Quincy Delegation Pushes for Quincy Post Office
A Quincy delegation led by Sears Bryant Whiting Packard and Shaw told the committee on public buildings and grounds that Quincy’s rising postal receipts population and commerce justify a new post office. They cited the U S Fruit Transportation Co headquarters and a large ship yard by Eastern Dock and Construction Co as growth drivers. The hearing pleased Mr Naphen who expects a favorable committee report next week.
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Washington
Quincy
Sears
Bryant
Whiting
Packard and
Shaw
Naphen
Massachusetts
United States Fruit Transportation Company
Eastern Dock and Construction Company
Everett Post Office Joins Boston Postal System
An Everett source reports the Everett Post Office will merge with the Boston postal system on July 2, integrating operations and services under Boston management.
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Boston P
Everett
Boston Postal System
Celestial Coal Oil Johnnie Driven From Chinatown by Madness
Ah Young, a 45 year old longtime resident known as Celestial Coal Oil Johnnie for his spendthrift ways, was removed for sanity examination after a violent episode. He chased a brick wall in a rage while friends recount he squandered several fortunes. police escorted him to Elizabeth Street station and then to Bellevue Hospital in a straitjacket.
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New York
Chinatown
Ah Young
Ah Loy
Pell Street
Murphy
Elizabeth Street
Bellevue Hospital
First Presbyterian Brookline to Burn Mortgage
Church members celebrate the sixth anniversary Tuesday evening and burn the mortgage that has encumbered the church since its erection.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Brookline
Yale Student to Leave for Love and Marriage
Henry Osborn Havemeyer of New York, a Yale sophomore, will end his college studies to marry Miss Whiting, July 11. The Yale rule against marriage during study prompted the decision. After the wedding the couple will travel abroad. Havemeyer is son of the sugar king and has athletic past in golf and track. Miss Whiting is orphaned niece of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rives. Rives has refereed Yale Harvard boat races.
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New Haven
Conn
Henry Osborn Havemeyer
New York City
Yale
Yale College
Havemeyer
Whiting
George L. Rives
Mr. Havemeyer
Mr. Rives
Harvard
Boston official calls modern arms for High School Cadets
Charles L. Burrill of the Boston school committee introduces an order to arm the High School Cadets with modern weapons. He says the old hand me down arms are inadequate and believes proper training with updated guns is essential for readiness should a call come.
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Charles L. Burrill
Boston
Benyon
Ser
Man Confesses to Slaying Wife In Syracuse Bedroom
Louise Foster is found dead in Syracuse with Ernest Hecht arrested after confessing to the murder. Hecht says he killed her after she urged him to end the struggle and then attempted suicide using chloroform. A letter from Foster urged swift administration of chloroform. Hecht set the crime at 1 a.m. and the death at 1:20 a.m. Foster's husband is imprisoned for forging her name and stealing jewels.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Louise Foster
Ernest Hecht
Hecht
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