No Cause for Alarm Over Defective Armor
Fore River officials in Quincy say Washington reports of defective armor on the Delaware Utah and Rhode Island do not threaten battleship safety. Navy experts and steel researchers found 16 defective plates on the Delaware and Utah, with 11 kept for testing and 5 rejected, while 12 to 15 cracks were noted in Rhode Island plates behind the forward turret but not believed to reduce resisting power.
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Quincy
Fore River Company
Washington
Navy Department
Delaware
Utah
Rhode Island
Fore River Works
Couden
Fore River
Dying after battle in Somerset Hotel
Night engineer Lacey was arrested after a hotel assault left Levy dying at the Somerset Hotel. Levy, hospitalised in a stupor, could only murmur about a block of wood, while Lacey denied guilt and claimed to have fallen. Police guarded Lacey as the chief engineer arrived to relieve him.
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Lacey
Levy
Stati
Somerset
Barry
Brett
George Wash
Nash
Theft charges over life belts on ferry boat case
John Driscoll and Theodore Paquet, both aged 25 and 35 respectively, ferry department employees, were arrested by East Boston police for allegedly stealing thirteen life preservers from the Governor Russell. The belt bundle was placed on a U.S. mail wagon by a driver who later found the bundle on Border street after it fell from the dock.
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Governor Russell
John Driscoll
London Street
East Boston
Theodore Paquet
Ferry Department
Patrick J. O’neil
U.S
Border Street
McCarthy
Dorchester Girls Start 25 Foot Motor Dory for Maine Trip
Miss Bessie V Hogan and Miss Alice L Densmore two Dorchester residents depart from Freeport Street in a 25 foot motor dory bound for Mt Desert Island Maine. They promise to follow the shore line with map in hand though neither has formal boating license or experience beyond Boston harbor.
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Bessie V. Hogan
Alice L. Densmore
Dorchester
Ireeport Street
Mt. Desert Island
Miss Densmore
Templeton
Bessie Hogan
Freeport Street
Miss Hogan
Dory
Boston Harbor
Sham fight marks tercentenary celebration at St Johns
In St John’s Newfoundland Aug 18 the crew of the British warship Brilliant joined locals in a sham battle at Carbonear Island to honor the 300th anniversary of Newfoundland’s colonization. About 5000 spectators watched as events wind down tomorrow with commemorations at Harbor Grace in Conception Bay.
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ST. John's
N. F
Carbonear Island
Brilliant
Newfoundland
Harbor Grace
Conception Bay
Death of Wakefield's oldest resident at 97
George Healey age 97 dies at his son Jamel H Healey's Nahant street home. Born in Sheffield England, he immigrated in 1866 and mostly lived in Wakefield. He worked daily at his son’s toy shop. Funeral tomorrow afternoon, interment Lakeside.
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Wakefield
George Healey
Jamel H. Healey
Nahant Street
Mr. Healey
Sheffield
Eng
Lakeside
Paper money counted once instead of twice saves $30,000
Washington reports that currency will be counted only once after presses rather than twice, cutting annual costs by about $30,000. The automated counting will replace an extra clerical count, and thirty women clerks earning $1000 a year will be let go as a result.
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Washington
United States
Framingham Farmer Dies After Hit by Boston Express
John T. Sheehan a well to do farmer died tonight from injuries after being struck by a New York express at Parks corner. He was hurled 50 feet sustaining a broken leg shoulder and internal injuries. He died five hours later leaving a wife and several children. Sheehan was 60 years old.
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Framingham
John T. Sheehan
Parks’ Corner
Sheehan
Marines Report On Norfolk Race Disturbance
Rear Admiral William A Marshall sent to the Navy Department a July four riot report from Norfolk detailing arrests and punishments of sailors amid the Johnson Jeffries fight aftermath. It notes a lone marine’s noninvolvement and cites a protest by W H Ellis urging equal discipline for unprovoked assaults.
