Torpedo Drifts to Port After Tow Towards Reward
A 6000 dollar torpedo, lost from either the Delaware or Indiana, was found in Provincetown Bay. A Well fleet fisherman tried to tow it to port for reward but ran out of gasoline and cut it adrift, attempting to reach shore under a makeshift sail. Captain Fred Rich of North Truro found a mine lost by the Ohio and returned it to its owners. After target practice off Virginia capes, ships head to New York for several days of liberty.
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Provincetown
Delaware
Indiana
Ohio
Fred Rich
North Truro
Capes
Virginia
New York
Liberty
Brazil hires German naval officers to command ships
The Journal o Comercio confirms Brazil has engaged German naval officers to command ships in its navy. The report, dated Rio de Janeiro, notes the diplomatic and military implications of German leadership within Brazil’s naval forces.
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Brazil
Rio Janeiro
O Comercio
Mayor Fitzgrald Sets Special City Council Session
Mayor Fitzgrald issued notices for a 1 30 p m special meeting of the City Council after the regular session adjourned for want of a quorum. The move aims to push through orders and appropriations exceeding 400000 for permanent public improvements, despite opposition from President Collins.
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Fitzgrald
Collins
Tilt with Collins adjournment ends in sharp council clash
A heated City Hall session ends without action on mayoral appropriations as President Collins and Council members clash over delays and missing members. The mayor seeks funds for libraries, Governor's Island, Dewey beach, ferry repairs, Boston Common relaying, gypsy moth control, trees, watering troughs, Savin Hill and Roxbury playgrounds and other items.
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Collins
Attridge
Buckley
McDonald
Kenny
Ballantyne
Europe
Curley
Washington
Hale
Smith
Silloway
Piale
Boston
Charlestown
Brighton
Governor’s Island
Dewey Beach
Ward 7
Boston Common
Parkman Fund
Bennington Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Postoffice Square
Savin Hill
Roxbury
Fire rescues in Cambridge tenement blaze at 19 Sydney Street
Firefighters saved two women two babies and a man from a three story Cambridge tenement at 19 Sydney Street during an 800 dollar blaze. Mrs Mary Callaghan was led down a ladder after smoke blocked her escape while her brother Michael McCarthy awoke and assisted. Mrs F W Anderson and her 17 month old twins were rescued from the first floor as smoke overwhelmed them. The fire started when clothes toppled onto a heater left on the kitchen stove during a nap.
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Sydney Street
Cambridge
Mary Callaghan
Michael McCarthy
McCarthy
F. W. Anderson
Boy Hero Rescues Babe From Approaching Car At The Neck
Ernest Hutchins aged 17 of Babcock street Houghs Neck saved 17 month old Dorothy Kiley from a fast moving car on the Warren cottage tracks. The motorman failed to stop on the incline and cried for help before Hutchins sprinted across the track and caught the child just as the car passed.
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Ernest Hutchins
Babcock Street
Hough's
Dorothy Kiley
Patrick Kiley
Warren Cottage
Hutchins
Jim
Daily Fire Record From 2 A.M. To 2 A.M.
Fire log details incidents from 2 A.M. to 2 A.M. listing boxes, addresses, and reported damages. Entrants include F. Cranston at 54 South Russell Street with $50 damage, Robin Hurvitz of 196 Chelsea Street with $50, Mrs. Mawernoune may be misread, Lena Wilken at 3122 Washington Street with $150, Lupeck at 27 Southampton Street Roxbury with $85, W Rubonvitz at 4 Wall Street with $100, and a false alarm at 11:25 P.M. Wolf's Clothier near Haymarket, Adams, Scar? Square.
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J. F. Cranston
South Russell Street
Robin Hurvitz
Chelsea Street
West Second Street
Maurice Monmeay
Norway Street
Lena Wilken
Washington Street
A. Lupeck
Southampton Street
Roxbury
W. Rubonvitz
Wall Street
Farmer Wins Heart of One of Mrs Belmont's Fair Farmerettes
New York Aug 21 Miss Leonora Brokaw a Belmont farmerette attracts many marriage proposals from suitors on Mrs Belmont's estate. She says she will marry a farmer not a suffragette and praises farming life while letters from hopeful men flood in.
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Mrs. Belmont
Fair
New York
Leonora Brokaw
Belmont
Miss Brokaw
Newport
Miss French
Gould Brokaw
Radcliffe Student Rescues Drowning Man From Sluice Pond
Miss Ruth Kelley a Radcliffe College freshman saved James Green from drowning after a canoe overturned on Sluice Pond. Green, wearing an artificial leg, was rescued by Kelley and her father Charles Kelley who aided by grabbing the leg as they pulled him into a boat. Green was unconscious but revived ashore with medical aid.
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Ruth Kelley
Radcliffe College
Green
Miss Kelley
Jenness Street
Noted Woman Preacher Elizabeth M. Bruce Dies
The Rev Mrs Elizabeth M Bruce pastor of Wayside Chapel Malden dies at Malden Hospital after months ill from a fall She was in her 80s and remained active She conducted 6 oclock services daily and aided the poor visiting schools and telling stories to children Born in Middleport New York she studied at Middleport Academy the Philips Union Seminary Clinton Liberal Institute and Ingham University Leroy She was married to Rev James Bruce and traveled abroad before pursuing theology.
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Elizabeth M. Bruce
Wayside
Malden
Malden Hospital
Bruce
Maplewood
Middleport
N. Y
Middleport Academy
Philips Union Seminary
Clinton Liberal Institute
Inegham University
Leroy, N
Jame Bruce
Everett Man Found Dead on Couch After Missing
Everett resident John H. Vincent was found dead on a couch in his home after a missing-person report from Saturday. Authorities attributed the death to heart trouble with no immediate signs of foul play.
