Mariners Recount Astonishing Escape From Wreck Off Newfoundland
The crew of the Helen L. Martin, a Thomaston Maine schooner wrecked July 11 off Newfoundland, survived after a fog bound voyage from Boston. Captain George W. Murphy and six crewmen escaped in a lifeboat, towed to Angel Cove by a fishing vessel. the vessel, valued at $20,000, with no insurance, was a total loss.
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Boston
Halifax
A. W. Perry
Helen L. Martin
Thomaston
Newfoundland
Bottswoodville
New York
Angel Cove
George W. Murphy
Martin
Robert Hanvey
John K. Denton
James Prudent
Frank Olsen
William Berrigan
Charles Olsen
Police Find Plant Garment on Back Bay River Bank
A vest, collar, and a soiled tie were found on Back Street near Hereford and Massachusetts Avenue by Alexander Jr. Jackson of Cambridge. A letter dated Boston July 18, tied to the items, hints at a drowning linked to a betrayed lover, but police doubt a suicide. they will use the laundry mark B. 22 to identify the owner.
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Back Bay
Back Street
Hereford Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Alexander Jr. Jackson
Cambridge
Charles River
Bridges Freed From Charles Street Jail After Bond Posted
F. H. Bridges also known as J. H. Bridges was released on $4000 bonds after arrest Saturday by Deputy U S Marshal James Ruhl for threatening the deputy's life with a revolver He faces charges of using the mails in a scheme to defraud with two associates alleged to have earned thousands His case is set for a Tuesday hearing with Charles H Innes as counsel.
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F. H. Bridges
J. H. Bridges
United States
James Ruhl
Charles Street
HB. C. Price
Chicago
Bridges
Charles H. Innes
Laborers Victimized by Bogus Meal Tickets
Counterfeit 211 meal tickets circulate in the South End. Workmen on Harrison Avenue are duped by grafters selling tickets at half price. Pasteboard tickets with hats punched in them are sold as leaving the city, with a printing office employee suspected of supplying the bogus paste boards.
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Harrison Avenue
Massachusetts relief funds shift to California rehab firm
Massachusetts relief for San Francisco sufferers totaling about 400000 moves toward the Rehabilitation Company a new California body with Governor and Mayor among incorporators. John F F Moors warns Eastern fundholders are now reassured and the plan aims to empower survivors to stand on their own by supplying basics to resume normal life.
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Massachusetts’ Relief
San Francisco
Garden party at Free Home for Consumptives
The annual event by the Young Ladies' Charitable Association takes place on the Free Home grounds this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The estate will be lit with lanterns and electric lights, with performances by the Lynn Cadet Ninth Regiment Band and Southern troubadours. A flag and kite exhibition by Professor Samuel F. Perkins adds novelty to the festivities.
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Young Ladies’ Charitable Association
Free Home For Consumptives
Fairy Land
Lynn Cadet Ninth Regiment
Sunny South
Samuel F. Perkins
Funeral Planned in Orange for Mrs. J Samuel Piza
Mrs. J Samuel Piza of New York City died after falling from the fifth story of the Hotel Touraine. Her husband took her body to their Orange New Jersey summer home for a quiet funeral. Police ruled the death an accident as crowds gathered outside the Touraine and the coroner cited heat and fatigue as factors.
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J. Samuel Piza
New York City
Hotel Touraine
Orange
N. J
Touraine
Melrose
Boston
New Jersey
MacDonald
Piza
Rabbi Magnus to Speak at Zionist Mass Meeting
Rabbi Magnus secretary of the Federation of American Zionists will address a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall Sunday at 7 30 p m in memory of Dr Theodore Herzl the Zionist movement's late leader He presides over the largest Hebrew congregation in America in New York City.
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Rabbi Magnus
Faneuil Hall
Theodore Herzl
Federation of American Zionists
American
New York City
Girl saves playmate from creek at Orient Heights
After two weeks of secrecy, Mildred Emerson 12 of Orient Heights is credited with saving her playmate Esther Leahey from drowning in a creek. The act, deemed heroic, remains largely unrecognized due to modesty and sensitivity toward the young savior.
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Orient Heights
Mildred Emerson
Esther Leahey
Carnegie
Humane Society
Courageous 11-Year-Old Rescues Friend From Creek
Mildred Emerson of 176 Leyden Street Orient Heights saved Esther Leahey from drowning after a raft accident in a creek. She swam to shore with Esther after pulling her from the water and kept the incident secret until Esther thanked her. Mildred studies at the Conservatory of Music for three years.
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Mildred Emerson
Leyden Street
Orient Heights
Esther Leahey
Esther
Mildred
The
Conservatory of Music
Mrs John Hay Slowly Regaining Health at Lake Sunapee
Mrs John Hay widow of the late Secretary of State is slowly regaining health at her summer home on Lake Sunapee Newbury New Hampshire. Her illness stemmed from a severe Newport chill caught while visiting her eldest daughter Mrs Payne Whitney.
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Newbury
N. H
John Hay
Lake Sunapee
Newport
R. I
Payne Whitney
Governor's Day at Camp Bancroft impresses Governor Guild
Governor Guild inspected Camp Bancroft where Troop A National Lancers Troop D Roxbury Horse Guards and other units formed for review. About 3000 visitors toured the improvised hospital built by M. V. M. corps under Captain Bell. Camp to break Saturday noon with Ninth Regiment M. V. M. starting their annual encampment.
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South Framingham
Camp Bancroft
Governor Guild
National Lancers
Roxbury Horse Guards
Chelmsford Mounted Cavalry
Signal Corps
M. V
Clarke
Bell
Perkins
Cavalry
Stevens
Taggart May Quit as National Chairman
In Indianapolis on July 19, close aides say National Chairman Taggart will not seek re election and will quietly step aside when the committee is reorganized in two years. Opposition stems from the gambling crusade at French Lick and related events. other immigrant detainees face hearings.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Taggart
French Lick
Johnson not a candidate for national Democratic chair
Columbus Ohio July 19 Mayor Tom L Johnson of Cleveland says he is not seeking the job as national Democratic committee chairman and has no plan to challenge Tom Taggart He adds he will remain mayor of Cleveland and intends to run for that office again unless defeated or unanimously elected again
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Columbus
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
National Democratic Committee
Mission Church Field Day Set At National League Grounds
Arrangements completed for the first annual reunion and field day of the St Alphonsus Association and Guild of Our Lady linked to the Mission Church of Roxbury to be held tomorrow at the National league grounds. Activities include track events tug of war boxing games and a St Alphonsus versus Winthrop team clash with entertainment for children and a vaudeville program.
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St. Alphonsus Association
Guild of Our Lady
Mission Church
Roxbury
National League
William J. McGlinchy
Henry D. Martin
Ambrose T. Walker
St. Alphonsus Vs. Winthrops
Boston Belting Company
Roxbury Carpet Company
Four Cymric Smallpox Suspects Released from Quarantine
Four smallpox suspects taken from the White Star liner Cymric were released yesterday from quarantine. One suspect, Alfred French, a Cymric sailor, was among those freed as the quarantine period ended.
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Cymric
Alfred French
Pink Pills Help Pittsburgh Man’s Stomach and Blood Troubles
A Pittsburgh man describes years of stomach pain dizziness and skin eruptions linked to bad blood. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People he reports clear blood no eruptions and improved stomach and head pains. The advertisement urges good blood and sells pills at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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T. E. Robertson
Addison Street
Washington
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
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