Baby Hippo’s cross country journey draws crowds and joy
The famous baby hippo, weighing 2740 pounds, travels from Bronx Zoo to Boston as crowds cheer along the route. His keepers Mollie Brecker and Dan Harkins report a challenging first leg through New York, New Jersey, and New England, with stops in Franklin Park and sightseers from Philadelphia to Newark urging him on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Mollie Brecker
Philadelphia
Dan Harkins
Boston
New York
Baby Hippo
New Jersey
Franklin Park
Hippo
Zoo
America
Bronx Zoo
W. G. Hornaday
Forest Park
Springfield
Clark E. Ladd
Park Department
Cliff Welch
Packard Company
Fuller
Noonan’s Hair Petrole Ad Claims Quick Hair Health
An advertisement promotes Noonan’s Hair Petrole for dandruff scalp and brittle hair. It claims rapid improvement with nightly application, offering barber treatment at 15 cents or bottle sales through drug stores, department stores, or directly from T Noonan & Sons Co. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noonan
Drug and Dept
T. Noonan & Sons Co
Portland St
Boston
Welcome Baby Hippo Day Five Cent Fare Plan
Boston Elevated trustees announce Baby Hippo Day at Franklin Park with a five cent fare for children under 14. The board says the move eases transit costs and showcases the zoo’s new heavyset star, Baby Hippo, drawing thousands of New England children to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Hippo
Bosthe Elevated
Franklin Park
Boston
New England
Teel's Band to Play at The Hippo Frolic
Bandmaster Benjamin F. Teel organized a 30 member group with the Boston Musicians Association Local 9 A F L for the event. Murphy's Clown Orchestra of Roxbury will also perform for the children with comic routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Teel
New England
Boston Musicians’ Association
Volunteer Entertainers for the Hippo Frolic
A list of acts and performers for the Hippo Frolic includes Teel's Band of Boston Murphy's Clown Orchestra and Stunts by Monsieur Silvanoff with Mme Bering. acts feature Kay Kiddies in a military review and various clowns, dancing acts, dancing girls, and novelty performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur Silvanoff
Mme. Bering
Kay
Samuel F. Perkins
Irving
Betty Lamont
William Musker
Helen Connor
Hawkins 20Th Century School
Ramona
Patsy Devine
Mile
Foo Foo
Vera le Veeda
Boston
Baby Hippo Editor Triumphs in Franklin Park Reception
The Boston Elevated lines accommodate New England children by extending a special 5 cent children's schedule. The Baby Hippo Editor reports a record effort with volunteers from Bandmaster Teel bringing 30 musicians to provide music for a Saturday morning event in Franklin Park. Governor to Be Speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Baby Hippo
Boston
New England
Washington Street
Benjamin F. Teel
Mrs Williams Credits Tanlac for Restoring Health
Emily Williams of Boston says stomach trouble and indigestion left her miserable for two years. She reports improved digestion, weight gain, calmer nerves, better sleep, and ravenous appetite after using Tanlac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Williams
Lenox St
Boston
Mass
Tanlac
Hippo Frolic Moves to Boston Arena in Rain Plan
Inclement weather prompts organizers to relocate the New England children’s Baby Hippo Frolic from Franklin Park to the Boston Arena on St Botolph Street and Massachusetts Avenue. A rain contingency keeps the June 24 show indoors if forecasted conditions worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Baby Hippo
Franklin Park
Boston Arena
St. Botolph Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Baby Hippo Day headline pageant planned in Boston
Boston prepares a full Baby Hippo Day with Governor Cox Mayor Curley and Lt Governor Fuller attending. A four act, four stage Franklin Park program features Ramona Hawkins Adolph Silvanoff Cladys Bering and other acts as police arrange crowd control and logistics for thousands of children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael H. Crowley
Captain Harriman
