New Haven Eyes Narrow Gauge Road Electrification
Cham ber of Commerce leader Henry Howard backs extending the Boston Revere Beach Lynn line with electrification and gauge widening to serve Boston. He cautions about New Haven Maine control and cites stockholders and proposed termini while railroad men debate Mellen’s merger promises and South Station traffic relief.
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Henry Howard
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Public Improvements
Boston, Revere Reach
Lynn Road
Boston
Boston & Maine
New Haven Roads
Scollay Square
East Boston
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Esterbrook & Co
State Street
Road
Melvin O. Adams
Adams
Henry V. Cunningham
Thomas Kelley
Karl Adams
Mr. Adams
Lynn
A. Lawrence Edmands
Newton
Amos F. Breed
Alice D. Goodwin
Medford
Mary Boardman
Hyde Park
Robert Hartlet
Mary D. Brown
Annette Bradley
Dover
N. H
Richard Fairfax Bolles
Daniel Baxter
Quincy
George Bruce
Mary C. Bell
Brookline
Martha B. Baker
Kingston
Lville P. Beckett
Malden
Mellen
North Shore
John H. Bickford
Boston & Eastern E Electric Railway
Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners
Boston & Eastern Company
Boston & Eastern
New Haven Road
Boston & Maine Road
H. V. Cunningham
Samuel Carro
Revere Board of Trade
New Haven
Boston, Revere Beach
Revere
William Sandy
Winthrop Board of Selectmen
Boston & Maine Railroad
James Bennett
Controversy Over Boston & Maine and New Haven Merger
City leaders and residents from Lynn Revere and surrounding towns discuss a potential takeover of the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn line by the Boston & Maine and the New Haven. They warn of fare increases, loss of local service, and the impact on daily commuters while weighing future tunnel and branch plans and the broader Pennsylvanian consolidation trend.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Relief for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement urges families to keep Pape's Diapepsin for indigestion stomach gas and sour stomach. It claims relief from heartburn belching and nausea within five minutes and notes a 50 cent case contains ample remedy for chronic dyspepsia.
Adamson's Balsam Marketed as Cold Cure Remedy
An advertisement proclaims Adamson's Balsam as a cure for the common cold. The claim targets readers seeking a quick relief remedy and promotes purchase of the product.
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Adamson
Schooner Clarence H Venner Strikes Hell Gate Rocks
The four masted schooner Clarence H Venner from Hyannis Mass went aground on the Hell Gate rocks near Mill Rock in New York. After two hours of efforts three tugs failed to refloat her, awaiting high tide. Captain Samuel N Baker his wife and nine crew are aboard with a police launch and tug standing by for possible evacuation.
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New York
Clarence H. Venner
Hyannis
Mass
Hell Gate Rocks
Mill Rock
Samuel N. Baker
Boston
Philadelphia
Denver aviators test air currents at Overland Park
Spectators at Denver's mile-high field watched Ralph Johnstone Arch Hoxsey and Walter R Brookins fly tests at Overland Park Johnstone rose 1500 feet but did not push for records Hoxsey stayed about 300 feet below Johnstone and Brookins maneuvered around at roughly 1000 feet all during the test of air currents
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Denver
Col
Ralph Johnstone
Arch Hoxsey
Walter R. Brookins
Overland Park
Johnstone
Jofnstone
Hoxsey
Brookins
Will of St. Louis tobacco magnate Myers filed for probate
The will of George S. Myers a St. Louis tobacco magnate who died in Redlands on August 29 is filed for probate. The estate valued at about 25 million dollars goes to his three daughters.
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Redlands
Cal
George S. Myers
St. Louis
Pinex Cough Syrup Recipe Promises Fast Relief
A home recipe claims to make a pint of cough syrup that relieves even obstinate coughs within 24 hours. It combines sugar syrup with Pinex and Norway pine extract, marketed as safe, effective, and widely copied, with a money back guarantee and a note to obtain Pinex via a local druggist or The Pinex Co.
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Ines
United States
Canada
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Bill
By Williams
Peabody
Revere Beach
Edgeworth
Connecticut
Eastern
Tuttle
Melien
Boston and Fastern
Postoffice Square
Salem
Beverly
Danvers
Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad
Estabrook & Co
James Rich
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Road
Market Street
George ‘Turnbull
B. F. Spinney
Boston & Eastern Road
W. H. Niles
Essex County Bar Association
Brendon J. Keenan
Winthrop
Roscoe Walsworth
Revere Board of Selectmen
Boston & Eastern Railway
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Nik Not
Awituanes
THE
C. E. Osgood Co
Washington ‘St
Americas
Boylston and
Essex Tunnel
New England
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Osgood Co
Hell Gate
Royal Wilton
Body Brussels
Royal Axminster
Washington St
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated
Franklin Street
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