Real estate notes on Boston area developments and sales
Chown and Hannis proceed with twelve frame houses on Nowell and Batchel der tract after purchase. Porter sells Bay State road building lots to William Power Wilson and William A Hayes. Charles River Embankment Company elects 1895 directors including Ames Hyde Braman Davenport Souther Carr Souther Pope Burr Viaux. Houses rise in Arlington Dorchester Needham Medford. Dawes sells 9200 feet on Radcliffe Avenue Wedgemere Heights to George S Downs. Downs buys three acres in Somers Conn for Josephine H Dawes. W W Jeffrey acquires a Davis Avenue house in Brookline. Lebowich sells block 9% Brighton Street West End to Suffolk Real Estate Trust.
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Suffolk Real Estate Trust
Brighton Street
West End
American Wringer Co Catalog Describes Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Co at 13 and 15 Broadway extension promotes wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs offered for all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Tremont
Blizzard aftermath hits vessels along coast with frostbitten crew
The Varuna crew escaped the blizzard without frostbite after repairs and resumed cruising. The three masted schooner John J Hanson, bound for Philadelphia with ice, was towed to Nantasket Roads by the Elsie after a severe gale. Captain Oliver reported seventy five tons of ice on board and one crewman frostbitten while the other two schooners Lawrence and Fortuna, missing in the gale, likely faced similar conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabrielson
John J. Hanson
Oliver
Boothbay
Philadelphia
Nantasket Roads
Boston Towboat Company
Elsie
Degan
Hanson
Thomas H. Lawrence
Handy
Pool
Cape Charles City
Fortuna
McLeod
Pool’s Landing
Norfolk
Lawrence
Ferry Boats on Ice Spreads Drift Ice Across Chelsea Channel
Historic harbor ice worsened by Monday and Tuesday cold snaps creates large floating cakes and pack ice. East Boston drops face delays as westerly gales push ice toward Bird Island flats, while tugboats and police assist mariners. Hazard of harbor freezing looms if a snow storm hits.
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Boston
Channel
Bird Island Flats
Winthrop
Apple
Governor’s Islands
Jeffries Point
Chelsea
Chelsea Creek
Inner Harbor
Castle Island
Sprague
Nix
74 Bar
Lovell’s Island
Evans
William Sprague
East Boston
Lynn Ferry
Bird Island
Protector
Provincetown Schooner Sea Fox Aground Off Billingsgate Island
Tug Kate Jones of Boston rescued the fishing schooner Sea Fox after it ran ashore near Billingsgate Island during a gale. Captain Rolldown described a hazardous night at sea with dense fog and bitter cold, the vessel striking but not sinking, and eventual rescue by the tug as tide lifted them.
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Provincetown
Kate Jones
Boston
Sea Fox
Billingsgate Island
Wellfleet
Rolldown
Lighthouse
Icebound Sea Fox Afloat After Bitter Cold Spell
The Sea Fox strained to stay afloat during a brutal cold spell described as the harshest winter.Leaking hull requires caulking while crew endure frostbite and exposure at Union Fish Company's wharf. Crowds gather to view the battered clipper once among Province town's premier fishing vessels.
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Nes
Union Fish Company
Provincetown
Icebound Schooners Expose Chatham Rescue Efforts
Crews from Chatham life saving station boarded the ice bound schooners Celina of Bath and William Smith from St John s detailing frostbitten crews and harrowing gales off Boone Island and Cape Cod. Charles Classon and the Smith crew were treated ashore while both vessels were freed and sent southward amid a northeast snow storm.
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Chatham
Celina
Bath
Murray
Camden
Washington
Doane
Chatham Life Saving Station
Charles Classon
Chelsea Marine Hospital
Portland
Boone Island
Cape
Sound
William Smith
St. John’s
New York
Charles
Orleans
Smith
Pollock Rip
Vineyard Haven
Frozen Dead Deck of Schooner T P Dixon Found Ashore
Wreckage washes ashore at Lambert's Cove on Cape Cod. Deck and cabin remain of the schooner T P Dixon of Rockland Maine, missing since February 3. Three men and a dog lie in ice on the cabin roof. Captain Boswick and mate Martin Lee identified among the dead. Likely struck ledge near Vineyard Sound during yesterday's gale. cause undisclosed.
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Vineyard Haven
Lambert’s Cove
T. P. Dixon
Rockland
Boswick
New York
New England
Associated Press Marine
Joseph Boswick
Dixon
Undertaker’s
Wall
Adelia T. Carleton
Greenlaw
Ella May
Rockport
Martin Lee
Leach
Vineyard Sound
Devil’s Bridge
Pigs Ledge
New Bedford Frozen Harbor Closes Navigation
New Bedford reports a solid ice cover from l foot bank buoy to the wharves with three inch ice. The J W Elwell could not dock at the coal dock due to heavy ice, while the Pardon G Thomson cannot proceed above the river. Barges John Hughes and Rhode Island are frozen in the river and crews trek to Fairhaven. A barge bow near Point Judith alarms navigators as a potential obstacle.
