Greater Boston Mosquito Invasion Report
The article depicts a large mosquito infestation across Boston metropolitan areas including Cambridge Somerville Everett Malden Medford Arlington Newtons Waltham and smaller communities. It describes millions of mosquitoes attacking residents from lakes streams and marshes and invading homes at night and day with citizens using citronella and mosquito sticks as defense.
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Boston
Cambridge
Somerville
Everett
Malden
Medford
Arlington
Newtons
Waltham
Miller
South Everett
Health Board
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Oil the Cure for Mosquitoes Sweeping Greater Boston
Entomologists urge oil based control for the mosquito outbreak spreading from Waltham to Newton Lower Falls. Residents smear kerosene on screens and doorways while public health officials beg for funds and coordinated citywide action as boats and outdoor life suffer in persistent rains.
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Greater
Boston
Charles River
Waltham
Newton Lower Falls
Eastland Inquest Cites Overloading Cause For Tragedy
Harbor Master Adam Weckler and assistant harbor master Joseph Lynn testified the Eastland was overpacked and poorly ballasted when it capsized at Chicago’s Clark Street wharf. They described the ship as cranky and said trim was inadequate even as Secretary Redfield emphasized federal oversight and ongoing investigations.
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Chicago
Eastland
Adam F. Weckler
Joseph R. Lynn
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Weckler
Pedersen
Clark Street
Weefer
Camping Time For Joyful Youths With Simple Gear
Camping time brings joy to youngsters as a tent, blankets, sturdy clothing, and plenty of wholesome food, especially grape nuts, make a cracking good time.
Western Electric Plants Close for Day
About 50 000 Western Electric employees nationwide stay home today in mourning for colleagues killed in the Eastland disaster. Hawthorne Works in Chicago announced the funeral of the known dead will Wednesday, prompting the company to close factories and offices as a mark of respect.
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Western Electric Company
United States
Hawthorne Works
Chicago
Eastland
Moving Picture
Hoyne
Eastland Disaster Inquiries Hear Testimonies On Crew And Captain
Testimony describes Captain Pedersen struggling seven minutes to trim the Hastland and fail to flood ballast tanks. Witnesses cite negligence as the ship listed and passengers leaped to the river. Coast guard and Justice officials prepare an official inquiry with federal and local cooperation.
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Mr. Weckler
Pedersen
Mr. Lynn
John H. O'Meara
Kenosha
Wastland
O'Meara
Eastland
L. C. Wheeler
Department of Justice
Robert Reid
Fastland
William J. R. Wood
Peter Hoffman
Wood
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
United States
Clyne
Thurman
Steamboat Inspection Service
Harry A. Wheeler
Union Trust Company
Marvin B. Pool
Butler Brothers
Western Electric Company
George Uhler
San Francisco
Special Tax Declarations Due by July 31
Collector John F. Malley urges all business and occupation operators liable for special taxes to file declarations and pay owed taxes by Saturday July 31. Penalties reach 50 percent of the tax for late payments. Taxes apply to liquor, oleomargarine, narcotic law, doctors, dentists, druggists, brokers, theatre proprietors, bowling alleys, and high retail tobacco dealers. Blank forms available by mail from 4% Milk Street Boston or from division deputies across cities.
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Internal Revenue
John F. Malley
Milk Street
Boston
di Vision
Clark to Head Ticket for Progressive Gubernatorial Nomination
Nelson B. Clark of Beverly is named by the Progressive State sub-committee as the candidate for governor for the Bull Moose ticket. The committee met twice and waited to formally announce the candidate tonight. The group indicated the full state ticket may be disclosed today.
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Nelson B. Clark
Beverly
Progressive State Committee
Leon E. Baldwin
Baldwin
Progressive party weighs Clark for governor ticket in Massachusetts
Boston businessman Clark, longtime Progressive activist, is touted as a first choice for the party’s Governor race. Ex Mayor Tosdick and others remain options while Foss calls himself a Republican candidate. Hale warns he may run if no true Progressive enters. Shaw, the Prohibition candidate, is being urged to join the primaries.
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Mr. Clark
Clark
Boston
Progressive Party
Beverly
Congress
A. Platt Andrew
Matthew Hale
The
Progressives
Progressive State Committee
Frederick Tosdick
Fitchpurge
William Shaw
Baldwin
Foss
Plymouth Rock
Commonwealth
Hale
Mr. Shaw
Build Now Still Rule in Boston
Boston property owners push rapid development with over one million dollars in modern fireproof buildings completed in June, far above the prior year. The same month shows a surge in permits for fireproof and wooden structures and a big rise in wooden buildings completed and permits granted for new ones.
