Atlantic Leads In The Big Ocean Race Start
The Atlantic takes an early lead in the transatlantic race as Endymion Hamburg and Thistle follow with Valhalla and Utowana delayed by a difficult start. Ailsa and Fleur de Lys win early windward advantage, while Sunbeam Apache and others trail, setting a tense opening with near collision moments and a long column of vessels fading from view.
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Endymion
Atlantic
Thistle
Apache
Sunbeam
Valhalla
Ailsa
Hamburg
Gedney
Caronia
Hildegarde
Charles Barr
Utowana
Fleur de Lys
Yawl Ailsa
Barr
Teuton
Lemuel Miller
Gloucester
Bohlin
Oldest Son of Veteran Dies in Wakefield
Alexander C. Stubbs, named oldest Son of Veteran in the United States, died at his Crescent street home after a long illness. He leaves a widow and several children.
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Wakefield
Alexander C. Stubbs
United States
Crescent Street
Alexander Stubbs
Local Civil War veteran Mr Stubbs laid to rest at Wellfleet
Mr Stubbs born Wellfleet January 24 1827 moved to Wakefield as a youth and worked as a plasterer. He served in the Civil War and his father was a War of 1812 veteran. Funeral Friday at his home with G A R delegation present. interment in local cemetery. Town Hall flags at half mast.
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Mr. Stubbs
Wellfleet
Wakefield
Crex Rugs Offer Light Cooling Floor Coverings
Household comfort at open window season prompts consideration of Crex rugs made from prairie grass. Durable sanitary and inexpensive, these reversible rugs suit porches and indoor spaces, moving easily and offering a cool alternative to heavy winter coverings. Available at department stores and carpet shops.
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Crex
Bill full of home rule bids for East Boston hospital
East Boston residents, officials and lawyers urge a hospital bill with home rule safeguards. They cite eminent domain provisions, two thirds city council approval, and broad Suffolk county legislative support as essential to quick treatment for 60 000 locals and 3 000 yearly Haymarket square ambulance transfers.
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East Boston Hospital
Collins
Board of Aldermen and Common Council
Ward 11
Suffolk County
East
Boston
East Boston
Apple Island
Navy Yard
Haymarket Square
Malden
East Boston Reacts to Mayor Veto on Taylor Hospital Plan
Leading East Boston figures voice opinions on Mayor Collins vetoing the $100,000 Taylor hospital proposal. Lawyer James E. Fitzgerald urges separate treatment for East Boston, while others emphasize local needs and the impact of the tunnel project.
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East Boston
Collins
Taylor Hospital
John Marno
Ward 1
Republican City Committee
James E. Fitzgerald
United Sons of Terra Nova Protest East Boston Relief Hospital Veto
A letter from the United Sons of Terra Nova protests the mayor’s veto of the East Boston relief hospital project. It argues the need is undeniable for workers on the water front and urges council action to support Senator Taylor's bill, noting the cost of saving a life vs curing injuries.
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Sir
United Sons of Terra Nova
East Boston
Noddle Island
Beacon Hill
Taylor
Collins
Treasury
Aes A
Babson Rules Veto Message Must Return to Aldermen
Corporation Counsel Babson states under the Revised Statutes the mayor's veto message must return to its originating body. East Boston hospital bill would come before the Board of Aldermen first and cannot go to the council tonight. The Aldermen are expected to vote yes 12 to 1, with the council likely to pass over the veto when reached. The mayor could object to hospital sites and may refuse to sign $100,000 in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston Hospital
Board of Aldermen
Thomas M. Babson
Collins
Boston
Boston Legislator Attacks Mayor Over East Boston Hospital Veto
A Boston Democrat in the Legislature blasts Mayor Collins for vetoing the East Boston hospital bill. He accuses the mayor of forgetting the poor, cites lack of a consumptives hospital, and questions the North End bathhouse land deal while praising the two-thirds council vote enabling the project. He argues the veto defies home rule and highlights the legislative support for the hospital.
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Boston
Collins
East Boston Hospital
East Boston
North End
United
Boston Representatives
Veto Draws Attention in East Boston Hospital Bill Debate
The veto by Mayor Collins on the East Boston hospital proposal is debated as signaling not a third-term candidacy by some experts. The measure impacts thousands of workers across East Boston and nearby districts who rely on the project.
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Boston
Collins
East Boston Hospital
East Boston
Charlestown
North End
South End
Roxbury
Dorchester
South Boston
Heart Cure Promises Quick Recovery From Serious Trouble
The ad claims heart afflictions stem from exhausted nerve force and that only the advertised Heart Cure can halt progression and restore health. It cites Rev. W. A. Robins of Port Elgin Ontario who reports improvement after two months, and promises a money-back guarantee if the first bottle does not help.
