Boston’s waterfront lacks free public boat landings
Warship visits and private tolls draw protest as Driscoll estate charges 10 cents per lander at Long Wharf float. Citizens and officials urge public landing near city center, noting four limited spots and harassment of small craft owners. Newsboy Wilfred Jacobs highlights lack of access and calls for enforcement.
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Marine Park
Charlestown
Bridge
Park Department
Bridge Department
George
Coun
Driscoll Estate
Long Wharf Corporation
Driscolls
Waterfront Freight Lands Numerous Goods At City Docks
A flotilla of 16 vessels anchored at T wharf with the Ramona carrying 27 swordfish sold at 8 cents a pound. Ground fish receipts totaled 417,800 pounds including haddock cod hake and pollock with varied prices. The Trifels arrived with 7000 tons freight valued over $1,000,000 for Boston. Cap Keene reported wreckage 650 miles SE of Sandy Hook. Other liners depart for Europe with cargoes. Togo sails for Sydney and Berks helps in harbor. The Hector posts swift coal moves. Frutera returns from Jamaica to Baltimore with 24,500 banana bunches. Calburga sails for Buenos Ayres to load lumber at $8 per thousand feet.
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Eggert
Calcutta
Colombo
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Indies
Keene
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Sandy Hook
Messina
Mediterranean
New York
Buenos Ayres
Lynchings In Postal Cards Banned By Postal Service
Washington Aug 16 The postal authorities ruled that picture postal cards depicting lynching scenes are unsalable matter. The decision came after a question on the policy was raised and discussed.
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Washington
Maritime Arrivals and Clearances Reported in Aug Almanac
In the August miniature almanac sun and moon times are listed with high water marks. The column records arrivals including tunfels, Gloxinia, Futera, Boston, Huron, and other vessels with cargoes such as sisal grass and bananas. Cleared and sailed entries enumerate steamers and schooners sailing to and from ports like London Glasgow Port Antonio Yarmouth and Philadelphia with associated vessels and towing barges.
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Calcutta
Colombo
Gibraltar
Gloxinia
Elliott
Progreso
Futera
Danielson
Port Morant
Jam
Boston
MacKenzie
Yarmouth
Huron
Thompson
St. John
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Eastport
Portland
Chattahoochee
Burroughs
Savannah
Juniata
Penobscot
Allen
Bath
Dingley
Linscott
City of Bangor
Brown
Bangor
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Godfrey
City of Gloucester
Ober
Gloucester
Mass
Concord
Hewitt
Fall River
Paoli
Kelly
Newburyport
Triton
Hersey
Guttenberg
J. H. Rutter
Metacomet
Western Belle
Hokendanqua
Robinson
Perth Amboy
Marine
Brooklyn
Bustle
Burden
Philadelphia
Silver Brook
Draper
Spring
Portsmouth
N. H
Nellie
Doane
Lynn
Pocono
Hoboken
Wesley A. Gove
Crocker
Baltimore
Cox and Green
Patuxent River
B. I. Hazard
Cranmer
New York
Sadie A. Kimball
Burns
N. I
Postal confiscations target lynching postals in Salisbury
Postmaster James H. Ramsey announces confiscation of postal cards bearing photos from the lynching of Gillespie and Dillingham, two black men hanged by a mob last week. The cards will be sent to the dead letter office as authorities act to curb this material.
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James H. Ramsey
Salisbury
N. C
Gillespie
Dillingham
Roosevelt Home Valuation Holds At Forty Thousand
Oyster Bay assessments rise about 1 million this year bringing total to near 12 million. President Roosevelt's valuation remains 40 thousand despite significant additions to his home. Mortimer L. Schiff adds 70 thousand to his own estate valuation.
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New York
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Ruth Orcutt Returns Home After Taunton Trip
Ruth Orcutt, 16, of Worcester, who left Aug 2 with Miss Mary Walsh and James Walsh for Taunton, returned home Aug 16. She told authorities Worcester was no place for her and vowed not to run away again, after her worried parents were nearly prostrated.
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Ruth Orcutt
Guy H. Orcutt
Endicott Street
Mary Walsh
Taunton
Miss Walsh
Ruth Worcester
Ruth
James Walsh
Heat suffocation in Public Garden sends man to hospital
Philip Berg, 28, of 15 Cooper Street North End, collapsed from heat while sitting in the Public Garden yesterday. A passing physician attended him and he was removed to City Hospital for treatment.
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Cooper Street
North End
City Hospital
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