Boston Work Horse Parade Sets New Attendance and Records
The fifth annual Boston Work Horse Parade drew 669 teams, eclipsing last year’s total by over 50. Judges lined Commonwealth avenue Bay State road and nearby streets as 388 classes awarded prizes. Notable seniors include 35 year old Senator and 27 year old Fatty Darling, with winners across divisions from Taylor Bros. laundry to S. S. Pierce & Co. The event showcased skillful driving without reins and attracted large crowds in Boston and surrounding towns.
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Boston
Boston Work Horse Parade Association
Beacon Street
Bay State Road
Commonwealth Avenue
Cottage Arm
Ashby Street
United States
City Sanitary Division
John Green
Fatty Darling
Fire Department
James McTiernan, Jr
Taylor Bros.’ Laundry
Red Acre Farm
KE. H. Harris
Edwin A. Sears
Hi. P. Hood & Sons
The
Hoyt Company
James C. Smith
Animal Rescue League
C. H. Nichols and Bro
Martin J. Hickey
Elm Farm Milk Company
S. S. Pierce & Co
Edwin ‘Treland
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
A. M. Davis
J. O. Weatherbee & Co
C. Brigham & Co
Webster & Co
Newton Creamery Corporation
Grandsrand
Chemical 4
Engines
Boston Protective
Somerville
Medford
Thomas G. Connors
Dedham
Thomas N. Duncan
James P. Carlan
Malden
William George
West Roxbury
Charles A. Stevens
General Office
A. S. Fallon
Herbert R. Sumner
Boston School Board to consider Franklin Field schooling plan
A proposed program would move congested district children to outlying schools near Franklin Field for a year long schedule. It envisions two 1000 pupil buildings, morning transport, a 9 to 2 curriculum, two hours of supervised play, and after hour study, with land costs and city savings outlined by the School House Commissioners.
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Boston
Franklin Field
Park
Monument Unveiling Honoring George E McNeill Leader
A large crowd gathers for the unveiling of a granite monument to George E McNeill former labor leader. Speakers include Edward Cohen mayor FitzGerald and AFL CIO leaders Gompers and Driscoll praise his eight hour movement and humane ideals. The statue stands nine feet high with inscriptions to McNeill and family.
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Carriage and Cab Drivers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Boston Central Labor Union
Arthur M. Huddell
Edward Cohen
The
A. F. of L
Studdell
Fitzgerald
George EK. McNeill
Henry Abrahams
Cigar-makers’ Union
Frank SK. Foster
McNeill
Mr. Gompers
Quincy
Rhode Island
Organized Labor
G. Leonard McNeill
Grace Corner
Mr. McNeill
North
Cambridge
Amesbury
Starr Company Sends Employees to Circus Joyful Workers Attend Big Show
Thousands of pleasure seekers at the circus yesterday included juvenile employees of J. Starr & Co., the Winter street clock and suit house. The firm’s generosity sent all its young staff to the event, and workers returned home tired but happy, praising the company's continuous concern for its employees.
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Winter Street
Lost Her Hair Playing Injun In Tug Of War
Ten year old Jose Sansona of 20 South Margin Street North End was scalped by a playmate while children shouted the war cry with feathered hair. She was taken to the Relief Station where her scalp was bandaged and may need head shaving.
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Jose Sansona
South Margin Street
Jose
Prank Sends 14 Year Old to Relief Station With Eye Risk
Daniel Carney aged 14 of 5 Jennings Place Charles Town was struck in the nose by a jackknife thrown at a fence. He bled heavily and two doctors at the Relief station failed to seal the wound before he allowed stitching. He fears a scar.
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Daniel Carney
Jennings Place
Charlestown
Daniel
Octopus Submarine Set for Deep Sea Test
In Quincy on May 30 the submarine Octopus is to undergo a deep sea test tomorrow morning if weather permits. The Naval Board will be absent while the test proceeds as planned under designer Vice-President L Y Spear of Electric Boat Company, aiming for a 200 foot depth.
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Ira Stewart
Mr. McNeill
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Massachusetts
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Minneapolis
Minn
McNeill
James Duncan
A. F. of J
Quincy
Octopus
Naval Board
L. Y. Spear
Electric Boat Company
Child Struck by Auto on North End Streets
Flora Geofield aged five of 71 North Margin street was struck and run over by an auto driven by Frank V. Aranico of 160 Endicott street while playing near Indi cott and Thacher streets. Witnesses say the wheels passed over her legs but injuries were only contusions and abrasions. The driver acted to avert the collision.
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Indicott
Thacher Streets
Flora Geofield
North Margin Street
Frank V. Aranico
Endicott Street
Woman Beaten On Somerville Doorstep
Mrs Maud Weeyes and bride of one year from 55 Otis Street Somerville were assaulted by an unknown man on her doorstep yesterday after returning home from her mother’s house across the street. She fought back as the stranger grabbed her and fled into the street before police were summoned.
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Maud Weeyes
Otis Street
Somerville
Newton Veteran George Keyes Dies After Cemetery Visit
George L. Keyes 67 a past commander of Charles Ward Post 62 G A R died suddenly after alighting from a carriage near Newton Cemetery where he had helped decorate graves. Born in Boston in 1840 he served in the Forty fourth Massachusetts and earned the rank of sergeant in Company 5B. Funeral set for next Sunday at 3 pm from the Swedenborgian Church Newtonville.
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Newton
George L. Keyes
Charles Ward
Mr. Keyes
Boston
Forty-fourth
Massachusetts
Newtonville
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