Dorchester Group Pushes Open Neponset River Bridge
The Dorchester Board of Trade urges the U S government to open the Neponset River bridge to the public before Plymouth tercentenary celebrations. They cite shortened travel for workers and visitors, better South Shore access, and wartime closure ending as Squantum plant winds down. Attorney Raymond P. Delano sponsors the plan.
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Dorchester Board of Trade
United States
Neponset River
Plymouth
Neponset
Squantum
Victory
Boston
Provincetown
South Shore
Boston Navy Yard
Raymond P. Delano
Government Transfer Order Not Rescinded
Public Health Service officials said the order transferring all private patient soldiers to a government institution will not be rescinded. They noted that current private hospital patients have resisted moves to the Old Soldiers' Home at Togus and other government facilities, and only future patients will be transferred until new orders from Washington.
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Massachusetts
Public Health Service
Togus
Washington
Doe Found On Medford Tracks After 2 Foot Leap
Patrolman Ernest R. Rowland found a young doe on the Boston and Maine tracks in Medford on Friday. The exhausted deer had leapt 2 feet to the embankment after clearing a 6 foot fence near Park Street bridge and is now cared for in a box stall on straw in the city stable. It is believed to have wandered from the Fells reservation and fled from a passing car. Last night it appeared content but shy toward its keepers.
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Ernest R. Rowland
Boston & Maine Railroad
Medford
Park Street
City Stable
Fells Reservation
Weldona Rheumatism Cure Promoted in Roxbury Notice
Neighbors recall Mrs. H. N. Stokes of 82 Humboldt Ave Roxbury Mass praising Weldona as a remedy for sciatic rheumatism. She describes severe hip pain and eventual relief after using Weldona and urges others to obtain the product from Weldona Co 182 Boylston St Boston Mass. The ad claims many cures with no alcohol or drugs and offers $1000 for proof of false letters.
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New England Piano and Phonograph Co
Boylston ST
Boston
Mass
N. Stokes
Humboldt Ave
Roxbury
Weldona
Ublic
Eldona
Weldona Co
Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept
Judge Delays Ruling on Burial Dispute in Springfield
Northampton July 31 Judge Richard Irwin postponed his decision on an injunction filed by Harris Selwitz a Jewish resident of Springfield to stop the burial of his son Joseph Selwitz in a Christian cemetery He urged the father and his son's wife to settle the issue privately without outside intervention.
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Northampton
Richard Irwin
Superior Court
Harris Selwitz
Springfield
Joseph Selwitz
Irwin
Fight Over Block Island Honeymooner Burial Sparks Jewish Christian Rift
Selwitz drowned on his honeymoon at Block Island. His father seeks a Jewish consecrated cemetery in Springfield, while the widow favors a Christian burial plan. The mother testifies he planned to remain Jewish after marriage. A temporary injunction bars burial until the court or a family agreement decides.
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Selwitz
Block Island
Springfield Christian Cemetery
Hs House
Frances Wetherell Selwitz
Ring hazard warned to workers in industrial plants
Workmen are cautioned to remove rings to prevent accidents in factories where rings can catch in machinery and cause injury. The advisory notes many incidents linked to ring wearing and urges safety precautions to avoid finger injuries.
Col Foley Declines State Legion Commander Bid
Col Thomas F Foley of Worcester commander of the Worst Infantry of the State National Guard refuses to run for State Commander of the American Legion at Springfield convention. Four candidates compete, including James T Duance General John H Sherburne Andrew Colbert with Colbert the only former enlisted man. The convention August 27 28 at Springfield Auditorium will focus on the four fold plan and the bonus issue amid ongoing Legion controversies.
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Fantry
State National Guard
The
American Legion
Legion
Springfield
Foley
James T. Duance
Wel
John H. Sherburne
A. Pratt
Andrew
John A. Colbert
42D Rainbow Division
Springfield Auditorium
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