South Boston Schoolboys Grow Hidden Garden Behind Tenements
About 90 South Boston boys cultivate a concealed patch behind Seventh Street and I Street, under Miss Bertha Pierce and assistants. The garden, fenced from view by row houses, yields corn radishes beans and carrots with all produce owned by the boys and taken home as harvests. Additional hidden gardens in the area include a unique English walnut tree noted as the only one outdoors in Greater Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Seventh Streets
South Ey
South Boston
Bertha Pierce
Marret Morgan
Alice Kenney
Seventh Street Way Nursery
Dardens
Boston
New England
Seventh Streets
Margaret Morgan
Edison ordered to furnish lighting to Roxbury resident
The Massachusetts public utilities department ordered the Edison Electric Illuminating Company to provide electricity for lighting Mrs. Mary E. McNeil of 9 Bainbridge Street Roxbury. The department defended service at reasonable rates and noted the burden of transmission costs falls on the beneficiaries in a dense Boston neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Mary E. McNeil
Bainbridge Street
Roxbury
Public Utilities Department
Boston
Hi Po Battery plant burns in East Norwalk
The Hi-po Battery plant in East Norwalk suffered a fire today causing an estimated loss of about $20,000. No injuries were reported and investigation into the blaze is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwalk
Conn
Hi-po Battery Corporation
East Norwalk
Hot Weather Rules for Care of Horses
Guidelines for keeping horses safe in heat include load lightly and drive slowly, seek shade, keep a wet sponge on the head, water frequently in work, sponge off harness marks and wash the face after work, and avoid washing at night. If overheating occurs, move to shade, sponge, and give aromatic spirits of ammonia or nitre in water, then cool the head with cold water.
John Walsh Seeks Deer Island Secret Plea in Court
In Central Court John Walsh, with prior drunkenness records, is sent to the State farm for multiple offenses and physical recovery. After a dramatic outburst he hints at a secret, prompting the judge to joke about Deer Island term and await the concealed deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walsh
Central Court
John
Mr. Walsh
Ginger Ale Probe Ends with Discharge of Defendants
John Kozlowski testified at the prohibition headquarters claiming hard liquor was sold at his Cambridge street shop after selling the business. He later admitted the sample could have been ginger ale and that he paid 35 cents for the drink. Commissioner Hayes discharged George Williams and Phillias Cormier after Kozlowski failed to substantiate the allegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kozlowski
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Kozlowski
Prohibition
Commissioner Hayes
Federal Building
George Williams
Phillias Cormier
Full-Grown Seal Hauled From Winthrop Beach
A 150 pound full grown seal was hauled ashore at Winthrop Beach by Sydney O'Hare 15 and Francis Jennings 13 of 23 Charles street Winthrop. The seal died after being pulled ashore by a line with a slip noose. The boys may receive state aid for the seal head due to the bounty on seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Beach
Sydney O’hare
Francis Jennings
Charles Street
Winthrop
Hangman Arthur Ellis Says Income Limits Support Payment
In Montreal on July 21 Arthur Ellis the hangman tells the court his business is uncertain and his income cannot be raised. He offers his wife 75 dollars a month instead of 110 while heading to Vancouver to execute three men. A police court assault charge by Mrs Ellis was withdrawn after a bargain but she now pursues 110 dollars and plans a separation suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Arthur Ellis
Ellis
Vancouver
Rum runners held after whiskey seizure linked to Lorena case
Beverly police stopped two trucks carrying large quantities of smuggled whiskey believed tied to the Lorena seizure. Guy W Cunningham and Fred Cunningham of Beverly and Alfred Prebender of Peabody were arraigned before US Commissioner Hayes on smuggling charges and held on $1000 bail each. They hired Daniel A. Shea as counsel and pleaded not guilty. Treasury agents search for the mother ship while police in several towns were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena
Guy W
Fred Cunningham
Beverly
Alfred Prebender
Peabody
United States
Hayes
Daniel A. Shea
Special Treasury
McKenna
Harney
North Shore
Beverly Farms
Boston Chamber Plans Camp Committee Seeks Longer Vacations
Appointment of three directors James FE McConnell Charles R Gow and Benjamin F White as a special committee to help General Edwards secure a full New England quota at the Citizens Training Camp was announced yesterday. The committee asks local business leaders to extend employees vacation from two weeks to a month to attend camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Chamber of Commerce
General Edwards
New England
James FE
McConnell
Charles R. Gow
Benjamin F. White
Boy Killed by Truck in Belmont Accident
Hyman Carls 15 son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Carls of 463 Belmont Belmont was killed yesterday morning when thrown from his bicycle into the path of a moving five ton truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyman Carls
Samuel Carls
Belmont Street
Belmont
Swordfish and Groundfish Dock Receipts Reported
The Schooner Albert W. Black arrived at the Fish Pier with 136 sword fish. Four vessels supplied groundfish, including the dragger Helen Furlito with 2000 pounds of flounders and 100 pounds of hake. Quarter receipts totaled 174 400 pounds. Wholesalers quoted haddock 3 1 2 to 4 cents, large cod 6 to 5 1 2, market cod 3 1 2 to 4, hakes 3 to 3 1 2, swordfish 15 to 16 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Black
Helen Furlito
Haddock
Notpes
Hake
Shipping News Arrivals From Multiple Ports
Shipping news lists steamers and vessels arriving and departing ports including Glasgow Liverpool Gothenburg New York Providence Norfolk Baltimore and more with names such as Valemore Griffiths Liver pool Storeholm Scythia Phonix Gal Nantucket Nickerson Juniata and many others. The record notes minesweeper Mallard tug Ballenas and several schooners along with port calls at Bangor Bath Rockland Gloucester Portland and Rockport.
