Cadets Hear Grievances Against Shipboard Food
Forty one cadets aboard the Massachusetts nautical training ship Enterprise in Boston Harbor plan to present a board of investigation with charges about food conditions. They echo deserters from New London who quit on July 4 and claim meals were rotten mildewed and incorrectly served and that reports never reached Captain Low.
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Board of Investigation
Governor Guild
Massachusetts Nautical Training
Enterprise
New London
William F. Low
Cadets Describe Food on Board Vessel During Upward Trip
A Post representative from New London learned cadets and officers split views on meals during the voyage from New London to Boston. Cadets praised the improved fare and praised the Postman as a benefactor, while officers claimed food was no better than usual. A board of survey including Surgeon Saunders and Chief Engineer Scanlon inspected the flour, finding one mildew bag among the cargo.
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New London
Low ‘Down
Saunders
Scanlon
Maynard
Park
Vineyard Haven
United
How to Keep Cool on Boston Worcester Trolley Line
The new open cars run to South Framingham Lake Quinsigamond and Worcester from Park Square every 18 minutes. Low fares promoted.
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Boston & Worcester Trolley
South Framingham, Lake, Quinsigamond
Worcester
Park Sq
Adv
Sanford's Ginger Promotes Appetite and Digestion
Advertising copy notes Sanford's Ginger as a healthful remedy after meals for loss of appetite and digestion and bowel troubles, claiming forty years of use and gratitude for simple ailments.
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Sanford
Burnap Slain in Quarrel Over Woman at Lake Quinsigamond
The body of Charles L. Burnap of Hopkinton, an Edgemere Hotel employee, was found slain on Lake Quinsigamond shore. Police call it murder. a motive involves a woman. Investigators from State Detective Murray and Shrewsbury police pursue leads, including a boat marked Alyga found nearby.
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Burnap
Shrewsbury
Charles L. Burnap
Hopkinton
Edgemere
Lake Quinsigamond
George Dewsbury
Charles Nyberg
Alyga
Peleg F. Murray
Robert E. Moult
Harrington Street
Lilly Pond House
Charles R. Burnap
Suspension ruling questions legality of Sears case
Attorney General Malone ruled Walter L. Sears was not legally suspended from the free employment bureau by ex Chief Pidgin. The decision follows a question from Governor Quild appointee Charles F. Gettemy about who heads the bureau.
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Malone
Walter L. Sears
Free Employment Bureau
Pidgin
Bureau of Statistics
Quild
Charles F. Gettemy
Gettemy
Sears
Dunderdale
Civil Service Commissioners
Waltham Faces Severe Drought As Water Supply Fails
Waltham rushes to avert a water crisis as reservoir and well levels plunge. Pumps shut down at 8 pm after reaching danger limits. a 28 percent draw leaves the system strained. City planners warn of possible cessation of street watering and drastic measures if rains do not arrive promptly.
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Waltham
Nationals Triumph Over Cincinnati 5-1 In Latest Round
Americans defeat Detroit 7-3 as manager Chance of Cubs faces indefinite suspension. Frank Kanaly set to coach at Tech. Down East cruise race yields close call for Yachtsmen. King Edward purchases Vanderbilt horses. Whitney's horses win two major events at Sheepshead Bay.
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Cincinnati
Detroit
Chance
Cubs
Frank Kanaly
Tech
King Edward
Vanderbilt
Whitney
Sheepshead Bay
Filthy New Hampshire Dairies Supplying Boston Milk
The State Board of Health reports that 65 percent of New Hampshire dairies delivering milk to Boston are in filthy condition and fail to maintain proper storage. The bulletin also links last spring’s diphtheria outbreak in Dorchester Milton and Hyde Park to infected milk and notes Gardner’s January February scarlet fever epidemic partly due to the same cause.
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New Hampshire
State Board of Health
Dorchester
Milton
Hyde Park
Gardner
State Board Targets Dairies Amid Health Alarm In Boston Area
State Board of Health reports widespread alarming conditions at New Hampshire dairies supplying Boston. Of 200 dairies examined, 70 were clean, while 604 objectionable issues were identified. Contractor A’s farms showed dirty barns and tubercular cows. B’s units were cleaner but still problematic with dirty, unventilated facilities. Page continues on 5-Third Column.
