Broadway Extension Bridge Status Sparks South Boston Debate
South Boston residents press for a safety review of the Broadway extension bridge amid heavy six ton load notices. City officials and the Boston Elevated Company face demands for rapid testing, alternate routes, and immediate start of Cove Street extension to relieve traffic.
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Post
Broadway
Peninsular District
South Boston
Dorchester
North Dorchester
Extension Bridge
Boston Elevated Company
New Dorchester Avenue
Federal Street Bridge
Summer Street
Elevated
New Union Station
Tripp
Cove Street
Saverome
Terminal Company
Federal Street
South Boston Citizens’ Association
James A. Gallivan
New Road
Union Station
Dorchester Avenue
Broadway Extension
Henry F. Naphen
South
Boston
Clergy Leader urges temporary foot bridge for Cove Street access
The Rev Dr O Callaghan advocates a temporary foot bridge to reach the city during the Cove street extension. He suggests Dorchester avenue traffic should run, and stresses low risk. Alderman Bromwich and Thomas Bell agree.
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O'Callaghan
South
Boston
Dorchester
Cove Street
Dorchester Avenue
Bix
C. M. Bromwich
Father O'Callaghan
Thomas Bell
Bombardment of Santiago Opens Amid Unclear Timing
Washington reports the bombardment of Santiago began as General Shafter announced, after Toral refused unconditional surrender. The 4 o'clock start was delayed by weather and communication factors, with officials noting no official reason given for the late timing.
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Washington
Santiago
D. C
Fifth Army Corps
Toral
Shafter
Corbin
Bombardment Opens as Shafter Strengthens Situation Before Santiago
War Department reports indicate renewed pressure on Santiago after a truce. General Shafter advances with about fifty siege guns and numerous mortars supported by Randolph's 24-gun battery. Reinforcements to the siege line arrive as the fleet is expected to press the assault.
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War Department
General Shafter
Santiago
Randolph
Key West
Talks of Hawaii Governor Gilman Delivers Annexation Talk
The Hon. Gorham D. Gilman spoke to a large Tremont Temple audience on The Providence of God in the Annexation of Hawaii. He noted forty years with the Sandwich Islands and his former role as consul-general at Hawaii. He blamed Queen Liliuokalani’s death threat stance for the throne loss and said Christianity shaped Hawaiian rebellion against such measures.
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Gorham D. Gilman
Tremont Temple
Hawaii
Fourteen New Members Initiated at Musicians Union Meeting
At a regular meeting of Musicians' Union L. A. 8183 K. of L. held at 45 Eliot Street yesterday fourteen new members were initiated and the officers installed.
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Musicians’ Union
L. A
K. of L
Eliot Street
Endless chain letter flood hits Babylon teen
Miss Natalie Schenck of Babylon begins an endless chain asking four friends to copy and send 10 cents to her for the Red Cross ice plant fund. The campaign explodes, flooding the post office with thousands of letters and provoking fear of a swindle.
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New York
Natalie Schenck
Babylon
Lli
National Red Cross Society
Dowden
Miss Schenck
Red Cross
August Belmont
L. L
Weeks
Babylon. Chief Weeks
Boston
the Sun
M. Williams
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Morgan
Daily Mail
Fort Riley Soldier's Wife Joins Chaffee at Beach After Santiago News
Mrs Adna R Chaffee wife of Major General Chaffee arrives at Ocean House Swampscott from Fort Riley with a party including Mrs Hamilton and family. She explains she has heard nothing from her husband since the battle of Santiago. News notes General Chaffee's rise from lieutenant colonel to major general thanks to El Caney exploits.
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Fort Riley
Kansas
Boston
Hamilton
Santiago
Ocean House
George F. Hamilton
Ninth United States Cavalry
Chaffee
Adna A. Chaffee, Jr
Helen Chaffee
Mary Rockwell
Junction City
Kan
Jonas Hamilton
Portland
Frederick Hamilton
el Caney
Lawton
Third
United States Cavalry
New England Sets Harbor to Boston with Record Voyage
The Dominion line passenger steamer New England, Captain James McAuley, landed at Charlestown after a record Liverpool to Boston run of 6 days 11 hours 38 minutes. The twin screw vessel carries 200 first class and 260 second class passengers and 600 steerage, with 9000 tons cargo, and features a 120 foot long funnel.
