Drifters Rescued After Prolonged Adrift Off Atlantic Coast
After seventy and a half hours adrift in a dory about 75 miles from shore between Highland Light and Rage Point Light, Frank Purdy of Barnstable, crewman on the Boston schooner Athena, was rescued in exhausted condition by coastwise steamers during a perilous trawling trip.
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Highland Light
Rage Point Light
Frank Purdy
Barnstable
Boston
Athena
Inacory
Cape Cod
Falls Out of Boat Drowns In Boston Harbor
Ernest Anderson a 48 year old Brockton city special police officer and chauffeur drowned after slipping on a wet deck aboard motor boat E 440 at Hull Gut off Pedlocks Island Boston Harbor He disappeared in the ebb tide while returning from dinner with six Brockton city employees Anderson lived at 119 Nelson street Brockton and left a wife and three children
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Ernest Anderson
Brockton
Hull Gut
Anderson
Helger Jager
Charles Street
Hough
Nelson Street
Boston Swimmer Battles Gale for 12 Mile Strait
Charles Toth of South Boston braved a furious gale and heavy seas to swim the 12 mile stretch from the Charlestown bridge to Boston Light in 5 hours and 37 minutes. He started amid calm conditions but was hit by a sudden squall off Spectacle Island with dark clouds and rising winds.
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Charles .Toth
Boston
Charles Toth
South
Charlestown Bridge
Boston Light
South Boston
Spectacle Island
Queer patient dies by own action at Boston hospital
William Gibson, 62, long identified as an unknown patient in several Eastern hospitals, died at Boston City Hospital from self-inflicted wounds begun at the Boston Consumptive Hospital. His family record last showed Ocean avenue, Revere, ten years ago. Hospitals say he never disclosed or confirmed the sensational life story surrounding his identity.
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William Gibson
Boston City Hospital
Boston
Gibson
Ocean Avenue
Revere
Man on Williamsburg Bridge Platform Rescued After 225 Foot Struggle
On August 14 in New York a youth named Joseph Herzog climbed to a flagpole platform 225 feet above the East River on the Williamsburg Bridge. Police wrestled him down after a tense stand, crowd watched, and Herzog was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation.
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Williamsburg Bridge
East River
Joseph Herzog
Bellevue Hospital
Herzog
Flerzog
Heart Location Inquiry Ends in Suicide in Port Jervis
In Port Jervis New York on August 14 retired merchant Ethelbert Crawford visited Dr Glatzmeyer for a minor ailment. The doctor drew a circle marking the heart with a pencil and, while writing a prescription, Crawford shot himself in the circle's center and died instantly.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Ethelbert Crawford
New York
Dr. Glatzmeyer
Auto Hit By Train Kills Two In New Hampshire
Roland R. Rocheleau age 16 and the infant daughter of Mrs Bernice Boisvert of 19 Bird street were killed when a car was struck by a train at a crossing in Derry New Hampshire. Two other occupants were seriously injured as the machine was hurled about 50 feet from the crossing.
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Derry
N. H
Roland R. Rocheleau
Bernice Boisvert
Bird Street
Customs men seize jewels on Brooklyn pier
A small jewelry box addressed to George C. Tait at Hotel Buckminster Boston was seized by customs on a Brooklyn pier. Max Mautner, exporter, found with the box in his raincoat pocket after returning from South America aboard the Vauban. He claimed ignorance of the contents and was released. The pieces included a ruby ring with diamonds and a sapphire ring with four large diamonds.
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New York
George C. Tait
Buckminster
Boston
Brooklyn
Maximilian 8
Mautner
South America
Vauban
Chauffeurs Arrested in Swampscott Gambling Raids
Fifteen men, mostly chauffeurs employed by hotel guests, were arrested in two gambling raids in Swampscott. Six were taken at the Ocean House garage for poker and nine at the Hotel Preston garage for craps.
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Ocean House
Preston Garage
Mrs Andrew Tombes Describes Bread Strike Dear Money
Mrs Andrew Tombes wife of the comedian in The O Brien Girl company testifies she asked for bread to pay household expenses and was given a bottle of Scotch whiskey. Her husband explains why she sought relief in the court.
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Andrew Tombes
Ill-Treated She Tells Of Abuse From Husband
The woman describes repeated abuse by her husband including a black eye and other injuries. She recounts multiple instances and provides details of the mistreatment she suffered yesterday.
Wo burn man dies chasing wife after fall on steps
Michael Clifford aged 45 of 212 Salem Street Wo burn died instantly when he slipped on the top step outside his residence while pursuing his wife with a carving knife. The wife stated he was intoxicated and had lunged at her with the knife.
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Michael Clifford
Salem Street
Woburn
Worcester Whips Albany In First Game Split
Eastern League recap shows Worcester defeats Albany 4 to 1 in the opener while Albany answers 9 8 in the second game. Weather and rain hampered Ford New Haven and Springfield Bridgeport fixtures.
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Albany
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Eeneens
Warsreery
Ford
Premier Declares Secession Impossible in Proposals
The British government releases correspondence with Eamon De Valera showing ongoing negotiations on Irish independence while offering Ireland complete autonomy in finance and taxation, a home defence military, police control, and postal services, among others, amid a deadlock on full independence.
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Lloyd George
de Valera
London
Associated Press
Eamon
Ireland
Great Britain
Ingsh
Police search flats for missing $3400 in Weir River area
Nantasket Beach police follow a late tip by probing the Weir River and nearby flats at Hingham for the bag of $3400 reported stolen from a car near Paragon Park Friday night. A tip says four men connected with the disappearance tossed the money as they crossed the Weir River bridge. the bag and all contents except the money and a revolver were found roadside.
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Nantasket Beach
Weir River
Hingham
Joseph EK. F. Legendre
Paragon Park
Telegram era weather and notices include anniversaries and town events
A jumbled report notes sunrise and sunset times, daylight saving change, and a reminder of Napoleon Bonaparte born in 1769. It mentions Sir Walter Scott, a past event about Reds and a German flag at a Town Hall, Molea retaking towns, and Cape Cod towns observing a Pilgrim tercentenary memorial.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Wetter Scott
Folday
Molea
Cape Cod
Weather forecast for New England and Atlantic coast
Forecast for New England calls for fair weather Monday and Tuesday with moderate temperatures. Fresh northwest to north winds are expected north of Sandy Hook, with fair conditions Monday. From Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds shift to fresh north with partly overcast skies Monday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Old Farmer's Prediction Prompts Cool Weather Notes
Weather bits note a cooler day and night with fair conditions. A Thompson's Spa reading reports yesterday's temperature as 71, while a year ago it was 24, with references to brig and prediction hints for today.
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Thompson's Spa
Treasury Eyes World Financiers Parley in Washington
Washington August 14 officials said the Treasury is considering an assembly of an international congress of financiers in Washington possibly during the disarmament conference in November to discuss stabilization of foreign exchange.
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Washington
International Congress of Financiers
Treasury
Proposed World Bankers Conference Aims to Stabilize Global Trade
Officials say no definite plan yet but the idea is to convene leading bankers and financiers to craft a program reducing exchange fluctuations. Congress approval would be needed, yet costs would be modest if held alongside the disarmament conference with many experts present.
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Congress
Germans greet big U. S. liner George Washington
Huge crowds welcomed the United States mail liner George Washington in Bremerhaven on its first postwar arrival to its former home port. The ship, once part of the North German Lloyd fleet, docked shortly after noon after a New York voyage at about 20 knots.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Associated Press
United States Mail
George Washington
North German-Lloyd Steamship Company
New York
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