London session ends as MPs reject Lords evicted tenants bill
In a dawn session the British House of Commons rejected nearly all Lords amendments to the evicted tenants bill after a long night. A conference committee was appointed to reconcile remaining differences before adjournment at 7:46 AM. Meanwhile, casualties and other world briefs flow from New York to Tokyo including a violinist reported lost in the Alps and a French accident near Louviers.
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Marietta
Ohio
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Francis
Carnegie Hall
New York Symphony Orchestra
Royal Conservatory of Belgium
Murder in Brooklyn Widow Found with Strangled Throat
New York Aug 21 police arrest three men in search of Lena Scham’s killer. Her body was found in a Flushing Avenue apartment with a crushed skull and a severed wrist artery. A gas pipe fragment lay near the scene. No murder suspect yet. witnesses held include John Burke Otto Framing and George Bohm.
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George Bohm
Origin of the Porterhouse Steak Named After Porter House
A brief historical note traces the name porterhouse steak to a Harvard area hostelry owned by a Mr Porter. Travelers ordered steaks there, and the term spread as butchers copied the famed cuts. The old Porter house was recently moved to make way for tenement construction.
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Harvard University
Porter
Woman Declines to Give Name on Streetcar
A young colored woman in Denver, nearly ending her ride, tripped near the city edge and fell. When the conductor asked for her name, she gave a playful phonetic reply and warned their plans would change after she marries tonight.
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Denver Post
Panay So-ani-So
Takes His Bride's Surname Copelan Copelas in Baltimore
Dr Annie R Copelan wed Abraham Brott Copelas formerly Abraham Brott in Rev Dr H W Schneeberger s parsonage after a quirky romance The bride kept her own name while the groom adopted hers and he had built a local practice The couple chose Copelan as the family surname in this surprising match In Baltimore Maryland University ties mentioned
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Abraham Brott Copelas
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H.W. Schneeberger
Baltimore Gun
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Copelan
Deceased Wife's Sister Mil Passed by Lords
London reports the House of Lords after a long debate approved the second reading of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill by 111 to 7. The minority included all seventeen bishops among the Lords in attendance.
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Fire in Laundry on Trans-Atlantic Steamer Frederick der Grosse
New York reports an onboard fire on the Frederick der Grosse began in the ship's laundry last Monday night. Firefighters confined the blaze to two apartments, destroying thirty bags of linen and spreading to the bakery with non heavy losses.
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New York
Sixth Connecticut hold fortieth civil war veterans reunion
New Britain August 21 The sixtieth annual reunion of the Sixth Connecticut regiment veterans of the Civil War was held today Officers elected include President Albert Scott Waterbury Vice President Comrade Bondeyn Bridgeport Secretary treasurer William F Smith Whitneyville Historian K Caldwell New Haven The next reunion will be in Waterbury.
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Connecticut Regiment
Albert Scott
Waterbury
Bondeyn
Bridgeport
William F. Smith
Whitneville
K. Caldwell
New Haven
Judged by Their Cats
An Irish maid at a New York intelligence office explains that she judges a family by its cat. A sleek cat signals a quiet, well-off household, while an unhappy cat reflects nervousness or financial trouble, based on twenty five years observing families. The maid warns the family cannot make the cat happy.
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New York
Katie
Mastering College Yells Across Languages
An old college man recalls the challenge of teaching a Berlin university class to yell like Harvard. He notes the effort to train students to shout rival institution war cries and the difficulty of aligning loyalties with accurate foreign-language yells for visiting instructors.
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Staeler
Harvard
Berlin University
News Travel Times in Napoleonic Era Legend
An 1807 Napoleonic campaign tale shows how slowly or quickly news spread. After the Russian victory at Friedfried, a courier reached St. Cloud around midnight on June 27 to relay the news from the afternoon, triggering street dancing and widespread reaction.
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Stogies of suverie Criminala study notes
Arthur MacDonald of Washington outlines three studies entered into the Medical Record on revenue criminals and the faults of 63 young criminals. The report lists hereditary nervous disease, language disorders, insanity, epilepsy, and mental backwardness among defects with percentages. Also summarizes a 200 child study from ages 6 to 12 at a reformatory.
