Eight Car Trains on L Roads Prompt Radical Station Rebuild
Boston’s L system plans an eight car train upgrade with major station renovations. City Square Charlestown will be rebuilt with dual platforms and new loops, others lengthened or eliminated as the Washington street subway feeds the new elevated network toward Sullivan Square and beyond.
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Railroad Commission
Charlestown
Washington Street
The
Railway Commission
Northampton Street
Beach Street
South Station
State Street
Battery Street
City Square
Thompson Square
Cambridge
Dam
Atlantic Avenue
Sullivan Square
Everett
Lowell
Bingville Barn Dance at Houghs Neck Enlivens Season
At Houghs Neck Brown's Hall hosts the second annual Bingville barn dance with an old barn setting. Farmyard decor, hens and pigs roam, gingham aprons, bears grease hair, and a costume parade with prizes. James C. Purcell leads floor duties with Frank Flaherty and Thomas Rooney assisting. Miss Louise C. Jacobs serves as matron.
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Hough's Neck
Brown’s Hall
James C. Purcell
Frank
Sport) Flaherty
Thomas Rooney
Louise C. Jacobs
Motor Boat Carnival Set for Portsmouth August Seventeenth
Arrangements are complete for a motor boat carnival at the Hotel Wentworth in Portsmouth N H on Saturday August 17 under the Portsmouth Yacht Club. The event will feature large entry numbers across power boat classes including speed boats ten to twenty horsepower and launches.
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Hotel Wentworth
Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Yacht Club
Four Men On The Dangerous List At City Hospital
Four men were severely burned in a gas explosion at the city hospital when a flare and roar erupted while they worked near exhauster equipment. Engineer Hooper and fireman Bransfield, among the seven affected, were only slightly hurt and later sent home after hospital treatment.
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City Hospital
Gas Station Blast Rocks City Hospital Nearby
A gas explosion at a pumping station blows out windows and doors on Massachusetts avenue. Several workmen are injured and rushed to City Hospital as officials probe the cause, with witnesses describing a strong odor of gas and a feared second blast. Bernard Burke aids a victim and a city crew works on exhauster installation while investigators arrive.
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Herbert Foster
Massachusetts Avenue
Post
McKay
Gloucester Honors First Massachusetts Bay Settlement Tablet
Thousands fill Gloucester for unveiling of a large bronze tablet marking the first settlement at Stage Fort Park. Senator Lodge addressed the crowd amid parades, poetry, and a fireworks finale, as John Hays Hammond led memorial efforts and dignitaries from multiple nations attended.
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Gloucester
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Stage Fort Park
United States
Senator Lodge
John Hays Hammond
Essex County
Great Ledge
Draper
Ambassador Bryce
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Madison J. Carwein
Lexington
Hammond
Lodge Tribute to Puritan Builders and New England Foundations
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge delivers a lengthy address praising Puritan founders of New England. He urges preserving their principles of free government, patience, courage, and tenacity, warning against discarding old lessons as time passes. The speech honors settlers whose work formed a stepping stone to national greatness and monuments commemorating their legacy.
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Cape Ann
Henry Cabot Lodge
New England
United States
WRECK SCARE SHIRS QUINCY WRECK SCARE SHIRS QUINCY
A rumor of a railroad wreck at Norfolk Downs caused a major scare in Quincy as doctors, firemen, and police rushed to the scene due to a fire alarm. It turned out to be a fall from an electric car by Artemus Dingwell, 14, of Norfolk Downs, not a serious injury.
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H. C. Foster
William E. McKay
W. A. Wood
Quincy
Norfolk Downs
Artemus Dingwell
Strike Off at Belfast Settlement Declared Honorable
Belfast Aug 15 In a public announcement Lord Shaftsbury the Lord Mayor said the labor dispute settlement was honorable to both sides The agreement is described as a compromise and closes the dispute with mutual concessions by all parties involved.
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Belfast
Lord Shaftsbury
Newfoundland Officials Doubt New Herring Pact Reached
St John s Newfoundland authorities say they are unaware of any concluded herring fishery agreement between Great Britain and the United States. Local officials report negotiations continue and doubt a permanent settlement has been made. Colonial ministers acknowledge a possible modus vivendi for the coming season.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Newfoundland
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Boston
Cholera Morbus and Bowes Complaints
A leading specialist boasts that over 95 cases of summer complaints could be avoided if everyone keeps their system toned with Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. He calls it the most effective germ destroyer known to the medical profession.
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Duffy
Duffy's Malt Whiskey Promoted as Health Tonic
Purported medical advertisement claims Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey from Rochester NY is distilled from malted grain and safe for sensitive stomachs. It is billed as a universal cure and food, prescribed by doctors, used in hospitals, sold for $1 a bottle with testimonials and free medical booklet.
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Duffy Malt ‘Whiskey Co
Rochester
Police Rescue 15 From Burning Building on Harrison Avenue
Fire at 863 Harrison avenue sent thick smoke from front windows about 7 a m. Police forced entry and saved 15 people including Mrs Saperstein and six children, Mrs Dora Saks and daughter Anna, and Jacob Schnabel and family. Cause likely spontaneous combustion. Damage over $2000.
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Harrison Avenue
Saperstein
Dora Saks
Anna
Jacob Schnabel
Next meeting set for Boston at Typographical Union
Aug 15 in Hot Springs Ark reports Boston chosen as the next meeting city by the International Typographical Union at yesterday's session. The convention will close tomorrow evening after completing its sessions.
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Hot Springs
Ark
The
International Typographical Union
Boston
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