Mardi Gras in Portland Marks Maine Centennial Night
Thousands of masked revelers flooded Portland streets for Mardi Gras as Maine Centennial events unfolded. Mayor Clarke reviewed the parade at City Hall and handed the keys to the carnival king, who vowed an unmuzzled night of joy. A sham air battle lit the afternoon with Governor Milliken visiting Chief Neptuné at The Oaks while the Japanese cruiser Kasuga lingered offshore awaiting harbor arrival.
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Girl Flora Sanford Flees On Horseback From School
Lancaster July 2 The police of this town and Clinton report Flora Sanford a 16 year old inmate of the State Industrial School for Girls has run away. They believe she rode a black horse stolen from the school stable during the night and hid in hay in the stable. Sanford is described as dark complexioned and very slender.
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Women and Children Granted Grass Seating at Monument Hill
Boston Common park officials permitted women and children to rest on the grassy slopes at Monument Hill during tomorrow's band concert and the season. Other grassy areas will be restricted with signs directing families to the preferred seating for comfort.
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Park and Recreation Commissioners
Sugar Cargo Ships Reach Hub From Banes
The Lake Cayuga arrived with 5 600 000 pounds of Cuban sugar from Banes. The Corapeak due in a few days carries 6 080 000 pounds. A large sugar shipment continues to be brought to the hub.
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A Dollar Around to All at the Line House Bar
A nostalgic note recalls the Line House Bar as a century old road house built by a foresighted bird. It highlights the bar as a future business hub in a dry era and imagines the builder’s satisfaction as time proves the tale.
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Line House
Quebec
Thomas Burke
America
Canada
Lapland
Line House Keeps Busy Cross-Border Booze Trade
A rugged Maine border bar near Jackman and Armstrong thrives on cross border drinkers. The Line House serves Canadian ales rye and Scotch with prices high on both sides, while a Dewey machine and bottle sales lure travelers. Fire safety worries and legal bans loom over its future as Americans seek a last drink before Canada and the Mexican border.
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Dublin
Stout
Thompson
Maine
Paul
Western Union
Woman Hurt in Cambridge Auto Crash
Mrs Bertha Stiles 61 of West Roxbury is in serious condition at Cambridge Municipal Hospital with a broken right arm a fractured thigh and other injuries after an auto crash at the Quincy and Cambridge streets corner when her car was struck by an outbound surface car. The other victims John Stiles Edith Stone and her daughter from Roxbury were reported greatly improved.
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Temple Street
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Cambridge
Cambridge Municipal Hospital
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Edith Stone
Vermont Street
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Quincy
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Stiles
Cambridge Street
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