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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
2
Stamford June 25 The crowd filled the Town Hall court room to hear the coroner's inquiry into the mysterious death of Waldo R Ballou. Mrs Helen Angle the divorcee and noted singer fainted on the stand after weeping as a material witness held since Tuesday midnight on a technical charge.
The scene shows Leonard Blondell and Chief Brennan carrying Mrs Angle from a room as Coroner Phelan ends the inquest in a tense moment. Mrs Angle, dazed and sobbing, is escorted to a private sanitarium after a chaotic day in the Rippenam building case.
Five hundred motorists traveling to and from the Salem fire were stalled on the Point of Pines section of the State boulevard just before midnight by a collision of two autos. Both cars were wrecked and the occupants, including Patrick Kane William Breslin Thomas Lynch and Andrew Powers of Cambridge, were shaken but unhurt.
Three deaths and twenty prostrations marked a brutal heat day in Boston as residents endured an extreme July spell. Forecasters promised relief with a fair somewhat cooler outlook for today.
Heat tied to at least three deaths with several victims in hospital or listed critical. Names include Cre torious Grace 32 of East Boston, Thomas Powers of Waltham, and John Bagley 29 of Charlestown. City Point draws thousands to L Street baths with two days near 20 000 bathers.
Miss Fifille Willis daughter of Mrs W H Willis married Butler Ames of Lowell Mass at the Presbyterian Church in Columbia. Attendants included sister Florence Willis maid of honor and Adelbert Ames best man with ushers Joseph Legere Hamilton Fish Jr Charles Hayden and R B Price.
Hammondport N Y June 25 The United States government will cooperate with Lt John C Porte in attempting to cross the Atlantic next month in the flying boat America The craft made several test flights this evening Porte will delay departure from New York to July 10 to allow more tests and to line up a route near St Johns harbor Backers include Rodman Wanamaker with flight date possibilities extending to August full moon.
Washington plans to collect up to the minute weather reports to aid Porte's voyage from St. John's and Newfound-land. Curtiss works on a flying boat delayed by hydroplane fin tests and engine reconfigurations as Porter adjusts Azores stops and supply plans. Sumner Hollander sails to meet Porte in Plymouth while aero clubs assist at Vigo and Flores.
Union Hatco advertises heavy bound straw hats soft hats and numerous clothing items for men including khaki coats denim suits and waterproof coats. Prices range from under a dollar to a few dollars with bold discounts on hats pants shoes gloves and travel trunks. The sale presents wide variety and extensive stock in Boston.
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