Six Sharks in Two Hours Sets A Nantucket Record Catch
Cap'n Ben at Hyannisport with his 30 foot cat boat and crew nets six sharks in two hours on Nantucket Sound, totaling 2750 pounds. Albert, Matey, and a Post reporter each land catches from eight to six feet, while Cap'n Ben boats the monsters and photos the event. Beachgoers report shark stories with many bathers at area beaches despite fear.
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Capn Ben
Hyannisport Wharf
Lester Sherman
Sherman
Hattie B
Walter
Ben
Cap'n Ben
Matey Albert
Sandwich
Post
Bishop and Clerk Light
Wyanno
Cotuit
Nantucket Sound
Cap
New Jersey
Cap'n
Matey
Cap’n
Albert
Sandwich High School
Cap’n Ben
Hyannisport Harbor
City Point
L Street
Marine Park
Winthrop
Revere
Oceanside Park
Beverly
Nantasket
Q Ban guaranteed hair color restorer ad
An advertisement touts Q Ban as a permanent safe hair color restorer using sun and air to oxidize hair after application. It claims removal of gray, added gloss, and beauty benefits, warns against fake dyes, lists availability at drug stores in multiple cities, and offers a money back promise with a free booklet on hair culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
von Huber
Riker-Jaynes-Liggett’s
Boston
Cambridge
Chelsea
Hessig- Ellis Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
Five Baby Sharks Captured Off Boston Harbor
Sidney N Morse of Waveland and Max Shhoolman captured five baby sharks in an hour near Boston lights weighing about 20 pounds each. Bathers panicked at sightings from Savin Hill to Tenean Beach as barrels mistaken for sharks fueled fear along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Harbor
Boston Light
Fore River
Atlantic Ocean
Boston
Savin Hill Beach
Tenean Beach
Tenean
Salisbury
Hampton
North
Rye Beach
York Harbor
York Beach
Wallis Sands
Portland
Sidney N. Morse
Waveland
Nantasket
Max Shhoolman
Bug
Morse
Boston woman catches 34 inch shark during cod trip
Miss Mary Gilcoine of Atlantic fished off Boston light aboard Archie Briggs’s boat when a 34 inch shark bit the line. She hauled it aboard and killed it, then displayed the shark in her yard attracting hundreds of onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Light
Mary Gilcoine
Atlantic
Miss Gilcoine
Archie Briggs
Appleton Street
Four-Foot Shark Caught Near New Bedford Beach
A shark over four feet long was caught today by fishermen in the Acushnet River within 300 feet of Fort Phenix bathing beach. The drawtender at the New Bedford bridge also reported seeing several of the big fish pass up the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Acushnet River
Fort Phenix
New Case Of Infantile Paralysis Reported In Pittsfield
Infantile paralysis case found in Pittsfield after the death of two year old John Pink. Edward Torrey five is identified as the latest patient from 174 Appleton avenue. Massachusetts tally rises to 29 since July 1 with officials uncertain of links between cases. Relatives from Brooklyn stayed with the Torreys before illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
John Pink
Edward Torrey
Richard Torrey
Appleton Avenue
Massachusetts
Torrey
Torreys
Brooklyn
Six Women Catch Sharks In Rhode Island Fishing Trip
Six women led by Captain Walter F. Carney hauled in 25 sharks on an August trip, landing 18, with the largest at 10 feet and 300 pounds. The anglers included Miss Annie I. Irving Providence Miss A. Rodman Providence Mrs W R McCarthy Ashmont Mrs George H Palmer West Yarmouth and Miss Zola Leighton Providence. The feat shows women can be as persistent as men in sharking along the northern Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Sound
Annie I. Irving
Lowell
A. Rodman
Providence
W. R. McCarthy
Ashmont
Atlantic
George H. Palmer
West Yarmouth
Zola Leighton
E. C. Bowen
Walter F. Carney
Hyannisport
Braintree Car Crash Leaves Couple Hospitalized
Irving W. Bean and his wife were injured when Bean swerved to avoid a horse and wagon on Liberty Street. Bean suffered a deep hand cut requiring seven stitches while Mrs. Bean endured severe cuts and possible internal injuries after their car crashed into a stone wall.
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Braintree
Irving W. Bean
Pond Street
Bean
Liberty Street
Robert Kofinkee
Middle Street
Kofinkee
F. R. Dame
Toll collector badly hurt in bridge crash at Hampton Beach
In Hampton Beach New Hampshire Arthur S Rowe toll collector at Mile Bridge and a special police officer are in critical condition after an early morning automobile crash that struck the gate at the bridges middle and knocked down Rowe and two motorcyclists who had paused to pay their fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Beach
N. H
Arthur S. Rowe
Mile Bridge
Rowe
Lawyer and contractor arrested after bridge accident
Charles I. Driscoll of Brigh ton and Frederick J. Van Etten of Boston were arrested on a reckless driving charge after a collision on a bridge that injured Rowe and two motorcyclists. Rowe suffered a broken arm and other injuries. police say blood on the car supports the Chases account. They will be arraigned Tuesday morning in Hampton.
