Lovell Dies at East Weymouth After Long Public Service
Colonel Benjamin S. Lovell of Weymouth dies at 1:30 pm at Station Avenue home after a battle with diabetes. A Civil War veteran and longtime Grand Army of the Republic leader, he shaped local politics, business, and veterans affairs, leaving a legacy of charity and civic work. The funeral is set for Thursday at the Congregational Church.
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Lovell Arms Company
East Weymouth
Station Avenue
Lovell
Grand Army of the Republic
Congregational Church
Weymouth
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Massachusetts Volunteers
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New Orleans
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Hampton Institute Benefit At Hollis Street Theatre
A charity benefit for the Hampton Institute drew fashionably dressed women, with tickets selling at two dollars each and over 1200 dollars netted from one performance. The Hampton students performed The Golden Wedding by Ruth McEnery Stuart, featuring colored actors and scenes of a Christmas dinner in a cabin. Plantation melodies by the Hampton Quartet and an orchestra accompanied the show. Committee organizers included Ellen Bullard, Mrs. Foot, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. C. Fenno and Miss Storrow.
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Hampton Institute
Hollis Street
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Hampton
Br'er Thompson
Sis' Garrett
Hampton Quartet
Ellen Bullard
Foot
Brooks
C. Fenno
Carnegie Starts North Through Fernandina
Andrew Carnegie passed through Fernandina Florida this morning en route to Pittsburgh from Dungeness. He was accompanied by one of his lawyers and declined to pay any amount related to the Frick suit.
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Fernandina, Fla
Andrew Carnegie
Dungerness
Pittsboro
Carnegie
Frick
Massachusetts Officials and Notables Named in Harbor Commission Listing
A roster from Massachusetts and national figures includes Woodward Emery of the Harbor Commission T. se Hunter Harwood United States engineer George E. Smith president of the Senate Clinton White harbor commissioner G A Marden US Treasury A B Wolvin H F Naphen J F Fitzgerald W F Berry Boston and Maine G A Hibbard postmaster W H Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Charles C Coten harbor commissioner J J Myers Speaker George P Lawrence George H Lyman collector William W Rockhill Bureau of American Republics John L Bates Lieutenant-Governor Theodore E Burton James Richard Carter president.
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Massachusetts
Woodward Emery
Harbor Commission
T. Se Hunter Harwood
United States
George E. Smith
Senate
Clinton White
G. A. Marden
A. B. Wolvin
H. F. Naphen
J. F. Fitzgerald
W. F. Berry
Boston & Maine Railroad
G. A. Hibbard
J. R. Carter
Merchants’ Association
State Harbor and Land Commissioners
T. T. Harwood
United States Engineer’s Office
E. G. Preston
Chamber of Commerce
A. G. Burnham
Crane
Smith
State Senate
Sampson
Berry
Boston & Maine
A. G. Webster
Charles C. Hamlin
John C. Cobb
Lyman
Chandler
Long Wharf
Cestrian
Boston Harbor and Trade Drive Speech at Merchants Banquet
President Carter urges Boston merchants to push harbor expansion and a Broad Sound channel to handle growing exports. He notes Boston as a major port with rising tonnage and proposes congressional funding, linking harbor improvements to national commerce and prosperity.
Development of Boston Foreign Commerce and Harbor Needs
Collector Lyman urged the Merchants Association to focus on developing Boston's foreign commerce, tied to vastly improved harbor facilities. He noted the port’s rapidly growing business and the need for a radical harbor improvement to meet national and regional commerce demands. He warned against overlong remarks and emphasized Boston as a central distributing hub requiring better channel access.
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Dominion Line
Leyland Line
Boston
England
Scotland
New England
Europe
New Fingland
Cephalonia
Pavonia
Cunard Line
Lyman
Merchants’ Association
Commonwealth
New[ingland
Far West
Bates Delivers Welcoming Address on Boston Harbor Progress
Lieutenant-Governor Bates welcomed guests in Governor Crane and Mayor Hart's absence. He highlighted harbor improvements, noting $20,090,000 to breach the Berkshires and over $3,090,900 spent on port work in 25 years. He cited a Boston cargo sample and urged lower export handling costs for states. The speech praised Massachusetts and drew prolonged applause.
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Hart
Boston
Congress
New England
United States
Bates
Commonwealth
Crane
Berkehire
Massachusetts
Chairman Burton Predicts Decline of Protection Idea
Chairman Burton of the river and harbor committee deprecates radicalism and foresees a waning protectionist trend as he describes the bonds related to the project.
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Burton
the River and Harbor Committee
Peace and pragmatic tariff policy urged for national growth
A speaker urged balancing protection and free trade to fit local needs and stages of development. He warned against radical tariff swings and partisan zeal, calling for home and abroad peace and a conservatively tempered national policy.
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Massachusetts
Ohio
United States
Three Stages of National Policy as Explained by Burton
Mr. Burton outlines three developmental stages for a country. First free trade with abundant raw materials, then protective duties to favor home industry, and finally a return to free trade with broader markets and stronger currency stability. He urges peaceable foreign policy and opposes jingoistic meddling.
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Mr. Burton
Burton
Kasson urges foreign markets to aid mills and jobs
A letter from Hon. John A. Kasson highlights reciprocal trade and the new Franco-American treaty. He urges Merchants' Association members to pursue foreign openings to absorb surplus products and avert domestic mill shutdowns and worker layoffs.
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John A. Kasson
France
Merchants’ Association
Morris Urges Boston Visit Reform to External Trade Growth
Congressman Morris frames his Boston visit as a turning point from internal to external strength. He cites rising manufactured exports from 1898 to 1900 and asserts the nation must expand commerce abroad, praising Senator Massachusett’s motives amid a disparaging attack.
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Mr. Morris
Boston
Washington
Morris
Open Door Policy in China Cited by Speaker Rockhill
Hon W W Rockhill outlines changes in China over twenty years and cites declarations by European powers and Japan on open door principles. He emphasizes safeguards against areas of influence and notes current American stance on railroad and trade competition in China.
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W. W. Rockhill
China
Japan
United States
Merchants urged to push trade in China and Philippines
The article argues most foreign houses in the east are commission agents disconnected from Chinese consumers. It calls for aggressive push into Chinese trade, urging merchants to offer goods and accept Chinese goods in return, and to exploit opportunities in the Philippines and the open door to China.
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China
Asia
Philippines
Congressman Lawrence Praises Harbor Debate And Hoar
Congressman Lawrence expressed gratification that fellow Congressmen did not insult Senator Hoar. He praised the river and harbor committee for allowing Boston’s conditions to be seen. He warned that without a broad deep harbor Boston risks losing part of its export and import trade.
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Lawrence
George F.hoar
Hoar
Republican Party
Commonwealth
River and Harbor Committee
Boston
Boston Harbor trip shows need for deeper channel work
A congressional committee including Chairman Burton and Lawrence toured Boston Harbor aboard the revenue tug Chandler. They assessed the main ship channel from Long Wharf to Broad Sound, urged a minimum depth of 35 feet and width of 200 feet, and noted Narrows improvements and naval interest before returning to the city.
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Commonwealth
Boston
South
Broad Sound
Newark
New York City
Congressional Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Burton
Ohio
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Page Morris
Merchants’ Association
Boston Harbor
New England
Harwood
Chandler
Mr. Emery
Upper
Chelsea
Navy Yard
Olympia
Admiral Sampson
Fitchburg
Long Wharf
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