Woman killed in Exeter crash in Newfields woman dies
An automobile driven by Mrs. Lillian E Hamkin overturned on Bay Hill Road near Exeter fatally injuring the 25 year old Newfields resident. Her husband Pred M Hamkin and Harrigan's wife Stella were injured in a following car but could not explain the wreck.
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Associated Press
Exeter
Lillian E Hemin
Newfields
Laurence Harrigan
Hamkin
Bayrehill Road
Hamtin
Storm damages crops across eastern Massachusetts
Associated Press reports a violent storm with thunder, high winds and heavy rain across eastern Massachusetts ending a heat spell. Crops in Acton South Acton Ayer and Concord suffered losses, Nashatoba orchard suffered hail damage, and Nashoba region fruit was hurt. Flooding hit Lynn and Melrose areas with store damage and one death from overexertion. Buildings were struck in multiple towns as power cuts occurred and roads flooded.
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Associated Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Iiming
Acton
South Acton
Ayer
Concord
Conard Reformatory
Nashatoba
Lynn
Thomas J. Baker
Melrose
Malden
Saugus
Nahant
Winchester
Marblehead
Revere
Swampscott
Greenland Road Property Offers Fertile Tillage and Pasture
A fragment describes sixty five acres at Greenland Road, half fertile tillage and half pasture with wood land, forty fruit trees, a large house and barn on a cement road. It notes a never failing spring two hundred feet from the house and that all produce may be disposed of at the door.
Bremen Returns Home After Maiden Transatlantic Voyage
The German Lloyd liner Bremen completed its first round trip to New York and back to Bremerhaven, setting new crossing records. It docked at 7.20 am after just over six days total, with a New York to Plymouth record of four days and 32 minutes.
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Associated Press
Bremerhaven
Ger
Lloyd -Ler
Bremen
New York
New
Plymouth
Duchess of Bedford pilots England to India flight
Lyrmpne England Aug 2 The Duchess of Bedford launched a solo attempt in a blue monoplane to fly 10 000 miles to India and back in a week Captain T D Barnard piloted the plane with Bob Little as engineer and second pilot
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Associated Press
Lyrmpne
England
Duchess of Bedford
India
T. D. Barnard
Bob Little
Three Injured In Little Boars Head Car Crash
A speeding car overturned on the state boulevard near Col. George M. Studebaker's Little Boar's Head home injuring three. Walter McMann of Clinton Mass. and Fred Barry of Arlington Mass. were hospitalized with serious and possible internal injuries. A girl in the party escaped, refusing identification, while the driver was arrested for liquor impairment. Authorities, including Chief Irving W. Marston and Inspector Maurice Dwyer, investigated at Portsmouth Hospital as the wrecked car lay totaled.
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State
George M. Studebaker
Little Boar’s Head
Walter “McMann
Clinton
Mass
Portsmouth
Marston
North Hampton
Ong
Hampton ‘Beach
MéMant
Irving W. Marston
Edward
Gotham
Hampton
Maurice Dwyer
Exeter
Barry
Portsmouth Hospital
Dwyer
McMann
Storm Ravages Central Connecticut Causing Million in Damage
A severe storm across central Connecticut caused at least one million dollars in damage. Crops in Simsbury Windsor Windsor Locks East Windsor East Hartford Glastonbury and Tolland County suffered heavy losses estimated around 500000. Hartford bore substantial impact with property damage and demolished structures including the Ensign Backford factory root removal and shattered glass.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Simsbury
Windsor
Windsor Docks
East Windsor
East Hertford
Glastonbury
Tolland County
Ensign-Backford Company
Ame Florist
Edison contest names Wilbur Huston winner
Associated Press reports West Orange New Jersey August 3 1925 Wilbur B Huston of Fort Madison Iowa named winner of the Thomas Edison contest selecting a protege to follow the inventor. Sat special includes men’s English broadcloth shirts 98 cents value 1 65 Enterprise Store 88 Market St Clindis notes 400 new laws pawed by the last legislature.
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Associated Press
West Orange
N J
Wilbur ‘B. Huston
Fort’ Madison, West
Thomas Edison
Enterprise
Market St
Army Officers Killed in Accident Near Wright Field
Dayton dispatch reports Capt. Owens of Stamford Connecticut and Capt. Henry Moore of New York were killed when their automobile struck a traction car in East Dayton. Both men were Reserve Army officers stationed at Wright Field and attached to the airplane division. Owens wife and two children are in Europe.
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Associated, Press
Dayton
Ohio
Rn, Owens
Tamford, Connard
Henry Moore
New ‘York
Washington
East
Wright Field
Owens
Europe
Resent
Navy Yard Men Investigating Report From South Berwick
A highway agent in South Berwick called the Navy Yard reporting two men or a hanging figure seen on Rocky Hill, possibly a parachute. Lieut Commander J Wilkes and a James Wooley crew member with field glasses investigated from the tug.
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Berwick
Rocky Hill
Navy Yard
J. Wilkes
James Wooley
South Berwick
Pastor to Attend Services on August 18 at Capetown Crew Church
Rev. C leV Brine of Christenuren received a note from Captain Tate of the H M S Capetown accepting an invitation for officers and crew to attend service at the church on Sunday August 18. The engagement signals a cordial naval Christian outreach and church cooperation.
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C. Lev. Brine
Christenuren
Tate
H. M.S. Capetown
Cold Spring Farm Products Promotes Dairy Offerings
Greanland New Hampshire dairy ad touts Holstein herd milk 140 qt hi tech grade guerns nur de vinegar 400 gal pure spring water carboy quality ice cream. It invites visits to inspect the plant and notes state and federal tuberculin testing, trout viewing, and conservation act.
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Carboy
Rockingham County
Welton
Graf Zeppelin Reports Rapid Atlantic Crossing Progress
Graf Zeppelin was reported traveling rapidly across the Atlantic toward the United States. At 9:30 Eastern Time a British steamer relayed that the airship passed Latitude 50.4 North Longitude 4.52 West about three miles south and 50 east of Gibraltar.
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Associated Press
Gra
Atlantic
United States
Cas Blancs
Gibraltar
Azores
Anthea
Zeppelin
Straits
Outbreaks At Leavenworth Prison Reported After Mutiny
Reports from Leavenworth Kansas describe two violent prison disturbances. A riot on August 2 left one inmate dead, several wounded, and guards briefly firing. a following August 3 outbreak amid refusals of breakfast and mess hall chaos followed by tightened security and no major injuries among staff.
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Associated Press
U.S. ‘Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kas
Kansas
Mike Martinez
Thomas .B. White
BE. G .Erbst
Fort Leavenworth
White
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Greenland
Moses Walker
Charles H- Brackett
Little Boars Head
Studebaker Hill
Edison
Clindis
F Aawakey
Azores Islands
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