Wachusett Dam Inundation Threat Near Clinton Exposure
Panoramic view shows rising water at Wachusett Dam Clinton last evening with the dam incomplete. Engineers report the overflow path large enough to handle inflow and expect the reservoir to subside by morning. Precautions include sandbag embankments and removal of loose stones to prevent obstructions. Total rainfall since June 9 totals 11.71 inches. delays to reservoir work noted.
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Wachusett
Clinton
Sudbury
Mass
Wachusett Reservoir
Lancaster
Harvard
Ward Nashua
Massachusetts
Water Board
Hooker Day Ticket Plan Aims to Ease Parade Crunch
The secretary proposes color coded tickets to limit crowds at Hooker Day events. Army blue tickets grant access to the Post Office square grand stand for veterans unable to march. Green tickets admit holders to the Governor Bates unveiling site near the State House. Master Joseph, Fighting Joe’s grandnephew, will pull the cord.
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Post Office Square
Peter Smith
Charles G. Davis
State House
Hooker
Master Joseph
Joe
Bates
The
Commonwealth
Mt. Vernon Street
Mechanics’ Building
Hooker Day Committee
Gragg
Grand Army of Massachusetts
Postoffice Square
Boston
Joseph Hooker
Massachusetts
John L. Bates
William A. Bancroft
William A. Smith
U. S. Volunteers
E. L. Bailey
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Twentieth Army Corps Association
California
Fusilier Veterans’ Association
Boston School Brigade
Postum cited as nourishment with health claims in Texas story
A Texas woman narrates how Postum cereal coffee sustained her for over a month with no solid food, while a family physician endorses Postum as a coffee substitute. The piece links improved health to drinking Postum, noting changes in nervousness and sleeplessness in family members.
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Texas
Postum
Mother
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Hood's Sarsaparilla Described as Only Medicine of Value
An ad style claim states Hood's Sarsaparilla is strong and long lasting with clearer benefits than other tonics. It asserts a bottle lasts longer and does more good, suggesting it is the only medicine of value for a dollar per dose.
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Hood
Fire and marine insurers to close on Hooker Day
The fire and marine insurance offices will shut for Hooker Day observances, closing operations for the day. Local offices advise customers to settle any urgent matters beforehand and note temporary service unavailability during the holiday.
McKim Receives King's Gold Medal for American Architecture
London June 22 The Royal Society of Architects awards Charles F McKim of New York the King's gold medal for his many U S public building designs and his presidency of the American Institute of Architects Ambassador Choate and others witness the presentation McKim says he accepts on behalf of his profession in America noting Britain's recognition of American progress in architecture.
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London
Charles F. McKim
New York
Royal Society of Architects
McKim
United States
American Institute of Architects
America
Choate
Tom Stringer to Get Diploma from Lowell School
Boston pupil Tom Stringer, deaf and blind, will graduate from Jamaica Plain's Lowell School. He will present electrical experiments with his own apparatus, having completed all but music and drawing. Stringer entered in 1900 and plans to study at Mechanic Arts High School in the fall.
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Boston
Tommy Stringer
Lowell School
Jamaica Plain
Tommy
Helen S. Conley
Mechanic Arts High School
Everett’s New Contract With Malden Electric Light
At the June 22 meeting the Board of Aldermen received the Mayor’s message announcing a new three year contract with Malden Electric Light Co. The city will pay 900 dollars for 2000 lights and receive free City Hall polices and armory lighting worth 150 dollars. The fire commissioners urge 2500 to repair Central Fire Station on Broadway and purchase adjacent land for a brick building. The board did not suspend rules to approve raising the schoolhouse appropriation from 65,000 to 75,000.
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Everett
Board of Aldermen
Malden Electrc Light Company
Broadway
Class Day Exercises at Dorchester High School 1908
Dorchester High School observed the class of 1908 with an elaborate ceremony in the large assembly hall. G W Barker gave the welcome address, Follet Isaacson presented the class history, C E Brazer delivered the class oration, and Miss Caroline D Nute read the class ode. The program included songs by Miss Weeks and Miss Ayer, a violin solo by Miss Clark, and the senior dance to finish the event.
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Dorchester High School
G. W. Barker
Follet I. Isaacson
C. E. Brazer
Caroline D
Mrs Roosevelt Heads to Oyster Bay Tomorrow
Washington dispatch notes Mrs Roosevelt will depart Washington at seven o clock tomorrow morning for Oyster Bay, accompanied by two or three White House domestics.
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Washington
Iron Ox Tablets and Homeopathy Open Meeting
An advertisement extols Iron-Ox Tablets as a tonic laxative to cleanse the blood and improve digestion. The piece then covers the 59th annual meeting of the American Institute of Homeopathy at the Hotel Somerset, Massachusetts, with Governor Bates and many physicians in attendance, plus a reception, dances, and a schedule through Saturday.
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Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Mich
Somerset
American Institute of Homeopathy
Bates
Maine
California
Governor Bates
Blood
A. R. Hooper
W. M. Clarke
J. P. Cobb
Chicago
Charles Gatchell
M. Belle Brown
Providence
J. P. Sutherland
Boston
J. C. Wood
Cleveland
O. D. Runnels
Indianapolis
J. H. McClellan
Pittsburg
C. Walton
Cincinnati
J. B. Gregg Curtis
Washington
A. B. Norton
New York
R. N. Chase
J. Richey Horner
Frank P. Richardson
Edward Everett Hale
Sutherland
Hale
Collins
Richardson
Joseph P. Cobb
Massachusetts
New England
United States
Commonwealth
Koch Tuberculine Lung Cure Promises Cures
Advert says consumption is a world scare and credits Koch Tuberculine with inhalation therapy from Dr Edward Koch. It claims curing asthma bronchitis and catarrh, cites a Boston office at 361 Boylston street offering free consultation and home treatment by mail with a descriptive booklet.
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Boards of Health
Edward Koch
Stephen Ballas
Weston Street
Roxbury
Mass
Boylston Street
Boston
New World
Koch
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Mary S. Treadwell
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George R. Hanford
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Eliza Hinsdale
Mary Hinsdale
Pittsfield
J. H. Greenville Gilbert
J. H
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Henry Hooker Forbes
Northampton
FF. W. Woodward
F. W. Woodward
Grace Woodward
Nelson A. Miles
Asa
Sherman Miles
Samuel Reber
Daniel F. Sickles
O. O. Howard
Frank C. Chamberlain
Wesley Merritt
John R. Brooke
Julius S. Stahel
Alex
Brooke
State House Grand Stand
Joseph Dickenson
Peter C. Horne
Albert §. Austin
Charles L. Young
Charles EB. Coldwalder
John A. Reynolds
E. H. Pratt
Robert McDowell
E. Breckenridge
Daniel C. French
E. C. Porter
Society Army of Potomac
Pemberton Square
Society
Veterans of the Army of the Potomac
Horatio Gcg. King
MR. Wkim
Tom Stringer
Malden Electric Light Company
Dorchester High
Mrs. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Chas. Gatchell MD
Dec Vy
If. Biggar
M.D
Henry (. Aldrich
T.franklin Smith
M. M.D
M. Gellegrown
Joseph Poorg,m.d
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Pates
Cape Cod
Plymouth Rock
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King Dental
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