Police Station Building and New Health Unit Plan Revealed
Mayor Curley announces a committee of engineers will evaluate sites for a new North End police station on Commercial Street and a second health unit. The project aims to reuse the old Coolidge and Shattuck buildings and save costs by reserving funds for a site selection and construction this year. BE Phelan chairs the inquiry as city officials search vacant buildings for suitable police or fire use, including Noddle Island options.
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North End
George R White
Curley
Commercial
Coolidge & Shattuck
Boston
George R. White
BE. Phelan
Noddle Island
Seasickness Kills a Lioness on Voyage
A two month voyage of the S S East Wind to an Army Base Pier ends with the death of a lioness from seasickness amid nine mile gales and cyclones. Three other beasts reach the destination while a skin goes to the Bronx Zoo. Australian dealer A J Barron led the consignment of hundreds of birds, including zebra finches and cockatoos, perched among whimpering lions.
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Army Base Pier
New York Zoo
Bronx Zoo
A. J. Barron
Australia
Volunteers Battle Fire at Bay State Upholstery Site
Firefighters and upholstery workers at 160 164 North Street fought a stubborn blaze using buckets and aided by the fire department. Harry Harris collapsed from smoke, Harold Cohen suffered minor burns, both treated at Haymarket Relief Station. Damage estimated at 1000 dollars. Also reports radio messages heard from a continuous wave station while a LackawannaTrain travels Bergen tunnel 4283 feet long 3% feet underground.
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Bay State
North Street
Harry Harris
Harold Cohen
Haymarket
Bergen Tunnel
Girl survives attempt by Massachusetts lover in Fairfield
Miss Lillian Ericson, 16, of Norwalk recounts how John H. Greene, a Rensselaer Polytechnic student, rode with her to a wood and urged her to let him shoot her before killing himself on the Fairfield post road. She says she refused after Greene asked her to marry him and noted his intent. She laments the tragedy and her role in his death.
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Norwalk
Conn
Lillian Ericson
John H. Greene
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Post Road
Fairfield
Ericson
White
Greene
Miss Ericson
John
Johnny
Bray Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Frank H Bray marked their 50th wedding anniversary at a Salem gathering on September 19 surrounded by relatives and friends. Also notes: oxyacetylene torches reach 3500 degrees and glaciers move from 200 to 190 feet yearly.
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Salem
Frank H. Bray
Lafayette Street
Former Stage Star Flora Barry Remembers Long Career
Flora Barry 86 longtime opera singer recalls life in a Boston home at 124 Handler Street a house she shared with friend Sally Joy as she celebrates her birthday She notes her love of the Boston Post and memories of the Boston Music Hall and comments on women pursuing careers and marriage The world population figure is cited.
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Flora Barry
Handler Street
Sally Joy
Boston Post
Times
Boston
The Tenth Mrs Tulkington to Be Printed in Boston Post
A note indicates The Tenth Mrs Tulkington by Ellis Parker Butler will be printed in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. Also mentions the world’s surface approximated at 197,000 aquere miles.
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Maryise Parmenter
Pan
Barron
Nero
O. K
Shipping Board
East Wind
Lion
Alias
Canton
Jerseys
Ashion
Kaufman
Chas
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