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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
8
Listing shows 44 inch white washable corduroy costume dress priced at 1.05 with related 36 inch white wash product and 49c tag. Details are fragmentary but indicate fabric items and pricing.
Herbert Kelcey the noted English actor died at his Bayport Long Island home after a long illness. Born in London October 10 1856 he came to the United States in 1882 and joined Frohmans Lyceum company. He and his wife Effie Shannon had long led their own company. Shannon and her mother were with him at death.
Oliver Frisbee eight years old told police that Thomas Wingate seven fell into the river while fishing off the Littlefield Lumber Company docks. The body was recovered late this afternoon after the drowning occurred several hours earlier.
Frank E. Hall was jailed for one month for trampling an American flag on June 7 at Columbus Avenue. He received a second month for speaking to women on Columbus Avenue. Officer John P. Flynn from the public works department assisted in the arrest near the bridge as F Company interfered. Hall lifted a lapel flag, dropped it, and cried out against the flag while stamping on it.
Fire swept the Rice Brothers shipbuilding yard at East Boothbay Me destroying a light ship under construction a beam trawler several yachts and launches and a schooner frame. Insurance is small and the loss is about 150000 with no signs of arson. The blaze reached the Rice residence and consumed drawings and a tool chest.
Owners conclude investigation points to a hot rivet as the probable ignition source. The workshop suffered the heaviest damage, estimated near $100,000, damaging costly machinery and other equipment.
The second annual Massachusetts librarians conference at Simmons College outlined plans to establish libraries for the army at mobilization camps and American cantonments in France. Over 150 librarians attended under the Free Public Library Commission. Speakers included Belden Higgins Donnelly Arnold Wellman. Ayer library for soldiers was also proposed to place many readable books within reach of the troops.
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