Half Way Mark in $6000 Campaign for Elephant Fund
The Boston Post elephant drive reports $2916.22 raised with a goal of $6000. Children across Greater Boston contribute nickels pennies and dollars, plus adults such as George W. Brown and Frank S. Chick send larger gifts. Towns like Dorchester and Dover send letters and plans for elephant parties to raise funds and print contributors’ names in the Post.
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Boston
Dear Elephant Fund Letters From Boston Children
A 9 year old writes of walking back five cents saved for Franklin Park elephants. Two Cliftondale children send one dollar each to support the fund and request rides on the elephants when they return.
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Tony
Mildred E. Scribner
Bay State Ave
W. Somerville
Elephant Fund
Franklin Park Zoo
Boy Scouts of
Roslindale
Guy Dillingham
Ashland Street
Roslindale, Mass
Franklin Park
Dorothy Dimond
Boston
Mass
Post Elephant Fund
Keith's
Maxine Vivian Fowler
Herbert Stevens Fowler
Smith Road
Cliftondale
Charles E. Neily
South Ashburnham
Little Albert Hussey
Farragut Road
Waddies Eye
Frances Sammon
James Sammon
Anna Sammon
Mazie Sammon
Marshfield Street
Roxbury
Elephant Man
Curtis
Gordon Campbell
Curtis Campbell
Local children donate to Boston Elephant Fund across pledges
A clipping compiles notes from youngsters and families offering coins and small checks to support the purchase or funds for elephants for Boston Zoo. Donors range from Ivy R Roberts Shaw of Methuen to John C Weeks of Dorchester, with amounts from a few cents to several dollars and hopeful calls to see elephants this summer.
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Keith
Boston
John C. Weeks
Florida Street
Dorchester
Not Eating Candy Prompts Elephant Fund Letters
A series of letters from Dorchester Lynn and Marblehead children urge support for the Franklin Park Elephant Fund. Dororthy Nolan and John William Cameron share small coin gifts and hopes of elephant rides. Gordon Campbell Curtis Campbell and Mylon Merriam describe pocket money efforts and a combined $1.50 tally from seven friends.
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Elephant
Bares
Franklin Park
Dorothy Nolan
Harvard Street
Dorchester
Mylon Merriam
Rowe Street
Melrose
Elephant Fund
Mylon
Myron
Harold Walter
Alice Hooker
Robert Hooker
Lawrence Towne
Tom Cushman
Loring Cushman
Margaret Todd
Post Elephant Fund
Sarony
Youngsters Hope to Bring Elephants to Franklin Park Zoo
The Elephant Editor shares letters from children showing their sacrifices and hard work to persuade the Franklin Park Zoo to purchase three jolly elephants. The notes illustrate community spirit and growing support for the exhibit.
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Franklin Park Zoo
Elephant Fund Shows at Three Theatres Boost Fund by $65.50
Three theatre managers held Elephant Fund benefits at Huntington Avenue Theatre Shawmut Theatre and Gordon's Chelsea yesterday raising 65.50. Admission was a penny with 24.30 from the box office and 1.80 in envelopes from children at Huntington. Shawmut added 18.55 for Waddy Mollie and Tony while Gordon's took in 20.00. Mayor Willard of Chelsea welcomed the event and praised the effort.
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Huntington Avenue Theatre
Shawmut Theatre
Grove Hall
Gordon’s Theatre
Chelsea
Huntington * Avenue
Jones and Clark
Post Elephant Fund
Waddy
Mollie
Tony
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Chenoweth
Frank Prior
Sidward M. Barry
Joseph B. Jackson
Harry Baker
R. Stanwood
George Martin
Mabel Porter
M. Rosenthal
Frank Carpenter
A. Collath
D. Mardero
Millbridge
Nelson
Forrest
Lloyd
Gordon Theatre
Spragg
Elephant Fund
Edward E. Willard
Fine Elephant Fund
THE
Capron House Burns In Lightning Strike
Stillwater home of late Congressman Adin B. Capron burns to the ground after a severe electrical storm strikes smithfield rhode island. Mrs capron and her daughter miss solen m capron escape with no injuries. The landmark house built over 90 years ago carries an estimated loss of about 5000.
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Smithfield
R. I
Adin B. Capron
Stillwater
Subscriptions List Shows Broad Boston Area Donors
A long subscription list names dozens of households and individuals across Boston and surrounding towns. Notables include Albert H. Waitt, Mrs. Tucker Burr, John Aimslee, and Miss Dorothy Whipple, with many addresses in Boston, Brookline, Melrose, and Somerville. Totals and donors range from small contributions to larger gifts, reflecting community support for a local cause.
