Rescue at Sea Delivers 8 Survivors From Castagna Loss
Coast guards at Cahoon's Hollow and Nauset joined efforts to save eight sailors from the Italian bark Castagna after a nightlong gale. The captain perished, cabin boy died at sea, and several men suffered severe frostbite needing Boston hospital care. Survivors were transported to Wellfleet and Boston for treatment.
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Cahoon's Hollow
Nauset
Coast Guards
Angelo Todero
Mario Patroni
Bulgaria
Todero
Carney Hospital
Castagna
Cahoon’s Hollow
Tobin
Cahoon
Boston Teacher Aids Eight Men Rescued From Castagna
Miss Eleanor M Colleton a Boston school teacher mobilized Carney Hospital to shelter eight men rescued from the bark Castagna. Despite crowding the hospital accommodated the men and arranged care through State Board of Charity plans to move them toward the State almshouse in Tewksbury.
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Tewksbury
Eleanor M. Colleton
Boston
Carney Hospital
State Board of Charity
Wellfleet
Colleton
Paul Revere
North End
Crudol anti-dandruff tonic hair product ad
An advertisement for Crudol antiseptic hair tonic promotes it as a non alcoholic crude oil formula that treats dandruff prevents itching and stops hair loss. It emphasizes root energizing action and luxuriant growth available in sanitary tubes with 25c and 50c sizes from Cruciel Products Corp New York located at 1777 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crudol
Cruciel Products Corporation
Broadway
New York
Italian Seamen Refused Admission Without Guarantee
An Italian consul seeks admission for injured sailors at U S Marine Hospital Chelsea but needs a $1 daily guarantee per man. Hospital officials differ on requirements with statements from Dr Paine and hospital staff. City Hospital reportedly would not admit non Boston injuries, while in an emergency it may not matter where the accident occurred.
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Sister of Charity
Miss Colleton
Boston
United States Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Paine
Post
State Board of Charity
City Hospital
Garfield
White
the Post
Boston Wins Navy Supply Ship Contract Award
Boston officials celebrate a Navy Department contract for a supply ship built at Charlestown Navy Yard. Mayor Curley telegrams President Wilson praising the decision as securing steady work and prosperity for the yard and its workers.
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President Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States
White House
Washington
Boston
Navy Department
Boston Navy Yard
James M. Curley
Charlestown Navy Yard
Naval Board
Daniels
Charlestown
Curley
Boston Yard Wins Navy Supply Ship Contract
Port of Boston leaders praise the decision to award the supply ship contract to the Charlestown navy yard. Officials estimate over a million dollars in expenditure and about 2000 jobs, signaling a new era for Boston shipbuilding and regional prestige.
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Boston
Hugh Bancroft
Port of
Charlestown Navy Yard
Williams. McNary
Harbor and Land Commission
Navy Department
Boston Yard
Francis T. Bowles
Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Tiz A Joy To Sore Tired Feet
An old time testimonial ad promises relief from sore feet with TIZ. It claims magical action reducing swelling and pain, letting wearers use smaller shoes and enjoy comfort, with a 25 cent box available at druggists and stores and a year long guarantee.
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Riker-Jaynes
Flex Oil
Opsullivan Specialtiles Co
Lowell
Mass
Boston Navy Yard Wins Ship Contract Victory
A telegram from Washington reports Secretary Daniels awarded the supply ship contract to Boston navy yard under a revised estimate of 1 171 713 dollars. Massachusetts expresses thanks and views the decision as a boost for local shipbuilding capacity and future Boston slips.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Massachusetts
Boston Navy Yard
Boston
New England
David I. Walsh
T L De Vinne Printer Dead In New York
Theodore Low De Vinne longtime printer and founder of the De Vinne Press dies at his West Seventy sixth street home in his sixtieth year. A leader in typography and publishing he printed for St Nicholas Century Morgan Huntington and other institutions and authored seminal works on printing and typography. He was born in Stamford Connecticut and moved to New York in 1848.
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New York
Theodore Low de Vinne
West Seventy-sixth Street
de Vinne Press
Lafayette Street
St. Nicholas
Century
J. Pierpont Morgan
Archer Milton Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Spain
Stamford
Conn
Newburg Academy
Francis Hart & Co
Hart
de Vinne
O” de Vinne
Yale
Columbia
B. de Vinne
Bones of Cromer explorers found in Peru
Americans of a long lost exploring party were unearthed in Peru by Captain J Campbell Besley and associates Franklin B Coates J K Holbrook and J W Dunne. They returned to New York aboard the Byron from Barbados after a July departure.
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Machuviechu
Bingham
Yale
Besley
Plateriyayee
Para
Brazil
Amazon
New York
Peru
J. Campbell Besley
Franklin B. Coates
J. K. Holbrook
J. W. Dunne
Lamport & Holt
Byron
Barbados
Perilous Amazon Expedition Ends In Memoir Of Loss And Discovery
Captain Besley and four companions reach the Amazon headwaters after a trek from a Cromer camp where bones mark a fatal end. They build a raft, face Indian attacks, and endure river rapids, fever, and disease while recording a remarkable white voyage never before attempted. They meet Dr Towne and Dr Dunn who describe uta and verriga illnesses observed among natives.
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New York
Huallayo River
Djidi
Dr. Towne
United States
Mrs Page in Kenilworth Hints At Cromer Expedition Fate
Chicago residents recall William H Page and W H Cromer who vanished during an Amazon exploration. The last signal reached Dr. Charles S Page in 1913. Roosevelt was urged to help locate the missing pair amid rumors of danger from cannibals.
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Chicago
William FH. Page
W. H. Cromer
South America
Kenilworth
Cromer
Charles S. Page
William H. Page
Roosevelt
Amazon
Page
C. E H. Cromer
Besley
Harvard Association Elects Its Officers
The Harvard Christian Association elected officers for 1914 at its meeting. Norris S. Tibbetts of Lowell was chosen president, Lionel de Jersey Harvard of London as vice president, Wallace Campbell of Mt. Hamilton as secretary, and Phillips Bradley of Lincoln as treasurer.
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Harvard Christian Association
Norris S. Tibbetts
Lowell
Lionel de Jersey
Harvard
London
Eng
Wallace Campbell
Mt. Hamilton
Cal
Phillips Bradley
Lincoln
Noted War Nurse Mrs John Fowle Goes to Hospital
Mrs John Fowle a Civil War nurse and the only woman married in the hall of the House of Representatives in Washington was taken to a private hospital in Dorchester yesterday morning for a serious operation.
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John Fowle
House of Representatives
Washington
Dorchester
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Horlick's
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
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Bones OF Cromer Party
West Point
Amazon River
Seljan Party
Professor Billinghurst
Clay Howard
Seljan O’higgins
Jehachi
T. L. DE Vinne
Aiite
Lariat Meakin and
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Cambridge
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Arlington
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Marie L. Hasty
Melrose
Alice E. Gallagher
Salem
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Lynn
Adele Harford
Richmond
Kate Cook
Ossipee
Coates
Dunne
Holbrook
Medical Research Bureau
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