Boston considers land exchanges for Orient Heights and Wood Island Park
A crowded Boston hearing debated trading Orient Heights playground for adjacent land and trading harbor flats near Wood Island Park for better flats owned by the State. Proponents say the swap would aid lagoon construction and port expansion, while critics accuse planning boards of overreach amid political strife.
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Orient Heights
Boston
Butler and
Thurston Streets
Wood ‘Island Park
Aldermanic Chamber
McSweeney
George Gibbs, Jr
City Planning Board
Wood Island Park
Niland
East
Noddle Island
Walsh
East Boston
Charles Crawford
Boston Development and Sanitary Company
East Boston Company
Crawford
Doyle
Dillon
Recluse Found Murdered After Fire in Ruins of Home
Thomas Dore Main, who lived alone in HOPKINTON, was found dead in the burned ruins of his home. Coroner Edgar T. Spencer reports the death as violent, with robbery suspected due to large sums of money said to be inside the house. The finding was filed with the Superior Court clerk.
Funeral of Boy William Morris Hunt Slater Attended by Town
Webster Massachusetts mourns as 17 year old William Morris Hunt Slater is buried after motor train arrival from Boston. 6000 townspeople fill East Webster Cemetery and 1000 inside Church of the Reconciliation where Rev Drury leads services. Bearers include ex Governor Walsh and Henry Parkman.
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St. Paul’s School
Slater
Boston
Goveror Walsh
Henry Parkman
Martin Loeffler
Gordon Reed
Providence
Russians Defeat Persian Rebel Band in Iranian Front
A Reuters dispatch from Teheran reports a Russian column defeated a thousand rebels terrorizing Enzeli and Resht districts in Persia. The victory yielded many prisoners and booty after a difficult snowbound march and threatened Russian expeditionary communications.
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London
Teheran
Enzeli
Resht
Persia
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