Bicycle Record Falls To Champion And Taylor Duel
In Boston Charles River Park a world one mile bicycle record was broken by Albert Champion in 1m 29 4-6s the prior mark 1m 30s held by Jimmy Michael Major Taylor fell briefly on the track but escaped injury and rode again Later Champion won the five mile heat in 7m 32 8 6s while Lawson finished second and Frank L Kramer took the one third mile race title at the event held in Boston
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Bostoy
Qcharles River Park
Albert Champion
Major Taylor
Jimmy Michael
Lawson
Hea
Frank L. Kramer
New Jersey
Morrison's Faust Tour Promises A Grand Reproduction
Elaborate preparations mark Lewia Morri son’s Faust tour next season with Armbruster and Seavey scenery new prologue electric effects for Inferno and garden scenes and Morrison returning as Satan The Fitchburg city register now cites Portland The best schedules are set to arrive and depart nearly on time
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Lewia Morrison
Armbruster
Seavey
Lewis Morrison
Satan
Fitchburg
Portland
Yangtse floods kill thousands across flooded Japanese lands
In Vioronma B A Aug 7 reports vast Yangtse Kiang floods cause enormous loss of life. The river reportedly rose forty feet, turning hundreds of miles into a waterlogged basin with treetops protruding. Estimates place drownings around twenty thousand in one area and ten thousand elsewhere.
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Vioronma
Japan
Two Youths Drown In Sudbury River Tragedy
Boston youths Barry Canney, sixteen, and Charles Inman, seventeen, both of Roxbury, drowned this morning while rowing on the Sudbury river at Wayland. They were camping with two companions. the bodies were recovered tonight.
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Boston
Barry Canney
Charles Inman
Roxbury
Sudbury River
Wayland
Steel Strikers Show Good Nell Control In Pridepole
In Pridepole August 7 reports say the Amalgamated Association closed the Newcastle steel plant while manufacturers partly broke the Clarke mill strike. Both sides stay even tempered as strikers await new strategy. Presidents Behwab and Shaffer present opposing views on next steps and proposals.
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Prirepore
Amalgamated Association
Newcastle
Clarke
Amalgamated
Behwab
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Seaaying
Shaffer
United States ‘Steel Corporation
Burned at the Stake in Alabama Mob
John Wesley Pennington, an African American man, was burned at the stake near Enterprise Alabama before about five hundred spectators. The mob, mixed black and white, ignored pleas for mercy after his brutal assault on Mrs J Lea Davis wife of a prominent farmer. He confessed to the crime.
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Ermaxceam
Ava
John Wesley Pennington
Enterprise
Alabama
Pennington
J. Lea Davis
Von Ketteler Monument Planned in Pekin Street
News from Pekin aboard the Empress of Japan reports a large hole dug in Halemen street at the site of Baron von Ketteler's assassination for a monument. The shaft will be central, diverting traffic and striking at Chinese superstition, as allied troops may soon destroy forts at Taku and Shanhaikwan before evacuation.
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Vioroam
B. C
Pekin
Suspect Held In Selby Smelter Gold Heist
San Francisco police detain a man believed connected to the Selby smelter robbery in which 280000 dollars worth of gold bullion was stolen. The suspect’s identity remains undisclosed and officials provide no further details.
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San Francisco
Selby
Weather Indications for New England Region
Washington August 7 Forecase for New England: Fair Thursday with rain in eastern Maine warmer Friday with fair conditions and fresh west winds.
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Washinaton
New England
Maine
Farmers Rail At Horse Hats In Summer Heat
An Eliot farmer mocks horse summer hats as useless and uncomfortable arguing the spine needs sun protection. The piece notes many police notices of wanted criminals and abducted children in files. August cools memory of July’s heat and references a record cold summer of 1516. It previews Concord State fair events and theatrical tours by Francis Wilson William Ghillette Charles Hoyt and others with plans for new venues and tours.
