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...President was in a genial mood as he reached the Beacon Street house of his son John yesterday afternoon, following a hectic day's campaigning through Massachusetts...

Author: By John C. Cobb, | Title: ROOSEVELT DELIGHTED WITH RECEPTION; VERY CONFIDENT | 10/31/1940 | See Source »

...parade streamed on-past the Common where the old Elm Tree used to stand; up Beacon Hill by the State House (Paul Revere got his riding orders near by); down School Street, within hail of the scene of the Boston Massacre; in sight of Faneuil Hall, where the Boston Tea Party began-past the landmarks of a simpler time, when men knew beyond argument that democracy was worth fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Exit Elmer | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

Roger Lowell Putnam, son of the Mayor of Springfield, represents Massachusetts political life while Thomas D. Cabot comes from Beacon Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sons of Many Noted Americans Are Included Among Yardlings Who Registered Yesterday | 9/21/1940 | See Source »

...Motschman got a free trip to Washington. Commented a local liberal: "The most progressive move in Alaska since Soapy Smith- was plugged." Quitting his Vatican observatory after an evening of star gazing, absent-minded Professor Father John Stein forgot to switch off the lights, left them blazing like a beacon over blacked-out Rome. Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 1, 1940 | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

...charge of press relations), then German Consul in New Orleans, before he went to Boston in 1938. As Consul in Boston, one of his first acts was to move his office from the dowdy building it then occupied in the business district, take over a handsome brick home on Beacon Hill, where he discreetly entertains Boston's Brahmin elect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Traveler v. Fiihrer | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

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