Dr William H. Baker of Lynn Dies at 71
Dr William H. Baker longtime Lynn physician and former surgeon general of the Massachusetts G A R died at his home in Lynn aged 71. A Civil War veteran he served as both soldier and sailor and later led the United States Examining Surgeons. He is survived by his wife and daughter Mrs Lewis Breer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Baker
Massachusetts Department
Sanders
Lynn
Laighton
Baker
Treasury
Dr. Baker
West Chester
Penn
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Navy
Charleston
S. C
Fort Moultrie
Benjamin F. Butler
Fort Fisher
Hahneman Medical College
Philadelphia
United States Examining Surgeons
Lewis Breer
Mayor Aims World’s Fair in East Boston in 1920
Boston Mayor James Curley discussed a plan to hold a world's fair in East Boston in 1920. He spoke with former President Liggett of the Boston Chamber of Commerce who was impressed by the idea. The proposal would declare East Boston a free port for European nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Curley
Liggett
Boston Chamber of Commerce
East Boston
Phone Girl Is Secretly Wed
Miss Helen McDonald formerly a telephone operator at the Hotel Brunswick and Thomas W. Greenall advertising solicitor for the Boston Record were secretly married at King's Chapel on August 16. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. R. Perry Bush. Greenall, a Boston Press Club director, met his bride while soliciting hotel advertising. They reside at the Montonsett Hotel in Bryantville on the South Shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen McDonald
Brunswick
Thomas W. Greenall
Boston Record
King’s Chapel
R. Perry Bush
Greenall
Boston Press Club
Montonsett Hotel
Bryantville
South Shore
Private Funeral for Miss McNeish
Miss Mae F. McNeish daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F. McNeish was killed in an automobile accident at Hampton Beach New Hampshire last Saturday night Private services were held at the family home 22 Reynolds avenue Chelsea conducted by Reverend Philetus H McDowell of the Melrose First Baptist Church where she was a soloist Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae F. McNeish
James F. McNeish
Hampton Beach
N. H
Reynolds Avenue
Chelsea
Philetus H. McDowell
First Baptist Church of
Melrose
Cupid and Muse Make Love Match
Miss Louise Burleigh actress playwright and former Radcliffe girl engaged to Edward Hale Bierstadt of New York. They co wrote a play titled Punishment now in production by the Mutual Welfare League at Sing Sing prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hale Bierstadt
New York
Louise Burleigh
Mutual Welfare League
Sing Sing Prison
Pedler Fined for Sixteenth Time in Central Court
Pascal Cohen appeared in Central Court for peddling fruit without a license. His record showed 15 prior fines this summer for peddling from a cart on Salem and Cross streets. The recent fine was 25 dollars. he appealed the 16th offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Court
Pascal Cohen
Salem
Cross Streets
Gloucester Woman Observes 100th Birthday
Mrs. Sarah Day Steele of 110 Prospect Street Gloucester observed her 100th birthday. Relatives visited including daughter Mrs. George H. Proctor five grandchildren 12 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren as guests and well wishers in her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Sarah Day Steele
Prospect Street
George H. Proctor
Wakefield to Protest Filth at Lake Quannapowitt
Citizens of Wakefield prepare to meet at the town hall to discuss removing the accumulation of green scum around Lake Quannapowitt. activists vow to address unsightly and unhealthy conditions at the pleasure park shore as a local epidemic concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Quannapowitt
Wakefield
Melrose Struggles to Hire Garbage Collectors
Melrose abandons long standing private contract for garbage collection as no bidders remain. Board of Health sought public works transfer but that department balked. The board now hires men and teams to perform the work directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Board of Health
Public Works Department
Merchant dies at counter in Haverhill shop
Ren T. Pickard, 65, a local merchant and real estate owner, collapsed and died of heart disease this evening behind the counter at his confection and ice cream store located at 20 Winter Street. He is survived by a brother, Albert Pickard, of Milton, NMH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Ren. T. Pickard
Winter Street
Albert Pickard
Milton
Nmh
Braintree Actress Miss Burleigh A Rising Stage Talent
The Braintree native began on the Radcliffe theater stage during undergraduate days and later joined Doris Keane's company at the Wilbur in Romance. She studied dramatics at Harvard under Professor George P. Baker and has since focused on playwriting. She is Horace Greeley’s great grandniece with an affianced lineage from a prominent New York family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Idler Club
Radcliffe
Miss Burleigh
Miss Keane
New York
Edward Hale Bierstadt
van Vechten Veeder
Commodore Ten Eyck de Witt Veeder
Dover signalman dives to save boy in New Hampshire river
B D O Kane of Dover a Boston and Maine rail road signal man dived into 12 feet of water near Noles Island bridge to save William McMulkin a boy who could not swim. He brought the child to the surface once but the shirt tore and the boy sank again. O Kane made several more dives and recovered the body as Bert Downs another railroad man also jumped in reaching the boy briefly before he disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
B. D. O’kane
Dover
Boston & Maine Railroad
William McMulkin
Green Street
O’kane
Noles Island
Bert Downs
Cases Against Sokol Continued To Aug. 28
The cases against David Sokol his wife and age were continued in Central Court to August 28 due to Sokol’s hospitalization and Officer Donnelly’s incapacity. The proceedings arise from his arrest by Officers Donnelly and Morgan amid publicized counter charges against the policemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sokol
David Sokol
Sge
Donnelly
Morgan
Central Court
Automobile crash injures lunch room at ferry station
A large car owned by Ervin B. Trefethen rolled backward from Linden street across Bow street down a grade to Ceres street and crashed into the Atlantic Shore railroad ferry station lunch room in Portsmouth. The vehicle and much of the lunch room equipment were damaged after the emergency brake released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Ervin B. Trefethen
Linden Street
Bow Street
Ceres Street
Atlantic Shore Railroad
Boston Storage Warehouse ad endorses long distance shipments
Household Goods Personal Property and 33 Automobile Storage 33 Years Careful Storage business expanding to serve growing warehouse neighborhood. Boston Storage Warehouse Co Mass and Westland Avenues Telephone Back Bay 4378.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Storage Warehouse CO
Mass
Westland Avenues
Back Bay
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.H. Baker
Holman Day
New York Evening Sun
Harper & Brothers
Yoon Ienoyt
Thos. W. Greenall
M’neish
Cupid
Muse
Pedler
Wakefield Lake
Ene
J. J. Clark
Ered
Amoskeageae
Jn batiste _ oo
Ecru
Eesca
Sth
Sale
Spalding
Fr Heme
Zephyr Ginghams
Berlin
Bhies
Bacons
Morse Furniture CO
Fornirore
Aloe
Windsor
Cially
Stro
IHK
A. McMahon
Braintree
Boy
Auto
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!