Durgin Reports Cholera Death In Boston Case
The Boston Board of Health reports Mrs Mastrodenko of North Square died of cholera at Gallups Island quarantine station on July 20 1911. The germ could not be cultured until anti cholera serum enabled a decisive test. Her children 20 year old Thomas and 17 year old Mary were also removed for surveillance with conditions improving and release expected soon.
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Gallup’s Island
Washington
Gallup's Island
Ss. H. Durgin
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Tommassina Mastrodenko
Thomas
Mary
Cardinal Gibbons Celebrates 77th Birthday Quietly
Westminister Md July 23 Cardinal Gibbons marked his seventy seventh birthday at the home of T Herbert Shriver in Union Mills with a brief afternoon outing. He thanked well wishers for good health and praised the united, sects and denominations showing in his silver jubilee cardinalate celebration.
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Cardinal Gibbons
T. Herbert Shriver
Union Mills
Mr. Shriver
Personal tribute to closer ties between Christian creeds
The subject declined to comment on personal love for him, but tacitly agreed the honor suggested a closer cross creed harmony. He praised the reciprocity treaty with Canada, urged closer Canada United States relations, and applauded President Taft for backing the treaty.
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Canada
Taft
Missing show girl Lillian Graham sought after Stokes shooting
New York police issued a lookout for Miss Lillian Graham an show girl in connection with the shooting of W. E. D. Stokes. She vanished early today according to her sister Mrs Stella Singleton and co defendant Miss Ethel Conrad in the Stokes case.
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Lillian Graham
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Stella Singleton
Ethel Conrad
Stokes
Missing Girl in City Investigated After Disappearance
Police and friends searched all day for Miss Graham with no clues. Miss Conrad performed solo at two vaudeville shows while Miss Graham, last seen leaving a delicatessen, remains missing. Mrs. Singleton fears kidnapping linked to plotting to discredit her sister. bodyguards arranged for protection after the late show.
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Miss Graham
Miss Conrad
Taft Praises Democrats For Canadian Reciproc ity Bill Passage
President Taft expressed pleasure over the Canada United States reciprocity bill after a lengthy Congress session. He noted personal congratulations from supporters and spoke with Senator Boise Penrose, who led the fight, aboard a train in Philadelphia. He said he slept on the matter and is very pleased with the bill's passage in both houses.
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Congress
Washington
Boise Penrose
Philadelphia
Paris Seethes Under Drought Flooding Heat Wave
Paris endures a severe drought with no rainfall for a month and reservoirs drying up. Officials report the water system failing with two major pipe leaks forcing a shutdown last night as heat climbs from 86 to 97 degrees over eight days.
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Paris
Heat Wave and Forest Fires Hit Fontainebleau and Salamander Rocks
City leaders fear a major fire hazard with water scarce and vigilant gendarmes monitoring crowds. A Fontainebleau forest fire burned 15 acres before control while another blaze around Salamander Rocks consumed 1500 acres despite troops guarding the area. Berlin reports record heat up to 104 degrees driving multitudes to seek cooler locales as the heat spreads.
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Fontainebleau
Berlin
Germany
Gold Heist Grips Sturbridge Plant in Three Month Theft
Worcester reports four men including night watchman John P. Anderson and three former employees Michael Dumas Pierre La Mountaine and Paul Courmoyer were arrested in connection with the loss of twenty five thousand dollars in gold from the Sturbridge Optical Company. Investigations indicate thefts may have continued for about three months with possible totals exceeding the amount named. Dumas, a jeweler, posted ten thousand dollars bail. the others remain in custody pending hearing. Police allege Anderson took the gold and passed it to Mountaine or Courmoyer before traveling to Providence to sell it, where they reportedly met Dumas who purchased the metal.
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Sturbridge Optical Company
Sturbridge
John P. Anderson
Michael Dumas
Pierre la Mountaine
Paul Courmoyer
Dumas
Anderson
Mountaine
Wets in Texas Lead Slightly in Constitutional Vote
Dallas telegram reports late results show the Texas prohibition amendment 219,815 to 222,535 votes, a 2,701 vote edge for wets. Earlier at 4 pm anti prohibitionists led by about 6,000 votes, but later returns narrowed the margin.
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Dallas
Tex
Galveston-Dallas News
Boston Cleveland ends in 11 innings as Red Sox fall short
Sporting roundup notes 11 inning tilt where Boston loses to Cleveland. American League games feature New York topping Detroit, Washington over St. Louis, and Philadelphia defeating Chicago in rain. National League updates include St. Louis beating Cincinnati and other scattered results. stray phrases reference Page brothers, stock decisions, and doubles finals with Touchard, Little, Niles, and Wright Wood.
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Washington
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Philadelphia
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Red Sox
Riot in Malden square injures twenty. three arrested
A riot in Malden square left twenty people hurt as brick and iron bars and paving stones were used against police. The clash ended after rioters quit. three arrests reported, two seriously injured.
Blues Massed at Billerica in Effort to Retake Boston
A wartime battlefield scene unfolds with massed Red and Blue armies assembling around Billerica and Lynnfield. The Red Army, role playing a foreign power, holds Boston while the Blue forces prepare skirmishes and maneuvers for a planned battle later in the week.
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Boston
Lynnfield
Red Army
Blue and Red Armies Stage War Game Near Wakefield
The Blue army led by Brigadier General Jembury P. Clark and the Red army encamped at Lake Suntang near Lynnfield rehearse battle maneuvers with U S army umpires at Wakefield rifle range Captain Matthew Co Hanna mapped the plan while officers Pew and Clark conferred No fighting occurred Sunday as commands were set into camp for the mock engagement between Boston and New York areas
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United States
Billerica
Boston
Red Army
New York City
Lake Suntang
Lynnfield
William A. Pew
Wakefield
United States Army
Matthew Co. Hanna
General Staff
Regular Army
Hanna
Neral Pew
Jembury P. Clark
Capsized yacht off Revere Beach saves three men
Three men including Duncan McDougall, captain, Robert Bickford, and James Atkins were rescued two miles off Revere Beach after a yacht capsized. Lieutenant John McLean and Volunteer Life Savers reached the scene, with Bickford nearly unconscious before recovery.
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Duncan McDougall
Robert Bickford
James Atkins
Beachmont
John McLean
Corps 35
Shirley Avenue
Wing’s Boat House
Roughan’s Point
Lieutenant McLean
Bickford
McDougall
Commodore Willis
Pickford
Riot at Suffolk square leaves three injured and police clashes
Two men were seriously injured and a bystander badly bruised in a riot at Suffolk square Malden last night. Eight officers fought for about half an hour with riot clubs to regain control. Ringleaders were captured and arrested. Max Missenbaum 22 of Cross street Malden suffered the most severe injuries with an iron bar forced down his throat an end protruding from his neck.
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Suffolk Square
Malden
Max Missenbaum
Cross Street
Street Tragedy Injures Dozens After Sudden Incident
A street accident left multiple bystanders injured as a man was struck. Police report at least 20 injured and several sought medical aid for cuts and bruises. A youth, Philip Fleisechner, aged 13, was involved in the chaotic scene.
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Street
Philip Fleisechner
Saves Queue at Death Risk in Boston Chinatown Tale
Charles Waugh a Chinaman with a laundry on a South Boston street refused to part with his queue. He was cut at the base of the skull after a fall from a car on F street and rushed to Dr Richard S Barrett who sewed the wound and warned that shaving and removing the queue could be fatal. The patient chose to die rather than lose his hair, and the doctor reluctantly proceeded.
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Boston
Richard S. Barrett
Waugh
F Street
N Streets
Laskey
City Point
Barrett
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