Inventor Captain Duncan Patents Vessel Mooring Device
Captain William DPD Duncan, who exposed the suitcase tragedy head, has received a patent for a mooring device meant to revolutionize linking ships to piers. It enables remote operation to detach hawsers, freeing vessels instantly, reducing fire risk, and promising low installation costs. Duncan cites dock fires and the Philadelphia loss to illustrate potential savings.
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William Dpd. Duncan
Duncan
Hoboken
Philadelphia
Tloosac Tunnel
Somerville Boy Ed Kirby Debuts in Boxing and Marathon
Edward Kirby, 18, of 315 Washington Street Somerville, trained by John Roberts, is poised for a boxing debut at the B A A venue tomorrow evening and will also enter the next marathon. Kirby, who weighs 135 pounds, is noted as a runner with promising prospects.
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Edward Kirby
Washington Street
Somerville
John Roberts
Ed Kirby
Kirby
Ruling Against Equitable in Saratoga Case
Justice Kellogg overruled Hyde demurrer in suit by Mrs. Mary Young, a policy holder and shareholder, against the Equitable Life Assurance Society and Hyde to compel distribution of the surplus. The decision sets the stage for a court-ordered distribution and fixes the course of the equity challenge.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Henry T. Kellogg
Supreme Court
James H. Hyde
Mary 8. Young
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mr. Hyde
Jury Convicts Man for Defending His Honor in Hall County
In Gainesville Georgia Henry O'Shields, a prominent merchant, is found guilty of murdering his wife and wounding his head clerk Milton Emmett after returning home to find them together. Emmett survives as families push for conviction, though the verdict may not stand.
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Gainesville
Hall County
Henry O’shields
Milton Emmett
O'Shields
Emmett
O’shields
North End Youth Form Colonial Club In Charlestown Ball
North End youths and young women gathered at Miss Granara's home 179 Salem Street to form the Colonial Club. Founders include Misses Mayméadaraceo Connolley Moranda Cavagnaro Winn Lunardini Kay Granara and Messrs McCarthy Aratta Driscoll Winn. They plan the first annual ball Easter Tuesday eve April 17 at Roughan Hall Charlestown with a grand colonial costume display by the young ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Misses Granara
Salem Street
Colonial Club
Mayméadaraceo
Margaret Connolley
Emma Moranda
Alma Cavagnaro
Elizabeth Winn
Lucy Winn
Millie Lunardini
Marie Kay
Rose Granara
Theresa Granara
John I. McCarthy
David Aratta
James F. Driscoll
Bart D. Win
Water Front Report Highlights 481200 Pounds of Fresh Fish
The waterfront report notes 33 arrivals at T wharf bringing in 481,200 pounds of fresh mixed fish including haddock, cod, hake, pollock and cash. Prices rose for haddock and cod while vessels like Speculator and Artemisia faced gales, delays, and a stowaway deportation. The Michigan, Old Dominion and other ships encountered fog, repairs, and diversions through the harbor activities.
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T Wharf
Haddock
Ellen C. Burke
Stranger
Teresa
Alice
Gloucester
Speculator
Georges
Rodney McNeil
Wreckage sighted off Winter Quarter shoal near Vineyard Haven
Schooner Margaret K. Roper sailing from Jacksonville to Boston reports spotting a large quantity of wreckage off Winter Quarter shoal on the 21st inst. The debris appeared to originate from a large vessel.
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Vineyard Haven
Margaret K. Roper
Jacksonville
Boston
Winter Quarter Shoal
Steamer Briardene Arrives After Capsized Barkentine Sighting
Halifax Nova Scotia January 28 The steamer Briardene, previously reported in trouble after a sighting of a capsized barkentine in the steamer lane, has reached port confirming the incident and relief efforts.
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Halifax
N. S
Briardene
Almanac notes port arrivals and vessel movements
Miniature almanac lists sunrise and sunset times and length of day. It records arrivals of steamers and sailing vessels, including Artemisia, Meggersee, Ham burg, Dominion, and others, plus tows and ballast movements. Cleared, sailed, and tug details follow with numerous ship names and destinations.
