Million Blossoms Bloom Over Lily Field on Metropolitan Hill
A vast lily field at the R. and J. Farquhar Company in Roslindale blooms after a warm spell with rain, turning the hill into a white moth of blossoms. City workers and residents flock to Metropolitan Hill to stroll along Poplar Street and enjoy the fragrance of thousands of lilies.
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Metropolitan Hill
Roslindale
R. & J. Farquhar Company
Poplar Street
Ami
Farquhar
Deitrick Enters Democratic Gov Race in Massachusetts
Cambridge candidate Frederick S. Deitrick announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts governor. He criticized the state bonus for veterans as merely pocket money and called for five dollars a day back pay for soldiers and sailors.
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Frederick S. Deitrick
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Deitrick Proposes Planks on Back Pay and Blind Employment
The veteran candidate Deitrick, famed for his walking campaigns and an armored car tour, calls for back pay for service members and employment opportunities for the blind and crippled, arguing current bonuses are merely pocket money. He notes his long political career from Cambridge alderman to Congress and his past runs for Governor and Cambridge mayor.
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Walsh
Deitrick
France
Army
Navy
Deitbeck
Cambridge
Congress
Town Clerk Raymond Dead in Weymouth
John A. Raymond town clerk of Weymouth died yesterday afternoon at his son in law Dr Joseph Chase's Broad Street East Weymouth home from heart failure. He spent nearly all 71 years in Weymouth active in town and church affairs serving 30 years as East Weymouth Savings Bank treasurer and 84 years as East Weymouth Congregational Society treasurer. He belonged to Odd Fellows and Masons and is survived by his widow and five children, with funeral arrangements pending.
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John A. Raymond
Weymouth
Joseph Chase
Broad Street
East Weymouth
Mr. Raymond
Lincoln Yulton
Second Shot Not Necessary At Malden Corner
In Malden at the Charles and Pearl streets corner mid afternoon yesterday, Nicozeno Nicozeno argued with bystanders. When fists started flying, he drew a revolver and fired twice. He was arrested on charges of carrying a loaded revolver.
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Picalo Nicozeno
Nicozeno
Charles and
Pearl Streets
Malden
Charles Street
Arlington Post Forming Permanent Organization in August
Arlington Post No 39 American Legion will hold a meeting at Robbins Memorial Town Hall Friday evening August 1 to finalize permanent organization. Temporary officers lead a campaign to recruit charter members and build a large roster.
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Arlington Post
American Legion
Robbins Memorial Town Hall
Great pianist Josef Hoffman enjoys Seals Harbor summer
BY JOSEPH T. BROOKS SEAL HARBOR ME July 13 Of the many world famous musical artists that summer here during the torrid months there is no one who enjoys vacation more than the great pianist Josef Hoffman. Every form of recreation appeals to him boating bathing fishing mountain climbing long walks through the woods golf and tennis.
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Seal Harbor
Josef Hoffman
Ideal Vacation Spot Attracts Musician Hoffman Family
The famed pianist Hoffmann extols a summer home near the harbor cottage in Asticon, praising miles of woods and ocean. He notes his daughter Josefa, a lively 13 year old, prefers horseback riding to piano practice while his Harvard neighbor, President Emeritus Billet, shares friendship.
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Hieffman
Harbor Cottage
Astic
Miss Anna Elms Engaged to Navy Officer
The engagement is announced of Miss Anna Everett Wilms of 2% Hunnewell Street Newton to Lieutenant Henry Soule Bothfield of Brookline. Miss Elms is a Dana Hall School graduate, class of 1917. Mr Bothfield is a Harvard graduate, class of 1917, and a junior lieutenant in the United States Navy.
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Anna Everett Wilms
Hunnewell Street
Newton
Henry Soule Bothfield
Brookline
Elms
Dana Hall School
Mr. Bothfield
Harvard
United States Navy
Hoffmans Tour Maine Summer Home After Windy Interview
Josef Hoffman recalls his fleet of two speed boats and a yacht at a cliffside, his plans for a country wide tour, and his writing work. He details feuding with Dr Karl Muck, past tea parties in the artist colony, and their cold relation since the war. The Hoffmans split winter in Aiken and summer in Maine.
