Cleanup Work in North End
North End Improvement Association launched a cleanup campaign after a district tour by a committee of prominent residents and city officials. The group included James V. Donnaruma editor John A Scanga Inspectors Jordan and Flynn and Joseph H Borgatti following protests over sanitary conditions.
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North End Improvement Association
James V. Donnaruma
Gazetta del Massachusetts
John A. Scanga
North End
Jordan and Flynn
City Health Department
Joseph H. Borgatti
North End play area overflows with garbage and flies
A City Inspector observes a sweltering Charter Street area where about two dozen children play beside overflowing garbage cans and foul odors. Officer Flynn advises the kids to stay away from the waste as locals criticize area conditions and local politics.
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Donnarama
New Wage Scale Takes Effect for Raincoat Makers
The Boston Manufacturers' Raincoat Association has implemented a new wage schedule granting a 15 percent raise. The change, approved earlier this year, took effect on Wednesday.
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Boston Manufacturers’ Raincoat Association
Missing Woburn Girl Prompt Scouts and Citizens Search
Miss Grace L. Parkhurst of Woburn has been missing since Wednesday. Boy Scouts and local citizens are conducting a search for her whereabouts.
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Blueberry Mountain
Winchester
Woburn
Grace L. Parkhurst
Green Street
Miss Parkhurst
Johnson
Protests Over Sanitary Conditions Spurring City Action
Citizens reiterate demands for cleanup in the North End with inspectors visiting sites on Tuesday. Commissioner Jordan and Mayor address complaints after tours revealing torn papers, garbage, flies, and crowded backyards near Cleveland Place. Further rounds planned to remove refuse promptly.
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North End
Jordan
Flynn
Noyes Place
Cleveland Place
Snow Hill
Scholarships at Tech Go Begging for Cambridge Boys
Cambridge boys may still apply for Technology College scholarships with five awards available each year. Only two qualified this year, and the deadline was July 1. Mayor Rockwood urges city applicants in hopes the school will extend the period for applications.
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Cambridge
Technology
Rockwood
Tech
Beefsteak Nearly a Luxury as Market Prices Rise
Market quotations this week show beefsteak priced high enough to be nearly a luxury while fruits are abundant. The list includes peaches pears plums grapes cantaloupes watermelons oranges lemons pineapples cherries gooseberries raspberries blackberries strawberries currants grapefruit bananas blueberries and some apples.
Market Prices Across Downtown Meat Markets
Yesterday's quotations covered meats and produce with lamb fore legs 14 cts and hind legs 23 cts per lb, rump 45 cts, porterhouse 35 cts, corned tongues 20 cts, fowl 28 cts, ham 22 cts, and eggs at $8.34 a dozen. Fresh butter 36 cts, cod 10 cts, haddock 8 cts, swordfish 12 1/2 cts, salmon 25 and 30 cts, mackerel 15 to 60 cts, other fish, and fruits such as lemons 20 cts a dozen, pears 35 cts a dozen, peaches 5 to 45 cts per basket, cherries 12 cts per basket, cantaloupes 13 to 20 cts, watermelons 40 to 60 cts, oranges 7 to 13 cts, pineapples 10 cts, currants 10 to 12 1/2 cts, berries from 10 to 23 cts, and vegetables including beans 9 to 13 cts a quart, squash 10 cts lb, peas 60 cts peck, tomatoes 15 cts lb, cabbage 4 cts lb, beets 5 cts bunch, cucumbers 5 to 10 cts each, lettuce 6 cts head, and potatoes 30 cts peck.
John F Currant to Be Buried Today
John F Currant, 25 years in the Blackstone Market, will be buried this afternoon from 28 Maple Avenue Somerville his long time residence. He was born in Boston on June 27 1828 and educated at the Eliot school he belonged to the Old School Boys Association and the Bostonian Society.
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John F. Currant
Blackstone
Maple Avenue
Somerville
Boston
Old Eliot School
Old School Boys’ Association
Bostonian Society
Mother of Quincy House clerk operated on at Boothby Hospital
Mrs. E. R. Wheeler, mother of Clem Wheeler a Quincy House clerk, underwent surgery at Boothby Hospital yesterday and is reported in a comfortable condition following the operation.
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Quincy House
E. R. Wheeler
Boothby Hospital
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