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Valemore
Griffiths
Liverpool
Storeholm
Swed
Nilsson
Gothenburg
Etcc
Scythia
Prothero
New York
Phonix
Dan
Gal
Matanzas
Cuba
Prince George
MacKinnon
Yarmouth
N. C
Nacoochee
Diehl
Savannah
Nantucket
Nickerson
Baltimore
Norfolk
Juniata
Pratt
Philadelphia
J. H. Devereux
Keene
Everett
Walker
Arlington
Ricker
Amoleo
Winder
North Land
Snow
Franklin
Hansen
H. F. Dimock
Allen
Roseway
Dooley
Mohawk
Doane
Port Ivory
Briton
McLean
Bangor
Massasoit
Intersoll
Jonesport
Camden
Scyllla
Queenstown
Orterie
Governor Dingley
St. John
N. B
Fiastport
Lubec
Steel Worker
Pacific
Lake Stryman
Charleston
Jacksonville
Walter D. Noyes
Newport Newa
Ormidate
Mary, Co
Incoming Streamers and Ocean Forecast From Boston and New York
DUE TODAY lists ships to various ports including Glen Ridge Rotterdam Prince Arthur Yarmouth N C Alexandra Gothenburg Canadian Spinner Australian ports Coastwike Norfolk Cal vin Austin New York Bellingham Balti more for Copenhagen and others. OCEAN FORECAST expects northeast winds and unsettled weather to the Grand Banks as steamers sail today from Boston and New York. Weather reports hourly: Highland Light at 4 pm wind east partly cloudy thermometer 72 seas smooth Graves Tight 4146 am wind northeast hazy thermometer 66 pressure 50.08 seas smooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post Marine
Glen Ridge
Rotterdam
Prince Arthur
Yarmouth
N. C
Alexandra
Gothenburg
Coastwike
Norfolk
Calvin Austin
New York
Bellingham
Baltimore
Copenhagen
San Mateo
Bocas del Toro
Colombia
Prince George
Dingley
St. John
N. B
North Land
Norwalk
Ctc
Pacific
Stephen St. Jones
Sydney
C. B
Buenos Ayres
Santos
Yokohama
Hamburg
City of Atlanta
Savannah
Gloucester
Ontario
Philadelphia
Boston
Europe
Grand Banks
Highland Light
Graves Tight
Iheaak
Contaminated Certified Milk Shocks Boston
A Boston health scare reveals tuberculosis taint in part of the certified milk supply. Tests trace contamination to two herds in Waverley Massachusetts and Wilton New Hampshire, with one child dead and several infected. The issue rests on veterinarians certifying purity while the Medical Milk Commission oversees oversight. Pasteurized ordinary milk remains safe, while certified milk remains unpasteurized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
Back Bay
Waverley
Mass
Wilton
N. H
Boston
Health Department
Medical Milk Commission
Marshall Bailey
Cambridge
Bailey
Edgar A. Crossman
Bureau of Animal Industry
Jump Lands Bass in Boat at Roseland Lake
A three-pound bass leapt from the water into a boat at Roseland Lake Woodstown Connecticut on July 21. Three campers witnessed the feat as the bass hopped aboard while the craft neared shore. The incident highlights fishing as a popular regional pastime attracting visitors from New York City and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Conn
Roseland Lake
Babe Ruth
Connecticut
New York City
Boston
Boy Killed Under Truck in Cambridge Accident
11 year old Harry Rosenberg, a Cambridge newsboy, died when he jumped from a moving truck and was struck by its wheels. The crash happened at Massachusetts Avenue and Winter Street in Arlington as he rode with driver Wendell Donahue of Medford en route to Spy Pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rosenberg
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Winter Street
Arlington
Harry
Ida Rosenberg
Bristol Street
Spy Pond
Cambridge Gas Light Company
Wendell Donahue
Winchester Terrace
Medford
Children’s Feet Cut by Glass at South Boston Beach
Police threaten prosecution of anyone discarding glass near water as three Hyde Park children hurt at Head House Beach in South Boston. George Tarale 11, Ruth Long 8, and Henry Tarmino 11, all of Gordon Avenue, were treated at City Hospital for foot lacerations after wading in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
City Hospital
Head House Beach
Boston
George Tarale
Gordon Avenue
Ruth Long
Henry Tarmino
Petition Demands Probe of Rendering Plant Odors
Five hundred South Boston residents petitioned the Board of Health for an investigation into offensive odors from the Independent Rendering Company plant on Camrell Street Dorchester Street and Old Colony Avenue following a protest meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Board of Health
