Nashua Reporter (Nashua, Iowa)
1905 > August > 24

Rose Pitonof, aged 10 years, of Boston, swam a mile in Dorchester bay in thirty-three minutes. The child's performance, which was witnessed and recorded by competent judges, is believed to be the best record ever made by a girl amateur swimmer in open water.

[This is not my family, and I have no further information.]