Sox Close Gap With Tigers Victory Pushes Lead Prospect
After yesterday's win over Detroit the Red Sox sit within two points of Chicago. A double-header with Cleveland today and one against the Athletics for the White Sox sets up several scenarios to alter the standings, including possible Boston advantage if results favor them.
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Red Sox win 15 12 in ten innings at Navin Field
Boston defeats Detroit 15 to 12 in ten innings as Carrigan's hitters overcome weak pitching for an unusual Navin Field game. The victory ties the series and sends Boston to Cleveland tonight.
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Sox
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Boston Red Sox Fall to Detroit Amid Turbulent Rally
Red Sox led three times and trailed twice as Tigers fans roared the crowd into a frenzy. Leonard began for Boston but was removed after a disastrous second inning that allowed four runs. Foster fought through eight innings as errors by Gardner and Janvrin plus wildness doomed Boston’s effort.
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St. Louis Beats Boston 2 1 in First Game
National league results show St Louis defeating Boston 2 to 1 in the first game, with St Louis scoring 4 to 38 in the second. Boston loses again as other cities record scores across American and Federal contests including Brooklyn 9 Buffalo 4 and Springfield 4 New Bedford 3.
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Buffalo
Colonial Springfield
New Bedford
Pawtucket
Hartford
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Boston Orders 90 Day Dog Muzzling Ordinance
Boston's dog owners faced a 90 day muzzling requirement or restraint order. The City Council approved the health board backed measure expected to be signed by the acting mayor to curb dogs running at large.
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Boy at play falls in river at Newmarket
Seven year old Leo Gorman fell from a floating stage at Sampson's wharf in Newmarket and was pulled from the Lamprey River by Louis Herson within ten minutes but could not be revived. Dr J D Butler attended the body. The boy was the son of widow Elizabeth Gorham.
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Konigsberg Wreck Found in German East Africa Jungle
London reports the German protected cruiser Konigsberg lies wrecked high in German East Africa after nine months in hiding. The raider vanished last October, feared by Allied shipping, until an English airman spotted the craft concealed among Rufiji River jungle trees during the East Africa campaign.
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River Monitors Break German Konigsberg Grip In Africa
British admiralty arranged a six hour river battle deep in the jungle to destroy the Konigsberg sheltering up the Rufiji River. The Severn commanded by Eric Fullerton and the Mersey under Robert A. Wilson supported Vice Admiral H King Hall as planners located the cruiser with aircraft and began operations.
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Wakefield Betrothed Pair Drowned Near Lake Quannapowitt
Miss Myrtle Orton aged 19 and Benjamin Tallibeau aged 20, both staying at 8 Chestnut street Wakefield, were drowned while canoeing near Cemetery Point on Lake Quannapowitt last evening. Police and volunteers searched without success. a new search will start at daybreak.
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Tragic Lake Drowning of Engaged Couple Near Wakefield
Private Mather witnessed the drowning of Tallibeau and his fiancée on a Wakefield lake. Rescue attempts failed as a canoe with personal belongings drifted away. both victims were identified by a straw hat and other items. The girl, nurse Jennie Orton's daughter, had lived in Wakefield about a year, while Tallibeau’s parents reportedly lived in Roxbury.
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Harvard Knitting Works
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Wilson Starts Work Upon Last Warning
President Wilson readies a formal reply to Berlin reiterating the U S position and demand for observance of terms. He warns another offense would be treated as a hostile act and says the future rests with Germany.
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Edison 10 Head Navy Inventors
Thomas A. Edison, famed inventor, has accepted the chairmanship of the advisory board for the U S Navy bureau of invention to address submarine dangers with new devices. The move positions Edison as head advisor for naval innovation and tech development.
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Boston Custom House Tower Threat Prompts Warning
Superintendent Crowley of the Boston police reports to Collector of the Port Edmund Billings an anonymous warning that the custom house tower may be dynamited and that an attempt could be made to blow up German ships in the harbor.
