Planning New Parking Rules For Downtown Streets
Fire Commissioner Glynn Board of Street Commissioners and Police Crowley discuss tentative parking regulations in downtown Boston. Proposed bans may apply to Mason and Avery streets and the stretch of Boylston from Arlington to Washington to ease fire apparatus passage from Mason Street and Fort Hill Square stations amid heavy traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glynn
Board of Street Commissioners
Crowley
Mason Street
Avery Street
Boylston Street
Arlington Street
Washington Street
Mason Street House
Fort Hill Square
Competition Is Keen Among Bobbed Heads at Simmons
Interest grows among Simmons students as they vie for New England's most beautiful bobbed hair. Miss Mildred Newman, a vivacious sophomore and Simmons Theatre standout, is highlighted for her thick chestnut brown bob with dancing curls. She plans to pursue acting after graduation.
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Simmons
New England
Mildred Newman
Bob
Eleanor Newman
Woman Dies After Fifty Day Fast in Reno
Mrs. Pearl A. Cochran, 35, died after a self imposed fast of 50 days in Reno. Her physician reported no food intake during that period. A year earlier she had her attorney obtain a warrant charging insanity, though she was then deemed sane. She claimed food disagreed with her and would kill her.
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Reno
Pearl A. Cochran
Beecher and the Slave Auction Ordeal in Boston and Brooklyn
A historical account recalls Henry Ward Beecher portraying an auctioneer to “sell” an imagined enslaved person at New York’s Tabernacle, raising 2200 for the Edmonson sisters who were enslaved by birth. It notes similar auctions in Plymouth Church and Beecher’s claim of using his pulpit as an auction block.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Edmonson Siaters
Washington
New Orleans
Tabernacle
New York City
Mr. Beecher
Hogarth
Rembrandt
Edmonson
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
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Canton
China
Pettijohns
IB Drug Stores
Eade
Lathrop
Lee Peay
Boston
BY William Justin Mann
BAUME
Bengue
Atany Drug Store
Atube
Thos. Leeming & Co
Amer
Cro Adite
Marri
Charles W. Deans
Charles Street
Con- Rochester
N. H
Prescott Fay
Paine'é
Paine
Paine Furniture
Arlington Subway
Kolynos
Kolynos Company
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