Large Pacific Flour Shipment Heads to Boston
A steamer from the Luckenbach Lines carries a thousand sacks of flour, one of the largest West to East flour cargoes bound for Boston, arriving next Friday from the Pacific. The Fisher Flour Milling Mills of Seattle ships the lot, with possible export if no local market is found. Additional flour shipments are anticipated as Boston aims to become a New England distribution hub.
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Pacific
Boston
Walter A. Luckenbach
Luckenbach Steamship Lines
Fisher Flouring Mills
Seattle
Wash
Fisher Company
New England
Philadelphia Claims Ben Franklin From Boston Summary
A note about Philadelphia taking Ben Franklin away from Boston and a playful remark about removing Baby Hippo from Philadelphia in a comic or metaphorical context.
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Philadelphia
Ben Franklin
Boston
Baby Hippo
Tanlac credited for kidney relief by Roxbury grocer
Norman L. McCooty of Roxbury testifies Tanlac improved his health after two years of kidney trouble. He describes less pain, better sleep, steadier nerves, and renewed energy at work since taking four bottles. Tanlac is sold by all druggists.
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Tanlac
Norman L.mccooty
Williams Street
Roxbury
Mass
Nelson, McCooty & Wilson
Cabot Street
Church Conference Reaches Brookline on Church Support
Decisions at Norfolk conference favor church as a part of service with pews free not rented. First Parish Church, Brookline, hosted yesterday’s gathering.
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Norfolk Conference of Churches
First
Brookline
Unitarian Church Conference Deliberates on Pew Use and Giving
Representatives of Unitarian and other Christian churches gathered for a two part conference beginning at 2:30 with a greeting by Rev Abbot Peterson of Brookline. Rev Arthur C McGiffert of Lowell outlined means and ends in church conduct and Rev William Simpson Key spoke on the Southern Circuit. James Cameron Duncan of Clinton argued weekly offerings over quarterly mail collections and urged open free pews with annual subscriptions after personal visits. The discussion noted that wealthy pew owners seat the front while poorer parishioners sit rearward, and praised open pews to all. The evening session featured further talks by Arthur L Vaimer Rev Free Alban Weill and Rev Miles Hanson.
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Abbot Peterson
Brookline
Arthur C. McGiffert
Lowell
William Simpson Key
James’ Cameron Duncan
Clinton
Duncan
Mr. Duncan
Reh
Tina
First Church
Arthur L. Vaimer
Free Alban
Weill
Miles Hanson
Great Woman Dies In Brockton Mother Of Many Children
Mrs Almira W Pierce, 8, born in lower Argyle Nova Scotia, died in Brockton today. She was mother of 13 children, 10 living, grandmother of 41, and great grandmother of 22, all living.
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Brockton
Almira W. Pierce
Lower -Argyle
N. S
Boston Cadets Parade Before Officials Downtown
Fully 7000 Boston School Cadets formed a nine regiments division under Colonel Paul G. Kirk of English High School. They marched three miles through downtown and were reviewed by the Boston school committee and regular army officers Colonels Bolles and Doyle on the Common.
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State House
Boston
Boston School
Paul G. Kirk
English High School
Boston School Committee
Frank C.bolles
William L. Doyle
David Heffernan
5Th
Brighton
Edmund Burke
Latin School
City Hall
Garbage contract high cost prompts plan for disposal plant
Coleman Bros garbage deal approved in prior administration would cost the city 2 460 000 more than the current contract expiring July 1. Boston officials must also pay 160 000 to install a mechanical device to curb odors at Spectacle Island garbage plant. A city committee urges building a permanent disposal works as the best long term solution.
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Coleman Bros
Curley
Spectacle Island
Boston Development and Sanitary Company
Health
Mahoney
Sullvan
Carven
Elevated Plans for New Route of Trains
The plan would route trains via a new terminal at Lechmere square and require passengers living beyond that point to change cars to reach central city areas. Brighton Brookline Newton Watertown riders on Lake Street Commonwealth and Brighton-Newton lines would lose uninterrupted rides.
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Lechmere Square
Brighton
Brookline
Newton
Watertown
Lake Street
Commonwealth
Harvard Avenue Surface Trains Proposed to Ease City Congestion
The article describes trustees proposing surface trains linking Sullivan Square to Lechmere Square via Allston and Commonwealth Avenue. Cars would run on reserved tracks with transfers at the new terminals, aiming to relieve congestion at Park and Boylston streets and avoid building new subways.
