Pillsbury Has Landed Spies On the Coast
Reports from Rockport and coastal stations describe Admiral Higginson defending the New England coast against a simulated attack by Commander Pillsbury. Spies suspected at Provincetown and other points prompted heightened secrecy and rapid signaling as the Kearsarge, Massachusetts, Alabama and other ships patrolled shorelines from Cape Cod to Isles of Shoals.
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Rockport
Mass
Higginson
New England
Jon E. Pillsbury
Admiralrigginson
Pillsbury
Coast Guard
Cape Cod
Brooklyn
Olympia
Kearsarge
Massachusetts
Alabama
Portland
Provincetown
Admiral Higginson
Central Naval Station
Ensign Berry
Fitzpatrick
N. T. Helmes
Gloucester
Atlantic Coast Line
Thatcher's Island
Straitsmouth Point
Isles of Shoals
Higginsons
Decatur
Portsmouth
Eastern Point Light
Bagley
Index to Departments and Page References
An index lists department topics and their page numbers including Wheat No 2 red cor No 2 mixed oats No 2 mixed new soc cotton oc iron Northern No 1 foundry Spt butter Western creamery re Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Pay ers Court Calendars Insurance Notes Legal Notes Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Railroads Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with page references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern
Western Creamery
Society
United Service
Weather Report
The Busy Man's Train to Chicago in 20 Hours
The Pennsylvania’s special train to Chicago promises a fast service with perfect equipment. The advertisement highlights speed and quality as key selling points for business travelers.
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Chicago
Signal Corps Prepares Officers for New London Manoeuvres
Gen. Greely led a Washington consultation with Signal Corps officers on duty to tighten signaling for naval defense maneuvers along the New England coast. Orders soon set for gathering all Signal Corps personnel to join the New London operation by next Monday for final instructions and postings.
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Washington
Gen. Greely
Signal Corps
England
New London
Midshipmen Return Home From Summer Cruise
The United States battleship Indiana arrived at Annapolis Roads with midshipmen aboard after a Summer cruise along the New England Coast. They will come ashore in the morning and depart for a month of home vacation, then the Indiana will join the North Atlantic fleet for manoeuvres along the Massachusetts Coast.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Indiana
New England
Annapolis Roads
North Atlantic Fleet
Massachusetts
Remington Death Ruled Self Inflicted at Newport Club
Reports from Williamsport suggest E. P. Remington doubts his brother Robert R. Remington killed himself. Newport police and club members conclude the shooting was a suicide with a revolver bought that morning. Wounds indicate short range fire and no sign of struggle. Albion notes Ex Governor Hill addressed 8,000 at Oak Orchard Pioneer picnic praising farmers and urging self reliance and fair pay.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Williamsport
Penn
E. P. Remington
Robert R. Remington
Remington
Albion
N. Y
David B. Hill
Orleans County
Oak Orchard
Hill
Bird S. Coler
Mr. Hill
Remington Brother Questions Self-Destruct Theory
Autopsy on Robert R. Remington in Williamsport casts doubt on suicide. A pistol found near his body is said to have been brought by his brother Edward, and a bullet from the head does not fit the gun. Witnesses note possible foul play while attorney Seth McCormick cautions against statements. Interment followed at Wildwood Cemetery with flowers from Miss May Van Alen.
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New York Times
Williamsport
Penn
Robert R. Remington
Newport
Ark
Remington
Edward
Robert
Edward Remington
Seth McCormick
Robert Reading Remington
Wildwood Cemetery
May van Alen
Robert Remington
Monument to New Jersey Soldiers Awarded to Meeker Firm
Newark August 21 John L and William Passmore Meeker of Newark have won the contract to erect the New Jersey soldiers monument on the Antietam battlefield. The shaft will be granite with a bronze 1862 infantry captain on top, and the monument is to stand on the battlefield next fall.
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New York Times
Newark
John L
William Passmore Meeker
New Jersey
Antietam
Special runs New York to Chicago in twenty hours
The Pennsylvania Railroad introduces a daily New York to Chicago service labeled Special. It promises a twenty hour trip time, described as a boon for the progressive business man seeking faster cross country travel.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Chicago
Peach Hidden Letter Triggers Princeton Romance
In Princeton Aug 21 a Jersey peach found at Nassau Street hides a note from Miss Caroline Hunt Kingston NJ asking a single, nice-looking man to write after discovering its flavor. W J Montgomery and two others trace the peach to Farmer Job Hunt Little Rocky Hill, then share the fruit amidst amused townsfolk.
