Ten are rescued by buoy at Nag's Head shore
Ten people including two women were rescued from the grounded four masted schooner Louis Bossart off Nag's Head by Captain Etheridge and crew using a breeches buoy after the ship ran ashore in a northeast gale. The crew and a young woman passenger were saved. the vessel is high on the beach and in good condition.
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Norfolk
Etheridge
Nag’s Head
N. C
Louis Bossart
Virginia-Carolina
New York
Wiggins
S. C
Fletcher
Nag
Louis ‘“Bossart
Louis Bossart & Bro
Bath
Hundreds Sacrificed in Boston Warned by Dean Hodges
Dean Hodges at the New England Watch and Ward meeting compared ritual sacrifices to youths being killed weekly in Boston. He urged alarm at the ongoing deaths and urged action against vice and crime.
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Park Square
Scollay Square
Boston
Dean Hodges
New England Watch and Ward
Public meeting urges end to bucket shops in Boston
Speakers at the New England Watch and Ward Society gathering at New Old South Church pressed listeners to influence legislators to abolish bucket shops and gambling. Dean Hodges and Rev. F B Allen highlighted work against immoral materials and street vice, noting 61 bucket shops in Boston and 21 convictions. Henry Chase retired, J Frank Chase to succeed.
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Boston
New England Watch and Ward Society
New Old South Church
Dean Hodges
Cambridge
F. B. Allen
Samuel B. Capen
George A. Gordon
Bucket Shop
Mr. Capen
Frederic B. Allen
Episcopal City
New Hampshire
Harvard Theological School
Carlisle
Emerson
London
West End
Ark Square
Scollay Square
Bicyclist Hurt After Telegraph Street Collision
An Italian two year old bicyclist named Peter O. Rena was knocked unconscious after colliding with a team driven by John H. McGrady of 308 Atlantic Avenue on Telegraph Street Boston. He was taken to Carney Hospital with a bad scalp wound and brain concussion.
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Peter O. Rena
Telegraph Street
South Boston
John H. McGrady
Atlantic Avenue
Carney Hospital
Cure Grip in Two Days Laxative BromO Quinine Ad
Claim promises rapid relief from grip with a laxative product named BromO Quinine. Advertisement urges readers to request the full name and look for B. W. Grove's signature, pricing at 25 cents.
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B. W. Grove
Passenger List Describes Miss Marjorie Rose from Dubuque
A White Star liner Canopic arrival lists 1732 passengers from Naples and the Azores. Among them is Miss Marjorie Rose of Dubuque Iowa, noted as a top pupil of Vannini the famed Italian voice teacher. She trained in Florence in 1905 seeking health and talent development.
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Naples
Italy
Azore Islands
Marjorie Rose
Dubuque
Vannini
Florence
Rose
Italian voyage reveals young soprano under famed tutor
In 1905 a young woman scarcely out of her teens traveled to Italy where she showed a remarkable soprano range and studied under Vannanni, Italy’s renowned vocal teacher. She later performed with celebrated artists, plans fall return to continue studies. On the Canopic many Italians gathered at the dock as the ship carried 30 first class, 180 second class and 1522 third class passengers. The voyage enjoyed mild weather with a few brief temperature drops and winds under 512 miles per hour.
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Italy
Public Phone Card Sparks Harsh Gossip in Eldora
Eldora Iowa April 7 drug stores report a placard reading This is a public telephone and is not to be used for lovemaking has spread. Clerks complain about silly conversations over wires and kisses heard across shops. Local clerks form mutual protection group to curb the chatter.
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Boston
Eldora
New systems of Women's Fancies
In Topeka a court awards custody of an incubator baby to Mrs. Charlotte E. Bleakeley of Lawrence Kansas after months of suit and court battles. In San Francisco a new Eugenic Association promotes trial marriage and heredity study to improve mankind though no Utah applications have been received.
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Topeka
Kan
St. Louis Exposition
Charlotte E. Bleakeley
Lawrence
James G. Barkley
San Francisco
Cal
Eugenic Association of
California
Utah
Little May Mitchell Risks Life for Violin in Tenement Fire
In New York on April 7 a 13 year old girl May Mitchell dashed through flames to recover her violin from a third story room. Firemen and police found her overcome by smoke at the second story head. The violin survived.
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New York
Apri
May Mitchell
New Marriage Service Drops Word Obey Says Waugh McCulloch
Chicago April 7 Justice Catherine Waugh McCulloch Evanston proposes a marriage rite omitting the word obey she says a husband cannot respect a wife who vows to be his slave and a man who would accept obedience should seek treatment rather than marriage.
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Chicago
Ill
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Evanston
Justicess McCulloch
Waltham Boy Makes Third Escape From Chelmsford School
Leo Connors a 13 year old of Waltham slipped from Middlesex County Truant School Chelmsford for the third time evading Boston and Waltham police who scoured the North End Main Street and other areas but could not locate him. He first gained fame two years ago escaping from the Angel Guardian House and has since broken free from Chelmsford twice more.
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Leo Connors
Waltham
Middlesex County
Chelmsford
Boston
North End
Connors
Main Street
Lowell
Billerica
Young Nebraska youth elopes with much-older aunt
Wilbur Herebert aged 19 eloped with his aunt Miss Jessie Witherbee aged 107, a sister of his late mother. He is the son of a local ranchman in Harrison Nebraska. The pair’s actions, described as an elopement, stunned the community.
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Harrison, Neb
Wilbur Herebert
Jessie Witherbee
Witherbee
Herbert
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Miss Marjory Rose
Varese
New England
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Boston Globe
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Bromfield ST
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Gettysburg
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