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Beyod
Lechmere Square
Harvard Avenue
Sullivan Square
Allston
Commonwealth Avenue
Boylston Street
Brighton
Fuller Square
Commonwealth
Brighton Avenues
Park and Boylston Streets
Elevated trustees propose faster trains and new terminal plan
The plan aims to relieve congestion on inner tracks with trains every four minutes in normal hours and every two minutes during rush hours. It includes connecting cars at a new terminal and Leechmere square and seeks Public Utilities Commission approval. Details on land to be taken remain undisclosed and current fares shift from five cent warrants to five cent rides to suburban points and the terminal.
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Leechmere Square
Public Utilities Commission
Braves Field
Lake Street
Watertown
Ees
Young Man Dies in Charles River After Dismissed Charge
Anthony J Connors aged 20 of 45 Allen Street West End died by drowning in the Charles River, with police unsure if suicide or accident. He faced a drunkenness charge and was alleged to have robbed David Halpin. police suspect Connors chose death after Halpin prepared to press the larceny charge.
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Charles River
Anthony J.connors
Allen Street
West End
Connors
Boston
Wora
David Halpin
Halpin
Romance Starts in Telephone Exchange Wedding
Miss Hazel A Moffitt and John H Amadon plan to marry today at 10 School Street Melrose. Moffitt resigned after 11 years as chief operator at the Malden exchange and is a Lombard College graduate. Amadon, son of Mr and Mrs George F Amadon, is Framingham High School graduate who served in the Signal Corps and recently moved from Malden to Boston as service supervisor in the fourth engineering department.
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Hazel A. Moffitt
John H. Amadon
Melrose
Malden Exchange
New England Telephone Company
School Street
Miss Moffitt
Lombard College
Galesburg
Ill
Telephone Company
Mr. Amadon
George F. Amadon
Framingham High School
Signal Corps
Malden
The
Esistant
Boston
Watrous Elected Secretary of Providence Chamber
Richard B. Watrous of Washington DC was elected general secretary of the Providence Chamber of Commerce to succeed Clarence A. Cotton who declined another term. He will assume the office July 1.
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Watrous
Providence Chamber
Providence
Richard B., Watrous
Washington, D. C
Providence Chamber of Commerce
Clarence A. Cotton
Divorce Trial Details Alleged Brittle Misconduct by Husband
Testimony in Suffolk County divorce session before Chief Justice Hail described a "broncho buster" mindset with violent acts toward wife Ioana K. Hinkle. She claims Milton T. Hinkle struck and pulled her hair, choking her as he would on a bucking horse or a twister on a bucket.
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Hail
Superior Court
Suffolk County
Ioana K. Hinkle
Milton T. Hinkle
Iona Thurston Mrs Hinkle Describes Montreal Marriage and Abuse
Theatrical figure Iona Thurston testified that she and her husband, both performers, married in Montreal in July 1912 after years together. She said he often expressed regret and that blows followed the remark, with cruelty attributed to his bad temper.
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Hinkle
Iona Thurston
Montreal
Boston
Kansas City
Actress Testifies She Played No Role in Assaults
The court heard Althea Barnes Brennan deny involvement in the incidents leading to the assaults. Attorney A J Berkwitz presented her as witness and corroborated that temper rather than intent caused the Hinkle home actions. He also noted a pawned diamond ring tied to Mrs Hinkle in Kansas City and Judge Hall granted a divorce lis pendens. Many titled American women resume leadership roles in British society.
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A. J. Berkwitz
Althea Barnes Brennan
Hinkle
Berkwitz
Passenger Missing From Steamship Concord
From the steamship Providence Rhode Island June 9 a passenger listed as J L Ferguson registered aboard the Colonial liner Concord while leaving New York last evening and was missing on the dock here this morning. The stateroom was found locked from the inside and no baggage was found. He is about 60 years old, 5 feet 10 inches, 160 pounds with gray hair.
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Providence
R. I
J. L. Fergus
Concord
New York
Hippo at Franklin Park Proposed to Draw Crowds
Residents debate bringing a baby hippo to Franklin Park as a major new attraction claiming it would be a big draw for Boston and New England. Supporters urge quick action while critics question feasibility and cost.
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Franklin Park
New England
Boston
Gome
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