Plucky Boston Girl Sets Long Swim Record
Miss Pitonof completed a five mile coastal swim from Thompson’s Island to Deer Island amid strong east winds and heavy waves. She endured perilous currents, refused aid, and surpassed her 1906 record by 28 minutes, finishing at Deer Island at 5 14 pm. Her trainer George De Cost and father Eli Pitonof accompanied, with cheers from spectators and ship crews along the way.
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Deer Island
Thompson's Island
Eli Pitonof
Freeport Street
Dorchester
George de Cost
Boston
Hun
Whatming
Thomp
Spectacle Island
Ariel
Andrew
Nantasket
de Cost
Decost
Isle
Miss Pitonof
Pleve
C. W. Jordan
Joseph McCabe
Live Wire Burns Fireman in Bangor Bakery Fire
A bakery fire on Exchange Street Bangor caused $15,000 damage to a four story block with overhead wires hampering crews. Fireman John Wilshire was badly burned after contacting a live wire and is in critical condition at East Maine General Hospital. Six firms suffered heavy losses while the Phillips estate owns the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Exchange Street
John Wilshire
Wilshire
East Maine General Hospital
Phillips Estate
Inspection of Plays Urged at Halifax Meeting
Halifax Nova Scotia July 6 The National Council of Women discussed drama censorship preferring inspection to censorship. An amendment mandated careful information security during the year. Dr Gordon moved a Toronto council resolution seeking a woman on the royal commission on technical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
National Council of Women
Gordon
Toronto
Royal Commission On Technical Education
Elevated Team Triumphs Over All Police at Dorchester
Division 1 baseball champions of the Elevated league defeated the All-Police team 5 to 3 at Dunbar Avenue Grounds Dorchester yesterday afternoon. Thornton yielded three singles and struck out 14 in a strong start. Five double plays highlighted the win, leaving the victors with no defeats and a string of 0 losses.
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Dunbar Avenue Grounds
Dorchester
Thornton
Page Class Plays Pilgrims Saturday in league opener
The Page Class and Pilgrim Class meet Saturday afternoon at 3 at Dunbar avenue grounds Dorchester. The Greater Boston league opener features two near top teams with an unusually interesting matchup anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar Avenue Grounds
Dorchester
Page
Miss Anna Cockrell Weds Greek Minister in Private Norwich Ceremony
Miss Anna Cockrell daughter of former Missouri senator F M Cockrell married Lambros A Coromilas Greek Minister to Washington at the bride’s sister’s home on Broadway Norwich Conn The ceremony was conducted by a Greek church priest in the Greek church service with only family and intimate friends present.
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Norwich
Conn
Anna Cockrell
United States
F. M. Cockrell
Missouri
Lambros A. Coromilas
Washington
Edson F. Gallaudet
Broadway
Heinze Faces Term in Cell in New York
Arthur P. Heinze faces a 10 day sentence after a conviction on charges of interfering with the administration of justice by instigating the removal and mutilation of books of United Copper Company. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Ray's sentence. Heinze plans to begin his term within days once the appellate mandate is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur P. Heinze
United Copper Company
Ray
Heinze
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Tracy Buckingham
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Canada
Blackwell’s Island
Lacombe, Ward
Noyes
Corinthian envoy to wed after meeting in Washington
Mr. Coromilas, long deemed a confirmed bachelor over 54, married his bride after meeting at a Washington diplomatic function about a year ago. They plan an automobile trip then sail for Greece for six months. He recently spoke of American women, saying he would marry only if he could choose from American beauties. Mrs. Coromilas is described as a Southern belle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coromilas
Washington
Greece
Portland Board of Trade invites Ancient and Honorable Artillery
The Board of Trade will extend an invitation to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston to visit Portland during October. The visit coincides with the companys planned trip to the Rangeley Lakes region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Board of Trade
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
Rangeley Lakes
Big Cloak Strike Looms Over New York
New York July 6. If cloak manufacturers do not meet the demands within 10 to 12 hours a general strike will be called affecting about 70,000 workers. Alexander Bloch, chairman of the cloakmakers union settlement committee, said workers are ready. Twelve shops are closed now, and a general walkout awaits consent from all manufacturers. Bloch noted only 615 of nearly 20,000 voted against a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander Bloch
Cloakmakers’ Union
Auto Hits Osterberg As He Leaves Car
Hilbert Osterberg stepped from an electric car in Cambridge and was struck by another auto at Winsor street and Broadway. His leg was broken and he was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital. The car was driven by Dr. C Garland of 295 West Canton street Boston.
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Osterberg
Hilbert Osterberg
Winsor Street
Broadway
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
C. Garland
West
Canton Street
Boston
Car Hit Kills Horse in Weymouth Collision
In Weymouth on July 6 a电 car collided with McKee's Express wagon on North Weymouth tracks at 10:30 pm. One horse died instantly and the second was so badly hurt it had to be shot. The wagon driver had left the team on the tracks to phone. The car carried few passengers. one was injured but walked home after a severe shaking up.
