Season opens at the Chutes on Hunting ton avenue
Sage matters note the season inaugurating tomorrow at the Chutes Hunting ton avenue a popular summer resort with new features and entertainments outside dating Jace Beals joins Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon for next season Actress Julia Arthur plans Detroit openings Oct 1 with multiple plays plus a Decoration Day Maine voyage replica at Charles River Park. Lyceum Dramatic Club formed City Point with promising members
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Huntington Avenue
Jace Beals
Boston
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Leslie Carter
Heart of Maryland
Adelphi Theatre
London
Sheridan
Castle Square
Lillian Lawrence
Julia Arthur
Detroit
Ingomar
Hollison
Papinta
Keith's
Tremont
Askim
Manila
Charles River Park
Havana Harbor
City Point
Lyceum Dramatic Club
First and Ninth Assigned to Duty
The Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry is distributed: Colonel Bogan orders one battalion to Quonset Rhode Island. lieutenant colonel and a major with six companies to Fort Adams. two companies to Dutch Island. First Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery under Colonel Pfaff sends two batteries to Salem and Clarke's Point. Major Frye with four batteries remains at Fort Warren. The new mascot is christened Dewey.
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New York
Army
Department of the East
Ninth
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Fred Bogan
Quonset
R. L
Fort Adams
R. I
Dutch Island
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Pfaff
Salem
Mass
North Shore
Clarke’s Point
Frye
Fort Warren
Lambs at Play at Boston Theatre in Blackface Minstrel Gambol
The Lambs staged a three hour star packed minstrel show in Boston featuring De Wolf Hopper as interlocutor and Stuart Robson, Willie Collier, Ignacio Martinetti as bones and Jeff De Angelis, Nat C. Goodwin on tambos. A negro sketch and a burlesque overwhelmed the crowd. the performance raised several thousand dollars for the club house.
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Boston
An En
Victor Herbert
Lambs
Star Gambol
Tall de Wolf Hopper
Stuart Robson
Willie Collier
Ignacio Martinetti
H. C. Barnabee
Jeff de Angelis
Nat C. Goodwin
Fritz Williams
Charles H. Hopper
Maryland
de Wolf Hopper
Leslie Carter
Vessels, Salvage, andDeaths Mark Boston Waterfront Scene
At the Boston waterfront a Leyland Line steamer Victorian anchored after a foggy voyage from Liverpool. Immigrant cases involving two Americans, a Swede, and an Englishman were under review as the next return trip looms. A fleet of fishing vessels crowded the wharf while a 2900-ton steamer Atala and the Warren liner Michigan added traffic. News of nitrate imports, chemical and naval issues, and the death of Chief Engineer Joseph L. Folsom are noted alongside harbor projects and ship movements.
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Shepherd
Leyland Line
Liverpool
Boston
James Thornton
James Brady
Great Pond
Charles Benton
Robert Marshall
Atala
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Cambroman
Bermuda
Charlestown
Oakbank
Delaware
Java
Philadelphia
Standard Oil Company
Maverick
Atlas
Hercules
Navy Department
Amelia G. Treland
New England
A. A. Sumner
Bayonne
N. J
South America
Independence
Edward O'Brien
Baltimore
San Francisco
RE. A. O'Brien
Manila
Island
St. Helena
Maitland
Joseph L. Folsom
Braintree
California
Atlantic Works
Camilla
Dick Leeson
Boston Towboat Company
Chelsea
Lert Cates
DHE Landsman
Camp Dewey in Rainy Framingham as Ninth Regt Lettered
May 24 dispatches describe Camp Dewey soaked by Scotch mist with tents drenched and drills halted. Chaplain Murphy leads prayers twice daily as Lt Col Logan commands a damp parade and the Ninth endures water shortages, heat and rations, while companions celebrate visits from Natick and friends in Boston post office presents.
