Dorchester residents urge expanded Mt Ida Rowan playground land
Residents of Meeting House Hill in Dorchester led by Rev Mgr Peter Rowan urged Mayor Curley to back buying extra land to square up the Rowan playground at Mt Ida road and Robinson avenue. They suggested selling a 125 foot deep strip on Adams street to cover costs while preserving the playground. The mayor referred the petition to the park commissioners for consideration.
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Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Mgr
Peter Rowan
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Curley
Rowan
Mt. Ida
Mt. Ida Road
Robinson Avenue
Adams Street
Park Commissioners
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as spring tonic
An ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure for spring sickness caused by impure blood. It claims the tonic purifies and revitalizes the blood, strengthens appetite, and restores energy, urging readers to buy from their druggist and not delay.
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Hood
Old Granary fence doomed by electrolysis decay
The iron pickets of the Old Granary burying ground are rotting at the bases due to electrolysis. Lloyd B. Hayes of the Chamber of Commerce and chemist Roger C. Griffin note rainwater and lead soldering create a wet battery that corrodes the rails. The historic fence will collapse gradually, leaving the graveyard less protected.
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Lloyd B. Hayes
Chamber of Commerce
Roger C. Griffin
Boston
Father and Son Banquet a Success at Cambridge Y M C A
Last evening 100 fathers and sons gathered at the Cambridge Y M C A for the first Father and Son banquet. Each pair sat together and spoke on topics My Dad and My Son. H W Gibbons spoke on Boys Rights. The event was so successful another banquet will be held next year.
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Cambridge Y. M. C. A
H. W. Gibbons
State
Swindling Job Prospect Lures Victims in Scollay Square Chase
Frank Adams of 14 Worcester Street South End was arrested after a chase through Scollay Square by Patrolman Charles Tighe. Police say Adams posed as head chauffeur Pullman porter and hotel chef, offering high salaries to lure applicants who paid deposits of 10 to 25 dollars and then disappeared at the Post Office Building.
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Frank Adams
Worcester Street
South End
Scollay Square
Charles Tighe
Adams
Ashland Youth Ends Life Over Job Fears
Wolger Talkinas a 20 year old machinist at Lombard Governor Company committed death by own action this noon by a bullet to the temple as he entered his boarding house yard. He died later at Union Avenue Hospital.
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Ashland
Wolger Talkinas
Lombard Governor Company
Union Avenue
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