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Last week, for the first time in 27 years, it was a rainy Patriots' Day. Less than 100,000 spectators lined the 26-mile, 385-yard route, from the little town of Hopkinton-via Natick, Wellesley and Newton -to the Boston A. A. clubhouse on Exeter Street. But the rain that was responsible for the smallest turnout in many years was also responsible for a new record in the annals of the ancient sport of foot racing...
When they reached the first of the three roller-coaster Newton hills, Tarzan decided to climb the hill as fast as he could. Opening his mouth wide for a minute he let the raindrops trickle in. Then, refreshed, he streaked up the hill like a supercharged racing car. From then on, it was a lonely...
...world acclaim never rang. It remained for a wiser posterity to relegate them to niches in an immortal hall of fame. For such a career, fate never destined the name of Albert Einstein, a man whom kings and princes have feted, whom eminent scientists have hailed as a second Newton, and to whom peace-loving multitudes in every land have turned as a fortress of tranquil serenity in a world delirious with the war fever of nationalism...
...died, leaving loyal Maude Ault and her son all his holdings in Illinois and Texas real estate, oil lands worth from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000. To help the Aults collect their vast inheritance, Mr. Bandy put up more money. A Chicago business man named Newton F. Grey, said the Government, invested $76,890. From other investors the Aults got some $40,000 more. But the Orendorff fortune never materialized. Last September, postal investigators decided they knew...
...Newton, Mass...