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Crank Letter Prompts Extra Guards Over German Ships
A legible note warns to watch interned German ships tied to the Holt incident and guard the Custom House tower. Authorities tighten harbor security after letters claiming ships will be blown up or allowed to leave without clearance.
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United States
Edison to head civilian inventors board for Navy bureau
Thomas A. Edison accepted an invitation from Secretary Daniels to lead an advisory board of civilian inventors for a Navy Department bureau of invention and development. He will forward his acceptance to Washington to join plans for turning dreams into realities.
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Old Portsmouth Sold for $4689
Washington July 12 The navy sold frigate Portsmouth to John F Burke of Brighton Massachusetts for 4689 dollars. Built at Portsmouth New Hampshire in 1848 the ancient ship had been leaking for years and was valued at only 3 dollars.
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Allan liner Grampian arrives at Plymouth with troops
The Allan liner Grampian carrying 1200 troops from Vancouver and Winnipeg infantry detachments has reached Plymouth, Montreal reports say.
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Boiler Explosion Kills One at New Bedford Bakery
A boiler explosion at A. B. Gracia bakery 506 Bolton street in New Bedford fatally injures August Fonceco 33 and injures Anton Fonceco Manuel P Amorine and Joseph Valent. All three injured workers remain hospitalized with serious but hopeful prospects for recovery. The cause remains under investigation.
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Keep the Babies Healthy Father John's Medicine Ad
An advertisement promotes Father John's Medicine as the best tonic to keep babies healthy, advertising a tonic benefit and implying trusted pediatric use.
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President Sees No Alarming Stage Yet in German War Policy
President Wilson prepares a final warning to Germany and will insist on rights stated in May and June notes. He views Germany's restraint since June 10 as a sign it may heed U S protest against submarine warfare while not yet deeming the situation alarming.
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President reviews telegraphed note amid daylong consideration
Early today the President received the official note by telegraph and spent the afternoon in full consideration. The note was transmitted by the telegraph and discussed in detail as part of ongoing negotiations.
Moon Phases and Astral Notes for July August Year
This column lists moon phases from first quarter on July 12 to new moon on August 2 with full moons on August 24 and others. It notes the 194th day of year, 347th day of war, and lists morning planets Saturn Venus Jupiter. Anniversaries include battles at the Pyramids 1797 Murfreesboro 1862 and 1863 draft riots in New York.
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Boston forecast and New England outlook notes
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather on Tuesday and Wednesday with light variable winds and slightly warmer temperatures Tuesday. Northern New England expects fair skies and warmer readings along the Maine coast, while southern New England and eastern New York see fair weather with increasing warmth Tuesday and Wednesday and light to moderate variable winds from the southwest.
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Hay's Five Fruit Syrup Ad Title
Recorded at Thompson's Spa. Average temperatures yesterday and year ago are listed. An advertisement promotes Hay's Five Fruit concentrate syrup as refreshing and useful, sold by H. S. Pierce Co and Cobb Bates Yerxa Co.
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American Ship Used as Shield in Sinking Off Ireland
Crew of the American bark Normandy report the Normandy was stopped by a German submarine 60 miles southwest of Tuskar Rock off Ireland. They say the submarine checked the captain and found papers showing the ship was chartered by an American firm on January 5.
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Tuskar Rock
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Submarine Shield Crisis Aboard Normandy and Loss of Leo
Survivors recount a drama where the Normandy captain allegedly shielded a submarine that guided the Leo to disaster. The Russian steamer Leo carrying 25 crew and passengers, including three American survivors, was blown up after the submarine submerged. Captain Jerstrom commanded the Leo sailing from Philadelphia to Leith in 1903.
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John Turner Named Seriously Ill in Canadian Casualty List
Ottawa report states John Turner of Haverhill Mass is listed as seriously ill in a Canadian expeditionary casualty list released by the militia department tonight.
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Haverhill
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