Nantasket Beach Offers Unusual Attractions For Summer Visitors
Nantasket Beach draws travelers from business and home with hourly Rowe's wharf steamers to Pemberton and Nantasket. Band concerts by Martland Brockton Band fill afternoons and evenings. New seaside amusements near the reserve include a steam ride, coal mine, and old mill. State bath house boosts surf bathing, drawing thousands nightly after concerts.
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Nantasket Beach
Rowe’s Wharf
Pemberton
Nantasket
South Shore
Martland Brockton
Coney Island
Governor Andrew Excursion to Plymouth Draws Crowds
Governor Andrew steamer offers a full day voyage combining ocean travel with pilgrim memorials. The south shore scenery pleases tourists while Plymouth rock and Memorial Hall attract visitors during nearly three hours ashore. Leaves Rowe's Wharf at 10 a.m. and returns to Boston about 6 p.m.
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Plymouth
Covernor Andrew
Andrew
Plymouth Rock
Memorial Hall
Rowe’s Wharf
Boston
Two Royal Blue Line Tours From Boston Sept 11 1916
Two eight and twelve day Civil War history tours depart Boston Friday September 11 via Royal Blue Line. Tour one visits Reading Gettysburg Blue Mountains Washington and Philadelphia costing 32 dollars. tour two adds Old Point Comfort James River Richmond Virginia for 52 dollars. Applies to Grand Army members and history enthusiasts. details and itinerary from Joseph P. Taggart Royal Blue Line New England agent 860 Washington Street Boston Mass.
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Penn
Gettysburg
Blue Mountains
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Old Point Comfort
James River
Richmond
Boston
Grand Army
Joseph P. Taggart
New England
Royal Blue Line
Washington Street
Mass
Palmo Tablets advertised for despondent buyers
If you are run down weak or sick with nerves unstrung and sleep trouble Palmo Tablets promise a cure or cost you nothing. Fifty cents a box twelve boxes with guarantee five dollars. Free book. Sold by Walkertintels Drug Co Dewey 8q B F Brady Beach Street and Harrison Ave F H Putnam 31 School Street 1681 and 2121 Washington Street C K F Eaton 150 Friend Street Levi's Tremont and Boylston Sawyer Tremont Hollis corners.
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Beach St
Harrison Ave
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School St
Washington St
C. KF. Eaton
Friend St
Levi's
Tremont
Boylston Sts
Sawyer, Tremont
Hollis
Copper Stock Surge Prompts Market Frenzy in Boston
A copper day drives notable gains in Copper Range and Amalgamated Copper with heavy volume, while other copper issues like Rock Island and local favorites rise. Amalgamated Copper foresees high prices and strong dividends, amid broader market hesitancy and steady money rates ahead of London cues.
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Southern Pacific
Rock Island
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United States
Boston
New York
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State Street
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Centennial
Mohawk
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Osceola
Parrot
Tamarack
Trimountain
Wolverine
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New England Telephone
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Massachusetts Electric Common
Amalgamated Copper Company
Rogers
Heinze
Red Bird Mining Company
Montana
Adventure Mine
No. 8
Utah Consolidated
James Ross
Dominion Steel
Heath
The Boston Market Bonds Paid First Instalment
Market report lists 44 940 listed stocks and 45 500 bonds as first instalment paid. Unlisted stocks total 15 499 tun, with assessment per share noted. Weak details limit full interpretation of totals and distributions.
Phonograph at Alhambra to answer ticket questions
The Alhambra Theatre treasurer unveils a forthcoming device at the ticket window a phonograph prepared with a long list of scripted responses. It will answer common inquiries so staff can continue selling tickets, claiming the screen is not a picture and detailing continuous performances with eight minute scenery changes and 1000 seats.
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Alhambra
Reverend Atchley Resigns to Lead Knoxville Church
South Framingham August 17 The Rev W A Atchley pastor of Park Street Baptist Church has received a call to the Second Baptist Church in Knoxville Tennessee and will resign his pastorate.
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South Framingham
W. A. Atchley
Park Street Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church
Knoxville
Panama Canal Treaty Killed By Colombia Senate
A cable from Bogota dated Aug 12 reports the Colombian Senate has rejected the Panama Canal treaty. President Roosevelt was informed. The Isthmian Canal act allows alternate routes via Costa Rica or Nicaragua if Colombia blocks. Marroquin may submit a slightly amended treaty to reopen the debate.
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Washington
State Department
Beaupre
Bogota
Senate
Roosevelt
Republic of Colombia
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Marroquin
Congress
Legation
Rejection of canal treaty shocks Isthmus
The Colombian Senate despite pressure rejects the canal treaty triggering a belief the Spooner amendment to route through Nicaragua is a US leverage threat. Isthmians fear Panama’s fate as Colombia may reopen talks with the United States while the rest of the republic faces economic strain amid high exchange rates.
