Merchants Press for Delay in Sidewalk Sign Ban Enforcement
The Merchants Committee appeared before the Police Board seeking relief from a statewide sign ban that would remove projecting advertising devices from sidewalks. The board delayed enforcement to consult Corporation Counsel Bailey, noting ambiguity in the law and the practical need not to single out signs over other sidewalk obstructions.
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Merchants’ Committee
Police Board
Amos L. Hatheway
Tremont Street
Hatheway
Martin
Alderman Folsom
Andrew J. Bailey
Edward McLaughlin
House of Representatives
Tremont Row
George M. Werthen
Charles S. Cook
Springer
Mr Simpson
Maritime Trade and Ship News From The Wharf
Weekly port exports stood at 2 180 355 with imports 2 276 757, reflecting increases from last year. Wrecking schooner Young America reported cargo losses at Strawberry Hill as divers recovered a few pipes. work is paused. Belfast yard launched a four mast steamer Armenian for Leyland Liverpool trade, to be Lloyds A1, with triple expansion engines. Nellie Lamper sold to P McIntyre & Co of St John for 5750, enrolled from Chicago amid lumber trade. Scotia with seventy steerage, Waterloo leaky, J H Bowers caulked, Georgia Gilkey bound for lumber, Bertha Dean to Noank repairs. Hindoo brings stowaway Charles O Neill and cabin passengers. Lloyds agent Mr Shaw mourns wife loss.
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Young America
D. H. Smith
Lewis Wharf
Mary A. Hood
Strawberry Hill
Smith
Duncan
Messrs. Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Ireland
Frederick Leyland & Co., Limited
Liverpool
Boston
Walter Glynn
Leyland Company
Lloyd’s
Nellie Lamper
P. McIntyre & Co
St. John
N. B
Lamper
Mystic
Conn
J. B. Lamper
Lynn
Chicago
New England
Scotia
Grimm
Hamburg
Waterloo
Bangor
Wheeler
J. H. Bowers
Magune
Burnham
E. D. Leighton
Platte
Georgia Gilkey
Messrs
A. Abbercrombie
Samuel Dezen
William Waters
James Laverty
Andrew McCarron
Shaw
Lloyds
Emergency Hospital Plans On Beach Street Building
The Emergency Hospital plans a new building on Beach street with convenient quarters. Information will be released soon. financial support has been pledged by friends of the institution. Dr. Galvin noted the ongoing robbery of gifts boxes in saloons and depots, though contributions fund the hospital’s rent.
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Beach Street
Galvin
Funeral of Michael F. Sullivan at St. Peter's Church Dorchester
A large crowd attended the funeral of Michael F. Sullivan brother of boxer John L. Sullivan at St. Peter's Church Dorchester yesterday morning Father Halloran celebrated the high mass Burial took place at Calvary Cemetery with many friends following in a lengthy procession.
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St. Peter’s Church
Dorchester
Michael F. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
Father Halloran
Calvary Cemetery
Dr Loutest & Co promise cures for numerous sexual disorders
Secretive Boston medical firm Dr Longest & Co tout cures for urethral discharges impotence seminal weakness gravel stricture nightly emission and other nervous and bodily complaints. They claim long practice years of experience and offer free consultation and home study books mailed for a small stamp.
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DR. Lougest & CO
Columbus Ave
Boston
Niass
Boston con artist Fred C Whiting hid as Frank in Chicago case
Boston records link Fred C Whiting to a fraud involving L H Brockway of 171 Portland street who paid 675 for six horses to Burlington fire dept. Whiting, a handsome horse dealer, passed bad checks, sold the horses, then vanished. He frequented Caldwell Bros stables and Quincy House and faced similar check troubles with Sinclair Mann. He allegedly defrauded a Newton physician of several hundred dollars.
