Old Home Week Parade Delayed by Police at Lunches
Police delayed access to parade rations on Commonwealth Avenue halting fifteen teams with food boxes until entry was allowed amid parade buildup. The event featured military displays, period music, and a week of social reunions with days named Reunion Pilgrimage Illumination Carnival and Farewell Provost.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth
Flue
Miles
Boylston and
Charles Streets
Visitors Sign Names at Old State House Registration
A steady flow of visitors from across the country signed in at the regis try booths in the Old State House and Mechanics' building. Notables include Mrs. B. Breisacher Dorothea L. Breisacher Grace Glasser Ray Goldschmidt Joseph Morse Pearl Shyng John Garland and many others from New York City Buffalo Scranton Cleveland Chicago Newark and more.
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Old State House
Mechanics
Mrs. B. Breisacher
Dorothea L. Breisacher
Grace Glasser
Ray Goldschmidt
Joseph Morse
Pearl Shyng
John Garland
John Holland
Walter Williams
New York City
Mayme G. Foody
Helene C. Foody
Buffalo
N. Y
Annie Graney
Jeremiah E. Sweeney
Portland
Amelia ‘B. Chandler
Cleveland, C
Anna i Malburg
Scranton
Penn
J. A. Brown
Omaha
Neb
Mrs. Galligan
Edwin F. Gilman
Sylvia A. Smith
Lorence W. Hanrath
Chicago
Newton Square
James I. Callahan
Raymond Paden
Wallingford
Conn
L. S. Bradford
Providence
R. I
WT. L. Longmore
Trenton
J. D. O'Connell
Caraguay
Cuba
Charles E. Couture
San Francisco
Cal
Vincent X. Fallon
Port Huron
Mich
Fred C. Sheer
St. Louis
Thomas Whelan
Montague
A. J. Cox
Halifax
N. S
John A. Skillets
Crossville
Tenn
Frank A. Stevens
Pasadena
Organ Recital Draws 7000 to Boston Christian Science Church
Ten thousand or more audience numbers are given for the first public organ recital at the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston. Albert F. Conant led the performance with Mrs. Helen A. Hunt soprano, featuring Bach and Handel pieces along with works by Delbruck Moskowski Faulkes Claussman Rossini and Dubois among others.
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Church of Christ, Scientist
Falmouth
Norway Streets
Christian Science
Boston
Albert F. Conant
Helen A. Hunt
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Bach
Handel
Cesar Frank
Delbruck
Moskowski
Faulkes
Callaert
Claussman
Rossini
Thieves Target Parade Crowds Across Roxbury and Dorchester
John G. Ferguson, 4, reports stolen Waltham gold open-face watch number 7387408 amid Chatham row crowds. Elizabeth Barry loses a purse containing $20 on Dorchester streets. A. Trowbridge suffers theft of an envelope with two gold fob chains on Summer street as a thief escapes.
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John G. Ferguson
Hutchings Street
Roxbury
Chatham Row
State Street
Elizabeth Barry
Elmont Street
Dorchester
A. Trowbridge
Franklin Street
Summer Street
Cup Prize For Ball Swatters At Old Home Week
During Charlestown Old Home Week the Charlestown Improvement Association offers a nearly two foot silver cup for a baseball contest Saturday at 8 pm on Sullivan Square playground. The cup, on display at Downey's drug store, will be presented by James P. Maloney of the Catholic Literary Union. The veteran nine led by George L. Philpot faces the Colts led by Edward Troy. The celebration committee includes William H. Oakes John M. Pitman John P. Goode Patrick J. Kyle James M. Ginty and James D. Coady.
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Charlestown
Mansfield Celebrating Lively Old Home Week
Mansfield marks four days of Old Home Week with many former residents returning to renew old ties. The opening day honored Puritans, founders of homes and state, as the town observes a nostalgic reunion in July.
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Mansfield
Brighton Day Races Set At Charles River Speedway
Brighton Day features a program of trotting and pacing events at the Charles River speedway track with classes A through K each listing multiple entrants including India Panis Ginger Wilkes and Richwood Rex among others for a public celebration event.
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Brighton
Charles River Speedway
India Panis
B. G
Ginger Wilkes
Gr. G
Nornette
Major P
George M
Wilkesbrine
Young Bayard
Billy Mack
Edith J
Charlie King
Journeyman
Helen R
Fanny Derby
Haldana
Billy “Ali
Winifred A
B. m
Annie Ell
Altro L
Fireworks Dazzle Dedication of West Boston Bridge
Ten thousand people gathered on the new West Boston bridge for a $3 million dedication marked by a $1,000 fireworks display and a $50 prize. Mayors Fitzgerald and Wardwell, plus officials from Boston and Cambridge, attended a Riverside luncheon amid praise for the bridge and its architect Edmund Wheelwright. The span stretches 1,800 feet with a 26 foot high center and used about 800 tons of steel, costing Boston and Cambridge equal shares of the widening and construction costs.
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Fitzgerald
Charles River Parkway
Boston
Cambridge
West
Boston Bridge
Charles
National Fireworks Company of
New Jersey
New Jersey Company
Riverside Court
Wardwell
Bill’ Foley
Riverside Bank
Edmund 4A. Wheelwright
General Bancroft
J. H. McNamee
John Hall
Alvin F. Sortwell
David T. Dickinson
McLeod
Lake
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Berwin
Boston Board
Hunter
Cambridge City Council
Barrett
Boston Council
F. Buenke
George Howland Cox
The
Park Commission
Fred Pullen
Cambridge Police
Julian Meyers
Samuel Elmore
George W. Long
New West Boston Bridge
Boy Aeronaut to Parachute by Teeth at Cambridge
In Cambridge Old Home Week a parachute act by Henry J. Ether aged 18 will launch from a cannon at 4 pm on the Common. He will descend hanging by his teeth to a parachute, saying the stunt is completely safe and has a decade of audience theater. Esther has long promoted similar feats.
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Cambridge
Henry J. Ether
Esther
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Veterans Galatiung
Ancient Order
Knights OF Columbus
GAR
coLoke Gearers
Old State House and
Mechanics’ Building
First Christian Science Church
Pat
Helmar
Ramleh
Telmar
S. Anargyros
Fifth Ave
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