Wingate spring remembered in old Boston history
A veteran columnist recalls Wingate spring near Madison Street reservoir in Boston, once the neighborhood’s all purpose water source. The article traces its origins to the Wingate property, town growth, and the later construction of Madison Street reservoir, noting the unchanged water and the need for safe upkeep of the decaying reservoir cover.
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I P. Miller
Boston Sunday Globe
Yesterdday
Madison Street
Wingate
Middle
Union Streets
Anthony Street
Islington Street
South Road
Union Street
B. P. Shillaber
Millpond
Islington
Bartlett Streets
Jones Brewing Company
Wingate Spring
Francis Wingate
Hanover Street
Market
Market Street
Brunswick
Mr. Turner
Thirza Turner
Miss Turner
Iself
Turner House
Turner Weir
Old
Portsmouth
Union Stret
Fire Department
Ice Department
Coal supplies secure for naval maneuvers this winter
Rear Admiral Bradford assures no danger of coal shortage for Caribbean maneuvers as 190000 tons are stored in coaling stations and navy yards with ironclad contracts. Coal purchased at $2.51 to $3.25 per ton, contracts cover future needs, questions by the general board confirm adequacy. A car load of scenery is used in The Christian at Music hall tonight.
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Caribbean Sea
Bradford
Andis
General Board
Music Hall
Hendersons Point Removal By Massachusetts Contracting Co
Massachusetts Contracting Company tightens operations at Hendersons point Narrows with 125 workers including laborers drivers and drillers. A night crew and arc lights from navy yards are planned. Dredging and blasting proceed under strict safety as work aims to finish in about two years.
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Massachusetts Contracting Company
Henderson’s Point
Narrows
Navy Department
Maplewood and Dover Club Fight In First Season Gridiron Clash
The Maplewood and Dover athletic club football teams meet at Maplewood park this week in a long rivalry kickoff for both teams. Maplewood is said to be stronger on paper than last year while Dover, a heavy and stubborn unit, has played tough games here before.
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Maplewood
Dover
Maplewood Park
Manplewoods
Actia
Katrinka G. Sold for Six Thousand at Maplewood Farm Stables
Katrinka G a top young mare from Maplewood farm stables sold to Roy Midter acting for RK. H. Plante of Macon Ga for about 6000 dollars. The mare has placed inside the money in every race she started this season in New England.
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Katrinka G
Maplewood Farm
Roy Midter
RK. H. Plante
Macon
New England
Tufts Exeter Game Postponed by Rain in Medford
The Tufts vs Exeter matchup in Medford Massachusetts was postponed due to a wet field. Exeter players arrived late after a telegram postponement failed to reach them, and a practice game followed with Knight using second team substitutes.
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Tufts College
Philips Exeter
Medford
Mass
Exeter
Knight
Tufts
Tufts Exeter Estabrooks
Halzman Bray
Marshall Forsythe
Tg Dillon
Wg McFadden
Brill
Dunham
le Leigh McCarthy
Harris Cannell
Hammell Mackenzie
Lawrence Knight
Fb Jenkins
John C. Pierson
Lugden
Harvard
A. W. Coolidge
Joseph Hood
Apprehension of criminals in big cities warned
A Washington Star interview with a headquarters detective sergeant argues that murderers are rarely able to escape detection in large cities. He notes that strangers quickly trigger suspicion through observed behavior and local environments, making flight ineffective and suggesting that pursuit has intensified across the past decade and will continue to tighten.
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Washington Star
New York
Melow
Vhrus
Exeter Happenings Academy Enrolls Large Attendance
Exeter Sept 29 two hundred ninety nine students enrolled at Phillips Exeter academy with class breakdowns and state representation led by Massachusetts 70 New Hampshire 49. The death of Judge Charles M Lamprey is noted with his long service in Hampton and Exeter culminating as a police court judge and street railway founder. The Newburyport A C meets Exeter academy team Wednesday Rally day at Baptist church and rain affects Phillips Exeter second team scheduling.
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Exeter
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Maine
Vermont
Ohio
Indiana
Mississippi
Connecticut
Alabama
District of Columbia
Iowa
New Jersey
Maryland
Michigan
Rhode Island
Washington
Canada
California
Colorado
Louisiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Utah
Florida
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
New Zealand
North
Carolina
Nova Scotia
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Charles M. Lamprey
Hampton
Charles Morris Lamprey
Ari and
Sara
Marston) Lamprey
Young Lamprey
Hampton Academy
Gilman Marston
St. Mary's
John M. Lamprey
St. Mary’s
Catherine Osborne Bachelotte
Judge Lamprey
Hampton Street
Newburyport A. C
Academy
Baptist Church
Phillips Exeter
New Hampshire College
Spaulding School Improvements Expansion Nearing Finish
Work is nearly finished at the Spoulding school at the Creek with additions to the front and top. The enlargement will accommodate many more scholars, and soon a space twice as large will be required.
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Spoulding School
the Creek
Rally Day at Middle Street Baptist on October Second Sunday
Middle Street Baptist Church schedules its annual Rally Day for the second Sunday in October. The program will be held in the chapel immediately after the forenoon services.
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Middle Street Baptist Church
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Canneys Music Store
Congress Street
S.k.ames’ Stores
S.K. Ames’ Stores
Ames Butter and Tea Store
Congress ST
Wonton
Leominster
Attleboru
Fitchburg
Quincy
Gloucester Newsbury
Port
Northampton
Westfield Woburn
Thomas G. Lester
Water Street
A. P. Wendell % Co
Market Square
Ninew Npa Pet
Qashive
Hendersons Foim
Maplewoods
Katrinka G. Solo
Chiles M. Lamprey
Hampton Passes
Spaulding
Squamscott
Witer
Vrei
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