East Boston to Boom with New Life
East Boston eyes a transit boom as a harbor tunnel project promises eight minute cityward trips from Maverick Square to downtown. Plans show dual sixteen foot tubes under the harbor with compressed air boring and a new bridge and boulevard linking East Boston to Lynn, Chelsea, and Revere. Business hopes rise as Maverick Square is set to become a major trading hub.
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Lynn
Bennington Street
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Othes
Lynn & Boston Street Railway Company
Revere
Chelsea
Chelsea Street
Mammoth Grain Elevators Planned at Jeffries Point
Plans for a $20,000,000 commercial complex at Jeffries Point include new docks and wharves to turn East Boston into a grain export hub for the West. The direct tunnel connection will boost both business and residential growth in the area.
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Jeffries Point
East Boston
East Boston to City Hall tunnel reshapes commute and growth
The article compares current travel times from Maverick Square to City Hall with post tunnel estimates of about eight minutes, notes faster routes from Dorchester Street and Broadway Bridge, and cites Cambridge to Boston trips. It highlights East Boston rising as a residential rival and potential commercial boom, plus plans for massive grain elevators and docks at Jeffries Point totaling about 20 million dollars to make East Boston a shipping hub.
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East Boston boom sparks dock and depot plans
With tunnel under way and a 20 million dollar plan for gigantic elevators and dock facilities at Jeffries Point East Boston nears a business boom. The East Boston Land Company stock jumped about 25 percent as a new Western grain shipment depot at Jeffries Point is proposed, part of the West ship canal scheme to make East Boston a grain export center for Chicago and Detroit.
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Bennington Street
Jeffries Point
Boston
East Boston Land Company
Winthrop Junction
Chicago
Detroit
Plans for a double tunnel for electric car traffic
The document outlines a plan for a twin tunnel system on the island to handle incoming and outgoing electric cars. It shows the materials required for construction and includes the schematic details of the tunnel scheme.
Calamba Captured by U S Forces in Philippines
Brigadier General R. H. Hall with 1000 men seized Calamba on Laguna de Bay near Manila. US losses were four killed and twelve wounded. Calamba sits about thirty miles southeast of Manila, in Laguna province, with 11,476 residents. Capture viewed as harassment of insurgents rather than strategic prize.
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R. H. Hall
Calamba
Laguna de Bay
Laguna de Ray
Laguna
Santa Cruz
Filipinos aided by Japan in Manila relay
Reports from Filipino circles in Manila say insurgents recently received consignments of saltpetre and lead from Japan. The rebels had struggled to manufacture powder with sufficient penetration and range.
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Manila
Japan
YOUNG NABBERS ON WORLD TOUR LAUNCHED IN NEW YORK
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt William P Burden Ernest Iselin and Douglass Cochran left New York for a yearlong world tour. A crowd gathered Senator Depew declined comment on social rumors about Vanderbilt engagement Pinkerton guard followed the party as the train pulled away.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William P. Burden
James A. Burden
Ernest Iselin
Adrian Iselin, Jr
Douglass Cochran
Senator Depew
Vanderbilt
Elsie French
Frances Ormond French
Depew
Pinkerton
Special
Young Vanderbilt
East Boston Land Deal Aims at Giant Rail linked Terminal
Treasurer Charles B. Adams reveals negotiations near closure within sixty days for land from East Boston Land Company to expand terminal facilities. Plan includes marshy Jeffries Point tract at about ten cents a foot to serve grain shipments from the West and support new Cunard dock work for two 600 foot steamers Saxonian and Ibernia.
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Buffalo
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Cunard Company
Marginal Street
England
No Reward for Her Loyal Love and a London Kidnapping Case
A string of mystery figures surrounds Mierzynska Helena in New York as she seeks a lost Austrian sweetheart and a Canton reunion. She buys a passage on the Lucania, holds a $12,000 bank deposit, and awaits further word while authorities suspect a ruse by her sister. In Montreal, Mrs. Perot and her daughter face extradition amid a kidnapping charge.
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Mierzynska Helena
New York
Lucania
Canton
Austria
America
Montreal
Central
London
Mrs. Perot
Ewan Smith
N. Blood
Brice's Charmer Arrives Stirring Engagement Tales
New York reports a young woman famed in European stage circles has arrived, reviving talk of Stewart M. Brice's betrothal. Brice, heir to the late Senator Calvin S. Brice, after his father's death, rose to manage affairs and served as a Spanish War volunteer captain. An inheritance from a suicide in Philadelphia adds intrigue to his career.
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Europe
Stewart M. Brice
Calvins. Brice
Spain
Hobson
Mr. Brice
Mr. Wise
Harry G. Moore
Philadelphia
Santiago de Cuba
Belmont Blackballed by Odd Fellows in Newport
Oliver H. P. Belmont, a Newport Mason and recent worshipful master, was blackballed by the Odd Fellows. The denial blindsides the millionaire candidate for the presidency, with motives ranging from his marriage to a divorced woman to fears his political aims would leverage the order.
