Battleships patrol coast as Pillsbury squadron sighted
Rockport dispatches describe Admiral Higginson’s blue squadron putting to sea under urgent orders as signals from the Shoals and Rockland suggest Pillsbury’s cruiser unit may attempt a landward attack. Officers report tension aboard the Kearsarge andBrooklyn while communications lines show possible enemy intelligence activity along the New England coast.
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Rockport
Mass
Higginson
New England
Pillsbury
Isle of Shoals
Portsmouth
Olympia
Brooklyn
Decatur
Portsmouth Harbor
Admiral Higginson
York Harbor
Rockland
Portland
Massachusetts Bay
Blue Squadron
Hockland
Provincetown
Cape Porpoise
Isles of Shoals
Kearsarge
Hemphill
Wood
Linetenant Evans
Maine
Higinson
J. F. Wild & Co Bankers Firm Note
J F Wild and Co bankers operate from 205 Stevenson Building handling financial services and client accounts from a central urban office space quietly serving clients with trusted banking solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Wild & CO
Bankers
Stevenson Building
Towns and counties listed with dollar values in Indiana and Ohio
A dense listing of place names and counties in Indiana and Ohio paired with dollar amounts. Many entries include counties such as Lake, Clay, Cass, Greene, Lawrence, and Knox, plus cities like Michigan City and Mt Vernon. The fragmented OCR shows varied figures from 3,000 to 59,000, with several entries repeating counties and towns, suggesting a table of valuations or funds by locale from a historical source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Ind
Knox County
Waterloo
Clay County
Mt. Vernon
Cass County
Lake County
Laporte County
Noblesville
Springfield
Ohio
Fowler
Martin County
Ovens
Greene County
Moo
Marlon
Wat'r, L'lt & H't Co
Lawrence County
Michigan City
Clark County
Wedded in Canada Vivian Sartoris and Scovel wed in Coburg
In Coburg Ont Aug 23 Vivian May Sartoris daughter of Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris and the late Algernon Sartoris wed Frederick Roosevelt Scovel son of Chevalier and Madame Edward Scovel The ceremony at St Peter s Church drew guests from many states The couple will depart from New York Monday aboard the Oceanic for an extended trip abroad
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Chevalier de Diaz Albertin
John Wright
John Mason Brown
Learnie Ky
T. Hillhouse Chew
Geneva
N. Y
Olive Pringle
Rossland
B. C
New York
Doctor Coltman Visits Chicago for Li Hung Chang Tribute
Dr Robert Coltman of Peking, former Li Hung Chang physician and now secretary to a Chinese general, is in Chicago on a nine months leave. He recalls Li Hung Chang as the greatest man he knew, recounts accompanying his death by overwork, and predicts China will enjoy lasting peace and steady progress. His family lives in Washington as he heads there.
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Chicago
Robert Coltman
Peking
China
Li Hung Chang
Washington
New Jersey man dies from rare pemphigus disease
Rudolph Fleicher of New Brunswick New Jersey dies after a protracted battle with pemphigus vulgarus a previously unrecorded case in the United States. He fell ill in May after years as a factory worker who built a sizable business and endured a scald like skin condition until exhaustion led to death at age forty four.
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New York
Rudolph Fleicher
New Brunswick
N. J
United States
Fleicher
Fieldler
National Box and Shock Manufacturers Meet Closes in Milwaukee
The third summer meeting of the National Box and Shock Manufacturers Association closed with sentiment that fall trade will surpass all prior seasons. Reports indicate larger orders for manufactured goods from more regions, and it was stated that final prices for boxes and shooks would be continued.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National
Premature Blast Kills Three at Lexington Work House
In Lexington Kentucky a premature blast at the city work house killed Ornsley Covington Charlies Hunter both colored and John OHara white. O Hara was manager of the works. The blast shattered the facility and blew several workers to pieces.
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Lexington
Ornsley Covington
Charlies Hunter
John O'Hara
O'Hara
Knox Will Go Alone on Paris Trip and Supreme Bench Rumors
Attorney General Knox returns from Atlantic City and plans to sail for Paris next Wednesday to discuss Panama Canal matters with Mr Russell. Senator Spooner will not accompany him. Knox hints at ongoing railroad merger testimony and orders in the Greene and Gaynor extradition case. Rumors of a Supreme Court appointment to replace Justice Shiras are denied by Knox though his friends doubt he would leave the Cabinet.
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Washington
Knox
Atlantic City
New York
Paris
France
Russell
Panama Canal
Spooner
John K. Richards
Abner McKinney
World's Fair Gold Dollars Promise Premiums and Busts
The United States will issue 125,000 Jefferson bust gold dollars and 125,000 McKinley bust coins for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, minted in Philadelphia and sold at auction with premiums likely. The reverse will read Louisiana Purchase Exposition with the date 143 above and 194 below one dollar. New issues expected January or February.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United State
Shaw
Roberts
Jefferson
McKinley
Roosevelt
Lonsiana Purchase Exposition
Philadelphia
Executive transfers shuffle federal revenue posts
Commissioner Yerkes approves changes as W H Bowen departs to Cincinnati and General F D Sewell moves from Boston to head here. Sewell’s Boston post will be filled by H Kincaid from Albany, with F G Thompson moving to Albany and John W Sinsell shifting from Cincinnati to New York.
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Yerkes
W. H. Bowen
Cincinnati
F. D. Sewell
Boston Daivision
General Sewell
Boston
H. ©. Kincaid
Albany
F. G. Thompson
New York
John W. Sinsell
Kansas schools face book injunction delaying supplies
State Superintendent Nelson and the attorney general seek an immediate plan to provide textbooks for Kansas schools. The American Book Company holds the current contract but is halted by a Central Labor Union injunction, risking two weeks of school openings with pupils going without books.
