Five Rescued In Surf Boat After Beatrice Corkum Wreck
In Westerly Rhode Island on April 28 the British schooner Beatrice L Corkum loaded with lumber from Liverpool Nova Scotia for New York wrecked on Catumb Reef near Walk Hill Light. Captain Walter H Davis and four coast guard crew from Walk Hill rescued Captain Joseph Evans and his four men amid heavy surf. The keel of the Corkum was ripped. rescue described as difficult. The vessel, owned in Liverpool Nova Scotia, was formerly a seal fishing vessel.
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Beatrice L. Corkum
Liverpool
N. S
New York
Catumb Reef
Walk Hill Light
Walter H. Davis
Walk Hill Coast
Evans
Ninth Annual New England Nazarene Assembly Concludes
The ninth annual assembly of the New England District Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene at Davis Square Somerville closes tomorrow with closing meetings at the Somerville Theatre. About 160 delegates attend.
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New England
Cambridge May Host Billy Sunday Tabernacle Move
Billy Sunday signaled to Cambridge Mayor Rockwood that he may accept a site in Cambridge and build a tabernacle there instead of at Huntington avenue ball grounds in Boston. An obstacle blocks the change but Cambridge officials expect a swift city council action to permit the move if Sunday agrees.
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Billy Sunday
Rockwood
Cambridge
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Sunday
Cambridge Board of Trade
Cambridge weighs Sunday tabernacle site move
Cambridge officials consider moving the Sunday tabernacle project from Boston to Cambridge or Somerville. The Cambridge Board of Trade may offer free electricity gas and a free house to Sunday to seal the deal. The City Council plans an amendment to require fire proof construction for worship buildings seating 1000 or more.
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Cambridge
Wendall Square
Park Street
Tabernacle Sunday
Boston
Cambridge Board of Trade
Tabernacle
Rockwood
Winona Lake
Indiana
Wendell D. Rockwood
W. A
Man discharged after engagement ring assault case
Fred M. Goodwin a Brookline widow er of 45 was discharged in Municipal Court after Miss Mary T. Collins withdrew the assault charge. A settlement out of court provides Goodwin pays the wedding preparations costs and the case is withdrawn.
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Fred M. Goodwin
Brookline
Mary T. Collins
Malden
Miss Collins
Goodwin
Sheehan
Harvard Regiment Bans Neckwear and Sweaters in Uniform
Harvard restricts dress for 1000 soldiers in the regiment ordering no neckties with uniforms and no sweaters over army shirts. Away with sartorial perfection during drills, sweaters allowed only under shirts during snow events.
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Harvard
Army
New England
More Russian Troops Arrive at Marseilles
Paris reports in a Havas despatch that a further contingent of Russian troops has arrived at Marseilles. The exact number is not given. The troops were greeted with military and civil honors and cheered as they marched to Camp Mirabeau before being sent to Camp Mailly in a few days.
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Paris
Marseilles
Counterfeit Five Dollar Notes Reported in Boston Area
Counterfeit five dollar greenbacks have been found in Boston Lawrence and Haverhill. The notes are altered by pasting a 10 over the five and writing ten where five appears. Authorities report the circulation of these fakes in multiple cities.
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Federal Reserve
United States
Boston
Lawrence
Haverhill
Engraving Expert Speaks at Harvard on Florentine Italian Engravings
FitzRoy Carrington curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and editor of The Collectors Quarterly gave an address at the Fogg Art Museum to Harvard students. He spoke on Italian Engravings The Florentines describing his authority on the subject.
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FitzRoy Carrington
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Collectors’ Quarterly
Harvard
Fogg Art Museum
Offer to Swap Station Sites in Boston
Edward F. McSweeney and Henry J. Skeffington consider exchanging land to move the immigration station to South Boston from East Boston. The Common wealth plot on Northern Avenue would host the new station, closer to business districts, while East Boston waterfront land would be used for development. Temporary use of Commonwealth docks is proposed as Long Wharf station is abandoned for fire hazard.
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Henry J. Skeffington
South Boston
East Boston
Jeffries Point
Congress
The
Commonwealth
Northern Avenue
South
Boston
Fish Pier
Immigration Department
Commonwealth Docks
Long Wharf
Pan American Mission Talk Highlights South America Needs Work
The Rev. Vincent Ravi of North Congregational Church Cambridge spoke at Ford Hall during the fourth annual Home Mission luncheon on Our Opportunity in Latin America Revealed at the Panama Congress. He noted South America’s need for missionary work and his Panama Congress of Missions experience.
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Vincent Ravi
North Congregational Church of
Cambridge
Latin America
Panama
Ford Hall
Mr. Ravi
Wentworth Institute Dance Draws 600 Plus Crowd
More than 600 attendees enjoyed a dance and entertainment night at Wentworth Institute hosted by the athletic association. The Institute Glee Club performed along with Harold Kullberg M J Foley M L Wilkins Thomas L Brophy and H A Schaeffer.
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Wentworth Institute
The
Athletic Association
Institute Glee Club
Harold Kullberg
M. J. Foley
M. L. Wilkins
Thomas L. Brophy
H. A. Schaeffer
Drug Influence Claimed in 1912 Boston Marriage Annulment
Salvatore Carresi of Boston petitions Suffolk Superior Court to annul his marriage to Bessie McDermott arguing his mind was clouded by heroin and cocaine at the Nov 12, 1912 ceremony. He states she disappeared Feb 6, 1913 and has not been heard from since.
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Salvatore Carresi
Boston
Superior Court
Suffolk County
Bessie McDermott
Contract of Marriage Restrictions Mentioned in Source
A fragment references a contract of marriage aiming to prevent a party from giving free and intelligent consent. The brief notes imply legal or formal constraints surrounding a marriage arrangement within the document.
Marines Abandon Circular Campaign in Boston
United States Marines will halt efforts to distribute recruitment cards in Boston after 15 000 circulars had already been handed out. Sergt B J Doherty of the Scollay Square station said no further circulation would occur due to the city ordinance.
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United States Marine Corps
Boston
Sergt
B. J. Doherty
Scollay Square
Fourth of July Orator Invited at Faneuil Hall
Chief Justice Edward D. White of the United States Supreme Court has been invited by Mayor Curley to deliver the Fourth of July oration at Faneuil Hall. Louis D. Brandeis gave the oration last year.
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Edward D. White
United States Supreme Court
Curley
Faneuil Hall
Louis D. Brandeis
Cordage Company Grants 10 Percent Wage Increase
The New Bedford Cordage Company announced a 10 percent raise today, effective May 1, benefiting 800 employees in New Bedford.
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Cordage Company
New Bedford
New Bedford Cordage Company
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