Boston Girl Visit Transforms Navy Yard Battleships
An army of women and girls toured the Atlantic fleet at the Boston harbor naval base. Visitors pressed aboard the Louisiana Kansas and Connecticut to inspect gear and hear gun crewmanship stories while sailors guided tours and shared trophies from the ship crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Louisiana
Kansas
Connecticut
Navy Department
Vermont
Navy Yard
Atlantic Avenue
No Caffeine in Hires But It Remains Popular
The snippet praises Hires as a refreshing invigoration aiding digestion and notes its popularity despite caffeine. It contrasts with a quoted U S chemist who warns caffeine is more harmful in pure form than when mixed in tea or coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemist
Food Authority
United States
Louisiana Fleet Visits Include Mascot Antics and Silver Cups
The Louisiana naval ship showcased a mascot Barney the monkey who accepted a banana and playfully bumped a visitor. Visitors viewed 24 silver cups from various dignitaries and governments, as crews hosted public calls at 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 6:30 p.m. until departure for Rockport Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Barney
Prince of Battenberg
Wilhelm
Sweden
Rockport
Fanning Recalled From Alton to Jail for Old Fiddle
Richard Fanning, wanted on a February 1908 arrest warrant in Alton for alleged mistreatment of his cousin Nellie Fanning, returns from Louisiana to reclaim his old fiddle and is jailed in Edwardsville after Chief John Maxwell recognizes him with the instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannings
Louisiana
Alton
Pyley
Bluff Line
Missouri
John Maxwell
Fanning
G. F. Crowe
Edwardsville
Brith Abraham Officers Installed
The Hebrew Progressive Lodge 177 installed officers at Odd Fellows Hall North Russell Street with Deputy Grand Master Simon Goldberg presiding. Installed were President Frank M. Segall Vice President Peter Weisberg Treasurer B Gray Outside Guardian S Bornstein assisted by Abraham Zinberg Julius Rosenblum L H Weinstein S Goldman and J Yaffa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrew Progressive Lodge
Independent
Order of Brith Abraham
Odd Fellows’ Hall
North Russell Street
Simon Goldberg
Grand Lodge
Abraham Zinberg
Julius Rosenblum
L. H. Weinstein
S. Goldman
Yaffa
Frank M. Segall
Peter Weisberg
B. Gray
Guardian
S. Bornstein
Effort to Spare Warry Charles in Chinatown Executions
Relatives and friends campaign to halt Warry Charles execution for the tong war murders in Chinatown during Old Home Week. If the Supreme Court denies relief a petition for clemency will be sent to Governor Draper, and word says President Taft may be appealed to over his government service record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warry Charles
Chinatown
Charles
United States Supreme Court
Draper
Taft
Warren Charles
Charles F. Roe Garrison
Brooklyn
Felix Angus
Baltimore
South
Central America
Campaign of support for condemned man Charles widens
A public drive to free Charles gains momentum as relatives seek a new trial. Warren Charles, a New York patrolman, plans to seek leave to travel to the city for the effort. Prominent officers and sympathizers write letters urging clemency and a higher court appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Warren Charles
New York
Try Steel Cases Soon
District Attorney Hill plans to take up the steel case involving 18 indicted individuals and firms accused of conspiring to defraud through collusive bidding on structural steel work. Four corporations pleaded guilty July 1 and paid $6000 in fines. several named individuals from Worcester, Malden, Dorchester, and other towns are slated for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Boston Bridge Works
Canton Bridge Company
Groton Bridge Company
Oswego Bridge Company
Sanderson
Wilmer M. Smith
Marion
G. W. & F. Smith Iron Company
Charles M. Pennycuick
Hamilton Street
Dorchester
Frank E. White
Hancock Street
Malden
The
Iron Company
John Wilson
L. M. Ham Company
Portland Street
Albert §. Miller, Jr
Payne Street
Worcester
Eastern Bridge and Structural Company
Henry C. Collins
Berlin Construction Company
Berlin
Lamp Burns Kill Two in Separate Fires
Calais Maine July 4 Mrs William Brown a 60 year old widow died from burns after her dress caught fire lighting a lamp. River Point Rhode Island July 4 Don Lyons a 50 year old unmarried teamster died at the State Hospital Howard from burns when a kerosene lamp exploded in his boarding house. He denied the lamp was thrown at him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
William Brown
River Point
R. I
Don Lyons
State Hospital
Howard
Lyons
Puffed Wheat And Puffed Rice Promo From Quaker Oats
An advertisement extols Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice a sensational new breakfast cereal. It describes the sealing guns heating grains to explode moisture, expanding kernels eightfold with intact coats, and urges orders from grocers for ovens and morning meals. The copy credits Prof. A P Anderson of Columbia University as inventor.