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Albert H. Waitt
Milk St
I. ‘Tucker Burr
Marlboro St
John R. Aimslee
Louis IX
Liggett
Ceee
Adams Express Co
M. T. Dowling
State St
Boston Post
Ictus
O'Se
B. F. Keith
Devonshire St
Boston
Ceeeter Ster
BR. Fitzpatrick
David I. Walsh
Fey
Curtis Guild
Eugene N. Foss
Dorothy Whipple
Warren Ave
Brookline
William Grant James
Peice
Clayton O. Dewey
Kate
Friends of the Children
William H. Woods
Alexander McGregor
Charles H. Stewart
Washington
Davenport Brown
Summer St
Boston College student wins intercollegiate oratorical contest
Leo M. Murray of Revere, senior at Boston College, wins the school contest to select the Maroon and Gold representative for the intercollegiate peace oratorical contest at Jordan Hall on April 16. St Joseph’s Day observances and Catholic services occur across the diocese with mass, processions, and sermons scheduled at multiple churches including the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and St Gregory's Church.
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Leo M. Murray
Revere
Boston College
Jordan Hall
St. Joseph’s
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Father Valentine
C. P
Young Men's Catholic Association of
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harrison Avenue
C. W. Lyons
S. J
St. Valentine's Chapel
Edward S. Brock
Elephants Tony Mollie and Waddy Leave Providence for New Haven Visit
Mollie Waddy and Tony, three elephants, travel from Providence to New Haven for a week’s visit and fundraiser for Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. They pose for photos before departing, showing off tricks and a pretend fire engine routine.
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Elephants
Waddy Tony
Mollie
Jennie McKnight
Jessie McKnight
Jamaica Plain
Waddy
Tony
Boston
Providence
New Haven
Conn
Post
One Hour More for Whiteway
New York March 18 Mayor Mitchel may extend hotel and restaurant closing hours by one hour. The committee suggests 2 a m as the closing time for well managed venues that offer entertainment, up from the current 1 a.m. limit.
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New York
Mitchel
Dark Day in Boston Unnerves City and Merchants
A freak daytime darkness shrouded Boston for over an hour yesterday noon through morning with fog smoke rain and lightning. Artificial lights burned in factories banks and stores while ships in harbor faced hazards and mariners stayed ashore as weather briefly cleared after hail and rain.
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Boston
Doctor Judson to Teach Medicine in China
Dr. Harry Pratt Judson president of the University of Chicago begins a seven months world trip for the Rockefeller Foundation to promote teaching medicine in China. He will spend most time in China's interior after leaving Washington and traveling to New York.
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Chicago
Harry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
Rockefeller Foundation
China
Judson
Washington, D. C
New York
Fall River Pastor Accepts New West Boxford Charge
The Rev. Owen James, pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Fall River, has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational Church at West Boxford, Massachusetts.
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Fall River
Owen James
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Congregational Church
West Boxford
Mass
Bromo Quin ine Remedy Offered by J W Grove
Local notice promotes a cough cold remedy named Bromo Quinine with the full name Laxa Tive Bromo Quinine. It claims to cure a cold in one day and lists a 25 cent price. Signature attributed to J W Grove appears in the advertisement.
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J. W. Grove
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Frank S. Chick
John H. Pray & Sons Company
Edward
Manny
Jerusalem
Boston Post Elephant Fund
Clarence Knowles
Franklin Knowles
