Bench Show At Point of Pines Draws Nearly 300 Dogs
The Sugan Kennel Club opened its open air show at Point of Pines with about 300 dogs benched under canvas. Winners included Prince Salisbury and Grand Duchess Ir in St Bernards, Brackenside Hugo in smooth coated class, Captain J in Great Danes, Bess and Nero in greyhounds, Waxie and Nip in American foxhounds, and Tuck and Ossie in open bitches. Tomorrow Boston terriers toy Boston terriers and collies are to be judged.
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Point of
Pines
Sugan Kennel Club
St. Bernards
T. KE. L. Kemp
Prince Salisbury
Kemp
Brackenside Kennels
Brackenside
Hugo
Harry Pollard
Bess
F. R. Bowen
Nero
Thomas
Joyce
Waxie
Joseph F. McMahon
Nip
McMahon
Tuck
Ossie
Malden Roque Player Leads National Rogue Championship
Malden roque player C. C. Cox leads after a strong showing in the national rogue championship. Williams of Washington and Cox split results with Williams losing twice as Cox won all his games. Harold Bosworth of New London upset by Cox, while Bosworth, Wahly, and Drake hold possible championship paths. Davenport Jr. takes second division medal with nine wins one loss. Davenport leads second division with Northampton club, Edward Clark and Springfield also noted.
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Norwich
Conn
C. C. Cox
Malden
Mass
C. G. Williams
Washington, D. C
Williams
Cox
Harold Bosworth
New London
Bosworth
W. H. Wahly
Washington
A. W. Drake
S. E. Davenport, Jr
Northampton
New York
Edward Clark
Springfield
W. L. Robinson
Mansfield
J. E. Webb
Westchester
Penn
New Hampshire Holds Seventh Annual Old Home Week
Concord reports the seventh annual Old Home Week opens tomorrow with the State association coordinating observances in 99 cities and towns across New Hampshire.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Drawing Contest Enlists Youngsters
The Post invites boys and girls to continue the art contest with sketches based on Aug. 15 plans and new blanks for Aug. 18. Prizes include an Ingersoll watch for the boy and a doll for the girl.
Contributors praised for clever sketches in local art contest
Readers submit brief comments on their favorite entries and names such as My First Bite and Having Bites among others. Critics note humor, composition, and timing, with several creators urged to resubmit for publication.
Children Seek Publication of Sketches in Local Paper
Readers from Whitman Lovell Roxbury New Dorchester Plymouth ask editor to publish their drawings and names for a children’s art feature. They urge continuation of the picture section and share titles like I Wonder What He Is Excitement Over a Spill Music Hath Charms The Awful Scare.
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Walter Ackles
Reed Street
Cambridge
Barbara Pratt
Wildwood Street
Winchester
Mass
Nellie Barry
Beacon Street
Nedwig Butler
Oak Street
North Walpole
N. H
Arthur Cedric Brooks
Pinckney Street
Boston
Charles Bryant
Mechanics Falls
Roland E. Belcher
Randolph Street
South Weymouth
John D. Cahill
Berlin Street
Wollaston
Louise Hammond
Vernon Street
Whitman
Clara Jochim
Pie Pine Street
Fitchburg
Heding Kem
School Street
Highboro Bridge
Esther Leniton
Dorchester Avenue
South
John McFadden
Westdale
Walter Peston, Jr
Warren Street
Roxbury
Doris Redden
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Harriett Sinclare
Elm Place
Quincy
the Post
Lewis Hammond
Post
Percy Edwar
Leverett Street
Lovell
Sir
New Dorchester
Bessie Sears
Allerton Street
Bessiee Sears
Plymouth
Woman shelters burglar in Bow street tale ends in arrest
Aug 18 in Lexington Mrs Thomas Grafton assisted in capturing a burglar using her husband’s gun after finding a broken window. The man claimed hunger and offered 75 cents to avoid jail. he was identified as William Smith alias Frank Hern and held for the grand jury.
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Lexington
Thomas Grafton
Bow Street
Concord Court
Post
Mrs. Grafton
A. H. Rogers
East Lexington
The Child Art Pleas for More Pictures in Paper
A letter from Esther Sandelow of St Ansgarius Rectory Boston asks to continue publishing children pictures in the Post and sends the sketch titled Impatient. A second note from Jennie May Park of Dedham praises the children column and submits The Man Who Won t Fight illustration.
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Jennie May Park
Dedham
Mass
Stewart Ellimarg Sbig
Erie Street
Cambridge
Esther Sandelof
St. Ansgarius’ Rectory
Shawmut Avenue
Boston
Harvard Street
Farewell to Readers of the Post Drawing Club
The Post bids its unique drawing contest club farewell until Monday promising more sketches from plans of August 15 and 18 plus a list of the young artists. The note applauds the club as perhaps the first of its kind formed by a newspaper.
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Post
Gallerie Comicue
L. Cc. S
Waltham Vacation School Exhibition Highlights Classes
In Waltham on August 18 the vacation school closed with an exhibition of pupil work. A new feature was shirt waist making led by Miss Louise Stearns at North Grammar School. Kindergarten cooking basketry and physical culture classes were well attended and the program deemed a grand success.
