Civil War Era Coastal Fort Defenses in New England
Fifty years ago today President Lincoln received a War Department report on coastal defenses as war loomed. Abstract lists forts from Portland to Newport Harbor noting defensible status and armament readiness in Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island with key sites such as Fort Preble Fort Warren Fort Adams and others.
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Lincoln
Secretary of War
New England
Preble
Constitution
McClary
Scammel
Portland Harbor
Hog Island Ledge
Fort Knox
Penobscot River
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Mass
Fort Winthrop
West Head
Governor’s Island
Texas Rangers Hold Brazos Santiago Forts Near Active Post
The Galveston News reports Fort Brown to be given up soon with two batteries of light artillery marching out. Texas forces at Brazos Santiago reinforce an island defense as 1861 seethes with activity and Fort Brown remains a Confederate stronghold only until March 20.
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Galveston News
Fort Brown
Brazos
Texas
Texas Rangers
Gulf
United States
Brazos Santiago
Boeton
Davis
Montgomery
Ala
Star of the West In Quarantine Awaiting Washington Orders
The Star of the West remains at New York quarantine awaiting final orders from Washington. It is unclear if troops from Washington will be brought aboard.
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New York
U. S
Crusader
Charleston
Anderson
Boston Post
Star of the West
Quarantine
Washington
Gaynor Proposes Arbitration To End Express Strike
Mayor Gaynor offers to arbitrate the Adams Express Company strike if workers return to duty at once and form a grievances committee. He cites company assurances to remedy issues and predicts a quick settlement. The anticipated general strike did not occur.
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New York
Gaynor
Adams Express Company
Pinex Cough Syrup Recipe Promises Cheap Relief
A homemade cough syrup using Pinex and sugar syrup is advertised as a cheaper alternative to store bought remedies. The method claims rapid relief for severe coughs and hoarseness, with a money back guarantee and availability through Pinex Co. or local druggists.
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United States
Canada
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Heated U S Senate clash cited from 1861 Boston Post
The piece recalls a March 16 1861 Senate clash involving Senator Douglas who opposed Lincoln and Senator Hale of Maine The exchange features personal attacks from Douglas and responses from Hale and New Hampshire's senator with warnings of ongoing trouble for the Union amid expected clashes over quotations and discipline.
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Boston Post
U. S. Senate
Douglas
Lincoln
Hale
Maine
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
MIT Professor Defends Vivisection in Public Health Talk
Professor W. T. Sedgwick of MIT argued against anti vivisection and anti vaccination agitation during a lecture on Sanitary Science and Public Health. He noted most experiments use anesthetics and likened anti vivisection critics to wealthy crusaders, adding he gave up hunting after starting his research.
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W. T. Sedgwick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Patrolman Fitzgerald dismissed after guilty plea
Patrolman John R. Fitzgerald of the Hanover street station pleaded guilty to neglect of duty. A trial board held a hearing and recommended dismissal, which was carried out at roll call last night.
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John R. Fitzgerald
Hanover Street
Changes on Line as Boston and Maine Merges with New Haven
The Boston and Maine merger with the New York New Haven and Hartford prompts widespread changes. Across crossovers and junctions the two roads now share a single station and freight house with unified personnel replacing the former two distinct facilities.
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Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Mairne
New Haven
Fitchburg
New Haven Road
Main Street
Rail line unification plan for twelve crossing towns announced
A regional plan merges two rail lines at Fitchburg and eleven other towns including Worcester Springfield Northampton Shelburne Falls Lowell Concord Junction South Sudbury West Berlin Holyoke Sterling Junction and Clinton. The project aims to save hundreds of thousands yearly and may reroute trains.
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Fitchbury
Worcester
Springfield
Northampton
Shelburne Falls
Lowell
Concord Junction
South Sudbury
West Berlin
Holyoke
Sterling Junction
Clinton
Massachusetts Women Wage Debate Seeks Minimum Pay
George L. Brown urged a five member commission to study wages of women and minors and consider setting a minimum. He said 21 500 Massachusetts women over 21 earn six dollars a week or less, risking starvation and ill health. John Golden and Sue A. Clark supported action while Bancroft questioned state wage fixing. Brown argued health and morals justify state minimum wage powers.
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Massachusetts
George L. Brown
Committee On Labor
Brown
John Golden
United Textile Workers
Sue A. Clark
Women’s Trade Union
Charles G. Bancroft
Arkwright Club
Advertising as Applied to Retail Merchandising Talk
Herbert F. Price advertising manager of Shepard Norwell Company spoke to the Phillips Brooks Club about the duties of advertising men. He said a good ad man is born not made and must be editor writer diplomat and salesman with keen insight into human nature and consumer desires.
