Durnan Retains American Pro Sculling Title In Toronto
Eddie Durnan of Toronto overwhelmed William Haines of Boston in a three mile pro sculling race on Toronto Bay to keep the American championship and win a $1000 purse. Durnan led from the first mile, finishing about 20 lengths ahead as weather stayed perfect and Haines faced course swells and equipment trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Eddie Durnan
Ned Hanlan
William Haines
Boston
Toronto Bay
America
Durnan
Haines
Roxbury Athletics Seek Strong Semi Pro Opponents July 13
Local clubs announce July 13 inquiries for semi pro and amateur teams across Boston area. Contacts list Roxbury Athletics Cambridge Dorchester and East Boston all seeking fast opponents with schedules, guarantees, and half fare offers where noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury Athletics
George Taylor
Roxbury
P. m
Prospect Union
Cambridge
I. P. Hollander & Canine
Arthur I
Liss
Back Bay
Dorchester White Sox
George F. McNeil
Road Street
Dorchester
Arlington Town
M. V. Maloney
North Street
Boston
East Boston All Stars
New England
Karl K Jones
Monument Street
East Boston
Albany A. C
John England
Harvard Street
Everett City
Benjamin Bailey
Belmont Street
Malden
Maia
Paine Furniture Co
J. A. Ballantine
Care Paine Furniture Co
Mass
Salem High Seeks 4 Open Dates For Fall Football
The Salem High football team has several open dates this fall. They seek opponents on October 19 26 November 2 and 9. Contact Henry A Sullivan at 19 Lagrange Street Salem for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem High
Henry A. Sullivan
Lagrange Street
Salem
Poppaea Sabina Empress of Rome and Heartbreaker
A historical sketch of Poppaea Sabina’s rise from favored courter to Nero’s wife and empress. It details her schemes, multiple marriages, the removal of rivals including Octavia and Agrippina, Nero’s murder of Poppaea, and Otho’s revenge leading to Nerone’s downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palatine Hill
Rome
Poppaea Sabina
Poppaea
Ollius
Rufius Crispinus
Otho
Nero
Iemperor
Lusitania
Agrippina
Poppaeea
Octavia
Galba
Tacitus
Eastern Yacht Club cruise ends with windless tow in Bar Harbor
In Bar Harbor on July 11 the Eastern Yacht Club wrap up after five races from Marblehead, all towed ashore due to no wind. Awards went to Irolita, Taormina, Vagrant, Avenger, Corello, with Irolita earning best overall schooner time. The Norman cup may see a tomorrow return race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Eastern Yacht Club
Frenchman’s Bay
Marblehead
Commodore Paine
Reading Room
Irolita
E. Walter Clark
Philadelphia
Taormina
William S&s. Eaton
Boston
Vagrant
Harold S. Vanderbilt
New York
Avenger
Harry S. Maxwell
Corello
W. Barklie Henry
Swan's Island
Guy Norman
Newport
E. J. Bliss
Verona
Scotch Picnic Sport Program Open Amateur Events at Caledonian Grove
Nine open amateur track and field events plus nine Scottish events at the Scotch picnic in West Roxbury to be held August 3. Prizes include diamond rings silverware travel bags and cups. Entries close with Peter Niven at 1410 Tremont Street Boston by July .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonian Grove
West Roxbury
New England
Boston Caledonian Club
Peter Niven
Tremont Street
Boston
Fresh Fish Prices Rise Amid Scarcity and Arrivals
Prices for fresh fish climbed to top levels in weeks with haddock at 7.5 cents per pound and steak cod at 9.5 cents. Mackerel remain scarce though a vessel brought 215 large mackerel, eight barrels of tinker mackerel, and eight barrels of herring. Swordfish sold around 10 cents a pound as ships Ripple and others bring diverse catches and steamers report fog delays and new port arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddock
Louis H. Corkum
Billy Corkum
Richard W. Nunan
Mettacomet
Nunan
Robert Wildes
Georges Bank
Iairfax
Yarmouth
Albacore
Ripple
Cusk
Stranger
Louise R. Silva
Columbia
Juniata
Oxholm
Verona
Port Maria
Port Antonio
Jamaica
New York
Copenhagen
William F. Pickering
Providence
Professor Pickering
