Provincetown Sail Loft Club Hosts Lobster Feast
Provincetown July 12. The Sail Loft Club of women artists held a first supper with a lobster feast under President Melvar Chaffee. More than 100 members attended amid plans for an August members exhibit and a Mayflower ball on July 27 at Bowne Hall with 1620 period costumes. The evening was informal with speeches set aside to enjoy seafood and fellowship.
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Provincetown
Lobeter
Sailloft Club
Tip
Cape
Melvar Chaffee
Bown Hall
Head of British Rotarians in Hub on U S and Canada Tour
Alexander Wilkie of Edinburgh president of the British Association of Rotary Clubs winds up a tour of the United States and Canada and stops in Boston before sailing from New York. He notes Edinburgh Rotary Club’s two year link with Boston and praises American prosperity and rapid building growth including the abundance of automobiles noted by his wife.
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United States
Canada
Alexander Wilkie
Edinburgh
Scotland
British Association of Rotary Clubs
Boston
New York
Mr. Wilkie
Wilkie
America
England
City considers higher builders licenses and renewals
Mayor Peters presented an ordinance to City Council to raise builders licenses from two dollars to a higher amount and to charge thirty two dollars for general renewals, which are currently free.
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Peters
Auto Crash on Lincoln Street Kills One and Injures Several
One man, Joseph F. Powell of Malden, is killed in a four-vehicle collision with a milk wagon on Lincoln street Saugus near Bristol street. Thomas Desmond of Malden is gravely injured with a fractured skull and a fractured leg. Frank Tate, also of Malden, suffers head and facial injuries and a broken leg. John Kiley of Melrose and others sustain various injuries.
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Lynn Hospital
Lincoln Street
Saugus
Bristol Street
Joseph F. Powell
Malden
Thomas Desmond
Chester Street
Frank Tate
Dartmouth Street
John Kiley
Upham Street
Melrose
Auteres
Co. H. Smi My
Sedar Street
Boost in cereal prices sparks investigation by life commission
Rising breakfast cereal costs trigger inquiry led by General John H. Sherburne chairman of the Commission on Necessaries of Life. Grocers decline to comment, noting manufacturers may follow price hikes seen in other prepared foods and canned goods amid plentiful wheat and grain crops.
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Boston
John H. Sherburne
Commission On Necessaries of Life
War Dead Squares Named In City Council Action
Boston City Council approved three orders to name squares after fallen soldiers William E Canary Peter J McHugh and Myron B Whitcomb. It also asked park officials to rename Columbus Avenue Playground to William B Cotter Playground.
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Boston
Park and Recreation Commissioners
Huntington Avenue
Boylston, Moraine and
Centre Streets
William E. Canary
Market Street
Western Avenue
Peter J. McHugh
South Centre
Eliot Streets
Myron B. Whitcomb
Park Department
Columbus Avenue
William B. Cotter
Council rejects mayor's order for Long Island funding
City Council shoots down Mayor Peters’ request to spend 105000 from 400400 coproeipation for East Boston ferry relief of fire hazard at Long Island Hospital and Almshouse. It then passes a loan for 105000 to be spent on Long Island.
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Peters
East Boston
Long Island Hospital
Long Island
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