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Everett
John H. Vincent
Baker
Man of 72 Weds 36-Year-Old Bakery Clerk
Lowell August 21 The unusual romance ends in marriage as Anthony Lavery aged 72 proprietor of the citys largest bakery and Minnie Whelton aged 36 long employed as his clerk publicly wed.
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Lowell
Anthony Lavery
Minnie Whelton
Marriage Ties Family in Collinsville Church
The ceremony took place yesterday at 10:30 am in St. Mary's Church Collinsville. Rev Thomas A Walsh officiated as Lavery wed a bride much younger than him. The match surprised friends as the couple had been private about their engagement. Lavery is father to five children. The unusual age difference between groom and bride drew attention after the wedding became public tonight.
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St. Mary’s Church
Collinsville
Thomas A. Walsh
Douglas Stores to Show Shoe Styles
The W. L. Douglas Shoe Company will offer an advance inspection of fall and winter styles at its five Boston stores with an event dated August 24. Shoppers will see tans in rich browns, gun metal calf and velour calf, patent leathers, and button shoes with medium high toes and heels plus mannish shapes for street wear. Black vid-kid grows as all year leather. high-buttoned boots and medium low heels trend for women.
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Patent Colt
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company
Boston
Girl First to Make Deposit at New Postal Savings Bank
Dedham August 21 Miss Mary Agnes Moloney 11 daughter of T Frank Moloney Dedham post office clerk in charge of the postal savings bank was the first depositor receiving a certificate from her father. Through the day 19 depositors added 63 dollars in small sums and six postal savings bank cards were issued.
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Dedham
Mary Agnes Moloney
T. Frank Moloney
Dedham Post Office
Postal Savings Bank
Bottle Battle Ends With Three Arrests In Brighton
Three men from 81 Waverley Street Brighton were locked up after an alleged bottle fight aimed at injuring Frank Tallalas 24. The fracas began when Tallalas grabbed a bottle from a table and dodged attacks as the two brothers smashed bottles seeking to strike him.
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Waverley Street
Brighton
Frank Tallalas
Tallalas
Beattie murder case opens with lengthy jury selection
Beattie pleads not guilty as court begins pretrial proceedings for the woman’s murder. Jury pool expanded by venire of 30. Beulah Binford, key witness, held as material witness in Richmond. Beattie Sr. attends, Beattie Jr. shows confidence, while courtroom crowd swells with observers from Chesterfield.
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Beulah Binford
Richmond
Paul Beattie
Commonwealth
Claudia Powell
Binford
Henry Clay Beattie
Young Beattie
H. M. Smith, Jr
Hill Carter
Gil
Walter A. Watson
Old Court House
Chesterfield Court House
Catholic Federation Convention Closes Second Day in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on August 21 the American Federated Catholic Societies held the second day of their convention with 1500 visitors remaining from 35000. Boston led other delegations except Columbus while New York ranked third with 17 delegates. Notables attended the reception including Archbishop Moeller and Bishops Muldoon Maes and Hartley. Chief Red Willow of South Dakota spoke at Memorial Hall tomorrow in his native tongue as a memorial mass for federation dead is planned with Judge Donahue presiding.
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Columbus
Ohio
Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Diomede Falconio
Henry Moeller
Cincinnati
Muldoon
Maes
Hartley
Red Willow
South Dakota
Pine Ridge Agency
Big Foot
Memorial Hall
Federation
Maurice H. Donahue
State Supreme Court
Dreier declares Katherine Dreier marriage invalid
New York Aug 21 Mr and Mrs H Edward Dreier Brooklyn announce through their attorney that the marriage of Miss Katherine Dreier to Edward Trumbull Smith on Aug 8 is invalid They say Trumbull was not legally free to wed as he had a wife in London from whom he had not been legally separated
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New York
H. Edward Dreier
Montague Terrace
Brooklyn
Dreier
Katherine Dreier
Edward Trumbull-Smith
Trumbull
London
England
Spanish War Veterans Open Eighth Annual Camp in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City hosts the first official day of the eighth annual encampment of United States Spanish War Veterans. Governor Lee Cruce and organization officials spoke at the opening with a veterans parade representing nearly every state. Cruce questioned whether the Spanish-American War would prove a curse or blessing and urged fulfillment of U.S. promises to Cuba and the Philippines as key to any blessing. The 1912 convention race has narrowed to Atlantic City and Tampa.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Lee Cruce
Union
Philippines
United States
Atlantic City
N. J
Tampa
Fla
Fire at Everett Lumber Yard Threatens $5000 Loss
A blaze at Bryant and Alcott lumber yard at Williams street Everett, deemed incendiary, endangered a large storage shed with about five carloads of lumber. Discovered by a train engineer, two alarms were sent, and prompt fire department action likely prevented total destruction. Estimated damage around $5000, partially insured.
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Bryant & Alcott
Williams Street
Everett
Widow seeks spouse in West for Western man’s kindness
A Boston widow writes to Arthur Capper, Republican gubernatorial candidate in Kansas, asking him to find her a husband in the West. She describes loneliness and appeals for a strong, loving, and protective Western man to share life and happiness.
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Topeka
Kas
Arthur Capper
Boston
West
Honeforde Acid Phosphate Promoted for Headache Relief
An advertisement promotes Honeforde Acid Phosphate as a remedy for headaches from summer heat brain fatigue or tired nerves. It emphasizes quick relief and broad applicability to daily discomfort.
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Honeford
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