Boston Schools Face Record Opening Crowding Across Districts
Boston public schools opened with far more pupils than capacity with 14 high schools overflowing and students sent to alternative rooms. The Girls' Trade School faced questions of legal status, while new buildings and portable classrooms eased some strain. Officials expect quick fixes as desks and seats arrive to accommodate thousands more pupils.
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Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Boston Latin School
English High
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East Boston
Lyman School
Charlestown
Dorchester
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Pups Camp Out for Best Seats at Wakefield High
Wakefield opens fall term as 360 pupils attend Wakefield High School and 2140 join the grammar school. Seniors Dennis Greany and junior Gertrude Tingley camped on the steps since 2 and 5 AM respectively to secure prime desks.
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Wakefield
Wakefield High School
Dennis Greany
Gertrude Tingley
Tired restless nerves soothed by Horstford’s Acid Phosphate
An advertisement touts Horstford’s Acid Phosphate as a remedy to quiet nervous restlessness. It claims to strengthen the nerves and brain and provide refreshing sleep. The wording targets worn, fatigued readers seeking relief through a tonic.
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Change in Insurance Law Urged by State Official
In Part 2 of his annual report Frank H Hardison State Insurance Commissioner urges new laws to curb discrimination favoring foreign firms against Massachusetts groups. He also seeks clearer rules for a company handling multiple insurance classes and questions Massachusetts law reach on company operations outside the state.
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Massachusetts
Insurance Commissioner
Insurance Committee
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Laws and Domestic Firms in Out-of-State Ops
The Legislature may soon decide how Massachusetts rules apply to Massachusetts companies operating in other states. The issue covers whether a domestic insurer must issue separate policies for each business class abroad, given current restrictions that a Massachusetts firm doing multiple classes cannot combine them in one contract.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Funeral planned for Henry B. Blackwell in Forest Hills
The body of Henry B. Blackwell will be cremated at Walk Hill Crematory in Forest Hills Saturday at 2 o'clock. The service will be led by Professor Borden P. Bowne of Boston University with congregational singing and Mrs. I. J. Garrison at the organ. A large memorial meeting will be held later in the fall after friends return from vacation.
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Henry B. Blackwell
Walk Hill
Forest Hills
Borden P. Bowne
Boston University
B and M surveys six mile connecting link
The Boston and Maine engineering department is surveying a six mile connecting link from Lee on the Worcester Nashua and Portland division to Madbury on the western division to improve through freight traffic and avoid a big grade between Rochester and Alfred.
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N. H
Boston & Maine
Lee
Worcester
Nashua
Portland
Madbury
Rochester
Alfred
British pensioner identified at inquest into local railroad camp death
An inquest in Plaster Rock New Brunswick revealed the victim of a nearby railroad camp shooting is James Orr, a British Army pensioner also known as James Gorman. The jury ruled death by a revolver fired by Samuel Poley, who remains under arrest.
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N. B
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
James Orr
James Gorman
Samuel Poley
Changes in Somerville Schools Open with New Installations
Somerville opened with new drinking fountains installed in every school during vacation. Heating and sanitary equipment updated in many buildings, and new seats added at Cummings and Davis schools. Some wards face crowding but half-time classes hoped to be avoided. High schools remain crowded.
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Cummings
Davis
Prisoner Michael Carey Escapes Tombs Then Re-Arrested
Following Clyde G Bruhm s sensational Tombs escape, Michael Carey of Somerville gained freedom from the Tombs but was rearrested. Carey was arrested Saturday on a warrant for the larceny of 45 dollars and placed in a cell with three drunkenness detainees, contrary to Tombs custom.
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Michael Carey
Somerville
Carey
Names Clash Over Drunkenness Case at Tombs
A probation officer releases a first offender on Sunday as James Myers, listed under Carey, is later found not to be the same man. Labor Day delays court, leading to confusion, multiple arrests, and a jail hold as Myers explains he gave a fictitious name to shield his family from disgrace.
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Myers
Big Rufus on His Way Home From Boston Flight
Rufus C. Field, 42, 248 pounds, escaped Rockland authorities and hid in Boston Harbor. He was captured after a harbor police boat and the towboat Scylla pursued him. He faces long confinement in a Maine reformatory after surrendering to Rockland sheriff.
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Famed Italian artist arrives in Boston with royal antiques
Signor Onorato Cusumeno, the renowned Italian artist, is due today in Boston aboard the steamer Romanic with a notable art collection. The set, built over years, is expected to be shown later in the city. It reportedly includes antiques centuries old and items once owned by Italian royalty now outside the country due to royal financial woes.
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Boston
Italy
No injunction denied over buffing machine patents
Judge Colt of the United States Circuit Court denied a motion to restrain Sidney W. Winslow from transferring buffing machine patents conveyed by the Globe Buffing Company Association to the Naumkeag Buffing Machine Association under a 1994 contract. Walter H. Barney, trustee, had sought to set aside the contract for alleged fraud, but the court found no fraud evidence and ruled the contract legally made.
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United States Circuit Court
Sidney W. Winslow
Globe Buffing Company Association
Naumkeag Buffing Machine Association
Walter H. Barney
Corbin Dies After Kidney Disorder in New York
Lieutenant General Henry C. Corbin United States army retired died in Roosevelt Hospital after an operation for kidney disorder. He would have been 67. Mrs. Corbin and ex Governor Myron Herrick were at his bedside with his daughter Mrs. Asher Parsons. He underwent care in Carlsbad Paris and New York before the Roosevelt Hospital operation. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery after funeral arrangements at Highwood near Washington.
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Henry C. Corbin
United States Army
Roosevelt Hospital
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Highwood
Cnevy Chase
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Will leaves $500 to Jamaica Plain M E Church
The late Mary E. Parmelee's will filed in Suffolk Court for probate provides a $500 gift to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Jamaica Plain, with a possibility of more.
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Methodist Episcopal Church of
Jamaica Plain
Mary E. Parmelee
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Regulars Win Rifle Honors at Tri-State Tournament
Sea Girt N J September 8 Riflemen from the United States Marine Corps and the United States Cavalry won honors at the tri State tournament. The Marines captured the McAlpin match with a score of 1083 while Captain A C Nissen of the U S Cavalry topped the mid range 500 yard event with 50. In the Thurston match leaders were Myers Fagan Smith and Evans, with only the first stage completed.
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United States Marine Corps
United States Cavalry
Pennsylvania Rifle Association
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Marine Corps
A. C. Nissen
Thurston
Myers
United States Infantry
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W. D. Smith
Evans
Rat Attacks Sleeping Baby In North End Home
Mrs. Nunzio Benegos of 4 Garden Court reports a large rat attacked her sleeping 2 year old daughter Imma in a crib. The child was bitten near the eye and tongue with two fingers missing. She was taken to Relief Hospital in a dangerous condition with possible eye damage and speech impact.
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Garden Court Street
North End
Imma
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