Boston Docks and Terminal Facilities Board Shapes Public Ownership Debate
The Board on Docks and Terminal Facilities in Boston holds hearings in the Ames building Room 8 next Monday with property owners and railroad officials to discuss enlarging wharfage, deepening water, and potential public ownership. Secretary Clinton White notes plans from East and Mystic Rivers, rail connections, and the high stakes of reform, including costs and governance for docks and wharves.
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Board On
Boston
Ames
United States
Clinton White
Post
Cunard
East Boston
South Boston
Mystic River
England
Commonwealth
Boston Harbor
City of
Far and Wide Tidings From Heathendom
Boston prepares elaborate decorations for the Christian Endeavor convention with rail stations and steamboats to display colors. A Laos report shows rapid growth and gender-involved participation, with a Laos society expanding from 15 to 245 members in four months. A Boston decoration committee plans extensive displays and a prayer service slate for broader participation.
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Christian Endeavor Movement
United Society
Laos
Siam
Burmah
Christian Endeavor Society
Christian Endeavor
Baer
Chek Oo
Noi Chawn Chi
Nang Phooi Keo
Preyer
Chawn Cat
Boston
Christian
Nahant
Revere Beach
St. Louis
Texas
South Carolina
Electric branch success excites New Haven Hartford officials
New York New Haven Hartford hosts praise for the electric branch test with heavy copper trolley wire. The venture boosts copper mine fortunes and promises future growth. Howard Fletcher will lead eighty teachers to the Denver convention via Santa Fe route, staying about six weeks. Ogdensburg division adds two freight and two passenger engines from Baldwin. Grand Trunk publishes a summer book Pen and Sunlight Sketches, with high demand. free copies at the Grand Trunk office via the Post.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
Howard Fletcher
Denver
Santa Fe
Mr. Fletcher
Ogdensburg
Central Vermont Railroad
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk
Dredging Sought to Restore 30-Foot Channel at East Boston
The Fitchburg railroad asked the Harbor and Land Commission to dredge the channel off Hoogac Tunnel docks to a uniform depth of thirty feet at mean low water. Warren and Furness lines must dock their large ships at once due to insufficient water outside the docks. William H. Lincoln, Leyland line agent, urged dredging opposite the Grand Junction wharf at East Boston to ease docking for new Leyland vessels expected soon.
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Fitchburg Railroad
Harbor and Land Commission
Hoogac Tunnel
Warren and
Furness
William H. Lincoln
Leyland Line
Grand Junction
Boston
Italian man jailed eight months for drunkenness in Municipal Court
Augustus Sigliani appeared before Judge Hardy charged with drunkenness. He received eight months in the House of Industry. He appealed and remained in custody as the case proceeded.
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Augustus Sigliani
Hardy
House of Industry
Somerville Alderman Defends Stone Crusher Affair as Politics
F W Gilbert, Somerville Alderman, calls the crusher matter a political issue and says an investigation will reveal facts clearing Superintendent Eames and himself. He admits purchasing the crusher was a mistake and signals readiness for the inquiry, while denying blame on Eames or Downs. He notes Medford’s crusher price and asserts Somerville paid a fair amount.
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F. W. Gilbert
Somerville
Stone Crusher Fame
Gilbert
Eames
Crusher
Alderman Downs
Committee On Investigaon
Medford
Flowers for the Sick Flower Work Opens Summer
The Mutual Helpers Flower Work starts July 1 distributing bouquets in Boston neighborhoods Christ Church North End West End St. Andrews Everyday Church South End. In five years the program has given 200000 bouquets to sick and elderly in tenement districts. Volunteers read to the sick and blind and pair with a friend. Wanted: roses pinks pansies geraniums and baskets labeled Mutual Helpers Flower Work Boston. Contact Irving C. Tomlinson or send donations to Howard L. Parker.
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Christ Church
St. Andrew's
Boston
Irving C. Tomlinson
Shawmut Avenue
Howard L. Parker
Chauncy Street
Friends memorial service for Mr Stafford at Association Hall
A service commemorating Mr Stafford’s life is arranged by many friends at the Association Hall Sunday at 4 o’clock. The program will feature addresses and music befitting the occasion.
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Stafford
Association Hall
Missing bulldog worries Dorchester police chief’s household
General A. P. Martin, chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners, reports a brindle bulldog missing from his Dorchester country home. The young dog, with a collar marked Martin, is sought by the household and neighbors, with a tip to police headquarters gladly welcomed.
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A. P. Martin
Board of Police Commissioners
Dorchester
Martin
Ony
Stay denied in Buchanan habeas case for Sing Sing death
Lawyer Arthur C. Butts sought a writ of habeas corpus for Dr. Robert Buchanan awaiting execution at Sing Sing. Judge Lacombe denied the motion. appeal to the U S Supreme Court seeks to stay the July 1 death sentence. The petition alleges improper conviction and jury infirmities under U S and New York law and an England treaty violation.
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New York
Arthur C. Butts
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Robert Buchanan
Sing Sing
Butts
United States Supreme Court
General Sessions Court
Brown
United States District Court
Buchanan
United States
England
Collision of two schooners near Chat ham ends with bow damage
The three master Nellie Lamper from Lynn to Philadelphia was towed to East Boston by Leader after a midnight collision with the Fred Jackson from Perth Amboy to Gardiner. The Lamper suffered damaged bow above water while both ships remained afloat and continued.
