Treasure Train Brings British Gold to New York City
A massive shipment of gold and securities, valued around 56 million pounds, arrived via a special express train from Halifax to Grand Central, escorted by armed guards and government agents. The treasure was weighed at the Assay Office and funds likely routed to J P Morgan & Co, with routes from Portland and Worcester noted.
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Lexington Aressr
Forty-sixth Street
London
George
Almont
Treas
Ge Tdava
Gesad
Americas Pantess Company
Ponte
Fegland
Wat
Neven Steel
Halifax
Hubert E. M. Cowle
Perment
American Express Company
G. W. Robie
New England
Fab Treasury
Cowie
Robie
Pos Reute
United States
J.P. Morgan & Co
Jeff Matifmx
J. P. Morgan
Canna
Portland
Port
Worcester, Nashes & Portland
How Fan & Maine
South Lawrence
Lowell
Worcester
I Fon
Albury
New York
Newre
Hartford
Express Company
Junius Morgan Joins Wall Street Practice at Father's Firm
Junius Spencer Morgan aged twenty three begins banking duties in New York under his father J P Morgan. The move places him alongside Elliott Bacon and Irving Kingsford, both connected to prominent families. Morgan recently married Louise Converse and previously studied at Harvard.
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New York
Junius Spencer Morgan
J. P. Morgan
York
Youn Morgen
Nhen
Elliott P. Bacon
Ambasador Bacon
Morgan
Irving B. Kingsford
Temple Bowdoin
Daniel P. Kingsford
Hindesk
Junius S. “Morgan
Harvard
Mins Louise Converse
Frederick § Converse
Johnston Wins West Side Tennis Title in Thrilling Final
Willan Johnston, the 20 year old from California, defeats Maurice McLoughlin in a dramatic four set final at West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills Long Island to become United States lawn tennis champion amid a bustling crowd. McLoughlin, though defeated, showed flashes of brilliance and fierce endurance as the match drew to a close.
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Willan
Vonnsiom
California
United States
Maurice Jane Mcloughlin
West Side
Forest Hills
Long Island
Johnston
McLoughlin
Noteman & Brookes
Vame
Wan
Laws
Titanie
Melogehtin
Eddie Conlin
Robert D. Wrenn
George T. Aulee
Raymond D. Little
National Committee
West Side Tennis Club
America
Thieves Too Many for Mrs Armour
Mrs J Ogden Armour, recovering at home from a burglary attack, says two intruders overwhelmed her after she could have subdued one man. Police search for two of three suspects believed involved, with jewelry and cash totaling about 2285 taken.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Wedding Guest Stabbed After Rivalry At Brooklyn Ceremony
A wedding at 31 percent South Fifth Street Brooklyn ended in violence when a guest attacked another guest during a dispute over a dance with the bride. Police investigated the stabbing as the celebration was interrupted and the injured person received medical aid.
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South Fifth Street
Brooklyn
Orday
Father of Five Dies in Typhoid Grips Family
John Bradley died at Memorial Hospital Orange New Jersey from typhoid fever. His wife and two young daughters lay nearby in critical condition and were not told of his death. Bradley, aged 32, was born in Orange and had been ill eighteen days. Three other children are under observation as the disease is investigated. Mrs Bradley not expected to recover.
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John Bradley
Memorial Hospital
Orange
N. J
Bradley
Public Health Chiefs Fault Sewage and Typhoid in Address
At the American Public Health Association's 43rd annual convention opening, President William T. Sedgwick urged focus on failures in public health. He cited sewage disposal, typhoid, lack of public rest facilities, and high infant mortality, advocating pasteurized milk and better health education. We need stronger hygiene and preventive measures across communities.
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Sampel Hopkins Adams
Rochester
American Pab Hc Health Association
William T. Sedgwick
Boston
Sedgwick
American Hygiene Ns
Shield
New England
Allied Drives Foreseen Amid Global War News
London reports Emperor Nicholas heads army and Joffre tours Italy as a heavy western front bombardment signals major moves. Austro German forces push along Serbia's northern frontier while Russians stall advance and defend river lines near Riga and Grodno as battles erupt across the Pripet marshes and surrounding regions.
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Nicholas
Poinceré
France
Joffre
Theorthern
Serbia
Teutons
Save
Danube
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Brody
Galicia
Vienna War Office
Dumba's Messenger Returning to the United States
Archibald, who carried dispatches from Ambassador Dumba, is set to return to New York aboard the Rotterdam departing tomorrow. British and American officials stay silent as it is believed he will be questioned by the State Department. He still holds his passports, though seizure had been contemplated by U.S. officials in The Hague.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Constantin T. Dumba
Dumba
Lansing Nor Dr. Dumba
Dr. Dumba
Sean
United States
Feny
Austro-Hungary
Opin
Ambador
Lang
Laird
Terma
Lenox
London
Archibald
Falmouth
New York
Rotterdam
State Department
Holand
German air raid hits English east coast
London reports a German air raid on the east coast of England last night. Hostile aircraft revisited eastern counties Tuesday night and dropped bombs. Some fires and casualties have occurred, with full particulars and casualty figures to be released to the press as soon as available.
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London
England
Snys
Hail Columbia cartoon shows Wilson as mixed eagle dove parrot
London reports a Punch cartoon titled Hail Columbia depicts President Wilson admiring a hybrid bird blending eagle dove and parrot with an olive sprig in its beak. The caption reads President Wilson to American Eagle.
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London
Columbia
Wilson
Sultan of Turkey scolds Germans in Constantinople visit
The Times from Mytilene reports Prince Ernst Hohenzollern-Langenburg, German Acting Ambassador, met the Ottoman Sultan on August 10 in Constantinople. The Sultan accused Germany of abandoning Turkey, lacking munitions and funds, bearing the Dardanelles and Caucasus fights alone, while William II promised aid. The envoy defended German actions, saying Central powers concentrated forces on the eastern front.
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Ernst Teutons
London
the Times
Mytilene
Ernst Hohentobe Langenburg
Turkey
Constantinople
Ernst
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
Caucasus
William
Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Balkans
Roosevelt Praises Canadian Patriots in Quebec
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, amid a brief stay in Quebec before a hunting trip, voiced strong admiration for Canadian patriotism. He lauded French and British flags flying together and said it symbolized unity of two motherlands in defense of liberty and civilization.
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Quebec
Theodore Roosevelt
Lake Edward
Turk Transport Sunk by British Submarine
An Athens dispatch reports a Turkish transport carrying 28 centi armed with guns for Gallipoli sunk in the Marmora Sea by a British submarine. Official dispatches state Allied ships and Turkish positions near Anafartalar and the coast near Gallipoli.
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Gallipoli
Marmora
London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
New Jersey Man Believed A Hesperian Victim
The Daily Mail reports a New Jersey man Wolff, twenty one, missing after the Hesperian sinking. Washington notes aim to view the case favorably and uphold Germany’s promised restraint on liner torpedo attacks. The State Department awaits affidavits from Hesperian officers and awaits further evidence, with experts split on whether a mine or torpedo caused the disaster.
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Queenstown
Daily Mail
Wolff
New Jersey
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