Wakefield Welcomes First Chinese Baby
Wakefield residents cp Wung a Chinese laundryman on North Avenue and Mrs Fung celebrate the birth of a girl on Sunday. It is Wakefield's first Chinese baby in 125 years. The child weighs seven pounds. Fung has run a laundry in Wakefield for 15 years and visited Ching two years ago. He returned to this country in the late 19 70s and his wife followed. Fung speaks English fluently, his wife does not.
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Cp. Wung
North Avenue
Wakefield
Fung
Lefield
Ching
Funeral for Morrison Bennett in Alton N H at 99
Morrison Bennett died last Friday at his home in Alton New Hampshire aged 99 years 11 months. The funeral was held this afternoon. He was the holder of the Post cane. A separate remark notes that of the 45 000 000 women in America at least 30 000 000 wear corsets.
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Alton
N. H
Morrison Bennett
America
Unified Trolley System Proposed for Greater Boston
Representative George Louis Richards introduces a bill to unify Boston area trolley lines under Boston Elevated Railway control. The plan includes Hyde Park West Roxbury and Chelsea divisions, with the Metropolitan Transit Commission supervising a district spanning Arlington to Watertown and Cambridge. The Elevated would sign a lease at 4.5 percent of net cost, while the commission would acquire lines by purchase or eminent domain, with pricing subject to court appraisal.
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Greater Boston
Boston Elevated Railway
Metropolitan Transit Commission
George Louis Richards
Malden
Legislative Committee
Hyde Park
West Roxbury
Chelsea
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Boston
Cambridge
State
City of
Revere Beach
Elevated
Massachusetts
Metropolitan
Arlington
Belmont
Brookline
Everett
Med
Ford
Newton
Revere
Somerville
Watertown
State Public Utilities Department
Henry C. Attwill
State Commissioner of Public Works
John N. Cole
Metropolitan District Commission
James A. Bailey
Street Railways Committee
Richards
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston Elevated
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Charlestown
Commonwealth
Cambridge Main Street
Best College Men Not Cigarette Fiends
Miss Isabel Corey at Boston University declares most college men do not smoke and that presidents athletes and popular individuals are non smokers. She notes no solid figures on female smokers but suggests they are more discussed. Mrs Lelia Seton Edmundson campaigns from Alabama birthplace near Decatur on a 1600 acre cotton plantation.
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Isabel Corey
Boston University
Corey
Lelia Seton Edmundson
United States Congress
Alabama
Decatur
City Council orders probe into alleged coal ring
The City Council adopted two orders urging Fuel Administrator Eugene C. Hultman and District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien to launch an immediate investigation of an alleged coal dealers ring fixing anthracite prices. Debates featured Councillor Francis Ford pressing Hultman to expose a three year local coal trust and clashes with Councillor Henry Hagen over obstruction accusations.
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Eugene C. Hultman
Thomas C. O’brien
Francis Ford
Hultman
Ford
Henry Hagen
Hagen
James J. Storrow
Lev, Higginson & Company
Metropolitan Coal Company
Jord
Watson
O'Brien
Richards Convicted on Theft Charge in East Cambridge
Harry H. Richards alias Mason and Mason was found guilty in East Cambridge court of having burglarious tools and the larceny of 4 from Nathaniel M. Sargent of North Cambridge. Case continued for sentence. Unclear linkage to Brewster murder. Also reports Swift & Company sales of citcasa beef in Boston with prices ranging 8.50 to 14.98 per pound, average 13.20 cents.
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Harry H. Richards
Mason and Mason
East Cambridge
Nathaniel M. Sargent
North Cambridge
Richards
Winchester
Brewster
Swift & Company
Boston
Women to Aid Jewish Relief Flower Drive in Boston
Several thousand young women will flood Boston streets next Tuesday to sell flowers for Jewish war relief. The Boston Jewish War Relief drive plans call for every subway and L station hotel and department store to be covered by girls with small contribution boxes. Hundreds of young women will visit stores and offices to raise funds, with an estimated 3000 people aiding across Greater Boston.
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Boston
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Shrivvell
Pittspost ‘Ofice
Mary le Bregee Negulantacly
N. Y. Eve
Pres Pub. Co
Clark Street
Mass
Phone University
Lee Fong
Fong
Cameron Hospital
Paneize
Ureka Vacuum Cleaner
Edison Electric Illuminating Co
Boylston ST
Tel
Beach
Hub
Old Vaury Mansion
Vaury
Washington Street
Lowest Falls
Ludy. Jackson
Lucy Jackson
White House Chelmsford Co
Heath Sr
Phane Resbury
E.e.gray CO
Hanover, Union
Blackstone Sts
Union
Friend
Hanover Street
Young America
Teer Beef
Golden Gate, LL CY
Arctic
Col. Rio
H. A. Johnson Co
E. C. Johnson
the White Company
Commonwealth Ave
Cleveland
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