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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
4
City brief notes a string of events at Music Hall including the drama The Girl of the Emerald Isle and a Tuesday program. Patrons are urged to attend as advertisements promise high class domestic and society entertainment and a weekend dance or rally in Fonkida.
Fragmented report recalls Admiral Charlelen Teams death on July 3 at Delman. It mentions morning cannon salutes, ship movements from a harbor, and a Navy Yard ceremony with relatives and officers present. A stray aside notes events at Yokohama and a future stage show “The Girl of the Emerald sie” at Music Hall Tuesday night.
In Porremeuth harbor a crew member aboard a coal schooner is missing since August 14. The mechanical engineer Me Pune tr Mary 1. di. Dow is said to own the vessel. A. J. Lance of the Musical Examiner seeks reliable information to locate the missing sailor and determine if an accident or other incident occurred aboard.
A garbled OCR text describes a transit or car incident with delays and a missing vehicle. Mentions a person named Carns Craig and references to dispatchers, a car line, and a late arrival. The material is incoherent and contains multiple typos and partially legible phrases.
Fragmentary OCR mentions hotels at Isles of Shoals and Summer resort names including Humypion Beach Casino dated Sept. 8. Details are unclear but imply a regional resort scene with lodging and leisure at sea coast. Names and exact events are unreadable.
Names and places appear in a string of scattered notices: Jess Rodwell of Manchester a Vistar in Suniday, Me. William TP Morris of Hestor noted Sunday visit. BOM Fisher and family in Aniosburs, Ms on Snalty. Miss Annie Corcoran missing a depot mule in Nantiaghkedt. Avuburgh Brew planning a spendful week at its cottage at North liye Benell.
A long list of local residents and visitors is reported returning home or visiting relatives and friends. Names include Chanbridge families, Miss Carre Mayes, Mr and Mrs Joln W Thompson, Rev and Mrs Fay, Mrs Keefe’s guests, Miss Winifred Winslow, Mrs Katherine Osterman, John Tankert, and others. Cited are trips to Boston, Bridgton Maine, St John NB, North Conway, and Weymouth area connections with churches, schools, and city life.
In a police court session Haynee) Aarttant and Michael Megan faced charges of breaking and entering and larceny. Megan, linked to the North End spree, received a suspended sentence after admission he was drunk. Others, including Frna Means and Dangelty, pleaded not guilty or received suspended terms for public vagabond charges.
Mr J Loring Jones of 7 Richards Avenue leaves the city for Belladelphia to join his daughter Als Svaver who now resides there. Jones is identified as the father.
Wanted woman or man to canvass with Monarch Telephone Desk in Portsmouth Exeter Dover and surrounding towns. A equal proposition 35 percent commission. Apply Chronicle office Adbett.
Elena Alberts wife of Alberts dies early this morning at her Hanover Street home after a lingering illness. Age is given as twenty eight years. Survived by husband two sisters Miss Nora Sullivan and Mrs Catherine McElvey two brothers Jeremiah Sullivan of Somerstworth William Sullivan of Fort Warren Massachusetts and Dennis Sullivan of Monterey California. Sunday was a holy day and travel by trolley and automobile was light.
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