Independent Rendering Company
Camrell Street
Dorchester Street
Old Colony Avenue
Mysterious fire investigated in Dorchester
Dorchester police and fire officials probe a mysterious blaze last night under a shed at 57 Temean Street near the New Haven railroad. A citizen sounded the alarm from box M36. Damage is estimated at 10 dollars and police suspect a boyish start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
New Haven Railroad
Temean Street
Limerick Falls to Free State Forces in Cork and Waterford
July 21 reports say Irregulars blew Ballycotton Pier and evacuated Roche Point in Cork harbor. Dublin dispatch states Limerick city captured after a major Free State assault. combined with Waterford, the insurgent line between them is destroyed, marking a double victory.
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Belfast
Ballycotton Pier
East
Cork
Roche Point
Cork Harbor
Dublin
Limerick
Free State
Waterford
Ireland
Kerry
Galtee
County Tipperary
Body of Dr Palmer Found in Lynn Pond
The body of Dr George M Palmer 50 a State House chemist was found in Floating Bridge Pond Lynn with a throat wound and possible suicide suspected. Police and Medical Examiner investigated while neighbors and family tied to his recent poor health. His brother Professor William Lincoln Palmer of Harvard is named as a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Palmer
Chemical Laboratories
State House
Floating Bridge Pond
Lynn
Breed
Richard Pugh
Western Avenue
Dr. Palmer
Central Square
Lyn
Palmer
William Lincoln Palmer
Harvard
State Street
Boston
New Hampshire State to Race West Point in Cross Country Meet
New Hampshire State College will meet West Point in a dual cross country meet October 28 at West Point, preceding the New Hampshire Army football game. Announcement came from athletic authorities at the Durham college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire State College
West Point
New Hampshire Army
Durham
Grave Probe Likely Dropped at Woburn Cemetery
The mystery grave at Congregation Anshel Lei Bovitz Cemetery in Woburn may have its probe dropped with a recommendation to end the inquiry. Most members accept the authorities’ report that the elderly man found is David B. Lewis, buried in 1911, with the headstone adjacent possibly shifted. The cemetery caretaker’s son Max Kreutzer claims to have seen a new coffin, but no progress was made to verify substitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anshel Leibovitz
Woburn
David B. Lewis
Lewis
Max Kreutzer
Portland Deputies Ordered to Use Guns for Defense
Sheriff Graham of Portland Maine warned that anyone endangering deputies on guard duty would be shot to protect themselves. The directive came after Deputy George MacDonald was reportedly run down by an automobile while escorting a man from Portland Terminal Company yards. The warning was given as union men waited for a Municipal Court assault case hearing related to the incident and alleged kidnapping of a new worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
King F. Graham
George MacDonald
Portland Terminal Company
Graham
Durant Motors Chief Also Leads Locomobile
Reports confirm that Durant Motors Inc will participate in Locomobile Company of America reorganization and that William C Durant also holds the presidency of Locomobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Durant Motors, Inc
Locomobile Company of America
Willam C. Durant
Locomobile Company
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Edward Purtell
Thomas Kiernan
Cataldo Palmiere
Edison Company
Hi-Po
Beecham’s
Deer Island
Ellen T. Marshall
Ber Ashe
Marie
Ohrviken
Sweden
Mystic Wharf
Furness Line
Hoosac Docks
Charlestown
Phenix
American Sugar Refining Company
Black Diamond Line
Antwerp
Shipping Board
Ballenas
Massillon Bridge
James River
Cunard
Virgilia
Birnie
London
Gilbert Standcliff
Parrsboro
N. S
Neponset
Bay of Fundy
Mispec
Atlantic
International Mercantile Marine Company
Minnewaska
Minnetonka
Hangman
Hold
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Shipping News
Provisional Government
King John
Shannon
National Artillery
Strand Barracks
Red Cross
Strand
Castle Barracks
King John's Castle
Free Staters
County Club
Adelphi
Imperial
Reginald's
N. H State
W. Point
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