Questions to Yerxa on Charles River Basin costs
The Boston Post interviewed Chairman Henry D Yerxa about the Charles River Basin project. He said no apportionment between Boston and Cambridge has been made, the cost to date is under 2 500 000 dollars, and the total cost cannot yet be determined though it will likely stay within the original estimate.
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Henry D. Yerxa
Charles River Basin Commission
Boston Post
Charles River Basin
Boston
Cambridge
Ans
Charles River Dam Edifice Reveals Modern Waterway
The Charles River Dam on the Craigie site advances in a five year build with a 382 foot lock and a smaller motor boat lock. Eight sluiceways create a 712 foot fresh water basin. the lock gates weigh 325000 pounds each and are operated by forty motors. The river is closed today for the first time in history and will fall under Metropolitan Commission control upon completion.
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Craigie Bridge
Metropolitan Commission
A Fine Little Havana Cigar at Retail Ad
A brief notice promoting the El Deletosa Regalita cigar under the title After Lunch. The ad mentions retail availability through Sc. Estabrook & Eaton and presents a concise commercial pitch for the product.
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Sc. Estabrook & Eaton
Adv
American Pastor Driven From Africa by Portugal
The Portuguese West Africa authorities demand Rev. Wesley M. Stover and his daughter leave the country. The State Department in Washington is urged to act, with Minister Bryan in Lisbon handling the case on orders from Washington. Dr. Stover is praised by Dr. James Barton for loyalty and aid to the local government.
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State Department
Washington
Portugal
West Africa
Wesley M. Stover
Dr. Stover
Lisbon
W. M. Stover
West
Afriga
Death of Gus Rogers of Rogers Brothers
Gus Rogers of the stage comedy team the Rogers Brothers died in New York City from appendicitis. He previously had an appendicitis attack in Chicago in 1902 but delayed surgery, then resumed stage work. He fell ill in Utica while touring with the Rogers Brothers in Panama company.
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New York
Gus Rogers
Rogers Brothers
Rogers
Chicago
Utica
N. Y
Panama
Boston Aldermen Approve 10-Year Market Lease Renewals
The Boston Board of Aldermen approved 10-year renewals for Quincy and Faneuil Hall markets with rents rising 123 percent. The Ames Plow Company rent also climbs from 3300 to 5000 dollars yearly. Aldermen Finigan Brand Curley Leary Timilty did not vote. Curley urged an investigation into alleged 200 percent deaths at the pauper institution on Long Island.
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Boston Board of Aldermen
Quincy
Faneuil Hall
Ames Plow Company
Committee On Markets
Finigan
Brand, Curley, Leary
Timilty
Alderman Curley
Long Island
Curley
Parker
Committee On
Brand
Ellery Clark
Gus Rogers a famed American stage comedian
Gus Rogers was a prominent American light comedian. With brother Max they began in 1889 at Austin and Stone's music hall in Boston performing a German dialect knock about act. Rogers was valued at about $300,000 mostly tied to theatre property in the city.
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Gus Rogers
Max
Gus
Austin & Stone
Music Hall
Boston
Berlin Mills workers resume duties as strike unsettles region
Berlin Mill employees return to work at Berlin Mills Company today following a decision reached last night. Production continues in Berlin while other mills face pending settlements.
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Berlin, MW. B
Berlin Mills Company
City Board Appoints Dorchester and East Boston Trustees
Mayor Hibbard announces Thomas Leavitt of Dorchester and Agnes C. Bulger of East Boston to cemetery and related boards. The appointments were laid over for a week as debate over Long Island death-rate information and inmate care continued. The Curley order on contagious disease isolation failed 6 to 6 with party-line splits.
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Hibbard
Thomas Leavitt
Dorchester
Agnes C. Bulger
East Boston
Alderman Brand
Alderman Curley
Long Island
Democratic Leader Predicts Bryan Landslide Including New York
Chairman Mack of the Democratic national committee arrives in New York from Chicago and forecasts a Bryan landslide in New York Ohio and Indiana aided by precinct poll data. Richard Croker sends $1000 to Bryan and $500 to Chanler, boosting campaign funds as Taft campaigns in New Jersey and Delaware and La Follette backs Taft. Straw vote in Minnesota shows Republican lead.
