Gale Rages as Dorchester Bay Bears Sailing Fleet
A heavy southwesterly gale hits Boston harbor from Tuesday morning through yesterday noon. Vessels report high winds, many moored craft hold fast with extra anchors while a four masted schooner dragged seaward and two ships sought safety with tugs.
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South Boston
Portland
Bath
Bangor
Boston Fruit Company
Brookline
Hopkins
Port Antonio
Jam
Long Wharf
Katherine D. Perry
Garfield
Baltimore
Marblehead
Nugget
Mailman
Bridgetown
Governor’s Island Flats
Yarmouth
Boston
Stanwood
Olivette
Howes
Halifax
Bay of Fundy
W. H. Stowe
Porto Rico
Electric Light
Fortune Island
Bahamas
Emily
Ida M. Dalby
Bila H. Barnes
McDonald
Liverpool
N. S
Agnes S. Grace
Farrow
New York
Gus Hooper
Hesper
Daniel Manning
Atlantic Works
Highland Light
Hope
Bartlett
John
N. B
Greenland
Yachts Adrift in Dorchester Bay
In Dorchester Bay a Tuesday gale worsened at daybreak with fifty mile per hour winds and huge whitecaps threatening yachts. The Hyperion and Hero were hauled clear by life savers, the Enterprise wrecked on a South Boston Yacht Club float, EKolus sank after a collision, Myrtle and Lois beached, and several vessels suffered damage as patrols watched bathers and protected a damaged shore derrick.
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Dorchester Bay
City Point
Hyperion
Winthrop Yacht Club
South Boston Yacht Club
Walker
Ekolus
Columbia Yacht Club
John P. Holman
Harry Hutching
Myrtle
Glawson
the Life Saying Station
Numr
Viking
Lois
Gerard Lawton
South Boston
Towboat Tugboat Clash Off South Boston During Storm
The Hera and a rival towboat fought over the hawser as sightseers watched. The Hera was dragged along the beach before the other tug intervened and cut the line. Yachts including Thialfl Maggie and Gwendoline were ashore but secured. Captain Glawson and crew praised for recovery work.
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Anne
Hera
Thialfl
Maggie
Gwendoline
South Boston
Glawson
Hyperion
Missing crew of Gloucester schooner after fog
The Gloucester fishing schooner Golden Rule arrived at T wharf with 3000 pounds of haddock and cod. Captain Alexander Rouden reported eight crewmen missing after they left the vessel to haul trawls in fog and strong currents. two men were rescued by another schooner later that night.
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Gloucester
Golden Rule
Alexander Rouden
T Wharf
South Channel
Rouden
Boston
Thomas Keefe
John Olsen
BH. Thorbourne
Sylvester Whalen
Sylvie Whalen
John Foley
John Stone
Harry Olsen
William McKay
Arthur Gildred
Morrie Bisoung
Schooner Laurel A wreck at Point of Pines
The two masted schooner Laurel lay buried in five feet of sand on Flat beach near Point of Pines after drifting from Grove's cliff in a Tuesday gale. Loaded with 150 tons of black granite from Franklin Maine, she broke anchor and grounded. crew including Captain Sprague escaped as tugs failed to pull free the ship. Owned by J Pollard Gordon of Franklin Missouri.
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Laurel
Point of Pines
Pines
Franklin, Me
Sprague
Charlestown
J. Pollard Gordon
Franklin
Grove's Cliff
Two Men Drowned After River Flood Strikes Vermont Home
In West Endburgh Vermont on July 14 a double drowning occurred as floodwaters rose rapidly flooding a riverbank residence. Frank Scott of Bakersfield and 15 year old Frank Hayes attempted a frail raft rescue but it broke apart and both men drowned while neighbors could not reach them.
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West Endsburgh
John Dow
Frank Scott
Bakersfield
Frank Hayes
Scott
Edward W Schmidt wrecks at Popham Beach
The three masted schooner Edward W Schmidt from Saco bound for Richmond to load ice for Philadelphia was driven ashore and wrecked on Popham Beach. Captain John W Cramer, her commander, was drowned. The 407 ton vessel was built in Bath in 1881 and owned by Captain Cramer and others, with only partial insurance.
