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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1910
Page
2
In Yarmouth Nova Scotia the barkentine Kingdom sank off Mud Island with 49 people aboard mostly women and children. The Holy Ghost and Us Society rescued the passengers as boats were launched amid heavy seas and water poured into the hull.
In dense fog the Kingdom ran aground on jagged rocks, six feet of water filled the holds, and 49 people were rescued to lobster huts where they received food and clothing. Captain Perry reported the disaster from Yarmouth and U S authorities and local opinions focus on possible colony formation and relief.
Falmouth August 28 A grouchy old man on Beacon Street closed his summer home out of annoyance at hearing about Fitzy on trains in the dancing casino on the ball field and on the bathing beach. The mayor narrator calls the tale amusing and says the joke is on the other fellow as listeners react with gusto.
The Cape mayor travels by train to a ball game with notable figures including Colonel Draper and Uncle George McLaughlin while supporters discuss Fitzgerald’s gubernatorial prospects. The Little General, in a purple styled outfit, arrives by car, greets locals, and joins a lively scene of fans, officials, and a whist party before the ninth inning and an ice cream delivery interrupts the crowd.
Newport residents hope to witness a swimming race between Eleonora Sears of Boston and Constance Warren daughter of George Henry Warren before summer ends. No race arranged yet but potential matchup has long intrigued Newport society. Warren proclaims Newport lacks athletic vigor while the celebrated swimmer has just completed a six mile swim.
A large crowd watched as he dug with the team and children looked on then at the Mayor. The game ended with a singalong of Sweet Adeline led by about 100 in chorus. The Mayor has far-reaching social invitations and is said to have campaigned more on the Cape than any prior candidate. The Cape’s oldest residents call him a wonder.
Samuel Newell Brown a Boston business leader and Swampscott benefactor marries Ruth C. Haskell widow from Marblehead. Brown built the Ocean House era hotel and owns Whales Beach and Puritan Road estates. he serves as Baptist Church trustee and holds multiple directorships including Fairbanks Scales and Metropolitan Storage. The couple joins a social scene linked to the Ames family lineage and local civic life.
The Squantum aviation meet opens with a 50 foot wide winded field secured by steel cables and six inch posts. A 30 foot high rail start funnels aircraft onto a five sided course while pilots test altitude bombs and accuracy contests on the flying field amid street and hangar preparations.
In Portland Maine on August 28 William Hill and Frank Deal of Peaks Island rescued seven of eight men after their dory struck a buoy near House Island. The eighth man John E Peters on, 30, is believed drowned after being seen swimming toward House Island and possibly never reaching it.
Colonel Roosevelt, welcomed by cowboys at Senator Warren’s 30,000 acre Cheyenne area ranch, tours sheds corrals and the ranch house before riding back at dusk. He recalls past rides with Harbell La Force and Ed from years ago and plans to speak in Denver to veterans lawmakers and the Live Stock Association.
The Ossawatomie battlefield in Kansas will be dedicated as a State park with a two day program on Aug 30 and 31 and an address by Theodore Roosevelt. He will speak Sept 1 in Kansas City on conservation. The 1856 battle marked a key Free State stand against pro slavery bands led by John Brown.
Lawson claims a mysterious red haired woman, rumored to be Mrs Lillian Hobart French, aided Standard Oil by betraying rivals and delivering sensitive information. He links her to thwarted scandals, a U S Senator appointment, and pivotal settlements with Heinze and Henry H. Rogers.
The article recounts two fatal drownings on a Sunday. In Warren near Kelly's bridge five Warren men boating together are swept by a strong current. four are rescued, one sinks. In Mt Hippo Bay near Fall River four Portuguese picnickers drown when their small motor boat capsizes as rain drives them to shore. Three Fall River newsboys dive to assist, saving some but one woman and others remain in danger.
George N Hallett 43 of Somerville drowned while swimming at Revere Beach yesterday afternoon. He sank 75 feet from shore as lifeguards Sam Mahoney and Murray recovered the body and brought it to the bathhouse emergency room where life was pronounced extinct. Assistant Medical Examiner Waters Was notified and cited heart trouble as the cause.
Sydney Jones a New York real estate broker and his 14 year old son Sydney Jones Jr drowned when their canoe capsized at Yoke Pond 17 miles from Katahdin Iron Works Maine. The father released his grip after the boy cried for help and both drowned. Mrs Jones remained in a local hotel.
Nine year old Stanislaus Kupia of East Main Street drowned while bathing with a companion near Sandersdale. The boy and a friend left home about 4 PM and were swept into deep water by the current.
James A. McKay 41 chief mechanical inspector for an Maine adding machine firm drowned while fishing from a gasoline launch off Cushing's Island. A. R. Van Amburg his companion heard a shout and rescue attempts failed. McKay, son of James McKay of Toronto and nephew of Joseph Boyer Detroit adding machine company president, was not recovered.
William Dudley, 28, a seaman on the schooner Jesse Hartt, went overboard in his sleep and drowned last night. His clothes and effects were found in the fore castle this morning where he had retired.
Death notices from Aug 27 to Aug 30 list Margaret J Andrews of Somerville age 86 Funeral at 180 Main St South Weymouth and other services for Edmond F Barry Mary F E Burke Hannah Courant Emily Deegan Keith Duffy Thomas Flavin Gustav Forbes Henry J Greene John P Harkins Lawrence Cameron Hooper Frank L Howard Catherine Kelly Bridget Kelley Lawrence Lyons Kate Morrison Nicholas Schaaf Edmund Daniel Dollie Titus Henry Frank Tully Thomas F Walsh and others with funeral times at St Marys St Peters Calvary Melrose Immaculate Conception St Patricks and local churches in Charlestown Roxbury Jamaica Plain and Quincy relatives invited.
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