Lipton challenges to sail under Irish colors
Sir Thomas Lipton plans another attempt in 1908 to regain the America’s Cup for Great Britain, sending a challenge from the Royal Irish Yacht Club. The notice, mailed from Dublin, follows Lipton’s Dublin visit aboard the Erin during a yachting cruise.
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London
Sir Thomas Lipton
Great Britain
Sir Thomas
Royal Irish Yacht Club
Dublin
New York Yacht Club
British Isles
Thomas
New York
Thomas Lipton
Wien
Death in Ocean At Atlantic City Steeplechase Pier
Collins Gills aged 26 of Asheville North Carolina died in the Atlantic City ocean authorities say heart failure rather than drowning caused the death after he disappeared while wading under the Steeplechase pier Life guards retrieved him but he never regained consciousness Surgeon Beck confirmed the cause as heart failure rather than drowning.
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Ocean
Atlantic City
N.J
Collins Gills
Asheville
N. C
Gills
Steeplechase
Beckwith
Attendant Bound Over For Beating Insane Patient
Harrisburg state hospital attendant Carl Zilmer was bound over to court on charges of abusing a patient. County Detective Walters says Zilmer struck the patient over the head with a broom, nearly rendering him unconscious.
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Harrisburg
Carl Zilmer
Harrisburg State Insane hospital
Walters
Zilmer
Southern Railway Lays Off 1000 Men at Shops
Knoxville scene reports nearly 1000 railway workers laid off across the system with about 400 losing jobs in the Knoxville shops. Officials cite unfavorable legislation as the cause. Separately, a dynamite blast at Brooke Iron Company furnace in Bird-in-Hand Pa. kills Fences Alderman Jr., 28, instantly. James Heaser and John Trout injured.
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Southern Railway
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway company
Birdaboro
Brooke Tron company
Alderman, Jr
James Heaser
John Trout
Mother Kills Two Daughters at Cambria County Alms House
Martha aged one and Catharine three were found strangled in their beds at Cambria county alms house. An inmate heard a child cry but thought it fault under correction. Finger marks on the throats led to a murder verdict against Mrs. Catharine Thomas who feared losing her husband in the workhouse.
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Johnstown
Martha
Catharine
Catharine Thomas
Cambria county alms house
Man Kills Woman in Jealous Rage in Reading
Reading Pa Sept 14 Almost decapitated and severely wounded Gertrude A Clinton died claiming lover Frank Palmer killed her in a jealous attack. Palmer surrendered to police wielding a blood coated razor stating self defense after meeting on Water street. Clinton was 30 and Palmer 45 and they had not lived together for years.
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Reading
Gertrude A. Clinton
Frank Palmer
Palmer
Water street
James’ A. Clinton
Two Killed By Cave-In At Bethlehem Steel Plant
Bethlehem Pa Sept 14 Two men were killed and three others were injured in a cave-in at the Bethlehem Steel Co Saucon plant. The victims are Lewis Kanter 30 and Erdel Gabar 20 foreigners. A trench collapse trapped them head first. other workers were tossed aside. In Philadelphia a 10 year old boy William Loughery was severely hurt after trying to rescue a wounded sparrow and falling from a roof, fracture of the skull likely to be fatal.
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Washington
United States
C. E. Schroeder
bureau of animal industry
agricultural department
Tie
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel company
Lewis Kanter
Erdel Gabar
Kanter
Gabor
Bira
Philadelphia
William Loughery
Pennsy to Adopt 2-Cent Fare After October 1
Philadelphia reports that the Pennsylvania Railroad plans to set all standard fares at two cents per mile pending a Supreme Court ruling on the two cent rate act. Other state lines are expected to follow to avoid fines. Also reported is the death of Thomas R. Patton, 83, treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Masons, who first assumed the post in 1873 and was re elected annually.
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Pennsy
Philadelphia
supreme court
Pennsylvania railroad
Pennsylvania
Penna
Thomas RP. Patton
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Masons
Armored Car Delivered to German Army in Berlin
Berlin Sept 14 The Saxon war minister has accepted delivery of an armored motor car capable of withstanding rifle fire and carrying a machine gun with crew accommodation. Several similar cars are being built.
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Berlin
Murdered By His Employes in Lodz Cotton Mill
Marcus Silberstein, owner of a large Lodz cotton mill in Russian Poland, was murdered by his employees for refusing to pay them for time out on strike. The incident occurred on September 14, and the motive was retaliation for nonpayment during worker protests.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Marcus Silberstein
National veterans group to meet in Lebanon Pa
Nuggets of News notes the American Veterans of the Foreign Service plans its next national convention in Lebanon Pennsylvania. Also reported are a Reading brakeman Walter Wicks badly injured after an ontrack accident in Philadelphia, a pardon denial for Chicago banker Paut Stensland, a large fire loss figure for US and Canada at $30,448,000 for January, and year to date losses totaling $155,965,050.
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American Veterans of the Foreign Service
Lebanon
Walter C. Wicks
Reading railway
Philadelphia
Ilinois pardon board
Paut @ Stensland
Chicago
United States
Canada
the
Journal of Commerce
Lusitania Sets New Atlantic Crossing Record
The Lusitania, Cunard's four screw turbine liner, completed maiden Atlantic crossing in five days and 54 minutes from Daunt's Rock to Sandy Hook. Average speed 23.01 knots, max day run 592 nautical miles. It surpassed the Queenstown to New York record set by Lucania in 1894.
