Pictures of Havoc From Worst East Coast Storm
The storm sweeps Atlantic coast states with violent gales disrupting shipping from Virginia to New York. Photo captions describe the Anna M washed ashore near Ocean City New Jersey after capsizing with one drowning. Barnegat lighthouse at Barnegat Bay New Jersey is in danger as heavy seas carry away beach.
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Virginia
Pummel
Ocean City
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Barnegat
Barnegat Bay
Garden Club Show a Great Portsmouth Display
The Portsmouth Garden Club flower show at the Masonic Auditorium and Women’s City Club attracted strong entries from horticultural and artistic sections. Dahlias, lilies, roses, sweet peas, zinnias and gladioli were judged with high praise. prizes were awarded to exhibitors including Gertrude M. Magraw, Dr. M. I. Roger Shattuck, Fred Hayes, Edith Hayes, and Annie F. Magraw among others.
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Portsmouth Garden Club
Masonic Auditorium
Woman’s City Club
Miller Ave
City Club
Rock Gardens
Gertrude M. Magraw
H. B. Carpenter
C. E. Norris
Fred B. Severance
M. I. Roger Shattuck
Fred Hayes
Fred G. Proctor, Jr
Edith Hayes
Charles James
James R. May
Charles W. Greene
A. R. Hatch
Annie F. Magraw
W. W. Seaward
Fred Harmon
Wilbur B. Shaw
Helen C. Martin
M. I. Boger-Shattuck
Helen Pickering
R. H. Spinney
Harris Hatch
Albert R. Hatch
M. I. Roger-Shattuck
Benjamin W. Burke
Bouquet
Arthur J. Corry
EB. O. Brown
Mary M. Rand
Henry Knight
Gertrude “Magrayw
Rosalie Hatch
Charles E. Norris
Lillian Hayes
Girl Foils Hold Up As Fish Warden Intervenes
In McKinley Missouri two men attempted a store robbery at William Midas general store. Ruby Midas defended against the intruders with her father’s revolver until Fish Warden Forrest Albee arrived, causing the robbers to flee. Sheriff Hodgkins expects swift arrests. Also noted: Brier Hill cemetery near Youngstown Ohio has been turned into subsistence gardens.
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McKinley
William Midas
Forrest Albee
Ruby Midas
Harold R. Hodgkins
Hancock County
Miss Midas
Brier Hill
Youngstown
Ohio
Police in Boats Patrol Flooded Philadelphia Sections
Police in boats patrolled the flood swept southwest corner of Philadelphia to prevent looting while a Red Cross director hastened relief for hundreds of refugees. Eastwick and nearby Tinicum township were reported worse as a dyke breached and the Delaware River flooded Fort Mifflin and the Darby Creek and Schuylkill River basins. The 103rd Observation Squadron of the National Guard spent yesterday dragging planes from four feet of water at the Philadelphia airport.
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Philadelphia
Red Cross
Eastwick
Tinicum Township
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Fort Mifflin
Darby Creek
Schuylkill River
Fort Mifflin Army Munitions Reservation
Will We Neglect A Great Opportunity
An editorial urges building a bridge across the Piscataqua River for auto and rail traffic to boost labor and a permanent through rail route from Portsmouth to Maine and the provinces. It calls for cooperation from the Chamber of Commerce and similar groups to seize the opportunity for a greater Portsmouth.
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Piscataqua River
Maine
Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth
Provinces
Big Field Day in Kittery Townwide Events
Kittery hosts a Community Field Day with a packed schedule starting after noon. Activities include a 2 PM start for sports, 3 PM Eliot vs Kittery baseball, a 4:30 PM parade, 5 PM drum corps, 6 PM clam bake, 7 PM boxing, and an 8:30 PM Grange hall dance. Sponsored by Henry Wallingford Post No 89, American Legion.
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Sustue Wall
Kittery
Maine
Tommy Smoot
Battling Attey
Phil la Page
Billy Brown
Kid Parker
Johnnie Walker
Trail Field
Eliot
Drum Corp
Grange Hall
The
Henry Wallingford Post
No. 89
American Legion
Mrs W A Nelson Taken Home After Accident
Mrs W A Nelson daughter of former Mayor and Mrs F W Hartford was hospitalized after a New Haven crash on Aug 8 She suffered five fractured ribs and a severe head injury She was moved from New Haven hospital to her Ansonia home and is on the road to recovery Six Kentucky counties rank above average in literacy per a government survey
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W. A. Nelson
F. W. Hartford
New Haven
Conn
Ansonia
Kentucky
United States
Kidnapping Ring Battle Narrows as Forces Press
Federal forces clash with kidnapers in a high tension raid. One kidnapper dies in San Francisco after a victim calls for help from William F. Wood, cousin of President Taft, who was wounded along with a bystander. Arrests in Hartford target a Springfield businessman abduction plot.
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San Francisco
Hartford
Lehman
Underworld
William F. Wood
Taft
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Storm damage totals reach 15 million after hurricane and northeaster
A week of destruction across the Atlantic Seaboard left 50 dead and property losses up to 15 million dollars. One 23 foot sloop missing with three aboard from Manasquam New Jersey to Nantucket Massachusetts. Rebuilding underway as floods subside in many resorts from New York to North Carolina.
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Manasquam
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Nantucket
Mass
New York
N. C
St. Lawrence Valley
Wasp stings golfer r. w. franklin earns unlikely hole in one
In Houston on August 26, R. W. Dick Franklin teed off at the sixth hole when a wasp sting provoked anger. He completed a hole in one despite the insect provocation, drawing attention at the Houston club.
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Houston
Texas
R. W
Dick” Franklin
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Boston
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Johnny Walker
Phil Lapagree
Salmon Falls
Dick Maloney
Bill Faye
Jim Maloney
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