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Colon
Senate
Spooner
Panama
Colombia
United States
Republic
Heiress Weds Cousin in Chester Tobacco Shop
Meta Colton Fell heiress to half a million dollars and Richard L. Jenks were married in a Chester tobacco shop with a trolley ride there and Alderman Garvine performing the ceremony, shocking their Philadelphia circle.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Meta Colton Fell
Woman charged with forging checks identified as Mabel Preece
New York August 17 identified last night as Mabel Preece adopted daughter of T J Preece of the brokerage firm Preece and Dunham Minneapolis. In her room at 110 West Thirty eighth street were found more than 200
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New York
Mabel Singerly
Parker and Priest
Mabel Preece
T. J. Preece
Preece & Dunham
Minneapolis
West Thirty Eighth Street
Meyer and Livingston Duel for Social Supremacy at Hamburg
Mrs George von L Meyer of Boston wife of the American ambassador to Italy challenges Mrs Joe Livingston for Hamburgs social crown A golf match with Harriman brothers as partners ends in Meyers victory over Livingston and James Low Harriman The Meyers await reunion with husband in Newport and plan to return to Hamburg soon
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Boston
Italy
Joe Livingston
Homburg
George von L. Meyer
Meyer
Hamburg
Harriman Brothers
Livingston
James Low Harriman
Herbert Harriman
James van Alen
Newport
America
Cardinal Gibbons Leaves Italy for Chambord France
Cardinal Gibbons departed Genoa today en route to Chambord France, traveling from Italy toward Geneva Switzerland. This transit marks a notable cross border movement as the papal aide proceeds toward his next destination.
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Italy
Genoa
Cardinal Gibbons
Chamboy
France
Geneva
Switzerland
Policeman Nickerson Reunites a Wife with Husband and Kids
Patrolman Nickerson recounts a strange caper on Tremont Street as a well dressed woman seeks her husband and three children. After an hour of searching the man appears aboard a car with the children, and the wife is found, leaving Nickerson noting the comic misadventure resolved by a subway ride and a happy ending.
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Nickerson
Tremont Street
Melrose
Oil Wells At Attleboro Discovery Creates Excitement
Aug 17 in Attleboro reports oil found on pool surfaces with tests by George M. Perry of Boston. He notes unmistakable signs of large quantities and plans immediate drilling to 1500 feet using a heavy derrick and 800 to 1000 pound drills.
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Attleboro
East
George M. Perry
Boston
Ide Hill
Socialists Call State Convention in Boston Hall
The State socialist committee issued a call for a state convention to nominate a state ticket. It will meet at Paine Memorial Hall in Boston at 10 30 a m on September 98. Representative James F Carey of Haverhill chairs the meeting with Squire E Putney of Somerville as secretary.
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Socialist Party
Paine Memorial Hall
Boston
James F. Carey
Haverhill
Squire E. Putney
Somerville
Drowned man from Scarboro in Sebago Lake incident
Charles Libby a Scarboro clerk in the Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad office drowned Saturday night while rowing from Indian Island on Sebago Lake near Mo. Aug 17.
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Sebago Lake
Charles Libby
Scarboro
Portland
Portland & Rumford Falls Railroad Company
Indian Island
Outing to Provincetown Planned by D A R Regent
Mrs. Charles H. Masury, Massachusetts State Regent of the D A R, announces a day trip to Provincetown for members and friends to view the proposed monument site. Excursionists depart Harris wharf at 9 a.m. by Cape Cod or South terminal station at 9 a.m. with return times around 2:30 to 3 p.m.
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Provincetown
Charles H. Masury
Massachusetts
Harris Wharf
Cape Cod
South Terminal
Mukden and Tatung Tao to Open as Ports
Washington reports Minister Conner at Pekin secured a written promise from Prince Ching to sign a treaty on Oct. 8 with the United States. It will guarantee Mukden and Tatung Tao as open ports on Russia’s promised Manchuria evacuation date. Tatung Tao is small but the move advances the open door principle.
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Washington
Conger
Pekin
Prince Ching
United States
Mukden
Tatung-Tao
Russia
Manchuria
Nun-tempted wife forged checks in crime ring saga
Mabel Singerly, formerly Mabel Preece, tells of her life from convent student to wife of James B. Singerly. She admits forging checks for large sums and copying signatures, aided by a crook husband and an accomplice named Reed. She laments falling into crime after a convent-bound life and expects prison.
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Peabody
Mabel
Preece
Minneapolis
Visitation Convent
St. Paul
Ursuline Convent
Bedford Park
James B. Singerly
Mabel Singerly
James Reed
Jim
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