Fishermen surrender after fleeing Arethusa near Cape Race
Sixteen crew members of the Gloucester schooner Arethusa fled into the woods near Cape Race after being surprised taking bait illegally. They surrendered to police and head to St John’s on the government cruiser Fiona for likely trial. the Arethusa remains offshore, believed manned by only the captain and cook.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Cape Race
Fiona
Arethusa
Newfoundland
Fions
Cook
Arethusa One of Gloucester's Best
Gloucester July 18 The schooner Arethusa a major vessel in the Gloucester fishing fleet is sought by the Newfoundland cruiser Fiona. The Arethusa is a knockabout design, just over three years old, owned by Cunningham and Thompson. Captain Clayton Morrissey, her skipper, is famed as a top salt cod fisherman from Labrador to New York.
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Gloucester
Arethusa
Fiona
Cunningham & Thompson
Clayton Morrissey
Labrador
New York
Mayor Fitzgerald to hear from brother on Boston events
James Fitzgerald, brother of Mayor Fitzgerald, secretly sailed from New York on the steamer Arabic for Europe. Political circles see the trip as significant, with Fire Commissioner Daly likely to receive sharp criticism if the acting Mayor does not take tougher measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Boston
James Fitzgerald
New York
Europe
Daly
Fortunes Set As Maine Will Contest Ends
Mrs Vaughan inherits sole heir to Mrs Bull estate after judge voids three wills from the Bull probating saga. Attorneys Bartlett and Whipple arranged the settlement naming Bartlett as special administrator and later executor. Mrs Vaughan, age 40, died earlier, with burial planned in West Lebanon and Boston friends expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Shoe Machine Trust Investigation Inquiry Called
Representative Cavanaugh notes a law allowing court grievances and investigations while Representative White says the attorney general must lead. Governor Foss sought the AG’s view on a Massachusetts shoe machinery monopoly. the AG refused to act on rumors. The governor urges immediate inquiry into possible industry domination and potential legislative relief. The AG states that existing law has been in place three years with no action, urging Legislature to decide the Commonwealth’s stance on monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavanaugh
Everett
White
Commonwealth
Foss
Massachusetts
Senate Adopts Foss Income Tax Bill in Senate
The Senate substituted Governor Foss's income tax resolve for the Dean amendment on Barnes's motion, pushing the bill toward a constitutional amendment via the House. A separate provision imposing a $5000 fine for incorrect tax returns was rejected 17 to 18, with Senator Quigley to move reconsideration today.
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Foss
House
Senate
Dean
Barnes
Weymouth
Quigley
Hold Up Working Men's Compensation Act
Senate postpones final consideration of the working men's compensation bill on Senator George Holden Tinkham's motion. He plans to seek a Supreme Court opinion on constitutionality within days as the session adjourns. Dooyle's amendment grants liability companies authorized in the Commonwealth the right to insure the compensation liability, treating a policy holder as a subscriber. Reconsideration to delay provisions was refused.
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Senate
George Holden Tinkham
Tinkham
Supreme Bench
Dooyle
Commonwealth
Lynn track depression bill favored by business leaders
The Senate committee on ways and means reported ought to pass yesterday afternoon on the Lynn four track depression bill. The bill is favored by prominent Lynn business men and shoe city interests. There was talk of killing the bill, but business representatives are pushing for its success. It will be considered today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Ways and Means
Lynn
Senate
Chamber President Credits Harbor Bill For New England Growth
George Smith of the Chamber of Commerce hailed the harbor bill as a promise of vast commercial and industrial development for Boston and New England. He said the legislation reflects unified public sentiment built through intelligent canvass and education, uniting supporters across political lines to strengthen the city and state.
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George
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
New England
Illustrated song in Sunday Post Magazine
The next Sunday issue of the Sunday Post Magazine features the well known old favorite Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town. The picture is from a drawing by Fred Pegram.
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The
Sunday Post Magazine
Edinboro
Fred Pegram
Cuttyhunk celebrates court win at homecoming
Cuttyhunk July 18 fifteen island residents returned from Edgartown where they were acquitted of stealing coal from a stranded vessel. They led a celebration rivaling a national holiday as Judge Aldrich discharged the defendants after a three hour trial, ruling they aided salvage of the schooner cargo.