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Suverie Criminala
Arthur MacDonald
Washington
Fraternal merger sparks clashes in Buffalo showdown
In Buffalo on August 21 bitter dispute erupts between the Associated Fraternities of America and the National Fraternal Congress over plans to amalgamate. If not effected, 28 societies of the Congress may switch to rival groups led by the Modern Woodmen and related orders. Opposition includes Foresters and Maccabees factions, backed by about 33 societies and a large share of Congress members.
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Reservoir Warnings Prompt Urgent City Meeting
City engineer Cairns and Mayor Thoms warned on a dry spell that the Branch reservoir is more than half empty, eleven and a half feet below the spillway, diminishing twenty seven inches weekly. If rain does not come soon, the supply lasts about 20 days and the board of works may adopt measures with East Mountain reservoir to serve the city.
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Laborer Inherits $10,000 In Boston Will
Bristol Aug 21 John Mullen a tunnel worker at Pequabuck two miles from town learned last night he had been left 10040 by a Boston relative. An unnamed elderly man searched laborers and selected Mullen after revealing the fortune and details, then took him to Boston to claim the legacy.
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Funerals at Bristol for Root Ri and Roberts Victims
Bristol August 21 stores and factories closed this afternoon for the funeral of Charles J. Root Mrs Joel Ri and Miss Candace Roberts victims of the Ashley Falls Mass auto wreck. The service at the late home on High Street was led by Rev Calvin B Moody assisted by Rev T M Miles and Rev Arthur H Goodenough. Root estate is estimated 175000 to 200000 left to Theodore Root and his daughter Catherine. Mary T Root’s condition remains critical after a nourishing intake earlier today.
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Candace Roberts
Ashley Falls
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First Consternational Church
T. M. Miles
Acton
Arthur H. Goodenough
Prospect Methodist Church
Deaths and funerals span city notices for several families
A series of death notices and funeral details lists individuals from Anson Johnson’s family to Bridget Clark and Sarah Husker. It notes funeral times, locations, church services, and interment sites in St Patrick’s, Prine Grove, St Joseph’s, and other local cemeteries. Also mentioned are the Winter family connections and the Stapleton infant funeral, with floral offerings recorded. The latter item briefly describes a charcoal filter demonstration turning red to white.
Perseverance and law through a fractured text
Fragmentary excerpt references Perseverance and Carlyle with scattered phrases about perseverance and law. Mentions tobacco in a country and owner pride. Text is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative or clear entities.
Suit by Glover next friends ends in Concord
In a Eugene story from Concord New Hampshire on August 21 1907 the equity suit by George W Glover son of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy and others against Calvin Frye and others to account for the Christian Science founder's estate is abruptly dismissed after the next friends withdraw citing burdens and lack of immediate benefit. The masters hearing on Mrs Eddy competency continues as her counsel seeks to proceed with the case debris.
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William EB. Chandler
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Chandler
Streeter
Rady
Grave opened in Michigan exhumation sparks dispute
Chicago attorney James Donovan won a delay to open the grave of La Fora Baker in Big Rapids Michigan. He argues the former lumberman faked death and fled to Europe to dodge failures. Officials and witnesses say the grave shows fourte en years since burial and clothing remnants confirm Baker.
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James Donovan
Thomas C. Platt
Baker
Big Rapids
Mich
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Europe
Harry HH. Wrykam
Peker
Donera
Gts Attormes Barton
Tyson Aims for Warrant in Fatal Car Race
South Norwalk Aug 21. Coroner Dozen of Bridgeport has urged a warrant for the arrest of John H Tyson of Riverside after Medical Examiner Huntington recommended charging him with initiating the automobile state law in the fatality linked to last week’s race with Paul MacCormac. Tyson is traveling in Maine, delaying service. MacCormac’s condition remains about the same.
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Bridgeport
H. Huntington
John H.tyson
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Paul MacCormac
Tast
Maine
MacCormac
Nothing Else to Do Ambitions of Toddlers Cartoons
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recalls playground teachers discussing the bright but humorous aims of children as they grow. A girl says she will be an actress if pretty, otherwise a teacher, revealing early views on looks and career paths.
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