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Dewey
Framingham
Natick Company
Company L
P. M. O'Connor
Artington
O'Connor
Logan
Travellers’ Daily Companion
Father O'Connor
Timothy J. Sullivan
Boston
Post Office Clerks’ Association
William Beaudrot
John F. J. Countie
Thomas Carroll
Charlestown Cadets Begin Eight Day Plum Island Duty
The Charlestown Cadets Company A Fifth Infantry with sixty one men left the armory after 9 AM for Plum Island to relieve Company B of Cambridge. They traveled by train to Newburyport and electric cars toward the island then marched the remaining mile to camp near the lighthouse.
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Charlestown
Fifth Infantry
Plum Island
Cambridge
Union Station
Newburyport
Willis W. Stover
W. 8. Tolman
R. W. Bray
Worcester Company
Light Artillery
Malden
Medford
Woburn
Gloucester
Bancroft Drills His Staff at Marblehead Headquarters
General Bancroft commands coast defenders in a morning drill for officers at Marblehead. Adjutant-General Dal ton announces medical officers assigned to the military medical examining board and duties for the extended service. First Battalion Fifth Infantry arrives in marching order, while Rockport outposts and the Third Battalion head into town by electric cars.
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Marblehead
Bancroft
Dalton
Military Medical Examining Board
W. L. Richardson
First Corps of Cadets
George W. Mills
Cavalry
A. L. Wyman
B. C
Coast Defence
Fifth Infantry
H. P. Ballard
Duncan Street
Rockport
McCarthy
Clement
Boston con man Rita Butler arrested for swindles
John Carter alias Rita Butler 23 of West End was arrested by Inspectors Abbott and Robinson. Identified by four victims who paid sums from a few dollars to 27 75. Victims include Archibald Spaulding Michael Leoney Gustave Falk and Michael Shanney. Carter known to police, previously jailed for stealing a pocketbook. He ran bunco near employment agencies targeting job seekers.
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Rita
Jim” Butler
Chambers Street
West End
Abbott and Robinson
Boston
Archibald H. Spaulding
Otis Street
East Cambridge
Michael Looney
Washington Street
Charlestown
Gustave Falk
Lenox Street
Michael Shanney
Jamaica Street
Jamaica Plain
Carter
Reformatory
Pittsfield
Boston Grammar School Club Elects Officers After Dinner
The Boston Grammar School Club, a group of sixty teachers, held its annual officer election at the Ven dome last night. Elected to lead for the coming year were President Miss M. A. Nichols, Vice President Miss Stevens, Secretary Miss Grazer, and Directors Miss Pitcher, Halliday and Shaw. Afterward a musical and literary program featured Miss Adams on piano, Miss Biddy on violin, Miss Challoner on vocal, and Miss White from the Emerson School of Oratory.
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Boston Grammar School Club
Boston Grammar Schools
Vendome
M. A. Nichols
Stevens
Miss Grazer
Pitcher
Halliday
Shaw
Adams
Biddy
Challoner
White
Emerson School of Oratory
Utopian Club Auxiliary Hosts May Party in Minot Hall
The ladies' auxiliary of the Utopian Club held a May party and dance in Minot Hall attended by 40 couples. National colors decorated the hall with Nathan Somers as floor director assisted by Lew Goldman and Jean Parsselain as arrangements chairman.
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The
Utopian Club
Minot Hall
Nathan Somers
Lew Goldman
Jean Parsselain
Millbury Woman Betsy Barker Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mrs Betsey Barker of North Grafton reached her century today marking the 100th anniversary of her birth. Born in Grafton she spent most of her life there and is in excellent health.
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Millbury
Betsey Barker
North Grafton
Grafton
Red Star Line Ships Land at Southampton for Antwerp Trip
Steamers of the Red Star line call at Southampton en route to Antwerp. Passengers may land in England and continue to Antwerp on a later Red Star steamer from Southampton at no extra charge. The fleet flies either the British or Belgian flag, a noted advantage to travelers.
