Mysterious Flotsam Washes Ashore North Shore Beach
Two miles of Clifton Beach Bluff marked by vast flotsam from a mid afternoon tide. Cargo includes fruit, vegetables, meats, canned goods, eggs, wine bottles, cigars, and toilet articles. Bodies of two dogs and several cats found amid charred timbers. bundles contain business cards for Ju Szathmary and requisitions for ships supplies dated back to 1905 from Condit F Electrical Manufacturing Company Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ZYNWN
North Shore
Clifton
Beach Bluff
East
Boston
Ju. Szathmary
R. Company of
New York
A. L. Horton
F. A. Young
Condit F Electrical Manufacturing Company
Anderson shoots wife on street after hospital stay
After hospital treatment for dropsy and heart disease, Anderson quarreled with his wife and fired a pistol, wounding her in the arm, leg, and a deep hit to the abdomen. Witnesses include several boys. Captain Lawrence Cain leads possible further hearing today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Cain
Wife of Assistant District Attorney Dwyer Dies
Friends and relatives console Assistant District Attorney Michael J. Dwyer on the death of his wife Mrs. Marietta Dwyer after a long illness. Her 17 year old daughter is ill but improving. Grand jury members in session prepared sympathy resolutions and sent them to Jamaica Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Dwyer
Marietta Dwyer
Grand Jury
Dwyer
St. John Street
Jamaica Plain
Missing Affinity Gives Up in New York Case
Edward Randzell, once a Boston clothing salesman, surrendered to Harlem Police Court via counsel after warrants for him and Mrs. Charles Jenkins were issued. Mrs. Jenkins, who vanished with Randzell on June 22, was found July 1 with him. Randzell leapt from 351 St Nicholas Ave. Bail set at 500 dollars for Randzell’s examination next Wednesday. Jenkins and his wife had moved from East Weymouth to Boston before the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Randzell
Boston
Herrman
Harlem
Charles Jenkins
Randzell
St Nicholas Avenue
Jenkins
Randrell
Terence M Kerr Dies A Boston Businessman at 66
Terence M Kerr of Brookline at 274 Washington Street died after a lingering illness. He was 66, born in Ireland, came to the United States at age five, and pursued dry goods, real estate, and later a commission merchant role with D H McIntire. Funeral at St Marys Church of the Assumption Monday at 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terence M. Kerr
Boston
Washington Street
Brookline
Mr. Kerr
Ireland
New York City
Jackson, Miss
Roxbury Crossing
D. H. McIntire
St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption
Hub Whistlers Are Champions Crowned in New York
The American Whist Club of Boston won the Hamilton trophy and the four person team championship at the American Whist League Congress held at the Hotel Majestic in New York. Boston defeated Baltimore Scranton Chicago Springfield Mass New Haven and New York. The Boston team members were H H Ward captain N S Kelly J T Slade and W G Morey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Hotel Majestic
Baltimore
Scranton
Chicago
Springfield
Mass
New Haven
H. H. Ward
Massachusetts
N.S. Kelly
J. T. Slade
W. G. Morey
M. H. Campbell
Brooklyn
New England Whist Association
Hamilton
C. D. P. Hamilton
St. Louis
HE. B. Cooper
Nashville, Tenn
Five New Laws Passed A Day In Louisiana Session
Baton Rouge July 10 The Louisiana Assembly adjourned after a 60 day session during which on average five new laws were passed each day. The total new statutes exceeded 300 with major fights over race track gambling and statewide prohibition. High license reforms replaced prohibition while cotton futures regulation was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rough
Louisiana Assembly
Assembly
Forest Fire Rages Across Wells and Sanford Districts
A major forest fire blamed on wild lands in Wells Kennebunk and Sanford continues to burn with no immediate relief aside from rain. Five square miles have burned in Riggsville and Georgetown Centre as crews of 50 from Wells Rangeley and railway workers rush to protect homes and the Atlantic Shore Line power plant at Old Falls on the Mousam River.
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Wells and Sanford
Riggsville
Georgetown Centre
Rangeley District
Wells
Kennebunk
Sanford
Mousam
Atlantic Shore Line
Old Falls
Whitcher’s Mills
Shamrock to resume racing after Lipton protest
Frederic Thompson owner of the schooner Shamrock orders the yacht back into service after laying up. He has Captain Charles Barr return to supervise remeasurement of waterline and sail area to confirm the rating. Thompson refuses to accept the Lipton cup until the protest by Mimosa NY is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederic Thompson
Shamrock
Mimosa NI
New London
Charles Barr
Thompson
Melrose Native Elena Kirmes Signed by Boston Opera
Elena Kirmes of Melrose, a classmate of Geraldine Farrar, signed a one year contract with the Boston Opera Company and will debut as prima donna in Boston in October 1909. She studied in Europe and has sung in club concerts locally, later adopting the stage name Elena Kirmes from Ella Kirmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Elena Kirmes
Geraldine Farrar
Boston Opera Company
Boston
Metropolitan of
New York
Miss Kirmes
Ella Kirmes
Ella
Elinore
Elena
Victor C. Kirmes
Horace Mann School
Farrar
300 Men Quell Fire Threatening Riggsville Georgetown
In Bath Maine on July 10 300 men battled a forest fire that spread from three to over five square miles affecting Riggsville and Georgetown Centre. Winds eased and crews worked 48 hours to keep flames from houses with only the Georgetown Centre town house burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Riggsville
Georgetown Centre
Forest Fire Aid Sent to Rangeley Area From Rumford
A 50 man crew was dispatched by special train from Rumford Falls to battle a forest fire near Adamstown in the Rangeley Lake region. Berlin Mills Company of Berlin New Hampshire reported the fire by telegraph. details on extent and exact location were unavailable.
