Woman Walks Through Water to Join Hymn at River Service
Miss Annabelle Durham, 18, from West Roxbury, stepped from a canoe into the Charles River and walked ashore to join in the hymn Shall We Gather at the River during an Evangelical Alliance service at Charles River bridge. Bystanders and 400 canoes watched as she recovered after aid from boat house staff. another service is planned for next Sunday.
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Annabelle Durham
Charles H. Durham
Abbott Street
West Roxbury
Evangelical Alliance
Charles River Bridge
Spring Street
Alliance
Ann
D. A. McKinnon
EF. Dorman
William B. Whitredge
Cornet
Duncan McPhee
Retired English Master Curtis Smith Under 70‑Year Rule
One of the school’s most popular masters, Ss Curtis Smith, English teacher, retires this year under the 70 year rule.
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Curtis Smith
Ss. Curtis Smith
Teacher Prefers Service Over Wealth In Historic Boston Story
The article recalls Mr. Smith, born July 31 1839 in Rutland, who declined a Calumet and Hecla stock offer to found or lead private schools. He taught at North Andover High Powers Institute and Yarmouthport High before moving to Boston in 1874, valuing service over money and mentoring many students including Jewish youths. He resides at 56 Fairmount Avenue Newton. his two sons Curtis Nye and Franklin B. Smith are Boston lawyers.
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Smith
John Simpkins
Yarmouthport
Mr. Smith
Rutland
Spencer
Amherst
Medway
North Andover High
Andover
Powers Institute
Barnardston
Boston
Newton
Fairmont Avenue
Curtis Nye
Franklin B. Smith
Child Run Down by Car in Pawtucket
Five year old Bernice Gillie of Gardiner Maine visiting relatives in Pawtucket was struck by an electric car and fatally killed when she ran in front of the vehicle. The motorman was declared blameless by the car’s passengers.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Bernice Gillie
Gardiner
Howard Gillie
Maine
Howard Gray
Horse Prophecy Tied Death to Farmhand Wyckoff
New Jersey farm news notes Henry Wyckoff a farmhand who died recently plans burial beside his horse Old Tom who died two months earlier on the same Yardville farm. Wyckoff said the horse’s death foretold his own demise and he believed the animal was his only real companion through life.
Eye and Ear Infirmary Free Examinations Policy
Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary announces free examinations and treatment for eye ear nose and throat diseases at 167 Charles Street near Cambridge in Boston open daily 9 to 12 and Sundays 10 to 12 with special dates.
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Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary
Charles St
Cambridge At
Boston
Quadruplets Born at Homeopathic Hospital in Boston
In Boston yesterday morning Mrs. Samuel Anderson of 12 Monument Square Charlestown gave birth to quadruplets at the Homeopathic Hospital. It marks the first quadruplet birth at the hospital and in years for the city, with all babies alive at the time of the Post visit and one showing a fair chance of survival. Mrs. Anderson has six other children who are healthy.
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Samuel Anderson
Monument Square
Charlestown
Homeopathic Hospital
Boston
George A. Patterson
Post
Priest Edmund Sturm Lying In State At German Church
The Rev. Edmund M. Sturm former pastor of the Church of the Holy Trinity lay in state at the German Catholic Church on Shawmut avenue after being moved from St Francis Home Roxbury. The cortege and guards including Teutonic Council Knights of Columbus and parish societies kept vigil through the day and night as thousands viewed the priest's face before the requiem services.
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Edmund M. Sturm
Church of the Holy Trinity
St. Francis
Roxbury
Shawmut Avenue
M. Brock
L. Steuer
Ww. Eckert
J. Spang
Henry Wessling
J. Berle
J. Schileuter
S. J
Joseph Taber
Henry Geron
Henry 8. Nellis
Sodality
Ushers’ Club
Guard of Honor
Hunted madman caught in woods near Red Hill
A deranged man who tried to break into homes in Middletown New York was captured in the woods near Red Hill Switch on the Ontario and Western railroad. He is jailed in Sullivan county and says he is wanted by Philadelphia police on a serious charge.
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Middletown
N. Y
Red Hill
Ontario & Western
Here
Sullivan County
Philadelphia
Boy Killed by Headlight in Woonsocket Crash
In Woonsocket Rhode Island on June 19 seven year old Wallace R Reid was struck by the headlight of an automobile and died of a fractured skull. Philip Jarret owner and driver of the car is held blameless by witnesses.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Wallace R. Reid
Philip Jarret
Harvard Class Day Ticket Sales Details
A sale of Harvard class day tickets to graduates will occur at the Alumni Association office, 50 State Street, Wednesday from 9 to 4. Additional sales at the ’77 gate lodge in Cambridge after the Yale baseball game on June 23 and on class day morning. Ticket limits are five per kind with yard tickets 35 cents, Stadium 1.50 dollars, and Memorial 1 dollar.
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Harvard
The
Alumni Association
State Street
77 Gate Lodge
Cambridge
Yale
Stadium
Emperor's knee ailment improves. doctors deny operation
Kaiser physicians in Potsdam report the Emperor's knee inflammation is improving and discharge nearly ceased. They refute the Lokal Anzeiger story that an operation occurred yesterday and say Dr. Bier did not visit the palace, calling the tale an invention to alarm the public.
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Potsdam
Lokal Anzeiger
Bier
Obituary notices and funeral details from Boston area
Death notices from Dorchester Somerville South Boston and Everett announce funerals for Ellen Burns John Fgan Fallen Joseph Fitzgerald Frank Geares Barry Powers Mazaret Stackhouse Myrtie Traill Frank Wallburg and Edward John Kingsley with service times at St Peter's Gate of Heaven and local churches and burial or mass details for each listed. Funeral from or to specific addresses and dates June 19 20 21 are provided along with relatives and friends invites and notes on remarials or memberships.
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Fitzgerald
South Boston
Joseph V
Joseph A
Mabel R
Birch Street
Claremont
N. H
Wallburg
Somerville
Frank
Catherine (Winters) Wallburg
Wesley Park
St. Joseph’s Church
J S Waterman & Sons Established Undertakers Ad
Established 1859 undertakers at 2326 and 2828 Washington Street near Terminal Station offer funeral cemetery cremation and transfer services with established prices and complete equipment. Personal attention provided by Frank S Waterman and George H Waterman managers. Telephone Rox 778 arc.
Melanope Haunting Rumor At Seattle Barge Conversion
Sailors claim the dismantled liner Melanope now a barge in Seattle is haunted. Captain Willis, former Melanope skipper, is blamed for the ghost, and Captain Walter Tinn and his wife have been reassigned after she found life aboard haunted.
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Seattle
Walter Tinn
Walsh Tri Mountain Garrison Commander Elevated
At a special meeting of Trimountain Garrison No. 2 Regular Army and Navy Union Senior Vice Commander William D Walsh was promoted to commander to fill the vacancy created by the former commander moving to California.
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Regular Army and Navy Union
William D. Walsh
California
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