Help Needed to Buy Boston Baby Hippo for Franklin Park
Boston children rally to raise 5000 for Baby Hippo, with only about 1400 pledged and 3600 still needed before June 17. Fundraising events across Dorchester and Roxbury, including hippo parties and bazaar proceeds, seek elder donations to match the kids’ pennies and nickels.
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Boston
Baby Hippo
Dorchester
Roxbury
Seaver Street
Elm Hill Avenue
Temple
Diamond Dyes Advertisement Promises Rich Color Restoration
The Diamond Dyes ad promises to dye stockings, skirts, waists, coats, sweaters, draperies and more. It guarantees no streaking or fading and offers simple directions for any woman to use at home. Users are advised to tell the druggist the fabric type wool silk linen cotton or mixed.
Contributions to Date Boston Post Company and donors list
Donors include Robert Dorothy and Norman Gray of Somerville Fayville Mass H Morrison Radcliffe Dor Thaxter Kent Ellin wood W Roxbury A Perry Holt Jr 80 West at Braintree and Marjorie F Jones Ames st Lawrence Buddy Kimball Memory of Toadie Whet tngton Memory of Billy Hall Buddy Downs Charles Whittaker Eleanor Blett Wayne George Pendell Sioux City Fern Lots Pendell Sioux City Joseph Stanton Swan Dorchester Helen Dorothea Swan Mary Carney Medford Elizabeth Carney Medford Helena Taylor Mattapan Merrill E Bush Hopkinton Morton F Bush Hopkinton Rainbow Girls of Revere Baby Bulloch Roxbury Willet Walter Alice Gertrude Mathewson 38 3.84 2.00 and other scattered amounts totaling listed figures.
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Boston Post
Pub. Co
Bennery
Somerville
Robert
Dorothy
Norman Gray
Fayville
Mass
H. Morrison Radcliffe
Dor
Thaxter
Kent Ellinwood
W. Roxbury
Perry Holt, Jr
West
Braintree
Marjorie F. Jones
Ames St
Lauwrence
Buddy Kimball
Toadie Whettngton
Billy Hall
Buddy Downs
Charles Whittaker
Eleanor Blett
Evans
Wayne George Pendell
Sioux City
Fern Lots
F Pendell
Town
Morton F. Bush
Hopkinton
The
Rainbow Girls
Revere
Baby Bulloch
Galena
Roxbury
Cessseeee Willet and Walter
Alice Gertrude Mathewson
Decker St
Milton
Mrs. Owen
Boston
Frederick Charles Delamaine
William Riley
Headville
Joseph McHugh
Winchester
Charles W. White
Cambridge
Brockton
Alice
Katherine Mahern
Willow St
Exeter
N. H
Graydon
Belvin
Grinnell
Philadelphia
Rita and
Irene Bourget
West St
Lawrence
Little Mary
Conrad
Dorchester
Donald Clarke Grinnell
Beverly
Beatrice Stanley
Alice Buzzell
Lynn
Tom Fox
Jamaica Plain
Thomas Corbett
Jamaica Plaza
Nat Greenwood
Worcester
Gloria Jacobs
Townsend St
Theresa
Jseph
Vera Woodrow
Jimmie and
Mary Mooney
Freeport St
Allan R
Shaw
Mut Ave
Emily Eastham
David A. Low
Roslindale
Elizabeth
Katherine Jenkins
Mexico
Dick Lydon
Horace, Charles and
Chester Brace
Ecesreeseess
John Burke
Ben R. Glennon
Mike Munroe
Cambrideec
Ben Leo Murphy
Dorothy Anderson
Washington St
Brighton
Helen Bennett
Margaret Fitzgerald
Winter Hill
Charles Poeckert
Birchwood
West Roxbury
Robert Parks
Stoneham
Mane
Wobec
Teddie Moller
Allston
Dorothy Youngson
Franklin
Allaton
Betsy Allen
Louise W. Roble
Mayor awards contract for hippo tank at Franklin Park
The Boston mayor awarded J. C. Coleman & Sons Co. the contract to build a cement tank for Baby Hippo in the Franklin Park elephant house. Construction starts immediately and the quarters should be ready by June 1. The decision followed a study by Curator Morse Jr. and the park commissioners to provide the best home for the children’s idol.
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Curley
Hippo
Elephant House
Franklin Park
J. C. Coleman & Sons Company
Coleman & Sons Company
George F. Morse, Jr
Two Lowell police chiefs clash over leadership
In Lowell on May 2 4 two police superintendents held the reins while refraining from issuing orders. Redmond Welsh, reinstated by the City Council then suspended, shared duties with Winthrop C. MacBrayne, mayoral appointee. The council plans to hear charges against Welsh and decide action on Friday night.
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Lowell
Public Safety Departments
Redmond Welsh
George H. Brown
Supreme Court
Brown
Winthrop C. MacBrayne
Welsh
Baby Hippo Plays Dead to Prank Park Visitors
A young hippo feigns death to frighten visitors and Louie the keeper. After a hot day, the hippo hides in his tank as a blue eyed girl discovers him. Louie uncovers the ruse and the crowd laughs when Baby Hippo roars with a smile.
