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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1921
Page
3
Herbert Pratt aged 64 of Quincy was found at his Coddington street home after wandering off while blueberry picking in Weymouth and Hingham. He survived a night in the woods making a willow bed and slept until morning before completing about three miles to safety.
Harl Gillis aged 22 of 14 Torrey avenue was struck by an automobile on Torrey street at midnight. The car was driven by Edward S. Tufts of Main street North Haston. Gillis bled and was unconscious and died on the way to Brockton Hospital.
Berwick Pennsylvania August 7 1918 Mrs Ida Hatch 40 admits living with two husbands in the same block as police question her on cruelty to her grandson and note she faces bigamy charges after John Eck declares she is his wife. Her first husband died in 1918 after Easter marriage to William Hatch who later learned of Eck.
John J. Foster 25 of 30 Foster Street Brighton was arrested by Jamaica Plain police after a collision with Abraham Sologub of 120 Shawmut Street Chelsea at Centre Street and Louders Lane. Mrs. Bertha Sologub suffered a fractured right knee and was taken to City Hospital.
Sylvester Beckshta a 46 year old from 421 2 Cross Street North End was found in the hallway on the fourth floor with a lacerated throat. Police searched Hanover Street station district for the assailant as Beckshta lies on the danger list at Haymarket Relief Station.
In a raid by La Grange street station officers on 33 Oak Street South End, Joseph Kalmay 36 attempted to escape from a rear shed and fell about 30 feet to the ground. He is confined at City Hospital with a fracture to the lower left leg.
Herbert Vanderhoof a famed advertising representative for the Canadian Pacific Canadian Grand Trunk Canadian Northern the Canadian government and the Hudson Bay Company died today after a yearlong illness Born in St Paul in 1875 he began as a newspaper man in Portland Missouri and worked in Worcester and Boston before moving to Chicago
An 18 holes handicap medal will be played next Saturday afternoon at the Lexington Golf Club in North Lexington. Match play in the president's trophy tournament will continue with several rounds completed and the final match nearing.
Rutland Aug 7 Longevity creates a quirky family note as Mrs Philena E Putnam aged 91 last January is the niece of Mrs Mary J Wilson of Worcester who turns 91 in November. Mrs Wilson who married twice has a sole surviving relative Merritt BE Bradley of Worcester from the first marriage. Mrs Putnam widow of a former town clerk has lived 64 years in her current house and enjoys automobiling despite age.
Albert Williams, 38, of 62 Midway street Nahant, arrested by East Dedham police for assault and battery with a razor on Joseph Star of Medford court South End. Victim suffered numerous facial and arm wounds and was taken to City Hospital.
Jane G. Austin’s tale reveals romance shaping early Plymouth life. The Boston Sunday Post Magazine features the story as part of its Pilgrim Days era exploration.
The motorboat Evelyn adrift in Race Rip with 23 aboard was rescued by Captain Irving Collins and Coast Guard Station 33 crew late this afternoon. They were drenched bedragged and seasick but escaped with their lives.
Captain Collins and Coast Guard men spot a drifting Evelyn five miles northwest of ProvincetownCape while the crew of three led by Captain Wilbur C Bryant of Cambridge signal for help after burning stern bearings. The vessel lacked enough cable to anchor and drifted rapidly with a makeshift distress flag.
Captain Collins and crew rescued twenty young women stranded offshore aboard the Evelyn. The sea ran heavy but the crew towed the vessel to Provincetown harbor while the women were brought ashore in two trips. The party then boarded a Provincetown motorbus for the trip to Boston.
Police question origin of a bullet that pierced the shoulder of 0 year old Gertrude Bekovits at 63 Emerald Street as she ran into the street in front of the Lincoln House after her brother Bernard. Autoist P. J. Walsh from 46 Dover Street assisted the injured child.
A child was brought to City Hospital with a bullet wound and was resting easily last night. Police theorize the bullet came from a cartridge tossed against the curb by a street youth as investigators press the case.
Russell Banks of 9 Upland Road Cambridge is in Cambridge Relief Hospital with a serious knife wound to the right side after an assault by his wife Mrs Ruth Fanks during a visit to Mr and Mrs Preston Provost at 81 Howard Street. The weapon was a putty knife and Mrs Banks was arrested on assault and battery charges. She was released on bail.
Joseph A. Cromby aged 63 lodger at 8 Appleton street was found dead in a chair in his room yesterday by landlady Mrs. Mary F. Brennan. Medical examiner ruled death due to natural causes.
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