Agreement Reaches World’s Largest Drydock At Boston
A final agreement to build one of the largest drydocks in the world at South Boston was reached after talks among P A S Franklin of the International Mercantile Marine Company W G Sickle of the Hamburg American line and Port of Boston directors. Steamship firms will pay 50000 annually for its use and the dock will be open to any subscribing steamship company, says Chairman Bancroft.
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South Boston
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
W. G. Sickle
Hamburg-American Line
Port of
Boston
Bancroft
South Boston Dock Project Aims to Handle 25000-ton Vessels
The proposed drydock at the South Boston shore will cost over 3 million dollars and span 1200 by 150 feet with a depth of 35 feet at low tide and 45 feet at high water. It will accommodate ships of 25 000 tons and larger and aim to boost port attractiveness and regional commerce.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
South Boston
Metropolitan Coal Company
Staples Coal Company
Boston Molasses Company
Fish Pier
Commonwealth Pier
King Charles and Queen Elizabeth Flee Bandit Fire Near Sinai
Revolver shots were fired at King Charles and Queen Elizabeth of Roumania as they rode in a car near Sinai in the Carpathians. The royal couple were unharmed and escaped to safety when the chauffeur sped away.
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London
King Charles
Queen Elizabeth
Carmen Syvilva
Roumania
Sinai
Carpathian Mountains
Francis W Bird to Wed Margery Phelps in September
Francis W Bird and Margery Willard Phelps plan marriage after a City Hall license. Bird, 82, former port of New York appraiser and son of Charles 8 Bird, Progressive candidate for Governor, will wed at the Phelps' summer home in Wien. The bride is active in social circles and golf.
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Francis W. Bird
Port of
Lane
Bird
Harvard
Bar
New York
United States
Department of Justice
Louisiana
Senate
Chicago
Progressive Party
Massachusetts
Brockton Firm to Use Union Stamp
Brockton August 21 The joint shoe council representing 13 local unions has completed arrangements with the F F Field Company for the adoption of the union stamp and arbitration agreement of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union. The company will apply the union stamp to its No 1 factory in Brockton and Factory B, the latter being returned from Providence. Third grade men s shoes will be manufactured under price lists already arranged in Factory B.
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Brockton
Joint Shoe Council
F. F. Field Company
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Providence
Hospital Patient Refuses to Leave Amidst Cure Demand
A patient at a hospital resisted being asked to depart by a hospital official and declared he would stay until cured. The confrontation followed an earlier request for the man to leave the facility.
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Walsh
Man Refuses to Leave Hospital and Is Taken to Courthouse
Walsh, injured in a 17 month old accident, resisted discharge from the hospital. He was carried to a waiting carriage and taken to the courthouse after a trespass warrant was served. Hospital and Fore River Company dispute fault for the leg fracture and ongoing medical costs.
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Walsh
Fore River Company
Baby Abandoned on Rug at Forest Hills Doorway
A two month old baby boy was found abandoned in the doorway of a three family house at 3742 Washington Street Forest Hills The infant lay on a rug in the hallway with a milk bottle beside it Police describe the would be mother as a white clothed woman about five seven in height wearing a green cloak and eyeglasses The baby was taken to the Chardon Street Home by police after being discovered by an Italian workman living on the first floor
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Washington Street
Forest Hills
Chardon Street
Attleboro Police aim to curb new fashion skirts
Attleboro chief Charles E. Wilbur vows to arrest women wearing diaphanous gowns extreme slit skirts and sausage-fitting garments. He insists the styles threaten public decency and plans to enforce a crackdown as Paris and New York push fashion trends.
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Attleboro
Paris
New York
Charles E. Wilbur
Attleboro Police Crackdown on Modesty in Streetwear
A cream bedecked visiting woman spurs a town order to arrest women wearing immodest gowns. Acting Lt Sears and Chief Wilbur enforce a new rule, while residents await the 7:30 electric car and witness a changing city standard on dress.
Starts Second Divorce Suit
Public accountant Henri A Rambonnett learned that his presumed ex wife Carrie H Rambonnett of New York has filed a second divorce suit, while he plans to wed again once legally permissible. He faces claims of double life at his Brookline apartment and has declined further comment. Rambonnett left New York after five years ago divorces and spent a year in Chicago before settling in Boston.
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Henri A. Rambonnett
Devonshire Street
Carrie H. Rambonnett
New York
New York Supreme Court
Rambonnett
Brookline
Beacon Street
Chicago
Boston
Last Hour to File Withdrawal Papers for State Primaries
Tonight at 5 o clock is the last time for withdrawal of nomination papers filed by various candidates for nominations at the State primaries. There will be few withdrawals, and the State primaries promise to be generally free from contests.
Plot to blow up Gaynor near City Hall in New York
A deadly dynamite charge was found this afternoon near the mayor's office windows at City Hall in New York. investigators reported three ten inch sticks, two halves, a fuse and detonator, with 40 percent dynamite, enough to wreck City Hall if exploded.
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New York
Gaynor
City Hall
Bureau of Combustibles
Dynamite Found Near City Hall Park During Subway Work
A citizen discovers dynamite at City Hall Park near Broadway with fuse and detonator intact. Mayor Gaynor remains calm as police cordon off the area while bureau experts note cotton wool preventing detonation and investigators consider nearby subway construction as a factor.
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City Hall Park
Gaynor
Bureau of Combustibles
Broadway
City Hall Ark
Strube Leaves Boston for Baltimore Conservatory Post
Gustav Strube, former Boston Symphony Orchestra leader, will depart to become professor of harmony and composition at the Baltimore Conservatory of Music. He and his wife receive a farewell at the Boylston Schulverein hall in Jamaica Plain next Thursday evening.
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Clustav Strube
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Man Delivers Knife Injury After Factory Argument
In Brockton Manuel Madona a 21 year old war veteran clashed with Lawrence Jones 19 at a local shoe factory and Jones was cut. Madona will appear in court tomorrow to explain the knife incident.
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Brockton
Manuel Madona
Lawrence J. Jones
Jones
Madona
Government urged to reimburse old veteran loss
Washington Aug 21 Nearly fifty years after losing 990 veteran George Chorin of the First Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry seeks government reimbursement. He has appealed through Representative Mitchell who doubts what can be done and has balked at calculating interest.
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Washington
George Chorin
First
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Representative Mitchell
Examine Witnesses in Sulzer Bribery Charge
New York August 21 judiciary committee of the Assembly will meet to examine witnesses who allege four Assembly votes were bought to impeach Governor Sulzer. Aaron J. Levy said subpoenas would be issued for James Garrison and Lynn J. Arnold of Albany.
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New York
Judiciary Committee of the Assembly
Sulzer
Aaron J. Levy
Assembly
James ©. Garrison
Lynn J. Arnold
Albany
Year sentence for assault on officer in Roxbury Court
Alfred B. Cargill aged 3? was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction by Judge Hayden in Roxbury District Court after being charged with assault on Francis Higgins a 74 year old special officer for the Boston Elevated Railroad. He appealed and was held in $1000. Cargill was also arraigned on drunkenness.
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Harrison Avenue
House of Correction
Hayden
Roxbury
Francis Higgins
Boston Elevated Railroad
Cargill
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