Lexingtons New 99000 Dollar School Opens In East Lexington
Lexington public schools begin the fall term with a new eight room school building in East Lexington. Built of red brick with sandstone trim, it is designed fireproof and allows four additional rooms. Located behind Follen Church and Cary Memorial Branch Library near Massachusetts avenue, the project by Brainard and Leeds of Boston includes graded grounds and future expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
East Lexington
Lexington Public Schools
Follen Church and Cary Memorial
Emerson Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Brainard and Leeds
Boston
Eldest No Longer Head In Episcopal Change
In New York on September 7 a proposed constitutional change for the Protestant Episcopal Church would alter how presiding bishops are chosen. The convention, to meet at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in October, would shift election of the presiding bishop from the senior by consecration to election by the House of Bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. John the Divine
House of Bishops
Man Confesses to Mail Robberies in Pawtucket
Henry H. Cochran a 34 year old janitor at the Pawtucket postoffice was arrested by postal inspectors and confessed to stealing letters from the mails. He pleaded for clemency, saying he could not support his wife and two children on about 13 dollars a week. Inspectors watched Cochran secreted in a room and saw him take letters from carriers desks before routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
Henry H. Cochran
Postoffice
C. E. Jennings
A. H. Pierce
Letherman
Boston
Cochran
Marshal Dallow
Mahoney Elected AFL Delegate From Everett Plant
Edward A Ma honey was unanimously elected a delegate to the American Federation of Labor convention at Cochrane Chemical Works union headquarters in Everett. The union reports a 22 week chemical strike with hundreds of workers still out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochrane Chemical Works
Everett
Main Street
Edward A. Mahoney
American Federation of Labor
Fall River
Two Drivers Escape in Forest Hills Auto Crash
Two cars collided at the Walk Hill and Canterbury corner in Forest Hills at 5 30 last evening. Neither driver was seriously injured. Frank Hunter of Roxbury steered a New England Telephone vehicle east on Canterbury and Elbert Lobett of Norwell drove a Lobett residence car south on Walk Hill. The Lobett car was towed to a Blue Hill garage after damage to running gear. Hunter returned to the telephone company garage after brief repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walk Hill
Canterbury Streets
Forest Hills
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Canterbury Street
Frank #. Hunter
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Mable T. Lobett
Beacon Street
Elbert W. Lobett
Maine Street
Norwell
Walk Hill Street
Lobett
Blue Hill Avenue
Hunter
Telephone Company
Official in Norwood Police Charged With Graft
Paul Babel and Antone Pratestus accuse a Norwood police official of taking bribes to drop their cases and allow Saturday night weddings to run past curfew. They say affidavits will be presented to Norfolk County district attorney at the next grand jury meeting. Names of some accusers are not being released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood
Paul Babel
Antone Pratestus
Norfolk County
Baby Jumps From Window in Newburyport Tragedy
In Newburyport on Water Street a two and a half year old named Arthur Rilanges was dared by playmates to jump from a third story window. He fell to the sidewalk and lies unconscious with a fractured left leg and head concussion. His father, Joseph Rilanges, witnessed the escape of the other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Water Street
Little Arthur Rilanges
Rilanges
Arthur
Joseph Rilanges
Private probe on today in Bar Harbor wreck inquest
Coroner Eli Mix of New Haven county will resume tomorrow morning his private inquest into the fatal Bar Harbor Express wreck at North Haven last Tuesday. The coroner expects the inquest to conclude Friday with findings issued a few days later. Sixteen injured remain in hospitals. three are in critical condition: Edna Annette and Jean Annette of Bayonne New Jersey and Mrs Carl Rose Zimmerman of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Eli Mix
North Haven
Edna and
Jean Annette
Bayonne
N. J
Carl Rose
Zimmerman
New York City
Miss Mabell Smith Makes New England Boat License History
Miss Mabell Smith of 362 Putnam Avenue Cambridge the second woman in New England to obtain a motor boat passenger license was run down yesterday in the Charles River basin. Her craft left helpless with the rudder out of commission, she was unable to steer. No details on injuries or the other vessel are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Smith
Cambridge
Charles River
Mabell Smith
Putnam Avenue
New England
Woman Repairs Boat After Collision at St Alphonsus Club
After a collision, the man fled. The young woman drifted for about thirty minutes, then repaired the damage and set course to the St Alphonsus Boat Club float where she keeps her power boat at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alphonsus
Collision in the Esplanade Basin Involves Missing Captain
Miss Smith on the Mabell reports a stern collision when a fast craft passed on the wrong side. The other boat struck the rudder attachments, then sped away without aid. She cannot identify the operator, noting his blue glasses and a generic craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Smith
Esplande
Mabell
Death by kite proves fatal electrocution in Clinton
Michael F. Joyce a 16 year old kite flyer was instantly killed near Lewis street when a steel kite wire touched a Clinton Electric Light Company high tension line carrying 2300 volts The current flowed for about ten minutes before shutdown Dr G L Tobey medical examiner ruled accidental electrocution No one touched the boy as the current remained live He had worked for two years as a messenger for Western Union Telegraph Company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Street
Clinton Electric Light Company
G. L. Tobey
Lighting Company
Leominster
Clinton
J. J. Goodwin
Tobey
Weastern Tinton Telegraph Company
Boy dies after kite hits power lines near home
A boy attempting to fly a large kite on a vacant lot near his home was lifted about 50 feet when a gust pushed the kite into electric lines. He fell as smoke arose from his clothing, and his mother cried out, bringing his father from work with a railroad section gang nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Montana Held for Orders After Ammunition Loaded
United States cruiser Montana arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard from Portsmouth via Boston and will be held for orders after being loaded with 2000 rounds of ammunition. At Boston 50 rounds were placed on the cruiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Montana
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW Adams Grammar School
Eldest
P. E
Mahoney
Sulpho
Napthol
Geo. Wm. Bentley Co
Peck
P.& G. Naptha
Lenox
Fairy
Good Will
Vere
Grahame
Fodas
Nic Nace
SAY
Norwood Police
Dare of
Mix
Raymond
Robert Cook & Sons Co
Brockton
Yours Truly
Pos Tailor
Washington St
Ames
Michael F. Joyce
Riker Jaynes
Riker Jaynes Stores
Kreothol
Lance
Hall
Hubbard
C. N
Kreso
Board of Health
Jamaica
America
Inari English
Inari Ceylon
Inari Oolong
Anticor Razors
Ker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Riker-Jaynes
Cortes
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!