Norwood Child Abduction Tale Sparks Town Obsession
In Norwood on April 11 a mother clung to a moving democrat wagon to reclaim her four year old son Harry from her estranged husband Adolphus Holton who rode away with the child. A chase ensued through town drawing a crowd as Mrs Holton and her father Monroe Boyden confronted Holton at multiple stops. The scene included threats, a revolver discharged in anger but no injury, and police involvement as Mrs Holton and her father headed to Boston to pursue the boy.
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Norwood
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Mayor Hart’s tax plan split as committees push $10.50 rate
Boston Mayor Hart seeks $12 tax limit and 212 percent debt cap but committees settle for a $10.50 rate and 212 percent debt. Dissenters warn a future Democratic mayor may spend more. two bills prepared for the Senate.
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Huntress
Fitzgerald
Hagberg
Dean
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Maxwell
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Boston
McNary
Harrington
Gardner
Essex
Allen
Senate
Mayor Wart Spurns Tax Limit Report In City Halls Work
An unnamed source reports Mayor Wart would say nothing on the committee’s personal tax limit for Boston after an idle meeting at City Hall. The outcome was unexpected as close associates spoke of a hoped favorable report by the committee regarding a $12 pat.
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Boston
Massachusetts
van Wyck
New York
Wart
Weather forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Forecast for Thursday and Friday calls for rain in New England and Eastern New York with brisk easterly winds. Rain clears Thursday night or Friday as conditions improve.
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New England
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