Wild Automobile Crashes Into Washington Street Amusement House
A runaway car crashed into a Washington Street amusement house injuring no one, wrecking about twenty slot machines and a steam radiator. The vehicle stopped within six feet of a booth where Miss Fiske sat. three occupants fled. Estimated damage totals $3,000 to property. the car sent to Park Square garage.
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Miss Fiske
Boylston Street
Donovan
Lagrange Street
Mr. Jacobs
Russell
Park Square
Owen Jacobs
Washington and
Boylston
Elsie Fiske
ONE Cent
Joseph Donovan
Common Colds Keep Children From School
A Toronto doctor records school absenteeism, two thirds due to illness, most from ordinary colds. A remedy lauds Virgin Oil of Pine with glycerine and whisker, sold in bulk by Leach Chemical Co., warning against imitators and noting dangers and deception by a retailer.
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Toronto
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Douglas Robinsons to Be Received by the Pope and King
Mr and Mrs Douglas Robinson and their daughter arrived in Rome from Naples. They were welcomed at the station by Ambassador Griscom Secretary Hitt Bishop O Gorman Marquis Malone and M Ezekiel. King Victor Emmanuel will receive Mr Robinson tomorrow and the family will meet the Pope. Mrs Robinson cannot meet the King due to etiquette.
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Rome
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Naples
Griscom
Hitt
Bishop O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Harbor Newsboy Pushes for Public Landing at Long Wharf
Wilfred E. Jacobs the harbor newsboy who has led the drive for a public boat landing on Atlantic avenue says Mayor Fitzgerald has referred the petition to the superintendent of bridges for immediate action. Jacobs urges a Long wharf site at Driscoll’s landing now leased to Huguley who reportedly does not want the lease and is ready to surrender.
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Wilfred E. Jacobs
Harbor
Atlantic Avenue
Long Wharf
Fitzgerald
Jacobs
Charlestown Bridge
Ames
Driscoll
M. J. Driscoll
H. W. Huguley
Huguley
Newton Y M C A Basketball Ends Season With Two Wins
In Newton on March 27 the Newton YMCA first team beat a squad of ex players 34 to 17 in the season finale. The second team outshot Watertown High 29 to 26 to finish the night.
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Newton
Y. M. C. A. Hall
Watertown High
Funeral of Edwin B Haskell in Auburndale
Simple rites marked the funeral for Edwin Bradbury Haskell former Boston Herald editor in chief and proprietor. About 300 friends attended the service at the family home in Auburndale with poems read by Rev Tiffany and three musical selections by Mendelssohn Quartet. Floral tributes came from city and library groups and a Newton cemetery interment followed.
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Edwin Bradbury Haskell
Boston Herald
Auburndale
Julian C. Jaynes
First Universalist Church of
Newton
Francis Tiffany
B. F. Otis
West Newton
Frederick Johnson
George Beaman
United States Navy
William B. de Las Casas
Park Commission
Edwin A. Q Curtis
Frederick P. Vinton
W. H. Merrill
Henry Whitmore
Boston
Boston Press Club
Typographical Union
Metropolitan Parks
Home Estate
Auburndale Village Improvement Society
Minneapolis Journal
Coastwise Transportation Company
Newton Free Library
Herald Publishing Company
Newton Cemetery
Holy Oils Blessed Today in Cathedral Maundy Thursday Rite
The oils used for sacraments will be blessed today on Maundy Thursday at the Cathedral. A bishop leads the rite with deacons sub-deacons and 12 priests assisting as three oil vases are prepared and censed. The ceremony includes benedictions and chants as oils for chrism and catechumen oil are prepared.
Carpenters In Greater Boston Agree To Arbitration
The 4800 carpenters in Greater Boston avoid a May 1 strike after the Boston Master Carpenters Association and Carpenters District Council agreed to arbitration on wage and Saturday holiday issues. Umpire W V U Blaney of John Hancock Insurance will hear arguments Tuesday and announce a decision before April 17.