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Miles
W. A. Robins
Port Elgin
Ont
Cable on General Wood's Moros campaign deaths May 2–5
General Corbin reports no official details from Jolo yet. Casualty list from May 2 to 5 includes killed Henry Ballbach Daniel Burek Everett Fowler Lewis Williams John Kelley and wounded James C Gunn Murray D Higgins Harry Southard Charles Carson Frank Carpenter Theodore Thorson William Griggs Elmer Gore Nelson Hughes George Brook Joseph Adams.
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Washington
War Department
Corbin
Manila
Wood
Jolo
Island of Jolo
Henry Ballbach
Daniel Burek
Fourteenth Cavalry
Everett C. Fowler
Lewis Williams
John Kelley
Seventeenth Infantry
James C. Gunn
Murray D. Higgins
Harry A. Southard
Charles E. Carson
Frank C. Carpenter
Theodore E. Thorson
William H. Griggs
Twenty-eighth Battery Field Artillery
Elmer E. Gore
Nelson R. Hughes
Twenty-second Infantry
George G. Brook
Joseph A. Adams
Catholic temperance union reunion draws 400 attendees
Four hundred Catholic temperance workers from eastern Massachusetts gathered for the Boston Archdiocesan Total Abstinence Union reunion in Catholic Union Hall. Fifty whist tables, Strand's Orchestra, and dancing followed a program led by Rev. John T. Mullen with George Wentworth directing the floor.
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Commonwealth
Boston
John T. Mullen
Holy Cross Cathedral
George Wentworth
St. Joseph’s Temperance Society
Annie F. Sullivan
Mary E. Flynn
Annie Graves
Mary A. Mullen
Mary Murphy
It Was the Duty of the Legislature Says Senator Beck
In a Chelsea address Senator Beck defends the city’s use of eminent domain under a legislative act. He cites a Boston City Council vote and asserts the trustees may take land only with permission, while East Boston’s long effort finally found legislative action. He argues there is no home rule violation and calls the outcome plain common sense.
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Senator Beck
Chelsea
Boston
Tug Patience Captain Reports Fog Caused Aransas Collision
Captain Calhoun of the tug Patience files an official report from Philadelphia on the sinking of the toy line steamer Aransas off Pollock Rip. He cites fog and says the Aransas crossed his tow line, while Captain Rood of the Aransas blames the tug captain. A hearing is scheduled next week.
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Calhoun
Patience
Aransas
Pollock Rip
Philadelphia
Carleton and
Savage
United States
Federal Building
Rood
Fearful Abduction Case In Roxbury Family
Robert Atkinson of 84 Lawnstreet Roxbury reports his daughter Alice aged 12 has been spirited away. He suspects involvement by connections of his former wife in Montreal, with whom Alice lived before his second marriage. Police offered no confirmation.
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Robert Atkinson
Lawnstreet
Roxbury
J. Montgomery Sears
Alice
Montreal
Missing Montreal girl last seen on Fenway bridge
The girl, last seen at 8 30 Tuesday morning near Fenway bridge, attended Jefferson School. Police search unsuccessful. Father sent word to Montreal. mother dead. aunt in Montreal reluctant about her departure. She is described as pretty with brown eyes and light hair, wearing a straw hat, blue coat, and black dress.
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Fenway Bridge
Jefferson School
Montreal
Atkinson
Decision Held in Dixon Disbarment Case
Closing arguments were heard by Judge Sheldon on the petition of the Boston Bar Association to disbar Jonathan B. Dixon of Reading for abuse of legal process. The court took the case under consideration and will decide in a few days. The bar filed after a contest over the will of Julius Adams, a retired South Boston lawyer who died December 18 1899, leaving an estate near 500000.
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Sheldon
Boston Bar Association
Jonathan B. Dixon
Reading
Dixon
The
Bar Association
John F. Cronan
Court Street
Julius Adams
South Boston
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H. H. Hosley
United States Navy
Oliver E. Cromwell
Newbury D. Lawton
H. B. Parsons
Edward H. Wales
New York Yacht Club
Sandy Hook
Howard Gould
Niagara
E. C. Benedict
Alex van Rensselaer
May
R. A. C. Smith
Privateer
Candace Stimson
J. B. Connolly
Smith
Johnson
Gilde
CC Stimson
Senator William Taylor
F. A. Wright
Richard McDonnell
Joseph J. Murley
J. A. Bulger
Terra Novans
Eee
Babson
Dr. Miles
C. T. A. Reunion
Union Hall
Lays
Aransas Wreck
Tug
Farmer
Fear Daughter
J. M. Sears
Alice Atkinson
Teese Men
American Grass Twine CO
ST. Paul
New York
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