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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1913
Page
4
Scores witnessed a near murder and sensational rescue when a swimmer exhausted after a swim climbed a fishing boat and was thrown overboard. Richard Berenson of the life saving crew pulled her from the water yesterday near Winthrop Beach.
A sun warmed summer resident near the shore drifted half a mile from the beach and fainted. A nearby fishing boat owner refused aid after the woman signaled for help. Berenson, witnessing the dispute, dove in and saved the unconscious woman, bringing her to a lifeboat.
Thousands gathered in Central square as Lynn’s first train rolled over the new elevated structure replacing the old grade crossing. The 1:40 pm run carried eleven cars, mostly Lynn residents, with Engineer Stephen S Berry and Conductor H G Worcester in charge. Only the westbound track is complete, and the scene drew crowds of onlookers who watched trains pass without blocking the street.
New York endured a 103 degree Sunday with humidity and heat driving crowds to beaches. Coney Island and Brighton Beach drew hundreds of thousands as storms later damaged property. lightning killed an unidentified man at Pelham Park and Rye Beach claimed Peter Kelly, 18, and injured Frank Morgan. One prostration death noted.
The 1913 internal revenue, totaling 344,424,453, rose on record drinking and smoking. Osborne reported tax sources show whiskey and brandy sales at 157,542,000 and beer at 65,246,000, with tobacco and cigarettes adding substantial sums. Playing cards and cigars also contributed to federal revenue in this year ending June 30.
Cardinal Gibbons formally opened the 12th annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Milwaukee with pontifical high mass at St John’s Cathedral. The cathedral was filled and streets nearby crowded as about 30,000 delegates gathered for the event.
Cardinal Gibbons gave a special apostolic blessing at the Milwaukee Auditorium after a parade with more than 15 000 participants. Delegates from across the country and Canada attended the event with five archbishops twenty bishops and ten monsignors on the reviewing stand.
Shopmates of William A. Slater Jr the Melton born heir to Slater-Jewett mills plan a wedding gift after his marriage yesterday at York Harbor Me to Madeline Allen of South Orange N J Slater who left Harvard in 1911 to work in his father s mills Nelson Slater Mil ton Mass cousin and best man at the ceremony notes the couple will take a short trip then go to Pinehurst N C where Slater owns a farm.
A sermon extols lay zeal and learning as essential to Christianity. It highlights Justin Martyr, Lactantius and others, praises the Knights of Columbus, and urges open faith to all while inviting lay cooperation and patient dialogue with dissenters.
Curtis Bell of New York, his four women guests, and the crew were rescued after his 40 foot cruising yacht struck a rocky ledge near Little Captain's Island off Greenwich during a Long Island Sound storm. The vessel began taking water and sank. rescuers reached the party before harbor arrival. An attempt will be made to refloat the yacht tomorrow. The yacht’s name was not available.
At 12 16 a m the Lake Placid area felt an earthquake shock brief yet sharp enough to awaken guests at summer hotels. The tremor was followed by a 16 degree drop in temperature, echoing prior May shocks that also brought cooler air.
Miss Emmeline Pankhurst mounted the Nelson column plinth and urged followers to march on Downing Street. Police clashed with militants at Whitehall and Horse Guards, arresting Pankhurst and nine others as contractors and bystanders dispersed amid rough enforcement. Saturday dawn services at Westminster Abbey were disrupted by twenty suffragettes chanting for Pankhurst before quieting.
Lillian Lunt, 28, of 11 Swallow Street South Boston, is in critical condition at City Hospital after swallowing two tablets alleged to be poisonous at her home last night. A doctor was summoned and she was moved to the hospital.
Eugene P. Driscoll thirty of Worcester Massachusetts a member of the Fifteenth United States Cavalry from Fort Myer now taking part in cavalary maneuvers at Winchester Virginia was fatally injured early today by falling from a third story hotel window in Hagerstown Maryland it is believed he fell asleep while sitting at the window and dropped to the sidewalk
Gov Sulzer states he did not use campaign contributions for personal use or to speculate in stocks. He says he never used funds from Fuller & Gray or Boyer & Griswold and that Harris & Fuller stock dealings were a loan secured by collateral. He asserts deposits of campaign checks to his personal account were later paid to his campaign, and he relied on campaign staff to file receipts and disbursements.
A historic obituary recalls Gen. Jones of the Sixth who marched through Baltimore at the start of the Civil War. He later led the Twenty sixth Massachusetts, served in the Massachusetts House, became Lieutenant Governor in 1885, and was brevette brigadier general after the war. He moved to this city in 1866 and ran a scale business.
W A Varney of Lynn Mass and his physician meet the public at Riker Jaynes Drug Store corner Hanover St to discuss neuritis and rheumatism. He promotes Varnesis, claiming it restores stomach and liver function, with free consultation daily and offers to publish investigation results.
The passage lists groups including Patriots of America Society of Colonial Wars Sons of the American Revolution the Loyal Legion the Army and Navy Club of Washington Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston and identifies an individual as a 38 degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Odi Fellows.
Patsy Couteueto a laborer at 47 West Street Newton was discovered in his residence with a severe flesh wound from a violent altercation with a friend. The assailant remains at large though his identity is known.
Malden citizens and police hunted through the night for a young assailant who attacked 6 year old Helen Nash, daughter of Thomas Nash of 76 Maynard Street. A partial description was obtained from the frightened child before she collapsed.
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