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William Ghillette
Hamlet
Knickerbocker Theatre
Charles H. Hoyt
William H. Currie
Business Men at Hampton Enjoy Holiday Outing
Four hundred business men from Malden Melrose and surrounding towns spent the day at Hampton Beach for an annual outing. The event moved from Old Orchard this year, highlighting Hampton’s growing popularity across the region.
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Malden
Melrose
Hampton Beach
Old Orchard
Hampton
Grange Day at Bampton Beach Sees Low Turnout
Grange Day held Wednesday the seventh at Bampton Beach attracted few attendees due to rain. A special train from Concord and Manchester carried limited passengers besides band units from the Manchester Cadet and Nevera Second Regiment. Veterans found the day superb despite the sparse crowd.
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Bampton Beach
Concord
Manchester
Banda
PELL UNDER THE WHEELS Hurt Youth Loses Leg In Train Mishap
Daniel O Leary twenty three son of Dennia O Leary Bridge street tailor was crushed by a moving freight train in the Boston and Maine yard while attempting to board. He was aided to Cottage hospital where his left leg was amputated below the knee. He remained conscious and showed nerve as surgeons operated. He boards with his parents and is employed as a press man in his father’s shop.
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Daniel O'Leary
Dennia O'Leary
Bridge Street
Boston and Maine
Boston
Young O'Leary
Lynn
Maas
George W. Lowe
Syitch
O'Leary
Lowe
Sid
Shannon
Anderson
Cottage Hospital
Hessenger
Deafness Cure Claim Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure
A Toledo firm claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies and offers 100 dollars for any case not aided by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The advertisement asserts the cause as inflammation of the Eustachian tube, benefits of the remedy, and lists sales through Druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Orkney & CO
Toledo
Naval Orders Move Crews and Assignments
Naval orders list Lieut J M Pikrli moving to Newport News duty for Illinois crew. Lieut J H Hetherington to Compass Office for instruction after torpedo station course. Lieut L BR de Steiger from Naval Intelligence to Illinois crew duty aboard when commissioned. Cadets Braff Cook Williams to Illinois crew duty aboard when commissioned. Edith and May schooner makes first Exeter river trip with coal for Exeter dealers.
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J. M. Pikrli
Newport News
Ilinois
J. H. Hetherington
Compass Office
Bureau of Equipment
L. BR. de Steiger
Offee Naval Intelligence
Naval Cadets
L. Braff
D. A. Qook
R. Williams
Edith
May
Exeter
Local Baseball Bids and Team Movements in Portsmouth
The Naval band forms a baseball team and challenges the Doctors and Lawyers to a game for charity benefiting the Home for Aged Women. The Presa club team awaits offers from Doctors Lawyers or Naval band. Maplewood may play in Kennabaunk Maine next Saturday. Scroton plays for Rochester.
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Naval Band
Herald
Presa
Naval
Prime
Portsmouth
Maplewood
Kennabaunk
Local notes from Evsor area prominent—visits and health
Mr and Mrs W P Gerrish of Cambridge Mass visit W C Wylie and family in Evsor as Mrs Sylvester Bartlett returns from Lebanon N J. Mrs TI Chapman and her little son travel to Brunswick for two weeks after a death in the family. Mrs John B Griffin and three children visit J W Bartlett in Newmarket. Miss Nita What ch of Somerworth visits Aunt Mrs J F Raitt. George Washington Stacey recovers from hand car injury. Myra Hammond at home for vacation then back to New Bedford. Wylie ill with fever. Congregational society held Sunday school picnic in Mrs Libbey’s grove. Edward Bartlett went to York Beach, returned Monday.
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Evsor
W. P. Gerrish
Cambridge
Mass
W. C. Wylie
Sylvester Bartlett
Lebanon
N.ji
Abbie Shapleigh
Chapman
Brunswick
John B. Griffin
Newmarket
J. W. Bartlett
Nita W.latch
Someraworth
J. F. Raitt
George Washington Stacey
Myra Hammond
New Bedford
W. CG. Wylie
Congregational Society
Old Home Week in Vermont Aug 12 to 17
Reduced round trip fare of 15 dollars from New England cities via White River Junction and Central Vermont to Burlington St. Albans Montpelier Barre and other towns. Stopover perks include Lake Champlain Montreal Thousand Islands and St. Lawrence River with parlor or sleeping car options. Inquiries to T. H. Hanley N E P A 306 Washington St Boston Mass.
