Cornell Sets Open Competition for College Rowing
Poughkeepsie June 2 Cornell will not join exclusive duals with Harvard and Yale. Instead a free for all with Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin is proposed. Cornell favors nationwide open competition and a three cornered arrangement with Penn and Columbia, inviting Wisconsin. Yale and Harvard may join if not penalized.
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Forecast for Boston and vicinity Monday
Fair weather expected in Boston and nearby areas with westerly winds turning variable.
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New Five Story Brick Building at 274 Friend Street
Public demand drives merchant expansion as the firm announces occupation of a new five story brick building at 274 Friend Street near Northern Union Station. The move signals a shift from old methods and aims to meet evolving customer needs.
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Friend Street
Union Station
Ground Floor Shop Opens with Confectionery Studio Above
Store announces a new retail grocery on the ground floor with offices and stock room on the second floor. It promises to produce high grade hand-made confectionery to be ready for use early this fall.
Bridge suspect claims hospital alibi in footpad case
Hecklen, a colored suspect in a reading bridge holdup, says he was in a hospital during the alleged crime and partially proves his alibi. Police pursue further verification as investigations continue.
Colored man suspected in Reading highwayman case arrested in Woburn
In Newburyport Woburn June 27 a colored man named James Hecklen was arrested on suspicion of being the Reading area highwayman who robbed a Reading motorman and later tried to similarly ambush bicyclists near Wilmington. He claims hospital treatment and an Ohio origin, with details matching the suspect but several stories conflict. He is held for Reading officers for identification.
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Woburn
Bakery Preview on Causeway Street Wednesday
Fourth floor bakery nearing completion invites residents along the Eastern Fitchburg Lowell lines to stop at 87 and 89 Causeway Street Wednesday afternoon to see the new plant. It promises top quality ingredients and a bakery kept as clean as a private kitchen.
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Fitchburg
Lowell
Spice Mills and Coffee Roasting Plant Nears Opening
The Fifth Floor reports a spice mill and coffee roasting plant becoming ready in about two weeks. Coffee roasting is underway and Boston grocers lack similar facilities. The notice promotes fresh roasted coffees priced at 20c to 25c per pound and ground at sale.
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Boston
Man robbed of dog in Somerville assault near Cambridge line
Thomas J. Stevenson of 27 Madison Street Somerville reports three youths assaulted him on Webster Avenue near the Cambridge line just after 8 PM. Two held him while the other tried to take his valuable dog. a crowd formed and officers chased the assailants toward Cambridge, where they vanished.
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Webster Avenue
Cambridge
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Robbery on Prospect Street Ends in Hold Up
Dennis St George of Prospect Street was held up by two masked men at State and Harris streets early today and robbed of about $10. Police are investigating the incident.
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Newburyport
Dennis St. George
Prospect
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Harris Streets
Reverend Gates Attacks College Races in Poughkeepsie
The Rev. Mr. Gates of Hedding M. E. Church condemned college races in a June 27 sermon. He cited financial ruin and drunkenness linked to the events and urged restraint, noting crowds of spectators loudly cheering rival standings rather than gathering for prayer.
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Cornell
Convenient Boston area home delivery of groceries
A service promises home delivery within 10 miles of Boston for any reasonable purchase. Orders placed in the morning will be waiting at the customer’s home on return, providing fresh goods of good quality at low prices with quick service.
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Boston
Nelsons battleship Foudroyant to be burned at Blackpool
London reports the historic Foudroyant battleship will be destroyed by fire at Blackpool England. The vessel once toured Britain as a relic after being saved from breaking up by public spirited investors. After a planned Boston exhibit was canceled the ship rests in danger to shipping at Blackpool.
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Holland
Lower Thames
Woolwich
Cowes
Boston
Fire destroys carriage shed and stable in South Boston
A shed and stable at 876 Dorchester Avenue belonging to P. O Riordan burned last night triggering a second alarm. Several carriages were destroyed while twenty four horses were saved. The ice house building, once used by the Norway Iron Company, was owned by the Howes estate and the loss is estimated.
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Dorchester Avenue
Boston
Howes
Norway Iron Company
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