Gale Flattens Chelsea Fire Victims Homes
A fierce gale hit Chelsea injuring fire victims from the April blaze. Homes at 38 Bellingham Street 86 Essex Street 81 Chestnut Street and 22 Jefferson Avenue suffered severe damage including collapse and unroofing. A billboard was torn and a brick wall toppled at the Park Hotel amid continued storm damage.
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Chelsea
Bellingham Street
John Driscoll
Essex Street
Shurtjeff Street
Morris Gordon
Poplar Street
Everett Avenue
Gordon
Central Avenue
Broadway
Bloomberg Bros
Congress Avenue
A. K. Mann
Park Hotel
Hyman Collis
Chestnut Street
George E. Bemister
Jefferson Avenue
Electrically Disrupted Trolley Line Restored After Wind Storm
A strong gale felled trolley poles on Washburn Avenue at Beachmont, shutting the Orient Heights line of the Boston and Northern Railroad for hours. Workmen repaired the damage before dark. Small boats were driven ashore between Winthrop Head and the Breakwater with no serious injuries reported. Boating parties off Nahant faced peril but escaped major harm.
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Beachmont
Washburn Avenue
Orient Heights
Boston & Northern Railroad
Winthrop Head
Nahant
Panama Elects New President Obaldia Victory
The Isthmian presidential election concluded peacefully with Senor Don Jose Domingo de Obaldia elected president. Voters at Colon cast 304 ballots for Obaldia while police and government factions largely abstained from voting. Obaldia had served as former minister to the United States and acting president during Amador's absence.
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Panama
Don Jose Domingo de Obaldia
United States
Dr. Amador
Colon
Senor Obaldia
George's Tailor Parlor Ad Promotes Custom Wear
An old style newspaper insert advertises George's Tailor Parlors offering custom made suits coats and trousers at reduced prices. It lists multiple addresses in Boston New York Philadelphia and other cities and claims twenty years of sales experience with openings on Saturdays.
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George's
George’s
34Th St
15Th St
Boston
New York
Phila
BSO
George's Tailor
Summer Street
Washington
Alleged Burglar Arrested In Lexington Break In
Officer McGuire arrested a man on Parker Street at about 2:80 this morning as he left an unoccupied house owned by Mrs. Mary A. Grozlier. The suspect James McManus had clothing belonging to W. P. Hatch and will be arraigned today on breaking and entering charges.
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Lexington
McGuire
James McManus
Parker Street
Mary A. Grozlier
McManus
W. P. Hatch
Body of male child found in Cambridge street foot
Last evening a male child’s wrapped body was found by Officer Winslow at the foot of Francis Street in Cambridge. The discovery prompts a police investigation into the death and its circumstances.
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Winslow
Francis Street
Cambridge
Cymric Arrives Hull After Transatlantic Run
The steamer Cymric passes Boston light at 10 15 p m on arrival in Hull from Queenstown and Liverpool, returning from a transatlantic voyage.
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Hull
Cymric
Boston Light
Queenstown
Liverpool
Roosevelt Holds Four Hour Talk With Top State Department Aides
President Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill, met for nearly four hours with Secretary Elihu Root and Acting Secretary Robert Bacon. The talks focused on the tense U S Venezuela relations, though details remain undisclosed.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Robert Bacon
Sagamore Hill
Boston clerical force too large and overpaid say Finance Commission
The Finance Commission accuses Boston of excessive clerical staffing and salaries versus major employers, federal and state government. It urges immediate reductions in headcount and pay, noting 25 percent work growth over 12 years but a 75 percent rise in clerical costs, with population growth at 22.5 percent.
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Boston
State of
Massachusetts
Finance Commission
Hibbard
Miss F Frederica Calvert Ansel Sponsors South Carolina
The pretty daughter of the Governor of South Carolina will join the Sponsors Society and christen the battleship South Carolina at Cram shipyard on Saturday.
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South Carolina
Sponsors’ Society
Cram Shipyard
City Clerks Salaries Draw Higher Cost in Boston
The Finance Commission compares clerks and salaries for Boston and the Commonwealth. It finds the city uses about 2.5 times as many clerks and pays nearly three times as much, with salaries rising faster than workload. The report urges civil service reform to curb political pressure and improve department head selection.
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Finance Commission
Commonwealth
Commission
Secretaries Meet With President At Sagamore Hill
The Secretary of State, fresh from Muldoons Farm, arrives by Sylph with Acting Secretary Bacon to Sagamore Hill. A high level State Department conference with the President runs from 2 pm to 4 45 pm, then ends as Bacon returns to Westbury. The President and Secretary Root later head to Cold Spring Harbor for a dip, with Root staying as the guest tonight.
