Cape Cod Canal To Open To Ships In July
Harbor and Land and Public Service commissions will hold a hearing at the State House to decide if a bridge or ferry will cross at Bournedale as part of Cape Cod Canal completion. Canal engineers announce the waterway will soon allow light ships to pass.
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Harbor and Land
Public Service Commissions
State House
Bournedale
Cape Cod Canal
Big Cape Ditch
Canal Company
Cape Cod Bay
Sagamore Highway
Cape Celebrates Opening with Marine and Land Pageant
Drafts for July underway as Cape residents plan a marine and land pageant to mark the opening. Local committees prepare floats and parade routes for the celebration.
Bridge or Ferry Fight Delays Cape Canal Decision
Cape towns push for a bridge at Bournedale over the canal while the canal company urges a ferry. State Harbor and Lands and Public Service Commissions visited the site to consider a stock and bond issue but reached no conclusion. The canal is about 78 percent complete with nine miles of depth varying from 10 to 25 feet.
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Bournedale
Canal Company
Cape Towns
State Commissions of Harbor and Lands and Public Service
Cape
Sagamore
Bourne
William S. McNary
George M. Harlow
Charles C. Paine
Harbor and Land Commission
Frederick J. Macleod
George W
George W. Anderson
Public Service Commission
Eben S. S. Keith
William A. Nye
Cape Cod
Waring
Cape Cod Bay
Buzzards Bay
Bourne Highway
Conference News Keeps U S Policy on Mexico Unchanged
Washington reports say the United States will not alter its Mexico policy or comment on new proposals until Torreon battle concludes. Senor Portillo y Rojas met John Lind to discuss peace talks and Portillo's Liberal Clerical stance. Officials note Caranza may reject Portillo as Huerta successor due to Clerical ties. Charges in Vera Cruz attend talks amid health concerns. Bryan denies O Shaughnessy resignation rumors. Portillo suggests Lind visit territories under federals.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
John Lind
Senor Portillo Y Rojas
Huerta
Mexico
Torreon
Charge Algara
Wilson
Lind
Carranza
O’shaughnessy
State Department
Bryan
O'Shaughnessy
Senor Portillo
Mr. Lind
Chinese Opera at Convention Captivates Boston Merchants
The third day of the Boston Chinese merchants convention featured three New York based Chinese women with an orchestra performing Chinese opera and plays at Harrison avenue headquarters. No formal business occurred as attendees feasted and enjoyed hours of Cantonese songs and dramatic performances amid Chinatown’s bustle with hundreds of participants.
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Boston
Harrison Avenue
New York
Chinatown
Villa forces drive in Torreon outposts in Mexican campaign
Rebel columns move toward the besieged Torreon as General Benavides’s force, marching by rail from Bermejillo, defeats a Federal detachment at a ditch near Tlahualito. Villa reports 90 enemy dead with three rebels killed and seven wounded. General Urbina occupies Mapimi.
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Benavides
Tlahualito
Bermejillo
Herrera
Santa Clara
Urbina
Mapimi
Torreon
Borunda
Malden Horses Killed Under State Board Order
Nine horses have been killed by order of the State Cattle Board in Malden, as the Grander epidemic prompts joint action by the Malden Board of Health. Drinking fountains across the city have been discontinued and all measures to curb the disease have been implemented.
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State Cattle Board
Malden
Reading Chauffeur Charged After Missing $200 Deposit
Chief Swain and Patrolman Culliane, praised for bravery, face scrutiny after arresting Reading chauffeur Floyd Peter Richardson. Richardson is charged by former employer Mrs. Lillie K. Littlefield with failing to account for $200 she entrusted to deposit, discovered when she returned to Reading.
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Swain
Reading
Culliane
Floyd Peter Richardson
Lillie K. Littlefield
Richardson
Escape from Reading jail sparks manhunt after drugged inmate
Chief Swain and Officer Cullinane waited for trains from Boston at Reading station. Richardson was arrested but appeared intoxicated and was taken toward the jail. While a second prisoner exploited a distraction and fled, Richardson remained at large as officers from neighboring towns pursued him.
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Swain
Cullinane
Boston
Reading
Richardson
Washington Street
Liberty
Newspaper to Fight Liquor
The Anti-Saloon League announces a new daily Washington newspaper to promote national prohibition. The league appropriated 0,000 for printing equipment and a Washington site to house the office, with a building planned for next summer and further funds to be raised.
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Cqglumbus
Anti-Saloon League
Washington
League
Hub men outwit railroad captors after chase in Maine woods
Assistant Probation Officer A. G. Varney of Roxbury District Court and Thomas S. Downey, a famed railroad man, chased into Maine woods last week and captured J. Edward York, a noted strike breaker wanted for contempt of court, but were arrested themselves for alleged kidnapping upon returning to Boston.
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A. G. Varney
Roxbury District
Thomas S. Downey
Maine Woods
J. Edward York
Boston
Boston Men Duel With Bangor & Aroostook Officials
Probation Officer Keene says Boston men defeated Bangor & Aroostook stock railroad officials after York was not returned. Officials funded lawyers for Boston men acquitted on assault charges and will post a cash bond to secure York’s weekly support and arrears to his former Roxbury wife and three children.
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York
Joseph A. Keene
Maine
Boston
Bangor & Arode
Keene
Bangor & Aroostook
Roxbury
Mrs Eaton Goes South Aboard Juniata From Boston
Mrs Jennie May Eaton widow of Admiral Eaton travels with her daughters Mrs June Ainsworth Keyes and Miss Dorothy Ainsworth Eaton aboard the Merchants and Miners liner Juniata leaving Boston for Norfolk Virginia. Mrs Eaton declines to reveal her destination or residence status. Dorothy travels with a young man who refused to provide his name.
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Jennie May Eaton
Joseph Giles Eaton
June Ainsworth Keyes
Dorothy Ainsworth Eaton
Norfolk
Merchants & Miners
Juniata
Boston
First Methodist Church of Chelsea Likely Sold
Acting on the Boston Methodism commission the church property of the First Methodist Church of Chelsea will probably be sold and church members will unite with Mt. Bellingham Church.
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Commission On
Boston
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Horlick
Bond
C. Chipman
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C. F. Hovey & Co
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Ceylon
Mrs. Eaton
MAY Sell Methodist Church
Chelsea
R. H. Stearns & CO
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