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Cuttyhunk
Edgartown
Aldrich
Power boat parade ends at court over coal laden wreck
Crowds cheered as Cuttywunk men sailed through Canapusett Hole to the harbor where the Julia and Martha lay wrecked. Wreckers had stripped the coal before Captain Proctor summoned 15 men for larceny. The District Court ruled the rescuers acted to save the cargo, not steal it.
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District Court
Canapusett Hole
Julia
Martha
Canapusett
Cuttywunk
Proctor
State Police
Edgartown
Aldrich
Cambridge Police Rally Wins 11-10 Over Somerville
Cambridge Police beat Somerville 11 to 10 at Rindge Field in an 11th hour rally. Coady hit a long home run, the day's standout moment, as Cambridge erased a late deficit with three timely hits and a sacrifice. Ginty ruled out for not running to first. Henry, Tansey, and Coady led a list of key contributors.
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Rindge Field
Cambridge
Cambridge Department
Somerville
Coady
Ginty
Cambridge Police
Somerville Police
Henry
Kearns
Tansey
Neilon
Ackerly
D. Walsh
Cameron
J. Walsh
Fitzpatrick
Phillips
Osting
Peters
O’brien
Cummings
Gallagher
Leahy
Ryan
Po.a.e LH. PO. A
Hes Kearns
Walsh
Fitzp
Aylward
Mings
O!phillips
Crossman
Peters Cee D. Walshef
Simmons
Glagher
McCahey
O'Brien
Train Porter Suspected In Mrs Whitney Gem Theft
Providence police prepare to arraign Rev Israel Davis on grand larceny charges after a vanished heirloom necklace disappeared from Mrs Whitney. Davis, a former New Haven porter turned preacher, lived at 164 Dodge Street with his wife before moving to a Boston Providence route. Cards in his pocket bore his clerical title.
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Hay
Whitney
Providence
Davis
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Dodge Street
Boston
Holyoke Street
Manchester-by-the- Sea
Israel Davis
Brookline Man Is Sent To Asylum
Trancis Pearse of Stearns road Brookline became violently insane at his home early yesterday. Family called Patrolman James Comerford, and eminent alienists had him examined. He was sent to the Worcester Insane Asylum. Pearse is about 8 years old and well known as a chemist in Boston. The hot spell is thought to have affected him.
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Pearse
Stearns Road
Brookline
James Comerford
Worcester Insane Asylum
Boston
Son Fights Sea in Vain for Father
In York Maine on July 18 Clayton H Taft ex sergeant of the Waltham police was drowned at Long Beach after his son Clayton H Taft Jr and a strong swimmer James Steele of Waltham attempted rescues. Steele and onlookers aided by a rope brought the son to shore where a physician fought for two hours to revive him.
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York
Clayton H. Taft
Waltham
Long Beach
Clayton H., Jr
James Steele
Steele
Rescue at Sea As Father and Son Struggle Against Treacherous Tow
A heavy sea off a popular beach traps senior Taft and his son as hundreds watch from shore. The elder, about 60, was an expert swimmer. both disappear multiple times, the son nearly succumbs, Steele reaches them with a rope, and both are dragged ashore exhausted.
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Taft
Rescue at 7 Chestnut Street as Chelsea Fire Guts Home
A blaze at a three story brick house at 7 Chestnut Street Chelsea trapped a family of five. Louis Avedon woke the top floor occupants Maurice Tucker his wife and three children and guided them to safety. Fire caused about 1000 in damage and a cigarette is believed the cause.
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Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Louis Avedon
Maurice A. Tucker
Avedon
Tucker
Dr Defor ests Wife Sues Him Over Separation
Dr Lee Deforest, inventor, has been served with papers in a separation suit filed by his wife Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest. The couple, married in 1908, had dissension for months. Mrs Deforest is staying with her mother Harriet Stanton Blatch. the service occurred at a bathing beach as he sought to see their child.
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Bartlett
Vaughan
Sherman Nl. Whipple
Hobbs
Biddeford
Charles IK. Cobb
Messers. Thorp and Parker
Thomas L. Talbot
Portland
Shoreham, L. I
Lee Deforest
Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest
Deforest
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Dr. Deforest
Heps Club Sale Talks With Hanlon Include Page Stock
Boston’s Heps face a potential full sale as Hanlon seeks to buy the entire franchise. He plans to secure Page stock in New York, while negotiations delay until that deal is closed. Hanlon, ex Detroit star and Baltimore owner, is eyed as a strong buyer in Boston.
