Boston Architects Around Bombproof Tunnel Entrances
Boston critics label the new tunnel entrances beside Old South Church as bombproofs and eye-sores. Prominent architect C Howard Walker denounces the design and calls it unfit for a historic street, while peers condemn the fashion of glass bullseyes and curved tops.
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Old South Church
C. Howard Walker
Boston
Beacon Street
J. H. Cranby
New York
Navy Yard
Jack
Washington Street
Sargent Hears of Danger in Immigration Plans
National Commissioner Frank P. Sargent arrived in Boston and met Colonel Billings at Long Wharf then Italian Immigration Society officers at the Lenox Hotel. He dined with the Women’s Home Missionary Society and spoke of a new immigration station before taking the midnight express home.
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National
Frank P. Sargent
Boston
Colonel Billings
Long Wharf
Italian Immigration Society
Hotel Lenox
Sargent
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Park Street Church
Immigration Station Vision for Boston Area Needs
Mr Sargent urges humane immigration policy and a new Boston station housing services for immigrants. He argues for sanitary streets affordable cottages and land for immigrant housing while condemning crowed tenements and extortionate rents. He notes immigration cannot be fully restrained and calls for revised laws and adequate funding.
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Mr. Sargent
Boston
Civic League
United States Immigration Service
West
More Time Asked In Paper Inquiry
A six member House committee filed both majority and minority reports on wood pulp and print paper amid tariff debates. The majority urged delay on legislation until further investigation, while the minority backed passage of the Stevens bill to free wood pulp and paper. The study notes price trends, supply chains, and possible restraint of trade concerns, and discusses tariff removal implications for Canada sourced pulp and U.S. mills. The panel also highlights a 1907 paper industry dispute sparked by a Wisconsin Quebec pulp wood purchase and its impact on prices.
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Washington
House
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Mann
Illinois
Miller
Kansas
Stafford
Wisconsin
Bannon
Ohio
Sims
Tennessee
Ryan
New York
Stevens
United States
Canada
Quebec
International Paper Company
Manila
Wisconsin Mills
Wisconsin Wood Pulp Association
Representative Stafford seeks 18 month import duty suspension
Washington May 28 Representative Stafford of Wisconsin a member of the special committee investigating the wood pulp and print paper question today introduced a joint resolution to suspend the import duty on mechanically ground wood pulp for 18 months with an exception for countries that restrict imports or impose export duties on wood pulp.
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Washington
Stafford
Wisconsin
House
Rescue on the Charles River Saves Two Boston College Students
A holiday canoe outing near Cold Springs Point ended when Louis Brier and John Driscoll capsized. Four companions responded, rescuing both in a near-drowning incident. Peter McMahon and Harry Gooding saved Brier, while William Guinee and William Mahoney saved Driscoll. The boys were treated at the boathouse and sent home.
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Needham
Boston College
Louis Brier
John Driscoll
Boston
Charles River
Cold Springs Point
Brier
Driscoll
Peter McMahon
Harry Gooding
McMahon
William Guinee
William Mahoney
No contest on currency bill in Senate debate
Washington May 28 The anticipated opposition to the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill likely will not materialize as Senator Aldrich sets the report aside until 11 tomorrow after keeping it before the Senate until nearly 4 p m The Senate spent the rest of the day passing unobjected House bills and signaling a vote on the currency bill tomorrow adjournment sine die appears likely by Saturday
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Congress
Evans
Melrose
William Hosea Evans
Main Street
Minton
Forest Hills
Thomas Minton
Orchid Avenue
Morton Street
St. Thomas’ Church
Monahan
Boston
Bridget
Francis Monahan
Mercer Street
St. Augustine’s Church
Page
Everett
Clara
Weston R. Page
Portland Banker J Thoburn Ross Fined and Imprisoned
Judge Burnett in Salem Circuit Court sentenced J Thoburn Ross a Portland banker to five years in prison and a 576 094 dollar fine after a conviction for wrongful conversion of State school funds while he led Title Guarantee Trust Company.
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Salem
Ore
Burnett
Circuit Court
J. Thoburn Ross
Portland
Ross
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Maine Publisher Faces Maximum Fine for Conspiracy
George Fred Terry of Waterville publishing house is to be fined $10,000, the maximum, after a March conviction for conspiracy to defraud the government of postage. Judge Hale announced the sentence would be imposed, citing mercy arguments and the potential risk to Terry’s eyesight if jailed.
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Maine
Portland
George Fred Terry
Waterville Mail Order Publishing House
Hale
United States District Court
Terry
Greek Steamer Lamyron Wrecked Near Cape Finistere
The Greek steamer Lamyron bound for Copenhagen was wrecked on rocks three miles from Cape Finistere. All 23 crew members were rescued.
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Brest
Lamyron
Copenhagen
Cape Finistere
Offer Choice Bungalow Lots in West Roxbury
Real estate firms Hosford Williams and B F Cobleigh offer bungalow lots in West Roxbury garden ward. Representatives will be on site all day to explain advantages of the plots accessible by electric Needham or Charles River lines from Dudley street to LaGrange street and by steam from the South station to West Roxbury depot.
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Garden Ward
Boston
Needham
Dudley Street
LaGrange Street
West Roxbury
Red Eyes and Eyelids Need Marine Eye Tonic
An advertisement promotes Marine Eye Tonic claiming to relieve red eyes eyelids and tired eyes. The copy urges readers to try the product for relief and improved eye comfort.
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St. Joseph’s Parochial School
Panama
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Carlton
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Pape
Whith Dental Parlors
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Pitta Suri
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Jaynes Drug Co
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Rochester
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