Fair Visitors Hail Cadets After Bursting Drill In Sun
Camp Edmunds Hingham Aug 12 A record throng of society ladies watched the First Corps cadets drill for nearly three hours in the broiling sun. Captain Davis praised their discipline and snappy movements as admirers hailed them in double quick time during a lengthy review before Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Kincaid.
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O. K
B Company
Carroll Swan
Charles E. Shea
Camp Edmunds
Hingham
First Corps
Seventh United States Infantry
Henry L. Kincaid
L Road Officials and City Disagree Over Bridge Repairs
Boston faces a bridge crisis as Meridian Street closes six weeks and Huntington Avenue limited to one car at a time. City and streetcar officials clash over who pays for repairs, with estimates near 150000 dollars to restore bridges including Winthrop Orient Heights and Neponset Atlantic. An inquiry by Alderman and Councillor is expected at City Hall.
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Meridian Street
Huntington Avenue
Winthrop
Neponset
Boston
Elevated
Old Colony Street Railway
City of
Quincy
City Hall
Strained finances threaten Boston bridges on danger list
City debates responsibility for Huntington avenue bridge repairs as traffic slows and engineers warn the structure is dangerously weak. City officials discuss who should pay for immediate fixes and a new bridge, with plans to eventually allocate about 75 000 dollars, while noting many bridges aged 35 to 40 years are near failure.
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Huntington Avenue
Jackson
Patrick F. McDonald
City Bridge Department
Post
Bridge Department
William Jackson
Boston
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Mrs Stanford White Rumored Engaged to McKim in Divorce Era
Reports claim Mrs Stanford White widow of the architect shot at Madison Square Garden is engaged to her late husband's partner Charles Follen McKim. Reliable sources say they may wed after Thaw trial ends. McKim, about 60, heads McKim & White and leads architecture circles. Mrs White, about 45, formerly Elizabeth Smith of Smithtown L I.
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Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Charles Follen McKim
Thaw
New York
Mrs. White
Cambridge
White
McKim
Edward
Elizabeth Smith
Smithtown
L. I
Taxes Jump Despite Realty Increase In City Finance Report
A city finance table shows real estate values rising and taxes increasing despite a prior uptick in realty assessments. The document lists general and school appropriations, state assessments, and totals for the warrant while detailing yearly valuations and tax rates from 1884 onward.
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Finance Commission
Covcee
Psi
Sass
Sena
Cambridge to set tax rate at $18.80 in surprise move
The Cambridge assessors are prepared to fix a property tax rate of 18.80 dollars, lower than the expected 19 or 19.50. Current rate stands at 18.60, with final tabulation not yet complete but likely not exceeding 19.00.
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Cambridge
Panic as car strikes dray at Wollaston
At Wollaston on August 12 a Nantasket Beach electric car bound for Neponset hit a four horse drag at Hancock and Woodbine streets. Passengers screamed and fainted but no one was seriously hurt. Several women were carried to a nearby house in fainting spells then revived and sent home.
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Wollaston
Nantasket Beach
Neponset
Hancock and
Woodbine Streets
Seven Autoists Caught in Middleboro Trap
Police under Chief Surrey stopped seven autos on Oak street for speeding. Names and plate numbers were recorded and, with four others from Sunday, will be sent to the Selectmen for action. The Centre street trap was abandoned and two new courses laid out.
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Middleboro
Surrey
Oak Street
Centre Street
Brockton Candidate Seeks Nomination for Lieutenant Governor
E Gerry Brown of Brockton told a Post reporter he is a candidate for the lieutenant governor nomination. He presents a calm stance, ready to vie for the scalp of Lieutenant Governor Draper in the coming contest.
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Brockton
E. Gerry Brown
Post
Brown
Draper
Mr. Brown
Henry M. Whitney
Charles W. Bartlett
George A. Schofield
Ipswich
Schofield
Whitney
Nan
Two Chelsea Firemen Hurt In Destructive Chelsea Fire
A blaze at Bloomberg Bros furniture, 268 Broadway in Chelsea injures Captain Everett Duncan and Hoseman Frank McDonald, both badly. Duncan fell three stories into an elevator well and McDonald was struck by a hose wagon collision, rescued as water flooded the well. Bloomberg’s losses around $2000. both men are hospitalized in critical condition.
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Bloomberg Bros
Broadway
Chelsea
Everett Duncan
Steamer 2
Frank McDonald
Hose 2
Frost Hospital
McDonald
Duncan
Washington Avenue
Box 4
Officer Saves Life Of Girl In Pool Rescue
Patrolman Tilden of the Jamaica Plain police saved 18 year old Mary Feely of Roxbury from bleeding to death after a glass bottle allegedly struck her near Vine Rock bridge on the Charles River. He applied a tourniquet and she was taken home by carriage. Though weakened, she is expected to recover.
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Mary Feely
Tremont Street
Roxbury
Tilden
Jamaica Plain
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