Astor Engagement Draws Newport Social Spotlight
Col Astor and his fiancee Miss Force visit Beechwood Newport as forces plan a cottage stay for the season. The couple receives welcome from Mrs Ogden Mills and others while Mrs Force and her daughter head to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Beaulieu
W. W. Astor
Colonel Astor
Beechwood
Astor Estate
Thomas Hade
Miss Force
New York
Astor
Astor Mansion
William Agstor
Ogden Mills
America
Mrs. Astor
Colonel Aster
Mills
Mystery death witness vanishes amid farm death probe
In Barre Aug 3 the disappearance of John Holbrook, a farm hand, deepens the mystery of Frank Ceeley's death amid claims he heard the dying man say he took poison. Mrs. Bemis says Holbrook was present at the deathbed and heard the confession, but officials have not interviewed him. Holbrook boarded the 18 train to Worcester, with a search planned there for his account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astor
John Jacob Astor
Ava Willing
William H. Force
Colonel Astor
W. H. Force & Co
Front Street
Young Astor
Worcester
Holbrook
Ceeley
Frank
Important Witness Sought in Elmwood Farm Tragedy
Authorities pursue an important witness in the Ceeley death at Elmwood Farm. Mrs. Bemis defends her account of the event and denounces gossip linking earlier farm deaths to the tragedy. District Attorney Stiles to present grand jury with Whitney and Chamberlain findings after Harvard analysis of organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceeley
Elmwood Farm
Post
J. A. Stiles
Tragic Poisoning At Farm After Rehire Refusal
A man named Ceeley, rehired and then rejected, attempted suicide by poison after confessing to his employer that he had feelings for the employer’s mother. Despite medical aid from Dr. Bates and Dr. Bixby, Ceeley died at the farm three miles from the depot. The events followed a failed meeting at the 6:21 Boston train.
The Forbidden Way delight in Sunday Post Magazine
George Gibbs' serial The Forbidden Way proves highly entertaining to fans of fine fiction and appears in the next Sunday's issue of the Sunday Post Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gibbs
Sunday Post
Missing Gul Found In Iree Top
Hundreds searched after Miss Davis, a 20 year old woman, vanished from Bethel. A bloodhound aided finders as she was located 25 rods up a pine tree near Howe Hill. Her father recovered hope as he lifted her to safety and she signaled she wished to go home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Davis
Bethel
Charles M. Davis
Errol
N. H
Davis
Tina Davis
Boston Harbor
Tréfethen
Hartland
Howe's Hill
Mt. Abram
Rabbit Road
Edwards
Stowell
Obituary notices from Boston area Aug 1911
In this city Aug 1 to Aug 8 many local residents are listed with funeral details. Names include William H Butcher Joseph H Concannon Agnes J Connor Michael Cuddy William A Cumming Sarah Ann Diggins Mary B Melley Francis P Tierney Cornelius J Sullivan and others. Funeral times venues and church services are given with their last residences and interment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butcher
William H
Ellen
William Butcher
St. Germain Street
St. Cecilia Church
East Boston
Back Bay
Ciralli
Roxbury
Joseph
Carmella Ciralli
Aliot
Tremont Street
St. Francis de Sales
Golden Star
Foresters of America
St. Michael's Cemetery
Concannon
Punta Gorda
Fla
Joseph H. Concannon
Nellie Concannon
Cox
Connor
Watertown
Agnes J
Frank J. Connor
Murehy
Elliot Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Cuddy
Michael
Mary Cuddy
Magazine Street
S. Patrick's Church
Dudley Street
Calvary Cemetery
Cumming
Jamaica Plain
William A. Cumming
Owen F. Cumming
Sotth Street
St. Thomas’ Church
Diggins
Winthrop
Sarah Ann
Patrick Diggins
Clark
Putnam Street
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Lincoln
Winthrop Streets
Gloucester
Mass
St. John’s
N. F
Winthrop Centre
Duffy
Cambridge
Mary B. Melley
John T. Duffy
Sidney Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Getchell
James Herbert Getchell
Keniston
South Boston
Mary J
Warren J. Keniston
Jennings
East Second Street
Gate of Heaven Church
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Arlington
Landry
Julia
Victor Landry
Lumher Street
Church of the Assumption
Loftus
Boston
Bridget
Thomas Loftus
Bridget Kelley
W. Fourth Street
St. Augustine's Church
McManus
Mary K
Ellen’ McManus
Gaffey
Michael Kelley
Parker Street
Mission Church
Page
Frank Wilfred Page
Massachusetts
Walk Hill Street
Forest Hills
Burlington
Brandon
Montpellier
Potter
Frank H. Potter
Trinity Church
Charlestown
William
Ann Shaw
Frank F. Shaw
Auburn Street
Woodlawn
Sullivan
Dorchester
Cornelius J
Mary
St. Monica's Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col. Astor
Vincent Astor
Mr. Force
Mr. Astor
John R. Drexel
Edwin J. Berwind
Aiva Willing Astor
Boston AP
All America
City Ticket Office
Washington & Court Sts
C. M. Bart
Ain
Okeeffe
Pat
Saree Ali
Rad
New Englangl
California
Union St
City
Washington Street
Ann Washington
Washington State
Friend St
Myra A. Bemis
Barre
Whitney
Starvard University
W. E. Chamberlain
Daniel H. Rice
Harvard
Barre Centre
Constantine
Bates
D. A. Sargent
Hemenway Gymnasium
Ale’ Gaditano
Chalif
Saida R. Brunk
George Fullerton Evans
A. M
Miss Faulhaber
Columbine
Miss Brunk
C. B. Lewis
Stein-Bloch
Iree Top
Elsie
Kodaks
Jerome H. Remick & Co
Flossie
Wilson Bros
Scollay
Rogers
Waltham Watches
Wilson Brothers, Scollay SQ
Summer Street
Washington St
John T. Ga
Union Street
Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall
New England
Okside
Oxford Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers No
Lagrange Street
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