Harvard
Mandeville
Pickering
United Fruit Company
Charlestown
Glasgow
John E. Fish
Canton
G. KE. Coon
W. Westerman
Leyland Lner
Bostonian
Manchester
England
Cymric
White Star Line
Liverpool
Howarth
Nantucket
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Neptune
Boston Towboat Company
Greene's Yard
Chelsea
Mary Martell
Weymouth
N. S
Cuenfuegos
Cuba
Death notices list for July 1912 in East Boston area
East Boston notices dated July 10 to July 12 report deaths and funeral details for William Austin James Bowe Henry B Boyer Charles H rightham Thomas Burke James Burns Mary Burns Hannah Dunn Simon Hanley Addison Henry Helen Mahoney Julia MacCorry Henrietta McElroy Agnes Mitchell Agnes Murr ay Mary OBrien James ONeill Mary Sanford Elizabeth Sheehan and others. Funerals from homes and churches arranged with mass at local parishes and burial in nearby cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James
Margaret Bowe
Power
Havre Street
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Boyer
Cambridge
Henry B. Boyer
Melton Street
Brigham
Wollaston
Charles H.rightham
Prospect Avenue
Burke
Brighton
Thomas
Bartheolomew
Josephine Burke
Cohan
Vineland Street
Burns
James Burns
House of the Angel Guardian
Vernon Street
Franklin
Mass
Roxbury
Mary
John Burns
Tracy
Gore Street
Mission Church
Dunn
Charlestown
Hannah
Margaret
Florence Dunn
Sullivan
Park Street
St. No
War- Tren Street
Hanley
Simon P
Mary A
Michael Hanley
Dunlea
Broadway
Sfriday
St. Mary's Church
Norfolk Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Maccorry
St. Stephen Street
Julia G
Charles FE. S. MacCorry
St. Cecilia’s Church
Belvidere Street
M’elroy
Henrietta A
Peter E
Henrietta J. McElroy
Stevens
Smith Avenue
Hammond Street
St. Philip’s Church
Carrison Avenue
Mitchell
Dorchester
Agnes FE. Mitchell
John
Mary K. Downey
Bowdoin Street
St. W Peter’s
Murray
Walter F
Elizabeth Murray
Larkin Street
O’brien
Chelsea
Mary O'Brien
Daniel O’brien
St. Rose Church
O’neilis
James N. O'Neill
Mary O'Neill
Sanford
Mary V
Saymer FE
Medford Street
St. Francis de Sales Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Sheehan
Elizabeth
Patrick Sheehan
St.oke Street
St. Columbkille’s
Market Street
Thomas ¥. Mahoney
Joseph Bailey
New England Real Hastate
Washington Street
Maritime Movements Off New York and Providence Harbor
Old Colony and neighboring ports show tugs Plymouth and Port Johnson towing barges Nos 2 10 and 14 aboard C R R of N J Vesta Sancus Nehter Locust Nellie towing barge J Cameron Hudson from Norfolk Lynn Patience Philadelphia towing barge Vowel bound for Yamassee and Avondale at New York and Providence, Sunlight Macoris San Domingo Methebesco Mary Brewer Thomaston sailing from below Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
New York
Suffolk
Norfolk
Plymouth
Port Johnson
N. J
Vesta
Sancus
Nellie
J. Cameron Hudson
Lynn
Patience
Philadelphia
Vowel
Providence
Avondale
Sunlight
Macoris
San Domingo
Methebesee
Mary Brewer
Thomaston
Verona
Oxholm
Port Marta
Port Antonio
Bennett
Pettersen
Sosua
Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
N. S
Powhatan
Ryan
Dingley
Mitchell
St. John
N. T
Mastport
Portland
Belfast
Sawyer
Bangor
City of Rockland
Colby
Bath Bay
State
Strout
Hawes
Seaconner
Smith
Millinocket
Sammon
Stockton
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Gloucester
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Hayford
Calais
S. C. Co
Muller
Juno
Brennen
Tobyhanna
Swim
A. R. Co
Elk Garden
Charles F. Pritchard
Monocacy
Lloyd
St. Nicholas
Emprata
Nottingham
Concord
Betts
Cienfuegos
Easton
Samuel W. Hathaway
Ratledge
Jacksonville
Nellie Eaton
Barton
N. B
Edward
Eveleth
Barnes
Ipswich
Shipping News Mini Almanac Highlights Arrivals and Clearings
A compact shipping almanac notes sunrise and sunset times, tides, and day length. It lists arrived steamers including Verona Oxholm Governor Dingley and Juno, plus schooners and barges from Halifax to Portland and Gloucester, with vessel names and destinations. Cleared and bailed vessels are also noted, reflecting a busy Atlantic port activity.