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New York Times
Princeton
Cupid
Jersey
W. J. Montgomery
Nassau Street
Nassau
Little Rocky Hill
Job Hunt
Caroline Hunt
Old College
Farmer Hunt
A Home for Women in Berkshire Hills
Miss Folsom of New York visit to farms around Lee Massachusetts to purchase a mountain home for convalescent women. The plan, tied to a large New York hospital, would admit only patients recovering from non contagious diseases.
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Berkshire Hills
New York Hospital
New York Times
Winsted
Conn
For the Man Who Waited Suit Sale Ad
Complete stock is offered at reduced prices. Suits priced from 12.50 to 15 now 10. Suits from 18 to 28 now 15. No reserve. Come early. A Raymond and Co Fulton and Nassau Bed. adv.
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A. Raymond & Co
Fulton and Nassau &J
September corn soars on Chicago Board of Trade rush
Chicago traders see a wild morning as September corn jumps nearly five cents and wheat and oats rise sharply. Strong buying from foreign houses and short-covering push prices up while receipts lag, leaving October estimates uncertain and market nerves stretched.
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New York Times
Chicago
Board of Trade
Harris, Gates & Co
Logan & Bryan
Armour & Co
PLAN TO PREVENT GRAIN CORNERS DISCUSSED IN CHICAGO
Illinois Grain Dealers Association directors met at the Grand Pacific Hotel to devise a plan to prevent corners in oats and corn. No decision reached in morning session, but potential arrangements promised. They urged the Board of Trade to base price differences on contract grades and condemned Illinois grain inspection as politicized. E S Greenleaf urged electing a legislature to move inspection out of politics to experts.
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New York Times
Chicago
Aus
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Grand Pacific Hotel
Board of Trade
Illinois
E. S. Greenleaf
Jacksonville
Major George A Armes Shot Near Washington
Major George A Armes retired army officer was shot at his countryside home near Washington by former tenant J Roland Johnson. Armes walked to the city and went to Army Hospital for a pallet extraction after being struck in the right breast by a pistol shot.
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Washington
George A. Armes
Army
J. Roland Johnson
Armes
Army Hospital
Johnson
Cassius M. Clay
Clay
Eis
Epee Enet
Schofield
Supreme Court
Tarent
Virginia
Georg
Anti imperialist critics at Sanderson Academy dinner
In Ashfield Massachusetts Prof Charles Eliot Norton chaired a dinner where anti imperialists blasted President Roosevelt and the Philippines policy. Louis R Ehrich denounced the benevolent assimilation order and urged accountability for wartime actions. Major A Armes described in detail his Civil War service and later career in the army.
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New York Times
Ashfield
Mass
Aus
Sanderson Academy
Charles Eliot Norton
Bacon
Spain
Roosevelt
Edwin Burritt Smith
Chicago
Louis R. Ehrich
Colorado
William Garrett Brown
Alabama
John W. Chadwick
Brooklyn
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University of Worcester
Smith
Ehrich
Daughters of the Revolution
Jeremy Aylor
United States
Massachusetts
Cowper
Autumn Rail Color Tour Boosts Delaware Water Gap Trips
Lackawanna Railroad to run special Friday and Saturday trains through September from New York at 2 Dm wW-Adv. Autumn color season will transform Delaware Water Gap and Mt. Pocono into scenic highlights with continued limited service on weekends.
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Delaware Water Gap
Mt. Pocono
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
Peace Union in Session at Mystic
The Universal Peace Union enters the second day of its thirty sixth anniversary in Mystic Connecticut with Treasurer Hastings reporting a $762.46 balance after $1,385.80 in disbursements. Speakers include Countess Nicosia of Philadelphia and Mrs Susan Fessenden of Boston on women and peace and war’s unmanliness.
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Mystic
Conn
Universal Peace Union
Charles P. Hastings
Philadelphia
Helen de la Gardie Nicosia
Susan S. Fessenden
Boston
Massachusetts Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Matthew Anderson
Philadelphia Berean Manual Training and Industrial School
William N. Ashman
Pennsylvania Peace Society
Ernest Howard Crosby
New York
Gen. Miles
Gen. Smith
Admiral Schley
Walter 8. Logar
Lake Shore Limited to Chicago All Night Ad
The Lake Shore Limited remains the great 24 hour train to Chicago leaving New York at 5 30 P M and arriving in Chicago at 4 30 next afternoon with luxurious Pullman cars.