Fire Causes $20 000 Loss at Casey Building
Fire on the third floor of the Casey Building in Lee caused about $20,000 in damage. The upper portion of the three story brick block was destroyed and water and smoke damaged Masonic and Foresters lodge rooms on the second floor and several first floor stores.
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Masonic and Foresters
Children Send Small Sums to Buy Baby Hippo
Young donors across New England respond to a Baby Hippo Fund drive aiming to raise 5000 dollars for a baby hippo in Philadelphia. A four and three quarter year old writer asks to share one part of the hippo for a thousand pennies.
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New England
Rainbow Girls
Revere
Dora
Lillian Burkhardt
Ellen DeLeire
Margaret Gover
Catherine
Flora Voss
Philadelphia
Baby Hippo
Charlotte Shapiro
Crowninshield Road
Brookline
Fannie Kilbourne Story Tops Boston Sunday Post Plans
Fannie Kilbourne plans to publish a tale in the Boston Sunday Post titled The Feminine Slant. The piece is described as one of her best among many engaging stories.
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Fannie Kilbourne
Apear
Boston Sunday Post
Dear Editor Help Buy the Baby Hippo Request
A reader from 37 William Street No Easton encloses 25 cents to aid in purchasing a baby hippo for the zoo. The writer recalls visiting the zoo last summer and hopes to see the hippo display this summer.
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Keith Kiddoe
William Street
No. Easton
Baby Hippo Reader Sends 30 Cents to See Frankin Park
A boy named Bobby Bonthen of Lynn offers 30 cents to buy a part of an eye for a baby hippo. He lives near High Rock tower and requests a visit to Franklin Park to see the hippo laugh swim and perform. He asks his mother to read the paper aloud as part of the plan.
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Baby Hippo
High Rock Tower
Lynn
Franklin Park
Bobby Bonthen
Hamilton Avenue
Dining for Hippo fund hints at small town humor
A brief note from George S. Decker of Norwell offers 16 cents to aid a hippo fund, explaining he earned six cents through egg sales. The quirky message illustrates local whimsy and small-town thrift.
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Post
George S. Decker
Reward for Base Hit Promises Hippo for Zoo
A 10 year old writes to the Dear Hippo Editor offering a base hit as proof of effort to raise funds to buy a hippo for the zoo. He mentions earning six cents from errands and ten cents from his father if he gets a hit. He asks to name the hippo Prince and signs John McSorley of Lowell.
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Hippo
Boston
Zoo
Mamma
Prince
John McSorley
Wentworth Avenue
Lowell
Dear Hippo Picture Encourages Children’s Gift to Boston
A letter from John F. Gagin of Dorchester asks readers to send five cents to bring a hippo to Boston for local children to see. He mentions seeing the hippo’s picture in the paper and urges others to contribute.
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Hippo
Boston
John F. Gagin
Centre Street
Dorchester
Kenneth Chesley Seeks Name for Baby Hippo Visit
A letter from Mrs. Herbert Chesley of Chicopee accompanies a request by Kenneth L Chesley aged twelve weeks. Kenneth hopes to visit Franklin Park to see the Baby Hippo with his Boston friends choosing a name later. The note is addressed to the editor.
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Kenneth L. Chesley
Kenneth
Somerville
Franklin Park
Baby Hippo
Boston
Herbert Chesley
Centre Street
Chicopee
Boy collects funds for baby hippo care in Ipswich
A five year old boy named Kenneth B. Davey collects donations around Ipswich to help buy a baby hippo. He sends a dollar and asks to be part of the hippo by contributing one of its feet. He hopes to visit the animal in the future. He lists his address at 44 East Street Ipswich.
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Baby Hippo
Ippo
Kenneth B. Davey
East Street
Ipswich
Vegex
Vitamin Food Co
Gotham National Bank
New York City
Child plans to help fund Vermont Baby Hippo
Cecilia Blood, seven, of Windsor Vermont describes a wish to see a Baby Hippo at Franklin Park. She explains her uncle Eugene took her there last summer and she wants to help place a Baby Hippo at the park in the future.
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Hippo Fund
Baby Hippo
Franklin Park
Woodles
Vermont
Eugene
Estella Foster Offers Help for Baby Hippo Fund
A Greenfield resident, Estella Foster of 15 Devens Street, writes to support the newspaper hippo fund and hopes the hippo will be in Boston for her future visit.
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Roxbury
Boston
Seaver Street
Elm Hill Avenue
Estella Foster
Devens Street
Greenfield
Woman's Story Ties to Marine in Winchester Murder Case
Ruth McGowan Daussman, former Winchester telephone operator, tells Chief William McIntosh she met Marine Private John Lawhorn last March and believes his first visit to Winchester was to meet her. Her account bolsters the alibi narrative amid the Brewster murder case and challenges the prior story from Charles Tindall about a planned $3000 theft.
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John Lawhorn
Ralph W. Brewster
Winchester
Ruth McGowan Daussman
William McIntosh
Charles Tindall
Lawhorn
Tanlac Aids Syracuse Woman In Health Recovery
Mrs. Frank Wil, 229 Cedar St Syracuse, credits Tanlac with dramatic relief from stomach trouble. She reports improved appetite, heartburn relief, better sleep, and renewed energy after prior illness and fatigue. Tanlac is sold by reputable druggists.
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Cedar St
Syracuse
M Wilkie
Buff
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Tanlac
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