Parkman Fund Use For Dorchester Gym And Playgrounds
A Boston Post letter argues for allocating part of the Parkman Fund to build a gymnasium or improve Ashmont and Milton playgrounds in Dorchester. The writer notes Dorchester youth need practice and home games space and urges a modest grant from the fund to beautify the area.
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Parkman Fund
Boston Post
Dorchester
Ashmont
Milton
Dorchester Park
Boston
BM. LD
Parkman Fund Placed At Interest For European Park Study
Councilman urges placing the Parkman fund at interest under Aldermen and Common Council supervision. The interest would finance a yearly joint committee of Aldermen and Councilmen to study top European park systems and adapt ideas for Boston. The aim is parks equal to the world’s best.
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Parkman Fund
Boston Post
Sir
Aldermen and Common Council
Boston
Councilman
Parkman Fund Editor Urges Birds Back To Boston Common
Fletcher Osgood calls for expert action and modest Parkman bequest funding to transform the Boston Common and Garden into year round habitats for native song birds. He argues for increased numbers and species as visitors or residents, excluding street sparrows, to delight the public.
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Parkman Fund
Boston Post
Parkman
Fletcher Osgood
The Trained Nurse as a Boston Wage Earner
A Boston Herald article details women nurses roles and wages. It notes trained nurses earn 15 to 25 dollars weekly, up to 30 with night work. undertrained nurses earn 10 to 15 dollars. Training pays about 10 dollars monthly early on, rising to 22 with board. Over 9,000 female nurses work in Massachusetts.
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Pos
Boston
Massachusetts
Courageous mother rescues three children from burning home
Mrs. Mary Levy saved her four year old Lena and two playmates Florence and Ethel Jacobs from a three story fire at 65 Billerica street. She carried Lena to a nearby house and later returned twice to pull the other two from the smoke filled room. She acted despite flames and collapsing heat, risking her life to save the youngsters.
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Lena
Billerica Street
Mary Levy
Florence
Ethel Jacobs
Mrs. Levy
Greenwood Man Struck by Train in Somerville
William T. Eaton of Greenwood was struck by a train in East Somerville yesterday. He, a Boston and Maine brakeman, suffered a fractured skull and compound fractures of both legs and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. He is listed on the dangerous list.
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William T. Eaton
Greenwood
East Somerville
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eaton
Boston & Maine
Gold Dust cleans with magic power in house cleaning
A vintage ad extols GOLD DUST as a cleaning powder that dissolves dirt instantly. It promises faster results with hot water rinsing, leaving woodwork clean and fresh while saving time and labor.
New Boston Charter Proposed by Finance Commission
During the 1909 legislative session the question of Boston governance will take center stage. The Finance Commission will report a new city charter, likely proposing radical changes to the current system while stopping short of endorsing government by commission.
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Boston
Finance Commission
Boston Republicans consider commission government plan
Boston political leaders weigh a reform via a city commission after Des Moines model. The move targets unpopularity of Mayor Hibbard and aims to prevent Democratic control. Lincoln Steffens’ visit signals reform steps toward a referendum on a commission form for Boston.
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Boston
Commission
Des Moines
Hibbard
Republican Party
Sifting Ashes Finds Jewels in Klondike Ruins
Harry Eskridge, a Klondike mining expert, sifted ashes after last Saturday's Winthrop fire and recovered a $500 diamond along with smaller gems. The Crest Hill ruins yielded the largest find, a large diamond embedded in ashes in a natural state, with nearby melted gold settings.
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Harry Eskridge
Klondike
Crest Hill
Brakeman Finds Lost Pocketbook Along Rail Road
C W Fergusson a brakeman stopped seven miles south of Hobart to pick up a pocketbook by the tracks. He recovered negotiable paper valued at 14 dollars and located the owner J S Lillard a real estate man formerly of Oklahoma City.
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Hobart
C. W. Ferguson
J. S. Lillard
Oklahoma City
Trains Test New L Track At North Station Run
Regular service used the new overhead trackage opposite North station yesterday. Inbound trains from Charlestown crossed temporary links and ran down the incline toward East Cambridge then returned to the old track for Haymarket square. Outbound trains continued as before with about 12 006 passengers recorded at the outward track. Mr Draper noted a Maine incorporation story claiming Massachusetts loses 20 000 a year in taxes. He declined to discuss it at length.
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North Station
Charlestown
East Cambridge L
Haymarket Square
Draper
Draper Company
Maine
Massachusetts
George al Draper
Mr. Draper
Draper Group Addresses Tax Talk in Massachusetts Cities
Draper and Frothingham spoke at City Hall in Northampton and at a second gathering in Easthampton with Congressman Gillett and Boston’s Guy Ham. They attended the afternoon fair and addressed a large audience on tax matters.
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Northampton
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Advertisement Claim
The article extols the stomach as a strong organ and explains digestion with gastric juices. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as correcting digestive issues by rebuilding and balancing gastric juice, enabling eating freely, with forty thousand physicians endorsing them and a sample offer by mail from F A Stuart Co. Mars Hall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Mars Hall
Mich
House Heating Prices Rise Ten Percent
Our figures show prices will be at least ten percent higher than some. The increase marks the difference between warm and cold homes and affects household budgets.
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P. S
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Dairy Laboratory
Huntington Ave
Back Bay
Florence Jacobs
Billerica ST
Mrs. Hark. Levy
Somerville
N. K. Fairbank Company
Winter
Jstreet
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Dorothy Dodd
Steffens
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