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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1914
Page
3
The American relief committee secretary in Lucerne reports relief work ended with no distress among Americans in Switzerland. Dr. E F Timmins of Boston, marooned at Montreux for three weeks, also arrived in London.
Dr. Timmins and party describe a 25 day rail journey from Lau sanne to Paris amid war traffic. Wounded soldiers passed Belfort and Muelhausen trains while Paris stations organized first aid. most injuries were slight and morale among British troops remained high. Paris shows fewer conscription effects than expected.
The carnival opener featured two minor incidents a collision between a single scull and a derelict vessel and a breakdown that left the official yacht with judges guests of honor and reporters stranded for over an hour on the water.
A day of fast paced water races diving and novel events drew a large crowd. William Skavhan placed second in junior sculling after a collision split his boat and he was rescued by judges’ boat crew. Thomas Donovan won deep water events as Faulkner brothers beat Donovan brothers in the intermediate double scull.
J Riley second and William Sutliffe third in a potato race and Reginald Byse first in twelve potatoes. Vincent Ford wins the pie eating contest in four seconds with J Austin second. Juniors greased pole won by James Shea with David Kelly second and Henry Horgan third. An afternoon concert by Rhode Island crew at the band stand and a Municipal Band closing. Today is Children’s Day with sports and attractions. Tomorrow features Mayor Curley and Governor Walsh and staff.
Dr. Bertling of the American Institute at Berlin reported in New York that many American teachers volunteered to teach in Germany during the war. He noted gaps in regular instructors due to reserves calls, creating a need for additional educators abroad.
London reports Home Secretary McKenna stated after noon that no spies had been shot in England. Rumors of executions of secret German agents were denied.
Aug 27. Mrs William Pierce of Shelburne Falls paid 180 dollars to Herbert H Briggs a 66 year old mental scientist who claimed gold hidden behind her house. Police arrested Briggs this afternoon on larceny charges after she failed to find the gold.
Mrs. Pierce paid Briggs 180 dollars after he claimed to locate virgin gold using a fortune telling session. Briggs, an alleged con artist, fled to Gardner and was arrested there by State Officer Joseph Daly. The couple faces charges as accessories before the fact in a statewide confidence scheme.
The Galileo of Wilson Line arrived from Hull after 13 days, reporting clear transatlantic lanes with no warships sighted. The ship carried general cargo and discharged at Boston as the sole transatlantic liner in port, no passengers aboard. It will depart for New York in a few days then return to England.
A Barcelona dispatch reports the Spanish steamer Infanta Isabel de Bourbon sailed for New York with every berth filled by Americans, reflecting a mass movement seeking passage abroad.
Walter O'Connor a 9 year old boy of 8 Washington Place Roxbury fell 12 feet from a first floor to a cellar of a building being torn down at 84 Dudley Street. He suffered a fractured skull and is listed as dangerous at City Hospital.
Thomas Tweedie an engineer at the Hotel Trafalgar in Back Bay died at City Hospital last evening from burns and scalds suffered while escaping hot water and steam during pipe connections at the building.
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