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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
4
Cambridge officials failed to meet funds needed as two school lots and a schoolhouse were sold at auction to cover the night school teachers janitors and other creditors of the 1912 School Board. The sale brought $6400 though the board exceeded its legal expenditure limit by more than $11,000 leaving authorities unsure how to cover the deficit lawfully.
The deficit stands at 11005.94 with 3082.75 owed to evening school teachers. Janitors, coal dealers and supply houses have waited months for payments. Sale of two lots could clear the debt. Riverside schoolhouse and lot were bought by John T Joyce of Cambridge for 3000.
The Massachusetts 1913 act bars sale of eggs unless they are from chickens, yet a drafting oddity implies only eggs kept warm for breeding could be sold. Attorney General Swift says enforcement should be reasonable while the law may be struck down if tested in court. The bill passed without the governor’s signature, who opposed it.
Elizabeth Fraser aged 18 months died at City Hospital about 8 PM from injuries after being run over by a heavy two horse cart in front of her home at 29 Stoughton Avenue Hyde Park. The wagon owned by John Donahue of 116 Readville Street Hyde Park was driven by his son Joseph Donahue.
The Port Directors voted yesterday to take the Eastern railroad pier property in East Boston by right of eminent domain. Work will soon commence on a great public dock similar.
Plans aim to convert the Commonwealth pier in South Boston to public use and consider using the upper story of a city pier as a recreation space. The proposals reflect a push for expanded waterfront amenities and community access.
Mayor Fitzgerald backs a waterfront recreation pier to serve women and children, with plans to use upper stories of a pier on East Boston water front. Port Directors vote to take Eastern railroad property by eminent domain to build a dock capable of handling large ocean liners, potentially two piers, and aim to reduce switching charges for importers and exporters. The site lies near the market district and East Boston Ferry South Ferry.
A twenty five year old recounts sudden graying and job losses, then credits a chemist godfather for a hair restoration method that returned her hair to its natural shade. She offers to share details for a fee, warning against ordinary dyes.
Helen McCarthy was located in Fort Washington Park this afternoon. She had run away from home to avoid school and seek independence, roaming the East Side for work and sleeping under trees in Washington Heights before ending up in the park. She had lived on cakes from an ice cream stand during her adventure.
Halifax June 26 local paper accused visiting Knights Templars of Fitchburg Mass of marching with the flax and without the Union Jack. The group paraded again today this time with the British flag and sent a delegation to apologize to the Mayor. Officials said Halifax residents did not view the omission as serious.
Harold G. Marion formerly of Woburn married Miss Genevieve McBride of Dorchester. The bride received two showers and a reception followed the ceremony. The father, C. W. Marion, did not seek to stop the marriage, but wished for a postponement as rumors spread.
The father granted consent and welcomed Geddea to his home in Woburn, signaling an immediate marriage arrangement and family approval.
In Chalon sur Marne on June 26 Maurice L. Foulquier was killed while testing a monoplane. He fell 250 feet after misjudging monoplane handling, having prior experience only with a biplane.
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