Towns First to Vote for President Fame in New Ashford
New Ashford Massachusetts, a Berkshire town twelve miles north of Pittsfield, gains national notice every four years for being first to report its presidential vote. In 1924 Coolidge led with 20 ballots, four for Davis, none for La Follette, as residents crowded the 6 AM polling at the Mite district school with lanterns and kerosene lamps.
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New Ashford
Mass
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Springfield Republican
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Asim
Mite
Coolidge
Walter P. Smith
Smith
Phoebe. S. Jordan
Edwin Yelden
Miss Jordan
Warren J. Daxter
Tan
Davia
la Vollette
Jonathan Beach
Saybrook
Conn
Beach Mil
Cork Baxter
David Dud- Field
Berkshire County
Josh Billings
Lanesboro
New Ashford History and 1924 Town Facts Highlight Local Heritage
New Ashford's 1924 town clerk report notes no marriages, one birth, four deaths, and a high tax rate of 22.50. Historian John Clark Baxter, a leading citizen, preserves local lore while the hillside panorama near Greylock and Taconic ranges frames a town with 18 autos mostly Fords and a population linked to Revolutionary and Civil War history.
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Ashford
Yohn Clark Baxter
Greyock Range
Mr. Baxter
Mtr
Bird
Bertlett Milliman
Greylock Mountain
Baxter
New Ashford
August Belmont
New York
Belmont
Eleanor Hobson
Delaney Stops Flowers In Second Round at MSG
New York Jan 16 Jack Delaney defeating Tiger Flowers in the second round of a twelve round match at Madison Square Garden. A sharp left jab and driving right uppercut kayoed Flowers near the start of the second round to give Delaney a dramatic knockout before 16 000 fans.
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New York
Jack Delaney
Idol
Bridgeport
Conn
Tiger Flowers
Atlanta
Madison Square Garden
Nagto
Delaney
O Negro
Oval Ten
Flowers
Mflowers
Thore
Harry Greb
Paul Berlenbach
Berlenbach
Sneel
Greb
Charley Nashert
Newark
Larry Estridge
Nashert
Bob Lawson
Pittsburg
Roscoe Tall
Jersey City
Old New Ashford Estate and Local Lore Reflect Quiet Life
A century old estate with a veranda, flower garden, and trout brook on Greylock reservation hosts Mrs Belmont and her mother Mrs Madge Carr each summer. New Ashford boasts rare telephones, a debt free town with a $9.99 treasurer balance, and a long absence of arrests. A Mallory house dating to 1749 once sheltered an eloping couple whose crime ended in murder to save daughter from irate father.
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Greylock
C. White
New Ashford
Sally Wigleton Sees Wax Dolls in Store Window
In a cautionary tale a girl named Sally Wigleton discovers wax dolls in a shop window are actually real girls transformed into figures. The scene follows her regret over past misdeeds toward Mary Pickford Belinda and Mrs Jiggs, a fainting incident, and the dolls’ quiet commentary on their fate and longing for comfort.
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Sally Wiggleton
Sally
Belinda
Mary Pickford
Mrs. Jiggs
Mrs. Jigga
Mrs. Diggs
Fragmentary Anecdote About Belinda Sallys House
The passage shows Belinda talking about clothes and a spark, comparing a pink wax lady and a room smelling of home at Sallys house. Mrs Jiggs expresses desire for someone to return, recalling hair pulling, ending with To Be Continued.
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Belinda
Pate
Sally
Mrs J S Puckett of Thompson Valley Dies in Hospital
Mrs J S Puckett, 32, of Thompson Valley, Tazewell county, died at St Luke's Hospital yesterday at 6 30 AM from complications. She was brought to Bluefield Thursday night and died within ten hours. Remains were sent to her home and funeral and burial are planned 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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