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Fred C. Whiting
Chicago
Boston
Frank
Fred, Whiting
L. H. Brockway
Portland Street
Whiting
Brockway
Burlington, Vt
Burlington
Caldwell Bros
Chardon Street
Vermont
Quincy House
Sinclair & Mann
Newton
Murdered and Buried in Waterbury Case Delayed Inquest
Waterbury officials voice agitation as coroner fails to respond in the Margaret Donovan murder case. Maurice Moriarty is suspected of the fatal blows. Coroner Mix in Canada and Deputy Coroner Callahan unaccounted for. No autopsy performed and no inquest ordered, complicating detention of Moriarty. Relatives bury Donovan while authorities contest authority to proceed.
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Waterbury
Conn
D. F. Webster
Margaret Donovan
Maurice Moriarty
Mix
New Haven
Canada
Callahan
T. F. Axtelle
Moriarty
Colonel Lovell Sticks In Second District Council Race
Colonel Ben Lovell has not withdrawn from the Weymouth district council race despite circulating talk he would resign. Urged by Republicans statewide he entered the contest and, after careful consideration, consented to use his name. A longtime G A R and Masonic figure, Lovell remains in the race, denying withdrawal and noting he would follow duty to party and colleagues.
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Ben Lovell
Colonel Lovell
Weymouth
Lovell
Coudert Sees Possible Supreme Court Appointment
Paris report says F R Coudert, while not yet offered Justice Jackson's vacant seat, hints he would accept if offered and holds off without a formal commitment until a tangible offer is received.
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Paris
United Press
F. R. Coudert
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Jackson
John Fitz Identified After Death in South Bay
The body found in South Bay on July 31 is identified by his wife as John Fitz of No 5 Douglass Street South Boston. Medical Examiner Draper cites drowning from an in personal crisis. Mrs Fitz cannot explain a motive. Remains to be interred tomorrow.
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South Bay
John Fitz
No. 5
Douglass Street
South
Boston
Draper
East Boston
John W. Wills
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Sallie Daggs
Sarah Daggs
Poor Valley
Washington
Virginia
J. M. Rose
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
ss.—Superior Court
A. D
Benjamin T. Rhoads
New York
John N. Reynolds
Jane E. C. Reynolds
Chicago
Cook
Illinois
Joseph A. Willard
Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners
Charlestown
Boylston Street
Mass
Arthur J. Gray
State Street
Hosea Kingman
Tilly Haynes
Albert F. Noyes
William M. Brown, Jr
Steamer Winthrop Aids Tug Near Buoy No 9
Shortly after 7 last evening near buoy No 9 the Winthrop had an engine valve stick and she lay to. Tug Eleanor L Wright towed her to her berth at Atlantic Avenue and she will resume her usual early trip this morning.
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Winthrop
Eleanor L. Wright
Atlantic Avenue
Copper and stock market gains drive a busy August trading note
The report covers copper price gains in New York and London, strong sales, and a forecast that copper will push toward 15 cents. It notes Boston & Montana near 96, Butte & Boston expected to rise, and activity in Franklin and Pewabic cross cuts. The piece also highlights bank reserves, Mexican Central earnings, and cordage rumors, with market sentiment showing cautious optimism.
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New York
Reading
Morgan-Vanderbilt-Astor
London
Lake Copper
Messrs
James Lewis & Son
England
France
Boston
Montana
Boston & Montana
Monty
Sears
Butte & Boston
Butte
Old Dominion
Franklin
Franklin, Jr
Calumet
Pewabic
Quincy Lode
Albany-Boston
Franklin Company
Boston & Utah Company
T. Godbe
Salt Lake
Chicago
Henry L. Higginson
Europe
State Street
London Stock Exchange
Lehigh Valley
Lynn & Boston
Cordage Reorganization Committee
Atchison
Pinkham
Official bond sales report for the day closes high low
An official daily bond market report shows the day's high and low prices, closing figures, and bid and asked quotes. The record notes 88,000 at a high price of 88 and a closing level of 88 percent, with bid and asked values indicated as of 7 EST.