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New Dominion Line
New England
James McAuley
Liverpool
Queenstown
Boston Light
Charlestown
Fred B. Dalzell
Wim
Emma
Bradford
Daunt’s Rock
Anchorage
Bunker Hill Monument
McAuley
John Campbell
Warren and Dominion Lines
Hoosac Tunnel
Electric car fire disrupts North Ferry service at East Boston
A North Ferry East Boston car suffered a live wire fall on the northern track around 11 pm. Passengers were trapped by flames until conductor and motorman freed the car, later receiving a minor shock themselves as the live wire sparked and flames lit nearby streets. Traffic was halted over thirty minutes.
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East Boston
North Ferry
Graves accident drifts 60-ton yacht toward rocks
A mishap off Graves near the harbor mouth involved the steam yacht Ozhesta, formerly Darling built in 1886 in New York. Captain Isaiah Kelly of the Mercury rowboat aided rescue. the vessel drifted helplessly until towed to Lawley’s shipyard in South Boston for repairs after machinery trouble.
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Ozhesta
Isaiah Kelly
Mercury
Boston Towboat Company
New York
Darling
Lawley’s
South Boston
Cat almost loses life at sea and cargo in old harbor tale
The article recounts multiple mishaps of the Cunard steamer Catalonia over years including engine failures near Halifax in 1895 and a crankshaft break in 1897. It notes passengers reaching shore, new shafts from Liverpool, and mentions captains and vessels involved while detailing ongoing port activity and missing fishermen. It closes with a hurricane abandoning the schooner Alma Cummings and crew rescue.
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Cunard
Catalonia
Here
England
Queenstown
Sunday’s Post
St. Michael’s
Liverpool
Pathfinder
Kinsale
Halifax
Delaware
Pavonia
Aitken
Boston
Belle J. Neal
Sankaty Head
Cumberland
International Line
Commercial Wharf
Portland
Eastport
St. John
N. B
St. Croix
Lewis Wharf
Savannah
Gate City
City of Macon
Eldridge
Vierce
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
L. E. Baker
Yarmouth Steamship Company
EB. C. Smith
South Shore
Alma Cummings
Port Royal
Malden hold up targets 14 year old girl on Pearl Street
Catherine Holland 14 resisted a purse snatchers on Pearl Street. Two boys Edward Carberry 12 and John Hanley 14 were arrested by Officer Bushell after midnight. they confessed and admitted spending most of the $3, discarding the pocketbook.
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Malden
Catherine Holland
Annie Holland
Whitman Street
Pearl Street
Chelsea
Bushell
Edward Carberry
John Hanley
Hermann Lodge Picnic Promises Big Odd Fellows Event
Hermann Lodge No 133 I O O F plans a picnic at Lovell's Grove New Downer Landing on Monday July 18. Proceeds fund parade expenses for September's large Odd Fellows demonstration. An elaborate sports program is arranged.
Rescue of Drowning Man At Brighton Beach Named Hero
Lawrence Butler of Lowell and John L. Lees of Bowman Street Brighton are credited for saving a man from drowning at L Street Bath. Butler cried out with cramps and grabbed for balance, but Lees and Tees nearby intervened. Tees pulled Butler to shore by the hair, preventing a tragedy.
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John L. Lees
Bowman Street
Brighton
Lawrence Butler
Lowell
L Street
Butler
Rhoe
Tees
Raid at Allen Street Nets Gaming Arrests
Police from Station 3 raided premises on Allen Street for gaming implements and found two packs of cards. Arrested were Abraham Green 37 Nathan Berger 34 Harry Klein 24 Hyman Wilson Samuel Hakel 88 Morris Jacobath bad Sench Leve 7.
