Bowery of Boston Fades as Scollay Square Struggles
In Scollay square Boston once famed for sailors and saloons a dreary calm replaces wartime bustle. A worn accordionist and empty shops mark a district sunk by peacetime hardship. The Liberty tattoo business and bars endure while the rest of this honky tonk row shows red ink losses.
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Scollay Square
Boston
Sally Keith
Keith
Athens
America
Honky Tonk
Edward Liberty
Tattoo trade and a Boston square mourns faded times
In Boston, Harry Liberty notes a shrinking tattoo business with aging clients still seeking hearts and roses while price guides rise. The Wayfarers' lodge on Scollay Square draws bums for beds and cheap meals, funded by two hours of wood-sawing, as the once vibrant city loses its youthful energy and wartime bravado fades.
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Harry
Scollay, Square
Wayfarers’ Lodge
City Hall approves tractor lease and street changes in council session
The city authorized leasing a tractor and disk plowing harrow from Martin Rosa Tractor and Equipment Co at 295 dollars monthly with a six month purchase option for 2994.82 dollars. A plan to end road maintenance by Linn county on J street SW was sent to Street Commissioner Harold Eggleston for review.
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Martin Rosa Tractor and Equipment Company
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Harold Eggleston
J Street
North Western Railroad
Frank and
Leona R. Martin
Oakland Road
Ray W. Ingels
Daniel D. Lemon
First Avenue
Louise M. Carberry
J. W. Carberry
Airport Inn
Iowa City Road
Notice of Administrator Appointment for Josef Tomasek
Notice states that on September 18 1948 Joseph Tomasek was appointed administrator of the estate of Josef Tomasek of Linn County Iowa. Creditors must file claims with Linn County District Court and debtors must pay the estate. Kubicek Novak and Kubicek Attorneys represent the estate.
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Linn County
Josef Tomasek
Iowa
Gev
Joseph Tomasek
Kubicek, Novak and
Kubicek
Tale of Mike and Red at U.N. site
New York world column recounts a fable about Mike the bum and Red the cop at the United Nations permanent site. Red protects Mike amid wrecking as Rockefeller funds transform the area into the U.N. home, with Oct 1 and Oct 2 annual rescues and a final fate hinted at under the viaduct.
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New York
INS
United Nations
Roaring Fortree
Mike
Red
U.N
Cop
John D. Rockefeller
U. N
Eddie Sullivan
Wrecking ‘Company
D.O.A
Red Tagger’s Death Sparks Quiet Reflections
The passage notes Red’s death and the crew’s uneasy chatter. Mike arrived later, found D.O.A., but the ball struck him not. October dragged on, and Red’s whereabouts remain a somber, unresolved memory for the group.
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Red
Mike
D.O.A
Truman Asks Support Of Community Chests
President Truman urged national support for the annual Community Chests campaign calling it a practical demonstration of democracy. He spoke from a Louisville hotel room on a national radio hookup after a campaign address in the armory, stressing voluntary action and unity to safeguard the common welfare.
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Louisville
Truman
Seelbach
Judge Who Sentenced Capone Dies at 79 in Illinois
James H. Wilkerson former federal district judge who sentenced Al Capone for income tax evasion died at his Glencoe home. He retired in 1941 after 19 years on the bench. As U S attorney he helped prosecute Standard Oil for Sherman Act violations.
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Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
al Capone
Glencoe
U. S
Wilkerson
Standard Oil Company
K M. Landis
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Greenberg
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Fifth Street
Thomas Nase
Louise M
Elvin F. Carberry
Quaker Oats Company
Second Street
George S. Scurlock
Fifteenth Street
Ey, W. Ingels
Great Electric Company
Outlook Drive
Bob Considine
46Th
Rockefeller
Capone
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