Hazel Beckwith Aims For Beauty Contest Fame In Newtonville
Hazel Josephine Beckwith a 13 year old from 112 Norwood street Newtonville is chosen for the Inama Pacific International Exposition beauty contest at the Mldren's building. Her mother Mrs A Beckwith a Newtonville widow of 21 years says Hazel loves outdoors and baseball and aims for education. Hazel's sister Carolyn is 17 and in tech high school while brother Charles 20 works for his uncle in Boston.
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Norwood Street
Newtonville
Mldren
Mather
A. Beckwith
Newtonvile
Hazel
Carolyn
The
Technical High School
Charles
Charles Beckwith
Washington Street
Boston
Claflin Grammar School
Haverhill
Maine
Beckwith
Elliston H. Bell
Newton
Hazel Josephine Beckwith
San Francisco
Henry Havelock Pierce
New Boston Boulevard Post Office Opens at Coolidge Corner
The Boston postal district opens a modern Boulevard office at 1854 Boulevard, Coolidge Corner. Superintendent Walter J. Gerrold, in charge since early days when staff numbered eight, now oversees forty workers amid improved facilities, parcel post, stamps, registry and money order services.
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Boston
Coolidge Corner
W. S. Gerrold
Boulevard
New
Danish Sailor Dies of Burns in Fire at Vineyard Haven
George Jensen, a Danish sailor, died at the Marine Hospital in Vineyard Haven today from burns received when his solitary house burned last night. The blaze is believed caused by an oil stove explosion.
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Vineyard Haven
Eorge Jensen
Marine Hospital
Muster Marred by Death at North Adams Firemen Event
In North Adams two accidents mar the muster. Edward Everett Hill of Williamstown collapsed with sunstroke during the playout of the Alerts of Winchendon winners, dying area, condition critical. A second man is reported dying from injuries.
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North Adams
Edward Everett Hill
Williamstown
Winchendon
Fatal Train Collision Affects Muster Crowd
An unidentified middle aged man fleeing a crash was struck and killed by a freight train of the Boston Maine railroad near the muster area as crowds dispersed. In other events the Alerts won 300 dollars for a 224 foot stream, F M Smith Co 150 dollars for 219 feet, Chicopee Veteran Firemen’s Association 75 dollars for 218 feet, Edward A Whiting Co 50 dollars for 218 feet, and W A Bailey Co of Northampton received 85 dollars for a similar distance.
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Hoosac Tunnel
Bostomy & Maine Railroad
F. M. Smith Company
South Hadley Falls
Chicopee Veteran Firemen’s Association
Muster results show fire teams sweep prizes at Greenbush event
In Greenwich New York the Rough and Readies placed seventh with 210 feet while North Adams Veteran Firemen's Association earned sixth prize at 216 feet and $25. Seven other companies competed in the muster.
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North Adams
Shriners Ride Goat Ceremony at Canal Miraflores
Shriners of Osman Temple hold an elaborate initiation on the Miraflores lock at the Panama Canal as 170 local candidates cross the burning sands. 190 Shriners console guests at a Colon banquet with Imperial Potentate W. W. Irwin praising Isthmus hospitality and the unique pilgrimage.
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Miraflores
Colon
Imperial
W. W. Irwin
Shriners of America
Order
America
Isthmus
Tri-State Season Winds Up for Torbay
The Tri State baseball league closes its season with Wilmington winning the pennant after posting 66 wins and 45 losses. Allentown Harrisburg and York tie for second at 59 and 52, while Trenton finishes fifth and Atlantic City sixth.
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Wilmington
Allentown
Harrisburg
York
Trenton
Atlantic City
Cape Cod Canal to Be Finished July 1 1914
Commodore J W Miller says only 4 000 000 yards of material remain to excavate Cape Cod Canal, with completion hoped by July 1 1914. The project features two of the world’s largest bascules, 380 feet deep at high water, 100 feet bottom width, eight miles long, and significant savings for vessels south of Charleston.
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Cape Cod
Cape Cod Canal
Commodore J. W. Miller
Cape Cod Canal Company
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
Manchester Canal
Charleston
Boston
Vineyard
Cape Cod Bay
Buzzard's Bay
Ice free winters in sluggish shore waters drifted from Cape Cod Bay
The article notes three consecutive winters with no thick ice forming in shallow waters within shorelines. All ice drifted in from Cape Cod Bay, leaving the waters ice free.
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Cape Cod Bay
Record 20 000 at L Street Baths with incident free day
A crowd of over 20 000 visited the three municipal baths on L Street South Boston yesterday. The men’s bath hosted more than 12 000, with the women’s and boys’ baths drawing the season’s largest crowds. Attendance began at 5 AM and continued past 10 PM with no accidents. Police managed admission lines along the Strandway stretching a quarter mile.
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L Street
Boston
East Fourth Street
Strandway
Wedded Life Troubles to Be Shown in Movie Plan
Mrs. Matilda Good aims to broadcast her own marital woes via films to deter youths from marrying against parental wishes. She argues the scenario would be instructive and poignant, as divorce actions by Mrs. Gorn and her son John reveal quarrels and alleged cruelty.
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ST. Louis
Matilda Good
Gorn
John
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