Lucille Marcel Sings at Waldorf Astor's
American soprano Lucille Marcel headlined a musicale at William Waldorf Astor’s London home. Royal guests attended including the Duke and Duchess of Fife and the Duke of Connaught. Marcel, already offered Covent Garden, will not perform there for at least two years due to current contracts.
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London
Lucille Marcel
America
William Waldorf Astor
Duke and Duchess of Fife
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Prince
Princess Louis Bonaparte
Duke of
Boston Opera Company
Royality
Waldorf Astor’s Musicale
Captain Back Without Ship Seizure Mystery Continues
Captain Treeland of the schooner J. R. Atwood arrived in Boston by train while his vessel rests at Wood's Harbour Shelbourne County Nova Scotia under customs scrutiny. Captain Brennan seeks reasons for the vessel seizure around June 1 and a path to restore rights used to collect lobster traps and gear.
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Treeland Tramen
J. R. Atwood
Boston
Boston Harbor
Wood's Harbour
Shelbourne County
N. S
Brannen
Dominion
Wood’s Harbor
Nova Scotia
Brennan
United States
Heiress Alice Meyers Heads East for $80,000 Estate
Miss Alice Meyers of Blackwell Oklahoma, a telephone operator in Chickasha, traveled to Hartford Connecticut to claim an estate valued at eighty thousand dollars left by her grandmother after the grandmother's death.
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Chickasha
Okla
Alice Meyers
Blackwell
Hartford
Gresham Rescues Wrecked Schooner After Hurricane
The U S revenue cutter Gresham towed the damaged schooner Sarah Wood into port after more than 50 hours aiding the waterlogged vessel. The rigging was tangled and the hull splintered, with lumber aboard preventing a total loss.
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United States Revenue
Gresham
Sarah Wood
Storms Sink, Hulls Burn: Ocean Tow Boat Crew Heroics
The schooner Sarah Wood was gripped by a Friday evening gale off Cape Cod with Captain Louis Douglass and six aboard forced to cling to a deck house. The burning schooner Harry C. Shepperd was towed to safety after heroic use of a hawser by Gunner Car Johansen and eight crew, exploding near Wood End Light. The N. E. Ayer and Gresham aided, bringing survivors to Boston as the Shepperd later exploded. crews fought flames with buckets and oilskins singed by blasts.
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Louis Douglass
Sarah Wood
Gresham
Harry C. Shepperd
Car Johansen
Wood End Light
Cape Cod
Samuel B. Winram
N. E. Ayer
Provincetown
Thomas Patterson
Frank
Emerald
Boston
Gunner Johansen
Bangor
New York
J Arthur Lord Crew Rescues Ship After Three-Day Drift
After three days at the pumps and two days without water, the Hifie schooner J Arthur Lord limped into Portland Maine from St John to New York with a lumber load. A gale off Cape Cod shredded sails and gear. water filled holds to eight feet. Captain Smith and crew reached port exhausted but alive.
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Portland
J. Arthur Lord
St. John
New York
Cape Cod
Lord
Smith
Cape Elizabeth
Schooner Addie Fuller Struck by Lightning Near Maine
The schooner Addie Fuller arrived in Machias from New York after an electrical storm damaged the vessel and killed hazard to mate Stephen Robinson who was knocked unconscious at the wheel. He survived but remained in serious condition though expected to recover. The tempest was sighted off Petit Manan early today as Captain Lindsay steered through the shock and awe of the gale.
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Machias
Addie Fuller
New York
Stephen Robinson
Robinson
Fuller
Tempes
Petit Manan
Old Boston Firms: John Colter Dorchester Boat Builder
John Colter, age 88, longtime Dorchester boat builder at 364 Freeport Street, remains active overseeing repairs. Born 1822 in New Brunswick, he arrived in Boston in 1844, built and repaired numerous boats, and helped shape Dorchester Bay shipyards for over six decades.
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Boston
John Colter
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Colter
Dorchester Bay
Mr. Colter
Adams Street
New Brunswick
Frederickton
Samuel Jefferson
South Margin Street
Charles Street
Dedham
Jefferson
Elsmere
Egypt
Humphreys
Hismere
Falls 20 Feet In Fall From Fire Escape
Horace Herman a 24 year old married man living at 81 Webster Place North End fell 20 feet from a fire escape at 2 Webster Place yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the Relief Hospital.
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Horace Herman
Webster Place
North End
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Posner
Douglass
W. A. Robbins
Cook William Simpson
Lewis Peters
William Ramsey
Joseph Kaio
Maurice Metten
Miss
Marriau
Koffor
Tate
Wore
Momer
Old Boston
James A. Houston Company
P. H. Magrane
Pres
P. B. Magrane
Treas
Goodyear West
Oxfords
Sinatra
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