Eminent Christ Science Case Ends With Call to Dismiss
In Concord New Hampshire relatives pursuing an accounting of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy's property move to dismiss the suit. Ex Senator Chandler says no profit and no immediate gain from a decision justify continuing the action. Streeter objects to dismissal until competency ruling. The case returns to the superior court for the petition to dismiss with Judge Chamberlin expected to grant.
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Concord
N. H
Mary Baker-Glover-Eddy
Christian Scientists
Chandler
Board of Masters
Superior Court
Mrs. Eddy
Streeter
Frank S. Streeter
Eddy
Asters
Masters
Hey
Chamberlin
Imittee
Allen McLane Hamilton
New York
Hamilton
Thirty firemen strike over pay on Ice Island boats
Thirty firemen employed on ferry boats of the Ice Island railroad began a strike seeking a monthly raise from 65 to 70 dollars. The Long Island City terminal near the East River nearly suspended operations during the first hour of peak evening service as crews were reduced. Officials said one boat remained in service and expected full crew later as trains carried passengers from Brooklyn and Long Island City into New York City.
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New York
Ice Island Railroad
Manhattan
East River
Long Island City
Long Island
New York City
Brooklyn
Ng Island City
Fortune After Him Inheritance Case Pursues Patent Medicine Vendor
A force of $380000 seeks Charles Gir1 a patent medicines vender traveling central Illinois with a horse of uncertain age and wagon of uncertain stability. Shelby a distant relative leads the search for the missing heir of Girton wealthy Indiana undertaker. Vermilion County reports Gir1 was last seen there but fled.
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Bloomington
Charles Gir
Central Illinois
Shelby
Gir
Ing
Girton
Ianapolis
Vermil County
Crank Arrested After Rambling Telegrams To World Leaders
An uptown telegraph office detainee named John Pinto or Johnn Comins was found with over 100 telegrams addressed to President Roosevelt Kaiser Wilhelm and King Edward. Police say he may be a telegrapher. he was committed to Bellevue Hospital for mental examination.
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New York
Ile
Roosevelt
Kaiser Wilhelm
King Edward
John Pinto
Johnn Comins
Alfonso
Ireland
Canada
Pinto
Bellevue Hospital
Mail Pouch Theft on Burlington Railway
Omaha reports no clue in alleged 250000 mail robbery on the Burlington between Omaha and Denver. Inspectors and secret service men state thieves did not obtain full value. The post office notes no declared value on registered pouches making losses hard to estimate. If clerks were asleep near the Nebraska border they could be guilty of neglect.
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Omaha, Neb
Burlington
Omaha
Denver
Secret Service
West
Washington
Post Office Department
Oxford
Neb
Nebraska
Desperate Rescue Ends With Unlikely Knockout on Lake Huron
Miss Martha Morrison of St Louis rescued Miss Nellie Ballard also from St Louis after Ballard struggled in Lake Huron surf near Port Huron Michigan. Morrison struck Ballard between the eyes to stop her thrashing and dragged her to shallow water.
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Port Huron
Mich
Martha Morrison
St. Louis
Lake Huron
Here
Nellie Ballard
Miss Morrison
Miss Ballard
Appointment Seems Hoodooed In Belvidere Wreck
William J. Bryan was aboard a train near Belvidere Illinois when a baggage car derailed on a defective switch. No one injured though passengers were shaken. Bryan and his party resumed travel to Rockford and this marks the fourth delay to his lecture tour. Haunts Were Too Much for Him reports a Lansing cemetery scare as a boy questions local tales of spooks after a shovel was reportedly knocked from a narrator.
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Belvidere
William J. Bryan
Here
Bryan
Rockford
Lansing
Mich
Mount Hope Cemetery
Fulton’s Monument in Trinity Churchyard Memorial Plan
The article recalls the 1807 Clermont voyage marking steam navigation on Hudson and American waters. It notes Robert Fulton born 1765 died 1815, buried in Trinity churchyard, where a 1901 monument by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers stands. An association seeks a mausoleum and water gate on Riverside Drive to memorialize the inventor.
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Hudson River
Robert Fulton
New York
Albany
Fulton
Trinity Churchyard
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Riverside Drive
Foraker Attacks Taft Tariff Plan in Ohio Speech
In Georgetown Ohio on August 22 United States Senator Foraker challenged Secretary Taft on the Hepburn Elkins tariff controversy. He argued the rate making powers belong with Congress and warned against mixing legislative executive and judicial functions in the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Georgetown
Columbus
Taft
United States
Foraker
Chautauqua Assembly
Interstate Commerce Commission
Foraker Rejects Railways Efforts Against Hepburn Tariff Bill
Senator Foraker argues railroads did not do much to defeat the Hepburn tariff measure and claims a contrary stance regarding Taft's position. The dispute centers on tariff policy and political maneuvering in Congress.