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Carpenters
Greater
Boston
Master Carpenters’ Association
Carpenters’ District Council
W. VU. Blaney
John Hancock Insurance Company
Blaney
Ira G. Hersey
Nell McNeil
Fred Driscoll
Charles B. Logue
J. D. McLellan
John B. Potts
Arthur M. Watson
J. McLeod
Colin W. Cameron
C. N. Kimball
Council of Carpenters
Boston Water Works Assembly 1927 Mass Meeting in Harmony Hall
A mass meeting and smoke talk was held at Harmony Hall 724 Washington street for the Boston Water Works Assembly 1927. The Patternmakers' Association elected officers including A. C. Reed as president and L Powers as recording secretary with the group to be installed next Wednesday night. George M. Gunther, Woodworkers' Union organizer, returned to Boston after tours in New York City and southwestern Connecticut. Upholsterers' Union 53 plans a special meeting at 30 Hanover street tonight.
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Boston Water Works Assembly
Harmony Hall
Washington Street
Patternmakers’ Association
A. C. Reed
Nicholson Paulson
L. ©. Powers
Lent
C. H. Clark
Tde
A. J. FP Petapeon
Vestibuled Day Coaches With No Extra Fare Adv
City office at 366 Washington St lists services to New York arriving by 9 30 P M with vestibuled day coaches and no extra fare. Contact Main 1611 for details.
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New York
Washington St
Cambridge wife wins restraint on abusive husband
Mrs Mary A Carrow of 78 Crescent Avenue Cambridge obtained an order restraining her husband Thomas Carrow from entering the home or disturbing the family after nearly 26 years of marriage. She also filed for divorce as children recall years of abuse including jail for their son and repeated violence at home.
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Equity
Superior Court
Fessenden
Thomas Carrow
Mary A. Carrow
Crescent Avenue
Cambridge
Carrow
Joseph
Woman Threatened Over Signed Letter in Cambridge
Mrs. Margaret McAdoo, a colored resident at 278 Harvard Street, Cambridge, reports an unsigned threatening letter promising her house will burn if she does not comply. Police are informed. the writer attempted to disguise handwriting and misspelled words to conceal identity.
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Margaret McAdoo
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Firebug Destroys Homestead Near West Roxbury
An unknown arsonist set a 2%-story unoccupied frame house and barn on the Michael Cunningham estate on Weld Street West Roxbury ablaze causing about 4000 dollars in damage. Neighbors formed a bucket brigade as flames spread toward nearby dwellings. Police seek two men seen loitering by Michael Geary and investigators consider possible matches with tramp activity. The fire was visible for miles near the Charles River.
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Michael Cunningham
Weld Street
West Roxbury
Martin 1Ather
Cunningham
Michael Geary
Geary
Bodenschatz
Charles River
Ward 10 Protest Demands Smoke Abatement for Railways
An overflow meeting at the Republican League headquarters in Ward 10 urged passage of a bill extending Boston smoke abatement to locomotives and public service corporations. It called for improved Columbus avenue car service and blamed the Boston Elevated and major railroads for failing to serve the public.
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Republican League of
Ward 10
Boston
Columbus Avenue
Ferber and
Nichols
Boston Elevated
New York Central
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Backache Remedy Prescription Offered by Eminent Authority
A holistic backache remedy is advertised for kidney trouble and rheumatism. The recipe calls for Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to be shaken and taken after meals and at night. The ad claims the mixture cleanses eliminative tissues, filters uric acid, and is safe, inexpensive, and vegetable-based.
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BuSiz, Fisk
Josefh Donovan
Douglas Robinsons
Victor
Harbor Newsboy
S.anargyros, Mfr
Fifth Ave
E. B. Haskell
Tiffany
LABOR
York Daily
Marya. Carrow
Firebug
Sactiaioolg
Douglas
W.l.douglas
Crocktee Mass
W. L. Douglas
Wd. L. Douglas
Brockton
Dowd Bros
Howard Ste
Becton
Mass
Washington
Cor. School
Hanover Street
Summer ST
Cor. Lincoln
Court Street
Cor
Howard
Wik
Medicine Shelf
Dr. Porter
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