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Herbert F. Price
New Shepard Norwell Company
Phillips Brooks Club
Church of the Redeemer
Fourth Street
South
Boston
Price
Aotmatc
Curious Features in News of Day
Atlanta March 15 Supreme Court upholds contempt sentence for T. J. Hamilton of the Augusta Herald who refused to name a police source. He must serve five days or pay 50 dollars. In a separate incident a man on a streetcar drew a knife after being shorted a penny, causing a rush of female and male passengers to disarm him.
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Atlanta
T. J. Hamilton
Augusta Herald
Supreme Court
Forty-first Street
Baltimore Avenue
Jacobs
Ashes of Wife Sent in Letter from Germany
Mrs George McMartin wife of the Standard Steam Laundry proprietor died in Berlin last month. Her cremated ashes were mailed by registered post from Germany and buried in a Tacoma Mausoleum crypt.
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Tacoma
Germany
George McMartin
Standard Steam Laundry
Hair Clip Strike Closes LSU. Students Walkout
Baton Rouge March 15. Thirty LSU students struck in protest after fellow freshmen had heads shaved as punishment. The walkout led to the university's closure. Julius Mehlig of New Orleans, father of Lloyd G Mehlig, sues over reports of freshmen seeking firearms for self-defense.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Julius Mehlig
New Orleans
Lloyd G. Mehlig
Ten Days In Jail For One Cent Row
Philadelphia dispatch reports Sarah Jacobs, 32, of 120 North Fifteenth Street, sentenced by Magistrate Harris to ten days in County Prison for an altercation over a cent. Jacobs was a passenger on an Angora boat.
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Philadelphiia
Sarah Jacobs
North Fifteenth Street
Harris
Jacobs
Cheaper Oranges By Commission's Extended Order
The Inter state Commerce Commission extended to April 15 the terms of its order in the Arlington Heights Fruit Exchange case. California shippers to Eastern destinations must pre-cool and pre-ice fruit to qualify for the $30 to $7.50 carload price reduction.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arlington Heights Fruit Exchange
California
Woman's height nearly causes death in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City, Elizabeth Weatherby six feet five inches tall stood at Tennessee and Atlantic avenues with others waiting for vehicles from the Pennsylvania railroad station. An Marlborough Blenheim Motel auto truck driven by Chauffeur Smith turned the corner to avoid a street opening and trunks protruding over the car side struck Weatherby on the temple, tossing her to the sidewalk. She was taken to City Hospital and is recovering.
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Atlantic City
Elizabeth Weatherby
Weatherby
Tennessee
Atlantic Avenues
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marlborough- Blenheim
Smith
Mrs. Weatherby
City Hospital
Little Known Facts About Well Known Persons
Dr Woods Hutchinson a Yorkshire born medical writer. Rev Charles F Aeed a New York clergyman and expert bicyclist who toured Europe climbing Alpine passes. F Ull Mora a New York artist born in Montevideo Uruguay. F Berkeley Smith an author formerly New York architect now living in Paris. Mrs Mary Eldora Gage of Washington DC president of the National Society of Colonial Daughters a lineal descendant of Charlemagne Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror.
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Woods Hutchinson
Yorkshire
England
Charles F. Aeed
New York
Europe
Alps
F. Ull Mora
Uruguay
Montevideo
F. Berkeley Smith
Paris
New York City
Mary Eldora Gage
Washington, D. C
National Society of Colonial Daughters
Charlemagne
Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
Starr's Challenge Sale Brings Record Crowds at Winter Street
Starr's Specialty Shop kicks off a week long Challenge Sale on Winter street attracting large crowds and strong sales. Monday featured eye catching spring fashion displays and yellow streamers proclaiming the sale with orders pouring in by mail and phone. Four buyers rushed to New York to replenish stocks for the rest of the week as new slots and deals promise continued excitement.
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Starr
Winter Street
New York
Naval Veteran Benjamin F. Washington Dies in Stoughton
Stoughton civic leader and naval veteran Benjamin F. Washington died at his home Tuesday night. Born in Boston, he served in the U S Navy during the Civil War and later ran a florist business in Stoughton. He was an officer in Post 72 G A R and a member of the Union Veterans' Union. Survived by son Benjamin H and daughter R Adelaide, plus sister Mrs C Washington Taylor. Funeral Saturday at 11:15 AM at his home.
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Stoughton
Benjamin F. Washington
Mr. Washington
Boston
Union Veterans’ Union of
Brockton
Benjamin H
R. Adelaide
C. Washington-Taylor
Hill Home
Confederate Grays Volunteer to Taft Border Patrol
The Confederate Grays, a troop of war veterans, tender their services to President Taft for border patrol duty at the Mexican front if needed. They offer to serve even without active fighting and wish to assist on the border near Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Grays
Taft
Mexico
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