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Newport
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Odd Fellows
Belmont
Newport Lodge
William K. Vanderblit
Kansas Girls pledge to marry only Twentieth Kansas soldiers
Independence July 27. Girls from several southern Kansas towns vow not to marry men who did not serve with the Twentieth Kansas. They will stay single rather than wed a home stay man and plan a big reception for the regiment when it returns.
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Independence
Kan
Kansas
Poison In Coffee Strikes Carmi Family. Son Dies
Three members of Waiter 8 Warthem's family in Carmi Illinois were poisoned Tuesday. His son died last night. A married daughter was arrested today and confessed to putting poison in the family's coffee.
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Ill
Waiter 8 Warthem
Garrison interest in Baker family fund appeal in Boston
William Lloyd Garrison, via Rev. John L. Dart, appeals to Boston for aid to the widow and five children of Frazier B. Baker, the murdered postmaster of Lake City, D C. The request seeks $16,000 indemnity and support for Baker’s dependents while noting the mistrial in Charleston. Contributions go through Garrison to George W. Williams Jr., with funds managed by local officials for Baker’s children.
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William Lloyd Garrison
John L. Dart
Charleston
Normal and Industrial Institute For Colored Youth
Boston
Frazier B. Baker
Lake City
D. C
Garrison
Frazier
Baker
J. L. Dart
S. C
Charleston Normal and Industrial Institute
Wilao Lloyd Garrison
George W. Willams, Jr
Carolina Savings Bank
Charles H. Cimanton
United States Circuit Court
H. A. Whitman
Unitarian Church
Cee
Charleson
Watches injunction shields trade name from misuse
New Haven Conn July 27 Judge Townsend issued an injunction restraining Francis Sanderson of Waterbury from using the name on his watches. The writ was granted to protect the American Waltham Clock Company of Waltham Mass in its trade name.
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Townsend
United States Court Today
Francis Sanderson
Waterbury
New England Sets Quick Record in Transatlantic Run
The steamer New England arrived from Queenstown after six days eleven hours and forty two minutes, beating the previous record by two hours. She carried ninety six saloon passengers ninety five second saloon passengers and eight and a half steerage passengers.
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Queenstown
Fire Panic at Smith and McNeil Hotel in New York
Fire broke out on the third floor of Smith and McNeil's hotel at 12 16 PM causing a panicked evacuation of about 100 staff and guests including twenty girls on the floor. Five fled to the roof, three escaped via an extension ladder, while two were rescued by citizens after almost jumping. At 1 20 PM the fire was under control with damage estimated at 60 000 dollars.
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New York
Smith & McNeil’s Hotel
Fire at Burke Street dwelling and Charles Street blaze
A kerosene lamp explosion started a small fire in a three story frame house at No 4 Burke Street owned by Thomas Joe and occupied by Daniel Madden with 9 30 last night. Earlier a oil stove at 410 Charles Street caused a second blaze around 4 15 yesterday afternoon to a two and a half story frame house occupied by Daniel Craven with minor damage.
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Thomas Joe
Daniel Madden
Charles Street
Daniel Craven
Harbor capsizers rescued and heat victims treated in Boston area
Frank Airle aged 60 Cur cura Salvator aged 38 and Scola An drews were capsized near buoy 7 and rescued by the life saving service landed at Marine Park. John McDonald 18 overheated on South Market Street taken to Emergency Hospital then home to Milton. Joseph Silver Heather Banas vel 6 were injured on Lovell Island when a buoy rolled over and were taken to the Marine Hospital in Chelsea.
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Curcura Salvator
Scola Andrews
Hey
United States Life-Saving Eee
Marine Park
John McDonald
South Market Street
Milton
Joseph Silver
Heather Banas Vel
Lovell's Island
Boston
Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Governor Wolcott to Vacation in Maine and Boston Mayor Plans Bike Tour
The article reports Governor Wolcott will vacation in Maine with a aim to avoid duties while W Murray Crane would run the state temporarily. It notes Mayor Quincy plans a piecemeal vacation taking a bicycle ride through Boston parks and rides from Mattapoisett to Narragansett Pier last year.
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Maine
W. Murray Crane
Wolcott
Boston
State House
Theayor
Boston Bicycle Club
Mattapoisett
Narragansett Pier
Post
Woman Robbed and Beaten in Home Invasion
Mrs. Webber, assaulted by four men at her 31 Glenwood street home, left with serious injuries and Clara Galligan of Roxbury tending her at 9 Copeland place. She can identify two suspects, describes Baker and Ed, and Inspector Geddis leads the investigation aiming to capture the assailants.
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Falior
Merrimac's Crew Saved After Ship Wreck Near Anticosti
The 48 officers and men of the steamship Merrimac from Bristol were rescued by the steamer Saver after the vessel ran aground off Mull Cliff bay Anticosti. A severe storm endangered lifeboat operation but volunteers risked the seas to transfer all aboard to the Saver.
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