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Artemisia
Meggersee
Hamburg
Canadian
Trant
Liverpool
Gimle
Kjerland
Macobs
Dominion
Dawson
Louisburg
C. B
Nacoochee
Diehl
Savannah
Nantucoket
Johnson
Baltimore
Norfolk
H. M. Whitney
Hone
New York
Old Dominion
Burton
Dingley
Dennison
Portland
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Gloucester
Bay View
Cummings
Newport News
Batavian
United States
Lebanon
Hampton Roads
Lackawanna
Lewis
Hoboken
Ampere
Murrell
Haley
Vineyard Haven
Gwennie
Richmond
Snow
Idaho
Ohio
Kentucky
Daniel Willard
Mt Sinai Hospital Society Reports 6592 Patients Treated
At the annual meeting the Mt Sinai Hospital Society announced it treated 6592 patients during the year at 42 cents per capita. It aims to assist foreigners who cannot be understood at other city dispensaries. The society is funded mainly by Hebrew donors. Officers elected: Leon W. Pickett president, David A. Ellis vice president, Philip Rubenstein secretary and treasurer. Directors with unexpired terms: Edward Jones, Joseph J. Bergman, Max Mitchell, Gustavus E. Kurtz.
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Mt. Sinai Hospital Society
Stamford Street
Leon W. Pickett
David A. Ellis
Philip Rubenstein
Edward Jones
Max Mitchell
Gustavus E. Kurtz
Wheeler III Stricken by Pneumonia in Brooklyn
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler retired is ill with a mild pneumonia attack at his sister Mrs Sterling Smiths home 173 Columbia Heights Brooklyn He rests easily and doctors hope for a speedy recovery at once announced from New York January 23 1900s era wording but intact entities Wheeler Sterling Smiths Columbia Heights Brooklyn pace of report.
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New York
Joseph Wheeler
Sterling Smith
Columbia Heights
Brooklyn
Wheeler
Prize fight raid fines in Holyoke total $245
In Holyoke twenty nine men were fined for breach of the peace after using fictitious names. John Mackes and Frank Wilson were each fined $50 for taking part in a public fight following a sensational raid on a prize fight in South Holyoke. Some 300 people tried to gain admission to the courtrooms.
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Holyoke
John Mackes
Frank Wilson
South Holyoke
Boston Woman Sent to Providence Farm for Six Months
Florence Tucker, newly arrived from West End Boston, was sent to the Farm for six months on a vagrancy charge. Police say she was implicated in a local hotel theft involving a man from Boston who lost his watch and five dollars.
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Providence
R. T
Florence Tucker
West End
Boston
Farm
Mulligan
Hub
Rebecca Wagner Dies at 104 Daughter of President Madison Kin
Toronto obituary reports Mrs Rebecca Wagner, aged 104, died in Toronto today. She was the daughter of Humphrey May and Sarah Madison, granddaughter of U S President James Madison.
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Toronto
Ont
Rebecca. Wagner
Humphrey May
Sarah Madison
Madison
United States
Sewing Machines Seventeen Fifty To Forty Eight In Somerville
Sewing machine dealer listing offers new and second hand machines with prices from 3 to 48 dollars. Open evenings at 143 Pearl street Somerville. Also ads for all makes rental and repair services at 14 Warren street Roxbury with parts. A $60 Singer offered as good as new for five dollars at 14 Warren street Roxbury near Dudley Street L station.
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Somerville Sewing Machine Exchange
Pearl St
Somerville
Warren St
Roxbury
Dudley St
Harvard Students' Misfit Clothing Sale at Keezer's
Misfit clothing advertised by Harvard students for sale at Keezer's location on Bow Street Cambridge near Harvard Square. States no business connection to Boston. Listing notes Keezer's at Tremont Street address.
