New Boston Symphony to be Established in October
A 60 piece Boston Symphony Orchestra is planned for late October under the Musicians' Mutual Relief Society. Thomas Finigan, director of the Boston Musicians' Protective Association, says concerts will educate and that Boston can support two orchestras. Initial concerts will be at Convention Hall on St Botolph Street, headquarters of the protection association. Subscriptions and patrons will be sought to sustain the ensemble.
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Boston
Musicians’ Mutal Relief Society
Thomas Finigan
Boston Musicians’ Protective Association
Boston Musicians’ ' Protective Association
Boy Drowned in Reed's Pond Wellesley
A 14 year old, John Nutt Jr., drowned while swimming at Reed's Pond in Wellesley. Fellow swimmer Lester Moffett recovered the boy from the water, but the pulmotor and medical team could not revive him. He was the son of John Nutt of Worcester Street in Overbrook.
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John .Nutt,Jr
Reed's Pond
Wellesley
John .Nutt
Worcester Street
Overbrook
Nutt
Lester Moffett
Moffett
Burke
Natick
Pratt
Searles Heirs Dislike Leaving Present Home in Melrose
Philadelphia report details Mrs. Mary Allen Rowland and her three sons grieving after inheriting fortune from the late Searles of Methuen Mass. He visited, aided their family, and wished the boys to bear his name. She weighs moving to Pine Lodge for access to art and treasures but prefers remaining for now to care for her children. Benjamin, George, and Jack shoulder responsibility as their father died recently.
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Philadelphia
Melrose
Mary
Allen Rowland
Searles
Methuen
Mass
Pine Lodge
Dren
Rowland
George
Benjamin
Jack
Billie
Mary Ann Rowland
Edward F. Searles
Bar association push for approved judiciary selection
A report prepared for the American Bar Association convention urges an appointed judiciary with bar endorsed candidates. It calls for broad cooperation among judges and lawyers to maintain high professional standards and proposes questionnaires to gather input from about 1560 judges nationwide.
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United States
Norwood Autoist Crashes Into Pole In Lawrence
Westley Wood of Norwood on a trip to a Maine resort collided with a pole in Lawrence injuring himself with a broken jaw. Police officer Haffner aided the crash victim who was taken to Lawrence General Hospital where he remained confined.
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Lawrence
Maine
Westley Wood
Nikg
Norwood
Charles Haffner
Lawrence General Hospital
Wellfleet Homeweek Opens as Pilgrim Anniversary Seen
Wellfleet, Aug 15. The seaport town hosts Wellfleet Homeweek and the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrim landing. Hundreds of native sons and daughters return to celebrate among Cape Cod dunes. Descendants of Elder Brewster John Howland Stephen Hopkins Samuel Fuller and other Pilgrim fathers still reside in the area.
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Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Old
New England
Elder Brewster
John Howland
Stephen Hopkins
Samuel Fuller
Éaling
Lorense D. Baker
Banate
United Fruit Company of
Boston
Chesapeake
Jamaica
Bay
Wellfleet Celebrates Day With Historic Pageantry
The Wellfleet town festival opens with a morning flag raising and a “America” sing along the Town Hall steps. Residents plan a pilgrimage to historic sights, a church address, and a historical paper, followed by a Milo Burke Band concert and a night display of the destroyer Blakeley. Governor’s Day features remarks by Lt Governor Cox and speakers including Joseph Walsh and Perry Bush as the town marks its Mayflower lineage and storied seaport past.
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Wellfleet
America
O. H Linnell
Board of Selectmen
Arthur H. Rogers
Everett I. Nye
Milo Burke
United States
Blakeley
Wilson Brown
Old Home Week Kicks Off In Wellfleet With Navy Aid
Native sons and daughters celebrate the first Old Home Week in Wellfleet. Town decorated and prepared for visitors as Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels assists by sending the destroyer U S S Blakeley for the week. The week opens with union church services at the Methodist Church led by Rev J N Patterson, with an evening sermon by Rev H Addison Baker of Bellingham Washington.
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Wellfleet
the ‘Navy
Josephus Daniels
U. S
Blakeley
Methodist Church
J. N. Patterson
H. Addison Baker
Unitarian Church
Bellingham, Wash
Hunger Strike In Cork Jail Grows With Prisoners Refusing Food
Ten men arrested Thursday night in Cork have begun a hunger strike and are joined by other inmates. The Lord Mayor of the city asserts the protest is spreading as authorities place the prisoners in a military ward.
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Cork
Irc
Teterice Mol Sweney
DROWNED IN CONCORD YOUTH AFTER LAKE WALDEN CRAMP
A 23 year old Donald Hickte of Waveri drowned yesterday afternoon at Lake Walden in Concord after cramps struck while swimmers heard his cries for help. Lifeguards and bystanders attempted rescue but were unsuccessful.
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Lake Walden
Concord
Donald Hickte
Waveri
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Johnson Educator Food CO
Cambridge
Shakspete
Jordan Marsh Company
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Georgette
Lawyers’ ‘Association
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Coolidge
Channing
H. Cox
Provincetown
Cape
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