Athlete Crew Fights Death in Atlantic Drift
Gloucester July 8 Captain Thomas Benham and crew faced death as they dodged peril at sea aboard the schooner Athlete. While anchored off Sable Island they ventured in a dory with Ernest Holmes and Joseph Goodick to fish, navigating shifting sand bars in the graveyard of the Atlantic.
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Gloucester
Thomas Benham
Athlete
Sable Island
Benham
Ernest Holmes
Joseph Goodick
Atlantic
Captain Benham and crew rescued after monster sea wave
Cap tain Benham recounts how a monstrous wave broke over the dory eight hundred feet from shore, washing him into the sea. He and two sailors fought exhaustion, swam to a sand bar, shed gear, and were brought ashore safely by the rescuers. Northwest Light party notified, Athlete crew alerted.
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Captan Benham
Northwest Light
Boutilier
Warship makers protest armor defects case
Midvale Steel Company argues for damages over trivial armor defects in battleships North Dakota and Utah. Briefs were filed with the Navy Department and a decision awaits Assistant Secretary Winthrop’s return next week.
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Washington
Midvale Steel Company
North Dakota
Utah
Navy Department
Winthrop
Government debates armor plate substitution costs
The company offers no protest to replacing four plates but challenges who pays for removing old armor and shipping plates to distant ports if defects are found on U S ships. Protests warn of possible manufacturer liability if enemy fire strikes a small plate spot causing disaster. They urge the government avoid pledging such obligation.
Son-in-law charged with forging widow’s pension
Charles F. Hentz of Billerica was arrested by a U S Deputy Marshal Bancroft on a charge of obtaining his mother-in-law Margaret T Young’s pension by forging her signature. The missed June payment of 36 dollars was cashed in Providence at a saloon by a man matching Hentz’s description. he is held on 300 dollars bail for a July 15 hearing.
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Charles F. Hentz
Billerica
United States
Marshal Bancroft
Margaret T. Young
Providence
Hentz
Two Appointments At Burgess Point On Liability Law Panel
Beverly officials announce W. C. Brown president of the New York Central and Daniel L. Cease editor of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen's Journal named to the commission to investigate the employers' liability law and workmen s compensation.
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Beverly
Burgess Point
W. C. Brown
New York Central
United States
Daniel L. Cease
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen's Journal
Taft appoints a five member commission on labor and visits Moody
Legislation last session creates a commission to include two Senators and two Representatives named by top leaders. President Taft and Captain Butt visit Justice Moody at Magnolia. Moody retirement plans remain unsettled. Taft may present the Royal Seawanhaka Cup if time allows. Mrs Taft hosts Washington visitors at Burgess Point with a motor ride and a sail. No Hopedale visit date set with Governor Draper known.
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Sherman
William Warren
Missouri
Charles Hughes
Colorado
Cannon
Edwin Denby
Michigan
William G. Brantley
Georgia
Rudolph Forster
Tain Butt
William H. Moody
Magnolia
Justice Moody
Mr. Taft
Moody
Taft
Manchester Yacht Club
Canada
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Burgess Point
Washington
Helen
North Shore
Hopedale
Draper
Ashmore Convicted of Polygamy in Municipal Court
Claude L. Ashmore, 50, was sentenced to two years in the house of correction after a Municipal Criminal Court ruling for polygamy. Olive Pierce and Addie Clarke testified as alleged wives, with marriage certificates later proving their claims. One wife reportedly resided in an insane asylum.
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Claude L. Ashmore
Municipal Criminal Court
House of Correction
Ashmore
Olive Pierce
Addie Clarke
Ashmore admits guilt in multiple marriages scandal
Ashmore, facing charges for failing to support three wives, confessed that he has married three times with all wives alive including Addie Clarke. Olive Pierce, second wife, described him as a smooth talker and noted she did not expose him for the sake of their two children. A report notes significant distress at 140 Chandler street as well as court proceedings and witness accounts.