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L. Cones Page
Mr. Page
New York
Page
Baltimore
Boston
Russell
Hanlon
Detroit
Brooklyn
McGraw
Jennings
Kelley
Rebels Reinstated After Hep Stars Return to Fold
Charley Herzog and Roy Miller ended a two day stand with the Hepburn Russell group after a conference at the Hotel Thorndike with manager Tenney. Officials released no details of the dispute or its settlement.
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Russell
Miller
Herzog
Tenney
Charles Herzog
Roy Miller
Hep
Charley Herzog
William Hepburn Russell
Thorndike
Drawn Outcome in Herzog Miller Battle
The conclusion indicates a yielding of points by both sides with no further penalties for Herzog or Miller. The battle is considered drawn as the adjustment resolves the matter without additional suffering or injury to either party.
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Herzog
Miller
Railroad Men Forge Coal Car Bonfire
Fire destroyed two unused coal cars of the Boston and Maine railroad on the dyke behind Mystic Avenue Somerville last night drawing a large crowd. Employees set the cars ablaze since they no longer served transportation and posed danger. flames rose high and their glow could be seen across nearby towns.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Mystic Avenue
Somerville
Deaths and Funerals on July 17 1911 in Boston area
A list of obituaries and funeral notices from Boston and surrounding towns dated July 17 through July 21 1911. Includes Allen Bieber Brookins Clifford Connor Dow Gallagher Hale Hunter Marsh McCarthy McDonald McKenzie Morrison Moyes Nickerson O Connor Pretti Putnam Roche Sharkey Vaughan Worthington and related services at churches and cemeteries with times and addresses.
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Forest Hills
Clifford
Lydia Elizabeth Clifford
Chambers Street
Connor
Dorchester
Katherine L
John P. Connor
Maine Street
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Dow
Anna
Maverick Street
Church of the Assumption
Somerville
Frederick W. Hale
Everett Avenue
Hunter
Everett
Frederick C
John J
Maria Hunter
Morrisey
Charlestown
Highland Avenue
Broadway Everett
Hancock Street
Immaculate Conception Church
Everett Square
Ysoly Cross Cemetery
Biddeford
Marsh
Charles &. Marsh
Columbus Avenue
Nova Scotia
McCarthy
Jamaica Plain
Timothy C. McCarthy
Eugene P. Sullivan
Waterford Street
Church of Or Lady of Lourdes
Lewiston
Court of Foresters
Hub
Order of Eagles
Aerie
Boston Nest of Owls
McDonald
East Boston
Francis A. McDonald
George C. Brennan
Webster Street
McKenzie
Medford
William A. McKenzie
Salem Street
Yarmouth
N. S
Morrison
Roxbury
Angus Morrison
Dale Street
Port, Hawkesbury
B. Moyes
Annie Moyes
Kidney
James D. Moyes
Cowper Street
Star of the Sea Church
Nickerson
Cohasset
George K
South Main Street
O’connor
South Boston
Patrick P
Thomas
Annie O’connor
Athens Street
St. Vincent's Church
New Calvary
Pretti
Chelsea
Cesere
Santa Pretti
Barldi
Wakefield
Roche
Mary A
James Roche
Hedigan
Broadway
St. Rose Church
Sharkey
Charles
Catherine Sharkey
Road
West Fifth Street
St. Augustine's Church
Americus Court
O. F
Old Calvary Cemetery
Vaughan
West Tebanon
Olea Bull Vaughan
Ole Ull
Worthington
Wellesley Hills
Funnce Eliza Jenkins
Charles EK. Worthington
Bird Hil. Avenue
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Ralph S. Bartlett
Sherman L. Whipple
Joseph G. Thorp
Edmund M. Parker
Abbie Shapleigh
Amelia Shapleigh
William C. Shapleigh
Bul
Ole Bull
Crown Feather CO
United States
Nuff
Call
Oxford
Stere Pr
Washington Street
Room
Siegl
Raita
O'Keeffe
Union, St
Shoe Machine Trust
HOLD
Chamber
Lauds Harbor
Train Porter
Mrs. Whitney
Asylum
Owen
Wilson Bros
FO Rogers
Waltham Watches
Wilson Brothers
Scollay
John T
Union Street
COM Pary
Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall
Brookside
Strictly Fresh
G. Zo
0. M. Lind
M. Lind
Forest Hills Cemetery
Oxford Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers
Lagrange Street
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