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Bath
Edward W. Schmidt
Philadelphia
Saco
Richmond
Popham Beach
John W Cramer
Schmidt
Cramer
Three Teens Drown Crossing River at Baldwin’s Scow
In Manchester New Hampshire on July 14 three youths aged 17 to 22 drowned after attempting to cross the Piscataquag River in a fragile scow near Baldwin's bobbin shop. The high swift current pushed the boat toward the dam. all four jumped as the scow hit the flashboards, with Frank Simard 17 swept under the dam and drowned, while Joseph Lavoe and Thomas Terrien, aged 22, also perished.
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Manchester
N. H
Baldwin
Frank Simard
Joseph Lavoe
Thomas Terrien
Ira Laffrinier Aground Off Nauset Bar
The schooner Ira Laffrinier of Deer Isle Maine with lumber from Bangor for New York was driven ashore off Nauset Bar. Captain Pomeroy and four crew were rescued by a Humane Society volunteer crew led by EB P Snow. The vessel, 198.68 tons gross, 123.2 feet long, 2.7 feet beam, built 184 at Cleveland, Ohio, is badly grounded and likely to break up.
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Highland Light
Ira Laffrinier
Deer Isle
Pomeroy
Bangor
New York
Nauset Bar
EB. P. Snow
The
Humane Society
Cleveland
Ohio
Tele
Triplet Birth in Charlestown Shocks Local Neighbors
Mrs. James H. MacMelville in Charlestown Charlestown Neck welcomes three babies weighing about five pounds each totaling roughly fifteen pounds at birth. The boy is named Charles Hallett and the girls Lillian Agnes and Bessie Adeline. The family, though poor, celebrates a joyous event while four other children battle diphtheria.
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Bessie Adeline
Bessie
Lillian
City
Unitarian
Hanover Street
MacMelville
Hallett
North End
Yarmouthport
Cape
Syracuse
N. Y
United States Service
Navy
Haney Given Three Years In House Of Correction
Thomas J. Haney was sentenced to three years in the House of Correction by Judge Gaskill in the Superior Criminal Court. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the July 1 Atlantic Avenue liquor-store incident that killed Thomas Cahill, a longshoreman. Haney, a East Boston laborer with a wife and two children, struck Cahill after a disturbance. prosecutors stated there was no intent to kill.
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Thomas J. Haney
House of Correction
Gaskill
Superior Criminal Court
Thomas Cahill
Aliny Thomas Carroll
John B. Moren
Sughrue
Haney
Boston
Mquor
Atlantic Avenue
Cahill
Lawyer Moran Seeks Light Sentence After DA's Facts Confirm
Lawyer Moran said the district attorney's account is correct and urged the court to impose a light sentence. Moran argued the established facts support leniency and asked the judge for mercy in sentencing.
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Moran
Excursion to Old Orchard by Boston & Maine July 20
The Boston & Maine railway offers a low rate excursion to Old Orchard on Tuesday July 20. Round trip from Boston is 1.50 with a special train leaving Union Station at 8 am and returning at 4 45 pm. Tickets sold in advance at 32 Washington Street Boston city ticket office. Sale ends at 5 pm July 19.
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Old Orchard
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Union Station
Boston City
Woodbury's Facial Soap Promises Skin Clarity
An advertised claim touts Woodbury's Facial Soap as eradicating blemishes and rendering the complexion clear soft and beautiful. The text includes garbled remnants of marketing wording and misspelled phrases.
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Woodbury
Miners Near Settlement as De Armitt Agrees to Uniform Pact
Pittsburg July 14 The strike may end soon as W P De Armitt president of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Co agrees to join a uniform plan with other operators. The joint arbitration commission pushed the agreement which includes no company stores honest weight fair screens and related reforms. Signatures of 9 percent of Pittsburg district operators are required and miners pledge to canvass for them while keeping the current suspension in place. General Little says the plan could curb future disputes across several states.
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Pittsburg
Penn
W. P. de Armitt
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Set Panagen
Joint Arbitration Commission
President de Armitt
de Armitt
General Little
Ohio Board of Arbitration
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Joint Commission
Strikers Cannot Return at Apsley Rubber Works
Hudson July 14 The Apsley rubber works strike remains largely unchanged as few new workers arrive and stay in new boarding houses. President Pierce of the Federation of Labor visits, predicting a win for the strikers, while Apsley remains confident saying he has sufficient help and will bar many strikers for acts during the strike.
No Coal Famine Predicted For Boston Amid Strike
The observed coal supply to Boston remains secure as the strike affects a small share of soft coal. Virginia and West Virginia mines provide 60 to 80 percent of Boston’s soft coal imports, with southern West Virginia and Virginia mines potentially unaffected. Boston brokers report no disruption, only interest in stocking up amid potential regional trouble.