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Foraker
Peculiar Cause for Death in Indiana Boy Eats Too Many Peaches
In Flwood Indiana Harry L Kanter 14 ate a large number of peaches on a country trip with his father. He declared he would eat them or die. The fruit fermented in his stomach and burst it causing agonizing pain. He died within hours after the physician arrived. It is theirst case of the kind that has.
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Flwood
Ind
Harry L. Kanter
Elwood
Telegraphers seek arbitration to settle telegraph strike
President Small of the Commercial Telegraphers union may accept arbitration between operators and Western Union and Postal Telegraphs. Frank Likes says government guarantees of enforceable agreement are needed. Small will keep the strike until Congress convenes to consider a labor investigation. Companies report steady hiring as Associated press notes grow.
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Chicago
Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Frank Likes
Labor
Neill
Treas
First Ohio Horse Traders Association Convenes at Cardington
In Cardington Ohio near Delaware on August 22 the Ohio Horse Traders association convenes with about 10 traders and a herd of horses present. The event features swapping of horses and tales by Harley Singer the Cardington liveryman as originator.
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Delaware
Cardington
Ohio Horse Traders” Association
Harley Singer
US immigration official cites Syrian eye disease rate
William S. Bennet of New York, a member of the United States immigration commission, says in Tageblatt that 30 percent of Syria's population suffers from Egyptian eye disease. He adds that the condition of Jews in Roumania is terrible.
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Berlin
William S. Bennet
New York
United States Immigration Commission
Tageblatt
Far East
Syria
Roumania
President Roosevelt Returns to Oyster Bay
The naval yacht Mayflower with President Roosevelt and party aboard anchored at Oyster Bay at 5 PM after a longer voyage from Provincetown Mass due to heavy fog in the morning and most of the day.
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President
Oyster Bay
L. J
President Roosevelt
Provincetown
Mass
Death Before Dependency in Yorkville Details
Rattle Creek Michigan August 22. Mrs Clystle Carl killed herself with strychnine at her Yorkville home to avoid being sent to the Old People's home in Marshall after her husband had died a week earlier.
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Rattle Creek
Mich
Clystle Carl
Yorkville
Guill Take
Carl
Marshall
Centenarian Ruth Clayton Dies in Greenfield
Mrs Ruth Clayton aged 100 dies in Hancock County Indiana leaving forty grandchildren seventy one great grandchildren and eleven great great grandchildren She never rode on the steam or electric passenger trains.
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Letta
Greenfield
Ind
Ruth Clayton
Baseball Scores Roundup From National and American Leagues
Chicago reports a slate of results across leagues and associations with the New York 17 over Chicago 4 and Boston 7 over Pittsburgh 4 in the League. American games include Cleveland 2 over Washington 1 and 6 to 4 in the second, plus Detroit 4 over Boston in twelve innings. Association shows Minneapolis beating Indianapolis 1 0 and St Paul over Louisville 7 5, with Milwaukee 8 defeating Columbus 2. Western notes Omaha 2 over Lincoln 1.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Columbus
Western
Omaha
Lincoln
John A Babcock Squatter Deal Prompt
A cryptic note offers a promise of a quick squatter deal and a casual assurance that you will get a favorable arrangement. The message implies a bargain emphasis without detailing terms or parties involved.
Attitude of Firms on National Guard Absences
Washington report on General Greely’s findings shows mixed views from state adjutant generals on wage deductions for National Guard duty and employers attitudes toward reservists. It highlights union influence, recruitment challenges, and calls for education of labor groups about the guard’s public purpose.
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Washington
National Guard
Origin of Coral Reefs Questioned by Challenger Expert
At the International Zoological Congress in Boston delegates discussed entertainment plans and heard Sir John Murray of Scotland challenge Darwin on coral reefs. Murray argued reefs form on land rising from the sea while Darwin believed reefs form as land sinks.
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Boston
International Zoological Congress
Sir John Urray
Scotland
Sir John
Darwin
Norway Neutrality Agreed At High Level Talks
Diplomatic circles report that Emperor William and Emperor Nicholas agreed on Norway's neutrality. Germany and Russia will regard Norway as neutral territory, aligning with Britain’s support for Norway’s security guarantees.
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Norway
London
William
Nicholas
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Clemenceau Lunches with Edward at Marienbad
French premier M. Clemenceau who is taking the cure at Karlsbad lunched with King Edward at Marienbad Bohemia. He also met Sir Edward Goschen, the British ambassador to Austria Hungary, who was in attendance on the king.
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Clemenceau
Edward
Marienbad
Bohemia
M. Clemenceau
Karlsbad
Sir Edward Goschen
Austria-Hungary
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