City Hall Water Pressure Looms as Elevator Plan Fails
A Chronicle report details the annual boiler shut down at City Hall halting the elevator, with engineers noting no alternative to steam power. Water pressure tests show low supply, about two pounds in some cases, while officials weigh re-routing and cost. Mayor Champ l in favors the idea, but the water board says it’s impractical without major system changes.
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City Hall
Chronicle
Edward
Dale
Massachusetts Avenue
Champlin
E. C. Brooks
Water Works Department
Water Board
Brooks
Dyme
Lee Street
Strauss
Narrow escape after gas exposure in manhole incident
John Dernay of New England Telephone & Telegraph narrowly survived a gas incident after entering a Portland Street manhole to inspect wires. He crawled to the surface as air ran out, was revived by rapid ambulance response and oxygen at Massachusetts General Hospital, and is reported to be improving after a brief cessation of respiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dernay
Portland Street
Broadway
Dernay
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Station 2
Warren Dow
Massachusetts General Hospital
We would rather die than be disenfranchised
The Rev. Jesse Harrell at Union Baptist Church last Sunday spoke on The Negro, North and South. He asserted it is too late to talk of disfranchising the negro, noting the progress of the race and the danger to voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jesse Harrell
Union Baptist Church
Numerous Accidents Mark Tough Week For City
A string of mishaps kept responders busy last week. A Union Boat club rower capsized near Captain's Island during a Squall. rescues were made by Dr. Heaton and Mr. Williams. John Kenny was treated for heat at Marvin place. Teresa Cooper died after severe burns. John Dernay, gas exposure at Portland and Broadway. John Barry struck by a falling brick at Riverbank Court. W H Greggs treated for a kissing bug bite. E A Stinson burned handling a live wire. Henry Hamer injured by a pistol blast. All events reported from Boston area hospitals and streets.
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Union Boat Club
Captain's Island
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown
W. H. Greggs
Windsor Street
Boston
E. A. Stinson
Sacramento Street
Henry Hamer
Elm Street
Riverside Recreation Grounds Hosts August Band Concerts
The Riverside Recreation Grounds along the Charles River in Auburndale will feature band concerts every pleasant Saturday night in August with a possible extra show on the first Saturday in September. The Waltham Watch Company band provides music enjoyed by dancers and canoeists. The season is the most successful since opening, with over 400 members, many from the city. Manager Knowlton guides the club’s interests with tireless dedication.
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Riverside Recreation Grounds
Charles River
Auburndale
Waltham Watch Company
Knowlton
Nelson Wins Again In Lightning Pace Race At Charles River Park
Johnnie Nelson beat Archie McEachern in a five mile six hundred thirty six yard paced race by nearly four laps. McEachern faced tire, chain and pace problems causing a lap deficit before Nelson reclaimed lead on the eighteenth mile. Attendance was about 3500. Open professional events featured Moran winning the lap contest with 22 points, Butler duo placing, and Kimball winning the mile invitation final ahead of Chase and Hurley.
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Nelson
Charles River Park
Johnnie Nelson
Archie McEachern
McEachern
Mac
James Moran
Chelsea
Frank Butler
Tom Butler
du Bois
Moran
C. L. Kimball
C. B. Chase
Hurley
Cambridge lodge to rehearse initiatory degree next Tuesday
At Cambridge lodge No. 13 I O F officers will rehearse the initiatory degree next Tuesday evening. A grand master and grand instructors are expected for the meeting, with prospects of an initiation the first September meeting. Past Grand Harry Finch attended last week, and Hankin is away on vacation but likely to return. Miss Ethel Gordon and Mrs Gussie Condon depart Monday for a six weeks trip through Nova Scotia.
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Cambridge Lodge
Harry Finch
Hankin
Ernest Smith
Yarmouth
Cambridge
Ethel Gordon
Btate Street
Gussie Condon
Blanche Street
Nova Scotia
Ovarian Troubles and the Pinkham Remedy
Two reader letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian pain and womb disorders. Mrs Mary Saura of Arlington Iowa recounts relief from a five week illness with abdominal swelling that vanished after one bottle and an unexpected recovery verified by her doctor. Mrs Exvim Bayan of Otisville Michigan describes two years of falling womb and bladder inflammation with leg swelling and pain, saying six bottles cured her and she is now a well woman.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean Mas
Potagay
Mary Saura
Arlington
Iowa
Dean Maus
Prusxuam
Lydia
Pinkham
Exvim Bayan
Otisville
Mica
Rising walls of new college buildings noted at Harvard
The article details multiple Harvard construction projects including a new A D club at Massachusetts avenue and Plympton street with four stories and leased first floor storefronts, a planned Agassiz museum wing costing about 100000 dollars, a forthcoming infirmary on Mt. Auburn Street, and the Big Tree Athletic Building behind Little's block and Dunster hall with a 22 by 40 foot swimming pool.
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A. D. Club
Massachusetts Avenue
Plympton Street
Harvard Square
Reading
J. Harleston Parker
Harvard
Agassiz Museum
Peabody Museum
Mt. Auburn Street
Cambridge Hospital
BIG Tree Athletic
Little's Block
Dunster Hall
Big Tree
Charles W. Beyer
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements in Toledo
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from Toledo wholesale druggists Pees ara, Walding Kinnan Marvin, and others. It states internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, price 7? per bottle, and free testimonials.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Pees Ara
Toro
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Types at the Beach Stir Resident Complaints
J A Wade of Magazine Street objects to nightly disturbances near the bathing beach. He cites late night noise and vulgar talk between 11 p m and 2 a m and urges action to protect residents from rowdy and hoodlum behavior while defending others right to enjoy the beach.
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Chronicle
Lth
Saya
Magazine Street
Famed Plachos in a Famous Le Gion and White Mountains
A Belfast Maine high sheriff re arrest leads James E Simpson from the house of correction to face larceny charges in Belfast and Cambridge with a pattern of drawing funds between banks. The piece then extols the White Mountains region highlighting Mount Washington, North Conway and notable falls, lakes, cliffs, and scenic drives, inviting readers to obtain The Book of the Mountains from Boston and Maine railroad for further details.
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James E. Simpson
House of Correction
First National Bank
G. Norton
Belfast
Maine
National Bank
Simpson
Cambridge
Priest
Danforth
White Mountains
New Hampshire
White Mountain
Mount
Washington
North Conway
White Horse Ledge
Thompson's Falls
Artist's Brook
Artist's Falls
Echo Lake
Conway
Cathedral
Diana's
Mount Washington
Intervale
Cathedral Woods
Glen Ellis
Glen
Crawford Notch
Jefferson
Starr King
Presidential
Profile Lake
Franconia Notch
Cannon Mountain
Eagle Cliff
Tuckerman's Ravine
Great Gulf
Lake of the Clouds
Mt. Washington
Bethlehem
Littleton
Fabyan
Colebrook
Lancaster
Sugar Hill
Boston & Maine Railroad
General Passenger Department
Union Station
Boston
Mass
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Kern County
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Treasury
Verdi Oil CO
McKenzie and Griffith
M. F. Wells
Milwain Building
Albany
N. Y
Juanita Oil Company
Io State
Tea Cigantic
Will Mann
Tharisoner
F. J. Sanborn
Santa Maria Oil CO
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