Parade Units Assigned For Fenway Memorial Parade
Captain Vincent Breen, chief marshal, announced units and positions for a Sunday parade preceding a Fenway Park memorial mass. Regiments form on Dartmouth Street with divisions led by the Fifth Infantry and Coast Artillery, followed by the Massachusetts National Guard, United Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, all ready by 9:25 AM for a 9:30 march toward Fenway Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Breen
Fenway Park
Commonwealth
Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Brookline Avenue
Jersey Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Fifth Infantry
Coast Artillery
Navy and
Boylston Street
Massachusetts Nationals Guard
St. James
Copley. Square
Huntington Avenue
American Legion Post
Greater Boston
Leo A. Spillane
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stuart Street
Hippo Laugh Spreads Among Boston Children
The Hippo Laugh craze sweeps Greater Boston youth with a playful chant linked to Baby Hippo from Franklin Park Zoo. Newtonville's Hippo Club uses it as a password and children imitate the deep four beat laugh heard from Philadelphia where the hippo now resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
Newtonville
Hippo
Greater
Boston
Duplicity of Dry Agents in Greenwich Village Bust
In New York at 6 am agents Stafford Kerrigan and Potter from the prohibition unit found a policeman guiding them to Kirby's bar. The officers poured liquor into small bottles and identified themselves. The bartender and Kirby were arrested. the patrolman fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United News
Stafford
Kerrigan
Potter
Greenwich Village
John Kirby
John
Kirby
Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill to Open in Boston
The Sells Floto Circus combined with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in Boston for a week from Monday May 29 at Huntington avenue grounds. Parade at 10:50 am features 345 dapple gray Percheron horses, 186 ring horses and mules, and a menagerie with 14 elephants and varied animals. The show includes Bad Eagle and 20 Sioux Indians, cowboys, side shows, and the famous man-eating lion Wallace. Over 400 artists perform twice daily under a three ring tent with a 38 piece band, seating 9000 in the main tent and 2000 in grand stand. The dining tent seats 1000, with gas and steam heat cooking, and a large icehouse on wheels holding beef and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Huntington Avenue Grounds
Wallace
Don Montgomery
Fail to Find Man Who Jumped City Hospital
Boston police and South Boston units searched for James Connolly of 697 Seventh Street after he fled City Hospital early in the morning with only a blanket. He was last seen sprinting through the South End streets with a blanket as he escaped from a hospital room and climbed a 15 foot wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James Connolly
Seventh Street
City Hospital
Connolly
City Point
Marine Road
South End
Installation service for Dorchester church pastor
Tonight at Second Church Dorchester Codman Square the Rev Vaughan Dabney will be formally installed as pastor after serving the pulpit for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
Codman Square
Vaughan Dabney
Swift Company beef prices in Boston sales week ending May 20
Prices realized on Swift and Company carcass beef sales in Boston for the week ending May 20 ranged from 8.00 to 14.50 cents per pound, with an average of 13.32 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
Boston
Bazaar and Fair Opens in Roxbury
Several thousand people including state and city officials attended the opening of the bazaar and fair under Temple Mishkan Tefila on Seaver street Roxbury at the corner of Elm Hill avenue. A 40000 square foot tent houses novel booths with elaborate lighting and design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Mishkan Tefila
Seaver Street
Elm Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Cohan's Benefit for Disabled Vets at Tremont Theatre
George M. Cohan teams with Back Bay society to raise funds for disabled World War I veterans. The Tavern proceeds from Tremont Theatre will be donated for the ex service men in government hospitals in and around Massachusetts. Mrs. Frederick H. Putnam leads the ticket sales with help from society members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Cohan
Massachusetts
Tremont Theatre
Back Bay Society
Frederick H. Putnam
Dye Diamond Dyes for All Garments and Draperies
Diamond Dyes promise perfect home dyeing with simple directions and guarantee. Consumers told to specify wool or silk or linen cotton or mixtures to avoid streaking or running and to restore faded dresses, skirts, coats, sweaters, draperies, and hangings.
Theatre group to offer free services for production
Cohan's cast and crew including musicians and stage hands will provide their services gratis for the production. The announcement highlights collective participation by all theatre staff to support the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohan
Battalion march to Camp Devens described in staged scene
The text portrays a marching battalion under Major William H Kennedy with men and animals in good condition. It notes pauses at West Boylston and Leominster, aiming for Camp Devens Friday. Aumonier story Them Others complements Memorial Day reading in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H., Kennedy
West Boylston
Leominster
Camp Devens
Stacy Aumonier
Boston Sunday Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fe Wanelouse Chelmeford Co
Heath St
Hannefords
Sells Floto Circus
Krackerland
Brookside Stores
Hile Bown
Penox Jewelery
Bromfield St. Boston
Putnam
Putnam, Conn
Seventh U. S. Artillery
Massachusetts State Line
Perryville
Fair Grounds
Oxford
Mass
New England
Wolf’s
Hanover and
Portland ‘Streets
Washington Street
Ruad
Ruad Manufacturing
Compan
High St
Telephone ‘Congress
Pittsburgh
Rand
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!