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Quick’s Hole
Barkentine
J. W. Elwell
Clark’s Point
Palmer’s Island
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Pardon G. Thomson
New York
John Hughes
Rhode Island
Fairhaven
Chace
The
Thomson
Point Judith
Nantucket Ice Barrier Partly Broken By Island Home
Nantucket reports limited aid as the steamer Island Home landed two passengers and mails at Great Point after crossing the ice barrier and took away Horace Cook and Stanley Ellis. Mails and provisions remain on Nantucket while further communication is uncertain for days. The sound is crowded with vessels at risk of ice trapping.
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Nantucket
Island Home
Great Point
Horace Cook
Stanley Ellis
Boston
Chimney Fire Destroys Williams House in Cold Lancaster Morning
Fire at the Williams House in Lancaster, New Hampshire, discovered at 7 o clock, burned the roof and soaked furniture as guests fled. Clerk Edgar Hicks was seriously injured from a fall and smoke. Cause likely chimney sparks. loss about $5000, partially insured, on a frigid morning of 30 below.
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Lancaster
N. H
Williams House
John M. Hopkins
Edgar Hicks
Firemen Faced Hard Task Amid Low Conditions
A brief report notes that the situation lowered efficiency for firemen as they tackled the blaze. Equipment limitations and dangerous working environment compounded the challenge, with crews pressing on to control the fire despite hindering factors.
Frozen in his door yard in Vermont tragedy
Nelson Pratt, 85, was found dead in a Worcester doorstep snow bank in subzero temperatures. Authorities believe a heart attack, triggered by exertion, caused his death as he walked home after leaving a store last night. He leaves a wife and one child.
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Montpelier
Nelson Pratt
Worcester
Record Ice Grips Portsmouth Harbor as Docks Frozen
Extreme cold spreads across towns with rivers freezing and ferries halted. In Portsmouth the Piscataqua River, docks, coves iced over, fish schooners trapped. ferries to Kittery and New Castle suspended. West Dennis reports 5 below with boiler blast causing $150 damage. towns warn of more snow. Other locations log subzero temps and severe storms.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Piscataqua
Kittery
New Castle
West Dennis
A. B. Fisk
Middletown
Conn
Chester
Mercury
Lowell
Haverhill
Concord
Franconia
White Mountains
Lewiston
Calais
Machias
Ellsworth
Vanceboro
Presque Isle
Houston
Bangor
Caribou
Citizens' Association pushes charter amendments for Boston
The Citizens' Association of Boston filed a Senate petition urging major charter changes including longer mayoral terms, mayoral appointment powers, department head terms, board consolidation, a city auditor elected by the people, a fixed financial year, and stronger street and traffic controls, with a general revision and codification proposed. It notes several related bills and petitions on rapid transit and a liquor licensing board.
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Boston
Citizens’ Association of Boston
Senate
Sprague
Hibbard
City of
Board of Elections
Board of Police
Coolidge
John Quinn
Palatka Hotel Chef Found Dead in St Johns River
The body of Charles Schmidt chief cook at the Putnam House was recovered from the St Johns River in Palatka Florida after a several days disappearance. A suspected suicide cited a strained letter from his Boston wife as motive though the wife disputes the claim and cites letters from him as proof of normal intent. Schmidt previously worked at Younes Parker s and the Brunswick and was recently at Bleiler s on Bedford Street. He lived at 79 Minden Street Roxbury for about four years and belonged to several German societies.
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Palatka
Fla
Charles Schmidt
Putnam House
St. John’s River
Schmidt
Boston
Youne’s
Parker’s
Brunswick
Bleiler’s
Bedford Street
Florida
Minden Street
Roxbury
Charley
Boston Senators Clash Over Hutchinson Inquiry
The Senate considers Hutchinson's order to probe city departments with a six member joint committee. Delegates debate postponement, possible tabling, and potential nonpartisan motives amid Boston Republican tensions. Hutchinson cites a pledge to investigate municipal conduct while opponents call for cautious, deliberate action.
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State House
Boston
Mr. Hutchinson
Mr. Hibbard
Sanger
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Metropolitan Committee
House
Senate
Free Medical Services Offered at Dewey Medical Co
Free medical examinations and treatments announced by Dewey Medical Co located at 74 Boylston Street Rooms 7 and 8. Services available daily hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 5, with a 4 p.m. Sunday slot. 28 p.m. appears garbled.
