Girl Drowns While Bathing at Cohas Pond Resort
Miss Annie Pouliot aged 16 of 8 Leggitt Court drowned at Cohas Pond Pine Island Park four miles south of Manchester during a bathing outing. Arthur Valancourt of 15 Laval Street, with instructor Richard O Neill, tried to rescue them. Pouliot died despite oxygen and medical aid. Valancourt survived after first aid. Bertha Hebert, a friend in the party, was stricken with grief at home later.
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Manchester
N. H
Annie Pouliot
Leggitt Court
Cohas Pond
Pine Island Park
Arthur Valancourt
Laval Street
Richard O'Neil
Valancourt
Manchester Po
Bertha Hebert
Canal Street
British Guns Sink U-Boat Off Brest
An Atlantic port report says a British freighter, arriving here, claimed three hits on a German submarine off Brest during its last outward voyage. The shots destroyed the periscope and caused an explosion, with the submarine sinking beneath the waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Brest
Teuton Offensive In Romania Diminishing
Petrograd reports that after heavy losses by Austro German forces and strong Russian resistance the Teuton offensive on the Romanian front is diminishing in intensity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Odessa
Machine Skids One Dead Three Hurt in Crash
Miss Clara Markle of New Haven died at a Pittsfield hospital from a fractured skull after an automobile accident near Stockbridge last night. Injured were Miss Jane Gill, O C Smith and Frank Doyle, all of Bridgeport, Conn., in a machine that skidded and overturned on an oily road.
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Pittsfield
Clara Markle
New Haven
Conn
Stockbridge
Jane Gill
O. C. Smith
Frank Doyle
Bridgeport
Lowell Pastor Accepts Cambridge Church Call
At a special meeting after morning service at Immanuel Papast Church in Cambridge the Rev. William S. Jacobs of Lowell accepted the pastorate. He succeeds Rev. Arthur S. Burrows who resigned June 1 after four and a half years due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
William S. Jacobs
Lowell
Mr. Jacobs
Arthur S. Burrows
Burrows
Drowned Man in Moosehead Lake in Maine
Richard Butler of Belleville Illinois drowned today in Moosehead Lake Rockwood Maine. Butler employed by Great Northern Paper Company went out in a canoe with Thomas Daley and Donald McCathrin both of Rockwood. The canoe capsized and Daley and McCathrin reached shore but Butler was unable to be saved.
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Rockwood
Richard Butler
Belleville, Ill
Moosehead Lake
Ing. Butler
Great Northern Paper Company
Thomas Daley
Donald McCathrin
Butler
Dress Fire Claims Woman's Life in Somerville
Mrs. Martha P. Sargent, 70, died at Somerville Hospital from burns after her dress caught fire near a gas stove on Steleware Street. Neighbors heard her screams and found her burning dress, leaving her face and body badly burned.
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Martha P. Sargent
Steleware Street
Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Rooster Climbs Tree for Cherries Feeds Hens
Upper Sandusky Ohio August 12 Anthony Hall near Sycamore owns a cherry tree used by a rooster to reach high branches. The bird climbs to the ends of every limb and drops the ripe fruit for hens to gorge on in a large farm flock.
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Upper
Sandusky
Anthony Hall
Near
Sycamore
Mr. Hall
Motherly Hen Takes Charge of Kittens in Milton
In Milton Indiana an old hen belonging to Mrs Will Huddleston near Abington found a nest of kittens in a manger and began covering them. The cat seeks protection under the hen and leaves the kittens to her care.
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Milton
Ind
Will Huddleston
Abington
Bumper crop of cabbage cited for sauerkraut methods
The U S Department of Agriculture notes a bumper cabbage crop due to heavy rains and low prices last year. It advises simple, low cost sauerkraut preservation for cabbage cucumbers beets and beans with step by step brine and fermentation instructions and lists containers spices dill grape leaves and bricks as needed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Boston
Sam
Economical Windfall Apple Butter Recipe from U S Experts
U S Department of Agriculture issues an economical method for making apple butter from windfalls. Steps include washing jars and rubbers, boiling jars, preparing apples with four gallons of water per bushel, cooking to pulp, adding two gallons of cider, then sugar and spices before sealing hot jars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Drying Sweet Corn Proved Safe and Costly Saver
Massachusetts Agricultural College extension expert W. W. Chenoweth urges drying sweet corn as safer easier and cheaper than canning. He claims dried corn is more nutritious and can be preserved in a fully ripened state by blanching cooling slicing scraping kernels and drying in sun or on a platform for three to four days, then baking briefly to deter pests before storage.
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W. W. Chenoweth
Massachusetts Agricultural College University Extension Service
Extension Service
Eagle Attacks Man Before Fatal Battle Near Six Corners
A man near Six Corners was attacked by a large eagle as he walked to work. The eagle swooped from a fence and grasped his wrist before Siebenaler wrestled it to the ground. The bird measured four feet four inches across.
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Bran. O
Raymond Siebenaler
Siebenaler
Six Corners
Not a Land of Liberty Says U S Says
A mass meeting at the Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church in Cambridge protested East St. Louis race riots and draft discrimination. Archibald H. Grimke of the NAACP condemned American racism and urged Black men to build in industry while opposing lynching and calling for federal anti lynching laws. The Middlesex Civic League adopted a resolution demanding action against race prejudice and sent copies to Cambridge officials and the press.
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East St. Louis
Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church
Cambridge
Archibald H. Grimke
Washington, D. C
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
America
Grimke
Europe
Belgium
Congo
Mr. Grimke
John L. Davis
Portsmouth
N. H
Edward Everett Brown
Brown
Britain
St. Louis
North
Mr. Brown
Middlesex Civic League
United States
Middlesex County Civic League
Council of Cambridge
William LD. Brigham
Curtis J. Wright
Frank ©. Lowden
Ill
Osborne Dezanson
Woburn
Frederick Dallinger
Congress
Cambridgeity Council
Bezanson
Dallimer
Dallinger
Raymond Phillips
West Medford
Oriental Order Trip Down Harbor Delights Boston Delegates
Two hundred delegates to the Oriental Order of Humility and Perfection held an all day harbor trip in Boston hosted by Jesop Sanctorum No. 184. An onshore prize drill at the Pemberton Inn saw Cairo Sanctorum of Buffalo win first prize a large silk American flag. Kheder Khim Sanctorum of Prachaecter second prize a loving cup. Aesop Sanctorum of Boston third prize a purse of money.
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Oriental Order of Humility and Perfection
Boston
Jesop Sanctorum
Pemberton Inn
Cairo
Victoria Cross Awarded to Canadian Captain William Bishop
The official notice details Captain William Bishop of the Royal Flying Corps earning the Victoria Cross for single handedly attacking an enemy German air drome. He engaged seven grounded machines, destroying several aircraft with precise rifle fire and machine gun rounds from low altitudes before returning safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Bishop
Royal Fling Corps
Bishop
No Waiting at Church Wedding May 1943
James V. Church of the United States Ship Virginia and Miss Golden B. Allen, an actress living at 3 Hancock Street Boston, wed during a church service at First Methodist Church Newton after a day spent seeking a minister. Mrs John Franklin Harvey arranged the interrupted ceremony. The Rev G Charles Gray paused his Newton sermon to perform the wedding and bless the couple.
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Cupid
James V. Church
United States
Virginia
Golden B. Allen
Hancock Street
Boston
John Franklin Harvey
Temple Street
Navy Yard
G. Charles Gray
First Methodist Church
Newton
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