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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1914
Page
16
Emerson D. Dietrich, Brooklyn manager of a theatrical troupe with trained lions, was killed and eaten by five lions after entering the cage car. An adjacent cage lion escaped, terrorizing residents before being driven back without further injuries.
Dietrich is mauled by four lions led by Teddy after entering a dark den owned by Madame Adgie Castillo. A fire department pike pole freed the body after formaldehyde was used to deter the animals. Castillo, engaged to Dietrich, said the lions had not shown aggression before.
Richard Sears of the International News Service went to Riverside with a moving picture camera to film canoe wrecks. A canoe overturned and Sears fell into twenty feet of water. His brother in law C. M. Elliott rescued him, reviving him at Metropolitan police headquarters.
In a Henry street shop Carl E. Flint a sea captain born in Denmark works on an air schooner intended to cross the Atlantic with 50 men in 30 hours. He has spent 35 years and about 40000 dollars raised by supporters. He plans to launch from Sea Gate on Sept 1 to test the dream, hoping it flies or else he returns to Copenhagen.
Flint and his skilled mechanic son have labored for years on an aeroplane or hydro-automatic airship with four Curtiss motors. The ship features canvas sails, a cedar cabin for 50, and sails used like schooner rigging. Projections show 40 hours of fuel and speeds up to 125 miles per hour as plans are guarded in a five-story building on Henry Street. A test shed near Sea Gate is planned for a September trial with Dr. Arthur R. Jarrett volunteering as crew.
In New York on June 21 plans were unveiled for a world church peace council to meet in Constance Switzerland August 2 for four days under the Church Peace Union founded by Andrew Carnegie with a 2 million endowment. ACatholic peace conference led by Count Albert Apponyi in Liege Belgium will run on the same dates, both events under Carnegie Union auspices, with Bishop J W Hamilton of Boston among attendees.
Officer George Coombs of the Metropolitan park police saved two men and two women from the Charles River at Auburndale within an hour. The first rescue occurred at 4 45 p m when two men tipped over near Norumbega Park and could not swim. A second incident around 6 p m saw two young women capsize their canoe and grab the boat sides before being pulled aboard. Earlier, a boy arrived at headquarters with the top of a finger severed while whittling and was treated before returning home.
The weekly Catholic liturgical calendar lists feasts from Blessed Innocent V to St. John the Baptist and St. William with 49 hours devotion starting Friday at Roxbury and Georgetown. School diplomas were awarded yesterday at Cheverus Centenial School Malden, with funds raised for the school. The Confraternity of the Holy Cross meets Friday at 3 pm at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Summer masses begin July 5 at Centre Harbor and Meredith New Hampshire. An annual teachers retreat by Dominican Sisters runs until June 26. St Ann's lawn party at Neponset parish grounds is Saturday.
Ten self-supporting Boston girls spent a weekend at Sun Beam Cottage Point Shirley for about 1.25 dollars. They cooked, served, cleaned, shopped for provisions, and kept rooms under YWCA chaperonage. It marked the cottage’s fourth open Sunday in a strictly cooperative outing.
Miss Lorraine Willits oversees Sun Beam cottage and Commuters’ Cottage on Undine Avenue near Triton as an experiment to house working girls at lower rates. Fifteen-strong capacity. current residents two under full, all commute to Boston daily. Lodging costs 6 50 weekly. Sun Beam hosts weekend visitors at 25 cents per night with meals provided by guests. Willits aims to raise funds for a large vacation house at 3 weekly or less to aid workers on meager incomes. Visitors enjoy bathing and outdoor activities. meals remain substantial and affordable, with no reduction in food quality.
Michael McNeill aged 48 of 10 Treenon Street Chelsea nearly drowned after a misstep on a wharf edge. James Cantender of the North Chelsea drawbridge John Clark of Chelsea and Lester Thayer of Winthrop pulled him from the water.
An English High School senior has been chosen by Mayor Curley to read the Declaration of Independence during the Fourth of July exercises at Fanueil Hall. The selection highlights the city’s Independence Day observance and honors the student’s academic record.
Carl Maraldi an 18 year old Roxbury resident and English High School student has been chosen by Mayor Curley to read the Declaration of Independence at the Fourth of July exercises in Faneuil Hall. He came from Italy eight years ago and will graduate this year then pursue a post graduate course aimed at Harvard College. Maraldi won the public speaking prize and was recommended by Head Master Casey. He began his studies in the evening before entering the high school and graduated with honors.
Joseph Henry and Harry Dunn suffered injuries after a car hit the carriage they rode in at Vine street and the boulevard Everett. The auto was driven by William J. Wilson of Lynn and owned by J. F. Donahue.
Miss Rose Morrissey of 78 Camden street, servant in the Neal Rantoul household at Beverly Farms, was attacked on the West Beach with a broom. Doctors report her eye ruptured and removed, with possible blindness to follow. specialists seek to save her remaining sight.
The Beverly case centers on Miss Morrissey who lost her right eye and faces life altering disfigurement after an accident she believes was a joke. Police and the Rantouls have failed to uncover the cause, while her sister and Mrs. Rantoul push for the best possible care at the Eye and Ear Infirmary.
A 21 year old man named George Livingston from 18 Pond Street Jamaica Plain was arrested after a half mile chase through the South End at 4 AM. Police say he broke a plate glass window at Herman Brandt 1219 Washington Street and tried to steal shoes from the window display. He allegedly grabbed a pair and fled as officers pursued him through side streets, cornering him on Dover Street near Washington.
Graduates from St Rose's high school, including 14 girls and 21 boys, received diplomas and medals after a 10 30 a m Mass. Rev Fr William F Powers delivered the sermon as music from the St Rose Church choir accompanied the ceremony. An alumni reception will be hosted at St Rose's school hall this evening.
Three stained glass windows at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Sharon were shattered. Gravel and glass littered the altar as police and residents search for those responsible, with a reward offered for information leading to arrests.
Canton June 21 two day celebration opening with Solemn mass of thanksgiving for Rev John J Farrell marking 25 years as priest The ceremony featured sermons by Rev M J Doody tableaux by children gifts to Father Farrell and decorations The event continues tomorrow with remarks planned by Lieutenant Governor Barry and Congressmen Gilmore and Murray
Lusipple La roche aged 85 a renowned chair maker and French speaking resident of Gardner jumped into the Perley Brook water supply and drowned. His body was recovered by farmer Dennis Chicoine who found his hat coat and rosary beads on the bank beside the reservoir. He lived with his son Alfred at 363 Park Street.
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