Franklin Park toboggan season opens with expanded facilities
At sunrise the Franklin Park toboggan run opens as snow fills new chutes. Foreman William Fischer oversaw work to ready three chutes 800 1000 and 1100 feet long. Refactories and locker buildings were enlarged to store 659 and 500 toboggans for local districts.
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Boston
Franklin Park
William Fischer
Schoolmaster’s Hill
Jamaica Plain
West Roxbury
Blue Hill Avenue
Five Story Fall Leaves Boston Driver Bruised but Alive
Patrick A. Murphy, a driver for American Express, survived a five story elevator shaft fall at 125 Purchase Street after delivering a bundle. He briefly checked himself at Haymarket Square Relief Hospital before returning home. He sustained numerous bruises but remained conscious and determined after the accident in Charlestown.
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Patrick A. Murphy
American Express Company
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Haymarket Square
Murphy
Purchase Street
Salmon for Local Waters
Massachusetts Game and Fish Commission foresees Chinook salmon moving into Merrimac and other rivers within years. Commissioner George H. Graham outlined four years of conservation and propagation work at the annual dinner for state fish and game wardens, chaired by William C. Adams. Dr. George W. Field was ill and did not attend.
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Merrimac
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Game and Fish Commission
George H. Graham
Commission
Fish and Game
American House
Graham
William C. Adams
George W. Field
State House
Special New Year Eve Car Service Readied Citywide
Elevated officials arrange extended hours for tunnels and stations tonight. Subways and surface lines run until 1 15 a m with extra cars to Natick Framingham and closer routes. North and south bound trains resume at scheduled late times to serve Back Bay Dorchester and West End areas.
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East Boston
Trémont Street
Boylston Street
Dudley Street
Forest Hills
Milk Street
Sullivan Square
State Street
Cambridge
Washington Station
Harvard Square
Natick
Framingham
Framingham Centre
Park Square
Adams Square
Franklin Street
Copley Square
Back Bay
West End
Dorchester
Warren
Dudley Streets
Christmas Banquet of Royal Arcanum in Massachusetts
The Royal Arcanum Club of Massachusetts held its regular monthly meeting at the American House. The December gathering was the Christmas celebration with Edward J. Byron presiding. Guests of honor were David F. Dillon grand regent and Ernest Hobson past grand regent.
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Royal Arcanum Club
Massachusetts
Edward J. Byron
David F. Dillon
Ernest ©. Hobson
Watch Night Services Across Greater Boston Tonight
Protestant churches in Greater Boston observe watch night with special sermons and music. Cathedral of St Paul opens services at 11 with midnight choir concert and Holy Communion shortly after. Trinity Church hosts 11 pm service led by Rev Dr Alexander Mann. Church of the Advent offers 8 pm service on problems of the New Year.
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Greater
Boston
St. Paul
Trinity Church
Alexander Mann
Church of the Advent
Brimmer Street
van Allen
Winthrop
Hyde Park District
Central
Harvard
Greenwood Memorial Church
Washington
Dakota Streets
Dorchester
Braintree
Hampton House
A. C. West
Pilgrim Publicity Association Plans Grand New Year Event
The Pilgrim publicity group at Filene's hosts a New Year celebration under Carroll J. Swan promising unmatched dinner and entertainment in Boston. The event runs from 6 30 this evening to 1 tomorrow morning with about 500 guests attending.
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Pilgrim Publicity Association
Filene’s
Carroll J. Swan
Boston
Chamber of Commerce Gambol
Greeters Wind Up Convention at Lenox Hotel
New England hotel men forming the Greeters concluded a two day convention with a smoker banquet and entertainment at the Lenox Hotel. Officers elected include President Ivan Hight and first vice president R E Gould.
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New England
Hotel Lenox
Clark’s Hotel
Ivan ©. Hight
Hotel Touraine
R. E. Gould
Moody
Claremont
N. H
G. W. Gethro
Confession in Million-Dollar Securities Robbery Case
Albert Johnson, one of two mail wagon drivers arrested for stealing a registered mail pouch containing 1 million dollars in securities on Christmas Eve, confessed to police. The pair delivered two pouches to a railroad station and opened a third at their home.
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Wilmington
Del
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Charlestown Man Fined for Unregistered Motor Truck Use
Walter F. Berry of 298 Bunker Hill Street Charlestown paid a fine in Chelsea Court yesterday for operating a motor truck without registration. Berry's truck became stalled on Broadway delaying a long line of cars for an hour.
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Walter F. Berry
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Chelsea Court
Buck
Broadway
Snow stalls Boston mail trucks during midweek storm
A heavy snowstorm delayed Boston mail delivery as two big motor trucks stalled in Cambridge and Brighton while a third struggled in town. Postal officials quickly dispatched other cars to assist and reduced the delay, ensuring transfers resumed with minimal disruption.
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Boston
Cambridge
Brighton
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York State
Salmon
Union
Elm
Wash. St
Cuticura
N. S
John North
Toledo
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Royal Arcanum
ST. Paul’s Cathedral
Portland
Fred Carter
Concord
W. Holdman
Vermont
L. R. Lowe
Providence
O. H. Johnson
Litchfield
Conn
National Organization
J. Murphy
W. W. Davis
Springfield
Vorenberg’s
Alli
Mackinaws
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