False Economy in Provincetown Province Lands Funding
A Massachusetts report urges broader funding for Provincetown province lands, arguing the $500 appropriation is insufficient after $10,000 already spent on desert reclamation. The board, led by Leonard W. Ross, notes past grants and the plan to plant seaside pine and poplar to stabilize drift sands and protect a crucial state road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Ways and Means
Provincetown
Cape
Boston
Board of Trustees of Public Reservations
Harbor and Land Commission
Leonard W. Ross
Ross
France
Commission
Post
Funeral of Hon. George Heywood Held in Concord
The funeral of the late Hon. George Heywood took place in Concord with services at his house by Rev. Loren B. Macdonald and public rites at the Unitarian Church. The eulogy was delivered by Rev. George A. Tewksbury, and burial was private with no bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
George Heywood
Loren B. Macdonald
Unitarian Church
George A. Tewksbury
Congregational Church
George FE. Phelan
George M. Baker
J. E. Baker
H. W. Wheeler
Mr. Macdonald
Death of Thomas Finnerans Daughter Raeda
Obituary note for Thomas J. Finneran with sympathy from friends as his little daughter Raeda dies. Funeral scheduled this afternoon at the home on Fisher avenue Parker Hill Roxbury. Also advertisement for final cut price sale at Shuman Corner with bargains on American Hosiery underwear and mermaid item priced at $1.50 and $3.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Finneran
Raeda
Hore
Fisher Avenue
Parker Hill
Roxbury
Shuman Corner
Storm passes but coast dangers linger over Nantasket
Weather Bureau experts report the storm has passed yet danger remains off the coast with damage reported at Nantasket and Brant Rock. Local crews assess wreckage as residents survey properties hit by high waves and wind.
Shipwreck Warnings After Coastal Gale
Weather bureau reports a storm near Virginia moved northward with gale force winds along the coast. Nantucket and Block Island issued hurricane signals as life saving crews patrolled the coast while Boston saw winds reach 35 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Boston
Nantucket
Block Island
Chatham
Virginia
Halibut Haul Reported By Ships Returning Homeward
About 15 000 pounds of halibut were hauled and the vessels started for homeward passage. On crossing Le Have bank Captain Wadding reported the schooners Nourmahal John B E McKenzie Cordova Maud M Story and Edwin B Holmes seeking acknowledgment of their status.
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le Have
Wadding
Nourmahal
John BE. McKenzie
Cordova
Maud M. Story
Edwin B. Holmes
Dangers to Navigation Reports Forty Derelicts in Atlantic
Hydrographic Office data show a record forty derelicts afloat in the Atlantic many recently built and sturdy. From Fire Island to Ireland ten wrecks threaten routes for New York bound steamers, with five off New Jersey and ten between Hatteras and Bermuda. Three to the English channel and two near Virginia capes and New York area. Navy has not removed derelicts for months. a British schooner was fired upon after sighting a drifting craft.
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Washington
Hydrographic Office
Fire Island
Ireland
New York
New Jersey
Hatteras
Bermudas
Cape
Virginia Capes
Sandy Hook
Martha's Vineyard Sound
Great Banks
English Channel
Mary Sprague Crew Rescued After Schooner Sinking
The schooner Mary Sprague laden with 900 tons of sugar sank after dismastings near Crooked Island passage. The crew of ten were rescued by the steamer Jason on January 29 after distress signals were sent. Captain Frazer of the Jason refused tow and later set the schooner on fire before returning the crew.
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New York
Jason
Mary Sprague
Thomaston
Crooked Island Passage
Demerara
Philadelphia
Poland
Frazer
Severe Nantasket Beach Damage From High Tide
Nantasket Beach Massachusetts February 3 The day’s high velocity wind and record tide caused widespread damage. The roller coaster structure is left hanging by undermined supports while the maze and bicycle track are wrecked. Wood's Cottage bath house washed away and portions of Fairhaven House piazza undermined. Hotel Montaseco piazza washed out but saved by propping. large areas of the coast damaged.
