Edison Co and New England Powers Link Eastern Lines
Providence Aug 15 Arrangement to create a gigantic New England superpower system embraces 9000 square miles. Pooling of output lines and equipment of Boston Edison and New England Power Association will yield about 100 million horsepower. Will operate power lines across 250 New England communities with millions of people. No stock changes planned. only equipment will be shared.
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Providence
New England
Boston Hdison Electric Trumine
New Buyiana Power Association
Former head of Sudbury schools dead in Newtonville
Edward Jones Cox a 71 year old educator with 35 years in the Boston area died suddenly at his Newtonville home. Funeral services set for Aug 23 at 64 Brooks Avenue with burial in Norwell cemetery. He taught in West Dedham Haverhill Norwell Cohasset Sudbury and led Sudbury schools at one point. He served as a master in the Lowell school Jamaica Plain and held multiple civic memberships. He married Isabelle Nye in 1883 and left a daughter and two sons.
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Newtoonville
Mass
Edward Jones Cox
Boston
Brooks Avenue
Newtonville
Norwell Cemetery
Dedham
West Dedham
Haverhill
Norwell
Cohasset
Sudbury
Lowell
Jamaica Plain
Ahdpter
Sons of American Revolution
Massachusetts Society
Dalhousie Lodge
Newton Royal Arch
Newton Club
Albemarle
Bosm City
Society of Magner Descendants
Copley So* Field and Forest Club
Jckens
Isabelle Nye
Mar
Edith Nourse Rogers to Meet Constituents in West Concord
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers will hold a constituent meeting at the West Concord Post Office on Friday August 24 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. to discuss official matters. Henry Despres of Marlboro remains at Emerson Hospital after Maynard crash with skull fracture and brain concussion. treated by Dr. Raymond Hooper.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Congress
West Concord
Henry Despres
Spoon Hill Ave. Marlboro
Maynard
Emerson Hospital
Raymond Hooper
Union Congregational Church
Mass
William Boicourt
Union
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ironing rough spots on Lowell Road earns highway department thanks
The smoothing of two rough sections on Lowell Road prompts gratitude from many daily users. The effort by the Road Department improves travel ease and safety for local motorists.
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Lowell Road
Southboro Sees Rising Marriage Licenses in 1928
Town Clerk Charles L Fairbanks notes a surge in marriage licenses in Southboro through August 2, 1928, with more licenses issued than in all of 1927. The trend shows the marriage market increasing this year.
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Charles L Fairbanks
Southboro
New England Colleges Debut Bright Football Color Schemes
The 1920s era report notes Boston College Holy Cross Harvard and Dartmouth changing team colors for the coming season. Holy Cross switches to purple and white while Boston College abandons maroon and gold for gold jerseys with maroon trim and gold stockings. Harvard adds extensive crimson gear, Dartmouth adds green helmets, and Tufts continues white helmets as part of a broader fashion shift in New England gridiron attire.
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International News Service
Poston
Mass
New England College
Boston College
Holy Cross
Boston
Harvard Long
Yale
Dartmouth
Hanover
Tufts
Sunday Sports Referendum Appears On Massachusetts Ballot
In Boston on August 20 officials indicate a single statewide referendum will appear on the ballot for the upcoming state and presidential election. The measure would allow local option to charge admission to Sunday sports in towns observing Sabbath. Proponents report strong support and a larger expected YES vote due to the single question.
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State House
Boston
Mass
Frederic W. Cook
General Court
West Acton Visitors Return From Bar Harbor Trip
Howard Tracy and Richard Schnair went to Bar Harbor on Sunday and returned midweek with the Misses Edith Berry Gertrude Schnair and Pauline Tracy who have been visiting in Maine for the past two weeks. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs James Chesboro on Sunday at the Ayer Hospital Ayer Mass. Mr and Mrs Curley and family moved into the Carlisle house on Arlington street they recently purchased. Mr and Mrs Joe De Souza plan a trip to the Azores later this month. Mr and Mrs Onson will occupy their home on Arlington street during the De Souzas absence.
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Howard Tracy
Richard Schnair
Bar Harbor
Edith Berry
Gertrude Schnair
Pauline Tracy
Maine
James Chesboro
Ayer Hospital
Ayer
Mass
Curley
Carlisle House
Arlington Street
Joe de Souza
Azores
Mrs. Onson
Middlesex School Football Players Start Summer Workouts
Middlesex School football candidates will meet at a player's summer home for preliminary workouts before returning to school for early practice and sessions ahead of the regular season.
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Middlesex School
Air Transportation Becomes Modern Tool Against Crime
Chicago police rely on air transportation to pursue suspects in stolen car cases. Insurance groups report tips lead to air mail dispatch of fugitives and vehicles, while photos and fingerprints circulate quickly to identify criminals once they reach destinations.
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Chicago
American Air Transport Association
Tomobiles
300 U. S. Women Teachers Arrive at Oxford Conference
Three hundred American women teachers have arrived in Oxford for the annual conference organized by four English colleges with American cooperation. They will study sociology, foreign policy, Oxford religious movement, women’s education, and economic theory, with extensive social activities including boating, tennis, golf, and hikes.
