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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
4
Marblehead June 22. Robert J Collier a New York publisher and amateur aviator will attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a flying boat with a 200 horsepower engine of French design capable of 100 miles an hour or more. The attempt will be made this fall.
A secretively built hydro aeroplane for Collier at Burgess Company Marblehead is described as larger and nearly twice as powerful as recent Navy craft. It weighs 2200 pounds, uses a 200 horsepower Anzani engine, and features 45 foot wing spans, dual eight foot propellers, and 50 gallon fuel tanks.
Sergeant Sweeney and East Boston officers raided 121 Cottage street yesterday afternoon, taking five men. Four face charges for playing cards on the Lord's Day and one for being present. Charged men include Anthony Labella 29 of 129 Cottage street Dominic Lersa 21 of 175 Cottage street Louis Dominico 25 of 210 Bremen street Frank Baderiski 37 of 121 Cottage street Pellegren Auerlenun 34 of 84 Cottage street.
Multiple parishes in East Boston held diploma ceremonies for graduates. At Holy Redeemer 38 grammar boys and 20 high school girls received diplomas and gold medals. St Mary’s Star of the Sea hosted 33 graduates. St Rose’s Chelsea held ceremonies for 16 boys and 20 girls with medals and scholarships. St Joseph Somerville noted 131 total graduates with 43 boys and 53 girls receiving diocesan diplomas.
Many new types of bathing costumes will be seen at fashionable beach resorts this summer. The draped skirt and Dutch bloomer types will probably be very popular. Hats and caps to accompany the draped skirts and Dutch bloomers are becoming creations and should prove popular.
In Windsor Connecticut on June 22 Frank Kowalski was killed and Henry Wzinski severely injured while four others were hurt when a car returning from Rainbow to Hartford collided with a telephone pole. Driver Joseph Wilinski was arrested on a $5000 bond pending a hearing.
Miss Wilhelmina A. Landan daughter of Mr and Mrs George W S Landan and Dr Samuel Monroe Graves Harvard graduate and new Cambridge Mass superintendent of public schools were quietly married at the bride’s parents home in Paterson N J The Rev Herbert Barber Howe officiated A flower girl Dorothy Landon Sterr of Ridgewood attended The couple planned a summer in Maine and will reside in Cambridge after the ceremony.
Rome June 22 Negotiations proceed between the Holy See and Prince Torlonia for the purchase of a pine wood adjacent to the Vatican gardens. The timbered tract could be accessed by an underground passage or archway, expanding the pope’s walking area with a view of the Roman campagna toward the Mediterranean.
London reports the Balkan crisis worsens with no improvement. The Servian ministry resigns again and the Servian envoy to Bulgaria departs Sofia for Belgrade, presenting a fresh note that Servia will accept arbitration but rejects ante bellum terms and urges demobilization.
Thomas Brown Jr and Miss Mary Campbell both of South Boston were married at St Vincent's Church yesterday afternoon. The bride resides at 265 Boston Street and they will live at 29 King Street Dorchester after a honeymoon.
John E. Nolan of 925 East Broad Way South Boston died yesterday afternoon after accidentally drinking embalming fluid. He was a lifelong resident, survived by a widow, three daughters the oldest 14, five brothers, three sisters, and many other relatives in South Boston.
Nolan, a South Boston undertaker, was found nearly unconscious in his 398 Broadway rooms by a brother and Harry T. Morash. A bottle of embalm fluid matched the medicine bottle, paralyzing him. Buckley rushed him to City Hospital where he died soon after. His wife called it an accident. Nolan headed a large local business and belonged to several clubs and St Eluria parish.
The body of Martin J. Mulkern, 28, of 54 Dwight Street, Dedham, was found in a vacant lot near the Dedham West Roxbury line. Walter Morris of 33 High Street discovered the body on Washington Street. Medical Examiner William H. Watters ruled death by natural causes.
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