Provincetown Fleet Maneuvers Aug 13 Amid Secrecy and Togo Arrival
News from Provincetown reports heavy naval maneuvers watched by officers aboard the Nebraska amid claims of foreign agents aboard private craft. The fleet plans kite practice at dawn with a trophy presentation to the Michigan and a formal reception for Admiral Togo, while police combat bootlegged liquor as 3500 sailors go ashore daily without major incidents. The Nebraska recovers its launch worth 8000 and Virginia recovers a 6000 torpedo projectile from 97 feet.
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Provincetown
Nebraska
Pilgrim Tower
Dolphin
George von L. Meyer
Michigan
Togo
Berry
Osterhaus
Warrington
W. M. Hunt
Boston
Virginia
Fleet maneuvers to be held far offshore with destroyer cordon
The kite or aeroplane tactics will be tested at least 20 miles from shore. Battleships will run under full steam with torpedo-boat destroyers forming a protective cordon to block civilian craft. Official fleet actions await Admiral Osterhaus official report to Washington.
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Hugo Osterhaus
Washington
Odd Mosquito In Back Bay Inhabits Local Streets
Swarms of a yellowish insect, possibly a new mosquito species, infest Back Bay with Commonwealth Avenue Marlboro and Newbury streets most affected. Homes show doors and windows covered as residents plan to alert the Board of Health and the State Entomologist. These insects do not seem to bite and differ from yellow fever or typhoid mosquitoes. They hover by day and stay visible.
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Back Bay
Commonwealth Avenue
Marlboro
Newbury Streets
Board of Health
Etomologist
Charlestown Police Arrest 8 in Raids
Two raids by a new Charlestown squad assisted by the sergeant and twelve officers resulted in eight arrests at 42 and 45 Warren Street. The suspects include Gert rude McDermott 21 Mary Anderson 29 Margaret O Connell 18 Margaret Dennehy 18 William T Smith 28 Joseph Garthright 23 Serenus Yeager 21 and William Bastosky 21.
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Charlestown
Hoy, Horgan and
Walsh
Ferris
Warren Street
Gertrude McDermott
Mary Anderson
Margaret O'Connell
Hast Boston
Margaret Dennehy
Brockton
William T. Smith
Joseph Garthright
Serenus Yeager
William Bostosky
Lenox Club Villa Sold to Harley Proctor
Harley T. Proctor of New York bought the Lenox Club Villa on Walker street for 21000. He came from Williamstown eight years ago and owns a large Lenox villa and 386 thoroughbred horses, 18 of which he drives daily.
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Lenox
Harley T. Proctor
New York
Walker Street
LenOx Club
Proctor
Williamstown
College Town
Beattie to Face Virginia Grand Jury for Bride Murder
A Virginia grand jury will indict Henry Clay Beattie Jr. for the murder of his wife near Richmond on July 18. Prosecutors allege Beattie fired the shot, while a coroner's jury previously found him guilty. the trial could begin within a week to 18 days. Beulah Binford, the slain bride, is not expected to testify.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Henry Clay Beattie
Beattie
Commonwealth
Beulah Binford
Heat Wave to Grip Nation With Late-Week Cooldown
Washington reports a hot wave across the country this week with exemptions for the Southern and Pacific coasts. The Weather Bureau foresees cooler weather and thunder showers later in the week as atmospheric pressure shifts bring lower temperatures to the Northwest, Midwest, and Eastern States by week’s end.
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Washington
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Northwestern States
Dorchester Girl Overcomes Currents In Harbor Swim
Miss Nellie Cummings 15 of 136 Walnut Street Dorchester swam from Tenean Beach to City Point and back within six hours and fifteen minutes covering about eight miles. Strong tides and currents pushed her off course toward the Neponset River before she resumed a direct route to the pump station and Head House. She plans another attempt this week expressing confidence in completing the difficult harbor swim.
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Nellie Cummings
Matthew Cummings
Walnut Street
Dorchester
Dorchester Bay
Tenean Beach
City Point Pier
Neponset
City Point
Pledges Reach 50800 For Mission Work At Old Orchard
In 31 minutes the Christian Missionary Alliance pledges totalled 50800 at Old Orchard Maine as $43000 was raised in the morning and more in the afternoon. The Rev. A B Simpson of New York delivered the annual sermon and pledges ranged from 75 cents to 4000 with other amounts noted.
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Old Orchard
Christian Missionary Alliance
A. B. Simpson
New York
Death of Former Representative William F. Haggerty at 89
Ill former Webster representative William F. Haggerty died at his Webster home today from heart trouble at age 89. He served in the State Legislature in 1905 06 as a Democrat and had held many town offices. A widow and two children survive.
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Webster
William F. Haggerty
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Uraw
Thomas Jefferson
Washington St
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Siegel
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