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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
18
The page lists varied bond prices and yields across issuers like Erie, Southern, Seaboard, and Westinghouse. It notes different series such as 4s and 5s, with references to utilities, railroads, and regional issuers, reflecting trading activity and price movements.
At the Bay State stoppers August meet in Woonsocket the favored Monte Volo won the 2:19 trot ahead of Sure Mike and Weno C. while Senator Dewey faltered. In the 2:16 trot Fla Scott swept the final three heats, beating His Nibs and Electric McKerron as Michael drove the winner.
A literary aside contrasts a character with Laurie Fenton, praising common sense sport and generosity in one, while noting the other’s distinct, greater tragedy rooted in unselfishness yet marked by difference. The text emphasizes conflict between personal traits and fate.
Norah Ackroyd rebuffs George Laxton after a secret garden meeting with the man who claims Barton Manor and a hidden past. Norah’s father Mr. Ackroyd explodes in rage as Rodney Ackroyd and Laxton confront the lovers, leaving Norah pained and unsure if Laxton will return.
Norah awakes from a dream to find her arm painful and a note from Rodney. She rebuffs his worry while questioning her father’s anger at Laxton. Rodney suspects Laxton is pursuing Norah, Dr Bethune counsels softly, and Norah’s feelings deepen as a garden scene and a hospital visit unfold. The story continues the next day in the Post.
Description of a White-Eyed Vireo nicknamed Mr White Eye includes olive green upperparts white throat and belly yellow eye ring and wing bars. Range spans Nebraska to Massachusetts breeding then winters to Mexico Yucatan Guatemala. Noted as a talkative argumentative singer with a rambling warble and a poor builder of nests. behavior labeled as not very friendly and more talk than friend.
A parachute drop at Riverside Recreation Grounds Saturday after noon features Daredevil Jack Murphy leaping from a 100 mph plane piloted by Lt. Jack Rankin of the International Aircraft Corporation. The event opens with aerial acrobatics and ends with Murphy guiding a controlled descent toward the Charles River. The athletic carnival includes a United Drug Boston vs Liggett of New York baseball game and a diving exhibition by Miss Rose Pitonof.
The Elevated bureau of audit reports that a 10 cent fare, in place since July 10, 1919, fully covered service costs for the year. Totals show a net profit of 1,328,814.35 with 1,306,734.40 in losses offset, leaving a profit balance of 17,079.93 amid snow and wage impacts and a record December profit of 343,383.19.
Concord Junction baseball club, dominant this summer with large wins, will play its second game of the week tomorrow at 6:15 against C. F. Hathaway & Sons from Waltham on the Concord Junction playground. A Coburnville game was cancelled. Saturday at 3:30 the local team hosts Medford town.
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