Boston's Old Home Week Magnificent Entertainments
Boston plans an unprecedented celebration from July 28 to August 3 with over 100000 visitors and a $300000 budget. Mayor Fitzgerald leads a 1000-strong volunteer force, plus a 75-member executive committee. Daily themes include Patriots Day and Massachusetts Day with grand parades, naval displays, and free exhibitions. Historic sites will be marked and accessible, promising extensive civic and military showcases.
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Baltimore Mayor Pushes Tax on Bachelors for City Revenues
Baltimore Mayor J Barry Mahool proposes taxing bachelors to boost city revenues. The plan, aired at a meeting of tax experts, aims to raise funds for Baltimore and drew mixed reactions in a Baltimore special dispatch to the Philadelphia Press.
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Bachelors Should Be Taxed Heavily Mayor Says
The mayor advocated a strict bachelors tax, proposing at least 100 dollars and taxing wealthy bachelors to the limit. He would refund the money after marriage but keep levies on those who refuse to wed. The issue of taxing spinsters was left unsettled as delicate.
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Longest New England baseball game records set in 28 innings
A Dorchester Pierce grammar school and Bennett school of Brighton played 28 innings in a likely world record length baseball contest. Pierce won 4 to 3 after three hours of pitching with substitutes. The report also mentions a safety vault on an ocean liner and a Newcastle typist’s speed feats.
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James Wright
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New York Sun
Wright
Will wed heiress Francis Potter and Gwendolin Carey
Uniontown news reports Francis Potter a Lisbon diplomat will wed Miss Gwendolin Carey of Uniontown in July in London. Carey, an heiress with a vast estate, was sheltered by State Senator Playford after a custody dispute that ended with Playford’s death. Carey stands to inherit one of the area’s largest fortunes. Later, a dynamite accident in Waterbury left John Izzo dead and Carman Izzo badly injured while playing with a stick of dynamite.
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Gwendolin Carey
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Bishop Potter
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London
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Gwendolin
Playford
Carey
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Watebury
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Carman
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Nuggets of News Charlestown Mass 132d Anniversary
Charlestown Mass observed the 132d anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Governor Comer of Alabama appointed John W. Bankhead United States senator to succeed the late John T. Morgan.
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Bunker Hi
Comer
Alabamas
John Wi. Bankhead
United States
John T Morgan
Record Sreaker Letter Praises 100 Percent Pure Paint
A reader notes testing Davis 100 percent Pure Paint covering 491 square feet with two coats per gallon No. 27. The density and spreading capacity are praised as equal to its phenomenal properties. The letter is from Thos. B. McCavriviar of Baltimore. readers are urged to verify with dealers and avoid substitutes.
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