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Nantasket Beach
Wood
Fairhaven House
Hotel Montaseco
Atalanta Narrow Escape After Collision Near Gloucester
The schooner Atalanta arrived without bowsprit or head sails after a collision with Lizzie Griffin near Banguerean. The Griffin misjudged wind and tide, crossing bow to bow, forcing the Atalanta to cut anchor and sail away. Captain Wadding escaped uninjured below the water line.
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Gloucester
Atalanta
Banguerean
Lizzie Griffin
Wadding
Cottages in Danger From High Sea North of Plymouth
A high sea at Brant Rock endangers summer cottages along the coast south of Plymouth. The stormy tide is breaking the beach and threatening beachfront structures tonight.
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Plymouth
Brant Rock
Wrecks Feared Off Chatham as Ice Sheet Threatens Navigation
A heavy northeast gale and high tides scourge Chatham. The large ice sheet from the bay may drift into the sound, posing a major hazard to ships. Life savers monitor for distressed vessels along the coast.
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Chatham
Chatham Bay
Missing schooner Elizabeth Foster fouled from Gloucester
No news of the schooner Elizabeth Foster, sailing from Gloucester December 8 to Belfast and river ports, believed lost at sea. The vessel was valued under 500 dollars and carried grain and kerosene valued at 1500 dollars.
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Bucksport
Elizabeth Foster
Gloucester
Belfast
Moody Stirs Tremont Temple With Urgent Call to Seek God
Dwight L. Moody delivers an afternoon and morning series urging instant conversion and a kingdom-first life. About a hundred attendees declare faith and vow to pursue Christ, as Moody recalls Chicago and warns against delaying salvation.
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Dwight L. Moody
Lorimer
Mr. Moody
Professor Towner
Paul
Silas
E. E. Strong
D. D
Congregational Board
B. W. Ward
Christ
Tremont Temple
England
Kingdom of God
Chicago
Four Boys Escape From Rainsford Island in Frigid Boat Drift
Four youths aged 12 to 15 escaped from the House of Reformation on Rainsford Island during the night. They drifted northward toward Boston Light in a lifeboat, battled freezing waters, and were found near Adams Farm. Butler, the youngest, was left behind unconscious but survived after medical aid.
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Adams Beach
Boston Harbor
House of Reformation
Rainsford Island
Thomas Harrington
Everett Street
Charlestown
Henry Butler
Gray Street
William Welch
Medford Court
James O’brien
Emmet Place
Boston Light
Boston
Joseph Dennen
John Quincy Adams
Butler
J. M. Dennen
Hunting
Quincy
Quincy City Hospital
Moody sermon on yoked unions and Christian living ends with contrast to theater and whiskey
In a morning sermon Mr. Moody urges Christians to avoid partnerships with unbelievers and marry within the faith, warns against theatres and drinking, and emphasizes choosing higher virtues over money. He cites social life, divorce rates, and personal reform as outcomes of obedience to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Moody
Christ
Paul
God
Curious Liver Pains Cured by Dyspepsia Tablets
Mrs Sarah A Skeels of Lynnville Jasper Co Iowa reports twenty five years of dyspepsia cured by one package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. She praises the remedy saying six months with no distress despite doctors declaring incurable. The notice explains the product targets dyspepsia only and is sold by Stuart Co Marshall Mich at 50 cents per package. A free booklet on stomach troubles is offered.
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Sarah A. Skeels
Lynnville
Jasper Co
Iowa
Sarah A
Skeels
Stuart
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Mich
Maraball
Storm Gusts Threaten Nantucket Harbor Blockade
Storm signals blaze on the Weather Bureau building and at Nobska lighthouse as a gale intensifies. Ice fields drift toward shoals from Handkerchief lightship, raising fears Nantucket Harbor may become blocked.
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Woods Holl
Weather Bureau
Nobska
Handkerchie
Shoals
British steamer Peruvian loses cattle and sheep at sea
The British steamer Peruvian, sailing from Portland, Maine to Glasgow, reported it lost 100 head of cattle and 35 sheep during the voyage.