Corps of Police
Franklin Park
William '. Long
Adolph Silvanoff
Devacheleff Ballet Russe
Mademoiselle Cladys Bering
Guy Irving Waltz
Frank Lane J
Louise Clougherty
Mayor Curley
Jess Street
Jamaica Plain
Marguerite
Mildred Isham
Hazel Park
Roxbury
Frances Taussig Named President Of Jewish Social Service Conference
Boston man Frances Taussig of New York elected president of the National Conference of Jewish Social Service for the coming year. Other officers include Maurice B Hexter of Boston as vice president, Philip Seman of Chicago, Miss Blanche Hart of Detroit treasurer Felix Vorenberg of Boston secretary Samuel A Goldsmith of New York and several assistant secretaries from Cincinnati Philadelphia New Orleans and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
National Conference of Jewish Social Service
Touro Synagogue
New Port
Frances Taussig
New York
Maurice B. Hexter
Boston
Philip Seman
Chicago
Blanche Hart
Detroit
Felix Vorenberg
Samuel A. Goldsmith
Hyman Kaplan
Cincinnati
Gertrude Dubinsky
Philadelphia
Leon Volmer
New Orleans
Samuel Goldhamer
Cleveland
Discharged Jackie Robbed by Thugs in Boston
Arthur Terrill a 19 year old former Navy seaman from Philadelphia was attacked by two holdup men on Sixth Street South Boston. One man struck him with a blackjack and the other robbed him of 11 dollars. He was treated at City Hospital and is not seriously injured. Police are seeking the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Terrill
Maple Terrace
Philadelphia
United States Navy
Sixth Street
South
Boston
Terrill
City Hospital
Boston Man Named Manager of Knights Printing Plant
NEW HAVEN Ct June 21 The Knights of Columbus printing plant in the national headquarters building will open July 1 Supreme Secretary I J McGinley announced Matthew T Birmingham of Boston has been appointed manager of the plant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Knights of Columbus
National
Supreme
I. J. McGinley
Matthew T. Birmingham
Boston
Floods and wrecks sweep six states in long wet spell
Reports of widespread flood conditions arrive from six states as Malden warehouses flood and Spot Pond overflows. A cement garage toppled in Lawrence while logs broke from a boom near Manchester NH, causing shipwrecks on the Merrimack and forcing boats to flee the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Malden Square
Joslin Department
Spot Pond Brook
Dunbar-Kerr
George Bagge
Haverhill
Milton
Lawrence
Manchester
N. H
Mertimac
Havershill
Merrimac
New England
Floods and fog stall work as dam burst harms Brockton area
Torrential rain and fog horns mark a day of damage across Massachusetts. The Cleveland pond dam burst near Brockton caused over 60 000 dollars in losses with ice houses crushed and 25 000 tons of ice lost. Nashua River valley floodwaters threaten the Edison Power station and widespread farm losses follow as crops rot without sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland’s Pond
Brockton
Abington
Middlesex County
Win
Sulphur Clears Pimply Skin Claim
A noted skin specialist says breaking pimples on face neck arms or body heals fastest with Mentho Sulphur. He claims nothing replaces sulphur as a pimple remover and calls it harmless and inexpensive. Consumers are advised to ask druggists for Rowles Mentho Sulphur and use it like cold cream.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Yo
New Fafpend
Massachusetts
Packard Auto
Alvan T.fubder
Quaker City
City Hall
Packard Motor Company
Trenton
N. J
Princeton
New Brunswick
Elizabeth
Newark
Freedom of
New York City
Weehawken Ferry
Fifth Avenue
Boston Elevated
L. I Rice & Hutchins
Glas
Teel
Teel’s Band of
Murphy's Clown Orchestra
Franklin
Williams
Taniac
American Federation of Labor
101St Field Artillery
George F. Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Ramona Hawkins
Ethel Hawkins
Hexter
Jewish Social Service
Jackie
Caseys Printing Plant
Borden Company
Dis
Melachrino
Throp
Revere
Weather Department
Jordan Marsh Company
Our
Atlantic City
Croquelet, An In
Quet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!