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New England
White River Junction
Central Vermont
Burlington
St. Albans
Montpelier
Barre
Grand Trunk
Buffalo Exposition
Lake Champlain
Montreal
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
T. H. Hanley
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Naval band to play at Maplewood park game
Admiral Read of the Portsmouth navy yard said he would issue an order to have the Naval band perform at Maplewood park during the Doctors and Lawyers game on Friday afternoon. The event supports charity and its presence is expected to draw strong interest.
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Read
Portsmouth Navy Yard
the Herald
Maplewood Park
Navy Yard News: Brown Returns and Hose Contract Awarded
Master Shipfitter Brown returns from two weeks leave in Philadelphia. Eureka Fire Hose Co of New York wins a contract to supply 1000 feet of jacket hose for the station. An appropriation of $1000 funds removal of supplies in the ship house soon to be removed. Cruising yachts arrive daily in the lower harbor.
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Shipfitter Brown
Philadelphia
Eureka Fire Hose Co. of
New York
Bureau of Supplies and
Witness roster grows for Schley court inquiry
Rear Admiral Rogers to succeed Remey at Cavite. A list of officers to testify has been completed with names from Sampson's fleet and Newport torpedo station among others. The court will call Lieut. Stanton, Marsh, Porter, Mulligan, Mason, Hodgsdon, Rodgers, Comly, Schroeder, Potts, Grant, Glennon, Dewey, Harbor, Phelps, Sharp, Harlow, R H Rodgers, Schentz, Whitsel, Orchard, Van Dazen, Gogswell, Nicholson, Allen, Ackerman, and more. Admiral Remey to Washington to testify. Frederic Rodgers to command the Asiatic Station. Sardines rumored to be plentiful and cheap.
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Wasminatox
D.C
Sehley Court of Inquiry
Department
Admiral Sebl
Bureau Navigation
Lemly
Santiago
8. A. Stanton
Sampson
Yankton
C. C. Marsh
William P. Porter
Chadwick
New York
League Island Navy Yard
R. T. Mulligan
Arso
Alliance
Shhroeder
Massachusetts
Guam
T. M. Potts
Richmond
A. W. Grant
Indiana
J. A. Glennon
Vicksburg
T. G. Dewey
Alabama
G. M. Harbor
Texas
Paria
St. Petersburg
Philip
Whoas
L. Hailmer
Texan
Brooklyn
Harry Phelps
Sigsbee
Washington
Alex Sharp
Hartford
Charles H. Harlow
R. H. Rodgers
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
W. H. Schentz
Iows
C. W. Whitsel
John M. Orchard
van Dazen
Alao
J. K. Gogswell
Oregon
Nicholson
W. H. Allen
A. A. Ackerman
Mir
Maclay
Teesr
George C. Remey
Asiatic
Schley Court of
Frederic Rodgers
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A. P. Wendell & CO
Market Square
Gerald Ads Gue
Portsmouth Steam Packet
Tin Yar T
Isles OF Shoals
Appledore
Oceanic
Merry Coneag
Deer Street
Shoals
Willard B. Ellison
Appledore Wharf
Market
Starsland
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Baltimore
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Detroit
Montreal-Hartford
Toronto
Brockton
Buffalo
Providence
Rochester
Worcester
G. B. Chadwick & CO
Bow St
Portsmouth, N. H
Concord State Fair
Man Asour Town
Francis Wilson
Misa Russell
Cedarhurst
Robert Mantell
M. W. Hanley
Hanley
Mantell
Grange Day
Preas
Leon E. Scroton
Vermont
Navy Yard
Sehley Court
Remey
Stanton
Cogswell
Rogers
Cavite
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