Calendar of Today Events Across Quincy Dorchester and Boston
Today features a 40th anniversary celebration for Clan MacGregor in Quincy at the Scottish Clans Society hall. A reception at the Lucy Stone Home Dorchester spots Fresh Air Work. Vacation school closes in the North End. A hearing on ice charges is held at the State House. A Midsummer ball unfolds at Hull Bay Yacht Club.
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Clan MacGregor
Hall
Temple and
Chestnut Streets
Quincy
Morgan Memorial
Lucy Stone
Boutwell Street
Dorchester
North End Union
Commission On Necessaries of
Brockton Coal & Ice Company
Flagg Coal & Ice Company
State House
Marine recruit stations to be inspected by colonel
Inspector Colonel Louis J. Magill of the Eastern division recruiting service arrived last night to survey all recruiting stations and headquarters across New England.
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Louis J. Magill
Eastern Division
United States Marine Corps
New England
Mug refined coconut oil shampoo praised for hair care
An old advice item warns against alkaline soaps and recommends Mug gified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure and greaseless. It says one to two teaspoonfuls cleanses hair and scalp, lathers well, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, silky, and manageable.
Delatone Hair Removal Paste Advice
A short note explains mixing delatone powder with water to form a paste that covers hairs. Leave about two minutes, then rub off and wash the skin to remove hair or blemish. Advice emphasizes obtaining genuine delatone.
Oven Bird: Elusive Warbler of Glade Forests
Size and plumage details describe the Oven bird with brownish olive upper parts and white underparts. The text notes long legs, pale rufous crown with black borders, and the lack of wing bars. Range extends from central Canada to Georgia with wintering along Florida to Colombia. The bird’s elusive song and nesting behavior are described, including feigned injuries to deter observers.
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Canada
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Virginia
Alleghenies
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Bahama Islands
Colombia
Young News Merchants of Greater Boston
A feature on enterprising young newsboys in Boston known to readers of the Post. The piece highlights their daily routes and familiar faces as regular buyers of the morning edition.
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Newsies
Medford Boy Aims for Baseball Start After Paper Route
Mark Shachey of Rockland Circle Medford plans a baseball debut at Medford High School this fall. He travels daily to Rowe's Wharf to sell papers at the Atlantic avenue elevated exit, speedily passing papers to rushing crowds and helping carry baggage for travelers, turning each day profitable by hard work.
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Greater Boston
Mark Shachey
Rockland Circle
Medford
Medford High School
Mark
Rowe's Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Cosmopolitan Trust Company Increases Capital Stock
The bank commissioner authorized Cosmopolitan Trust Company to raise capital and surplus from 1.2 million to 3.3 million dollars. Max Mitchell, president, praised the move as part of rapid growth driven by conservative methods and personal depositor service. A new trust department and a planned Selgel Building branch at Washington and Essex streets are set to fuel further expansion.
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Cosmopolitan Trust Company
New Eingland
Max Mitchell
Cosmopolitan
The
Selgel Building
Washington and
Essex Streets
Stockholders Seek Receiver for Boston & Maine Railroad
In Concord New Hampshire a group of B and M stockholders file a bill claiming the Boston and Maine railroad has run an annual deficit of about 3 million dollars since 1913 and seek appointment of a receiver. Judge Edgar Aldrich sets the hearing for August 19 at 2 p m in the United States Court room in Concord.
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Concord
N. H
United States
Boston & Maine Railroad
Edgar Aldrich
United States Court Room
Carl Wilmore's May and Syd headline on Boston Sunday Post
Carl Wilmore returns with a playful film column titled Hello Folks Here's May and Syd. The piece promises two more favorites delivered to readers in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine edition.
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Carl Wilmore
May
Syd
Boston Sunday Post
Hub Women Form New Boston Housing Board
The City Planning Board recommended creating a large housing corporation of Boston women and appointing a real estate dealer to help locate homes for the homeless. They urged Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen to assess unexpended charitable funds held by Boston banks.
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Boston
Bank
Joseph C. Allen
City Planning Board
Booming Bay State Farms Stats Boost Agriculture
Massachusetts farms average 77.9 acres with land and buildings valued at 67.51 per acre. total farm property 226,474,028 with 194,168,765 in land and buildings. State yields 62 bushels corn per acre and consumes 40 bushels of farm products per person, ranking 44th in size but sixth in population.
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Massachusetts
State Department of Agriculture
Springfield
United States
Bay State
Bulletin
Watertown Honors War Hero Private Eugene Guihan
Watertown marked the death of Private Eugene J. Guihan with a full hometown tribute. The body, first sent from overseas, died in Coblenz Germany on February 28 1919. Town officials business leaders and the Watertown Post American Legion attended the Town Hall services and flags flew at half mast. The casket then moved to Sacred Heart Church East Watertown for a high Mass of requiem.
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Watertown
Eugene J. Guihan
Privae Guihan
Coblenz
Germany
Sacred Heart Church
East Watertown
Public Street Take Request Aids Historic Church
Representatives of the Charles Street African M. E. Church asked the city street commission for four and a half feet of River street to save their century old building under the Charles Street widening act. They offered to move the church sixteen feet at an estimated moving cost of 33 794 dollars, arguing the city damages are 21 460 dollars and River street carries little traffic.
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City Street Commissioners
Charles Street
M. E
River Street
Women housing plan proposed in Boston special session
The Boston board considered using idle charity funds from public subscriptions and formed a women’s housing corporation led by Miss Mary A Barr. They propose capitalizing at 200000 with bonds issued to women to build at least 30 houses and name a social municipal real estate agent to locate properties for rent or purchase.
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Joseph P. Delano
Massachusetts
Women’s Housing Corporation
Mary A. Barr
Boston
Peters
Digestive aid promises relief from stomach indigestion
Acids in the stomach irritate the lining and cause dyspepsia. The remedy advocates daily neutralization with pure Magnesia water made from Bisulated Magnesia tablets to prevent fermentation and support natural digestion after meals.
Dredging Urged After Barge Grounding Near Nantucket Shoal
The grounding of Lehigh Valley barge No. 781 off Stone Horse Shoal in Nantucket Sound on July 814 reveals a new shoal in the busy waterway. The government is likely to initiate dredging operations promptly to protect shipping.
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Stone Horse Shoal
Nantucket Sound
Lehigh Valley
Assessor James H. Phelan Promoted in Boston
James H. Phelan of Back Bay was named deputy assessor at $4000 by Mayor Peters. The first assistant assessor replaces Charles E. Folsom who resigned. Phelan has served in the Boston assessing department since 1906. his current salary is $1400.
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James H. Phelan
Belvidere Street
Back Bay
City of
Boston
Peters
Charles E. Folsom
Phelan
Freckle Treatment Promises Clear Complexion
Advertises Othine double strength as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles. Recommends applying nightly and morning with an ounce often enough to improve skin. money back guarantee offered if ineffective.
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Cecilian Guild
Hull Bay Yacht Club
Walsh
Fitchburg
Mass
Arthur Landry
Hertford St
D. J. Walsh
M. D
Boylston St
New York
Young ‘News Merchants
Mark Shachoy
Cosmopolitan Trust
May and
BAY State Farms
Charles St
Brockton
Beverly
Hyde Park
Lynn
Providence
Worcester
the House of Keppenholmes
Kuppenheimer
Kennedy’s
Hawley Streets
Jason Wetler & Sons
America
Moon
Jason Weiler & Sons
Washington St
Col. Franklin
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