Explosion On Vessel Satellite Kills Two Firemen
A tubular boiler burst in the Satellite off Spectacle Island causing scalding to Firemen Lang Callahan and Bennett and fatally injuring Bennett. The 250 passengers watched as the crew evacuated the fireroom and the tug Kate Jones towed the vessel to Long Island Hospital. Captain Sorenson and Engineer Swim blamed the rapid burst for the fatalities.
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Satellite
Spectacle Island
Stephen Callahan
Robert Lang
Michael Bennett
Long Island Hospital
Sorenson
Central Wharf
Lang
Callahan
Bennett
Herbert Swim
Tims
Swim
Kate Jones
Long Island
Boston
Marine Firemen’s Union
The
Union
Commercial Street
Governors of Massachusetts a daily glance at its early leaders
A profile of John Hancock the first Massachusetts governor under the Constitution. Born in 1737 in Quincy, Hancock led colonial resistance, signed the Declaration, presided over Continental Congress, and governed Massachusetts from 1780 until his death in 1795, with a noted stance on federal authority and state sovereignty.
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Massachusetts
Old Bay State
John Hancock
Quincy
Harvard
England
Hancock
Boston
General Assembly
James Otis
Thomas Cushing
Samuel Adams
Citizens’ Committee
Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Piancock
Lexington
Adams
Gage
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Washington
Jor
Rhode Island
United States
Princeton
Yale
Grown University
Paul Jones Towboat Arrives In Boston Harbor
The Paul Jones, the largest wooden tow boat on the Atlantic coast, arrived in Boston harbor yesterday drawing attention along the waterfront. It is owned by the Thames Towboat Company of New London Connecticut and operates in the oil trade.
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Paul Jones
Atlantic
Boston Harbor
Thames Towboat Company of
New London
Marshall Ready to Talk After Jail Delays
John R Marshall pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy indictment with Big Bill Kelcher and Martin J Walsh for defrauding National City Bank of Cambridge. He asked for bail reduction from $10,000 after two weeks of heat at Charles Street jail. He said he would inform the government if he knew anything helpful and urged his counsel to secure release.
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Marshall
United States
Garland
French
Edward AL. McManus
Philadelphia
McManus
George W. Coleman
William H. Garland
Coleman
Dodge
Boston
Charles Street
John R. Marshall
Kelcher
Martin J. Walsh
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Walsh
Knights Templars Hold 1st Triennial Conclave in Chicago
The Knights Templars of the United States convene in Chicago from August 8 to 11 with over 125000 members represented. Delegations from New England lead by Coeur de Leon of Charlestown and Joseph Warren Commandery of Roxbury join the march north with plans to tour Niagara Falls Lake Erie Cleveland Detroit Toronto and Quebec before returning under George S Marsters.
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Knights Templars of
United States
Chicago
Templars
New England
Coeur de Leon
Charlestown
George S. Marsters
Washington Street
Joseph Warren Commandery
Roxbury
Hartford
Conn
Yellowstone Park
Kansas City
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
New Hampshire
Vermont
Frank W. Lund
St. George’s
Washington Commandery
E. Ray Shaw
C. W. Sawyer
Hugo de Payens
Joseph Warren
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Detroit
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Quebec
George EK. Marsters
Lynn's Night at Elks Circus Shines Despite Weather
Lynn's Night at the Elks Circus in Winthrop drew crowds despite threatening weather. Captain Bill Daly of the shoe city acted as ringmaster, dazzling admirers in crushed strawberry breeches and a ruf fled shirt front with a stentorian voice and cracking whip.
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Lynn
Elks’ Circus
Winthrop
Bill” Daly
Shoe City
Bill
Worcester Man May Fly Here
Rumor says Wallace E. Tillinghast may display his rumored aeroplane at the New England fair in Worcester during the first week of September. The Worcester Agricultural Society seeks him for a big attraction but he demands outright payment and will not exhibit on a percentage basis.
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Worcester
Wallace E. Tillinghast
New York
Harvard
Worcester Agricultural Society
Tillinghast
Harvard Alumni Soldier in Spanish American War
The subject was the grandson of Moses A. Dow, publisher of the Waverly Magazine. He graduated from Harvard University in 1898 and from Harvard Law School in 1901, and served in Battery A First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery during the Spanish American War, a unit known as the Harvard battery due to its large Harvard representation.
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Moses A. Dow
Waverly Magazine
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Harvard Battery
Harvard
Milk licenses revoked for nine Chicago dealers
Chicago authorities revoke licenses of nine milk dealers after city physician Evans deems their premises unclean and unsanitary. Mayor Husse signs off on the health department recommendation.
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Chicago
Husse
Health Department
Evans
Une
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Paris Street
Port
Cher
By Wilk
Anhen
Greenwich, Conn
Charles Winthrop Cutter
Ber
New York Dry Goods Commission
Kraft & Cutter
Brookline
Mass
Mr. Cutter
Leonard F. Cutter
Horlick’s
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