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Chicago
New York
Patriotism and Peace Speech Sparks Controversy
Thomas G. Whipple of East Groton denounced the U S Army as a disgrace to humanity and attacked the President as ungodly for teaching children to use broadswords. He closed with the claim that God will avenge Filipinos in this country.
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Thomas G. Whipple
East Groton
Conn
United States Army
United States
Wat Ple
Bishop Potter at fiances home in Cooperstown
Bishop Potter arrived in Cooperstown New York to visit Mrs Alfred Corning Clark his fiancée. He plans to stay about a week before traveling to the Adirondacks and spoke on the strike issue saying arbitration will not settle it and Morgan has no more stake than other peaceable citizens.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Bishop Potter
Alfred Corning Clark
Clark
Adirondacks
Mr. Morgan
Norway
Otsego County
New York Lawyer Rescues Drowning Woman at Highland Lake
A party of six on Highland Lake at Wensted saw Miss Nittken of Torrington plunge from a rowboat and vanish. Maurice R. Lanes, a New York attorney with an office at 230 Madison Street, sprang in and saved her unassisted. Reports say Miss Rosella Rosenfield, friend of the drowning girl, and Lanes may be engaged, though he did not confirm before leaving for New York.
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New York Times
Wensted
Highland Lake
Burglary tale ends with mistaken thief in Passaic
Mrs. J E Marcy woke to clattering silverware and chased an armed intruder. Her husband, in nightwear, pursued a bundle of stolen goods and confronted a neighbor who later turned out to be a mistaken visitor. Both went to the police, but the real thief remained at large.
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Mr. Marcy
Passaic
New York Times
J. E. Marcy
Union Avenue
John
Marcy
Lawyer Lamb Tells His Story in Power Suit Hearing
Peter Power's attorney George Lamb testified at the Northern Securities case that Camille Weidenfeld W Bourke Cochran H Content Co and E R Thomas plotted to remove Power from the court's jurisdiction for a fee. Lamb said Weidenfeld and Chandler arranged payments and phone calls to Cochran while admitting he represented names connected to the scheme. Next hearings promised further disclosures as Lamb and others face questioning about payments, associations, and the preparation of the Peter Power complaint.
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Peter Power
Northern Securities Company
George Alfred Lamb
Power
Lamb
Camille Weidenfeld
W.bourke Cochran
Henry Stern
Walter Content
Content& Co
W. D. Guthrie
Guthrie, Cravath & Henderson
Ryder Cady
Hudson, N. Y
Weidenfeld
Guthrie
Mr. Guthrie
Mr. Lamb
Chicago
St. Paul
Bulkley
Bulkley, Gray & Moore
Gov. van Sant
Lancaster
Minneapolis
New York
Mr. Thomas
Thomas & Post
H. Content
Parker C. Chandler
Boston
Chandler
Europe
Mr. Weidenfeld
Ehan Ee
Cockran
Mr Guthrie
Nantucket breach of promise suit over $100000
Cornelius H. Shaver president of the Railroad News Co of Chicago and Nantucket summer resident is sued by Martha E. Coffin for $100000. Coffin lived with Shaver six years and says he promised to marry. Shaver calls it blackmail and fights the case. Case pending in Taunton and New Bedford Supreme Court sessions.
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Nantucket
Mass
Cornelius H. Shaver
Railroad News Company of
Chicago
Martha E. Coffin
Shaver
Josiah F. Janett
Fidelity Trust Company of
Boston
Taunton
New Bedford
Supreme Court
Miss Coffin
Crevasse Opens in Mexican Mountain Near San Nicolas
Henry Troves, once from Austin, reports a ten mile long crevasse about 300 feet wide appearing suddenly in a mountain near San Nicolas Mexico. A person fell in and died while several were seriously injured. The government appointed a scientists commission to investigate the mysterious opening.
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New York Times
Austin
Henry Troves
San Nicolas
Mexico
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Academy
Layties Brothers
Peace Union
Philippines
Maurice R. Lanes
Peter
Power To
Canada
Bourke Cochran, Camille Wei
E.R. Thomas
Capt. Stern
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Railroad News Company
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