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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
1
Twenty lost on White Star liner sunk off Fastnet by German submarine while returning to New York from Liverpool. Vessel sank in ten minutes. captain Finch and American survivors saved. All agree no warning was given by the submarine. Twenty five Americans aboard.
A passenger list titled Arabic May Mean Break with Berlin shows travelers including Miss Josephine L. Bruguiere and numerous others across cities such as New York Philadelphia Trenton Chicago Syracuse and San Francisco. The document records names and home towns with no further context or passenger details.
Two American passengers Miss Josephine Bruguiere of New York and Dr Edmund Woods of Janesville Wis remain unaccounted for after the Arabic disaster. All other Americans are reported safe based on survivor lists released in London Washington and New York. Some may have boarded the liner at the last moment and appeared on different nationalities lists.
News from Queenstown reports the torpedoing of the White Star line steamer Arabic with Americans on board. US officials, hopeful after the latest note, faced a tense situation as press dispatches confirmed the attack occurred without warning.
National League scores include Brooklyn 6 over St Louis 1 and Chicago 5 Cincinnati 6. Pittsburg 8 Philadelphia 3. American League show Boston 2 New York? Detroit 6 Philadelphia 1. Washington 11 Cleveland 4. New England League results feature Lawrence 7 Fitchburg 1 then 2 1. Portland 5 Lowell 1. Lewiston 12 Westantes 13 in second game.
Advertisement announces the Boston and Worcester trolley line serving Worcester and intermediate points with express and accommodation service available for travelers and commuters.
Morrison Peaslee a Henniker New Hampshire toy maker now in Portland confessed to killing his father Howard W. Peaslee on the night of May 22 1914. He said he wrote a note to make it appear Eugene A Wood killed the father. He cited money needs and property transfer fears as motives.
London august 19 within the next 24 hours Italy may declare war on Turkey. Aggravating acts by Turkey, notably holding Italians abroad, have spurred a general demand for war. A fleet of cruisers and several army corps await orders for the Dardanelles. Allies urge Italy to join for the capture of Constantinople as Turkish resistance stiffens.
A historical note lists moon phases from August through September including full moon on August 24 and new moon on September 9, with first quarter September 16. It records daylight lengths, sunrise sunset times, and the positions of planets Saturn Venus and Jupiter. Also mentions auto lamps time and today’s anniversaries including Benjamin Harrison born 1888.
Fair weather dominates Boston and vicinity with moderate westerly winds on Friday and Saturday. In New England the forecast calls for similar fair conditions with light to moderate winds and dry skies.
Edith Trowbridge Champney 17, daughter of Henry T. Champney of New York and New Ipswich, marries 26-year-old Harvard student Robert Barr Kayser with help from a fast car and Town Clerk Hopkins in Brattleboro. The witnesses include a friend and the service of a civic official facilitates the ceremony.
A breezy romantic note unfolds about an elopement that could captivate a reader weary of summer fiction. The fragment hints at moonlit vows and social odds, offering a compact glimpse of a love story amid seasonal lore.
The White Star steamer Arabic, once a Liverpool to Boston vessel, was torpedoed and sunk on a New York bound voyage near Fastnet. Of 423 aboard 20 are missing, believed dead, mainly crew. 181 passengers and 242 crew were aboard, two passengers unaccounted for. unclear if any Americans survived. Continued on Page 6-First Column.
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