Belmont Turns First Sod for Cape Cod Canal Start
BANDWICH June 22 Belmont of New York started the Cape Cod Canal project with a spadeful of earth at Bournedale. He declared a formal beginning and vowed to push the work to completion as engineers and officials from J P Morgan Co and Delaware & Hudson Railroad watched. The ceremony took place near Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s former home as granite dumping began for the breakwater and Buzzard’s Bay approaches were inspected.
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Bandwich
Bournedale
Cape Cod
Buzzard's Bay
Belmont
Cape Cod Canal
Edward Warfield
Maryland
E. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Funeral for George B Dovey Attended by Baseball Leaders
George B Dovey, president of the Boston National League club, was honored at his Philadelphia funeral. Attendees included executives from Boston Pittsburg and Philadelphia NL clubs with NL and AL officials present. Honorary pallbearers included Harry C Pulliam and John C Heydler. active pallbearers were Ferguson Lindaman Dahlen and Beaumont.
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Philadelphia
George B. Dovey
Boston
Pittsburg
Harry C. Pulliam
John C. Heydler
National League
Barney Dreyfus
William H. Locke
William Shetteline
William Murray
Benjamin F. Shibe
Archbishop William H. OConnell Nears Home Arrival
Archbishop William H. OConnell travels on the White Star liner Ro man ic, returning from Rome and docking near the Azores. Welcome ceremonies are planned at the Cathedral and Mechanics' building with no admission tickets, featuring Knights of Columbus and Hi bernians, plus prelates from distant locations, including San Francisco’s auxiliary bishop. The Governor and Mayor will participate in the celebration.
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William H. O’connell
White Star
Rome
Azores
Merning
Mechanics’ Building
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
The
Hibernians
San Francisco
Boston
Naval officer reassigned to Portsmouth yard
New York dispatch reports Assistant Naval Constructor C. A. Harrington was ordered today to the navy yard at Portsmouth New Hampshire for duty or assignment.
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New York
C. A. Harrington
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. 1
Indecent Detention Conditions Reported in City Jail
A special aldermanic committee report on pretrial detention rooms at the Superior Court in the new courthouse labels the accommodations as indecent and inadequate. The panel, led by Aldermen Hale and Attridge, expands its preliminary Boston station house findings to a full report outlining an ideal police station with input from Superintendent Pierce and city police captains.
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Superior Court
Hale
Attridge
Boston
Pierce
Recommendations For Detention Room Reforms At Courthouse
A committee urges improvements to the courthouse detention room to improve decency and crowding. It notes a 15 foot square space housing up to 127 people, with poor female accommodations and shared toilet facilities. Police department input favors above ground steel barred cells of 8 by 8 by 6 feet, housing no more than three prisoners per cell.
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Superior Court
Tax on Net Earnings Of Corporations Outlined At White House
Details of a proposed measure taxing net earnings of corporations were discussed at a high level White House conference. Attendees included Attorney General Wickersham Senator Root and several Republican leaders drafting the formal text.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Wickersham
Root
Knox
Aldrich
Burrows
Penrose
Hale
Cullom
Flint
Smoot
McCumber
Lodge
Senate Finance Committee
Cannon
Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
John Dwight
New York
House
Tax on profit corporations outlined in tariff amendment
After dinner a tax measure for corporations was discussed as an amendment to a tariff bill. It sets a 2 percent tax on net earnings for profit corporations with a $5000 exemption, requires detailed financial returns, and imposes penalties for false reporting. Tax applies to all stock, including bonds exceeding capital, with penalties proposed up to 10000 dollars.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Fatal staging collapse at Wellesley gymnasium building
A staging collapse on the new Wellesley College gymnasium construction on Central street killed Atler Porlson of 26 Tileston Street Boston and seriously injured four others. The injured were J. Coleman Natick R. Peterson Framingham Joe Doser Newton Upper Falls and John Roberts unknown address. Perlson died en route to Natick Hospital.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
Central Street
Atler Porlson
Tileston Street
Boston
Natick Hospital
J. Coleman
Natick
R. Peterson
Framingham
Joe Doser
Newton Upper Falls
John Roberts
Perlson
Post
Senate Votes to Impose 15 Percent Duty on Hides
Washington June 22 The Senate approved the finance committee amendment placing a 15 percent ad valorem duty on hides by a vote of 46 to 30. The action follows earlier committee recommendations and supports protectionist tariff measures.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
County Galway Club to Hold Field Day
The County Galway Social Club field day at the Boston National league grounds on July 5 features prominent Greater Boston athletes and others from across the state. Open events include 100 yard dash prizes 20 10 5, 440 yard run prizes 15 10 5, 80 yard run prizes 15 10 5, one mile run prizes 20 10 5, running high jump 10 7 3, and a three mile run with 100 total prizes to be shared 50 36 10 and 4th place. Entries go to Bart Sullivan at 961 Tremont street.
