Boston Sees Few War Contracts Amid Depot Gap
The article notes Boston’s meager share of war contracts totaling about $201,674 for two local firms, attributing the small flow to the absence of a government depot in Boston. It highlights heavy awards to Philadelphia and New York firms, with Wanamaker leading commitments and concerns over bidding via depots and centralized directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Army
Navy
Philadelphia
New York
Congress
A. S. Kimball
Kenyon & Co
John B. Furey
Jeffersonville
Ind
J. M. Moore
San Francisco
J. B. Aleshire
Chicago
John J. Clague
Dakota
St. Paul
John Wanamaker
B. Y. Pippey & Co
Harry T. Kent
Clifton Heights
Penn
Thomas Hi. Hood
James C. Peck
Wendell
Boston Merchants’ Association
Charles S. Hilds
H. D. Doherty
Thomas F. Brennan
W. A. Squire
H. A. Gimbal
E. F. ‘.Krewsen
Mechanical Rubber Company
George Campbell
Bedford Mills
John Marly & Co
C. H. Kavanagh
Standard Supply and Equipment Company
North Adams Manufacturing Company
North Adams
Jersey
Bond sale attracts thousands despite syndicate offers
The $200 million bond issue shows strong public interest with subscriptions nearing four times the target. Secretary Gage notes individual applicants from $20 to $1000 gain priority, while syndicates offered to buy the full loan but were declined, aiming to keep gains with ordinary citizens. Sub-treasury records list daily receipts through June, totaling about $1.58 million, as Treasury reviews power of attorney bidders and final fate for large applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Gage
Washington
McKinley
Uncle Sam
Former Assistant Chief Regan Reflects on Global Tour and Hawaii
Former Boston fire chief Regan, touring with his wife, praises Japan and other nations, warms to America’s social system, and urges reclaiming Hawaii. He recalls naval arrivals in Hong Kong, Manila’s victory news, and a love of London as a model city while advocating Honolulu as a key piece of the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Regan
Boston Fire Department
Japan
Tokio
China
Hawaii
Honolulu
England
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Boston
Charlestown
Manila
Aden
Victoria
Australia
London
Ashmalia
Suez Canal
Ireland
France
Italy
Venice
Milan
America
Paris
Beau Brummell
Merrimac Street
Cairo
Captain Eagan
John
Spanish bugs sent by sailor from Havana mission
Alvin Landers receives a letter from former employee Samuel Wilson aboard the Marietta off Havana. Wilson notes blockade duty is tame and prizes are few. He encloses specimens of a Spanish bug and a Brazilian bug picked up by the Marietta en route from the Pacific coast.
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Alvin Landers
Court Street
Samuel Wilson
Havana
Wilson
Marietta
Lancaster
Pacific
Fifth Regiment to depart for Camp Dewey by July first
Quiet at the State House as Adjutant General Dalt on and Colonel Whitney did not meet about the Fifth Regiment. No visitors to the adjutant general's office. It is believed details for the troop's move to Camp Dewey are settled with departure by July 1. Officers are preparing gear and arrangements for enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Dalton
Whitney
Adjutant-General
Camp
Dewey
Arctic expedition sails to find Andree and reach North Pole
Walter Wellman's Arctic expedition sails from Tromsoe aimed at locating Professor Andree and aiding him while seeking the North Pole. The voyage includes scientists and a seasoned explorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Tromsoe Island
Tromsoe
Norway
Walter Wellman
Another Woburn Victim Dies in Nichols Fire
Anthony Duggan age 30 died at Massachusetts General Hospital from burns suffered in the Nichols grease rendering works fire last Wednesday. He had been married only two months. James McGoff, the fourth victim, remains in critical condition at home in Woburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Anthony Duggan
Nichols
Massachusetts General Hospital
Duggan
James McGoff
Danbury Civil War Veteran Dies by Hanging in Wrights Woods
Nathan B Miller 77 a Civil War veteran from Danbury Connecticut died by his own action in Wrights woods Sandy Hill New York last night. He leaves a wife and four children in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hill
N. Y
Nathan
Miller
Danbury
Conn
Wright's Woods
Connecticut
General Shafter Acknowledged for Gallantry and Service
The article profiles General William R. Shafter highlighting a long Civil War record, a Medal of Honor for Fair Oaks, and rapid postwar promotions. It notes his 63 years, 306 pound frame, humor, and leadership in the Seventh Michigan Volunteers under General O O Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William R. Shafter
Santiago
Shafter
Seventh
Michigan Cavalry
Lincoln
Uncle Sam
Spain
San Francisco
O. O. Howard
U.S. A
Howard
Michigan Volunteers
Fair Oaks
Pioneers
Michigan
Forty-first Infantry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
First Infantry
General Shafter
George H. Thomas
Spear Attacks Self With Pocket Knife In Street
John H. Spear 25 of 8 Waltham Street lunged at his throat with a dull pocket knife at Harrison Avenue and Dover Street at 4:20 PM He cried out and was taken to Station 5 Then to the hospital where doctors said the wounds are superficial and he is suffering from acute mania He is expected to recover in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Bailey
Westerly Street
Maverick Square
Boston
Fraser
Massachusetts General Hospital
John H. Spear
Waltham Street
Harrison Avenue
Dover Street
Station 5
Spear
Patriotic Optimism Sermon at Amherst College
June 2 Amherst College students heard Rev Dr Barrow s preach patriotic optimism from Romans viii 24 He urged belief America would widen influence including alliance with England and Hawaii annexation predicting the Pacific Ocean as a world highway and that the present contest would lift patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Barrows
Amherst College
America
England
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
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Hood
Canton
Pippey & Co
D. B
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S. B. Kersey
Sullivan, Vail & Co
L. B. Kersey
LD. B
Wendell, Fay & Co
Conshohocken Woollen Company
West Conshohocken
B. Kersey
Edmund R. Lyon
Norristown Woollen Mills
Norristown
H. T. Kent
Francis H. Smith
Mass
Kersey
American Rubber Company
R. Levice & Co
R.levice & Co
John Early & Co
Navin
Kelly
Washington St
Osgood’n
Pier 1
New England Docks
Barstow Stove CO
Portland St
Millville
N. J
Subway Clothing CO
Ashin Creat
Foxy Syndicate
Treasury Department
Ames Bicycle
Hartford
Morgan & Wright
Ames Manufacturing Co
Chicopee
Morris
Orgain
Salvage CO
B. F. Larrabee & CO
Doz
New England
Mien’s
Boys
Washington St. Temple Place
West Street
Whitney Pays
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Nicholas Fish
Young Fish
Wood
Andree
Men's Outfitter
Madras
Men’s Outfitter
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