Boston & Eastern Plan Drafts Harbor Tunnel Route
The proposed Boston and Eastern electric railroad would run from Beverly to Postoffice Square via a new tunnel under the harbor. The tidal tunnel would connect North Shore points with a central hub at Route 10, improving regional transit options.
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Harbor
North Shore Points
New
Boston & Eastern Electric Railroad
Beverly
Postoffice Square
Boston & Eastern Company
Boston & Eastern
Boston Elevated Railway
Lynn
Boston
Sullivan Square
East Boston
Boston and Eastern Electric Railroad
Revere
Chelsea
Revere Beach
Tina
Boston and Eastern Electric Rail Route Revised for Boston Tunnel
The Railroad Commissioners delayed final judgment on four interurban petitions and urged a different Boston terminal. The Boston and Eastern Electric Railroad unveiled a revised plan from Revere to Post Office Square with a harbor tunnel, Chelsea River bridge, and a 5400 foot East Boston style tunnel to relieve congestion and shorten travel to central Boston.
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Boston and Eastern Electric Railroad
Boston
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
East Boston
Line Harbor
Commission
Boston and Eastern Company
Revere
Post Office Square
Atlantic Avenue
Chelsea
Breed’s Island
Chelsea River
East
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Albany Railroad
Porter Street
Maver
Seaman Edwin Dyer Drowned at Plum Island Point
The body of Edwin Dyer, seaman from the launch Lillian, drowned yesterday afternoon at Plum Island Point, was recovered at 8 45 this morning by Howard Miller and Howard Wentworth with Captain Charles and the Salisbury Beach Life Saving Station crew.
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Newburyport
Edwin Dyer
Lillian
Plum Island Point
Howard Miller
Howard Wentworth
Charles
Salisbury Beach
Diver Dies After Striking Dagger of Diving Suit Incident
Dyer died when returning to his launch after posing for a photographer in Captain N. E. Gordon s diving suit. He sank instantly from the 40 pound copper collar as he stepped from a skiff. Howard Miller Kelley and Howard Wentworth plunged three times to find him but failed. His body was found in the same spot, brought to shore, transported to Newburyport, and prepared for burial. Medical Examiner R. C. Heard ruled accidental drowning. Dyer had been a baseball umpire and polo player in New England leagues.
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Dyer
N. E. Gordon
Lillian
Howard Miller
Kelley
Howard Wentworth
Newburyport
G. H. McKinney
R. C. Heard
Portland
New England
Chas. Blackstock
Divinity Place
West
Philadelphia
Clergyman’s serendipitous nuptials in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah Iowa on October 14 Rev August Moesser stepped from a train and kissed two hesitant sisters. One became his bride, the other sister had only known him through correspondence, making an unusual double meeting end in marriage.
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Shenandoah, Ia
August Moesser
Pompadours Said to Be Doomed in Department Stores
A Boston newspaper item claims pompadours are being banned in stores and colleges. It quotes saleswomen, waitresses, and a college principal noting hair pats and mirrors slow work, arguing straight or no hair would please business men.
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Boston
Busi
Dr. King
Hart McKee to Fight Wife's Divorce Suit
Paris Oct 14 Hart McKee arrived to vigorously contest his wife's absolute divorce petition. He promises a counter campaign with surprises while denying accusations of brutality. Mrs McKee alleges personal cruelty restraint of liberty property wastage and faithlessness naming six women.
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Paris
Hart McKee
Contractor William Ferguson Pleads Guilty to Larceny
In Superior Court Judge Brown's session, William S. Ferguson of this city pleaded guilty to larceny and paid a $300 fine. The case involved selling a horse for $20 while a $300 animal was missing, and billing for $165 on school house work that should be $65, tied to a May 29 incident. Ferguson's name was not read and the indictment not read during arraignment.
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Brown
Superior Court
William S. Ferguson
Ferguson
School House
Manning
Elkton bigamy case unsettled amid disappearances
In Elkton Maryland Lulu Wilson, then 15, eloped with John H Hoffman who vanished shortly after. Mrs Hoffman later remarried John B French, and Hoffman reappeared recently leading to her arrest for bigamy. he then disappeared again as the trial began.
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Elkton, Md
Lulu Wilson
John H. Hoffman
Hoffman
Lunatic fugitive captured after horse theft arrest ends chase
In Littlestown on October 14 Newton Bennington was arrested for stealing a horse when authorities cornered an escaped lunatic who had been on the run after the capture. The pursuit concluded with the suspect's apprehension and Bennington's detention.
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Littlestown
Penn
Newton Bennington
Brookdale Nymph Sets World Record at Belmont Park
Brookdale Nymph carrying 124 pounds wins the Westchester highweight handicap over 6 1 2 furlongs at Belmont Park in 1 17 2-5, shaving 4-5 of a second from Oxford's mark. Ridden by Knapp at 9 to 2, she led from the start and won by two lengths.
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New York
Brookdale Nymph
Westchester
Belmont Park
Oxford
Knapp
Harvard Sophomore Adolph Post Arraigned in Roxbury Case
Adolph J. Post was arraigned in Roxbury District Court on assault and battery charges relating to a brick thrown that seriously injured Joseph Hurley last Saturday. The case was continued to October 22.
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Adolph J. Post
Harvard
Joseph Hurley
Roxbury
Wood Chopping by Mail Promises Profitable Career
Frank Bur roughs markets a correspondence school that teaches wood chopping by mail. He notes strong demand and says thousands seek to become proficient in this profitable occupation.
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Gap
Penn
Frank Burroughs
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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