Cape Cod Canal Dedicated Amid Pageantry and Praise
A historic Cape Cod Canal dedication unfolds with dedication ceremonies at Sandwich and Buzzards Bay. Belmont leads a flotilla from New Bedford, with Governor Walsh and New York officials praising private enterprise as Massachusetts and New York celebrate rapid canal completion and projected regional growth.
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First Fleet
New Bedford
Walter Lutten
Morton G
KR. P. Perkins
Wings Neck Light
Canal
US. S.S. & Wilorida
Walke
Terry
Sterrett
Rowe
Perkins
Monagman
U. S. S. Gloucester
Wasp
New Yorkaval
Provincetown
Cape Code
Sandwich
Cape Cod
Cambridge Bride Floats to Forest Hills in Private Wedding
Miss Florence E. Fryatt youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Fryatt of 34 Wendell Street Cambridge wed Louis E Means of Forest Hills yesterday afternoon at the bride’s home.
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Florence E. Fryatt
William Fryatt
Wendell Street
Cambridge
Louis E. Means
Forest Hills
Claude Grahamette’s Flight Tale in Sun Day Post Magazine
Aviator Claude Grahamette writes about his Atlantic crossing in the Sun Day Post Magazine. The feature outlines the journey challenges, navigation choices, and personal reflections from the long sea crossing era.
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Claude Grahamette
Next Sunday Post
Walsh Apologizes for State's Neglect
Governor Walsh declares Massachusetts and the federal government should have built a canal across Cape Cod. He praises Augustus Belmont for his work and urges Cape residents to unite for a prosperous community. Mayor Curley misses his speech due to a shower, which soon passes.
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Cape Cod
Perry
Mr. Belmont
Oliver Hazard Perry
Matthew Perry
Japan
Belmont
New York
Cape Cod Canal
Massachusetts
Boston
Low
Walsh
New England
August Belmont
Roosevelt
J. Randolph Coolidge
Boston Chamber of Commerce
William Barclay Parsons
Henry D. Hamilton
Glynn
Empire State
William NY
Eben
Keith
Sandwich
United States
Sandwichs Birthday Anniversary Opens Cape Cod Canal
The 275th anniversary of Sandwich was celebrated on opening day of the Cape Cod canal. Crowds overflowed the quaint town from morning to afternoon with band concerts a long parade and a joint ceremony at Town Neck as canal exercises began followed by afternoon athletic events.
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W. G. Mc‘Adoo
Cape Cod
Walsh
Massachusetts
Rose Standish
Buzzards Bay
Wings Neck Light
Wings Neck
Canal
Cape Shore
Ter Gresham
Acushnet
Wilson
Charles S. Hamlin
New Bedford
Providence
Cape Cod Bay
Bourne
Sagamore
Bournedale
Mr. Belmont
Culebra
Sagamore Bridge
Town Neck Hill
Sandwich
Cape
Frank A. Furst
Edmund Freeman
Cape Cod Canal
Curtis Guild
Russia
New England
Town Neck
Chronology of the Cape Cod Canal project timeline
A dense chronology traces debates and surveys from 1627 to 1914 for a Cape Cod canal. It lists explorers, committee votes, surveys, and key figures such as Miles Standish, Sewell, Knox, Machin, Bowdoin, Sever, Hills, Winthrop, Sullivan, Gallatin, Baldwin, Totten, Bache, Davis, Wilkinson, Warren, Whitney, Shaw, Flanagan, Belmont, and Parsons. The record culminates in the 1914 opening ceremonies and daylight operation.
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Standish
Plymouth Colony
Manoniet
New York
Samuel Sewell
South Sea
Massachusetts General Court
Barnstable Bay
Manomet Bay
Cyprian Southack
Cape
George Washington
Thomas Machin
James Bowdoin
William Sever
Henry Knox
John Hills
James Winthrop
James Sullivan
Joe Court
Liutenant G. S. Blake
United States Navy Department
J. G. Totten
A. D. Bache
Coast and Geodetic Survey
C. H. Davis
J. Wilkinson
United States Navy
Cape Code Ship Canal Company
Alphena Hardy
J. G. Foster
United States Army
Chandler
Congress
Cape Cod Canal Company
Henry M. Whitney
G. K. Warren
Cape Cod Ship Canal Company
F. A. Lockwood
William Seward
Samuel Fessenden
Quincy A. Shaw
OC. M. Thompson
Thomas L. Livermore
RE. L. Cortell
Massachusetts Maritime Canal Company
DeWitt C. Flanagan
Boston
Cape Cod
Bournedale
27th Anniversary Observance Largest Town Event
A grand observance marked the 27th anniversary as the biggest affair in town with a boat carnival on Shawme Lake and a casino ball. Guests included Governor Walsh ex Governor Guild Mayor Curley of Boston and many state and civic notables.
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Shawme Lake
Walsh
Guild
Curley
Boston
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New York Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber of Commerce
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Macdonald
The
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Suez
Panama Canal
Hall of Fame
Ais
Charles T. Waring
A. 8. Ackerman
Commodore J. W. Miller
Michael J. Degnon
E. W. Foley
Commonwealth
Enterprise
St. Michael
St. Mary
Belmont Yacht Scout
George T. McLaughlin
Frank H. Pope
Governor Walsh
William Nye
Exerley
Guild Speaks
Bournedale Hill
Srossobae
T. E. M’laughlin
Bay
Cape Town
Sterling
Rueter Ay Company
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