Wallingford Harbor Sees Record Fish and Foreign Steamers
Saturday brought 81 vessels to the Boston fish pier with 17 ground fish trips yielding 623 400 pounds of haddock cod hake and pollock alongside eight swordfish trips and three more sailings. Seven foreign steamers arrived with cargoes worth millions including mahogany hides and wool. Imports for the week reached 1 868 240 and exports 1 946 043.
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Haddock
Boston
Shipping News Aug 14 Miniature Almanac Arrivals
Ships report arrivals and cargoes with passengers and consignors. Winifredian arrives Glasgow Aug 8 with 69 cabin passengers for F Leyland & Co. Ltd. Laur entian leaves Liverpool Aug 2 for War ren & Co. Casilda bound for Buenos Aires via Montevideo and Havana, with mdse to A O Lombard's Sons. Barstoon lists mahogany logs at Great River Nic. San Jose sails Port Limon with cargo.
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Shepherd
Liverpool
F. Leyland & Co., Ltd
Laurentian
Henry
Glasgow
Campbell
Great River
Nic
San Jose
Owen
Port Limon
Sherman Meets Roosevelt Amid New York Political Tensions
Congress man James Sherman visited Sagamore Hill at the President's request to discuss developments in the drive to keep a Republican House majority. The pair focused on New York politics with anxiety about the state's election impact and broader campaign strategy.
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Republican Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
King of Pie Alley Newsboy Loses Harbor Boat
Wilfred E. Jacobs known as the King of Pie Alley or Captain Wolfe reports the loss of his boat Union Newsboy moored near Engine 84 at Central Wharf in Newport harbor. He suspects theft on August 6 and asks readers to report any sighting of a robin egg blue centerboard yawl to help recover his livelihood.
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Wilfred E. Jacobs
Harrison Avenue
Pile Alley
Captain Wolfe
Sam
Union Newsboy
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Newport Harbor
Wolfe
Hungry trio nabbed after Hollis Street burglary attempt
Aug 18 in Framingham Patrolman John Sheehan halted three men who were breaking into a Hollis Street grocery store at 8 am. After a chase and gunfire, one suspect was captured and jailed at the South Street station. The prisoner identified himself as James H. Lacey, 20, of Boston, with a route via freight trains from New York to Worcester.
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Hollis Street
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James H. Lacey
Boston
New York
Worcester
Proposals for Coal for Boston Public Buildings 1906
The Boston Public Buildings Dept invites proposals to supply hard white ash and Georges Creek Cumberland coal for city buildings and departments for the three months ending November 16 1906. A 2500 dollar certified check and a contract bond are required. Proposals due August 16 1906 with form obtained from Room 80 Old Court House. JAMES F NOLAN supers.
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Office of Public Buildings Department
Old Court House
Georges Creek
City of
Boston
Theublic Buildings Dept
Superintendent of Public Buildings
Trades Unions
James F. Nolan
Public Buildings Dept
Sighted fire ship off Cape Cod
Captain Smith of the Casilda reports sighting a burning vessel 30 miles southeast of Highland Light at 5 am. He found no life, observed a 70 ton craft burning to the waterline with only the shell remaining, and suspects the crew set it afire to remove a navigation menace.
Wreck Obstruction Reported in Shipping Channel
Captain Jensen of the steamer Admiral Schley says a new wreck was sighted on August 2 in lat 33.20 north long 170.10 west. A large schooner mast stuck out 12 to 15 feet from a submerged wreck obstructing the route and posing a navigation danger near the Jamaica passage.
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Admiral Schley
Long Wharf
Jamaican
Jamaica
Bridegroom So Fat He Lives Outdoors
In Galveston Texas on August 13 Reuben Swallowsnail a week married to a 120 pound bride spends their honeymoon in a beachside tent because he weighs about 416 pounds and cannot enter hotel doors or the church. They traveled to Galveston in a specially furnished freight car.
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Tex
Reuben Swallowsnail
Reuben
Swallowsnail
Mystery Sailor Loss In Fog Spurs Mourning Flag In Harbor
The fishing schooner Mystery returns to the wharf with flag at half mast for two missing crew, Michael Ready of Newfoundland and Howard G. Wescott of Prince Edward Island, lost in dense fog while eight hories set trawls. Five dories recovered. other remains unfound as search continues. The ship also brought in 24,000 pounds of mixed fish.
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Mystery
South Channel
Doggett
Michael Ready
Newfoundland
Howard G. Wescott
Prince Edward Island
Ready
Tom Balder
Merry Lark Captures Feature at Saratoga Racecourse
Merry Lark won the Catskill selling stakes seven furlongs at Saratoga, with Disobedient second and Red Leaf third. Other winners included Zienap in race one Champs Elysee in race two Kentucky Bean in race three and Killiecrankie in race six.
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Red Leaf
Zienap
Champs Elysee
Kentucky Bean
Killiecrankie
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