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Topeka
Kan
Nelson
American Book Company
Central Labor Union
No Proselytizing Is Done Report On Catholic Charges
The War Department released Frank H Bowen's July 7 report denying charges that Philippine public instruction pushed Catholic proselytizing. It notes few clergy among division superintendents, Catholic lists influenced staffing, and a priest could teach religion thrice weekly in schools with parental consent. It rejects proselyting claims and asserts Protestant teachers are rare, with no Bible distribution knowledge in private church schools.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Frank H. Bowen
Philippine Islands
United States
Islands
Manila
Wright
Bowen
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Cigar Tax Swindle Suspect Arrested After Tobacco Raid
Over a ton of leaf tobacco and 2000 este along with beer and wine were seized. Asquale Cape Bianco, reputed gang leader accused of swindling the government by making cigars without tax, was arrested and held by United States Commissioner Craig for a further hearing.
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Asquale Cape Bianco
United States
Craig
Girl Uses Bicycle Skill to Stop Tramp in Richfield
Miss Frances Beesley of Kepplin’s Mills Pa visiting near Richfield knocked down a panting tramp who demanded money. She twisted his hand, landed a left, shoulder blow, and forced an apology before riding on.
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Richfield
N. J
Frances Beesley
Keplin'’s Mills
Beesley
Miss Beesley
Waverly Farmer Shot in Head. Wife Arrested
Waverly Tenn August 23 John E Wright a prominent Humphreys County farmer was found shot in the head while asleep. Authorities initially suspected an outside attacker but then implicated his wife who was arrested after a confession not disclosed to curb mob violence. Public sentiment runs high as the case unfolds.
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Waverly
Tenn
John_ E. Wright
Humphreys County
Wright
Murder near Toledo leaves old stonemason dead
Peter Riley, a 70 year old stonemason from Metamora Ohio, was found by the roadside with his head hacked open. An ax lay near him and a big roll of bills disappeared. Three tramps are suspected, but authorities have not located them.
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Toledo
Peter Riley
Metamora
Panic on steamer Empire State after kerosene blast
STURGEON BAY Wis Aug 23 A panic erupted on the Barry line steamer Empire State between Kewaunee and Algoma when a small kerosene explosion in the cooks galley sparked a fire. Passengers rushed about but the flames were subdued with no loss of life.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Empire State
Kewaunee
Algoma
Outlaws Cornered in Virginia Cabin by Relatives Posse
In Mullin Kentucky, T E Mullin and another man, with George Potter, are surrounded in Lick Fork Virginia by a posse of relatives and others seeking surrender after a recent Virginia woman assault. The outlaws are in Mullin’s father’s cabin, barricaded and heavily armed, and refuse to surrender.
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Middlesboro
T. E. Mullin
George Potter
Virginia
Lick Fork
Mullin
Striking Cuban Workers Disperse at Palace as Weyler Feared
Havana laborers sent to city docks to unload cement join strike then march to the palace. Police disperse the crowd as tensions rise. Crowd cheers for Spain and General Weyler amid unrest.
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Havana
Spain
General Weyler
Copper company buys Ferris-Haggerty mine in Battle Lake
Cheyenne Wyoming August 23 The North American Copper Company capitalized at forty million dollars and formed in the East to acquire all major mines aerial tramway and smelter in the Grand Encampment district has purchased the Ferris Haggerty copper mine at Battle Lake for one million dollars. Transfer of the property will occur on September 1.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
North American Copper Company
Grand Encampment District
Ferris-Haggerty
Battle Lake
Censorship Established at Fisher's Island, N Y
Fisher's Island, New York, Aug 3. The island is on a war footing with government censorship on wire communications to the mainland. Telegraph and telephone line owners are ordered to block any information about upcoming army and navy maneuvers at Long Island Sound. An army censor oversees the Prospect hill to New London line. The move mirrors wartime efforts to prevent enemy access to strategic news.
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Fisher’s Island
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Prospect Hill
New London
Receiver Appointed for Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Chronicle placed in the hands of a receiver at the urging of creditors. E. B. Hook, the company president, named receiver and will continue publication as usual while affairs are reorganized.
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Augusta
Augusta Chronicle
E. B. Hook
Tobacco Cigars and Liquor Seized in Philadelphia Raid
Internal Revenue Collector McCoach and deputies raided two houses in Philadelphia's southern section, capturing tobacco cigars and liquor, as part of an enforcement operation. No further details provided on quantities, suspects, or outcomes.
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Philadelphia
Internal Revenue
McCoach
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Ing
Pillsbury’s Squadron
Isle of Shoal
Zionsville
Pike County
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Sullivan County
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Indianapolis Fire Ins. Co
Law Bing
E. M. Campbell & Co
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Canada
Frederick Roosevelt Sco
Vel and
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Li Hang Chang
Mrs. Austin
Sall
MR. Knox
Supreme Bench
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San Juan
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Theew York Navy Yard
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Venezuela
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Treasury Department
Kansas
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Rittman
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New York St
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New Copper Trust
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London
Rue S Paix
Sole Prope
Fisher's Island, N. Y
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Rhodes-Burford Furniture Company
William Buschman
Fort Wayne Avenue
English Opera House
Messrs
Park Theater
Rush Bronson
California
Ked Company of Players
Akenre
Rae Bronson
Louise Dresser
Jack Norworth
Mt. Shasta
Yosemite Valley
Santa Barbara
Golden West
Montana
Tale OF the West
A. R Warner and
C. A. Altman
Bair Bane
Svrek
Hubert Wilke
Princess Chic” Company
Ostendorf
Dandruff
A. R. Bremer CO
Gles
Fioex
Columbia
Hartford
COLT
Lilly & Stalnaker
Washington St
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