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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1913
Page
7
George S. Ayer aged 61, a well known Manchester resident, was killed when an automobile he rode in turned turtle and fell onto him at about 4 PM. The crash occurred in Manchester New Hampshire.
Ayer rode with Clarence D. Palmer owner of the car and driving it when a skid after a recent shower led to a crash on Hooksett road toward Concord. Ayer, an Amoskeag mill electrician, was injured while Palmer escaped with minor bruises. Both residents of Manchester.
D C Reed of Wooster claims a timber wolf attacked a female tiger cat in a dark barn at midnight. Reed captured the strange animal while a second cub escaped. Rocky River residents had hunted wolves from Canada years before, but this new sighting renews the tale.
Manchester New Hampshire August 10 Roger McGrath a 50 year old grocer's clerk living at 520 Dubuque street killed himself in his cellar this afternoon by cutting his throat with a razor. He left a wife and child. No reason given for the act.
A burglar surprised by Mrs. E Matthew Richardson in a Roxbury residence at 43 St James Street before dawn seized a revolver and demanded money. He robbed Mrs Richardson and Mrs Harry King of jewelry and four dollars, then fled as police surrounded the house.
Two bears led by Prince and Sweet Adeline slid the chutes for about half an hour while a crowd watched. Teddy the grizzly interrupted with a bear fight before a truce ended the spectacle and Oso discovered a bone nearby.
Crowds packed Horticultural Hall on the exhibit’s final day. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society organized the free gladiolus and phlox display drawing many visitors and awarding prizes.
Expert florists praised the gladiolus displays with first prizes awarded to Mrs. Jean D L Gardner and W C Brown of Ashland. Cedar Acres Wenham exhibitor B Hammond Tracy introduced two new varieties the Barbara and Gold Thread. A striking centerpiece featured a fountain hedge of orange tiger lilies from R G Farquhar Co. The Miss Agnes Fitzgerald cannon canna by Leonard W Ross drew attention with a merit certificate. Frederick J Rea Norwood won for perennal phlox. fruit and vegetables also drew praise with Whitman and Brown earning multiple prizes.
Francis Carey of St. Augustine's South Boston will join the Jesuit novitiate at St. Andrew-on-the-Hudson next month. Francis Hill and Francis Neville forged Redemptorist vows in Illchester and planned study at a Redemptorist house in Aesopus New York. St Patrick's Stoneham receives a Holy Family statue memorial. St Gregory's Dorchester Lower Mills marks its cornerstone anniversary with Bishop Anderson presiding. Roxbury and Waltham Knights of Columbus gain permission to erect new homes. Mgr James Bradley of St Mary's College visits Weymouth before reopening. Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at Danvers awaits final touches for Feast of the Assumption view.
Police boat Watchman spent nearly two hours yesterday grappling for a body found with clothing on a Fort Point wharf. The man later arrived at his home alive and well, noting only distress over a missing suit of clothes.
Daniel Gillis of 10 Compton Street, South End, swam at night and could not locate his clothes. After hours of searching the wharves, a Samaritan loaned him trousers. The suit was later found. Gillis returned home to retrieve it, baffling officers who feared a drowning.
A $10,000 gift from Frank W. Cunningham’s family funds education for Catholic boys aiming to enter church seminaries. Bishop Louis S Walsh announced it at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, where Apostolic Delegate John Bonzane read a Pope Pius X greeting tied to Bar Harbor’s centenary events.
Michael Venutr a 25 year old of 102 King Hill Road South Braintree was kicked in the head by a horse while securing animals at the Custom House stable late last night. He was taken to the Relief Station where doctors believe he will recover.
A convention of the Knights of the Road was disrupted by policemen yesterday in South Boston. About a hundred Wearys attended the gathering near New Haven’s freight yards on the South Boston Flats, where delegates could step from box cars to reach the meeting.
The Knights of the Road held a reunion in Boston called by Pittsh ure Pete, a figure from Hobo lore. Attendees, from various cities, exchanged nicknames, drank beer from kegs, and planned a midwinter meeting with Jacksonville and Los Angeles as nominees before police intervened and the crowd fled.
Berlin reports its nightlife as lively as Europe but George Ade found it slow during a three day stay with Roger Sullivan. Ade, arriving from St Petersburg, stayed in the imperial suite at the Adlon and planned three nights of late nights to test the city. He said the scene was pleasant but too slow to keep him awake past midnight.
An unidentified man about 25 to 30 years old was struck by a fast freight train on the Maine Central near Freeport. He died instantly or soon after, and a diary found on him written in French suggested he was a foreman at a local lumber camp, but his identity remained unknown.
The Italian Society Irpinia discussed erecting a settlement house in the North End to aid Italian immigrants. Officers elected include President Filippo Assanti and Vice President Irancesco Ciccone. Plans to rent a house were noted as the project moves forward.
A Malden conductor and police escorted Hogan from a Malden car after he refused to leave when asked due to a crowding complaint. Hogan protested that he had no files on him as the officer took him away.
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