Unanimous Support for Harbor Line Extension
The new Board of Army Engineers heard unanimous backing for extending the harbor line to East Boston and South Boston flats. Chairman George G. Crocker of the Boston Transit Commission said the dock system would rival any port and cut freight handling costs and time.
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Board of Army Engineers
Federal Building
George G. Crocker
Boston Transit Commission
East
Boston
South Boston
Boston officials back proposed flats extension for East and South Boston
In a meeting led by Lt Col Frederic Abbot, Crocker and state officials backed extending the flats to develop East Boston and South Boston. Chamber of Commerce and congressional representatives supported the plan along with railroad and manufacturing interests. The proposal aims to create a vast East Boston factory district and a modern South Boston dock system with improved street and rail access.
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Mr. Crocker
Clinton White
Harbor and Land Commission
W. Rodman Peabody
Chamber of Commerce
John A. Kelcher
Ninth
Boston & Albany
New Haven
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Frederic W. Abbot
William M. Black
Solomon W. Roessler
Crocker
War Department
Boston
State
East
South
Boston Transit Commission
East Boston
South Boston
New York
Harbor Tunnel Nason's Issue Sparks Essex Political Fight
The Boston & Eastern electric railroad faces a board refusal for a certificate of necessity and is set to become a political issue in Essex County as Senator Arthur Nason leads the charge.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston & Eastern Electrc
Essex County
Arthur Nason
Whose Team Is This
A photo in the business district shows a wagon with the driver identified as John F. Kean of Charlestown. The Post offers five dollars in gold to the driver who identifies the team within five days at the City Editor’s office, with further photos to follow in upcoming issues.
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Post
The
Washington Street
John F. Kean
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
American Express Company
Eli
Peacock
Strike Crisis Looms As Masons And Carpenters Join
New Bedford Aug 25 labor leaders warn the strike crisis will erupt tomorrow as masons and carpenters at two mills walk out after master builders rejected striker offers. 55 bricklayers worked today as strike-breakers arrive from Boston and police prepare for possible trouble. Dominick d Alessandros says no settlement is near.
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New Bedford
Hod Carriers
Dominick d'Alessandro
Hod Carriers and Building Laborers’ Union
Boston
South Station
Ashley
John McCarthy
Bricklayers’ Union
Quissett Mill
Sharp Mill
Ivernia Arrives in East Boston with Immigrant Checks
Cunard Line steamer Ivernia docked at East Boston at 6 30 am from Liverpool and Queenstown with 1376 passengers on board. Immigration officials conducted thorough checks. 52 steerage passengers detained for further hearings. one Swedish mother lost her 11 month old baby at sea.
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Europe
Cunard Line
Ivernia
Thomas Potter
Boston
Liverpool
Queenstown
Immigration and Customs
New York
Treasury
Harvey
Saxonia
Potter
Henry W. Sheldon
Supreme Court
Sheldon
Italy
France
England
A. H. Daniels
University of Illinois
Daniels
Berlin
George H. Howison
University of California
G. A
Chelsea
Hulda Petersen
West
Nephews Named in John Lathrop Estate Will
The will of John Lathrop former justice of the Supreme Judicial Court was filed for probate in Suffolk county. It leaves half the residue to Jane A Rand's children and half to his three Wakefield nephews with legacies to various relatives, executors named, and two codicils dated 1909.
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John Lathrop
Supreme Judicial Court
Suffolk County
Jane A. Rand
Cambridge
Julius R
Frank M
John L. Wakefield
Julius R. Wakefield
Dedham
Julius M. Lathrop
Catherine R. Culpeper
Bordentown
New Jersey
Margaret A. Rand
Royal Worcester
Caroline M. Worthington
Catherine E. Darling
Whife
Arlington Street
Elizabeth L. Nourse
Marlboro Street
Edward Stanley Webster
Edward AL. Rand
Schiff to Aid Cloak Makers in Nationwide Campaign
Louis Marshall announces Jacob H. Schiff’s interest has been enlisted to support the cloak makers strike. The move aims to raise funds for relief of women and children left without work during the stoppage.
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New York
Louis Marshall
Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall
Jacob H. Schiff
Governor John D. Long of Massachusetts Biography
John D. Long, born Buckfield Maine October 27 1838, served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1880 to 1883 after a career as Speaker of the Massachusetts House Lieutenant Governor and U S Congressman. A Harvard graduate and lawyer he later led Naval service 1897 to 1902 and supported reform efforts including a whiskey bill speech.
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John D. Long
Thomas Talbot
Mr. Long
Buckfield
Harvard
Boston
Hingham
House of Representatives
Benjamin F. Butler
Long
Congress
George F. Edmunds
Washington Monument
Robert C. Winthrop
Navy
Zadoc Long Free Library
Wu Ting Fang Heads Chinese Delegation to The Hague
Wu Tingfang, renowned Chinese minister to the United States, will lead the Chinese delegation to the Hague permanent court of arbitration. The appointment signals a major diplomatic move amid ongoing international mediation efforts.
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Washington
Wu_ Tingfang
China
United States
Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration
Vanderbilt ill with typhoid at Sandy Point farm
Reginald C. Vanderbilt fell with typhoid fever at his Sandy Point farm near Newport Rhode Island. Dr. Austin Flint Jr of New York said today that the attack is a slight one.
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Newport
R. I
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Sandy Point
Austin Flint, Jr
New York
Michigan Storm Destroys Crops and Buildings
A cyclone raged north of Grand Rapids, Michigan bringing fierce winds and heavy rain. Crops, standing timber and numerous buildings were ruined by the storm.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grands Rapids
Noted Methodist Educator Dead
Sackville New Brunswick August 25 An announcement reports the death of Rev Dr Charles Stewart professor of Old Testament theology and former dean of Mount Allison University theology faculty He was born in Glasgow Scotland and came to Canada in 1852 He was one of the best known Methodist clergymen in the Dominion.
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Sackville, N. B
Charles Stewart
Mount Allison University
Stewart
Glasgow
Scotland
Canada
Dominion
New Phone Rates Debated by Boston Telephone Company
Letters inquire about an eight mile radius up to sixteen miles and charges for calls to Milton Quincy Hyde Park and Readville. Officials say city proper calls stay unchanged while longer regional calls incur small increments. metropolitan district rates remain the same.
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New England Telephone and T Company
Boston
South
Dorchester
Telephone Company
Milton
Quincy
Hyde Park
Readville
Dedham
Met
Baele Bay
Main
Fort Hill
Haymarket
Tremont
Oxford
Richmond
Ae Phone and Telegraph Company
Hold Wounded Yegg Under 2500 Bonds
In Bath Maine on August 25 the wounded yegg captured at Topsham Tuesday night by Post Office Inspector Robinson and Officer Stetson of Brunswick faced a hearing on the charge of carrying a dangerous weapon. Bonds set at $2500.
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Bath
Thea Charlie Crawford
Topsham
Post Office
Robinson
Stetson
Brunswick
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