Subway Count Projects Tremont Street Usage And Station Size
Transit planners tally teams and passengers on Tremont street to guide subway design. Counters record teams 4311 and men on teams 6245, foot traffic 44145 east, 25820 mall pedestrians, 3281 cars with sixth hundred ninety thousand passengers.
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Tremont Street
Tennyson
Transit Commission
Jackson
Beal
Commission
West Street
Temple Place
East Side
Mall
The Telephone Decision and Drawbaugh's Claim
A letter to the editor argues the Berliner suit misstates facts about two years prior use and Drawbaugh’s patent priority. The writer claims Berliner and Edison patents were improperly issued and links this to patent office intrigues and a pending U.S. suit on priority with Crawbaugh.
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Sir
Drawbaugh
Crawbaugh
Patent Office
Supreme Court
United States
United States District Court of Massachusetts
Bell
Berliner
Edison
Mitchell
Lexow Committee
Telephone
New York
Trade outlook shows weakness amid holiday dullness
The R G Dun weekly trade review notes scant holiday demand and weak prices across many sectors. Gold exports and uncertain tariffs limit optimism while steel billets and pig iron prices slide. wool and cotton goods face price cuts and erratic demand as forecasters expect a cautious postholiday rebound.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Valley Mills
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Chicago
New England
Middle States
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Buffalo
Providence
Boston
Cincinnati
Detroit
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Portland
San Francisco
Children’s Health Fund Dinner Proceeds at Commercial Hall
The Children’s Health Fund will host a public Christmas dinner for poor and destitute children at Commercial Hall 694 Washington Street starting at noon. The fund also aids the sick and homebound and invites donations of money food and clothing to 8 Exchange Place Boston.
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Children’s Health Fund
Commercial Hall
Washington Street
Exchange Place
Boston
Dermatological Institute Offers Free Consultation Reach
John H. Weedbery Dermatological Institute at 11 Winter St Boston offers free consultations for eczema pimples freckles and facial blemishes. Branches listed in New York Philadelphia Chicago St Louis. Inventor of Woodbury’s Facial Soap.
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John H. Weedbery
Funeral of Boston pilot Captain John H. Jeffrey
The funeral for Captain John H. Jeffrey, a well known Boston pilot, was held at his Smyrna street home with Episcopalian rites led by Rev. Archibald Howe. Interment followed at Walnut Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were fellow pilots and ship men, with a large attendance from the maritime community and local fraternal groups. The report also notes cargo lists from the Warren ship Michigan and updates on ships Baracoa and Prussian, plus upcoming sales and fittings of local vessels.
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Boston
John H. Jeffrey
Smyrna Street
Longwood
Archibald Howe
Church of Our Saviour
Walnut Hill Cemetery
John M. Leary
James H. Reid
J. H. Reid, Jr
Frank C. LeFray
Boston Pilots’ Relief Association
Thomas G. Galvin
C. Twombly
Captain Jeffrey
Gate of
Temple Lodge
Adams Lodge
American Sugar Refining Company
L. C. Wallace
Philadelphia
Sorensen
Charles F. Meyer
Warren
Michigan
Oxford
Liverpool
Baracoa
Old Boston Sugar Refining Company
H. N. Lockwood
Bromfield Street
Solomon Clausen
Clausen
Scandia Lodge No. 6
Knights of Pythias
Boylston Place
George P. Davenport
Fortuna
John F. Kunz
Mattie A. Franklin
McLeod
McDonald
Provincetown
Frank Foster
Andrew Whitton
Mary B. Baird
Simpson
Baird
Napeague Station
New York
Joe’ Cosby
Portland
Allan Line
Glasgow
Sea King
Sarah. A. Staples
Paramaribo
Gracie H. Benson
Storm doors at Union Station entrance and rail news updates
Storm doors are being built at the arch entrance to Union station beside the carriage stand to reduce cold draughts. An extra express car will join the train to Portland on Dec 22 and 24 for the American Express Company. Agent C P Geither will spend Christmas in Washington DC. Maine Central plans a new station at Coos NH next summer. Lake Erie & Western orders stricter defect reporting from train employees with potential dismissal for noncompliance. Defects
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Union Station
Boston & Maine, Western Division
Portland
American Express Company
C. P. Geither
Norfolk and Western Transportation Company
Washington, D. C
Maine Central Railroad
Coos
N. H
Lake Erie & Western Road
Boston
Night lighting expands at Boston yards and bridges
The Union station project nears completion with new electrical gear. Boston and Maine freight yards and the Charles River drawbridge are now largely lit at night due to extensive wiring. Residents near Marlboro street fear trolley expansion and hearings proceed on the East Boston Marlboro line dispute. The hearing on Atlantic Street?
