Electrification Push Extends New Haven Trains to New York
President Mellen announces plans to extend the electrified zone from Stamford to New Haven, electrifying about 41 miles. The project costs 3 to 5 million dollars, includes a new power house, and will connect New Haven to Boston and New York via an electric railway chain.
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New York
Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Stamford
Cedar Hill
Boston
Shoreline
Airline
Springfield
Bridgeport
Cos
New Haven Road
Providence
New London
Worchester
Hartford
Boston & Albany
Mellem
Hoosac Tunnel
Massachusetts
Deerfield River
Shelburne Falls
Mass
Storm Off Block Island Halts Fishing and Shipping
The nor’easter left Block Island and nearby shores cut off as the tide fell to unseen depths. More than a hundred fishing schooners are idle, vessels struggle against 40 to 45 mile gales, and travel from Gloucester to Philadelphia is delayed with several ships grounded or unable to depart.
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Gloucester
Charles Swenson
Exeter
Thomas Simpson
Valdare
Spectacle Island
Hamilton A. Mathes
Astral
Standard Oil
Cape Cod
Chatham
Massachusetts
Maine Line
Lockwood
Boston
Philadelphia
Juno
Confidence
Grecian
Belfast
Bangor
City of Gloucester
City of
Memphis
Savannah
United States
Solace
Hampton Roads
Navy Yard
George FP. Hudson
Bird Island Flats
Boyne
Best Dinner Ever A Chronicle Of Hidden Feasts
Readers recount frugal or wartime meals that proved unforgettable. A Lowell man recalls six hungry days and a neighbor’s oatmeal feast. a private in South Carolina cherishes a Thanksgiving box of home cooking. a France trip yields coffee in a corking cup. a Boston arrival enjoys a hotel menu. a Saskatchewan hunting day ends with a rustic chicken supper. these memories anchor hunger to human warmth and generosity.
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Boston Post
Boston
Mass
M. F. Coffey
Carlton Street
Lowell
Second
South Carolina
New England
Corporal Kilborn
Lucerne
Vasoul
France
Katherine Gordon
Main Street
Wakefield
America
England
Cunard
Bunk Houses Spark Brighton Council Debate
In North Brighton a claim that bunk houses near the Brighton Abattoir keep beds occupied by workers on different shifts prompted a council discussion. Thomas W. Murray urged a $15,000 playground appropriation as part of the debate. The matter was referred to the executive committee after an amended order for a health board investigation.
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Brighton
Thomas W. Murray
Smith
Board of Health
Patrolman Sayward Promoted to Sergeant in Boston Bureau
Patrolman William A. Sayward of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation was promoted last night to sergeant and reassigned within the same office. The promotion, delayed by Commissioner O Meara, follows his earlier pawn brokers assignment duties. Sayward joined the force December 1, 1897, with prior postings in Charlestown and Joy Street Station before moving to headquarters.
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William A. Sayward
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Sayward
O'Meara
Owen Farley
Charlestown
Joy Street
Determined to Retain Navy Yard in Portsmouth
Mass meeting planned to protest sale or closure of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Local groups including the Central Labor Union Board of Trade and Merchants' Exchange will back citizens opposing Secretary Meyer's plan with aim to keep Portsmouth central to Atlantic defenses.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Central Labor Union
Board of Trade and Merchants’ Exchange
Meyer
Washington
Hartford
New York
Charlestown
Atlantic Coast
Navy Yard
George von L. Meyer
New England
Portsmouth Yard
Portsmouth Water Front
Portsmouth Harbor
Navy Yards
Army and Navy Board
Boston
New England Chamber of Commerce
Narragansett Pier
Narragansett Bay
Taft
Rye
Kittery
Newcastle
Eliot
York
Dover
Biddeford
York County
Runaway Horse Floods Roxbury Cellar Near Kempton Street
A runaway horse pulling a J. G. Ferguson wagon broke a hydrant on Huntington Avenue near Kempton Street in the Mission Hill district. The wagon crashed the hydrant and flooded the street and the cellar at 32 Kempton Street for about 15 minutes. One man was injured when Wallace was thrown, and water sprayed two feet from the main.
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Roxbury
Mission Hill
J. G. and B. 8. Ferguson Company
Albany Street
Brookline Village
Robert Wallace
Parkway
Huntington Avenue
Kempton Street
Wallace
No. 32
Rheumatism relief promoted by Eimer & Amend product
An advertisement touts Eimer and Amend’s N. Y. 2851 as a remedy for rheumatism. It claims wide use and approval, noting T. Metcalf Co. in Boston carries the item.
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Eimer & Amend
N. Y
T. Metcalf Co
Boston
Five Cent Fare League Revives Carter Campaign Push
The famed five cent fare movement in Roslindale district is revived with a rally planned for Knights of Honor Hall to honor John A. Coulthurst as the initial chairman of the original committee. The league aims to canvass Jamaica Plain West Roxbury Roslindale and Hyde Park before election day to back Coulthurst, with Jean P. Nickerson leading the executive committee along with Seaver Cherry Breed Young Coulg and Worth.
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Roslindale
Jean P. Nickerson
John A. Coulthurst
Coulthurst
Knights of Honor
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Portsmouth Chronicle
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