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Allen Street
Abraham Green
Nathan Berger
Harry Klein
Hyman Wilson
Samuel Hakel
Morris
Jacobath Bad Sench Leve
Amusements lineup features varied theatre week
The week’s programming includes A Scrap of Paper at Castle Square matinee with fine toilets and scenery and cast favorites. Keith’s features Mme Towle selections with Faust aria and Sleep On My Heart. Millie Grace trains cockatoos for children warmth. Norumbega Park hosts Gorman’s Olympia. Knowlton & Allen Orchestra stays in music court. Boston Theatre nudist exhibit hints at popular tunes. Chute concert at Huntington Ave draws large crowd. Cuban insurgents band to appear at Austin & Stone’s Museum. Sans Souci opens with Miss Kittie Mitchell revue. Jack and the Beanstalk comes to the Museum next season. Phyllis Young joins Around the Town cast at Tremont and Hoyt’s next. Keith’s New York hosts James Horne in An Awful Fix. Mae Lowry heads to Park next season for A Day and a Night.
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Castle Square
Mme. Towle
Keith’s
Symphony Orchestra
de Koven
Millie Grace
Gorman's
Olympia
Norumbega Park
Knowlton & Allen
Music Court
Boston Theatre
Music Hall
Point of Pines
Huntington Avenue
First Regiment
Boston
Austin & Stone
Sans Souci
Kittie Mitchell
Phyllis Young
the Tremont
James Horne
Keith
New York
Outbreak of holdup in Brighton leaves man $8 poorer
Michael O Flaherty of Tremont Street Brighton was robbed of $8 by two or more attackers on Fairbanks Street. He fought back, landing several blows before more assailants appeared and the money was taken. He offered no identifying details of the robbers.
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Brighton
Michael O'Flaherty
Tremont Street
O'Flaherty
Fairbanks Street
O’flaherty
Shipping News Mini Almanac July 11 With Arrivals and Towing
Shipping notices list arrivals from Liverpool to Yarmouth and Philadelphia with merchandise and passengers aboard multiple steamers and schooners. Tugs tow barges from Kennebec, Portland and Gloucester while the wrecked Surf City is being towed after a July tempest and mutomast loss.
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New England
McAuley
Liverpool
Queenstown
Richards, Mills & Co
St. Croix
Pike
St. John
N. B
FE. A. Waldron
Yarmouth
Smith
John G. Hall & Co
Fairfax
Johnson
Baltimore
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
H. M. Whitney
Mullett
New York
Shawmut
Fuller
Philadelphia
Atlas
Bay State
Deering
Portland
City of
Alfred Sorensen
Salon Harbor
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Haington
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Humphries
G. D. Gilman
Cessane
Cessane Eee Eeeerreneee
Swampscott
New England Beats
A. L. Cummings
Laura M. Lunt
Fernandina
George McQuesten Co
Dominion-Atlantic Railway
Prince Edward
Long Island
San Joaquin
Annie W. Smith
Surf City
Beverly Harbor
Trilby
East Boston Electric
Hermann Lodge
RAID
Gamesters
Shipping News
Sail Wind
Ice Edward
Oneida
Charleston
Budget
Bryn
Beacon
Kennebee Ito Lend
York
Robert I. Co
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Rockport
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Radnor
Havers
Herald
Bare
Forest
Portsmouth
LIONS
Digby
St.John
Summerside
S. S. St. Croix
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State of Maine
Lubec
ST. Andrews
Campobella
Washington Street
E. A. Waldron
Gen’l Agt
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat CO
Gloucester
NFW
Cape Ann
Columbus Orchestra
City OF Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
State St
P. S
E. S. Merchant
Gen. Mgr
Octa
Lewiston
Major Clark
So. Theatre
Tremont St
Tele
Tremont
J. Palgrave Simpso
Tan Potomac
Model Playhouse
Chas. Kent
Eleanor Barry
al Leech
Esa
A. E. Harding
Winth
OF Line
Kilviste Avenue
Plymouth
Jorden
Onal Cade
Winthrop Si‘ Ramboat CO
J. R. Bacon
Provincetown
Longfellow
John Smith
North Vier
Cape
James Provincetown
Atwood & Rich
Bass Point
Nahant
Lafricain
Naval Brigade
Lincoln Wharf
N. E. Agt
John Francis Gilder
Ernest A. Bond
Hattie Wells
Eleanor Talk
Manuel Romain
Frank May
Louisville
Appleton & Bassett's
Washington St
Connelly
Adams House
Usic Atterneonham
Balehowss
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