Courage at the Dam A Heroic Rescue
Mary Alice Brown saves Francis Willett from drowning after he slips from a rotten dam plank during a fishing excursion at a mill flume. The boy clings to a fishing rod while she anchors him and pulls him to safety with grit and faith. Both children recover, and Charlie Thomas honors Mary Alice as the bravest Galahad of them all.
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Mary Alice Brown
Lem Brown
Sam Thomas
Little Charlie
Francis Willett
Galahad Knights
Francis
Mary Alice
Charlie Thomas
Mary -Alice
Charlie
Sam
Martha
Family Faces Hard Choices Over School and Work
Mrs Brown's family returns to Sheffield to start work and schooling decisions loom as Mary Alice weighs leaving school to help with finances. The day nursery is full and Dicky needs milk while Mrs Brown contends with increased duties and a growing child. Francis Willett stops helping Mary Alice as Travers prepares to go to Europe.
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Mary Alice
Mrs. Brown
Dicky
Calvert Street
Francis Willett
Clipper Hill
Tramp Jailed Despite Wealth of Clothes in Readville
Joseph Femela, sentenced in Quincy to six months in the house of correction for being a tramp, is found to own 10 suits of clothes. Arrested in Milton he wore a diamond stick pin. Police recover 106 suits of clothes, barber kit, ties, underwear. lock box contains $5 and a room rent payment.
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Quincy
Houses of Correction
Joseph Femela
Milton Femela
Femela
Readville
Catholic Clergy to Lead Suffolk Delegation at Toledo Convention
The Right Rev. Mgr. M J Splaine of St. Joseph’s Roxbury will head the Suffolk County delegation to the American Federation of Catholic Societies convention in Toledo next month. Others named include Rev. Mer J J Chittick Hyde Park Rev Philip J O Donnell St James Harrison Ave Rev James N Supple Charlestown and Rev James J Murphy Brighton. Also note 27 children admitted to the Home for Destitute Catholic Children in the week ending July 1 with 29 placed or returned to relatives.
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Mgr. M. J. Splaine
D. D
P. R
St. Joseph’s Church
Roxbury
Suffolk County
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Federation
Toledo
Mer. J. J. Chittick
Hyde Park
Philip J. O'Donnell
St. James Church
Harrison Avenue
James N. Supple
Charlestown
James J. Murphy
Brighton
Suit Over Death Benefit Against Boston Letter Carriers
Mrs. Nellie F. Ryan loses suit after Judge Morton sustains demurrer in Suffolk Superior Court. She claimed a pre marriage agreement with John F. Ryan to name her beneficiary and pay funeral costs, while Ryan's side argued he could change beneficiary under 1911 acts and by laws. The case moves to the Supreme Judicial Court with attorney Herbert A. Kenny.
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Nellie F. Ryan
Boston
Mutual Association
Loretta M. Ryan
Supreme Judicial Court
Herbert A. Kenny
Morton
Suffolk Superior Court
John F. Ryan
Ryan
Ante Marital Contract Case Involving Life Benefit Dispute
Boston letter carrier John W. Ryan died January 31 1915. His widow Nellie F. Ryan sues to recover a $1000 death benefit denied after Ryan secretly named his sister Loretta M. Ryan as beneficiary in a second certificate. The fraternal association paid Loretta, sparking a dispute over rightful beneficiary and estate obligations.
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John W. Ryan
Boston
Boston Letter Carriers’ Mutual Association
Loretta M. Ryan
Ryan
Loretta
Association
Charles H. Norton
Fire at Delano planing mill causes $100,000 loss
A blaze at the Delano planing mill on Forest Street in Portland caused about 100000 in damage to stock, machinery and the building after an explosion in the roof shaving box. Workman Edward Verge was severely burned attempting to use a chemical extinguisher and is listed in critical condition. Coast Guard cutter Woodbury crew helped fight the fire.
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Portland
Delano Planing
Forestreet
Edward Verge
Coast Guard
Woodbury
Waltham Reports Highest Tax Rate of 19.80
The city's assessors yesterday fixed the tax rate at 19.80, up 1.40 from last year. They cited a higher state tax and the loss of wealthy residents who objected to assess methods as reasons for the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Board of Assesses
Frohman Estate: $350000 Left For Administers
Application filed in New York Surrogate Court names Daniel Frohman and Alf Hayman as administrators of Charles Frohman's estate. Charles Frohman died in the Lusitania sinking. Personal property valued at not exceeding $350,000. real property value unknown.
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New York
Charles Frohman
Daniel Frohman
Alf Hayman
Frohman
Lusitania
Travelling Passenger Agents to Meet Here in Boston
The American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents plans its Boston convention starting Oct 4 with about 300 delegates and 600 attendees. Boston aims to showcase its history, parks, harbor, beaches, and vacation options while securing funds for entertaining delegates at the Copley Plaza Hotel.
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Boston
American Association of Travelling Passenger Agents
San Francisco
Sam W. Manning
America
Chamber of Commerce
Copleyr Plaza
Association
Concord
Lexington
Harbor
Plymouth
White Mountain
Quebec
Montreal
United States
Canada
Orangemen Celebrating 2 Percent Anniversary in Boston
Loyal Orange Institution members plan a grand reunion and outing at Lake Pearl Wrentham on Monday July 12 meeting at Copley Square to parade to the station. Speeches by prominent Orangemen from across the Commonwealth are booked with the Supreme Grand Lodge overseeing the event. The group supports orphans homes including the Hatboro Pennsylvania facility.
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Loyal Orange Institution
Lake Pearl
Wrentham
Copley Square
Commonwealth
United States
Supreme Grand Lodge
Grand Orange Council of the World
Greater Boston
Hatboro
Penn
One Dead in 40 Mile Gale at St John New Brunswick
A 40 mile gale from the Bay of Fundy sank a Chance Harbor fishing boat. James Hargrove survived clinging to the boat while William Neil drowned. A second fishing boat with three men went missing for hours but returned to port safely.
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ST. John
N. B
Bay of Fundy
William Neil
James Hargrove
Chance Harbor
M Hargrove
Neil
Contractor Serious Injuries After Fall From Roof
Salisbury Beach reports Arthur S. Steinert of Lawrence Massachusetts suffered probably fatal injuries after a fall from a hotel roof. The incident occurred today at the Newark Hotel roof.
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Salisbury Beach
Arthur S. Steinert
High Street
Lawrence
Newark
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