Delay Approval of Dry Dock Contract Delays Boston Project
Councillor McGregor won a fight delaying executive council approval of the dry dock contract for Boston. The council referred the matter to the new Fort Board of Directors for investigation, amid questions of cost and future steamship use.
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Yeserday
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Roxbury Seeks Open Port on South Point Channel
Business leaders and property owners in Roxbury form a committee to press for preserving and developing South Bay as an open dock site. They will present to the port directors and state officials and urge a quay and waterfront facilities to attract South American trade, arguing South Bay already rivals Portland harbor in commerce and could reduce trucking from nearby districts.
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Boston
Fort Point Channel
Curley
Edward F. McSweeney
Sullivan
McSweeney
Harbor and Land Commission
Board of Port Directors
South Bay
South Point
Roxbury
Henry C. Long
Victor Heath
Board of Trade
Massachusetts Avenue
Northampton Street
Long
Portland Harbor
iLiverpool
South Boston
Charlestown
East Boston
Arabic Arrives in Boston with Large Passenger List
The White Star liner Arabic from Liverpool docks at Charlestown at 10 this morning with 1369 Americans aboard 925 in cabin and 444 in steerage. Also due next Wednesday the Cunard liner Laconia with 671 first class 511 second class 436 steerage, and the Allan liner Numidian with 142 cabin and 108 steerage passengers.
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Europe
Boston
White Star
Charlestown
Cunard
Laconia
Queenstown
Glasgow
Delay Opening of Symphony Major Higginson Says War Forces Change
Major Henry Lee Higginson announced the western tour of the Symphony Orchestra is given up and the Boston season opened postponed due to the European war. The management cannot announce Boston and other cities concerts until early October. He thanks audiences for 33 years of support.
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Henry Lee Higginson
Symphony
Boston
Higginson
Dr. Mack
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Active Campaigns Begin Next Week in 11th District
Senator Francis J. Horgan will start an active campaign for the Democratic nomination against T. J. Fay of Roxbury in the 11th district next Tuesday. Timothy J. Murphy is joining the Horgan effort. John F. McDonald manages the campaign, previously guiding Mayor Curley and former Governor Foss campaigns.
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11Th
Francis J. Horgan
T. J. Fay
Roxbury
Timothy J. Murphy
Horgan
John F. McDonald
Curley
Foss
Comrades Honor Late Somerville Officer at Funeral
Fifty-one Somerville policemen acted as a guard of honor for Lemuel J. Simons a veteran officer of ten years during his funeral yesterday afternoon Services were held at 2 o clock at his home 18 School street Rev Paul Gordon Fayor officiated and Lt E A Carter and Lt James M Harmon led the escort to Prospect and Washington streets where cars carried the body to Woodlawn Cemetery for interment Mayor Cliff and Police Chief Kendall attended the services
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Somerville
Lemuel J. Simons
School Street
Paul Gordon Fayor
E. A. Carter
James M. Harmon
Prospect
Washington Streets
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cliff
Kendall
Massachusetts launches tiny dreadnought at Spy Pond
The vessel built by Samuel Orkin of Chelsea measured 13 feet and reached 10 to 12 miles per hour, hailed as a perfect battleship by the navy. Orkin designed and built the ship over two years, with a value of 15000 dollars.
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United States
Spy Pond
Samuel Orkin
Chelsea
Navy Department
Washington
Massachusetts
Arlington
Young inventor builds life sized mock battleship Massachusetts
Orkin, 22, with no engineering training, creates a steel model of a battleship named Massachusetts. The vessel imitates a real super-dreadnought with dual bottom and bulkheads, full weaponry, wireless gear, and an automatic steering system. A crowd at Spy Pond praised the maiden voyage.
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Orkin
Navy Yard
Massachusetts
Navy Department
Spy Pond
Children Celebrate End of Season at Storrow West End House Picnic
More than 500 girls from the North and West Ends attended the final Storrow West End House picnic at Waverly Oaks. The event featured patriotic exercises, children's parades, contests and games marking the season’s close.