Florence Knowles
Alban St
Dover
N. H
Plephant Fund
Sherman A. Goodwin
Sixth St
Deag Fond
Dick Eal
Sumer
Edith R. Hanes
Lynnfield St
Peabody, Mass
Dorothy Colby
Elma Buck
Popular Street
Danvers
Cape Cod
Plese
Bernard A. Nickerson
North Eastham
John H. Chase
Courtland Street
Warner, N. H
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Vermont
Ellen Mary Dunlap
Ludlow
Everett
Katherine Peters Holton
Forest Avenue
Marie Farnham
East Saugus
Ivy R. Robertshaw
Methuen
Virginia
Flirt
Beacon St
Virginia Davies
Chicago, Ill
Louise Nagel
Lynn
John William Cameron
New Park Street
Marblehead
Shawmut
Sidney Spivock
Empire Theatre
J. Kitterage
Forbes
Broadway
Toney
Sweth
Shawmout Treats Theatre
Rom
H E Jones
Gm-Clark
Huntington Ave
Capron House
Everett Isaacs
Hyde Park
Ruth M. Bell
Manchester
Phillips
Tremont St
F. L. Maguire
Charles J. Chapman
Mabel FE. Green
Grace A. Cunningham
Howard St
Porgg Scocotis
Alfred W. Irving
E. Newton St
WinShot
Herman A. Costnes
Waldoboro
Philip Shaw
Rawson Rd
Wallas
James J. Alexander
Eutaw St
East Moston
Ceesley
Dwight W. Stearns
Little John
Georgetown
John
Melvin
Helen
James
Genevieve Hinds
Hancock St
Billie Quimby
Louis Feldberg
Kirkland St
South
Baby Ewing
Braintree
Marie Rathbun
Winter Hill Road
Medford
Norma Rathbun
Winter Hilroad
Lawrence S
Jotneton
Stoneham
John Richard Johnston
Maurice I
Helen Hall
Beachland Ave
Theodore David Harrison
Starr Lane
John and
Helen Wilson
Montfern Ave
Brighton
Seerereesee
Lucia M. Ryder
West Somerville
Bernice M. Lee
Park St
Florida St
Dor- Bong
Stanley Wilde
Dorchester Ave
Eleanor Hagerty
Saxton St
Dor- Ghomebys
Ethel Hagerty
Dor- Chester
Ida Gilbrook
Watts St
Norman G. Steeves
Warren St
Fred Morgan Bushnell,, Jr
E. Providence
Fessa
Louise M. Rothfuss
Helen B. Thayer
Somerville
Toney Meeringo
Lorna Lougee
Marion St
Georgette M. Gazin
Central St
West
Pyelyn A. Wood
Columbus Ave
Bryant A. Minot
Joseph A. Martus
Frederick Coulman
Highland St
Father Lakeman
Dorothy Crawley
Murdoch St
Seservesees
Annie N. Nason
North Wayne
Alice Eldredge
Woodward St
Fred Straus
West Cottage St
Rox- Mem
Acsidtath
Vyana N. Gohr
Prescott St
Roxso
Wlan
Frank
Louise Ramseyer
Adelaide St
Os Webster
Greenwich Parks
Evelyn Esther Welt
P. J
Esciin
Ruth
Clara
Ethel Clough
Anna
Isador
Florence " Lepinsky
Browning Ave
Eva Leptinsky
Cross St
Mal
Harry Josephson
Dorothy
Norman Taier
Violet
Sarah Heller
Alice Tapper
Agia Gaa
Henry Appleblad
Aberdeen Isa
Mary Donovan
Edith
Shirley
Mildred ‘Taylor
Wedgewood St
Madeline N. Hawkins
North Maine St
Wolfboro
Elinor
Alice Tyler
South Ave
Auburndale
Molly Doe
Northampton
Matthew, Robert
James McMillan
Mansfield St
Allston
Elliott King Shapiro
Bradshaw St
Francis P. Clark
Meacham St
Albert Fitzgibbon
Appleton St
Cambridge
Eeedeee Ester
Theodore V. Cote
Hervey St
Brockton
Clyde E. Mears
Ballardvale
Grace Pierpont
Westboro
Sidney M
George S. Alberts
Ralph
Burds
Kerest
Margaret Burns
Ruth Buros W.seeee
Ray Dear
Newton
John J. Powers
Randolph Ave
Mary
Esther Quinn
Moore Et
Nellie Shaw
Grace Silver
Harrisville
Williams School
Virgen M. Nakash
Heard St
Andrew G. McKnight
Dresden St
Norman
John Whitzgerald
Edgar
Carlton
Beatrice Lannon
Hewlett St
BO Gordon Cram Hoyt
Smith St
George Fogg
Berkeley St
Arthur R. Fogg
Joe Reardon
Florence St
Somer
Edward Dunn
Bartholomew St
Peabody
James Ferrett
Putnam
John Cohen
Lois Katherine Goodwin
North Dan Sith
William B. Rollins
Washington St
A. HO
M. H
George Peterson
Dorothy Remsen
Topliff St
Dor
Annie Riley
Annie Kennedy
Wedlisii
Gladys M. King
Lakeside Ave
Overly
Carrol Amica
Lebanon
Joseph Casey
Upham’s Corner
Wendelk I. Carr
Centre St
Mark H
Thomas MM. Lynch
School St
Velvet van Allstein Willson
South Moston
Hsses Sp Csr
George Gordon Biggar
Windermere Road
Betty Biggar
Mary, Agnes
Stephen Fitzpatrick
Lst
South Boston
Seeeeresee
Catholic Church Hotel
St. Gregory’s Church
John J. Farrell
St. Mark’s Church
St. Gregory’s
St. Joseph
Mission Church
Post Man
BY Paul Waitt
Whiteway
DR. Judson
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