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Weymouth
North Weymouth
McKee
Hingham
Death notices from Boston July 4 1921 including Garey and Regan families
Obituaries and funeral notices list Nellie Garey Ruth Carpenter Curtis Carr Thomas Clark and others. It records birthplaces residences funeral dates times masses and relatives invited, with churches St Rose St Mary and Sacred Heart, locations Chelsea Somerville Roxbury Dorchester Charlestown Roslindale and Brandon Manitoba.
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Carey
Chelsea
Nellie
Charles F. Garey
Patrick and
Nora Coleman
Lehan
Broadway
St. Rose Church
Taunton
San Francisco
Clark
Roxbury
Thomas
Bridget Clark
Thomas J. Clark
Kalada Park
Holborn Street
St. Francis de Sales Church
Vernon Street
Davis
Howard J. Davis
Schuyler Street
Englisa
Thomas F. English
Robert Turnbull
Roslindale
Folsom
South Street
Brookline
Martha
Charlestown
Michael Murtha
Catherine Carlin
Wallace Court
Winthrop Street
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
Waltham
Mass
Kelleher
Faulkner Hospital
Hannah
Jeremiah Kelleher
Lawrence Street
Boston
Church of the Sacred Heart
Otis
Brandon
Manitoba
Arthur Hibben Otis
Cemetery Chapel
Scituate
Regan
Julia
John Regan
Harvard Street
Ryan
Dorchester
Winnifred
Thomas Ryan
Kelly
Edmund Burke
Park Street
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Timothy Ryan
Catherine Ryan
Tebrac Street
Stowell
Charles W
Frances L. Stowell
Mahoney
Chelsea Street
St. Mary's Church
Sullivan
Pittsfield
Caroline Theresa
Nee Maloney
Michael H. Sullivan
Hewins Street
St. Leo's Church
Esmond Street
Swain
Hall Avenue
Somerville
Congow
Lexington Avenue
Two Million For New England Harbor Projects
The War Department reports about 2,000,000 will fund river and harbor improvements in Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts. Provincetown harbor of refuge is the leading project with dredging Mystic River to a 30 foot channel and work at Lynn Gloucester Fall River Newburyport Plymouth New Bedford Burlington and St Albans. Lieutenant Colonel Edward Burr and Colonel Frederick V. Abbott will oversee contracts as specifications are printed and work begins.
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War Department
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Provincetown Harbor of Refuge
Provincetown
Lynn
Gloucester
Fall River
Newburyport
Plymouth
New Bedford
Burlington
St. Albans
Mystic
Edward Burr
Frederick V. Abbott
Hug costs man a ten in New York court
Joseph Flynn 28 of West Seventeenth street was fined ten dollars in Night Court for hugging a woman who resembled his mother on West 158th Street. Mrs Elizabeth Crane testified she saw Flynn grasp a passerby who bore a striking likeness to his mother. Flynn claimed the elderly woman swerved into him and he returned the embrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Flynn
West Seventeenth Street
Elizabeth Crane
Riverside Drive
Harris
West 158Th Street
Flynn
Religious Debates Rage in Spain Parliament
In Madrid July debates flare in both chambers. The Bishop of Madrid in the Senate argues church laws govern the country because Catholicism is the state religion. Canalejas counters that church interference invades sovereignty and vows Spain will modernize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Senate
Canalejas
Spain
Baby Boy Saved From Fire After Door Is Broken Down
Mrs. Fred Cucinotta cried out as her 13 month old son Arthur was trapped in a room with a brisk fire and dense black smoke. Firefighters from Box 93 forced the door and rescued him, averting a deadly outcome in the South End last evening.
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Fred Cucinotta
Tremont Street
Arthur
South End
Fiery Kitchen Blaze Traps Child As Door Locks In Fire
Mrs Cucinotta frying fish last night left the room briefly. Fat in the pan bubbled over igniting carpet and floor. A spring lock on the door trapped her baby Arthur inside as flames grew. A lodger alarmed neighbors. firemen hacked the door away and rescued the mother unconscious at the threshold and the child. Minor damage only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Cucinotta
Arthur
Fallieres Attends Aviation Meet Amid Gusty Weather
President Fallieres visited Betheny Plain to witness international aviation contests. Despite high winds and squalls, aviators Latham in a monoplane Weymann and Raeder in biplanes gave a splendid exhibition, undeterred by the gale, with Briand Barthou Dupuy and General Brun nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betheny Plain
Theims
Fallieres
Briand
Barthou
Commerce Dupuy
Brun
Latham
Weymann
Raeder
Noted sire dies at Hooper stock farm in Indianola
Des Moines July 6 Allerton a renowned trotting horse sire died last night at the Hooper stock farm in Indians ola. The notable horse bred numerous winners and left a lasting imprint on the racing lineage in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Allerton
Hooper
Indiansola
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Miss Cockrell
Clinedinst
Lambros A. Goromilas
A. E. Cockerell
Pilgrims
Rochester
ASK Ancients
Abbie
Wilson Bros
Scollay Square
Big Kettle
Rogers’ Waltham Watches
Olen
Carpenter
Ruth Rettinson
Edgar Carpenter
Wellington Street
White
Batiste
Alaska
Pink 'S
ALMON
Uneeda
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