Exhaustive test tonight for Boston high pressure salt water mains
The Boston fire department will test the high pressure salt water main system at 6 PM under Fire Commissioner Parker. The mile long, $30 000 installation has existed 10 years but no practical test in a decade. Two initial streams once moved 1500 gallons per minute, and capacity could reach 6000, double with a second pumping boat.
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Boston Fire Department
Parker
Boston
Russell
Milk and
Pearl Streets
Post Office Square
Postoffice Square
Atlantic Avenue
Central Wharf
Central and
Exchange Streets
Congress Street
Congress Street Bridge
Minor Heir Wins Rich Pace at Detroit in Record Stake
In Detroit on July 28 Minor Heir won the Chamber of Commerce pacing stake before 10,000 spectators after a hard fight. The Eel led early, Minor Heir surged to the front on the back stretch, then broke near the home stretch to secure victory in later heats. The event set the stake record with fast times across the 2:03 to 2:16 marks and featured multiple heat winners, including 2:24 pace winner Prince Arundle and 2:10 trot winner Axtellay.
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Mich
Minor Heir
Chamber of Commerce
G. B
Fel
Eel
Axtellay
Geers
Prince Arundle
Abelia
Br. H
Ashland
Wilkes
Simmons
B. H
Kittie Clover
Redward
Dean
the Eel
McEwen
Scaseek
Jerry B
COS
Hal Raven
B. Oi
Snow
Feu
Bob Manager
Er. G
Orendorf
Miss Adbell
B. m
Shank
Twis
Oiley Mabon
Dr. Bonney
Blk
Bik. H
Durfee
Okada
Axtell- Paces
Cear AG Erombs
Guene Ad Oak Ieee Ne Us Agm. D
TMOP
Queen of Woodcliffe
Castle
Composer
B. Gt
Lasell
Marveletta
B.m
A. McDonald
Raffles
Blk. G
Burgess
Olive F
Dn. m
Gahagan
Sid Axworthy
B. G
Cox
Mahoney
Boston hearing on Huntington and Massachusetts bridges over rail line
Boston officials urged the railroad commissioners to certify necessity for reconstructing the Huntington avenue and Massachusetts avenue bridges over the Boston & Albany rail line. City engineers reported dangerous corrosion and unsafe structures while the rail and street railway interests debated responsibility and seating of costs.
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Boston
Huntington Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Boston & Albany
Boston Elevated
Railroad and Street Railway
Thomas M. Babson
Jackson
Frederick E. Snow
Elevated Railway Company
George Mayberry
Boston & Albany Road
Mayberry
Snow
Boston Elevated Company
West End Street Railway Company
Elevated
Babson
West End Company
Jason
Carnegie auto collision near Skibo Castle
Andrew Carnegie with Mrs. Carnegie and their daughter were in a traffic collision near Skibo Castle today. All three were severely shocked but continued their journey. the car suffered only slight damage.
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Inverness
Andrew Carnegie
Hammerstein's Son Arrested Near Ardmore
Arthur Hammerstein son of Oscar Hammerstein in charge of his father's Philadelphia opera house was arrested in Ardmore by lower Merion police on the charge of annoying women and children. Police had received weeks of reports of a man on a bicycle with a sweater and light cap engaging in objectionable conduct. Ardmore police confirmed the suspect as Hammerstein after investigation.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Arthur Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein
New York
Philadelphia Opera House
Broad and
Poplar Streets
Lower Merion Township
Ardmore
Lower Merion
Mr. Hammerstein
Prince of Wales bids Quebec adieu on voyage home
The Prince of Wales left Quebec aboard the battleship Indomitable after midnight ending a week of enthusiastic crowds. He dined aboard the Exmouth with officials including Vice-President Fairbanks and U S Army and Navy officers as the fleet saluted goodbye.
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Quebec
Prince of Wales
International
Exmouth
Fairbanks
Winthrop Ames Appointed Director of New Theatre of New York
The New Theatre of New York names its executive staff with Winthrop Ames of Boston as director, Lee Shubert as business manager, and John Corbin as literary manager. Ames, Harvard graduate, has run Castle Square Theatre in Boston with Lorin F. Deland and planned a Boston theatre. The project aims to blend continental standards with American plays and foster new American writing.
