Hartford Man Leaps to Death on Baltic Crossing
Edward Porritt of Hartford Conn a well known writer and journalist reportedly leaped from the steamer Baltic near Queenstown after leaving Liverpool October 9. Despite boats buoys and flares no body was recovered. Porritt had been in England as a correspondent for a Hartford publication.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Baltic
Liverpool
Edward Powitt
Porritt
Hartford
Edward Porritt
Conn
England
Fire Threatens Dock as Lighter Burns at Buzzards Bay
A lighter owned by Betts Brothers of Boston caught fire off the Sandwich end of the Cape Cod Canal. Towed by the steam lighter Dorothea the craft, loaded with stone for a breakwater, was moved to the canal center where crews extinguished the blaze. No one was aboard when discovered.
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Buzzards Bay
Betts’ Brothers
Boston
Sandwich
Cape Cod Canal
Dorothea
Fanchon Back Again The Purple Diamond Detective Tale
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine features Jeff Fanchon in another Hugh Pendexter detective story The Purple Diamond complete in the issue.
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Jeff Fanchon
the Purple Diamond
Hugh Pendexter
Boston Sunday Post
Golden Jubilee Opens at Mission Church in Roxbury
Cardinal O Connell leads a jubilant ceremony marking 50 years of the Mission Church, with thousands filling the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Roxbury. A grand procession, decorated exterior, and choral Mass highlight the anniversary as priests from multiple parishes attend and a celebratory vesper follows.
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Mission Hill
Roxbury
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Mission Church
Cardinal O'Connell
Tremont Street
Benedict XV
Hadward J. Moriarty
St. Thomas’ Church
Jamaica Plain
John J. Ryan
St. Paul's
Cambridge
M. J. Scanlan
T. L
Catholic Charitable Bureau
George A. Lyons
Gate of Heaven Church
South Boston
John F. Duran
iAll Saints’ Church
James Hayes
C. SS. R
Redemptorist
Esopus
N. Y
James Farron
Baltimore
William B. Kenna
Fassnacht
Pershing Cancels London Visit For Unknown Soldiers Ceremony
Gen Pershing sails for home after abandoning plans to visit England to lay the congressional medal on unknown soldiers tombs. British delays on fixing a date and replying to U S inquiries prompted the decision. A solemn high mass and sermon mark day two of the Paris celebration.
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Eral Pershing
England
British War Office
General Pershing
Europe
Washington
William, B. Kenna
C. SS. R
James Hayes
Redemptorist
Esopus
British delay over unknown soldier medal mars Paris ceremony
American officials in Paris, including General Pershing, face mystery as British delays keep allocating foreign decorations uncertain. Special force guard units returned to Coblenz after a week in Paris, awaiting London plans. Officials fear misinterpretation and seek a prompt, clear arrangement.
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Paris
Rhine
London
Cobleng
Foreign Office
Pershing
America
Waank
General Pershing
Back From Sea Grave In Person In Harbor
Surviving sailors recovered in the harbor off City Point after a Saturday night storm. One crew member identified as missing earlier was found alive prompting rescue operations by local harbor authorities.
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City Point
Tragic Harbor Rescue Ends With Drowning Claim
Michael Manning reports his son John leapt from the Celia M after a fist fight, vanished in darkness near the harbor channel. Police and witnesses confirm a voluntary act with no crime. father vows to be jailed until sea yields a body.
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John
Michael Manning
Harbor
Celia M
Frank P. Anderson
Norwell Street
Davy Jones
Drowned Boy Survives and Returns to Shore After Family Boat Clash
In East Boston a family boat incident ends with the son and father clashing over control of the craft. The boy, who had leaped overboard after a heated dispute, survived and returned to police headquarters where he praised his father yet indicated they would face consequences. Police hauled in the incident's players for questioning and to sort out the danger at sea.
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Francis Stuart
Frank Anderson
Doherty
East Boston
City Point
Johnnie
Swendeman
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Joseph P. O'Reilly
St. Philomena's Church
Pittsburg
Penn
Edward M. Weigel
James Barron
Mission Church Parish
Catherine Doyle
Alice Woods
Anna Kenney
Genevieve Hanley
Ethel Shannon
Edith Greene
Josephine Gorman
Beatrice Reardon
Gertrude Whelan
Gen. Pershing
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T. D. Whitney Company
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