Death of Aged Brookline Man
Thomas B Griggs a Brookline resident aged 95 died at his home 55 Washington Street Brookline He was a longtime deacon at Brookline Baptist Church and part of the area once known as the Griggs farm He married twice with two daughters five grandchildren and one great grandchild surviving Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 p m at his home
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Thomas B
Brookline
Washington Street
Griggs
Washington, Park
Harvard Streets
Beacon Street
Park Street
Washington Square
Brookline Baptist Church
Mr. Griggs
Annie Stearns
Susan Vinning
St. Louis
Mary W. Waite
Henry A. Smith
Concerts on the Common by The Boston Band
The Boston Band led by Walter Smith performs afternoon and evening programs on the Common including Gungl Overture The Merry Wives of Windsor selections from The Three Twins In Chambre Separee The Revolution of Dixie and Artists Life plus La Vestale and Union Forever in the afternoon. Evening features Northumbria The Mill on the Car Excerpts from Liline Cavatina from Joan of Arc Plantation Echoes I Pagliacci Intermezzo from I Pagliacci Die Industriellen Pirates of Penzance Fools Galop and Gungl selections.
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Nicolai
Hoschner
Heuberger
Lake Potpourri
Ireland
Echo Des Bastions
Oes de Lee
Jdaxone
Liline
Wallace Cavatina
Leoncavallo
Die Industriellen
Patrolman John J. Reilly Retires after 35 Years Service
Patrolman John J. Reilly of the D street station in South Boston retires with mayoral approval after more than 35 years in the police department. He receives an annual pension of 900 dollars.
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John J. Reilly
D Street Station
South
Boston
Bank Robbery at Petite Cote Branch Thief Loots 10000
Six armed bandits held up the Merchants bank branch in Windsor Ontario at Petite Cote, forcing tellers to lie on the floor and escaping with about $10,000. A customer, Vital Benoit, was wounded slightly while shots were fired and the robbers fled in an automobile.
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Windsor
Ont
Merchants Bank
Petite Cote
Vital Benoit
Sacco and Vanzetti Seek New Trial
Niccola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti filed motions for a new trial in Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham. They contend the guilty verdict was against the law and the weight of the evidence after their conviction for the South Braintree robbery and double murder on April 15 1920.
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Dedham
Niccola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
South Braintree
Norfolk County Superior Court
New Names Adopted for Boston Area Telephone Exchanges
The Cambridge exchange becomes University while Medford, Quincy, and Wakefield adopt Mystic Granite Crystal names. Numbers show leading zeros ahead of machine switching central openings in Brookline and Cambridge, with capitalization of the first three letters guiding dials.
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New
Boston
Cambridge Exchange
University
Medford
Quincy
Wakefield
Brookline
Cambridge
Canton
Mystic
Mystic Lake
Waltham
Telephone exchange to adopt new naming and dialing rules
The article explains that until next year calls should go through current operators with the new exchange names from the directory. Zeros prefixed to numbers may be disregarded, making calls as if the prefixes did not exist.
Herrick May Be Homeless With No Room for Guests
Paris July 20 The American ambassador Myron Herrick faces homelessness after October 1 unless a suitable house is found. His son searched for a residence, locating Villa Garches ten miles from the embassy, barely large enough for his family with no guest space. Herrick has had to receive diplomatic peers in his office and was embarrassed when Premier Briand asked where he could take him.
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Paris
Associated Press
Myron
Herrick
Villa Garches
Mr. Herrick
Premier Briand
Rail executives weigh government funding plan for rail debts
New York July 20 railroad executives meeting to discuss the Harding administration plan to fund five hundred million dollars owed by carriers for additions and betterments during federal control withheld comment. Thomas DeWitt Cuyler said any statement must come from the President. Officials indicated the next move rests with the government and that tentative proposals may be approved.
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New York
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
United States
Harding
Contract Awarded for School Electrical and Boiler Work
Mayor Peters awarded a contract to Connor Electric Company, the low bidder, for installing electrical gas and air systems at the Public Latin School at 43 696. A second contract went to F W Zemeir Company for a cast iron boiler and return piping at Oak Square School for 2418.
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Peters
Connor Electric Company
Oak Square School
F. W. Zemeir Company
Mayor appoints printers staff for three months
Mayor Peters made three month temporary appointments in the printing department naming Mary A D Mitchell Kathryn E Baker and Anna Pfeiffer as monotype operators at 38 50 a week and Charles Patterson as helper at 2 a week.
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Peters
Feu
Mary A. D. Mitchell
Kathryn E. Baker
Anna Pfeiffer
Charles Patterson
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Thomas B. Griggs
Walter Smith
Sacco
Vanzetti
Palm Beach
Stein Bloch Kool Kloth
Foulard
Ward
the Purboxia CO
Norway St
Allan G. Mower
Birch Street
Stoughton
Mower
Billings & Spencer
Wmve
the Billings & Spencer.co
Hartford, Conn
Talbot
Markdown
Manhattan
Washington ST
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