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Ashmore
Isabelle Dea
Newport
Olive Pierce
Dunmore Street
Phair
Shawmut Avenue
Addie Clarke
Post
Young
Providence
Variety of fish brought ashore at the wharf yesterday
A diverse catch filled the day’s trade with halibut, mackerel, swordfish, and groundfish. The Mooween under Captain Dan McDonald reported 24,000 pounds halibut and 200 pounds hake from the eastern banks, while other vessels like Nellie Dixon, Smith, and Oriole supplied thousands of mackerel as trawlers delivered 184,700 pounds of mixed fish. Prices ranged from 12 cents haddock to 8-2 cents for mackerel per pound.
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Dan McDonald
McDonald
Grand, Quero
St. Pierre Banks
Gloucester
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
Nellie Dixon
James Ellis
Benjamin A. Smith
Billy Corkum
Oriole
Charles Maguire
Ellis
Corkum
Smith
Victor
New York
Beeston
Mary E. Sennett
Fanny Reed
Hester
July 9 Shipping News Mini Almanac Highlights Arrivals and Departures
The July 9 shipping notes list numerous arrivals including Verona Oxholm Prince Arthur Kinney Nacoochee Dreyer Savannah Juniata James City of Rockland Bay State Olsen and more. Cleared steamers and schooners voyage to Liverpool Manchester Philadelphia and New York with multiple barges and tugs in tow.
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Verona
Oxholm
Port Morant
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Prince Arthur
Kinney
Yarmouth
Nacoochee
Dreyer
Savannah
Juniata
James
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Inscott
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Braddock
Boxer
Walls
Elk Garden
Hampshire
James Woolley
Millin
Scituate
Manatawney
Nemasket
Betts
Portsmouth
Bristol SY
Salem
Orion
Kemp
Marblehead
Mass
William Pp. Hood
Smith
Patuxent River
George M. Grant
Ratter
Henrietta Simmons
Darby
Sayreville
Age J
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Mathias
Edward
Eveleth
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Bostonian
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Amherst
Alice P. Turner
Hentsport
N. S
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Bear River
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Parisian
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Esparta
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Ely
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Dan
Ripon
Gulfport
Miss
Lackawannra
Hoboken
N. J
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Dunlo
Newport
Gibson
Sagua
Boswell
Emelie
Providence
Cassie
Valley Forge
Cymru
Macungie
Francis
Lynn
Defiance
Barga
Hog Ae
Heom Sane
Laconia and Franconia Named for Cunard Liners
The Cunard Steamship Company in Boston announced the two large turbine liners to be launched in Liverpool on July 28. The vessels named Laconia and Franconia are expected to serve the Boston to Liverpool run and boost the city's shipping significance.
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Boston
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Airship Meet at Stadium in Boston Proposed
Boston may host its first aeronautical meeting before summer's end if the Harvard Aeronautical Club proposal for a Soldiers Field tournament is approved by President A Lawrence Lowell and Mayor Fitzgerald. City Hall indicated the plan will be considered by the City Council next.
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Boston
Harvard Aeronautical Club
Soldiers Field
A. Lawrence Lowell
Fitgerald
Boston Considers Civic Summer Aviation Meet at Soldiers Field
A letter to Mayor Fitzgerald from A Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard, proposes a city backed national aviation exhibition at Soldiers Field this summer. Harvard offers field use if Boston joins aeronautical societies and covers no gate costs. Initial plan eyed Salem NH as alternative, but Stadium site would draw larger crowds.
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Greater
Boston
City Hall
Fitzgerald
Lowell
University Club
Aeronautical Society
A. Lawrence Low
John FF. Fitzgerald
Harvard Aeronautical Club
Salem
N. H
Peruna credited with saving Cromwell woman’s life
Mrs. Charles Anspaugh of Cromwell Indiana praises Peruna calling it a godsend. She says she was run down and miserable before taking Peruna and now is on the road to recovery and can’t thank the company enough.
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Charles Anspaugh
Cromwell, Ind
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