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Waltham
Louise Stearns
North Grammar School
Teacher Mary A Tucker moved to Newton hospital
Miss Mary A Tucker the Providence schoolteacher found in the woods at South Lebanon Maine was moved from Glendon Hotel East Rochester New Hampshire to a sanitarium in West Newton Massachusetts today for complete restoration to health. She has shown marked improvement in the past week and walked to the train from the hotel without help.
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Rochester
N. H
Mary A. Tucker
Glendon Hotel
East Rochester
South Lebanon
West Newton
Mass
Tucker
Man Accuses Promoters of $1500 Gas Burner Scheme
James A. Bradbury of Roxbury says he was trimmed of 1500 by promoters in a gas burner venture. He alleges he paid Ross and others their share and has not located the partners since investing. William J. Ross, 596 Dorchester Avenue, was arrested by Inspector Waite last night.
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James A. Bradbury
Seaver Street
Roxbury
William J. Ross
Dorchester Avenue
Inspector Waite
Bradbury
Ross
Judge rules city cannot buy gas plant in appraisal decision
In Goshen Federal Court Judge Baker voided the city’s option to purchase the Consumers' Gas Trust plant at appraisal. The ruling favors Byron C. Quincy of Plymouth, Massachusetts and preserves the artificial gas monopoly.
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Goshen
Ind
Baker
Consumers’ Gas Trust
Byron C. Quincy
Flymouth
Mass
Fire Insurance Agents Elect Officers in Denver
The National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents elected officers with Henry A. Putnam of Boston named secretary during the Denver gathering held on August 18.
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Denver
Col
National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents
Henry A. Putnam
Boston
Faded Signal Cited in Coast Line Wreck Near Portsmouth
A faded danger flag, bleached white by wind and rain, is blamed for a Coast Line wreck near Portsmouth. An engine plowed through an open draw, sending crowded cars into the river and killing or drowning nearly 100 excursionists, with twelve bodies recovered and eighty missing. Engineer Reigs survives serious injuries.
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Portsmouth
Coast Line
Reigs
Man killed aboard Plant liner Halifax near Charlottetown
Joseph Monteith aged 20 of Halifax was scalded to death in the hold of the Plant liner Halifax when a boiler stay bolt blew out as the ship left Charlottetown for Boston. Steam and water blasted into the engine room and stokehold. two engineers escaped and the ship returned for repairs.
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Charlottetown
Joseph Monteith
Halifax
Here
Boston
Mass
Railroad Conductor Refuses Girl Ticket In Desert
Alphila Smith the 12 year old daughter of Peter Smith was put off a train near Cochise Arizona for losing her ticket. Justice J J Rath took the girl to his home then wired Mr Smith in San Bernardino and sent the child on to him.
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Oakland
Cal
Holmes
Mr. Hosmer Angel
Burke Driver Reprimanded for Insubordination
Silas E. Burke, a fire department driver, faced insubordination charges at a Mayor and Aldermen meeting. He was reprimanded and fined three months' pay after a suspension of several weeks.
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Lynn
Silas E. Burke
Fire Department
Burke
Marsh's Fate in Balance in Brockton Case
George R. Marsh of Brockton is held without bail as a fugitive from justice in a Chicago murder case. Detectives report mixed identifications of Marsh as the suspect known as Mr Dove, with Chicago awaiting warrants as Sheehan seeks evidence. Marsh's father and local officials await updates as arrangements for police court proceed and possible transport to Chicago loom.
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Brockton
George Lawrence Marsh
William Bate
Chicago
Thomas J. Sheehan
Marsh
Mr. Dove
Sheehan
Bate
Collins
Boyden
Kingman
Boston
Plymouth
Lowell
Startz
Slavin
Marshal Boyden
National Negro Business Men's League selects leaders
New York August 18 Booker T. Washington was named president and Gilbert C. Harris of Boston elected treasurer at the National Negro Business Men's League meeting in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubman
Negro League
New York
National
Negro Business Men’s League
Booker T. Washington
Gilbert C. Harris
Boston
A Case of Identity Holmes Examines a Fake Suitor
Miss Mary Sutherland seeks Sherlock Holmes help to locate Hosmer Angel. Holmes exposes her stepfather Windibank as the impostor, weaving a tale of motive and deception while detailing typewriter forensics and a plotted disguise. The scene closes as Windibank retreats in defeat.
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Harper Bros
Mary Sutherland
Sherlock Holmes
Hosmer Angel
Windibank
Angel
Miss Sutherland
Holmes
Mr. Windibank
Holmer Angel
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Point OF Pines
Malden Roque
L. Cc
Mary McEneaney
Wilmot Street
Lawrence
Nelson W. Strong
Waverley Street
Everett
Sadie M. Clough
High Street
Natick
Ruth G. Tadgell
Salem
Mildred Edmonds
Montrose Avenue
Wakefield
Newton
Bostonian
van Camp
SIMR
George R. Marsh
Centre Street
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr. Holmes
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