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Rangeley
Rumford Falls
Adamstown
Rangeley Lake
Berlin Mills Company
Berlin
N. H
Bonis Son to Be Examined in Paris Court
Judge Henry Ditte of the Seine Tribunal appointed a medical expert to examine Jay de Castellane, youngest son of Count Boni de Castellane and Princess Helie de Sagan, to decide when he can leave his grandmother the Marquise de Castellane's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henry Ditte
Tribunal of First Instance of the
Seine
Jay de Castellane
Count Boni de Castellane
Helie de Sagan
Marquise de Castellane
Sailor Intercepted After High Speed Arlington-Hanover Chase
A sailor named Arthur Jameson rode an electric car after fleeing two police officers along Court and Hanover streets. The pursuit drew a crowd as the car sped until it halted and Jameson was arrested aboard for intoxication. He stood on the rear platform laughing at officers who failed to board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington-Hanover Street
Court Street
Hanover Street
Brauer
Peterson
Station 3
Arthur Jameson
Captain Nugent to Quit Active Steam Navigation
Captain John Nugent, a renowned navigator with nearly fifty years in steamboating, plans to resign from active service after selling the harbor tug Startle. His career began in the 69s with the merchant marine, rising from apprentice to master of tugs including the Peter W. French and A. W. Chesterton under the Sprague line. He worked closely with Hugh Comiskey, once the oldest steam boat man, and trained under Captain Omiskey, one of Boston's notable pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nugent
Startle
Nugent
United States
Hugh Comiskey
Boy Escapes Boiler Scald in Cambridge Home
Two year old Farkis Kazanjian fell into a boiler of boiling water at 242 Webster Avenue Cambridge yesterday afternoon. His mother left the kitchen briefly and heard his screams before finding him half submerged. He was rushed to Cambridge Relief Hospital with severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farkis Kazanjian
Webster Avenue
Cambridge
Hackett and Fisher Win Semi Final at Westchester
H H Hackett and ER P Fisher won the Westchester Country Club round robin tennis doubles semi final in New York defeating William A Larned and G L Wrenn Jr three sets to one 6 4 2 6 10 38. Wright and Little meet Hackett and Fisher in the final. a Hackett Fisher win would create a tie between the two teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. H. Hackett
ER. P. Fisher
Country Club of
Westchester
William A. Larned
G. L. Wrenn, Jr
B. C. Wright
R. D. Little
Hackett
Fisher
Reserve Officer Resigns in South Boston Division 6
The resignation of Reserve Officer Ed ward Fitzgerald of Division 6 South Boston was tendered to Commissioner O'Meara early in the week and took effect at roll call last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fitzgerald
South Boston
O’meara
Wounded Train Robber Captured Near Naples Idaho
A lone masked highwayman named Robert Roman tried to rob the westbound fast mail train 112 miles east of Naples Idaho. He was shot through the lungs by Conductor Mathews during a firefight and captured after fleeing toward Naples. His dynamite and tools were left behind. He claims to be the sole participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Minn
Great Northern Railway
Naples
Idaho
Mathews
Robert Roman
Paris Contractors Vote Lockout After Worker Strikes
At a Paris meeting of the Association of Contractors a general lockout was approved amid a campaign of partial strikes and boycotts by the workers. In Oslo a state funeral was held for Jonas Lauritz Edmil Lie, the Norwegian poet and novelist who died last Sunday, with pomp nearly matching Ibsen’s han dling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Association of Contractors
Christiania
Jonas Lauritz Edmil Lie
Henrik Ibsen
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Panama
Copenhagen
Waltham
Boyle Bros
South End Green Clothing House Department Store
Anderson
Ass’t Dist
Boston Woman’s Companion
Terence M.kerr
HUB Whisters
American Whist Club of
Maine
Bonis Son
Bamber’s
Scollay Sq. Cor
Cornhill
Alworth Mfg. CO
Douglas, Burt
New England
Cor Castle
Feeve
Kyee Provision CO
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