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Harvard
Max Keezer
Bow St
Cambridge
Harvard Sq
Boston
Keezer’s
Tremont St
Furniture deal at Guy's store on Canal Street
Keep house with a $100 outfit priced at $10 cash and $2.50 weekly payments. Discount for spot cash. Free delivery and no interest offered. Located at 86 Canal Street. Refrigerators advertised. 125-tf
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Guy's
Canal St
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William Morse
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Manomet
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Victoria
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Ivernia
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Port Johnson
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Joe” Wheeler III
Western Ave
Rocers
Whitman & CO
Arlington Ave
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EAR
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Court Square
Front St
Worcester
Boston Loan
Washington St
E. BE
Reynolds, Treas
Lecal Loan CO
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Bowdoin Sq
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Gordon & CO. P
Boston Hub Loan Co. Inc
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S. R. Briggs CO
Franklin Loanco
School St
Spooner & Briggs
Devonshire St
d&Su T
Bond & Inv. CO
Colonial Loan CO
Milk St
D&su Tt
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Robert Treat Paine
Treas
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L. J. Peabody
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Planos
Martin
Waltham Chemical Cotes
Waltham, Mass
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Near
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Es Mass
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Castle Sy
Storm King
Webber
Lockwood Wharf
Labrador
Near North Station Investment Property
Friend and
Travers Streets
North Station
Friend St
Travers St
North Union Station
Haymarket Sq
John B. Fitzpatrick
Mass
LEWIS +, BIRD ¢ CO
Bromfield St
Boston & Maine R. R. Go
Warren Bridge
Beverly St
C.J. Wigg ‘Gin
Gen
Cambridgeport
George W. Wattendorf
Curtis A. Hopkins
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Chas. P. Sumner, Agt
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A. M. Graham
Battery Wharf
Summer Street
W. P. Coria
R. I
White Star Line
Cymric
Ws Romanie
Canople
Company
Indie
State St. St
Philadelphia Steamship Line
Fromce
F. P. Wing
Central Wharf
Warren Line
Sagamore
Sachem
Freight
Hoosac Tunnel
Warren & CO
Milk Street
Provinces
Union Wharf
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
A. W. Perry
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Secret Service
Seollay
Read’s Law Offices
Delia
James H. Byron
Haskins St
Chas. C. Allen
Bert Brown
Concord
N. H
M. H
M. R
Bower St
Diamonds ON
Suffolk Supply Co., Inc
d&Su
Typewriter Exchange
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Jeanette M. Kimball
Harry W. Kimball
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elitah George
Register
State House
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
C. Hayden Whitney
Samuel L. Porter
John AP. Shea
Daniel W. Lane
Thomas J. Davis
Commuities
Him
NEW England Confectionery CO
Summer & Melcher Sts
South Station
MME
Litchfield
Berkeley St
U. K
Mutual
Curtis & Moore
Fulton St
Bedford St
Chamber OF Commerce
J. B. Cook Piano Co
Hallet & Davis
Louis Riv
McPhail
Champlin’'S
Boylston St
Fine Tone Emerson
Lady's Residence
Blue Hill Ave
Rox
Miller
Vose
Prof. Berry
McPhail Sind Emerson
W. S. Stokell
Heinemann
Bay State
W. Newton St
MR. Masters
Park Square
Prof. Slyke
F. A. Eustis
Quincy
Stoughton Kennels
North Stoughton
Columbus Ave
Tremont
New Dorchester
Dewey
Dorchester
Revere, Mass
Bascom's
S. Liner
Green St
Raskind & Shuman
Watham St
Leverett St
Spizer & Cooper
Billericasts
Linwood St
W. J. Weihenmayer
Drexel Bldg
Penn
City Hall
W. A. Dunham
Ashmont
Ood
DPD
Chapel Pl
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Portland St
Central Falls
R. IL
Heart of Mill
M. I’. Flaherty
Alan Be Td
Fru
Peabody Medical Institute
Bullinch St
Revere House
DR. Brown
Brown
Arch St
Lewis & Co
Lynn
J. M. Nelson
Hall & Lyon
Ithe Evans Chemical Co
Cincinnati
F.C. Fowler
New London
Conan
Summer & Melcher
Baker-Vawter CO
STATE
Haverhill St
James Coyne
M. E
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MFR
Wmarston
Hanover St
Suffolk Supply Co
Boston Auto School
Boston School OF Garment Cutting
aAglac
Freeport St
Doreheste
F. FE
Bacon Mantpold CO
Middle St
Barries
Aldis Owen Hall
Barber Colleges
Boston School OF Telegraphy
Willard W. Morrison
Manchester
MR. Lovell
Hugh Giblin
Cor. C
Sixth Sts
Trinity Church
St. James Ave
Merchants’ Row
Weper Piano CO
Jackson St
Ate
B. F. Sturtevant CO
Hyde Park
Albert's
T. Stuart Son CO
Great Plain Ave
Needham
F. E. Bacon
d&Lutf
Boston School OF Piano
Treverly
Man
Shipping Dept
Golding’s
Fort Hill Sa
Morris-Ireland Safe CO
Sudbury St
E. P. Blake Safe Co
I. G. Preston
Astrology
Zabola
Weinstein
DR. Weinstein
Touraine Irs
Chichester
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Square
Phila
Alail
Union
Master Plumbers’ Association
Coyne Bros. CO
Chicago
St. Louis
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