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Chatham
Nellie Lamper
P. Thompson
Lynn
Philadelphia
McKie
Boston
Doane
W. S. Doane
Minot
Fred Jackson
Norwood
Perth Amboy
Gardiner
Lamper
Jackson
Died at the Helm Captain Ryan of A. D. Story
A letter reports Captain Ryan of the schooner A. D. Story dying at the wheel on the Iceland fishing grounds. The crew had left to trawl, the cook kept the boat steady, and the mate brought the vessel to Druffjord. A native of St John’s Newfoundland, he had lived in Gloucester for years and leaves a wife and two children.
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Gloucester
Ryan
A. D. Story
Iceland
Cook
Druffjord
Captain Ryan
St. John's
N. F
Salvation Army Rally at Bowdoin Square Next Weekend
The West End Salvation Army corps plans a midsummer rally at Bowdoin Square barracks over Sunday and Monday. Brigadier Brewer will lead Sunday with Staff Captain Parker and Ensign Gerberich assisting. Monday features a united onslaught on Satan’s strongholds with corps from Cambridge, Chelsea and Malden joining. Commanding officers Faulkner Yorke Buchan Habreshaw expected, and Miss Thompson from New England will sing and play guitar.
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West End
Salvation Army
Bowdoin Square
Brewer
New England Forces
Parker
Gerberich
Satan
City
Cambridge
Chelsea
Malden
Faulkner
Jubilee Band
Yorke
Buchan
Habreshaw
Miss Thompson
New England
Sea Moss Farine Dessert Mix Promoted in Ad
An old advertisement touts Sea Moss Farine as nutritious and economical, noting a package yields 16 quarts for various dessert dishes and includes receipts with each package available from all grocers.
Women’s Relief Corps Holds Third Annual Nantasket Reunion
More than 500 women from about fifty corps gathered at Hotel Nantasket and Arena Hall Nantasket for the Massachusetts Woman’s Relief Corps third annual reunion. Activities included social greetings dancing skating and a 3 pm program with addresses songs and a closing American anthem. The gathering honored Commander James Meech and featured notable guests led by Mrs Sara E. Fuller and Mrs Mary L. Gilman. attendees returned to Boston on late afternoon boats.
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Nantasket
Arena Hall
Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps
Woman's Relief Corps
Rockland Cafe
Sara E. Fuller
James Meech
Webster Gros
Eva M. Cook
Adelaide Griggs
W. H. Bancroft
Mary KE. Knowles
Somerville High School
Nellie Brown Mitchell
Colonel Olin
G. A. R. and Sons and Daughters of
Mary L. Gilman
Etta A. Lockhart
Harriet A. Chamberlain
Dorcas H. Lyman
Mary E. Knowles
Mary F. White
Emily Waterman
H. A. Moore
Helen A. Brigham
Thayer
E. Gilmars
Susie E. Young
Ray E. Lane
Marion Richards
Eli Hall
Board of Trustees Soldiers’ Home
Margaret Cully
Maria Richards
Alberta Pray
Frances Aymer
Hattie D. Perkins
Abbie A. Nickerson
M. Colter
Ellen A. Gardner
Harriet M. Fish
Susie R. Smith
Sara J. Ross
Nellie James
White Church
A. Dixon
C. Buck
Cape Cod
A. St. John Chambre
Ida Pratt
Jennie Stevens
Carrie Pratt
Helen R. Bacon
Marion Hastings
Agnes Baldwin
Lizzie E. Moulton
Caroline Spencer
Harriet Whitcomb
Mary Sewall
Sarah A. Tirrell
Otis Cushing
Whitcomb
H. Kane
Alice M. Goddard
Margaret Hansom
Fannie Kane
Lizabeth Turner
Boston
Order
Messrs. Sturgis
H. B. Walker
Opera at Castle Square Draws Crowds
Balfe's The Bohemian Girl remains a crowd magnet at Castle Square Theatre with nightly houses filled and notable improvement over opening night. Next week features The Brigands and The Chimes of Normandy. The Sphinx run at Trermont Theatre nears close amid growing audiences plus tomorrow's stage reception by Edwin Stevens. Keith's New Theatre touts Rossow brothers and George Thatcher as headliners while Austin Stone's Museum highlights a pig circus and a granite headline act. In Sunny Mexico continues at Palace Theatre and a promenade concert with French music entertained Music Hall patrons. The Gettysburg building notes a powerful volcanic eruption backdrop for fast winds.
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Balfe
Castle Square Theatre
Normandy
Trermont Theatre
Edwin Stevens
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C. F. Davin
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Heathendom
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Stafford Memorial Service
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Dr. Buchanan
Massachusetts Relief Corps
Nantasket Beach
Keith’s New Theatre
Rossow Brothers
George Thatcher
Austin & Stone
Wells
Thatman
Mexico
Palace Theatre
Music Hall
Gettysburg
Salem Willows
William Storie
A. F. Doane
John Endicott
A. Rathburn
Pearson's Wharf
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Baker's Island
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Reas
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India Wharf
Poruiané. Co
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Sendfor
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Tremont Theatrie
Harry Askin
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Andard
Barnum Bailey Circus
Ringling Bros
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Franklin Park
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James O. Gray
Boston & Maine
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Union Depot
Billy Wells
Pines
Baldwin’s Cadet
Narragansett Racing Association
Narragansett Park
Providence
Park Square
Tremont
Tremene
Goc
Belconlen
Castle Square
Rossow Bros
Thatcher
Keith’s
Bbbaseibali
Connelly
Adams House
Appleton & Bunsett
Washington
Mse Bromenade Hll
Sig. A. DE Novellis
Wacner
Dettysburg
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