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Red Star Line
Southampton
Antwerp
England
Red Star
Train Schedule Change Westbound Departure Time
Beginning Sunday May 29 the train from Boston via the Boston and Albany railway will depart at 6 30 p m instead of 7 16 p m for all points west reflecting a new daily western service time.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Washington Street
Carbo Obett
Western and Eastern Division
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A. Mit Op. Ie
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Ami
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Gray S
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P. m
Maine Central-R
A m
A. m
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Thomaston
Ridays
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Concord
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Sudley Branch
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Beimont
Tilton
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Meredith Land
Laconia
Weirs
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Betwe Cord
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Warren
Haver Nill
Campton
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Pemigewasset Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
Lanecaster
Bethlehem Junction
Twin Mountain
Fabyan House
White Mountain
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Levanon
Whith Rives Junction
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Claremont
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Hanover
ST. Johnsbury
Newport
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Quebec
ST. 71
LC. R.rr
Chicago
The
West
G. T
Fitchburg
Causeway Street
J. R. Watson
Gen'l Pass
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Whitman
Sund
Sid Plymouth
Cohasset
Provincetown
Chatham
Fiyannis
Woop's Hole
Cottage City
Wantucket
Boston & Albany
Marlboro
Hin Hburg
LEOMI
Eae
Clinton
Walt
Meera Hhaig
Ny Powe
Parkegeare
Specia Ticket A
Falliver
Er Palmer
Vast Ship Deal Consolidates Cramp and Vickers into Giant
Reports from London say the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia and Vickers Sons Maxim of Barrow-in-Furness England will merge. Capital would rise from 5 million to 10 million dollars with British funds, and Cramp holders receive new stock. Directors meet in Philadelphia Thursday to approve details.
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New York
London
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
Vickers Sons & Maxim
Barrow-in-Furness
England
Tts
Cramps
Cramp Company
Vickers Company
Naval Recruits and Enlistment Totals Amid Mobilization
Washington May 2 Twenty one thousand officers and men comprise the naval force on duty with nineteen thousand eight hundred eighteen enlistments. Officials estimate that filling all vessels and conversions to auxiliary ships will require several thousand more, pushing total manpower toward thirty thousand. New York leads enlistments with seventeen hundred eighty. Massachusetts contributes fourteen hundred seventy four with some transfers to regular and auxiliary services as work continues.
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Washington
England
Middle States
Db C
Middle West
Bruth
Reece Eerere
Coast Signal Service
Massachusetts
Prairie
Catskill
Lehigh
Monitors Planned for Harbor Defense Under Naval Appropriation
Naval authorities outline plans for monitors authorized by the naval appropriation law. The design features a front plate at forty five degrees and vertical side plates. Equipped with two ten inch guns, officials say the vessels will serve as effective harbor defense and not for offensive operations, with completion expected in a few weeks.
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Department
Fitting Erben's Flagship at Portsmouth Harbor
The auxiliary cruiser William H. Brown receives war paint and guns soon to be mounted. She is expected to become Admiral Serben's flagship. Navy yard has 100 trained carrier pigeons. speeds of 60 miles an hour noted on voyages to New York. Work ordered on monitor Catskill and to furnish the collier Southery. Essex ordered fitted out with war paint and new rigging at the station.
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Portsmouth
N. H
William H. Brown
Admiral Serben
Navy Yard
New York
Gloucester
Southery
Boston
Essex
Havel not bound for Spain says North German Lloyd agents
Agents for North German Lloyd refute reports that the steamship Havel will go to the Spanish government. Cresta & Co. of Bremen, agents for the Italian company CNI, deny the sale and note Spain is buying Italian ships for use as cruisers. The Havel, a fast single screw vessel, is cited amid broader naval transfers.
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New York
Lloyd Steamship Company
Havel
Pears
Cresta & Co
Bremen
Compagnie Navigatio Italiane
Spain
West Southwest and North 6 45 A YM Mail and Passenger
Fragmentary OCR note lists railway or transport timings and a passenger car or coach reference. Limited readable names and times suggest a timetable or service update for a specific line or schedule segment.
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Allie
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