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Boston
Mack
Colony
Hoffman
Aiken
8. C
Maine
Columbia Post to Help Service Men Bonus Applications
Columbia Post American Legion members will receive their $100 State bonus applications today. Former Representative William J. Holland will handle the applications and former Senator Daniel J. Chapman will perform the notary public work for veterans at no charge.
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Columbia Post
American Legion
William J. Holland
Daniel J. Chapman
Three New Schooners This Month To Be Launched
Three new schooners under construction in Maine yards will be launched and delivered before month’s end. Tomorrow at o clock the three master James E Coburn to be named for the agent of Androscoggin Mills Lewiston and built for Rogers Webb of Stat Street will go overboard at the Boston and Penobscot Shipbuilding Company yard in South Orrington Maine.
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Maine
Boston
Boston and Penobsco Shipbuilding Company
South Orrington
Jame E. Coburn
Androscoggin Mills
Lewisto
Rogers & Webb
Stat Street
Coburn and two new schooners join Crowell fleet
A Boston ceremony will honor the daughter of the man whose na refers to a schooner bearing his name. The Coburn, built at the Penobscot River shipyard, is a 175 by 40 by 19 foot double decker of native oak and Carolina pine with 1700 tons capacity. Captain J F Chase will command the Coburn. The M Vivian Peirce and Helen Barnet Gring will launch July 25 and 26 respectively at Themastor and Bean's Bar Camden, later joining Crowell and Thurlow. The Peire is 210 by 29 by 22 feet with 500 tons, the Gring 190 by 41 by 21 feet with 2000 tons and a near 200000 dollar value. Both will sail coastwise or overseas when possible.
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Coburn Wa
Penobscot River
Coburn
J. F. Chase
Skippe
Frank B. Witherbe
Edwin G. Farrar
M. Vivia Peirce
Themastor
Bean's Bar
Camden
Helen Barnet Gring
Crowell & Thurlow
Peire
Gring
George McQueste
Boston
Brookline
M. Vivian Peire
Death ruled natural in former councilman Deehan case
Brookton reports no suspicious circumstances in the Friday morning death of former City Councilman William Co. Deehan. Investigators say he received legitimate treatment for illness at Dr John F Cummings’s office before being taken to hospital. Autopsy results have not been announced. The police continue to review the case.
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Brookton
William Co. Deehan
Deehan
John F. Cummings
Dr True’s Elixir Ad Claims Life Saved in Maine
An advertisement from Henry O Hanley of Belfast Maine proclaims Dr True’s Elixir saved his life. The ad touts the medicine as a family laxative and worm expeller that tones the stomach moves the bowels and expels worms. It lists worm symptoms and urges readers to obtain the elixir from dealers at Auburn Maine noting a long market presence.
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Henry O. Hanley
Cross St
Belfast
Maine
Dr. True
Pr. J. F. True & Co
Auburn, Maine
Lexington post of American Legion organized with 128 names
The Stanley Hill Post No. 38 in Lexington is permanently organized with 128 charter members. Joseph R. Cotton serves as commander. A $250 post fund, the Tenney Sherburne Fund, was presented by Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Foster Sherburne in memory of their son Tenney.
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Stanley Hill
American Legion
Lexington
Joseph R. Cotton
PF. Foster Sherburne
Tenney Sherburne
James J. Walsh
Roland ®. Garmon
Jesse 8. Ferry
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Frederick &. Deitrick
Made Walking Campaign
Arcola
Peerless
Mass
American Radiator Company
Federal Street
8Th Ave
New York City
Army Bar Rly
Raymond
Picalo
Josep Hofmann
Josefa
John D. Rockefeller
Joseph T. Brooks
America
Post
Anna Elms
Anna Everett Elms
Henry Soule Rothfield
U.S. N
Josef
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Europe
Necco
England
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