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International News Service
London
Oxford
City
Thames
New York
United States
Registrars Session Opens Night of September 5 in South Boro
The board of registrars will hold a session in the selectmen's room at town hall from 7 to 9 PM on September 5. New voters may register, the final chance before state primaries. Eugene Mauro of Fayville has bought the house once owned by the late Sarah Lawrence on Turnpike Road Fayville. The new owner buys for a home.
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Board of Registrars
Southboro
Selectmen’s Room
Town Hall
Eugene Mauro
Fayville
Sarah Lawrence
Turnpike Road
Edith Nourse Rogers to meet constituents at Concord Post Office
Following a custom started by her late husband Congressman Rogers, Edith Nourse Rogers will be at the Concord Post Office from 5 to 6 PM on Thursday August 23 to hear constituents and discuss official matters. in prior years many locals used this chance. Tenement to let Sept. 1, 7 rooms and bath at 364 Main Street, telephone 842-w.
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John Jacob Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers
Congress
Concord
Main Street
No Business Impregnable Says Barron
Barron's Financial Weekly argues no business remains impregnable, citing cases of complacent firms facing disruption. Harry Botsford notes refrigerator makers once faced no competition except weather and warns complacency invites rivals and collapse. An Ole McGilck anecdote illustrates a pragmatic defense: confront threats with decisive action.
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Business Today
Harry Botsford
Barron’s Financial Weekly
Botsford
Mr. Bestford
Ole McGilck
Ole
Scotch mail woman walked 200000 miles in service
London reports Miss Lizzie Clay of Bangor i y coed Scotland retired at seventy after a lifetime delivering letters through floods and storms without missing a day. She started at one dollar per week, rising to twelve, but at retirement earned seven due to economic conditions. Open air theatre offers summer drama near Thale with Shakespeare and German classics running until August 26.
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London
Lizzie Clay
Bangor-is-ycoed
Scotland
Clay
Thale
Harz Wit
Kleist
Tieck
Talking Pictures Bring Upheaval for Stage People
A column contrasts stage and screen futures as talking pictures reshape demand for road companies and actors. It notes the tension between fears of decline for stage actors and profit forecasts of managers while arguing art remains stronger than mechanical film.
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Actors’ Equity Association
League of America
Eugene O'Neill
English Rotarians on Prohibition Shape U S Views
English Rotarians at the Minneapolis convention reported that in the United States prohibition fostered ice water and soft drinks over whiskey in night life. D C Lamb noted Americans preferred non alcoholic choices and employers supported the act. Wright said one convention alone unlikely to push America into the League of Nations.
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London
Minnepolis
D. C. Lamb
America
League of Nations
Wright
Financial library exhibit at bankers convention
A complete financial library exhibit sponsored and financed by banks will be presented by the Special Libraries Association financial group at the American Bankers Association Convention in Philadelphia from October 1 to 4, 1928. The display will include reference books, newspaper clippings, and pamphlet material showing filing methods and uses of such files.
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Financial
Financial Group
Special Libraries Association
American Bankers Association
Philadelphia
Old Longfellow House Demolished for New High School Site
Pittsfield Massachusetts seizes the former Longfellow home on East Street to clear land for a new high school. City council approves compensation of 78000 dollars for the property as a landmark disappears.
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OLD Longfellow
Pittsfield
Mase
New England
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
East Street
Longfellow
Counsell
Irishman and Jew Win Congressional Medal in Fog
In a 1918 French fog at Bois Forges during the Argonne drive, Irishman Sidney Gunn and Jewish comrade Gumpertz and others captained by Cay George H. Mallon of the 132nd Infantry seized nine machine guns and four howitzers after a company was split by the mist. Gunn knocked out a machine gun commander with a bare fist and, with volunteers, fought through a pillbox. the unit suffered few casualties while taking heavy enemy losses. The tale is recounted ten years later in McClure's Magazine.
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New York
No Man’s Land
Eme
Congress
Sidney Gunn
McClure’s
Serg Gumpertz
Bois Forges
France
Com FE
132Nd
Cay
George H. Mallon
Mallon
Gumpertz
Gumnerty
Argonne
Lightning photographed in power plant study aids protection
International News Service reports General Electric engineers captured a lightning bolt striking a 220000 volt line at Lake Wallenpaupack Pa. The image showed voltage spiking to 2.5 million volts before returning to 222000. The recording augments lab research toward protecting high tension lines and understanding high voltage transmission.
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International News Service
New York
Lake Wallenpaupeck
General Electric Company
Charles T. Steinmetz
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Dir
W. D. Coolidge
General Tectric Company
Nansen Plans North Pole Hop in New Airship
At 67, explorer Fridtjof Nansen aims for a North Pole flight. A German built airship with a 100 ton lifting capacity is reported as under construction for him, per Contemporary Review.
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Nansen
North Pole
London
Fridtjof Nansen
Germany
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