Charlotte Walker Visits Lexington Battlefield in Touring Car
Charlotte Walker, star of The Warrens of Virginia, visited Lexington yesterday in a white touring car. The Texan actress toured the old battleground and historic buildings, praising the Puritan environment and declaring Lexington one of the most interesting spots she has visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Walker
Warrens
Virginia
Lexington
Miss Walker
How Shall Boston Use Parkman Fund
By the will of George F. Parkman Boston will receive a sizable sum for improving Boston Common and the city parks and playgrounds. Some estimates reach 7,000,000 dollars. Post readers are asked to send opinions to guide fund administrators with the only restriction that the money be used within Boston for existing parks and playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Parkman
Boston
Boston Common
Post
Parkman Fund
Boston Post
Parkman’s Common improvements urged by admirer
A Boston resident for sixty years urges thinning trees on the Common and plowing the surface to add six inches of loam sown with grass and white clover. He argues for finishing walks and avenues and a substantial modernization reflecting Mr Parkman’s plans.
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Parkman
Boston Post
Boston Park Fund Question Sparks Roslindale Tour
The Park man fund committee should tour the Wash ington street playground in Roslindale to inspect the grounds and two inadequate baseball diamonds. The Roslindale Athletic Association is urged to defend its rights and press for improvements in the Post.
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Parkman Fund
Boston Post
Boston
Washington Street
Roslindale
Park Department
Roslindale Athletic Association
Plan to Enhance Common with Pond Bridges and Swanboats
Henry Giglio of Boston proposes a redesign of the Common featuring a pond circling the monument four Venetian bridges a bandstand nearby and two or three swanboats for children at one or two cents per ride aimed at benefiting poor kids.
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Parkman Fund
Boston Post
Henry Giglio
Notable Church Movements and Openings in Greater Boston
The Newton Theological Institution will appoint a new president and begin service October 1 due to Dr. Nathan E. Wood’s ill health. Rev. William T. Amiger becomes pastor at Myrtle Street Baptist Church West Newton succeeding Rev. L. C. Parrish who resigned. A large crowd saw 25 missionaries depart aboard the Devonian for Liverpool. Somerville’s First Methodist Church marks its semi centennial with services led by Dr. W. R. Newhall and Dr. George Whittaker. Bishop Hamilton will preach at week’s end. Winthrop Street M E Church, damaged by fire in January, will reopen next Sunday. Salem Baptist Association’s Women’s Foreign Missionary Society holds annual meeting at East Baptist Church Lynn next Wednesday September 30. Emmanuel Church pastor Dr. Elwood Worcester of Newbury Street lectures at Yale College on methods of the Emmanuel Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Amiger
Myrtle Street Baptist Church
West Newton
L. C. Parrish
First Methodist Church
Union Square
Somerville
W. R. Newhall
George Whittaker
Bishop Hamilton
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
Salem Baptist Association
East Baptist Church
Lynn
Elwood Worcester
Emmanuel Church
Newbury Street
Yale College
Emmanuel Clinic
George's
Summer St
34Th St
15Th St
Boston
New York
Phila
George’s
America
George’s Tailor
Summer Street
Washington
Grand Street Parade to Open Boston Food Fair
A unusual parade Monday through Boston streets will honor the opening of the seventh Boston Food Fair by the Boston grocers at Park Square Coliseum. Colonel William H. Oakes will marshal the march featuring Sousa and his band along with Flockton's Fifth Regiment Band and Teel's Band. Roughly a thousand grocers in white will parade, with staff members and fair demonstrators in automobiles and tally-hos. Floats from exhibitors Austin Biscuit, John P. Squire & Co., Sands Taylor & Wood, Mohawk Valley Condensed Milk, Welch Grape Juice and others will illustrate fair merchandise. The parade forms at Broad and Franklin, moves via State and Tremont to Park Square, arriving after 3 pm for opening ceremonies and a 4 pm program.
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Boston
Boston Grocers
Park Square Coliseum
William H. Oakes
Fifth Regiment
Sousa
Flockton
Teel
Oakes
R. F. Higgins
F. W. Meachum
John Talbot
P. G. Allendorf
James H. White
C. A. Lyons
F. E. Cheney
W. O. Stevens
J. 8. Lovejoy
Boston Retail Grocers’ Association
Austin Biscuit Company
John P. Squire & Co
Sands, Taylor & Wood
Draka Bros
the Moxie Company
Ward- Corbompany
Haskell, Adams & Co
Plym Rock Gelatine Company
J. D. Batch
Ler & Co
Mohawk Valley Condensed Milk Company
F. M. Holmes & Co
Welch Grape Juice Company
Broad Street
Franklin
Grocers’ Exchange
Broad
State
State Street
Court
Tremont
Washington
Mill
Federal
Boylston
Park Square
Bridegroom jailed instead of wedding in Plainfield
John T. Troth, a hotel department head, was arrested for stealing $1000 worth of silverware from a local hotel. Police found the silver at the house where he planned to marry that evening. Troth spent the night in jail. the bride waited outside in tears as the plans collapsed.
