Drowning Duel In Charles River Involves Two Men
A dramatic river rescue near Cambridge ends with John Ponovan's cramps drawing Henry Dolan under. Ponovan clutched Dolan, pulling both under before Chief Life Saver Bender intervened. Dolan and Ponovan were pulled ashore. Ponovan was unconscious and survived only after artificial respiration, Dolan' s condition improving.
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Charles River
Magazine Street
Cambridge
John Ponovan
Elm Street
Henry Dolan
Donovan
Dolan
Bender
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Protest Overweight Events Dropped by Boston Irish Groups
Leading Irish American weight throwers in Boston protest the omission of the 56 pound weight and 16 pound hammer from July 5 programs. They urge the three major Irish organizations to reconsider, arguing these events are central to the competition and require attention by July 5.
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Boston
Harbor leaders call for Boston growth and port upgrades
More than 500 Boston Chamber members sailed the South Shore to Nantasket Beach for a day of harbor talks and speeches by local and national figures. The event pushed for better harbor facilities, growth of interior trade, and a faster port channel project amid political hurdles and funding debates.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston Harbor
South Shore
Nantasket Beach
Paragon Park
Rowe’s Wharf
Nantasket
Boston
Mr. Hamlin
Chamber of Commerce
Assessors Not to be Reduced in City Council Vote
The Common Council refused to reduce principal assessors from nine to seven, voting 33 to 6. Mayor Hibbard appointed Edward G. Richardson and Alonzo F. Andrews to fill vacancies, opposed by the Finance Commission. The meeting featured heated debate, badge orders, and actions on public lighting, a Dewey Beach bathhouse, and ferry tolls. A resolution expressed condolences for the late Edward.
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Hibbard
Edward G. Richardson
Alonzo F. Andrews
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Dewey Beach
Charlestown
Harding
Joseph F. O'Connell
Ashmont
Giblin
Boston
Edward
Boston Chamber Excurse Advocates Harbor Upgrades
Boston leaders including President James J. Storrow and Hon. Charles S. Hamlin rally support for harbor improvements. They tour from Rowe’s wharf to Nantasket praising channel projects, dock frontage plans, and an $8 million dredging program to secure Boston’s commercial primacy.
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James J. Storrow
Charles S. Hamlin
Amos 3S. Crane
Boston & Maine Railroad
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Whdward Burr
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
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Mast Boston
Henry M. Whitney
Whitney
Nantasket
Harvard
First Corps of Cadets
Storrow
Boston Harbor
Q Congress
Charles 8. Hamlin
Hamlin
Edith Letter Alleged Motive in Woodill Murder Case
Colonel Charles H. Thompson, foster father of Mrs. Edith May Thompson Woodill, claims Eastman drugged and allegedly bound and carried her to his bungalow before her murder. He says the unsigned love letter titled Edith, copied from Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, is a forgery forged by Eastman.
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Baltimore
Charles H. Thompson
Edith May Thompson Woodill
Charles Major
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hail
Eastman
City approves land rent for women and children recreation ground
Everett Hale and the Board of Aldermen pass an order by Alderman O’Hare to rent city land between N. M East Eighth and East Ninth streets for a women and children recreation ground. The board also reverses a prior refusal and approves a $15 000 loan for a Dorchester fire station by 68 to 0.
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Board of Aldermen
O'Hare
N. M, East Eighth
East Ninth Streets
Lauriat Avenue
Dorchester
English officer slain at reception in India
An English officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wylie, is killed at a reception. The attacker fired multiple shots. others restrained him as a tragic scene unfolded. Wylie, born 1848, held key posts in India including military secretary to the governor of Madras and Rajputana agent. Lady Wyllie is identified among witnesses.
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Curzon Wyllie
Lady Wyllie
William Hutt Curzon Wylie
Madras
Nepal
Central India
Rajputana
Gasolene Hurls Two to Death in Canadian Tragic Bonfire
In Yarmouth Nova Scotia on Dominion Day a deadly prank with a lit candle and a gasoline cask caused an explosion at the Halifax & Southwestern station in Shag Harbor Shelburne County. Two boys died and several others were seriously injured as the blaze destroyed the station and shed before help arrived. Names could not be secured due to lack of telegraphic communication with Sag Harbor.
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Burton
House
Senate
Tom Carter
Montana
United States
Frank A Noyes
Sylvester Baxter
Edric Eldredge
Fred L. Carter
Charles 8. Ham
Yarmouth
N. S
Shag Harbor
Shelburne County
Halifax & Southwestern Railroad
Sag Harbor
Halifax & Southwestern Express
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