Abandon Pollock Rip Slue Channel At Nantucket Entrance
Chatham February 18 due to shoaling sand Pollock Rip Slue will be abandoned as the main ship channel eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound. Government to equip Great Round Shoal channel with buoyage and beacon aids navigation. Reports say shoaling caused wrecks and vessel mishaps over the past year with steamships scraping the Cape Cod corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Nantucket Sound
Great Round
Cape Cod
50 Word Night Letter Service Moves toward Boston
The Boston Western Union awaits New York orders to launch a 50 word night letter system. A 50 word message filed before midnight at day rates will reach by 8 am or with first morning mail at destination. It ties to merger promises and Chicago tests of phone delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Belvidere Brooks
American Telephone and Telegram Company
Western Union
Chicago
Telephone Company
Holding Plan Fails of Approval in Boston Rail Debate
The Boston Chamber of Commerce considered elevating control of street railways to a unified system. A near unanimous vote sent most reports back for redrafting while advocates urged centralized ownership via the Elevated, with debates over holding stock, fares, and district limits.
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Fahey
Elevated
Chamber of Commerce
Bernard J. Rothwell
Henry Howard
Roberts
Gorham
PD. C. Jackson
E. S. Webster
Charles T. Hall
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Joint Board
Boston and Vicinity
West End Street Railway Company
Boston
Boston Elevated
C. F. Weed
W. E. Butler
McKibben
Metropolitan District
Park Street Station
Railroad Commission
Massachusetts
Worcester
Boston & Northern
Nashua
N. H
Old Colony
Newport
R. I
Lexington & Boston
Billerica
Middlesex & Boston
Westboro
Boston & Worcester
Blue Hill
Stoughton
BE. A. Filene
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston Elevated Railroad
Gilchrist Store Leases Bumstead Hall For Enlarged Operations
At the annual banquet of Gilchrist department store buyers held last evening at Hotel Bellevue, the management announced a lease of Bumstead Hall in the American Music Hall building for several years. The 30,000 square foot hall will be remodeled for Gilchrist selling departments with three new entrances on Hamilton, Winter, and Washington streets. Harvard College owns the building. A musical program followed, with remarks by company president Charles C. Ferris about a new slogan: More business and better business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilchrist Department
Hotel Bellevue
Daylight Store
Bumstead Hall
American Music Hall
Hamilton
Winter Street
Washington Street
Gilchrist Company
Harvard College
W. E. Anderton
Rose Sisters
Charles C. Ferris
Gilchrist
William Jardine
William E. Butler
Thomas J. Lane
Arthur W. Phinney
Robert H. Heartz
Crosby
William G. Lyttle
G. A
F. W. Small
C. F. Jones
William E. Bolger
Ernest A. Crowell
J. C. Ross
A. D. Bacon
C. L. Wentworth
G. M. Kaizer
O. BE. Kennedy
H. E. Rust
P. J. Flemming
C. W. Stiles
W. E. Clark
John Gallagher
C. F. Osgood
H. B. Lowe
C. C. Ramsdell
Fred Harding
Ernest R. Phelps
J. M. Butler
R. J. Trimble
William Moajt
A. F. Reed
F. M. Williams
T. J. Fitzgerald
Thomas Grieve
F. S. Mitchell
George R. Stimpson
W. M. Robinson
Kenneth Moore
Roy Pond
Ralph 8. Carlin
Edward Gallagher
Frank Tirrell
John Emes
Wiliam J. Gleason
Daniel Ferguson
New Medford Church to Be Dedicated Tomorrow
The Union Congregational Church of Medford will be dedicated Sunday at 10 30 am with Rev. John Wild in charge. Sunday school rooms dedication follows at 3 pm led by the pastor and W H Hodgman. The Spanish designed wooden two story church seats 252, expandable to 500, with three lower class rooms and a cozy library. The building features dark hardwoods red oak pews walnut pulpit green plush upholstery electric and gas heat and a bell from the old church. The parish has 181 members. the project cost 13000 dollars with aid from Old South Society Boston Congregational Church Union and Woburn Association.
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Medford
Union Congregational Church of
John Wild
W. H. Hodgman
Cosey Little
Old South Society
Congregational Church Union of Boston
The
Woburn Association of Congregational Churches
List of names in historic record
A long ledger style roster names Ernest F. Brooks Ernest F. Tracy John T. ONeil John Bulger George Tucker A F Baisley Fred G Pettingell George R Shipp Arthur Weldon H C Brine W P Brine William A Cooper Ambrose Riley George A Reidpath E A Fernald T G Fairbairn J N Jowett G A McLean F W Garran B H F Smith W H Anderton G W Myrick J R Stafford John Ward W J Knox John Flynn Michael Curley Joan Lane Charles George J W Whitredge F P Brown W H Greene A Godsoe W H Hanson J J Burns William Mearls
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Ernest F. Brooks
Ernest F. Tracy
John T. O’neil
John Bulger
George Tucker
A. F. Baisley
Fred G. Pettingell
George R. Shipp
Arthur Weldon
H. C. Brine
W. P. Brine
William A. Cooper
Ambrose Riley
George A. Reidpath
E. A. Fernald
T. G. Fairbairn
J. N. Jowett
G. A. McLean
F. W. Garran
BH. F. Smith
W. H. Anderton
G. W. Myrick
J. R. Stafford
John Ward
W. J. Knox
John Flynn
Michael Curley
Joan Lane
Charles George
J. W. Whitredge
F. P. Brown
W. H. Greene
A. Godsoe
W. H. Hanson
J. J. Burns
William Mearls
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Abandon Pollock
Rip
Nantucket
Sound
Committee For Definition
West End
Cambridge
Chelsea
Everett
Malden
Newton
Somerville
Arlington
Belmont
Brookline
Watertown
Metropolitan
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company
Boston & Worcester Street Railway Company
Blue Hill Street Railway Company
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Unified Control
East Boston
Railroad Commissioners
City of
State House
Joint Commission
Mr. Filene
Gilchrist Buyers
New Medford
NEW Union Congregational Church
California Fig Syrup Co
Land OF
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Milwaukee
Des Moines
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Northern Pacific
St Joseph
Lincoln
Northwest
A.M. Cleland Gen
St. Paul, Mian
C. KE. Foster
Dist. Pass
Old South Ridg
Bostonhone Main
Grove
Everybody’s Magazine
Lindsey
Bishop Ogawanna
Jed
Jonathan
Joseph C. Lincoln
Arthur Stringer
Tetrazzini
Mary Sigsbecker
Sam
Verd Yuuuy Magazine
Ridgway Spring
Macdougal Streets
New York City
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