Stedman Sends Special Ash Wood Rake To President Wilson
Tyringham resident Mar shall W Stedman shipped a custom ash wood lawn rake with forty teeth to the White House for President Wilson. The rake, cut from a Tyringham estate sapling with permission from Rob bie Peyster Tytus, is lighter and slimmer than Taft era rakes and follows a family tradition begun with Abraham Lincoln.
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White House
Washington
Marshall W. Stedman
Tyringham
Wilson
Stedman
Berkshire
RobbiePeyster Tytus
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Stedman
M. V. W. Stedman
President Wilson and family attend church service
The article notes President Wilson and his family at a church service. The pastor spoke on the importance of commonplace duties supporting great work and highlighted Christ's example with the sacrament. The congregation stood as the President and family departed after the service.
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Henry van Dyke
Princeton
President Visits As Jessie Sayre Admires Him At Church
A President visits a church in New England where Miss Jessie is to be a White House bride in the fall. The crowd cheers as Jessie and fiancé Francis Sayre exit, while the President and family take a motor ride. Farmers hail rain after the President’s arrival as weather shifts to cooler, wetter days.
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White House
Francis B. Sayre
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Newport Phaeton
Sayre
Raleigh
Washington
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Woodstock
Hanover
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Washington St
Jefferson
New England
Ice Cream Vendor Charged For Sunday Sale and Disturbance
Lewis Pernokas of Peabody was arrested in Wakefield yesterday for selling ice cream on Sunday and creating a disturbance by ringing his gong. He claimed he believed he was in Lynnfield and did not intend to enter Wakefield.
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Lewis Pernokas
Peabody
Wakefield
Pernokas
Lynnfield
No Trace Found of Ralph S. Bardwell in Melrose Harbor
No trace has been found of Ralph S. Bardwell of 22 Francis Street Melrose who is believed drowned. He left home to visit his sister in Winthrop and went canoeing Friday afternoon. The canoe was recovered by fisherman George M Lamphier off Bass Point with no further sign of Bardwell.
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Bardwell
Francis Street
Melrose
Winthrop
George M. Lamphier
Bass Point
See Birds in Battle of Death on Middlesex Fellsway
Automobile party travels the Middlesex Fellsway Reservation boulevard yesterday afternoon amid a reported battle and death scene. Police investigate lines of witnesses and determine the cause remains unclear as debris and signs of collision are found near the roadway.
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Middlesex Fellsway Reservation
Death duel of two hawks witnessed over Medford river
Witnesses on the Thatcher Magoun estate in Medford saw two large hawks engage in a midair duel. The birds plunged from several hundred feet, crashing into the Mystic River where both died.
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Thatcher Magoun
Medford
Mystic River
Birds Fight in Midair Over Mystic River
Two hawks battled above a crowd of auto enthusiasts near the Mystic River, one dragging a young chicken. The smaller hawk seized the larger, they fell and drowned together. Police noted only two prior air battles in recent memory.
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Metropolitan Motorcycle Police
Mystic River
Metropolitan
Forest Street
Medford
Fire at Chelsea sheds sparks citywide evacuation
A blaze starting in a shed and stable at 10 Vale street Chelsea drove twelve families into the street. The fire spread to a three deck tenement, threatening the district while rescuers saved three horses. Owners include David Herman with tenants Israel Skolsky and Joseph Kingsley. Investigators expect a police inquiry. damage capped around $100.
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Vale Street
Chelsea
David Herman
Herman
Israel Skolsky
Joseph Kingsley
State
Spy Pond Victim Leonel Matski Recovered
The body of Leonel Matski of East Cambridge, drowned in Spy Pond Arlington, was recovered at 1 30 pm by Officer Edward Jacobs. Matski, with Woolley Zwyewier, swam across the pond when he sank about halfway, suffering cramps.
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Leonel Matski
East Cambridge
Spy Pond
Arlington
Edward Jacobs
Arlington Police
Matski
Woolley Zwyewier
Fire Sweeps Vale Street Sheds and Tenement House
A major blaze on Vale Street drew two alarms as horses and wagons were saved from the shed and a four story tenement faced sparks and water damage. Firefighters confined the spread with lines of hose. A sailor's name was not reported.
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Threedecker
Vale Street
Hudson
Husband and infant survivor amid Rockaway tragedy
Thomas Watson, 24, ended his wife’s weeks at her bedside and then killed himself near Rockaway Beach. He tied a cord around the neck of his month-old baby, which was found alive this afternoon by two men.
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Hills Self
New York
Thomas Watson
Rockaway Beach
Body found in marsh off South Boston likely foul play
A well dressed man about 40 was found dead in a marsh off Old Colony avenue South Boston with head and shoulders in mud and visible bruising. Police suspect foul play and investigate with Medical Examiner Waters at City Hospital morgue. The man, 5 ft 8 in, 165 pounds, brown hair and blue eyes, wore a brown suit and gray golf cap.
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Old Colony Avenue
Boston
Thomas G. Lawton
Wendell Place
Frank G. Hitler
Dorchester Avenue
East Fourth Street
City Hospital
Sunday Tennis Ban Sparks Wellesley Dispute
Wellesley residents clash over Sunday tennis at Hunnewell Field with Chief Kingsbury saying arrests need a formal complaint. He defends access for locals on Sundays, equal to country club members, while noting courts will enforce court appearance for complaints. Two petitions to ban Sunday tennis were rejected by the Board of Selectmen.
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Wellesley
Harry M. Kingsbury
Hunnewell Field
Board of Selectmen
Winthrop Man Rescued by Beach Patrol
R Hanlon aged 22 of Winthrop Centre was saved from drowning at Winthrop Beach by volunteer life-saving crew on Saturday afternoon. Patrollers F W Cooley and W Getty heard his cries, rowed to him, brought him ashore, and he afterward received warm drinks before going home.
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R. Hanlon
Winthrop Centre
Winthrop Beach
F. W. Cooley
W. Getty
Rector James Prendergast Transferred to Jefferson
James Prendergast rector of St. Marys Catholic Church announced his transfer to Jefferson. It is not known here who will succeed him.
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James Prendergast
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Jefferson
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