Train wreck ties up B M line between Buckland and Charlemont
Greenfield June 14 The Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine railroad was blocked tonight after a freight wreck between Buckland and Charlemont. Trains to North Adams were rerouted via the Boston and Albany branch. Sixteen freight cars were smashed due to a broken flange.
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Greenfield
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Buckland
Charlemont
North Adams
Boston & Albany Railroad
Auto hits load of dynamite on East Nineteenth Street
An automobile crashed into 1000 pounds of dynamite on East Nineteenth Street in New York. The driver was thrown from the wagon and his two horses were knocked down. The dynamite did not explode and the chauffeur only suffered fright from the near miss.
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New York
East Nineteenth Street
Wizard of Health Offered Boston Board Chair
Colonel William C. Gorgas, assistant surgeon general and canal zone sanitary chief, famed for Havana cleanup, was offered the Boston Board of Health chair by Mayor Fitzgerald after Dr. Samuel H. Durgin’s retirement. The post had been discussed with Dr. Harvey Wiley earlier.
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William C. Gorgas
United States Army
Canal Zone
Havana
Boston Board of Health
Fitzgerald
Samuel H. Durgin
Harvey Wiley
Colonel Gorgas Nominated for Boston Health Board Chair
The mayor offers to raise Colonel William C. Gorgas from Panama Canal Zone chief sanitary officer to Boston Health Board chair at 7500 a year. Sedgewick commends him as the most eminent sanitarian. Gorgas, 38, born in Mobile, has a storied Army career and led yellow fever control in Havana.
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Gorgas
William T. Sedgewick
Colonel Gorgas
Canal Zone
United States Army
Board of Health
Mobile
Ala
Josiah Gorgas
University of the South
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
Santiago
United States
Havana
Panama Canal
Tropics
Harvard
Brown
University of Pennsylvania
University of Alabama
Jefferson Medical College
Detain Family of Missing Lumberman Seeks Husband in Eustis
The British consul and Thomas T. Stokes aim to locate Norman MacDonald a former timber worker from Eustis Maine whose wife and two young daughters are held at the immigration station facing deportation unless the husband can be found.
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Thomas T. Stokes
British Charitable Society
Norman MacDonald
Eustis
American Vessel Granted Newfoundland Fishing Privilege
June 14—For the first time in Newfoundland history an American fishing vessel will enter waters with a special permit and fish within the limit and in fresh water. The Boston schooner Eva L. Spurling chartered by Booth Fisheries of Chicago sails for a four months tour to Newfoundland equipped with provisions and tackle.
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Gloucester
Newfoundland
Boston
Eva L. Spurling
Booth Fisheries Company of
Chicago
Booth Fisheries Wins Newfoundland Fishing Charter
The Booth Fisheries Company secured a charter and permit from Newfoundland allowing their schooner to fish inland waters to export fish to Chicago. The vessel left Gloucester with a 13 man crew and more sailors await in Newfoundland. The Spurling carried 1600 gallons of gasoline and cylinder oil for the auxiliary vessel. If successful, more Gloucester vessels may follow to Newfoundland waters.
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Gloucester
Newfoundland
Booth Fisheries Company
Chicago
Boston
Spurling
Booth
Hub Schools Honor Flag Day
The 135th anniversary of the American flag was commemorated yesterday by public schools and patriotic societies in Boston and nearby cities. June 14, 1777, marks the flag’s official adoption by Congress. Observances included Julia Ward Howe Tent, D. of W., Wakefield, G A R Hall in Roxbury, Stevenson Post 26 patriotic entertainment at 14 Vine Street, and Elk lodges across suburbs.
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Public Schools and Patriotic Societies i
Boston
Continental Congress
Julia Ward Howe
D. of W
Wakefield
G. A. R. Hall
Stevenson Post
Vine Street
Roxbury
Elk Lodges
Boston Lodge
Maine Senator Johnson Sets Tone With Maiden Senate Speech
Senator Johnson of Maine used his maiden Senate address to oppose the tariff law and push for lower duties on chemicals. He warned tariffs bind business and argued beneficiaries and Congress have built a reciprocal dependence, noting manufacturers gave no push for revision.
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Washington
Johnson
Maine
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
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Wolf
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Portland Streets
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Sennett
Hamburg
Oxfords
Lace
Wizard OF Health
Boston Board
W. C. Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
Health Board
George Grantham Bain
HUB
America
Raymond
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