Hot Weather Questions Prompt Reader Replies
A selection of reader responses to a hot weather problem is printed. Citizens from Pittsfield Cohasset Malden Acushnet Maynard Jamaica Plain and others share quips about heat. The letters reference Boston Common summer heat and humorous asides about chestnuts and winter.
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Boston Post
Boston
Mass
Berkshire
Katharine A. Marshall
Burbank Street
Pittsfield
Hingham
Eugene Co. M'Sweeney
Cohasset
Boston Common
Sparks
M. S. Bangs
Salem Street
Malden
Central
North Pole
Joe Spooner
Acushnet
Tennyson
J. W. Howell
Maynard
Senator Payne
M. F. Deveney
Centre Street
Woodville Street
Everett
Eve
Adam
Ekmma E
Manning
Meacham Road
West Somerville
Accuse Girls of Larceny in Brockton Court
Grace Flagg 15 and Mildred Ripley 14 were held in the police court charged with larceny from the residence of William Jones on June 3 and from the Union Credit Company on June 1. Thefts occurred while a funeral next door drew attention. officers say a $80 pocketbook was taken and the cash drawer rifled. Police believe similar thefts may have been committed.
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Brockton
Grace Flagg
Mildred Ripley
William Jones
West Elm Street
Union Credit Company
Jones
Seek to Reach $750 Gems Through Court
William R. Bassett and Robert B. Rogers as assignees of the Suffolk Supply Company filed a bill in Suffolk Superior Court seeking to reach a diamond ring valued at 550 and a pin valued at 20 worn by William Hirsh of Boston to apply to a debt of 1960. An order of notice is returnable July 26.
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William R. Bassett
Robert B. Rogers
Suffolk Supply Company
Superior Court
Suffolk County
William Hirsh
Ho0ston
23 Workmen Buried in Ruin in St Petersburg
A six story building on Rasyesskaya street collapsed in St Petersburg this morning, burying 23 workers. Three dead bodies were recovered and 14 others are known to be buried. Eight injured were sent to hospitals. Rescuers, led by Prefect Dracheffsky, face danger of further collapses as they search the wreckage.
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ST. Petersburg
Rasyesskaya Street
Dracheffsky
Mrs Bradshaw Dies After Surgery in Vermont
Mrs John Bradshaw 27 formerly Eva B Butler of Watertown and Cambridge died Tuesday night in a St Johnsbury Vermont hospital after an operation. She was a Watertown High School graduate. Survived by husband and four month old daughter Alice Parry father James A Butler Cambridge brother Elmer E Butler Medford. Funeral services were held Thursday at Lyndon Vermont with burial at Lyndon Centre.
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John Bradshaw
Eva B. Butler
Watertown
Cambridge
St. Johnsbury
Great Future for Rhode Island Coal
A Boston News Bureau report quotes Henry M. Whitney endorsing Rhode Island Coal. Diamond drills indicate an 80 million ton Narra gansett Basin deposit with two shafts planned to mine 3000 tons daily. Costs place coal on cars at $2 per ton, with minimal chemical treatment costs and potential profits against Pennsylvania anthracite. The dormant mine, now being dewatered, could ship within three months, boosting New England industry.
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Boston
Henry M. Whitney
Fall River
Rhode Island
Whitney
United States
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New England
Boston News Bureau
Chelsea man held on charge of six thousand eight hundred sixty dollar bank larceny
Frank Hirshman of 129 Franklin Avenue Chelsea was held in 20000 bail for a July 28 hearing on larceny of 6860 from the American Trust Company. He allegedly provided a false statement while with Philip Broomfield & Co leading to 6860 obtained on notes indorsed by the firm.
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Frank Hirshman
Franklin Avenue
Chelsea
American Trust Company
Hirshman
Philip Broomfield & Co
Broomfield Company
Sea Forces Prepare for Night Battle Drills
Provincetown July 23 The Atlantic fleet battleships and torpedo boats drill on Cape Cod grounds all day. With one ship on calibration range the rest are likely enduring fleet and squadron drills and night battle practice. A southeaster and heavy sea churn Cape Cod Bay as rain begins tonight for Rhode Island and Connecticut Naval Reserves.
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Provincetown
Atlantic Fleet
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Bay
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Two Sharpers Target City Employees’ Mutual Aid
Police seek two men posing as agents of the City Employees' Mutual Aid Association Boston. They misrepresented the organization to solicit funds for a fake pension fund, displaying names of supposed supporters. Victims report losses from 50 cents to five dollars over several days.
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City Employees’ Mutual Aid Association
Boston
Women Help in Hayfields in Berkshire Region
In Lenox and southern Berkshire a labor shortage sees women toiling in hay fields. A Lenox man reported over 100 workers rushing hay to barns before an approaching storm. Farmers praise the women as diligent and dependable, noting they do not observe union hours.
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LENOX
Berkshire
Tetanus New Fight Phase Near Fitchburg
A new phase in the Fitchburg and Leominster street railway clash last Sunday night emerged as Motor man George K Gould and others from Company D faced charges. First Sergeant John Connors lies hospitalized with tetanus from a head wound believed caused by Goulds controller handle. Gould awaits a Leominster Police Court appearance on assault and battery charges with potential upgraded counts if Connors dies.
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Fitchburg
Ayer
Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway
George K. Gould
Sixth Regiment
Boston
John Connors
Burbank Hospital
Gould
Bonds
Leominster
Connors
A Democrat for Assessor Move at City Hall
City Hall sources report Mayor Hibbard will nominate Edward T. Kelley to the Board of Assessors vacancy and refile Edward G. Richardson, both rejected previously, as Democrats pressure for a party member to secure one of the posts. Kelley, a Democrat and chief clerk of the board, resides at 11 Schuyler 21.
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City Hall
Hibbard
Board of Aldermen
Board of Assessors
Edward T. Kelley
Alonzo F. Andrews
Kelley
Edward G. Richardson
Andrews
Kelsey
Schuyler 21
Girl Catches Two Thieves in Store Theft Case
Carrie Miller a department store employee testified she saw James Smith and John Harris take books and follow them to 116 Shawmut avenue where Jacob Glick bought the stolen items. Smith Harris were arraigned and sentenced to two months each, Glick to four months in the House of Correction.
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James Smith
John Harris
Philadelphia
House of Correction
Jacob Glick
Shawmut Avenue
Smith
Harris
Carrie Miller
Glick
Buster Brown and Tige Entertain at the Shoe Fair
At the Shoe and Leather Fair the real Buster Brown and Tige from the Brown Shoe Company of St. Louis perform at 4 and 7 30 p m. Assisted at the evening show by the renowned baritone Berton O Whete more.
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Buster Brown
Tige
Shoe and Leather Fair
The
Brown Shoe Company of
St. Louis
Berton O. Whete More
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