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Norfolk
William Alexander Marshall
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Department
United States
W. H Ellis
New York
White House
Brownsville
Tex
Insurgents Claim Leadership At State Convention Delegates
At Lincoln Roosevelt League headquarters it was stated insurgents would hold nine tenths of the delegates to the State convention and control both Legislature branches that will elect a successor to United States Senator Frank P. Flint.
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San Francisco
Lincoln-Roosevelt League
United States
Frank P. Flint
400 Guests of Mrs. Oelrichs Attend Vaudeville Show
Newport Rhode Island August 18 400 sailors from the fleet attended a vaudeville show at an amusement park as guests of Mrs Flerman Oelrichs. The same number are to be entertained again tomorrow afternoon and evening.
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Newport
R. I
Flerman Oelrichs
Arrested with Stolen Property in Pockets
John J. Hartey aged 20 of Roxbury was arrested as a suspicious person after being found with gold watches and jewelry suspected stolen from George T. Springer’s Portland store. Lt Hurley noted Hartey in a Dover Street pawn shop trying to dispose of the items. Springer identified all the property.
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John J. Hartey
Magazine Street
Roxbury
George T. Springer
Congress Street
Portland
Hurley
Dover Street
Springer
Praise for College Military Courses Across New England
An official report to Major General Leonard Wood commends New England colleges for high military standards from instruction by regular officers. It urges assigning retired army officers to colleges, with lieutenants handling duties until adopted, prompting changes at MIT and other schools.
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New England
Leonard Wood
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miss Sears Engaged Rumor Reignites at Beverly Farms
Aug 18 Beverly Farms reports renewed talk of Miss Eleonora Sears engagement to Harold S. Vanderbilt after she attends a Newport visit and hosts a Casino dinner. Sears says she will announce engagement herself when ready, while Vanderbilt’s persistence is noted by his summers at the Farms and mobilized yacht The Vagrant offshore.
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Beverly Farms
Harold Vanderbilt
Sears
Beverly Shore
Delays Reply On Milk Case From State Officials
Boston Co-operative Milk Producers' Company learns Governor Draper will decide within days after receiving President Abbot's letter. Secretary Hunter warns if no special legislative session is called, producers will act. Hearing before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty discussed with praise for his fairness. Board plans afternoon meeting to address the milk crisis and Saunders law impact.
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Boston
Lynn
Draper
Hunter
Commissioner Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
James 8. MacDonald
Allston
Boston Co-operative Milk Producers’ Company
Car passenger fined for disorderly conduct and assault
James Norton of 134 Terrace Street was arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court on complaints of disorderly conduct on a Boston elevated railway street car and assault on Conductor James Major. He was convicted and fined ten dollars for disorderly conduct and five dollars for assault, which he paid.
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James Norton
Terrace Street
Roxbury
Boston H Elevated
James Major
Photo Samples Win for Salt Lake City at AAO Convention
The 13th annual convention of the American Association of Opticians closed at Cedar Point. C. M. McDonnell of Columbus was elected president FE Arrington of Rochester elected secretary and A L Haskins of St Johnsbury elected treasurer. A Salt Lake City collection of photographs won the convention by a narrow margin over Providence RI.
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Sandusky
American Association of Opticians
Cedar Point
C. M. McDonnell
Columbus
FE. Arrington
Rochester
N. Y
A. L. Haskins
St. Johnsbury
Salt Lake City
Utah
Providence
R. TI
Near Death by Cat on Chest in New York
A man, Samuel Rabinowitsch, narrowly survived when a sleeping tom cat lay on his chest. He could not be roused at breakfast and was revived after half an hour of artificial respiration at a hospital. Doctors said the cat's weight hampered breathing and inhaled breath reduced vitality.
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New York
Samuel Rabinowitsch
Rabinowitsch
Short Letters From Thankful Mothers
Leon Jackson’s mother reports her son cured of a night cough by Father John’s Medicine. Mrs E E Jackson of Cliftondale Massachusetts credits the patent remedy as safe nourishment without poisons or alcohol, claiming thirty years of use and prevention of consumption.
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John
E. E. Jackson
Jackson Street
Cliftondale, Mass
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