Fire ruins two tenements in South Ind area
Early morning blazes in two adjacent buildings forced tenement residents from their homes. A benzine explosion sparked the larger fire at 517 Columbus Avenue injuring two men and a woman, with damage estimated around 000. At 247 Pleasant Street and 10 Studley Place fires forced occupants from multiple units, totaling about 1700 in losses.
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South Ind
Columbus Avenue
John Friedman
Grace Norton
Friedman
Pleasant Street
Frank May
Studley Place
Harvard man first to see big comet in Boston
Leon Campbell, an assistant at Harvard Observatory, was the first in Boston to glimpse Halley's comet. He used a homemade comet finder at 4:20 AM, watching it fade as dawn broke and the sky brightened, making the sight brief. The dawn light and twilight hampered the search from the comet seeker built for quick sky access.
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Boston
Leon Campbell
Harvard Observatory
Campbell
Which Boston School Child Will Win The Five Dollar Gold Piece
A Post contest photo feature rewards school children with a $5 Gold Piece. A boy photographed near Dorchester may claim the prize at 275 Washington Street, City Editor's office, Monday to Friday 3 to 5 pm with a parent. Next Sunday prints include twenty child photos. Grace McKenzie, 13, Hancock School, is named as last Sunday's original winner.
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Post
Dorchester
The
Greater
Boston
Washington Street
Last Sunday’s Post
Grace Mckenzie
98 Pleasant Street
Charlies McKenzie
Hancock School
Miss Parker
Local Man Dies After Illness On Street
Donald O'Brien aged 65 of 68 Circuit Street fell ill in front of 8 Guildrow yesterday afternoon and died moments later at a nearby undertaker’s establishment.
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Donald O’brien
Circuit Street
Guildrow
Parkman Fund Plans Aquarium and Zoo for Marine Park
Mayor Fitzgerald ordered a special City Council meeting to act on installing an aquarium and zoological gardens at Marine Park in South Boston funded by the Parkman Fund. Architects Shurtleff and Austin to draw plans. estimates range from 150000 to 250000 with $110000 available now and about 225000 expected this year.
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Itzgerald
Marine Park
South Boston
Zoological Gardens
Franklin Field
Park Commission
City Hall
Parkman Fund
Park Commissioners
Messrs. Shurtleff
Austin
Frederick W. Coburn
Massachusetts Zoological Society
Parkman
Labor Leaders of 1910 and Retail Clerks Union Growth
James Frank Wagan of Local 796 connected to Crowley & Gold Co in Boston works as a salesman in men clothing. He aims to promote the fifth annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall to expand membership and plans talks with clergy and clubs to explain store life and salespeople conditions. Local 796 is a Denver based affiliate of the International Retail Clerks with ties to the Boston Labor Union. initiation is $1 till May 1, sick benefits and death payout exist.
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James Frank Wagan
International Retail Clerks’ Protective Association
Loco
Crowley & Gold Company
Summer Street
Eagan
Framingham
Taft Street
Dorchester
Kagan
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Tremont
Berkeley Streets
Boston
Fagan
Local 796
International Retail Clerks’ Association
Denver
Col
Auto crash injures man in spillover incident
Robert Diehl, stepping from his car to avoid a collision, was thrown out as the vehicle capsized. He suffered four broken ribs and internal injuries in the April 13 accident at Willesley.
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Willesley
Robert Diehl
Boston Fire Department Expands with New Boat House and Recruits
Fire Commissioner Parker awards Bertels & Petersen a 54500 contract for a smaller new fireboat to be delivered by December 4. McGahey & O Connor win a 13300 brick double house contract at Callender and Lyon in Dorchester. Six of 16 new permanent recruits start today at Engines 44 47 and others follow next week. New fire boxes added at Bowdoin Bullard Dorchester Massachusetts Ave Boylston Beacon and Audubon Circle.
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Boston Fire Department
Parker
Bertels & Petersen
East Boston
Gwerspuis
McGahey &,O’connor
Callender and
Lyon Streets
Lauriat Avenue
Dorchester
Chemical 11
Carlos Street
Department
Frank A. Nugent
T. H. Bicknell
M. A. Dailey
H. J. Hooper
J. ¥. Murphy
D. L. Boudreau
McGinley
H. A. Kane
F. J. Hogan
T. F. McGuire, Jr
A. F. Mitchell
E. J. Haley
W. H. Lanigan
Julius Brandt
Chemical
T. J. Corliss
J. W. Huckins
Bowdoin
Bullard Streets
Hanover
Portland Streets
Massachusetts Avenue
Boylston Street
Beacon
Mountford Streets
Beacon Street
Audubon Circle
Larson Fludd Visits Shake Up in New York City
The narrator recalls an encounters with Larson Fludd as he plans a bold statue portrait and confronts Fludd over boxing, housing, and social circles. Fludd relocates to Van Huysen Manor near Purdy Pell, inviting the narrator to observe a dinner with Purdy Pell and Minnie.
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van Huysen Manor
Purdy Pells
Minnie
Purdy- Pell
Fludd
Purdy-Pell
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Lawrence
Riker-Jaynes
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Shorty
Longacre Square
Larson Fludd
Swifty Joe
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Slammin
Professor McCabe
Sizin
Aly Chee
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Winter Street
Tremont Street
Shepard
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