Valparaiso in Flames After Chile Earthquake
New York reports Valparaiso Chile badly damaged by a quake with many killed and injured. Fires burn across the city as communications falter, while newer sections show modern resilience. The central port remains a key Asiatic and European link amid ongoing tremors and aftershocks.
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New York
Valparaiso
Chile
San Francisco
Lisbon
South America
Ife Ocean
Santiago
Nuevo Malecon
Gran Avenida
Valparalao
National Theater
Puerto
Porto
Europe
Ma+gellan
Panama
Senator Butt Convicted of Offering Bribe in Ark
Perryville Arkansas August 17 State Senator F C Butt was convicted by a circuit court this morning on a charge of offering a bribe to a fellow state senator. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and fined 200 dollars.
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Perryville
Ark
F. C. Butt
Sloper Withdraws Senate Bid in Open Letter to Hartford
Ex Senator A J Sloper withdraws his candidacy for lieutenant governor, citing unfair and unjustified attacks and a forced locality issue. He notes Hartford’s endorsement promises and New Britain’s support, thanks Chairman Michael Kenealy, and states he cannot endure further abuse or risk to his family and business.
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New Britain
A. J. Sloper
Kenealy
Republican State Central Committee
Associated Press Today
Conn
Michael Kenealy
State Central Committee
Eir
Hartford
Holcomb
Nw Britain
Hartford Steels
Shay
Sally Teee
Hartsford
Vanderbilt gets a ducking at Newport
Cornelius Van derbilt IV fell overboard from the New York Nellus Jr near the wharf while seeking his father. Sailors from the North Star rescued him, and his mother took him home to Beaulieu for a change of clothing. he suffered no harm.
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Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Nellus, Jr
Commodore
Vanderbilt
North Star
Meet
Beaulieu
Yale Men Wed Sisters In Kansas Double Wedding
Friends of Yale professor Edward Thorstenberg and classmate Israel Nelson learned they married yesterday in Kansas to Anna and Esther Swenson. The pair toured Kansas in summer, wooed the sisters, and wed during the visit, while Thorstenberg works in Yale's German department.
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New Haven
Edward Thorstenberg
Yale
Israel Nelson
Kansas
Anna
Esther Swenson
Thaestenders
Yate Beth
Adieg
Logging on Menominee Reservation Boosted by Self Operation Plan
In Wisconsin at Teshena the Menominee Indians will be allowed to log their own timber this season. If successful, the plan may influence future local and federal policy on Indigenous logging rights and resource management.
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Satan
Calumet, Mich
Menominee
Teshena
Wis
Moody and Roosevelt discuss bench vacancies at lunch
Attorney General Moody, a Roosevelt guest, says discussions with the president centered on filling several federal bench vacancies with decisions to be announced after appointments are made. Roosevelt will host three lunch guests including Jon M. Wilson, Cleveland Dodge, and Colonel Cobbes. A Brownsville letter seeking white troops in place of Negro soldiers was referred to the War Department with no action until reports are received.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Moody
Roosevelt
Washington
Praident Roosevelt
Jon M. Wilson
Cleveland M. Dodge
New York
Y. MC. A. Work
Cobbes
Brownsville
Texas
War Department
Doubleheader at State League Park Fixes Prodigals and New London
About 900 people attend the State League park double header between the Prodigals and New London. Waterbury batteries are Treat and Thackara while McLoughlin and Kite work for New London. Umpire Hickey officiates. In the seventh inning New London trails Waterbury by one run, with Waterbury still scoreless.
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State League Park
New London
Treat
Thackara
Waterbury
McLoughlin
Kite
Hickey
Uniformed Rank Debate Drives Eagles Election Outcome
Milwaukee August 17 The official results for officers of the Grand Order of Eagles may be delayed until tomorrow. Current head Henry G. Davis of Ohio opposes Edward Kraught of Wilmington Del for the post. Boston and Norfolk lead the next convention. A special committee presented a resolution to draft resolutions for a uniform rank to be created if the next grand series desires.
