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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1898
Page
6
The piece extols women at home facing hardship as sailors and soldiers endure dangerous battles. It lauds bravery of naval and land forces including Dewey and Hobson and urges care for families. promotes Dr. Pierce remedies for women and testimonials from patients across several states.
Captain Thomas Elder of the Vina A. of East Boston is eyed for a Massachusetts Humane Society medal after rescuing fifteen people from cap sized boats off Jeffries Point since the season began. He also saved a man and woman from a tender, aided two Thurman Club members swamped in a tender, and once capsized but righted his craft to aid two more, earning gratitude from two newspaper men whose boat nearly collided with the Nahant steamer.
East Boston and North End residents learn that Dennis Sullivan and Paul O'Donnell of Belle J. Neal, lost in a dory off Sankaty Head on July 4, are safe. The column notes their likely rescue by a passing vessel and cites related arrivals and maritime activities along the harbor.
The New England division will hold its thirteenth annual camp meeting at Old Orchard from July 15 to 25 with all leading officers in attendance. Old Orchard Beach offers fishing and boating and a new ocean pier. The Boston & Maine railroad offers reduced round trip tickets to Old Orchard for the event with ticket offices providing details.
The Secretary of War ordered the removal of submarine mines guarding U S harbors. Cabinet vote endorses the move. Some ports will remove mines where safe, others will explode them. Removal requires days and engineer district discretion. Instant play of casements, anchors, and switch boards retained for quick reinstallation if needed.
Colonel Mansfield of the local engineer corps said he had not received orders to remove the mines in Boston Harbor. He noted the Washington decision as sensible and discussed risks, costs, and the possible method if orders come, including dangers of removal and the high expense of replacing destroyed cases.
Captain Justus A. Bailey of Kingston was chosen by the Boston Marine Society to be recommended to Governor Wolcott for pilot commissioner to fill the Norcross vacancy. Seven candidates competed, with Bailey and Captains Hinckley and Smith in close contention after several ballots. Bailey, about 60, long served as a deep water navigator in California and China trades and recently retired from active duty in East Boston.
The ashes of Captain Charlies W. Gridley, late commander of Admiral Dewey's Olympia, arrive in Chicago in a plain wooden box. The urn is shipped to Erie, Pennsylvania, his home, via the Chicago and Erie line with no escort.
The Castle Square Theatre hosts A Scrap of Paper praised for strong casting and lively staging. Keith's features East Side Hebrew with Joe Welch in a humorous act. Huntington avenue chute grounds advertise animals and band concerts alongside a baby donkey. Louis Baer leads the Sans Souci band next Monday. Captain Alfredo Duran reports upcoming return to Cuban insurgents once healed. Norumbega Park stage shows run daily with Gorman's Olympia vaudeville. Knowlton Allen Orchestra performs at 1 15, 5 30 and supper hour. Boston Theatre vestibule hosts an enlarged orchestra and popular selections. The Point of Pines offers a Manila battle scene with a dramatic surrender as stars and stripes rise amid audience cheers.
A group of 275 children assembled under Rev. RE Hale's South Congregational Church on Long Island to honor Randidge's founder. Ex-Councilman William C. Parker led the event with assistants Dudley R. Child and others. Performers included Edith Marshall and Milicent Saxby with solos, Flora Seymour and Jessie Alderman dance, plus recitations and patriotic songs.
An Austrian sailor has created a one person operated lifeboat lowering device. Recommended by Captain Ferguson of the Cunard steamer Etruria, the system is to be installed on that ship. It reportedly lowers a boat from deck to water in 16 to 20 seconds.
On Friday morning the Massachusetts Society Sons of the Revolution will hold simple exercises at the Old Granary Burying Ground to unveil a memorial to Revolutionary patriot James Otis. Major Frank Briggs will give an address and Mayor Quincy will speak for the city. The memorial is a granite boulder with a bronze tablet.
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