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State Board of Health
New Hampshire
Boston
Board of Health
Old Home Week to Shine With Pomp and Fireworks Display
Boston will showcase Old Home Week with a citywide illumination spectacle. The hub to the outskirts will glow with fire effects and rainbow fountains, featuring fairyland scenes and Roman motifs. Electric lights will adorn business blocks and monuments in dramatic arrangements.
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Boston
Rome
Boston Welcomes Home-Coming Sons and Daughters Week
Boston prepares a city wide welcome for July 28 to August 4 with pageants displays and continuous activities. Mayor Fitzgerald organized a united effort among merchants and citizens to make the week memorable and record crowds support already topped seventy thousand dollars with thirty thousand more expected.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Fitchburg Shops Crippled by Ongoing Strike
Fitchburg July 9. Employers and ex workers confirm a serious crisis as seven major machine shops remain crippled by a strike that began Monday after four weeks of waiting for changes. The second day finds shops still open but severely hampered.
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Fitchburg
Fitchburg Machinists Strike Threat Looms Over Open Shop
The dispute pits one union against an open shop as 395 machinists walk out amid wage and hour demands. Putnam Machine Co reports 80 journeymen at work, while union leaders challenge employer claims and cite Providence failure.
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Fitchburg
Post
Putnam Machine Company
Thomas L. Wilson
Fourth International
Machinists’ Union
Tulloch
Providence
Rubberneck Wagon Hits Trolley Car In Boston Accident
A sightseeing auto from the Observation Auto Company, driven by Allen M Polley with chauffeur H F Oakes nearby, crashed into an outward bound East Boston Brookline trolley on Washington street near the Riverway. Both vehicles were damaged but no one was seriously injured and witnesses blame the automobile while the motorman did all he could to avoid the collision.
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Pond Avenue
Observation Auto Company
Boston-Brookline
Washington Street
Riverway
Observation Auto
H. F. Oakes
Park Square
Allen M. Polley
King Pardons Col. Lynch On Eve Of Visit
King Edward grants a full pardon to Colonel Arthur Lynch who faced treason charges for fighting with the Boers. Lynch had been sentenced to death but commuted to life, then released on license and living on the Continent in exile.
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King
Col. Lynch
London
Edward
Arthur Lynch
Lynch
Thomas Lipton
Irish Brigade Leader Arthur Lynch Granted Pardon
News from the city last evening reports King Edward granted a pardon to Colonel Arthur Lynch, convicted of high treason in 1903 for fighting with the Irish brigade for the Boers in the South African war, sparking widespread rejoicing.
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Edward
Ireland
Arthur Lynch
Colonel Lynch remembered for Boer War exploits and Irish cause
In Boston the colonel arouses broad sympathy for his past suffering and his Boer War feats. Born in Australia, Lynch built an Irish brigade in the war and became a Dublin Galway politician. After release by Britain in 1904 he lived quietly on the continent, promising future work for Ireland. Continued on Page 3-Sixth Column.
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Lynch Was
Australia
Melbourne
Melbourne University
Lynch
Berlin
Galway
London
Ashanti
War Office
Cape Coast Castle
Paris
Galway City
Woman Rescued From Runaway Elevator at 48 Winter Street
A female employee, possibly Edna Faxon, was trapped when an elevator car shot to the roof and plunged five floors. Elevator operator Robert Thompson opened the fifth floor safety door and flung her into the hall before leaping clear as the car dropped, narrowly averting a catastrophe.
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Winter Street
Edna Faxon
Robert Thompson
Thompson
Elevator car plunge at Boston Retouching School floor crash
A Boston elevator car sans brake shot from the third to the fifth floor at 2 16, shattered glass and wrecked the shaft. Thompson rescued a woman, then escaped as the car fell. The woman, unnamed, returned to work after the fright.
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Thompson
Boston Retouching School
Boston Area Weather Forecast for Midweek
Forecast shows fair conditions in Boston and vicinity with light winds from the west. Eastern New York and New England expect partly cloudy days Wednesday and Thursday with light to fresh west to southwest winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New York
New England
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E. J. Scanlon
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J. J. Connelly
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