Old Essex Woman Marks 103rd Birthday With Family
Mrs. Sally Burnham of South Essex celebrates her 103rd birthday in an old Colonial mansion. Family members present include her daughter Mrs. Sally S. Lufkin and grandchildren from Beverly. she chats with a Post reporter about modern news and future travels as she recalls past rides and expresses interest in meeting President Taft.
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South Essex
Sally Burnham
Burnham
Sally S. Lufkin
Himer BE. Abbott
Beverly
Mrs. Burnham
Wright Brothers
United States
Fresh Fish Landings and Late Atlantic Arrivals
The precinct’s fish prier saw limited catches yesterday after a week’s higher totals as the small sloop Sarah landed 26 swordfish at 9.12 cents a pound. Trawlers delivered 106,800 pounds of mixed fresh fish including haddock 38,000 cod 44,000 hake 18,000 and pollock 4,800 with haddock at 3 cents, large cod 3 1/2, markets 2 1/4, hake 1 1/2 to 2. Several steamships, including Caledonian from Manchester and Liverpool, Cambrian from London, Wilson line Buffalo from Hull, and Boliviana from Fowey, arrived with cargoes and livestock, reporting dense fog along the coast and a possible wreck debris sighting near New Jersey. The North Carolina will sail later, while Kenosha wreckage is suspected. Allan line Laurentian will sail empty to Glasgow, and Vera brings 20,000 banana bunches from Jamaica. The Cymric arrives at Queenstown with many Boston-bound passengers.
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Haddock
Robert & Arthur
Appomattox
F. D. Brown
Caledonian
Manchester
England
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Clyde Street Pier
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Hiscoe
London
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Hull
Mystic Wharf
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Laurentian
Imrie
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United Fruit Company
Vera
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St. Anne Bay
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Jam
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Cymric
Landsman
Essex's Oldest Resident Celebrates Birthday
Beverly observers note possible visit by the nation's chief executive to Essex's oldest resident, Mrs. Burnham born August 5, 1806. She married Zaccheus Burnham on April 27, 1880 and celebrated their golden wedding in 1880. Seventeen later years, Mr. Burnham died, and Mrs. Burnham still retains her faculties as she marks her birthday with notable vitality.
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Essex
Burnham
Zaccheus Burnham
Shipping News Mini Almanac Updated for Aug
Arrivals list steamers Saxonia Pentecost and Queenstown with 1 0 0s cargo and 873 passengers to Cunard S Co. Caledonian Cannon Iscoe Gut Heil Vera Exholm Boliviana Haynes Buffalo Governor Cobb City of Bangor Prince George Onondaga Googins Gloucester etc. Cleared steamers Laurentia Esparza Vizentia Bunk er Hill and others sailed winds N E.
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Norfolk Poloists Beat Great Neck 2d In Freshmen Cup Final
In a drizzle at Wild Field Farm Narra gansett Pier R I Norfolk defeated the Great Neck second team 11 to 9 in the freshmen cups final. Poor footing on soggy ground affected the ponies.
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R. I
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Captain Riley Leads Passenger Steamer in First Season
Captain Joseph C. Riley, a Boston native and son of a famed harbor captain, commands a passenger steamer between this port and Hough's Neck. He says his maritime knowledge comes from his father and 25 years as a master after starting at 16 on harbor tugs. The era recalls Boston as a great seaport for West Indies trade. The arrival of the tramp steamer marks a new chapter.
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Hough’s Neck
Captain Riley
Boston
Old North End
Riley
Boston Harbor
Post
West Indies
Captain Riley’s Waterfront Career Highlights and Feats
In a long harbor service career he towed the first Reading coal barge into Newburyport Harbor and the last schooner built there the H. W. McComber. He also towed out the last sailing ship from the West Indies to Salem and the first car float in Boston Harbor, after stints on clipper ships and tug boats.
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New York
Nantucket Shoals
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Newburyport Harbor
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West Indies
Salem
Boston Harbor
City approves licenses for American and National eball teams
Mayor Hibbard agreed to issue licenses to both leagues after assurances from league representatives they would cooperate with police to curb gambling at games. The plan followed talks with Chief John Casey and Captain Hanley, who endorsed the approach and will sign licenses.
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Hibbard
John Casey
Hanley
Robbed by Hold-Up Gang on Dover Street Bridge
Alexander Wilchinick 32 of 199 Athens Street South Boston told police Division 6 he was held up and robbed last night on the Dover street bridge by a crowd of eight to ten young men. He had $90 in bills when the robbers attacked, threw him to the ground and emptied his pockets. no arrests were made.
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Athens Street
Boston
Division 6
Dover Street Bridge
Wilchinick
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