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Milwaukee
Grand Order of Aerie of Eagles
Henry G. Davis
Ohio
Edward Kraught
Wilmington
Del
Boston
Norfolk
Edward P. Edison
Mrs Rupert Honored At Mass Infantry Reunion
Springheld Mass Aug 17 Civil war veterans cheered as Mrs Jessie H Rupert, a southernwoman who nursed Yankee wounded, attended the Thirty fourth Massachusetts Infantry reunion. She saved the life of Ensign M Smith of Dalton Mass and was made daughter of the regiment. She came from New Market Va to attend the event. A sham battle at Mount Gretna Pa drew crowds as Connecticut and Maryland troops prepared to return home. Chief Collins expects news on Paul O Stensland from Mobile Ala. Senator Alten W Paige of Bridgeport backs E J Lake for lieutenant governor.
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Springheld
Mass
Jessie H. Rupert
Thirty-fourth
Massachusetts Infantry
New Market
Rupert
Imboen
M. Smith
Dalton
Mount Gretna
Camp Noone
Connecticut
Maryland
Forecast for Commecticst Sees Tight Variable Predictions
Forecast notes a tight variable pattern in Commecticst markets with volatility expected to rise in coming sessions. Analysts highlight potential shifts in commerce and energy sectors as traders monitor key indicators and policy signals impacting prices.
Chelsea Bank Closed One of the Oldest Institutions in Chelsea
Boston reports First National Bank of Chelsea Massachusetts, among the oldest in the area, closed by Bank Examiner Alfred Ewer. Depositors may recover 60 percent through Winnisimet National Bank, others unaffected. Examiner points to excessive loans to officers and directors and real estate ties as causes amid crowding of cash accounts and ensuing runs.
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Chelsea
Boston
First National Bank
Alfred Ewer
Winnisimet National Bank of
First National
Ewer
Washington
National Bank Examiner Ewer
First National Bank of
Mass
Examiner Ewer
U. S
Chelsea Savings and Co-operative Provident
Endurance Tests Define Roosevelt Cup Trials
Marblehead Mass August 17 Roosevelt cup trial races by the Eastern Yacht Club push contenders to endurance limits. Six races in four days tighten the field as skippers fear fading chances while the regatta committee plans elimination after two more races. Returns praise for the season’s best small boat racing despite lulls in wind, with starts postponed beyond the usual eleven o'clock hour.
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Marblehead
Mass
Eastern Yacht Club
Oeualyon
G A R B to Go to Minnesota Encampment
Fragmentary text indicates G A RB will travel to Minneapolis Minnesota for an encampment. Details unclear due to damaged OCR but implies preparation for relocation or gathering in August.
Buckingham name dispute pits Whittemore against Humphrey
The Whittemore block at Bank and Grand and Humphrey’s Buckingham apartment on West Main clash over which party first used the name Buckingham. Legal experts doubt any agreement exists and a court contest could settle who first branded a block with that name.
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John H. Whittemore
F. G. Humphrey
Buckingham
Whittemore
Bank and Grand Streets
Humphrey
Funeral services for dramatist Pearl Mary Teresa Cri in London
The Aug 17 service at Kensal Green for Pearl Mary Teresa Cri John Oliver Hobbes drew diplomats and many English and American writers. A solemn requiem mass was followed by a eulogistic address by Mgr Browne praising the deceased's religious life and burial at Kensal Green cemetery.
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London
Pearl Mary Teresa Cri
John Oliver Hobbes
At Street
Ambassador Reid
Reid
John Morgan Richards
Craigie
Mgr Browne
Kensal Green Cemetery
Lake to be presented as Republican lieutenant governor candidate
Lake of Hartford will be presented as a candidate for lieutenant governor in the Republican party, chosen by leaders who previously urged Andrew J. Sloper from New Britain for the nomination. The withdrawal of Sloper was announced earlier, and this new development names Lake as the alternative front runner.
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Lake
Hartford
Andrew J. Sloper
New Britain
Everett J. Lake
Sloper
Secret signal practice afloat off Rockport shores
Battleship squadron of the North Atlantic fleet conducted a secret signal practice off Rockport Massachusetts on August 17. Thousands of visitors crowded the shore to watch as ships, some ten to twelve miles at sea, remained beyond the torpedo boats’ reach.
