Boston Port Expansion Urged by Mellen Plan Leader
William Mellen urges Boston to extend waterfront and dry docks to dominate regional trade. He calls for public or state ownership, new piers, dredging, and better rail access to attract Atlantic, Canadian, and European shipping, threatening New York’s dominance.
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Mellen
Boston
New York
Brayor Fitzgerald
Frothingham
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Montauk Point
Gold Dust Detergent Claims Clean Floors and Surfaces
An advertisement touts Gold Dust as a cleaning powder that cleans floors doors and woodwork with little effort. It promises dirt germs and impurities disappear from cracks and crevices when mixed with water and used by the Gold Dust Twins.
New Tuberculosis Remedy Based on Medicine Eckman’s Alterative
A testimonial from Edna Pfiner mentions Eckman’s Alterative aiding a tuberculosis case on June 3 1907 in Rochester New York. The notice claims relief for tubercular peritonitis and promotes the remedy for bronchitis fever throat and lung infections with distribution through various stores and Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah St
Rochester
N. Y
Eckmann
Edna Pfinzer
Willer
Ikman
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton Bitten Drug Dept
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Will of Dr Henry Lyman Shaw Bars Embalming and Funeral Frills
Dr Henry Lyman Shaw's will filed in Suffolk County Probate bans embalming fluids and postmortem exams. He requires simple Unitarian or Universalist services with no singing and requests burial at Forest Hills Cemetery incineration at Massachusetts Cremation Society. Ashes in plain box buried in family lot with no black crepe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lyman Shaw
Suffolk County
Massachusetts Cremation Society
Forest Hills Cemetery
Atlantic Fleet of 293 Vessels Dock with Heavy Catch
Receipts of fish at T wharf yesterday show a fleet of 293 vessels docking with 257000 pounds of fish. Haddock lead at 187000 pounds followed by cod 54200 and hake 35500 with smaller totals for pollock lemonsole and cusk. The Ripple beam trawler delivered the lemonsole, and cusk appears in several fares. The day also reports passenger arrivals from Glasgow Liverpool and Halifax aboard Hesperian Saturnia and A W Perry with police and nurse presence aboard the liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Wharf
Haddock
Ripple
Youlsa R. Sylva
Mary FR. Cooney
B. B. Domingoes
Edith Silveira
Rita A. Viator
Esis Fiora J. Sears
Sue Stranger
Walter P. Goulart
Edmund F. Black
Richard J. Nunan
Mary Edith
Eva Avina
Sas
Hi Morning Star
Mary Emerson
Olivia Sears
Marion
Gracie
Allan Line
Hesperian
W. Main
Glasgow
Liverpool
Mystic Wharf
Halifax
Salvation Army
Kilmalcolm
Main
Grand Banks
Plant Line
A. W. Perry
Alexander Holland
Gloucester
Slade Gorton
Holland
Shelburne
N. S
Perry
Dominion-Atlantic Line
Boston
Simms
New York
Columbia
George Berry
Mary Arnold
Dupont Powder Works
Romanic
Ponta Delgada
Henry Seymour
Merritt & Chapman
New London
Charles T. Gallagher
Seymour
Point O’ Woods
Long Island
Oils Blessed at Cathedral Amid Holy Week Observances
Holy Week rites filled Boston area churches with blessed oils for last rites. Archbishop O Connell led high mass as priests from multiple parishes assisted. Tenebrae and Passion sermons followed across several churches including Immaculate Conception and Blessed Sacrament. Easter Sunday features pontifical mass, sermons by noted clergy, and elaborate musical programs.
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O'Connell
Father Alexis
C. P
O’conneil
Gilbert Higgins
London
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Thomas J. Gasson
Robert F. X. Reynolds
S. J
St. Peter's College
Jersey City
N. J
Dubois
William P. Brett
John G. Coveney
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Arthur J. McCaffray
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Mary Parr
Church of Our Lady of the Cedars of Mt. Lebanon
Tyler Street
Shipping News Mini Almanac Highlights Arrivals and Clearances
Readable items list ship arrivals including Rhode Island Hood Nebraska Newton and many others with routes from Liverpool Halifax Boston Yarmouth and more. Cleared steamers Esparta Frances Calvin Austin and others while sailors report sailings Sachem Grecian and tide times for April operations.
