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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1914
Page
11
Official figures from Harvard University show a record year with a bumper crop of students. A total of 684 men are registered, indicating strong enrollment at the college.
Brockton Fair opens amid crowds of 35,000 plus sights of Beachey flying, Wild Bess, and Dakota Dan’s three legged bull. Beachey narrowly escapes a crash as his plane falters after a midair loop. Charles Wilson, Vanderbilt jockey, wins Class 1 harness horse at the horse show.
The event lists numerous classes from novice horses to Arabs and ponies at Oakland Farm. Winners include Charles Wilson Grace b m, B F Gregory The Steward, and Peter T Roche with Royal Brandy and March Past in multiple classes. Races feature 2 year trotting purses, pace heats, and notable incidents such as a fall by Charles Stewart at the final hunter class.
The dispute between New Haven and Boston & Albany over who pays 200000 for grade crossing removals in Worcester opened yesterday before auditor James A. Stites of Gardner.
A conference before chart and land commissioners reached a plan to improve the Saugus River. Lynn contributes 5000 above 16000 already set, General Electric Company funds 15000, with the commission providing 10000. Work starts now to create a 200 ft wide channel 12 ft deep from harbor mouth to the railroad bridge, plus an 18 ft deep dock basin 200 ft wide for GE.
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