Circus Clowns Rally for Baby Hippo Fund in Boston
Circus acts from Sells Floto will perform at midday on Newspaper Row Boston to raise funds for Baby Hippo. Clowns and stage stars from local offices and theaters join a street parade and donation drive with concerts and college events supporting a $5000 goal to bring the hippo to Franklin Park.
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Howard Athenaeum
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Hanneford
Hank Sylow
Herman Josephs
Berta Beeson
Paul Jerome
New England
Franklin Park Zoo
Baby Hippo
Newspaper Row
Baby Hippo Fund
Mass
Washington Street
Franklin Park
Youthful Soloist Aids Hippo Fund In Boston
Robert Murray a 14 year old prodigy will debut at the Boston Opera House this Sunday. He plans a personal donation to the Baby Hippo fund and will speak on hippos and zoo life while performing a multilingual concert.
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Robert Murray
Boston
Boston Opera House
Bobbie” Murray
Franklin Park Zoo
New York Hippodrome
Youngsters Help Fund for Baby Hippo in Boston Area
Hundreds of letters flood the Baby Hippo Fund editor at the Post with children pledging money and urging quick delivery. One note from Harold Holmes of Dorchester offers 50 cents and mentions his sick sister Roberta, while Jack Fowler of Beachmont also contributes.
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Baby Hippo
Roberta
Franklin Park
Harold Holmes
West Selden Street
Dorchester
Baby Hippo Fund Donation Note
A five year old girl Harriet Shipphe from East Boston sends 25 cents to help buy a Baby Hippo and asks that the name Hippo be kept as the nickname. She plans to visit when the animal arrives at its new home.
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Hippo
Harriet Shipphe
Bennington Street
East
Boston
Party Guests Contribute Hippo for Masachusetts Playmates
A house party lists contributors for a hippo gift for children in Massachusetts. Names include Daniel O Connor Chester Byron Elmer Forrest Charlie Fleming Patrick Finnegan Grant Elliot Rupert Coffin Leo Cunningham and William Coleman. Daniel O Connor of 1 Porter Street Woburn is named.
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Daniel O'Connor
Chester Byron
Elmer Forrest
Charlie Fleming
Patrick Finnegan
Grant Elliot
Rupert Coffin
Leo Cunningham
William Coleman
Porter Street
Woburn
Elderly man sends five dollar credit for two boys
An old Holden man, 61, encloses a five dollar check to be credited to Master Earl Hubley Jr Hubley of Dorchester and Master Ellsworth Pond of Holden Mass. He expresses affection for animals and recalls his first sight of a large animal, closing with good wishes.
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Earl Hubley
Jr. Hubley
Greenbrier Street
Dorchester
Ellsworth Pond
Holden
Mass
Frank H. Rogers
Youngster’s Dollar Letter Supports Baby Hippo Visit
A child writes to the editor offering a dollar to help bring Baby Hippo to the zoo. The note mentions family generosity, a four year old brother named Oliver and eagerness to see the hippo, and a playful remark about pancakes and ownership of part of the foot.
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Hippo
Baby Hippo
Oliver
Bank Burglaries and Names Appear in Local Ledger
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple individuals and places linked to burglaries and financial totals. Names include Barbara Barbash Edith Barbash Constance O'Brien Vernon Bang and Rowena Allen among others. Addresses such as 14 Alexander St Dorchester and 1575 Columbus Ave Roxbury appear with monetary figures and a total to date of 85 1757.74.
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Vernon Bang “MeTighe
Jamaica Plain
Ruthie
Urania
Ceacie Veewes
H. A. Mack
Eeeeeseas
Barbara
Bobby
Aeeteeee Love
Eeeneesee Lindsay
Chicago
Masnenee
Shirley Barbash
Constance O’brien
Columbus Av
Roxbury
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Dorchester Children Support Hippo Fund Pageant
Dorchester School Centre pupils plan a June 14 pageant titled A Dream of Spring at Codman Square High School gymnasium. The dancing classes generated favorable comment at an earlier demonstration for their bright performance and charitable effort.
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Dorchester
New England
Hippo
Codman Square
Dian Ohieg
Massachusetts Baby Hippo fund request letter
A letter from Edward and Hope Cronan of Waltham includes 30 cents toward a Baby Hippo fund and asks the editor to help obtain the hippo for Massachusetts. A separate 25 cents from "BUFF" accompanies a playful note about cats and a Boston visit to showcase fighting cats.
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Hippo
Massachusetts
Edward and
Hope Cronan
Gorham Street
Waltham
Hindy
New Hampshire
Boston
Baby Hippo Editor Seeks 10 Cents For Ward of Infant Hippo
Parker James of Auburndale Massachusetts requests a donation of 10 cents to support a baby hippo. He asks that the animal be named Fat or Two Tons and offers to share in the proceeds.
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Baby Hippo
Quarter for a Freckle
Letter from Harry A Buck of South Weymouth Maas enclosing 26 cents to buy a freckle of Baby Hippo for his dog Prince.
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Prince
Harry A. Buck
South Weymouth
Maas
Cat concert funds and summons from Jakey Yaluler Cat
A reader from Methuen Massachusetts explains humorously that 60 cents came from a junk man rather than appreciation for a failed hippo party. The note lists 25 cents each from Buddy and Chester and 50 cents from Jakey as part of the tally.
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Buddy
Chester
Jakey
Hindy
Yaluler
Methuen
Maas
Laddie Boy and Friends Support Baby Hippo Fund
Editor Robbert H Cook and Ella J Cook with Prince donate 15 cents each toward a baby hippo. The note requests a place in the zoo for the animal and lists 15 Prospect Street Atlantic as the contributor address.
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Laddie Boy
Robbert H
Ella J. Cook
Prince
Prospect Street
Atlantic
Dream Pageant Brings Dancers in Forest Fantasy
Miss Sylvia H. Carol returns from a season with the O'Brien Girl company to participate in the Hippo pageant. Mrs. Margaret M. Higgins of the Dorchester School Centre supervises. Children drilled by Mrs. Marton W. Atwood with help from Miss Claire Carven. Miss Alice Cavanagh will preside at the piano. Patronesses from the Mothers and Homemakers Club attend.
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Sylvia H. Carol
Marton W.atwood
Claire Carven
Alice Cavanagh
Plano
Mothers and Homemakers Club
Baby Hippo Age Mystery at Franklin Park Zoo
A Boston Sunday story explains Baby Hippo at Franklin Park Zoo is about three, soon four, years old with uncertain ages for its parents Fatima and Caliph. Experts say hippos can live very long. the piece notes Fatima is said to be 12 and Caliph 15, but exact ages are unknown.
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