in Atlantic City Surf
A 19 year old William Cameron Thompson of Latrobe Pennsylvania drowned at Atlantic City while swimming with William Crawford. Thompson weakened and sank. Crawford carried him to shore as lifeguards approached. County Physician Louder ruled death from heart failure.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Cameron Thompson
Latrobe
William Crawford
Thompson
Crawford
Charles Hall
Huntingdon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newport
Harrisburg
Henry Glass
Paro Robles
Cal
Berkeley
Vina Wood
Port Huron
Mich
Clayton
William G. Haas
the, Pa
Missing man and girl found after launch wreck in Great Egg Harbor
A half submerged launch found in Great Egg Harbor bay near Atlantic City is believed to prove a double drowning. Charles Bateman, 22, and Miss Kate Beam, 20, of South Atlantic City, were last seen on Friday night. Amos Bateman, father of Charles, identified the boat recovered by life savers.
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Great Egg Harbor Bay
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Bateman
Kate Beam
South Atlantic City
Amos Bateman
Fifteen Drowned After Cloudburst At Folsom New Mexico
A cloudburst washed away several dwellings at Folsom New Mexico. Fifteen people are reported drowned with eleven bodies recovered. Ten miles of Colorado and Southern railway track and twelve bridges were washed out delaying trains for forty eight hours.
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Cameron River
Folsom
N. M
Colorado & Southern Railway
Czolgosz's Brother Sentenced in Pennsylvania
John Czolgosz, brother of the assassin of President McKinley, was sent to the workhouse in Sharon Pennsylvania for three months. Police declare Czolgosz insane and his case will be investigated further.
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Czolgosz
John Czolgosz
McKinley
Sharon
Campaign openings and fatal events across the week
The items report political plans with Joseph G Cannon opening the Republican campaign in Indiana's Merion county on Sept 24. It also notes multiple deaths from suicide, disease, accidents, and violence including Rev O B Milligan in Canton Ohio, Rev D R Kills of Monitor fame, and others. plus notable rescues, a strike action ending, and a bank insolvency in Niles Ohio.
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Joseph G. Cannon
National
House of Representatives
Indiana
Merion County
O. B. Milligan
First Presbyterian Church
Canton
D. R. Kills
Annville
Market Quotations The Latest Closing Prices in Principal Markets
Philadelphia flour steady and firm with various grades. wheat and corn mixed. oats and hay steady. pork and beef steady. poultry and butter firm. eggs firm with regional variations. Re readings show re-wheat dull, corn dull, eggs firm in Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia regions.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Roller
City Mills
Tancy
Socoa
Western
Shore Va
Southern
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Janegaryland
Virginia
West’ Virginia
Live Stock Prices at Pittsburg Union Stock Yards
At Pittsburg Union Stock Yards cattle sold around 6.25 dollars for prime and 5.80 for others. Hogs showed general prime and heavies with ranges near 7.25 to 7.15 dollars for heavies and 5.50 to 5.75 for lighter offerings. Spring lambs traded around 3.50 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Union
Gap News Briefs From Labor Day Weekend Activities
Local notes report stores closing at 9 30 a m on Labor Day observances. Neuhauser Bros treat Lydia Neuhauer’s house with paint. Dr Lichty’s horse bolted, uninjured aside from shock. Various residents visit, races, school starts, and club meetings noted. A Bryan club meeting approves by laws. a wedding at Lizzie Shertz’s home unites Mollie Handwork and Clarence Handwork with a reception and honeymoon plans.
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Neuhauser Bros
Lydia Neuhauaer
John Weiler
James P. Marsh
Ines
Lichty
Marsh
Mabel Nichols
Philadelphia
Joseph Kramer
Henry Skiles
Wilmington
Guess
Gap Club
Paradine
Lancaster A. A
Laela Conley
Manheim
Hershey
Bryan Club
T. D. Worst
H. L. Skiles
Parke Kramer
James (. Marsh
George Worst
Lizzie V. Shertz
Mollie FE. Shertz
Clarence H. Handwork
Newark Centre
Delaware
Mendelsohn
Frances Mareh
Paris
Carrie Sweieart
Dreas
William Shertz
Edith Shertz
A. L. Shallops
Torhem
Buffalo
Niagra Falls
Edith Thompson
Chester Shertz
Charles Shertz
Lloyd Hunsecker
Minnie Shertz
Lucy Lyle
Elizabeth Hunt, Brooklyn 108th Birthday at Home
Mrs Elizabeth Hunt of 407 Adelphi Street Brooklyn celebrates her 108th birthday. Born August 31 1800 in Lancaster she moved to New York at age twelve. Her husband died fifty years ago and she has two sons and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs Leaman of Mt Joy aged 104 plans to celebrate in October. A Lancaster friend reported she drove to visit friends.
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John W. Clous
United States Army
St. Luke’s Hospital
New York City
Cone
Arch Picke
Jonesboro
Ark
Roosevelt
Kermit
Africa
Oyster Bay
Northwest
Carnegie
Marjorie Coast
Iowa
Civ. Jr
Iowa River
Margaret Hayes
Samuel Hayes
Elizabeth Hunt
Brooklyn
Adelphi Street
Lancaster
New York
Elizabeth Leaman
Mt. Joy
Leaman
Closing Week Vaudeville At Woolworth Roof Garden
The last week of vaudeville at the Woolworth Roof Garden in Lancaster offers a strong final show headlined by Willy Zimmerman in comic impersonations along with Gilday and Fox and the Elue Musical Four. A big closing entertainment is promised with moving pictures to begin next Monday afternoon, daily picture changes, illustrated songs, and a five cent admission to all parts of the garden.
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Woolworth
Lancaster
Willy Zimmerman
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