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Boston
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Little Spike
Minera
P. W. Sprague
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Miners Threaten Repetition of Stickle Hollow Tragedy
Pittsburg reports indicate 2000 miners in Stickle Hollow district plan to march on the mine on Friday or Saturday to bring out 400 workers. Similar actions may spread to Pan Handle toward Boon and Allison mines. Company says workers stay, deputies ready, and protection planned to prevent a fresh clash.
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Pittsburg
Stickle Hollow
Boon
Allison
Washington Coal and Coke Company
Appeasement of appearance over hard work in life progress
A pamphlet style piece argues that neat healthful appearance matters more than effort in success. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and skin healer, plus a medical adviser offering guidance to families, with ordering details for publication.
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Reck
Dr. Pierce
Wm. Smothers
Wis
Lara My
Millston, Jackson, Co
Gold Rush Hype From Klondike Aims to Dwarf All Else
Wire reports from San Francisco and Juneau describe the Klondike gold boom as the richest in world history. Prospects claim rivers of gold, high wages, scarce provisions, and rampant migration to Alaska with claims of millions in potential value and fortunes for early arrivals.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Klondike
New World
Circle City
Yukon
Alaska Mining Record of
Juneau
Hayes
Clemens
Summers
Los Angeles
St. Michael
Alec McDonald
Dick Lowe
Republic Newspaper Sale Hinted After Death of Editor
Reports say M P Curran forms a company to buy the Republic, the late Tion Patrick Maguire’s paper. Curran handled management after Maguire’s death. Maguire’s heir may accept a reasonable offer for the paper. Also notes a Big Four price bicycle sale at John P Lowell Arms Co. in Boston.
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M. P. Curran
The
Republic
Tion
Patrick Maguire
Curran
Lovell
John P. Lowell Arms Company
Washington Street
Broad Street
Colonel Lowell
Indignation Over Chelsea Oil Station Vote Sparks City Protests
Citizens plan meetings and petitions after the Chelsea Board of Aldermen approved Leonard and Bilis to establish an oil station. Aldermen Gould Rowe Norton Keefe Hoag Soley Cheney and Martin faced strong criticism amid bribery rumors. Mayor Pratt may veto, and attorney D Frank Kimball says the matter is not yet settled.
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Chelsea
Pratt
D. Frank Kimball
Board of Aldermen
Young Charlestown girls arrest for bold Main Street theft
Lena Houlihan aged 13 and Margaret O Neil aged 15 looted J H Caro variety store on Main Street during a crowded evening. They admitted the larceny after officers Dobbins and Hoy recovered part of the cash, with two accomplices only briefly involved. They were jailed and to be arraigned in District Court on larceny charges.
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Charlestown
Main Street
Lena Houlihan
Stanley Place
Margaret O'Neil
Bartlett Street
J. H. Caro
Mr. Caro
Dobbins
Hoy
Fall of the Bastile marked by Paris celebrations
July 14 in Paris featured a bright public commemoration of the 1789 fall of the Bastille with fine weather. Alsatians visited the Strasbourg statue in Place de la Concorde to lay wreaths while a grand garrison review drew spectators including M Feure. General Horace Porter attended as US ambassador and praised French soldiers' endurance and precision.
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Paris
Bastile
France
Strasbourg
Place de la Concorde
M. Feure
Horace Porter
Boston Observes Bastille Day Quietly at Two Venues
In Boston there was no large celebration of Bastille Day. Marliave's restaurant hosted a small gathering with dancing and singing and tri color decorations. Mieuset's on Washington street held a similar observance with refreshments.
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Boston
Marliave’s
Mieuset's
Washington Street
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Ponds Extract.Co
New York & Lonogap
James H. MacMelville
Mrs. MacMelville
Charlestown Neck
Medford Street
Post
Papa
Bunker Hill District
James
Thomas Oahill
Fels & OW
Pailaccipric
Co. Armit
Apsley
Southern States
GIL Station
Porter
Observance
West End
City Square
Warren Bridge
Michael Fullerton
James Weyestrys
Crescent Beach
Frederick Barker
Mary Shehan
Park
Royal Blue Line
Perennally
Old Point Comfort
Washington
Geysburg
Luray Cavern
Mammoth Cave
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