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Union Station
Boston & Maine
Charles River
West End
Revere
East Boston
Winthrop Junction
East Boston North Ferry
Marlboro Street
Board of Aldermen
Everett News and Local Happenings in December
Roland Swan to wed Miss Gertrude Kimball in Bangor Maine on the 31st and return after New Year's. Everett cars get electric heaters as West End Street Railway upgrades. Several residents travel or move, including R H Steeves and wife to Hillsboro New Brunswick and William King named post office clerk. Recount confirms no mayoral change. Jenkins five votes ahead of Milligan. Local meetings set for hospital annex funding with potential donors and a Cottage Hospital Association session.
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Roland Swan
Swan
Fire Department
Bangor
Gertrude&. Kimball
Everett
West End Street Railway Company
R. H. Steeves
West Everett
Hillsboro
N. B
William King
Grace F. Dodge
Baldwin Avenue
Universalist
Santa Claus
Mystic Side
Minnie Gallinger
Main Street
Paine
Marsh
Eva Millner
South Boston
Nellie Parker
Beacon Street
Cottage Hospital Association
City Hall
Currie
Hall
Hatch
Jenkins
Lewis
Milligan
Nine Hundred and Ninety-ninth Triumphs in Charles Town Billiards
In inter club billiards the Nine Hundred and Ninety-ninth outscored Melrose Athletic Team 2359 to 2481 in totals with separate games in bowling and cue sports. Whist saw Melrose lead 313 to 811. Public day at Charles Town High School featured exercises and addresses. James McLaughlin and wife visit Everett street relatives for the holidays. Terrace Club disbands amid ongoing dissension. Tom Dawson spends two weeks in Keene New Hampshire.
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Melrose Athletic Team
Artillery
Melrose
Millay
Morton
Flynn
Cragin
Kelly
Spencer
Chapin
Littlefield
Briggs
Melrose -Berry
Pierce
Leavitt
Judge
Charlestown High School
James McLaughlin
Chicago
Everett Street
Burglars Operate in West Somerville Neighborhood
Two burglars with Elm William and Chapel streets as their focus have haunted West Somerville. One intruded at 9 Chapel Street taking about $20 worth of goods from a vacant house, then fled. neighbors spotted him again later, and his partner signalled the escape.
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West Somerville
Elm, William and
Chapel Streets
R. F. Baldwin
Chapel Street
Messrs. Cummings
Bickford
Gallagher
Union Square
Cummings
Harry Cummings
Richard B. Hines
12 Day Street
Bright
J. C. Earle & Sons
Paine Furniture offers Comfort Rocker for children
The article notes parents often overlook a child's comfort when choosing gifts. Paine Furniture Company produces a scaled reproduction of a luxury chair, the Comfort Rocker, sized for kids yet suitable as a small sitter for adults, with a modest price not fully stated.
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Paine Furniture Company
McNamee Held in New York Arson Case at Arlington
Detective Elwell and Chief Damon bring Christopher McNamee to M'Namee for arson in New Lebanon New York fires. He is arraigned in Lebanon before a coroner's jury and committed to Hudson jail for examination tomorrow. James Welch is held on $500 bond as a witness in the case.
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Pittsfield
Elwell
Damon
Braintree
Christopher McNamee
Arlington
Tilden
New Lebanon
N. Y
Lebanon
McNamee
Hudson
James Welch
New York
Samuel J. Tilden
Christopher F. McNamee
Harriman
S. A. Elwell
Maguire
Colonel Tilden
Boston & Albany Railroad
Holbrook
Cochrane
Curiosities on display at Cambridge school exhibition
An exhibition at Washington School under Principal J W Freese drew pupils teachers and friends for an impressive display of minerals shells wood carvings weapons war items pictures beadwork and other curiosities with potential to become a permanent museum.
East Boston Hopes For A New High School
East Boston moves toward a third section high school after the unanimous vote of the High School committee and mayor sign off. The plan seeks about $120000 for the new building to relieve crowding in the present school and improve locations near a busy street with heavy traffic and noise.
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East Boston
The Christmas Chimes and Boston Society Features
A parade of Christmas themed pieces on Boston life including Christ mas bells and church music, a Post Woman Santa story, Canadian hockey for girls, hotel bell-boy reminiscences, and staging days before rapid transit. Also illustrated city scenes, china collecting, Stevenson reminiscences, Brockton comparisons, civic bequests, and profiles of lawyers and notable locals.