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Rhode Island
Hood
Hampton Roads
Nebraska
Newton
Georgia
Rodgers
Virginia
Giennan
Ivernia
Potter
Liverpool
Queenstown
Cunard Line
Hesperian
Main
Glasgow
Salifax
N. S
Nanna
Nor
Naro
Macoris
Hemmod
Chemung
Hoboken
Willin
Providence
Patience
Calhoun
Newburyport
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Lem
Charles
T. Gallagher
Guilmet
New London
Henry Seymour
Baker Palmer
McAloney
Norfolk
Willie
Child
Watts
Lynn
Sadie Ross
Esparta
Port Limon
OC. R
Frances
Macobs
8. D
Boston
Yarmouth
Nantucket
Baltimore
Newport News
Calvin Austin
Portland
Portland Packet
Boothbay
Sachem
Ontario
Everett
Grecian
James
Whitney
New York
Port Johnson
Eybury
Port
Ruthertane
Gene Tario
Metarit
New Herbert
New Storm Signals Activated Over Post Office Tower
Two new storm signal lamps mounted on the weather bureau pole atop the post office tower emit red 200 candle power and white 100 candle power lights. Officials claim the lenses make signals visible for about 15 miles, promising improved nighttime effectiveness over the old, weaker system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Surgeon to operate on war injury victim Felix MecGettrick
Former assistant district attorney Felix W MecGettrick entered City Hospital on Wednesday for treatment. He will be operated on this morning for a war injury to his left leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix W. MecGettrick
Medicine in their families as a tonic and body builder
A fragment notes medicine used as a tonic and body builder within family traditions. The scant text suggests domestic health practices without clear names, dates, or broader context.
Mayor Declines to Sign Last-Minute Appropriation Additions
City law department says two items added to the annual appropriation bill are illegal. The mayor will sign the rest of the bill but defers action on a $1000 arts increase and a $3000 Dover Street footbridge. A special council meeting is set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. to reconsider.
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Fitzgerald
City Law Department
Law Department
Art
Dover Street Bridge
Corporation Counsel
Plymouth Deer Park Menaced as Forest Fires Rage
Forest fires sweeping over 900 acres near The Forges endanger the deer park at Mrs. Sherman L. Whipple’s estate and threaten the Plymouth factory of Boston Woven Hose. Firefighters from Plymouth and the Woven Hose staff fought the flames for hours to turn the blaze from the plant and keep the deer and timber from disaster.
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Jordan Summer Estate
Sherman L. Whipple
Plymouth
Boston Woven
Jess
Arthur Emond
Kingston
Emond
Whipple
Boston Woven Hose Company
Feaw
Northfield Selectman Case Continued Without Testimony
The District Court hearing for Fred W. Proctor, Northfield selectman and board clerk, accused of embezzling 2500 dollars of town funds, was postponed to May 11 with no testimony taken due to the District Attorney’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Fred W. Proctor
Northfield
Irwin
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Europe
New England
Chamber
M. O. Adams
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Frank Barr
W. F. Berry
H. E. Crane
Boston & Maine
W. C. Brown
Pennsylvania
B. Campbell
H. A. Fabian
T. E. Byrnes
New Haven
Robert Burgess
New York Central
Henry C. Mulligan
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
The
Senate
David O. Ives
Transportation Department
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Charles V. Blanchard
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Louis A. Frothingham
Massachusetts
George S. Smith
John F. Fitzgerald
W. Rodman Peabody
Walter Perley Hall
Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners
Jerome Jones
Grafton D. Cushing
House of Representatives
Elwyn G. Preston
George W. Bishop
Josiah Quincy
Lucius CC. Smith
Fruit & Produce Exchange
D. D. Morss
Canada
East Furton
Adeline
MR. Mellen
Shem
Northern Avenue
Fort Point Channel
South Bay
South Boston
East Boston
Commonwealth
Atlantic
New
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Connecting Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central Station
Boston & Albany
Rutland Roads
Transatlantic
Byrnes
Donovan
Boot and Shoe Club
Metropolitan Improvement Committee
Winthrop
Water Front
Pic Large Chenge
Demente
Thsgums
Boia
Colump
Boston Post
Dr. Shaw
Archishop
Shipping News
M’gettrick
John
Northfield Selectman
Jackson
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