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New York
New Theatre of
National Theatre
Winthrop Ames
Boston
Lee Shubert
John Corbin
Ames
Harvard
Lorin F. Deland
Castle Square
New Theatre
Shubert
Gould Questioned on DeVoie in Divorce Plot
Frank Jay Gould endured a sharp defense examination over the alleged conspiracy to manufacture divorce evidence. He faced questions about his acquaintance with Miss Bessie DeVoie, with the best-advancing admission being that he had met her and knew who she was. The court received Mrs Gould s divorce complaint alleging misconduct in North Sydney Canada on July 25 1905.
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New York
Frank Jay Gould
Bessie DeVoie
Miss DeVoie
Jerome
Gould
North Sydney
C. B
Canada
Bray widow seeks dower in massive Bray estate
Persis T. Bray, widow of Mellen Bray of Newton, appears in East Cambridge Probate Court to claim widow's dower. Bray left a 1.7 million estate with a will directing 1 million to charity and a life income for his widow, who receives 35 000 outright and 75 000 yearly income for life. A separate note mentions Mr Hanrahan in Lawrence locating a lost watch, easing a Dorchester widow's distress and prompting praise for the Post.
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Persis T. Bray
Mellen Bray
Newton
East Cambridge
Mellen N
William Co. Bray
Joseph B. Warner
Boston
City department heads report no year end deficits
Mayor Hibbard warns department heads that failure to stay within appropriations could lead to dismissal. Reports vary with a $25 000 deficit in the hospital department due to scarlet fever control costs, while the street department claims it can live within budget despite past overruns.
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Hibbard
White
Bath
McCullum
City Hospital
Emerson
Street
Finance Commission
Hibvard
Watch Recovered for MacNary Park Instructor
Mrs. Mary E. Austin, athletics instructor at MacNary Park, lost a gold watch at Pemberton last Sunday night. James E. Hanrahan, a telegraph operator from Lawrence, found it at the resort and contacted the Post, leading to its return. Mrs. Austin reported the loss to the Post’s publicity bureau and expressed gratitude for the successful recovery.
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Hanrahan
Lawrence
Austin
525 Park Street
Dorchester
Mary Austin
Pemberton
James E. Hanrahan
Mary E. Austin
MacNary Park
The
Post
Bureausgrhien
Brookline Eyes Higher Tax Rate Amid Rising Valuation
Brookline faces a larger tax rate as assessors target the $100,000,000 valuation with higher levies to cover increased expenses. The town’s appropriation rise pushes expenses to 1,538,004.04, with last year’s tax rate at 10.80 per thousand and the prior year at 9. Beverly City Hall closes as officials join Mayor Dowdown for a Bass Point outing.
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Brookline
Beverly
Tennis at Longwood Club Sees Tight Third Round Action
The Longwood Cricket Club hosted a brisk third round in the singles with 14 matches, nine needing four or five sets. Notable results included S. F. Wise defeating H. W. Slocum after a close five-set affair, and J. O. Ames edging R. LeRoy in a dramatic fifth set.
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Longwood Cricket Club
N. W. Niles
J. D. E. Jones
W. Slocum
S. F. Wise
Slocum
Wise
Burned at the stake in Greenville Texas
A black man named Smith was burned at the stake in the public square of Greenville Texas today. In Lock Haven Pennsylvania the City Hospital burned this afternoon. 30 patients were moved to safety as flames were detected. In Oyster Bay New York the President approved the dismissal of Naval Cadet M Haralson of Alabama for using obscene language toward an enlisted sailor.
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Dallas
Texas
Smith
Greenville
Lock Haven
Penn
Oyster Bay, WN
M. Haralson
Alabama
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Waltham
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Newark, N. J
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Washington and Essex Sts
Boston, Mass
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LeRoy
W. J. Clothier
J. C. Wright
Wright
R. H. Palmer
F. B. Alexander
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