Lightning Fires Factory and House in Kennebunkport
A severe electrical storm hit Kennebunkport and nearby towns with lightning causing two fires. The National Fibre Company plant was nearly destroyed with about 5000 dollars in losses. A Wells Depot farmhouse burned, and a passenger on the Atlantic Shore Line railroad was lightly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
National Fibre Company
Wells Depot
Robert Persett
Atlantic Shore Line Railway
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Pat White
Bowdoin Sq
Mr. White
George T. Davis
Violet Mascotte
May Belmont
Alice Dudley
Florida de Lisle
Zola
Anna Berry
May Hamilton
Blanche de Corret
Helen Lawton
Petta
Alice Ferguson
May Osborne
Bessie Martin
Rose Carene
Revere House
Scollay Sq
Rowe's
Nantasket
Pemberton
Villa Rapoli
BAY Line
Georgia
Tennessee
Nican
Bay State St
Providence Or
Fall River
Sorensen
Central Wharf
State St
PW. Dixon
King Philip
Commercial Wharf
California
British Columbia
Idaho
Washington
Colpitts Ticket Agency
Canal Street
Dorothy
Bradford
Atlantic Ave
Martha’s Vineyard
Otis Wharf
Wayside Inn
Lexington
Brunswick
Lexington and Concord
Royal Blue Line CO
A. W. Perry
Halifax
Hawkesbury
Charlottetown
City
Washington St
I. W. Bedell
Colonial Line
Pierce Arrows
Packards
Tremont
K. A. Skinner CO
Cor
Berkeley
Stanhopests
Casino—Restaurant
Russell's Concert Orchestra
Lexington Park
Arlington
Clarice
Arte
Paragon “Sc
Palm Garden
B.F. Keith
Tremont Theatre
Alice Lloyd
Loew’s Orpheun
Gordon
Olympia House OF the Moving Stairs
NANGE
O’ Neil
Indsay Morison Stock Co
Rainey
Tremont Temple
Durbar
RED Sox
Detroit
Fenway Park
Jersey
Lansdowne Sts
Wright & Ditson’s
Gopmm Tewsier Mats
Mme. du Barry
Eastern
Elena-Irolita
Elena
Enchantress
Princess
Muriel
Shiyessa IV
Tammany
Doris
Dorello
Scotch
Cod
Hake. Pollock
Eleanor DeCosta
Thomas Brundage
Post
Classified Department
Peter Gavin
Gate of Heaven Church
South Boston
Shipping News
Yemon
Blair
Port Yémon
Nor
Quetay
Dromme
Mercedes
Rbr
le Cain
Clementzport
Virginia
Graham
Millers Creek
Calvin Austin
F. J. Lisman
Persian
Chelsea Creek
Clarence Smith
Byron Street
Edward Woods
Sixth Ave
Ead
Ari Hess Eran
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Fishguard
Laconta
New York-Fishgard
Mauretania
Eee Lusitania
New
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Great Steel
Massachusettts
North Side
India Wharf
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Bermuda
S. S. Orotawa
Quebec
S. 8. Co
Royal Mall
Parisian
Derry
A. Allan
State Street
Dominion Atlantic BY. S.S. Line
Nova Scotia
Prince Arthur
Maritime Provinces
Newfoundland
Long Wharf
Apgest
Broad St
Tel
Fort Hill
Worcester State Hospital
Taunton State Hospital
Northampton State
Danvers State
o—Westborn State Hospital
Boston State Hospital
Medfiell State Asylum
Lea Ap Ag
Gardner State Cole'y
Monson State Hospital
Massachusetts School For the
Wrentham State School
Worcester State Asylum
State House
Esuch
Coal Committee
Associated Purchasing Agents
Dorchester Centre
Elmer R. Libby
ER. Ss. Groves
Melville L. Stacy
Lenox Jewelry CO
J. Ss Round & CO
St.—Street
the Post
Alberts
Washington St. Ce
J. Rose & CO
Jevel
d&Sutt
Remingtons
Taylor's Typewriter Exchange
Nore Oliver Typewriters
Oliver Typewriter Company
Congress
American Writing Mich. Co
Compton and
Tremont Sts
Castle Sq
Mary Oe Blake
Tremont St
W. Brookline St
Anc Por
Vermont
M. W. Mills
Can Feather Co
Secree Cash
Ameri
Lady Will Sell
Upton St
Union Bask
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