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Dewey Medical Co
Boylston Street
Citizens' Municipal Union Formed in Quincy
About thirty five local business and professional figures gathered at the Quincy House to form a non partisan Citizens Municipal Union. Samuel Meachum Jr chaired the meeting with Jacob Fottler at the table. They plan regular gatherings to hear papers from city department heads on municipal management and consider a constitution and by laws.
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Hutchinson
Sub Rosa
City Committee
Republican City Committee
Boston
City Hall
Nce
Quincy House
Samuel Meachum, Jr
Jacob Fottler
Rans
I. C. Toma
Mdum
John McLong
W. A. Dyer
Doherty
A. F. Davis
Can Alis Coronel
Longtime South Boston Builder John Carew Dies
John Carew a pioneer in Newmarket born freestone trade, died Wednesday evening in South Boston at 62 G Street. He built Portland post office Hotel Pelham Boston Cathedral of the Holy Cross and other notable projects. Suffering sciatic rheumatism for 25 years his strength failed recently. Funeral from his residence will be held with a solemn high requiem mass at Gate of Heaven Church.
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John Carew
South Boston
Freestone
Newmarket
Irc
Carew
Portland Post Office
Hotel Pelham
Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Natural History Rooms
Institute of Technology
Peabody Church
Georgetown
Henry G. Thomas Dead At 39 In Dorchester
Henry G. Thomas, member of the Old Dorchester Club and its league bowling team and captain of the All Massachusetts five, died at his home Wednesday after a cold from a New York trip developed into pneumonia. He was 39 and survived by a wife. Burial will be at Lawrence.
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Hutchinson
Curtis
Lexow
Hibbard
Denmark
Senate
Henry G. Thomas
Old Dorchester
All Massachusetts
Thomas
New York
Lawrence
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Hood
Fannie
Prichard
Utica
N. Y
Post
Sir
Soward C. Almy & CO
Washington Street
Messrs. E. C. Almy & Co
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office
Mass
Massachusetts
Ben J. F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
Real Estate Covics
Ailee
Roseland
N. C
Roseland Improvement CO
John Hancock Bldg
Huntress
Dunsmore
Devonshire St
George E. Hall
Pemberton Sq
N. Y. & N. E. Railroad Co
Las A. m
Sec. & Wes
Sea Fox Hias Hardestie
Hillingsegate Island
New Bedford
California
Galventi Hall Square
Low
Vermont
Snow Bank
Citizens’ Association
la Grippe Aubergier
EB Fougera
I. William St
N.Y
Clerk Coolidge
President Butler
Suffolk
Durant
Middlesex
Maccabe
Morse
Besson
Salisbury
Municipal League
Samuel B. Capen
H. H. Atwood
Alban Street
Ashmont
Atwood
Edmund M. Wheelwright
Wheelwright
W. L. Rutan
Tremont Street
Rutan
Edwin D. Mead
Beacon Street
Martin
Johnson
O. H. Ingalls
Thad
J. E. Wurrowe
South Windham
Druecists
Pamphter Free, S. Johnson & CO
Custom House Street
Scie Proprietoras
Citizens’ Municipal Union
W. Wheeler &0.S
Hanover St
American House
J. E. Kenney
E. H. Woods
James B. Light
Bordman Hall
C. W. Hutchings
Samuel
W. Meachum
Chester A. Reed
W. H. Lord
Richard Sullivan
H. M. Jernegan
E. H. Crosby
W. E. Bryant
H. C. Thacher
J. T. Bladwin
S. A. Merrill
George B. Ford
E. E. Tipley
the Rev. Co. A. Knickerbocker
Willis B. Mendum
J. F. Chadian
George H. Bond
Walter E. Co. Smith
Charles W. Hallstram
W. H. Stowe
Fusileers
Fusileer Veteran Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Henry A. Snow
Geraldine A. Jones
John A. Bascom
Illinois
SON Bros
Old Colony Railroad
Tremont Row
Effie
Wilson Bros
Cc. R. R
Mooney
East Watertown
Charles S. Mooney
Coolidge Hill Street
Leahy
Somerville
Thomas Leahy
Bridge Street
East Cambridge
Church of the Sacred Heart
Hughes
Lizzie Armstrong
John and
Margeret Hughes
Elmore Park
Crocker
Hyde Park
Helen Brigham Crocker
George M. Fellows
West River Street
Osterville
Knapp
Alfred BE. Knapp
Poplar Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Daniel Bates Curtis
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont ST
Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers
Lagrange Street
J. . Waterman & Son Undertakers
Washington Str
Robury
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