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Muldoon
White Plains
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Sylph
Bacon
Sagamore Hill
Westbury
Long Island
State Department
Root
Cold Spring Harbor
Secretary Root
New Mark by Fire Stream Reaches Metropolitan Roof
A test stream from the top nozzle of a water tower in Union Square sprayed to the 117 story Metropolitan building roof. Fire Chief Croker says the high pressure system is not yet at full power. Tests aimed to train firemen on new hydrants and gear. hoses burst and two firemen were injured by flying lines.
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New York
Union Square
Metropolitan
Croker
Sunday Drownings Reported Across Greater Boston Area
A recap notes several drowning accidents Sunday around Greater Boston and in other parts of New England, with no further specifics given.
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Greater
Boston
New England
Miss Ansel of South Carolina Joins Naval Sponsor
Miss Frances Calvert Ansel daughter of the South Carolina governor joins the Naval Sponsor's Society and christens the battleship South Carolina at Cramps shipyard. She breaks the bottle and wishes the vessel to beat everything in the world, praising its fine name.
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Naval Sponsor's Society
Frederica Calvert Ansel
South Carolina
South
Cramps
Ansel
Two New York Women Attract Beach Crowd At Revere
A crowd of thousands gathered at Revere Beach in the afternoon to see two young women from New York in daring costumes. The display sparked heckling and protection by police before the pair left by bathhouse, then via electric car toward Boston.
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Revere Beach
New York
Revere
Ocean Avenue
Boston
Canoe Rescue along the Auburndale River
Officer W H Chaisson of the Metropolitan Park police saved two unknown men clinging to an overturned canoe and then pulled another drowning man from the river near Weston bridge. He had earlier rescued two Chinese men also found clinging to a capsized craft. The officer is lauded as one of the force’s most efficient and plucky rescuers in Auburndale.
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Auburndale
W. H. Chaisson
Metropolitan Park
Weston Bridge
Boston Man Drowned in Portland Maine
A 19 year old believed to be George E Leonard of Boston drowned while swimming in Portland Maine. He had only been in the city a few days and was found to have a pawn ticket for a ring from a Boston loan company and a Boston dentist card in his clothing along with a post card bearing the name George E Leonard.
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Portland
George £. Leonard
Boston
Boston Loan Company
George E. Leonard
Drowning at Jerry's Pit Claims Albert Weise
Albert Weise, 28, drowned yesterday morning in Jerry's Pit on Rindge avenue North Cambridge. He lived with Rudolph Heckebial at 107 Clifton street Cam bridge. Weise, a Sunday swimmer in the treacherous pit, disappeared at about 10 o'clock and was recovered last night by Timothy Danehy of 344 Rindge avenue.
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Albert Weise
Jerry
Drowning of 8 Year Old at Goffs Falls
Eight year old Ernest Philibert drowned in a small brook feeding the Merrimac River at Goff's Falls while playing with two younger companions. He slipped into the water late this afternoon.
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Manchester
N. H
Ernest Philibert
Merrimac River
Goff’s Falls
Northern Ave Bridge Fight Sparks Hearing Notice
A railroad commission hearing tomorrow will consider the New York New Haven Hartford petition to lay tracks across the new Northern avenue bridge. business leaders and Chamber of Commerce members oppose the permit while the Aldermen already granted it. NYNH Hartford attorneys will argue to secure the permit citing freight savings across the bridge and Atlantic avenue.
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Railroad Commissioners
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Northern Avenue Bridge
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Aldermen
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New Bridge
South
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Activity in Mullins Case Reviewed by State Police
The Annie Mullins case will be reviewed again by the State police under District Attorney John J. Higgins of Middlesex County. Work starts today with grand jury session at Cambridge on the first Monday in August. The state had dropped the case, but new anonymous letters to the Middlesex DA raise renewed pressure.
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Annie Mullins
John J. Higgins
Middlesex County
Cambridge
Squire’s Field
Arlington
Pope Calls America the Benjamin of Papal Family
The Pope received in private audience the American College students led by Rector Mgr Kennedy who presented felicitations for the papal jubilee. Kennedy said America is young yet loyal to the papacy and the Pope replied that America is the Benjamin, the youngest child the father loves most.
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Rome
American College
Mgr. Kennedy
Mer. Kennedy
America
Benjamin
Ridder Aims to Secure Bryan Support in Fairview Visit
Herman Ridder sent a telegram backing Bryan and urging withdrawal for a Bryan win. Bryan read it with buoyant tone, while Ridder’s Denver trip centered on wooing Bryan’s base. Governor Johnson of Minnesota and his followers pledged aid, symbolized by surrendering a Johnson flag to Bryan.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Staats Zeitung
Herman Ridder
New York
Kansas
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Ridder
Denver
Lincoln Democrats
Johnson
Minnesota
Lester Elwood
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D. & J. Anderson Gingham
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Madras
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Sanwa Seared
Amt
Venezuela
Civil Service Commission
Treasury and Registry
Miss Ansel
Riverside
R.H. Stearns & Co
Valenciennes
Batiste
Vale BE
Northern Ave
Pope
Portland and
Sudbury
Sam GR
M Sanitary
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