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James J. Storrow
West End House
Waverly Oaks
West Ends
County Kildare Men To Have Picnic Sunday
County Kildare Association will hold its annual outing on Sunday at Ros sins Grove Wakefield. All former residents of Athy Nurney Kildoon Mon astravan Kilcullen Kildangan Wil beery Allen Selbridge Claine Manooth Richardstown Milnstown Cross Keys Bally Killy Timetown Derryaughte and all lovers of the short grass country are cordially invited to be present.
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Nurney
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Kilcullen
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Wilbery
Allen Selbridge
Claine
Manooth
Richardstown
Milnstown
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Derryaughte
Man Drowns in Merrimac River Near Amoskeag Falls
Hasan Mustafa, 31, of 212 Auburn Street, Manchester, drowned this afternoon in the Merrimac River above Amoskeag Falls after venturing beyond his depth while swimming.
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N. H
Hasan Mustafa
Auburn Street
Merrimac River
Amoskeag Falls
Sears Will Divides Funds Among Boston Charities Quite Generous
Francis B Sears of Weston leaves 1000 to Trinity Church Boston for library fund and 500 to each of nine charities including YMCA Church Home for Orphaned Children Children's Hospital MSPC Boston Floating Hospital and others. Executors are Mary E Sears and sons Edmund H Sears and Francis B Sears. No estate value listed.
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Weston
National Shawmut Bank
Middlesex Registry of
Trinity Church
Boston
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Church Home For
Children’s Hospital
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Boston Floating Hospital
Baldwinsville
Industrial School For
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Wayland
Catholic Union Newton Field Day Set Next Monday
The Catholic Union of Newton plans its annual field day at Moran's Field Watertown Street with sports for youth and entertainments for seniors. Bishop Anderson lists confirmation appointments for Ipswich Sacred Heart at 11 am St Josephs 2 30 pm St Stanislaus 3 30 pm. St Eulalias Men's Association to host a whist and dancing party in Nazareth Hall on Friday Sept 11.
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Moran’s
Watertown Street
Anderson
Ipswich
Sacred Heart
St. Joseph’s
St. Stanislaus
St. Eulalia’s Men's Association
Nazareth Hall
Providence Official Asked to Resign
Federal District Attorney Walter R. Stiness has been asked to resign at the pleasure of the President. The Republican official received the request in a Monday letter from the Department of Justice.
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Providence
Walter R. Stiness
Stiness
Washington
Department of Justice
Champ Clark to Review Hartford Labor Day Parade
Worft from Washington reports Speaker Champ Clark will visit Hartford on Labor Day. He will review the Building Trades Alliance parade and speak at Charter Oak Park, Hartford.
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Champ Clark
Hartford
Conn
Anna Steege Richardson Explores Baby Weaning Teething
Sunday Post columnist Anna Steege Richardson writes about practical approaches to weaning and teething for infants, offering tips for parents navigating early feeding and tooth development.
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Anna Steege Richardson
Next Sunday Post
President to urge emergency revenue for wartime needs
President Wilson will prepare a message to Congress urging emergency revenue legislation to offset European war related curtailment in customs receipts. About 100 million dollars must be provided.
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Congress
President to Outline Emergency Revenue Plan Amid Shipping Halt
The administration in Congress weighs steps to raise millions in emergency revenue after a sharp drop in customs duties caused by halted shipping. McAdoo and the Ways and Means Committee study options including taxes on beer wine tobacco tickets and fuels. August customs receipts fell about 11 million with total imports at 19.43 million, and overall revenue also down compared with last year.
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Congress
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Underwood
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Internal Revenue
Lowell Carrier Is Charged With Theft
Alexander L. Moir a Lowell letter carrier was arrested on the complaint of Post Office Inspectors and charged with stealing letters from the mails. Ten letters said to have been undelivered were found on Moir at the time of his arrest.
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Alexander L. Moir
Lowell
Post Office
Jennings and Rice
Moir
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