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Charles I. Driscoll
Shepard Street
Brighton
Mass
Tremont Street
Boston
Frederick J. van Etten
van Etten
Rowe
Roy J. Chase
Mosely Avenue
Newburyport
Charles Chase
Smithtown
Hampton
Hampton Beach
H. Henry Thompson
Charles E. Durant
Crash at Right Angles Injures Drivers in Melrose Highlands
Two automobiles collided at right angles in Melrose Highlands yesterday afternoon. Fred F. Bartholomew of Boston and Henry Van Wart of Springfield escaped serious injury, with minor bruises to both drivers. Bartholomew was said to be on the wrong side of Franklin street as his car met Van Wart’s coming from Melrose Centre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose Highlands
Fred F. Bartholomew
Tremont Street
Boston
Lynn
Franklin Street
Main Street
Henry van Wart
Springfield
Melrose Centre
Lawrence Man Hurt by Auto In Centre Street Crash
James Hume age 52 of 2 Merrimac Street Lawrence was knocked down on Centre Street by an automobile owned and driven by Julius Cohen of 36 Tollis Street Nashua New Hampshire. Hume sustained a severe injury to his right leg and cuts and abrasions and was taken to St Johns Hospital. Cohen was not held.
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Lowell
James Hume
Merrimac Street
Lawrence
St. John’s Hospital
Centre Street
Julius Cohen
Tollis Street
Nashua
H. Cohen
Admiral Eldridge Dies at 75 in Norfolk Navy News
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Eldridge USN retired died in Norfolk at age 75. He served in the U S Navy and passed away on July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Eldridge
Norfolk
Charles Henry Eldridge
Baby Girl Killed in Auto Crash at Tiverton Corners
Dorothy Ruth Morgan three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Morgan of Atlantic Massachusetts died after being hurled from her mother's arms when two touring cars collided head on at Tiverton Four Corners Rhode Island. Ten others were severely injured in the crash reported July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiverton, R. I
Dorothy Ruth Morgan
Vernon Morgan
Prospect Street
Atlantic
Mass
Tiverton Four Corners
Little Compton man charged with murder after fatal crash
John Flores of Little Compton, owner and driver in a two car collision near Warren Waite’s home, was arrested for murder in the second degree. He is arraigned in Newport District Court on $5000 bond. Dorothy Waite, 17 months, died in the wreck. others, including Flores’ relatives, were severely injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flores
Little Compton
Newport
Morgan
Dorothy
George
Warren Waite
Waite
Flores
Manuel Flores
Susan Cordoza
Wakefield Rider Escapes Serious Injury After Malden Crash
Joseph Mirisola of Wakefield narrowly avoided severe injuries when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by Daniel W. Cotter of Malden on the Fellsway last night. Mirisola lived at 13 Melvin Street Wakefield and Cotter resided at 87 Dartmouth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mirisola
Melvin Street
Wakefield
Fellsway
Malden
Daniel W. Cotter
Dartmouth Street
Likeness of Names Causes Trouble for Roxbury Sullivans
In Roxbury two men named Jerome Sullivan face confusion after one is linked to a car theft. Jerome Sullivan of Moreland street was arrested for stealing an automobile, while Jerome J. Sullivan of Ray street, Harvard graduate, is clear of the incident though some acquaintances suspect him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
Jerome Sullivans
Jerome Sullivan
Moreland Street
Jerome J. Sullivan
Ray Street
Sullivan
Harvard
Favor a Congress of Jews
A New York meeting of representative Jews adopted resolutions endorsing a congress of Jews of America to secure full civil religious and political rights for Jews everywhere. The plan includes granting specific group rights where recognized in any land and extending such rights to Jews if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress of Jews of America
Brandeis and Magnes Clash Over Jewish Congress Plan
At a meeting Brandeis invited attendance to join a Jewish congress while Magnes challenged the move. Brandeis said the society would hold a congress between Sept 19 and year end and could not amend prior action. Attendees from 23 Jewish groups debated delaying until after the European war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court of the United States
Jewish Congress Organization Society
Judahl. Magnes
Brandeis
Justice Brandeis
Philadelphia
Dr. Magnes
Magnes
Rheumatism Sufferer Praises Var-nesis Cure
Clarence T. Conant of West Somerville Mass a milk dealer credits Var-nesis with curing his long standing rheumatism after years of pain stiffness and swelling He reports knees back and joints fully improving and urges others to try the herbal preparation distributed by W A Varney Lynn Mass.
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C. T. Conant
Clarence T. Conant
Spencer Ave
West Somerville
Mass
W. A. Varney
Lynn
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Joseph Donnelly
William Cando
Germantown
Quincy
Weymouth
Donnelly
Cando
Dept
Baltimore
Lon
Brother
Allen
Savin Hill
Dorchester
Nantucket
Gordon Dry Gin
North Station
Concord and
Weirs
MT. Washington
AV Raicroas
City
Court and
Washington Sts
C. M. Bart
Troubles Sullivan
Congress OF
Stirs
Somerville
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