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Mack
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Richard Croker
Tammany Leader
Chanier
Taft
Chicago
Illinois
Washington
Democratic Congress
New Jersey
Delaware
la Follette
Minnesota
Buffalo
Herman Ridder
New England Smog Lets People View Sun Naked Eye
Yesterday's heavy smoke earned the day the nickname the day of the big smoke. For many, it offered the rare chance to glimpse the sun’s surface unaided as air filled with dense smoke. Even at noon offices used artificial light due to the thick haze over the city.
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New England
Old Sol
Bryan Promises Labor Secretary in Cabinet
W J Bryan vowed to appoint a Secretary of Labor to the Cabinet if elected president. He argued workingmen’s affairs are too important to be unrepresented on the president’s advisory board and that the labor secretary would advise on legislation affecting workers.
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Labor
W. J. Bryan
Illinois
Political shifts and local influence in New England
Lieutenant-Governor Draper cited the Draper company of Hopedale incorporating in Maine for stronger patent protections. James H. Vahey accused a Boston land deal benefiting a state institution, while a trustee profit claim surfaced. Opponents to Congressman Kelcher back J. T. Auerbach, Independence Leaguer.
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Maynard
Draper Company of
Hopedale
Maine
James H. Vahey
Boston
New Jersey
Haverhill
Wrentham
John A. Kelcher
Ninth
J. T. Auerbach
Independence
Norton Near Death After Sinking Spell at Cambridge Home
Harvard professor emeritus Charles Eliot Norton, 80, confined to bed since September, slipped into unconsciousness last night. Attending were three sons and three daughters, with Dr. E H Stevens in attendance. Norton, born November 16, 1827, taught art history at Harvard from 1875 to 1898 and remained active in small Dante courses. He was famed for his Christmas pleas to students to join family gatherings at Shady Hill and for his dinners in Ashfield and philippine war speeches that drew national notice.
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Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
New York
Baltimore
E. H. Stevens
Cambridge
Professor Norton
Shady Hill
Mr. Norton
Eliot
Norton
Crimson
Forest Fires Rampage Across New England Killing Sunlight
Smoke from a widespread series of forest fires blanketed New England skies and hindered harbor navigation as winds shifted. In North Adams 75 Boston & Maine workers battled Florida and Hoosac mountains, saving Camp Casino from flames. Fires scorched West mountain and round's Hill fronts while Cheshire Harbor railS spark-ignited fires burned over 40 acres and Chester area fires consumed over 12 square miles of woodland. Continued on Page 12-Fifth Column.
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North Adams
Boston & Maine Railroad
Florida Mountain
Hoosac Mountain
C. T. Phelps
North Adams Court
Arthur M. Robinson
Camp Casino
Hoosac Tunnel
West Mountain
Boston & Albany Railroad
Cheshire Harbor
Chester
Round’s Hill
Forest fires scorch New England pine and woodland
Hoosac Mountain woods blaze remains above the tunnel mouth with rail service intact. Florida Mountain fire fought by B M workers. Cheshire Harbor loses forty acres. A Bennington Vermont blaze threatens 600 square miles of dense forest. Chester reports over 12 square miles burned. Holden Reservoir Worcester Pine land over 100 acres burned. Boston sees sun hidden by smoke all day.
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Hoosac Mountain
Florida Mountain
Cheshire Harbor
Bennington
Chester
Holden Reservoir
Worcester
Boston
Weather forecast for Boston and New England region
Weather forecast notes fair conditions for Boston and vicinity with cooler temperatures. Tuesday and Wednesday are expected fair with fresh northerly to easterly winds. Washington reports fair conditions for New England and eastern New York with fresh northeast winds. Yesterday's temperatures are not shown.
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Boston and Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Fire destroys freight yard. three men injured near Dedham
In Islington near the Westwood line, three men were badly hurt when nine freight cars burned in a New Haven railroad yard fire. Frederick Mulhern, William Henderson, and John Channell were injured as trains toppled. Firefighters and volunteers confined the blaze. water supply problems and a possible incendiary origin are noted. Edward Onion reported seeing a man fleeing towards Dedham.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Islington
Westwood
Dedham
Patterson
Roger’s Field
Winn
Edward Onion
Harvard Teams Enter Quiet Practice Ahead of Annapolis Visit
Harvard coaches ordered a light practice as the squad rests. At Annapolis the Middies expect a win when the Crimson visit next Saturday. Yale fullback Ed Coy named field captain while captain Bobby Burch lies in hospital unlikely to play this season.
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Annapolis
Crimson
Ed Coy
Yale
Bobby Burch
Twin Sullivan
Marvin Hart
Armory A. A
Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
National Commission
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