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London
Glasgow
Portland
Printing Shop Flooded Forces Closure at Wales Wharf
G. H. Ellis & Co. printing shop on Wales wharf closed at 11 30 yesterday due to cellar flooding from high tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Ellis & Co
Wales Wharf
Stamp theft arrest shocks Washington clerks network
Hamilton F. Colman a General Land Office clerk in Washington faces arrest on charges of stealing postage stamps valued at 5560. Bail set at 2000. Inspectors say he led a long running theft ring taking over 100000 in stamps annually. Colman pleads innocence and claims ownership of the stamps.
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New York
Hamilton F. Colman
General Land Office
Washington
Colman
Morris
Randolph J. Albrecht
Moody Protests Sunday Article on Licentious Art
D L Moody protests his New York article on licentiousness in art printed in the Sunday edition. He appeals to the editor of the Post for wide publicity of his public disclaimer to protect a sacred Christian cause. Boston February 3.
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Post
New York
D. L. Moody
Boston
Boston University Law School editors controversy stirs students
A senior class meeting at Boston University Law School followed a noon bulletin showing faculty selection of three editors for the school magazine. Students protested, arguing selection should rest with them, as president David J Walsh planned a committee to propose three names for class approval.
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Boston University Law School
David J. Walsh
Depew Likely Named Ambassador to England
Reported in telegraph dispatches that Chauncey M. Depew of New York will become ambassador to England with Horace Porter as ambassador to France. Whitelaw Reid prefers Britain or France, complicating the selection as Platt opposes both Reid and Porter.
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Post
Bayard
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Albany
Boston Herald
England
Horace Porter
France
Whitelaw Reid
Mr. Depew
Mr. Reid
Messrs. Reid
Porter
Platt
Messrs. Depew
Great Britain
Reid
Copyright Bill Moves to Strengthen Word Use Penalties
Washington February 3 The House patents committee ordered favorably reported a bill amending the copyright law to prevent fraudulent use of the word copyright and to strengthen enforcement. The measure provides court injunctions and penalties for violations.
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Washington
House Committee On Patents Today
Obituary Notices for French Leavens and Col George Meade
Obituary notices report the death of Joseph T. French a Quincy resident aged 73 who ran a livery stable near the depot and had a long Civil War service record. Also noted are the deaths of George M Leavens Boston furniture man and Colonel George Meade son of General Meade who served with the Eighth Pennsylvania and on his father’s staff until the surrender of Lee.
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Joseph T. French
Quincy
French
Hancock House
Boston
Plymouth
Daniel Webster
San Francisco
Columbus
Panama
Boston Harbor
Massasoit
Mr. Trench
Paul Revere
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Honor
Philadelphia
George Meade
Meade
Gettysburg
Eighth
Pennsylvania
Antietam
Army of the Poto
Lee
Puritana Endorsed by New Hampshire Marshal
United States Marshal Clark Campbell of New Hampshire writes from Mont Vernon praising Puritana for alleviating digestive trouble and loss of appetite after early use. He notes dramatic relief, continued treatment, and endorsement of the remedy as more than claimed. He cites Professor Dixi Crosby of Dartmouth College as the creator of Puritana.
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Clark Campbell
New Hampshire
Marshal Campbell
Mont Vernon
N. H
Puritana Compound Co
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Tremont Street
Boston Museum
George A. Heywood
T. J. Finneran
Nantasket
Hood
Atlantic
Foster
Rainsford
Stand
Boston University Law Scholars
Depew
A. Johnson
Johnson & CO
Custom House Street
Mase
George M. Leavens
Lapham Street
Medford
J. Leavens
Dudley Academy
A. S. Marshal
Dixi Crosby
Dartmouth College
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Miss
Massachusetts
Benji. F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
George C. Goodwin & CO
Hanover Street
Herrick’s Mercantile Collection Agency
Court ST
Philadelphia Club
Charles P. Cheney
Brookline
Colorado Springs
Mr. Cheney
B. P. Cheney
Harvard
Blodgett, Merritt & Co
Congress Street
Stoneham
Winthrop Ward Child
Odd Fellows
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Met
Manfg. Co
Oliver
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Universalist Church
Nelson
Boston Highlands
Patrick William
Catherine
Michael Nelson
Parent
Bickford Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Olsen
Charles C. Olsen
Belmont Square
Church of the Assumption
Cambridge
Gertrude Leafe
Fairmont Street
Flowers
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont ST
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