Roosevelt Jollied by Nairobi Follies Lions Song
In Nairobi July 4 entertainment hosted by acting Governor F J Jackson guests included Theodore Roosevelt and son Kermit. Songs mock Roosevelt lion hunting with humorous sketches and a sketch titled A Tale of the Chase features Miss Shooter.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Miss Shooter
Faxon Club Outing Delights Roxbury Guests
About 300 guests attended the Faxon Club outing at Beachmont clubhouse with Mayflower Girls' Club of Beachmont and S J John's Girls' Literary Club of East Cambridge present. The event featured Faxon Club band performances, a piano solo by Thomas Lannon, and vocal numbers by Marshal Voley and Edward Fagan, organized by President George F. Lannon and a committee including Thomas F. Delen, Frank Kenney, William Broderick, John Harvey, Fred Decker, William Brody, John Lambert, A. Delan, and John Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faxon Club
Roxbury
Beachmont
Mayflower Girls’ Club
S J. John's (Girls
East Cambridge
Thomas Lannon
Marshal Voley
Edward Fagan
George F. Lannon
Thomas F. Delen
Frank Kenney
William Broderick
John Harvey
Fred Decker
William Brody
John Lambert
A. Delan
John Lynch
Autoist's Wild Ride Ends in Pond
Charles Maguire broke from a party on Walnut street and wrecked his car, plunging into Birch Pond where he surfaced unhurt. Special Officer Williams arrested Maguire, charging intoxication and lack of chauffeur license. He is linked to James Honor’s garage at 170 Broad street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Charles Maguire
James Honor
Broad Street
Hub Man Busy on Quake Relief
Harry W Bowdoin of Boston has worked in Messina and Taormina since the earthquake and will rest in Rome for a few days before returning to Sicily to continue rebuilding and rehabilitation efforts for the ruined cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Bowdoin
Boston
Messina
Taormina
Rome
Sicily
Mother in Auto Seeks Her Son Carlton Clark
Mrs. Maude Buchan Clark searches the Adirondack Mountains for 7 year old Carlton Clark who disappeared after being taken by Dr. and Mrs. Geza Kremer from Dorchester. Detectives are tracking leads as Mrs. Clark travels in a single seated runabout seeking any clue to the child’s location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Buchanan Clark
Carlton Clark
Adirondack Mountains
Robert Buchanan
Dorchester
Geza Kremer
New York
Carlton
Willowwood Street
Kremer
Clark
Swam Ashore With Suitcase from Ocean View
Walter Hudson leaped from a steamer near Ocean View Delaware and swam to shore dragging a suitcase. Passengers initially misread the act as a sale attempt but cheered when they heard his joyful shouts.
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Wilmington
Del
Ocean View
Atlantic Ocean
Walter Hudson
Altar Boys Honor Landrigan With Gift at Dorchester Church
Peter Landrigan, a 12 year altar boy at St. Peter's Church Dorchester who resigned as master of ceremonies to study for the priesthood at the American College in Rome, was yesterday surprised by friends and fellow altar boys and presented with a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Landrigan
St. Peter's Church
Dorchester
American College At
Rome
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Boston Girls
Old Fiddle
Washtown
Brith Abraham
Army and Navy
Prof. Anderson
Prof
A. P. Anderson
Columbia University
Leo
Weeny
Kermit
Wall Street
Mr. Roosevelt
Kipling
Kilindini
Teddy Roosevelt
B. BE. A
Roxbury Club
Mrs. Clark
Adirondack
Landrigan
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