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New York
Lusitania
Cunard line
Atlantic
Daunt’s Rock
Queenstown
Sandy Hook
Lucania
Quéenstow
OLikhots
Wreck Averted By Dream On Northern Central Line
Harrisburg September 14 A railroad engineer reports a dream warned of a landslide between Dauphin and Halifax. James Burd slowed after passing Dauphin and halted the Buffalo express near the dreamed spot, avoiding damage when the slide occurred. Also, Wellman abandons polo attempt aboard the Frithjof after a failed North Pole airship trial.
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Harrisburg
Northern Central railroad
round house
James “Burd
Buffalo express
Dauphin
Halifax
Burd
Bird
Wellman
Trondhjem
Norway
Valter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Tromsoe
Frithjof
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Johnson Declares He Is Not a Presidential Candidate
In St Paul Minnesota on September 14 Governor John A Johnson told a group of Nebraskans he is not a presidential candidate and does not intend to become one He declined three invitations to speak in Nebraska and ended by refusing all invites.
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Johnson
St. Paul
Minn
John A. Johnson
Nebraska
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
National League games featured Philadelphia routing Boston 8 to 2 in the first game and Boston winning 3 to 2 in five innings due to darkness in the second. Pillsbury beat St Louis 4 to 0, New York trounced Brooklyn 21 to 1, Chicago defeated Cincinnati 3 to 1. American League action showed Athletics over Boston 6 to 1 in the first game while New York took a 2 to 0 win in the other. Tri-State results listed Reading defeating Harrisburg 6 in the first game, with additional scores for Reading Altoona Trenton Johnstown Wilmington Lancaster Williamsport. Rich Man for Poor Rival headline. In Chicago, Emily Howe, jailed in the old armory prison, rejected millionaire Frank Crosby’s offer of liberty and wealth for marriage, choosing T. J. Hawthorne who could only grant freedom. she was later arrested on a theft charge at a State Street store.
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Boston
Pillsbury
St.Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Athletics
Cleveland
aigd
Reading
Ss Harrisburg
Harrigbuts
Altoona
Trenton
Johnstown
Wilmington
Lancaster
Williamsport
Jills
old armory
Emily Howe
Frank M. Crosby
Nevada
T. J. Hawthorne
State street
Salaries of Actors in Early 1800s Revealed by Letters
Autograph letters from Bernard Kean reveal pay scales for actors in the early 19th century. An offer from Mr. Ellison paid £3 a week for acting, rising to £25 a month at a new theater in Wye Street. Kean was offered £12,000 to go to America and later received £200 in Edinburgh. He also notes £50 offered to perform in Dublin and Cork from the Theater Royal in Dublin in February 1829.
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Ellison
Kean
Wyest
Kean wis
America
inburgh
Theater Royal
Dublin
Cork
Liverpool
Delicately Put and the Painter’s Pride
In a clipped exchange a speaker refrains from accusing her of painting, noting he is a gentleman. The line implies she impressed others as someone who believes she can improve upon the Lord’s handiwork.
The Plagiarist and Self Knowledge
A short quotation frames a view of a plagiarist as a klepto manize who lacks courage to steal unless protected by law. It then pivots to a reflection that a man’s ignorance of others hinges on his knowledge of himself, ending with a garbled phrase Rencons tiold.
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Rollo
Washington Star
Engineer's Odd Mishap Delays Missouri Pacific Train
A Missouri Pacific train from Sedalia with passengers including a theatrical troupe reached Kansas City late after engineer Mr. Daniels coughed his false teeth from the cab window. The crew and passengers hunted the weeds and recovered the teeth, delaying about thirty minutes.
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Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Sweet Springs
Texington
Union depot
Kansas City
Frank M. Lowe
engingser
Daveran
Mr. Daniels
Hard Cavern to Explore Near Worcester Massachusetts
A Worcester dispatch reports Miss Lucia B Thomson of Boston a noted mountain climber failed to penetrate a hard cavern near Worcester Massachusetts dubbed purgatory Scientists and many observers believe the farthest depths conceal a subterranean lake or river and such an ascent is fraught with danger Few months allow entry into the cavern Thomson who has scaled high peaks including Mount Whitney says the cavern presents a tougher challenge than any prior ascent Providence European climber Aiss SPO Bt will attempt exploration
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Worcester
Massig
New England
Lucia B. Thomson
Boston
New York Tribune
Miss Thomson
Pacific
coast ranges
Mount
Whitney
Streetcar Buzzer Warns Drivers Before Start
An inventive buzzer device tested by an American street railway employee emits a signal in the motorman's compartment whenever a passenger stands on the lower step. The buzzer stops as soon as the passenger reaches the platform, with contact points activated by the weight of the passenger on the step.
Bachelors Not Millionaire in Per 1 Amy Costs Rise
Fragmentary notes indicate costs are rising in Per 1 Amy with claims that expenses are too high and do not reflect a millionaire status. No clear individuals or organizations specified due to garbled text.
Houseboat Explosion Thrusts Chicago Vessel Afloat
Gasoline ignited aboard John F. Higgins’s houseboat valued at 235600. The blast lifted the craft from the water with four crew aboard. one man escaped serious injury, being hurled about twenty feet through the air and landing near a store.
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Chicago
John F. Higgins
store
Do Not Experiment When You Need Paint Warning Note
A cautionary notice warns against experiments with paint as they cost money and can ruin property. It urges careful purchase and proper methods to avoid damage and waste.
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