Waltham Plans Fight Over Six Cent Fare
Waltham officials and board of trade members plan a court battle to challenge a six cent fare approved by the Public Service Commission for the Boston and Middlesex Street Railway. Attorney Henry Herrick says the case will likely go to the Supreme Court, with questions on whether the ruling applies to towns individually or to the service as a whole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Boston & Middlesex Street Railway Company
Waltham
Board of Trade
Henry Herrick
Bond
Supreme Court
Wife Reunites With Husband After Four Years
In Newberg Oregon a Tennessee couple apart for four years was reunited when the wife, convinced she was wrong, traced her husband to a farm north of town after buying a Pacific coast round trip ticket. He had walked out from their Tennessee home years before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberg
Ore
Navy
Tennessee
Pacific Coast
Stransky Delights Boston Audience With Philharmonic Visit
The New York Philharmonic under Josef Stransky visited Symphony Hall Boston with Efrem Zimbalist as soloist. Bruch’s Scottish Airs drew mixed reaction while Strawinsky Fireworks disappointed. Dvorak New World, Strauss Don Juan, Dukas Scherzo, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice thrilled, with strong playing and bold conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Josef Stransky
Boston
Mudgett
Symphony Hall
Efrem Zimbalist
Max Bruch
Strawinsky
Dvorak
Richard Strauss
Paul Dukas
Infantry in Paris Town Verses a Soldier's Leaks to Versailles
A poem recalls a regiment marching toward Versailles beneath April skies. The speaker contrasts youthful march and spring with fallen soldiers in Alsace, noting shifts from frontiers to royalty as drums beat flic flac. The piece blends memory, loss, and national recollection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Versailles
Alsace
Right-sided heart and organs case shocks Milwaukee doctors
Milwaukee doctors encountered Jan Los a bellboy on the steamship Arizona who arrived recently with his heart and many internal organs on the opposite side from the usual. The unusual condition resembles other similar cases reported locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Jan Los
Bellboy
Arizona
Los
Four Get Licenses to Marry Same Girl in Georgia
Four young men in Macon Georgia obtained marriage licenses to wed the same woman, an extraordinary case that drew curiosity as the town grapples with the unusual situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Licenser vows secrecy on youths’ identities
M. Wiley, who issued the licenses, pledges to keep the identities of the young men and the young woman secret until one of the swains is successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Wiley
Jerome F Dewing Dies at Brookline
Jerome Ford Dewing a noted amateur sportsman and young Boston broker died at his Brookline home 1086 Commonwealth avenue after a period of ill health. He was an ardent golfer and automobilist and had worked in bond brokerage on Congress street for much of the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Ford Dewing
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Brookline
Dewing
Congress Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
John F. Fitzgerald
Styleplus
Oak Hall
Adams Square
Washington St
Oxford
New England
Americas
SIRUG
United
Rexall
Loew’s
NEW Globe Theatre
Washington Street
Boylston
Liggett
Stransky
Philharmonic
Zimbalist
BY Olin Downes
Igor Strawinsky
New York Philharmonic
Mr. Stransky
Strauss
Dukas
Ravel
Bruch
ER. W. Grove
Ardmore
Conte Cizait
Peabody A Co
Lac
Makers — Ee
Panch
Jerome F. Dewing
Union Hat CO
U. H. CO
Uanline
AYL Express
Hanover Street
Union Street Tunnel
Nova Scotia
VU. H. CO
Haines
U. H. le
I. H. Co
Ut. A. Co
WU. Hi. Co
E Peck
Brooke
Brookstae
Henfield
Tomson
Dressmakers
W. & A. Bacon CO
Aisc
Lic
Ort
Whittemore
Bacons
Poe
Ile
Merrick’s
Francis
Clark
O. N.T
J. Clark
Alexander King's
Brook
J. J. Cord
King's
Clark’s
N. T. Darning
Kerr
Hemenway
Belding’s
Miscel
Laneous
Vior
E. T. Glish
Abc
NEC
Ani
Iron Board
Bie
Chatelaine
Ana Inge
Tara
Hark
New York City
Jist
ACME
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!