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Plainfield
N. J
John T. Troth
Troth
Dan R Hanna Fined For Lash On Logan In Cleveland
Dan R. Hanna son of the late Senator M A Hanna was fined 25 dollars by Police Judge Mc Gannon after convicting him of lashing Claude M Logan the automobile salesman on the Boulevard July 10. Hanna used the whip he kept for fooling his four in hand horses in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan R. Hanna
Cleveland
McGannon
M. A. Hanna
Hanna
Claude M. Logan
Logan
Howe Lifeorama Opens Season at Tremont Temple
Lyman H. Howe presents Lifeorama tonight at Tremont Temple with diverse topics. The program includes scenes in Egypt, a Canadian Pacific railway ride, a Stockholm trip, an England road tour, a South African mine, a London military pageant review, a Swiss peasants festival, and more with repeats on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman H. Howe
Tremont Temple
Mr. Howe
Egypt
Stockholm
Sweden
England
London
Believed Lost Auburndale Barkentine With 10 Aboard
The Boston barkentine Auburndale, carrying salt from Turks Island to Philadelphia, is believed lost at sea with ten aboard. Captain Everett B. Haskell of Deer Isle Maine commanded the vessel, nine men and one woman in the crew, and owners J. S. Emery & Co. fear a fog collision with a heavier ship sank her.
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Auburndale
Turks Island
Philadelphia
J. S. Emery & Co
State Street
Boston
Everett B. Haskell
Deer Isle
George Leyland
San Francisco
Henry Waters
George Moore
Mary Moore
Olaf Peterson
John Smith
William Klust
New York
Karl Haner
Kiel
Germany
Samuel Kuerner
Haskell
Mackerel Arrival and Coast Fishermen Report Market Prices
The first mackerel shipment in over a month arrives with 300 fish from Plymouth as the season reopens. A fleet of 39 groundfishermen lands diverse catches totaling 812,400 pounds of mixed fish including haddock, cod, hake, and pollock, with swordfish also present. Prices range from 16 to 41-4 cents per pound, mackerel at 26 cents for large and 16 for mediums. The Kentucky steamship charters for 24 000 quarters of grain for Europe, and Baker's Island Light fog signal switches to bells until repairs.
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Helen
Plymouth
Nova Scotia
Hobo
Lear C
Elizabeth Nunan
Caplog
Haddock
Rose Cabral
Catharine Burke
Georgiana
Louise R. Sylvia
Pontiac
Helen B. Thomas
Gladys
Sabra
Grace Darling
Emerald
Ake Ais Ave
Carrie F. Roberts
Ellen CG. Burke
Seaconnet
Diana
Olivia Sears
Ike
Marian
Eva Avina
Appomattox
Lafayette
Gias Meee
Mary B. Silveira
Oliver F. Killam
Ee Raymah
Mary Gleason
Tak
H. G. Martin
Francis V. Silva
Jos. H. Cromwell
H. F. Knowlton
M. D. Brundage
B. B. Domingos
Natalie J. Nelson
Vanessa
Ncssdss
Aess
Kentucky
Baltimore
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
C. J. Roush
Baker's Island
Salem Harbor
Shipping News September 25 Mini Almanac Highlights Arrivals and Departures
Arrivals include steamers Prince George McKinnon Yarmouth N S Camden Allan St John N B Yale Grove City of Bangor Sawyer Bangor Bay State Strout Portland City of Gloucester Ober Massasoit Crockett Eastport Portland Katahdin Maguire Jacksonville etc. Cleared vessels include Numidian Glasgow Columbian London Marquette Antwerp via Philadelphia and others. Sailed listings feature Boston Yarmouth Kasama Yale James 8 Whitney Ontario Baltimore plus several schooners and tugs with barges and tow lines.
