Boston Elevated Railway declines four track Cambridge subway
The Boston Elevated Railway Company rejects the legislated four track subway to Cambridge citing a revised cost of about seven to nine million dollars. It favors either a two track subway or a two track elevated line and informs Cambridge Mayor Augustine Daly of its decision after reviewing engineer estimates and financial implications.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Cambridge
Daly
Augustine J. Daly
Elevated Railway Company
Engiers
Comay
George A. Kimball
Kimball
William Barclay Parsons
New York
Georges. Rice
New York Rapid Transit Commission
Howard A. Carson
Boston
Lewis M. Hastings
City of
Washington Street
Forest Hills
Boston Elevated Railway CO
Wiliam A. Bancroft
Augustin Daly
The
Boston Elevated
Poisoned Mary Gorman Carlton Case In Brooklyn
July 24 Edward J. Carroll city physician of Brooklyn reports autopsy on Mary Gorman Carlton finds tissues tense and rigid not due to tetanus, suggesting poison likely strychnine. Dr O Connor will analyze organs and cemetery soil. Police link Frederick Carlton to a broader blackmail gang with ties to multiple cities including a matrimonial bureau. Eleanor Vandeventer, amid illness, confirms involvement and photos with Dalton. Authorities pursue evidence across Boston Philadelphia San Francisco Chicago Cincinnati.
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New York
Edward J. Carroll
Brooklyn
Mary Gorman Carlton
Frederick E. Carlton
Bluebeard
Calvary Cemetery
O'Connor
Carroll
O’connor
Carlton
St. Louis
Charles Rush
Sixth Infantry
Closel
Eleanor Vandeventer
Frederick Carlton
Cross
Schaub
Dalton
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Chicago
Cincinnati
Vandeventer
Anthony Comstock
Collapse endangers Lynn children on Pleasant Street
A three story tenement under construction on Pleasant Street in Lynn collapsed tonight, narrowly sparing several children playing nearby. William Schultz on the second floor escaped to the first and jumped to the ground. Owner Henry Goodman and builder E J Goodwin were on the scene as investigators assess that timber stacked on the second floor may have caused the failure.
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Lynn
Pleasant Street
William Schultz
Henry Goodman
E. J. Goodwin
Mills Hotel Project Planned at East Brookline Corner
A Mills plan calls for a large office and hotel building at East Brookline and Washington streets. The ground floor would hold six stores and an 800 seat auditorium. The third floor houses offices a five room janitor flat a 600 square foot reading room and auditorium gallery. The fourth floor provides partitioned sleeping rooms and the total land and building cost is estimated at $200,000.
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Mills
East Brookline
Washington Streets
Children’s Health Fund Appeals For Little Ones
The Children’s Health Fund seeks donations to support its twelfth summer program aiding children from crowded tenements. Funds are needed to provide country and beach trips, food, and care for neglected youngsters, with donations sent to secretary W. J. Foley or treasurer George W. Averell at 31 Exchange Street, Boston.
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W. J. Foley
George W. Averell
Exchange Street
Boston
Captain Samuel S Brown Dies After Surgery
Captain Samuel S Brown aged 60 of 102 Devon Street Roxbury died yesterday following an appendectomy. Born in Quincy he served with Nantasket Steamship Co for 20 years as captain of the Myles Standish. He is survived by a widow and one son. The funeral will be held tomorrow.
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Samuels. Brown
Devon Street
Roxbury
Quincy
Nantasket Steamship Company
Myles Standish
Catarrhal Headache Said to Yield to Agnew Powder
An advertisement promotes Dr Agnew s Catarrhal Powder claiming it stops pain in ten minutes and cures catarrh symptoms and warns it as a quick reliable treatment to prevent a worsening ailment.
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Agnew
Remarkable Gun Practice by Sailors of the Raleigh
The U S cruiser Raleigh arrived in Shanghai from the southern Philippines where she patrolled for neutrality breaches. In dry dock now after a long tropical cruise, Raleigh gunners posted 365 shots with over 60 percent hitting targets using five inch to one pounder guns. Captain Coughlin is depicted.
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Raleigh
Shanghai
Philippines
Coughlin
Thought Chief Mistaken as Burglar in Hyde Park
Hyde Park July 2. A Hyde Park police chief, Mr. Butters, was nearly mistaken for a burglar on a sunlit Sunday morning. The incident arose while he walked past Cotter's dwelling on Perkins avenue, strolling in citizen attire.
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Hyde Park
Butters
Mr. Butters
Cotter
Perkins Avenue
Police Chief Butters Uses Card To Check Property
Photo by Fred Green captures Police Chief Butters testing doors at a property. A pious elder and a willing youth confront him as he presents his official card and asks to ensure everything is in order. The scene ends with a courteous explanation of his visit.