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Boston
Trinity
Santa Claus
New England
the Post
Robert Louis Stevenson
Brockton
Colorado
Perkins
Jamaica Plain
Hancock
New York
Gotham
Phil
Kearney
Bethlehem
Lizzie Borden
Jack Gardner
Back Bay
Joseph Sidwell
State Senate
Dorchester News Briefs Include Accidental Injury and Society Notices
Thomas Cahill of West Quincy escaped serious harm when his team was struck by a Fields Corner streetcar at Stoughton and Pleasant, landing on the shaft and suffering a slight left leg fracture. Druggist Brown seeks 1000 signatures for a Washington street night car petition. Wedding cards announce Dennis O Connell and Rose Helen Corcoran to wed at St Peter s Cambridge on New Year s Day with a February home visit. A Dorchester meeting formed to organize a young men s social club at 1258 Dorchester Avenue, adjourned to Jan 6. Mrs Atherton Brown and others plan dancing parties at Palladio Hall on Jan 17 and Feb 14. Mr and Mrs Sandham invite friends at the Gladstone on Friday for a gathering with gifts. The Tammany Associates hold a ball Feb 21 at Bethesda Hall. bath house foundation progresses this week. Somerset Associates set a fourth annual ball for Feb 23 at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Washington School
J. W. Freese
Freese
Lola Puénan Tripp
Albert Baker Cheney
Emerson College
Furry
Hose 5
William S. Bowen
Lyman School
Bowen
Coggswell Avenue
Thomas Monegle
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Cloyes
City Council
Young’s Hotel
William Chapman
Oak Street
Post 57
Dorchester
Thomas F. Cahill
John Fallon & Son
West Quincy
Cahill
Stoughton and
Pleasant Streets
Brown
Washington Street
Dennis O’connell
Rose Helen Corcoran
Michael Corcoran
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Concord Avenue
Howe Street
Glover's Corner
Dorchester Avenue
Atherton Brown
James de Normandie
Leonard Ware
Charles F. Withington
Palladio Hall
Mrs. Sandham
Gladstone
Dunley Street
G Street
Broadway
Tammany Associates
Bethesda Hall
Bath Houses
Somerset Associates
Odd Fellows
Old Nautilus House Barn Yields Hidden Liquor Cache
The last building on the boulevard path was removed revealing a hidden liquor stash behind an ice chest in the Nautilus House. Police raids had failed until the barn came down, exposing a second floor trap and a ladder to the storage area. Mike Sullivan has organized a handball team and will challenge any district opponent at City Point Athletic Club alleys. Mr. Arthur Wilson was presented with
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Nautilus House
Mike Sullivan
City Point Athletic Club
Arthur Wilson
Chelsea Police Relief Association Holds Sixth Annual Event
The Chelsea Police Relief Association marked its sixth annual gathering at Lincoln Hall with about 2000 attendees. Plummer Campbell's Orchestra provided a fine concert, and a grand march led by Officer Hebblethwaite and wife opened the evening. Notables present included Mayor Carter and several Aldermen. Earlier, a small fire at Baker Bros dry goods, 435 Broadway, caused minor stock damage and building damage, both insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea Police Relief Association
Lincoln Hall
Plummer & Campbell
Swan
Anderson
Drury
Grover
Hebblethwaite
Hibblethwaite
Aids Hayes
Webber
Shannon
Crane
O'Neil
Hussey
William Crane
Mayor Carter
Alderman Littlefield
Haskell
Willard
Alderman Butterfield
Tenney
F. O. Barnes
George H. Buck
Charles Legg
Joseph Curley
Edward Hutchinson, Jr
Herbert Carter
Inspector Abbott
Inspector Tryder
Ray of
Revere
Baker Bros
Broadway
One Hundred Associates
Free Christmas Tree At Woodward’s Drug Store
The free Christmas tree at Woodward's drug store in the Horticultural Hall building draws many shoppers. Beautiful gift-worthy articles fill the store windows and counters, with the perfume department well stocked from top makers, offering over fifteen hundred of the best brands to choose from.
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Woodward's Drug Store
Horticultural Hall
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Tremont Street and Mall
Trade Outlook
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Savannah
Jacksonville
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Galveston
Birmingham
Atlanta
Memphis
Nashville
Charleston
Toronto
Montreal
Halifax
St. John’s
N. F
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Children's Fund
Tomorrow’s
Sunday Post
Creighton House Cafe
Tremont St
Charlestown
Somerville
M’namee
the Sunday Post
Chelsea
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