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Aetas
American special express to run London to Liverpool
Beginning next month an American special express will operate in England from London to Liverpool covering 201 miles in 3 hours 50 minutes with no stops and faster schedule than other expresses. The train will connect with transatlantic liners northbound.
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England
London
Liverpool
Boston & Maine
L. J. Sargent
Grand Trunk
Boston
Massachusetts
Portland
J. K. Hartwell
Fitchburg
Knights Templars
Pennsylvania
Chicago Limited
Shipping News Mini Almanac for Tuesday August 13
Shipping data lists arrivals and destinations with vessel names and cargoes including Hindoo London to William Johnston, Guy Colin Pro Mexico hemp to H Peabody Co, Barnstable Port Antonio fruit and passengers, Henry Dumois Cuba fruit to W Wok C Noyes, Albert Bonaventure two with railroad ties, Olivette Charlottetown Halifax etc, Spartan Philadelphia merchandise passengers, Portland Wisachart towing, Penobscot ngor to Tug International, and other towings and consignments.
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Hindoo
Wing
London
William Johnston Ong Ted
Guy Colin
Partridge
Pro Mexico
H. Peabody
Hanlon
Charlottetown
FE. I
Halifax
N. S
Richardson & Barnard
Spartan
Crowell
Philadelphia
Sampson
Harrisburg
Albertson
Aes
Arge Margery
Portland
Wisachart
Penobscot
Pierce
Ngor
Tug International
Taylor
Philad
St. Nicholas
Ellangowan
Semson Hawes
Fortland
Harbor shipping activity and vessel clearances in New England ports
An extended list of vessels cleared or entered at ports including tugboats, schooners, and steamers such as the Harriet C. Kerttr, Miantonomah, W. R. B. Chester, Caroline Knight, Waterloo, and others. Entries reference origins, destinations, harbor calls, and repairs, with notes on the Gatter undergoing extensive repairs and barges moved to Dover for harbor work.
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Port Johnson
Tunnell
Pensacola
Harriet C. Kerttr
Philadelphia
Savannah
M. Plummer
Creighton
Sydney
New York
Scinate
Nightingale
Rich, Sullivan
Agne
Graham
Gaspe
P. Q. Ee
J. B. Martin
Berry
Bridgetown
Sengones
M. Stanley
Flower
Fredericon
Miantonomah
Ryan
Belfast
Minetta
Crockett
Winterport
W. RB. Chester
Thompson
Machiasee
Mary F. Cushman
Bragdon
Sullivan
Marshall
Bangor
Grace
Smith
Harrington
Mt. Desert
Rehannar Idella Smail
Dillingham
Rockport
Annie L. Green
Paschal
Green
Stephen J. Watts
Kelly
Calais
Harvester
Roberts
Vinal Haven
Caroline Knight
Cole
Rockland
Waterloo
Wheeler
Leading Breeze
Pinkham
Berwick
York
Dover
N. H
Boston
Stanwood
Yarmouth
N. S
H. M. Whitney
Cumberland
Eastport
St. John
I B
Jennie A. Stubbs
Dorr
Cayenne
F.G
R. Corson
Ag Quaco
N. B
Vineyard
Prea Shulee
Florence
Boudrot
Halifax
Portland
Daniel Simmons
White
Port Gilbert
Bertha Dean
Thomas
Noank
Conn. Gatter
A. T
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All Arts of Europe
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Old State House
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Lew Eng, Medical Institute
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Chichesters
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Madison Square
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Ainin
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Plant
Florida Central & Peninsular Ry
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Sound Lines
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A. Dew. Sampson, Agt. C
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J. F. Spinney
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Lewis* Harris
Lewis Harris
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Isaac Heller
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Edward A. Willard
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Industrial Aid Society of Boston
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Chardon St
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Cambridgeport
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India
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Butler & CO
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Rochester
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Pierce Co
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A. J. Andrews
Court St
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Chichester
Pennyroyal Pitts
Slye
Tremont
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