New Ashford Town News First to Vote in State Lightweight Election
New Ashford Massachusetts, a Berkshire town twelve miles north of Pittsfield, gains national notice by reporting its presidential vote first. In 1924, Coolidge led with 20 votes to Davis 4. locals recall Walter Smith, the eldest voter, unable to vote due to illness, and Phoebe Jordan who cast the first ballot. The town’s polling used improvised cardboard booths and lantern light. The piece notes local history, Beach family roots, and a 1828 town meeting at the tavern.
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New Ashford
Mass
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Springfield
President Coolidge
Walter P. Smith
Phoebe. S. Jordan
Edwin Yelden
Miss Jordan
Warren H. Baxter
Coolidge
Davis
la Follette
Jonathan Beach
Saybrook
Conn
Beach Hill
Cerk Baxter
David Dud Field
Berkshire County
Josh Billings
Lanesboro
New Ashford Town Profile and Church History
New Ashford society features a church building with original pews and pulpit, seated for about two hundred, heated by wood stove, no resident minister for two years, and a congregation tied to Methodist authority. Town notes cover Civil War veterans, Revolutionary soldiers buried locally, Baxter the town clerk as historian, local geography, auto ownership, farm stock, and Mrs August Belmont as principal landholder.
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Ean Bze
New Ashford
Ashford
Baxter
Greyock
Mr. Baxter
Bertlett Milliman
Greylock Mountain
New Radford
August Belmont
New York
Belmont
Eleanor Hobson
Delaney Knocks Flowers Out In Second Round Title Fight
New York, Jan 16 Jack Delaney Bridgeport Conn defeated Tiger Flowers Atlanta Ga by knockout in the second round of a twelve round middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden. A right upper cut floored Flowers 43 seconds into the round as Delaney shifted from defense to offense to claim the victory before 15000 packed behind the ropes.
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New York
Jack Delaney
Bridgeport
Court of Five
Velaney
Delaney
Flowers
Harry Greb
Paul Berlenbach
Berlenbach
Greb
Charley Nashert
Newark
Larry Estridge
Nashert
Bob Lawson
Pittsburg
Roscoe Hall
Jersey City
Sally Wiggleton's wax dolls come to life in store window
In a whimsical tale, Sally Wiggleton's Christmas dolls are transformed into wax shop figures by the Fairy Queen. Sally fears for them as integrity of her old toys fades, and the wax ladies long to be real. They reveal longing for care, while Sally contemplates their fate as she confronts their lifelike stares.
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Sally Wiggleton
Sally
Belinda
Mary Pickford
Mrs. Jiggs
Mrs J S Puckett Dies After Hospital Stay
Mrs J S Puckett aged 32 of Thompson Valley Tazewell County died at St Luke's Hospital yesterday at 6 30 am. Death due to complications. She had been brought to Bluefield Thursday night and died within ten hours. Remains sent to her home and funeral and burial set for Sunday. Forty percent of America's cotton is produced in Texas.
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J. S. Puckett
Thompson Valley
Tazewell County
St. Luke's Hospital
Puckett
Bluefield
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America
Texas
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