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Boston
Build Now Movement Drives Record Building Permits and Alterations
The post campaign boosted June 1915 building activity across New England and the East. June 15 permits to build or alter reach 458 for all classes, with alterations totaling 887, while completed buildings and final reports show substantial year over year gains led by Boston and suburbs.
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Post
Middle Western
New England
Boston
Camrill
Patrick O’hearn
China asks aid in liquor fight poster campaign
China has sought national prohibition posters from Boston to aid its campaign against alcohol. Dr. Edward H. Hume of Hunan Yale College of Medicine in Changsha asks for American posters and temperance literature to bolster China’s big fight on sale of alcoholic drinks.
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China
Boston
Edward H. Hume
Hunan-Yale College of Medicine
Changshe
Elizabeth Tilton
Associated Charities
Anti-Saloon League
Dentists Take Extra Exam After New Law
Nearly 100 dentists from the 201 who passed the June State Board exam attended a special Tufts College Dental School meeting to take an additional subject required by a recently enacted law. A second board session was scheduled to allow more dentists to enroll. Some had already traveled far, even to Australia, before the clause was discovered.
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Tufts College Dental School
Australia
G. E. Mitchell
City eyes Summer street site for Boston high pressure pumping station
If Mayor Curley wins at Washington the high pressure pumping station would be built at the corner of Summer street extension and Dorchester avenue near the Summer street bridge. Lt Colonel Craighill of the U S Engineering Corps urged Commissioner Murphy to file formal application to Washington for the site near the Summer street bridge.
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Curley
Washington
Boston
Summer Street Extension
Dorchester Avenue
Summer Street Bridge
Channel
Craighill
United States Engineering Corps
Murphy
Public Works Department
Rear Admiral Thompson Dies at 75 in New York City
Rear Admiral Theodore F. Thompson U S N retired died at Champlain Valley Hospital Plattsburgh N Y shortly after noon of chronic heart failure He was 75 years old and had been retired about 12 years His body was sent to his Brookline Massachusetts home for interment
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Theodore F. Thompson
Champlain Valley Hospital
Navy
Brookline
Mass
Burglary Suspect Pleads Guilty in Roxbury Court
John J. Kelliher admitted breaking and entering the homes of Bernard M. Wolf and Dr. Robert Lawrence after being nabbed by Officer Tom Finn near 888 Bay State Road. He was held for the grand jury on $2000. police found a phonograph, records, and antique candlesticks in his room.
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John J. Kelliher
Tom Finn
Back Bay
Ariel H. Crocker
Bay State Road
Roxbury
Bernard M. Wolf
Commonwealth Avenue
Robert Lawrence
Auto Hits Electric At Revere Broad Street
A brand new touring car carrying four young men crashed into a Boston bound electric car on Broadway near Revere Beach Boulevard at 11 o clock last night. The four occupants were thrown from the auto and seriously hurt. the car was wrecked and one side of the trolley damaged. None of the trolley passengers were hurt.
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Broadway
Revere
Revere Beach
Four Men Injured In Malden Car Crash
Four men from Malden were injured when a car crash occurred. Roy W. Gerard, 20, of 85 High Street, drove the car and was most seriously hurt with facial and head injuries. Frank Davenport, 26, of 44 Avon Street, Frank Rowe, 2, of 280 Charles Street, and Frank Buckley, 20, of 85 High Street also suffered head injuries. They were taken to Frost Hospital in Chelsea where physicians said they would recover.
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Malden
Roy W. Gerard
High Street
Frank Davenport
Avon Street
Frank Rowe
Charles Street
Frank Buckley
Frost
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Greater Boston
Skeeters
Stearns & Foster
Circulation Department
Boston Post
Main
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Waltham and
Lawrence M. Lawless
Charles
Arthur L. Stone
Waltham Board of Health
Newton
Hull
Western Electric CO
Beverly Man
Bull Moose
Thompson
Rameses
Plummer’s
Washington St
W. 8
Schultze
John T. Hitt
Union St
Washington Street
Washington St. Jefferson Bldg
Double Legal
Wale
Oman
Brookside
Henfield
Texas
Tbs
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