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Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
Camden
Allan
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Portland
William Chisholm
Perry
Newport News
MckKown
Baltimore
Numidian
Glasgow
Columbian
London
Marquette
Antwerp
Philadelphia
Limon
Port Limon
Verona
Port Antonio
Jam
Admiral Dewey
New York
Himera
E. Givan
Parrsboro
Horatio L. Baker
S. W
Boston
N. S
Calvin Austin
Kasama
Yale
James
Whitney
Massachusetts
Cto
Ontario
Norfolk
Grecian
Charles F. Mayer
Kenosha
Scranton
Hoboken
Ampere
Cohoeton
Tacony
South Amboy
Strafford
Portsmouth
Malvern
Upton
Robert H. McCurdy
Jacksonville
David Palmer
Florence Shay
J. ©. Strawbridge
Apalachicola
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Lexington Battle Field
Esto
Hibbard
Greater Boston
Liverpool
Winthrop Street M. E
Howe’s Lifeorama
Barkentine
Deer Isle Man
Shipping News
Emee
Driscoll’s Landing
State Strest
E. Davis
G. OG. Filzpatrick
Eree
Queenstown
Ivernia
Paris
Sylvania
Saxonia
Etruria
Campania
Carmania
New
Lucania
Mauretania
Lusitania
Gibraltar
Genoa
Naples
Adriatic
Pannonia
Slavonia
Carpathia
Caronia
the Cunard Co
Cunard Steamship
O., Ltd
Chas. P, Sumner
Agt
State St
Eastern Steamship CO
Bangor
Foster’s Wharf
Rockland
Bar Harbor
Blue Hill
Sedgwick
Union Wharf
International Division
UNION
Kennebec Division
UNIO
Bath
Gardiner
Augusta
Boothbay Harbor
Washington St
White Star Line
Company
India Building
Providence
E H. Maynard
Battery Wharf
Dominion Atlantic
Masters
N. EB
Warren Line
Micchigan
Sagamore
Halifax
A. W. Perry
Mgr
Mason Financial CO
Milk ST
Boston Harbor
Geo. B. Elliot
Hough’s Neck
South Shore
W. A. Dunham
Water St
Lincoln Associates
John B. McKenna
Old South Building
Belmont Land
the Post
E. A. Strout CO
Old South Ridg
Medford Cottage
Maccarthy
Salem St
Broadway
Maplewood
New England
Oreel
J. Brewing
Harvard Pl
Hale ST
Green
Pelham St
Noanet S&t
Broadway Extension
Tremont St
Franklin Loan Co
School St
D. H. Tolman
Devonshire St
Commercial Investment Co
Warren Loan CO
A. D. F. Adams
Fort Hill
Cree Eee Workingmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
Beacon St
H. Elwood
Briggs & May
Ames
CNET
Chelsea Investment CO
Mermaid Ave
Winthrop
Tel
M. Samuel
Sean Nenenctaeeeraneum Nansnaneet
H. van Dam
C- Namara & Co
Diamonds Credit
Suffolk Supply CO
Bromfield St
H. C. Spencer
Huntington
Hawley School
Huntington Ave
Suffolk
Evening College Suffolk
Suffolk School of Law
Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Martin
Waltham
Mass
Lenox Jewelry CO
LE Jewelry CO
Roo
New Shore
Taylor's
S. B. Yerxa
Central Square
East
Postoffice
Palmer’s
Temple Place
Whitney's
Aeean
C. B
Whitney’s
Warren Chambers
Boylston St
F. L. Miller & CO
Chardon St
F. H. Roberts CO
Cross &T
Daggett's
Lewis Wharf
United Candy CO
Leon St
Roxbury
United Cigar Store
Litchfield
Columbus
Boston Dress Stay CO
Atlantic Ave
Parmenter St
Winter St
Tailors’ Clearing House
BH. R. Ekegren
JAS. E. Caldwll & CO
Chestnut St
Brookline Riding Academy
Hanover St
Massachusetts Ave
North
Cambridge
B. Reske
Engr
Coal Pocket
Dover St
N. H
H.R
A. J. Hall
Chickering
Steinway, Hallet & Davis
Back
Blue Hill Ave
Oene
THE
Wood-Morgan Detective Agency, Incorporated
James R. Wood, JR
Court St
Rel
Putnam Ave
Grocer, Tures
Wham AD
Hollstein, Young & Co
East 17Th St
New York City
Michigan Business Institute
Institute
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Boston Auto School
Market al
U. S. Marine Corps
School of Commerce and Finance
Haverhill St
James Coyne
M. E
Oliver
Houghton & Ware
Dewey
Boston Civil Service
Moore Amusement CO
National Mfg. CO
Worcester
Moneyweight Scale CO
Congress
Franklin Ite
Boston Cornice & Skylight CO
Bristol St
Collins
Essex St
Moore's
Armatura
Erie SS
J. Keerie
New Quincy
J. H. Conners
Quincy
Ee Carpenter
Cor
Walnut and
Beacon Sts
Newton Highlands
Stokell’s
Stokell
Heinemann
SS Ideal Dancing School
Cor. Clarendon
Graham
Prof. Slyef
Bay State
Wash
Tel. Baat
Academy
Warren St
Ee Esterman & Powerman
Northampton St
Raskind & Shuman
Dover Bs Me
Union Phc
Cor Tremont
Spizer & CO
Billericast
Remingtons
Smiths
Smith’s Visible
Monarchs
Olivers
Typewriter CO
John Hancock Bldg
Typewriter Exchange
Bromfield
Wellington
Jamaica Plain Motor CO
South
Jamaica
Zabola
E. N. Paine
COMER
Comer’s
Pitman
Chandler
He, Comer
Walker Building
City of
N. E
Guy’s
Canal St
Ord
H. E. Norwell
Henry Siegel Co
W. A. Hawins
Jordan Marsh CO
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