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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
3
Oscar S. Chell aged 23 of East Braintree was picked up off Harding's Ledge near the Graves after a perilous voyage in a crippled 26 foot yacht. The Lottie Merchant fishing schooner brought him to Boston yesterday, having found him Monday night at sea.
Sailor Chell, who amazed canoeists by crossing Boston harbor years ago, set out from Onset in a newly purchased yacht bound for Quincy. A gale drove him offshore to Plymouth, then Brant Rock where he repaired, before a friendly tow by the Lottie Merchant brought the vessel to the fish pier after a day of drifting.
A Beverly letter to the editor commends The Legacy of Mexico editorial in the previous Sunday issue. Edward Kemble criticizes Republican misrepresentation and innuendo in Hughes's material, calling it unfair and cheap while praising the editorial’s clarity and stance.
Members of the Forsyth Clan prepare for a reunion to be held in Chester New Hampshire. Officials seek full Forsyth representation from all branches in New England with Thomas S Forsyth of Boston overseeing arrangements.
Maude Hall writes on new fur models with fetchingly illustrated fashion articles popular with New England women in the upcoming Sunday Post.
An advertisement extols Parisian Sage as a guaranteed cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims five minutes after application the head is cool, it eliminates odors from scalp excretions, and it leaves hair beautiful and luxuriant. A New York woman testimonial supports rapid results and a large bottle costs at most 50 cents.
Agnes F Gallivan 19 daughter of Dr William J Gallivan of South Boston yesterday entered the Sisters of Notre Dame at a Waltham home. She is a Radcliffe graduate class of 1916 and sister of Rev James Giffether of Lynn and niece of Congressman James A Gallivan.
Albert C. Langshaw New York representative seeks 50000 dollars in Supreme Court damages from Robert Bates of Ridgewood New Jersey alleging Bates won his wife Marion Jackson Langshaw by luring her with kisses and visits while Langshaw was away.
The Langshaws and Bates are tied to an importing business dispute. Langshaw alleges on July 15 1916 he saw his wife with Bates on their porch kissing and confessing love. Bates denies being at the Langshaw home that night and says Langshaw is mistaken.
Frank L. Baxter of Brighton Massachusetts president of Bridge Baxter Company hide importers Boston and Yale graduate climbed the steam lighter Venture’s short mast at the Portland dock and plunged 25 feet into the sea fully clothed. He was rescued by the crew and later diagnosed with acute mania.
Patrolman William Wallace halted a Canadian party for flying the Union Jack on their car in Lynn. The group from Quebec included Mr and Mrs W C Correngson L A Cornick Miss M B Moody and Pierre Bourne. They lowered the flag after law was quoted.
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