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Fred Green
Boston
Butters
Gas Commission Holds Up Low Power Gas Contract
The Gas and Electric Light Commission deferred approval of the New England plant low candle power gas contract. Chairman Barker and General Schaff objected to the agreement scope, signaling possible amendments before board approval.
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Gas ‘‘Trust
New England
The
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Barker
General Schaff
Commission
President Richards studies European gas ideas
President James L. Richards of the Boston Consolidated Gas Company, in a report after a European trip, notes Germany’s lead in gas technology with Berlin free of sulphur and candle-power limits. He cites English laws loosening sulphur rules and mentions gas replacing electricity for street lighting while asserting U S prices are as low or lower abroad.
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James L. Richards
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Germany
Berlin
Ple
I T
England
Bond case put over again in probate court
Martha S Bond petitions for guardianship of her husband Thomas Lee Bond once a city custom house officer, detained at Westboro Asylum for dangerous insanity. Hearing continued by Judge Grant and now likely to be heard in September as the respondent lives with his brother in Nashua New Hampshire.
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Martha S. Bond
Thomas Lee Bond
Chelsea
Grant
Custom House
Westboro Asylum
John Thompson
Nashua
N. H
Mailloux Girl Fiance Prostrated At Her Death
Edward H. Brodeur, fiancé of Miss Florence Mailloux, lies seriously ill and near collapse at his parents home after the death of his sweetheart. He questions why she died in this manner as authorities investigate the case. He says his last contact was two weeks earlier and that she had warned him not to write, saying she would write when she returned.
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Florence
Boston
Man Killed by Elevator at Hotel Rossmore
Thomas F. Kerry aged 60 died after being crushed while boarding an elevator at the Hotel Rossmore on Atlantic Avenue. Police report says the lift started while he was between floors causing fatal injuries.
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Rossmore
Atlantic Avenue
Thomas F. Kerry
Kerry
First Seven To Register At Election Office In Boston
Boston citizens queued as registration opened at the election commissioners office with seven names added to the voting lists. Deputy Commissioner Matthew Foley registered the first man from Medford now living in Brighton. Ward 12, Ward 6, Ward 16, and Ward 8 residents registered, indicating party associations and club ties. Registration runs daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until further notice.
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Boston
Election Commissioners’ Office
Matthew Foley
Medford
Brighton
John H. Lee
James H. Doyle
Collins
Fitzgerald
Powhatan Club
Hendricks Club
Man Held in Hartford Has Record in Newton
West Newton reports Louis Wright, held by Hartford police for breaking and entering, is a familiar figure here. He was arrested in 1891 for the same crime, attempted suicide by hanging in 1892 while awaiting trial, and was declared insane on Sept 29, 1899, and committed to Westboro Asylum.
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West Newton
Louis Wright
Hartford
25th Anniversary of St. Peter's Court in Dorchester
St Peter's Court No 18 M C O F marks its 25th anniversary with a celebration at Music Hall Field's Corner Dorchester on Thursday.
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ST. Peter’s Court
Music Hall
Field’s Corner
Dorchester
Peruna touted as cure for women’s catarrh burdens
The article argues women bear heavy duties and links debility to catarrh. It highlights Mrs. Sarah Frye of West Asbury Park New Jersey who credits Peruna with a year of relief from systemic catarrh and improved health, praising the remedy as a godsend.
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Peruna
Sarah Frye
Sylvan Ave
West Asbury Park
N. J
Douglas Says He Will Not Again Be Candidate
Governor Douglas announces he will not seek another term, citing business and health concerns. Delegation and state committee leaders discuss possible Democratic actions. ex Mayor Josiah Quincy oversees meetings as party chair. Col A C Drinkwater and others voice loyalty while some hope for a reconsideration if a unanimous convention forms.
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Douglas
Commonwealth
A. C. Drinkwater
Braintree
Josiah Quincy
State House
Gaston
John R. Thayer
Subway Worker Injured At New Line Site
Bulea Demique of 5 Prince Street suffered a severe hand injury while working on the new subway line last evening. The incident occurred at the construction site with authorities notified.
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Bulea
Prince Street
Nervous Prostration Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham’s Medicine
The text describes nervous prostration in women and argues the disorder stems from female anatomy. It praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure and cites a Brooklyn testimonial claiming renewed health and youthfulness after use. The letter questions why women endure illness when a remedy exists.
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Cambridge Subway
William A. Bancroft
IL Road
Tremple Place
Mass
Greene
New Yorker
South End
Children’s Health Fund
Appeal
S. S. Brown
U. S
GAS Commissioners
Richards
Mailloux
Newton
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. E. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
N. Y
Mrs ME Shotwell
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