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County Galway
Boston
National League
Greater
Bart Sullivan
Tremont Street
City
Death of Veteran Mariner Captain James W Nickerson
Word reached the waterfront yesterday of the death of Captain James W Nickerson chief officer of the Merchants and Miners line steamer Tuscan and 20 years on the Providence to Philadelphia run He died at his South Dennis home Saturday of heart failure aged 56 He was among the oldest Boston Marine Society members and leaves a widow and one son
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James W. Nickerson
Merchants & Miners’ Line
Tuscan
Providence
Philadelphia
South Dennis
Tie
Boston Marine Society
Webster Named for Finance Commission Seat
The governor received the nomination of former Representative Walter Webster for a Finance Commission post. Late yesterday ex Police Commissioner C P Curtis accepted a seat on the commission, bringing the four members to John A Sullivan John F Moors C P Curtis and Geoffrey Lehy.
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Walter Webster
Finance Commission
C. P. Curtis
John A. Sullivan
John F. Moors
Geoffrey Lehy
Maine Revolutionary Soldiers Graves Effort Seeks Burial Data
The Maine Society of the Sons of the American Revolution requests help locating burial places of Revolutionary War soldiers in Maine. They have identified about 140 graves. they seek headstone inscriptions, cemetery names and locations, and death dates or ages. Send information to J. W. Penney, Mechanic Falls, Maine. The U S government provides free headstones for eligible graves.
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Maine Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Maine
J. W. Penney
Mechanic Falls
United States
Child Drowns After Fell Into Old Well in Newburyport Yard
In Newburyport on June 2, 20 month old Frederick C. Bayley son of William Bayley of 170 Merrimac Street drowned when he fell into an old well in the family yard. The accident occurred this evening and the child did not survive.
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Newburyport
Frederick C. Bayley
William Bayley
Merrimac Street
Track Change Is Protested at Cambridge Hearing
Cambridge Aldermen heard a lengthy petition against temporary track locations on Trowbridge Street as part of the subway project. Residents led by A G Keith and Isaac Chase argued the plan would widen hazards and damage property, while the Elevated’s Lawrence A Ford urged compliance with the subway act and sought alternatives.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Boston
Cottage Farms
Somerville
Harvard Street
A. G. Keith
Arlington
Waverley
Isaac Chase
Elevated
Kimball
Chase
Prospect Street
Broadway
Trowbridge Street
Messrs. Parker
Hastie
Lawrence A. Ford
Cambridge
French Lose Five in Congo Fights
Advices from the French Congo governor report patrolling parties in two engagements with tribesmen. Five French soldiers were killed and 19 wounded. The tribesmen suffered heavy losses and were dispersed.
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Congo
Paris
French Congo
Marvelous skin remedy Poslam promises cure for eczema
The ad extols Poslam as a miraculous eczema and skin disease cure, claiming rapid itch relief and full resolution of chronic cases within two weeks. It notes 50 cent and $2 sizes sold at Boston druggists and offers a free experimental package by mail from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Boston
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton’s
Emergency Laboratories
West Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
Hold Yegg On Murder Charge In South Milford
Ralph Harding a 19 year old yeggman was arraigned in the Southern District Court before Judge H J Clark and pleaded not guilty to murder of Constable Albert E Miller of Oxford Heights in a pistol duel Sunday morning. He waived examination and was held for the grand jury without bail on the murder charge and held under $2000 bonds on burglary and larceny charges at Calder Bakery.
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Webster
Ralph Harding
Yeggman
South Milford
Southern District Court
H. J. Clark
Albert E. Miller
Oxford Heights
Calder
Harding
Heatwave Triggers Multiple Health Crises in New York
In New York on June 22 the heat wave caused over 20 heat prostrations across the city and at least two personal crisis reports linked to the high temperature. Public health officials warned residents to stay indoors and hydrate during peak heat hours.
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New York
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White
Remington
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Pres
P. B. Magrane, Trens
Shepherd
Batiste
Mariner
Urge Webster
FIN. Com
Babe
Gures Eczema
Yegg
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