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Rockport
Mass
North Atlantic
Latin Revelation Dems Aug 17
George Von L Meyer the American ambassador to Russia plans to visit Kientengen today to seek a cure. He reports the consensus in Stettin that the current fall in the revolutionary movement will continue for several months.
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George von L. Meyer
Russi
Kintengeno
St — Tersbure
Rebecca May writer of children's books dies at 73
Skowhegan Me Aug 17 Rebecca and Clark known as Sophia May author of many children books died at her Norridgewock home last night at age 73 after months of feeble health.
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Skowhegan
Rebecca & Clark
Sophia May
Norridgewoek
Save Tour Eyesight Omen on Geet Remains
The text presents garbled phrases about saving eyesight and an omen on Geet with mentions of Lake Stebal Ce. Readable elements point to a miscellaneous note or fragment, lacking clear event, date, or identifiable entities to confirm a coherent news item.
Four San Francisco Teens Confess to Holdups and Murder
Four youths in their teens Fred Peterson 17 William Meares 18 Walter Westwood 16 and Frank McAuliffe 18 confessed to a string of holdups culminating in the killing of Fred Mullineaux on Ocean Boulevard last Sunday night. Peterson fired the fatal shot and Westwood, the gang leader, says he held the gun in the other robberies.
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San Francisco
Fred Peterson
William Meares
Walter Westwood
Frank McAuliffe
Fred Mullineaux
Ocean Boulevard
Peterson
Mullineaux
McAuliffe
Westwood
Patrick Ryan
Meares
Mrs Leslie Carter-Payne signs five year contract with Dillingham
New York August 17. Mrs Leslie Carter-Payne agreed to five years under manager Charles B. Dillingham after a tense bidding war among nine top managers. The deal was finalized at Edward Lauterbach’s offices with a few pen strokes. David Belasco, once instrumental in her rise, stood apart from the bidding and remains indifferent to the outcome.
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New York
Leslie Carter-Payne
Charles B. Dillingham
Edward Lauterbach
Carter-Payne
Dillingham
David Belasco
Miners' Candidates Win In Nome District Alaska
Seattle dispatch reports Cale and Waskey, miners' tickets, won the Nome second judicial district by large margins. Long term winner Thomas Cale 4643 votes, short term winner Waskey 4342, with Republican Murane 1602 and Democrat Swineford 1137. First delegate to Congress election passed quietly amid limited disturbances and no fraud. Miners favored Cale and Waskey after major leaders bowed out.
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Seattle
Wash
Waskey
C. D. Murane
Swineford
Mellon
Juneau
Congress
District of Alaska
Cale
Earthquake bulletin reports long seismic event in Washington
The weather bureau bulletin states a heavy distinct earthquake was recorded on the seismograph yesterday afternoon. It lasted for several hours and stopped at midnight, the heaviest quake recorded in Washington since the San earthquake.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
San
Autumn Fabrica advance styles preview
The notice notes early Fall clothing trends with four orders in progress and invites the man in a hurry to call and view the new autumn fabrics and advance styles.
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Fabrica
Ossian Bank Robber Escape and Arrests Report
St Petersburg reports an audacious bank heist leader escaped on a guarded train near Pskov after diving from a window to forest cover, as 210 militants were arrested in Petersburg and Moscow in three days. Also from Tehran a vast ceremony greeted returning mullahs as unrest subsides, and Poland records multiple police casualties amid ongoing turmoil.
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St Petersburg
Credit Mutual Bank
Switzerland
Pskov
Petersburg
Moscow
McNary Declines Renomination in Massachusetts District
Boston August 17 Congressman William S. McNary announces he will not seek renomination in the tenth district of Massachusetts. He cites peace in Washington and sacrifices to his family and business interests as the reasons for stepping back from a federal race.
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McNary
Boston
William S. McNary
Tenth
Massachusetts
Washington
Quartered Oak Mirror Cabinet Shaped by Hand Polish
A $28 quartered oak piece features a French plate mirror and is sanded, then handished with three conte to achieve a refined rubbing polish.
August Sale Price Deals on Sideboards and Buffets
In the August Sale many sideboards and buffets are featured with red tags marking sale prices. The notice cites two items at 421.00 as part of the broader discounted inventory.
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