High Speed Interurban Railway Plan From Boston to Providence
A proposed 82 mile double tracked interurban line would run from Park Square Boston through Brookline Newton Needham Dover Walpole and other towns to Pawtucket and Providence Market Square. Construction by James F Shaw & Co. with $3 million cost and expected annual earnings over $100000. Start early spring 1905.
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Dover
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Rhode Island State Line
Park Square
Boston & Worcester Street Railway Company
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Pawtucket
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Company
Market Square
Dedham
Medfield
Franklin
Norwood
East Walpole
Mansfield
Taunton
Fall River
New York
New England
Boston & Providence Company
James F. Shaw & Co
Congress Street
British Drug Use Among Society Women Grows
London reports reveal increased drug habits among society women with opium morphia and cocaine common, hashish feared for its imagined bliss. A physician notes hashish can dislocate ideas, making time and space vanish, with insanity and death seen if usage continues.
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London
England
English Lord Bishop Preaches at Harvard Appleton Chapel
The Right Rev. William Boyd Carpenter, bishop of Ripon and House of Lords member, preached at Appleton Chapel Harvard last evening. He urged young men to face responsibility, endure loneliness, and seek true faith over worldly approval. He stressed character grows through duty and solitude, with visions of eternity arising in quiet moments.
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William Boyd-Carpenter
Ripon
House of Lords
Appleton Chapel
Harvard University
Cambridge
God
Bishop Greer Preaches Love as Foundation of the Universe at Emmanuel
The Right Rev. David H. Greer preached at Emmanuel Church on Love the Prime Principle of the Universe. He cited St John, describing Jesus as the Word and God as Love, and noted the principle of love is evident in life and now illuminated in modern study.
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David H. Greer
D. D
New York
Massachusetts
Emmanuel Church
St. John
Jesus
God
Police raid liquor and gaming dens in city
Police seized alcohol at two addresses as officers halted alleged gambling and illegal drinking. John Houlihan at 94 Merrimac street had a half gallon of whiskey and six and a half gallons of beer taken. Catherine Hickey’s alleged home at 20 and 22 Wapping street yielded seven eighths of a gallon and two gallons of whiskey. Beds on Jaeger and David Avatts, both 19, were arrested at Prince and Salem streets for alleged crap shooting.
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John Houlihan
Merrimac Street
Wapping Street
Catherine Hickey
Bedson Jaeger
David Avatts
Cleveland Place
Charter Street
Prince and
Salem Streets
Dorchester council to discuss six agitation topics
At a Dorchester United Improvement Council meeting on Wednesday evening committees will report on six topics including a proposed loop connecting Shawmut with the old railroad at Mattapan, Milton transfer both ways, Neponset River purification, Franklin Field improvement, and the Dorchester city yard. Better local train service will also be urged.
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United Improvement Council of
Dorchester
Shawmut
Old
New York & New England Railroad
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset River Purification
Franklin Field Improvement
Dorchester City Yard
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Efficacious in Boston Testimony
A Boston carpenter Daniel Harrington testifies after twenty years of kidney trouble. He describes nocturnal secretions, headaches, dizziness, and excruciating back pain that vanish after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad states the product costs 50 cents and is distributed by Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo as U.S. agents.
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Boston
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Dartmouth Street
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Doan
Copper stocks show strong week led by Calumet & Hecla
Last week copper shares moved up with Calumet & Hecla and Tamarack gaining 10 points each. Shannon led volume at 39 920 shares followed by Amalgamated 26 492 and Allouez 16 875. Other issues mostly under 10 000 shares with mixed percentage changes.
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Tamarack
Old Dominion
Shannon
Allouez
Atlantic
Isle Royale
Amalgamated
Copper Range
Adventure Eeees
Bingham
Centennial
Daly-West Ae
Michigan
White wife of colored minstrel takes poison
Georgiana Symonds a 35 year old white wife of a colored man at 22 Phillips Street drank laudanum yesterday afternoon and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Neighbors say the poisoning may have been accidental though a quarrel with her husband occurred shortly before. She is on the dangerous list with slim chances of recovery.
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Georgiana Symonds
Phillips Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Symonds
Valley Club Hosts Entertainment Meeting at Roxbury Rooms
The Valley Club conducted an afternoon event in their rooms at 1488 Columbus Avenue Roxbury. Congressman John A. Sullivan delivered the address of the day and Senator Peters also spoke to attendees.
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The
Valley Club
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
John A. Sullivan
Peters
Whitney missing girl believed married in Somerville
Somerville police think Miss Minnie A Whitney, the South Braintree girl, is married. At 422 Norfolk street the reporter learned she was not there and had not been since last night. It seemed probable she had chosen another lover and would not return.
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Minnie A. Whitney
South Braintree
Fletcher House
Norfolk Street
Whitney
Hill & Dunshee
Minnie Alice Whitney
Bernard L. Simmons
Athol Tops State in Per Capita Widow Count
Athol reports the highest per capita widow population in the state after a local directory canvass. Skeptics joke about beauty, while bachelors are plentiful. Orange also shows many widows but Athol leads in this undesired ranking. Town leaders have yet to decide on any corrective action.
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Athol
Orange
Procession to the Cathedral in Jubilee Observance
More than 600 men led by Rev. Father Blunt of St. Peter's Dorchester marched from their church to the Cathedral in a solemn visit marking one of the required three visits for the jubilee set by the pope. The local ceremony fuels widespread Catholic interest as other groups plan similar visits.
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Father Blunt
St. Peter’s Church
Dorchester
Fleet of schooners at Fiske's wharf opens market sailings
Readable reports detail 13 trips to reach the pier Saturday night and Sunday with haddock cod and hake aboard. Vessels include Benjamin F Phillips 50 000 pounds Francis Whalen 52 000 Fannie Belle Atwood 58 000 and more. The four masted Eleazer W Clark finishes loading for Sierra Leone. Six steamers arrive, including Teutonia Sagamore Prince George Chelston Dinnamore and more.
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Francis Whalen
Fannie Belle Atwood
Helen B. Thomas
Buema
Isaac Collins
Elmer E. Gray
Ida S. Brooks
Mooween
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Shipping News Mini Almanac Arrivals Oct 10
A fragmented ship brief notes sunrise times 5 51 am and sunset 5 21 pm, details on tides and high water, and an arrival entry labeled Arrived Oct 10. The item presents morsels of nautical data without clear vessels or ports in readable form.
Protest at Faneuil Hall Against Armenian Massacres
A mass meeting in Faneuil Hall last evening protested Armenian massacres with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe presiding. Speakers included Arch bishop Housep Saradjian Dr Jeanne Prof Stone Blackwell. Letters from James Brice and Bishop John Percival were read.
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Faneuil Hall
Housep Saradjian
Jeanne Prof Stone Blackwell
James Brice
John Percival
Automatic Sprinkler Causes 3000 Dollar Damage
An automatic sprinkler at the American Soda Fountain Company on Congress street activated yesterday afternoon, causing about 3000 dollars in damage. Protective Companies 2 and ? helped prevent further loss. The leak stemmed from acid corroding lead connections in the sprinkler system.
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American Soda Fountain Company
Congress Street
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