Four generation Mills family in Billerica village
In Billerica Aug 20, a small village hosts a four generation Mills family. The oldest, Mrs Margaret Mills aged 74, lives at Westford. Other Billerica members are Mrs M Frances Cowdrey 46, her daughter Maud F Mills 22, and Maud’s 14 months old son Harold W Mills.
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Billerica
Margaret Mills
M. Francis Cowdry
Maud F. Mills
Harold W. Mills
Westford
M. Frances Cowdrey
Along the Water Front Receipts Dampen at Fish Pier
The fish pier reported light receipts with 299,800 pounds of mixed fresh catch from 10 trips, including 219,100 pounds cod and 67,800 haddock, plus 63 swords and 36 from the Dorcas and Diana. Captain James Gannon reported 35,000 fresh mackerel on Shenandoah trip, with prices ranging from 13 to 28 cents per pound. The week’s port import value stood at 2,260,067 dollars, while exports rose to 1,446,186 dollars. The U S cruiser Tennessee arrived for repairs ahead of steamship Bohemian’s Liverpool departure with wheat and beef cargoes.
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Alice M. Guthrie
Dorcas
Diana
Rips
Sankaty Head
James Gannon
Gannon
Haddock
Belbina B. Domingos
H. Perry
Wees
Helen B. Thomas
U.S
Tennessee
Albert J. Berry
Washington
Bohemian
Leyland Line
Neil McCallum
Liverpool
8. A. Holland
Fanny Whiteley
Whiteley
J. B. Blake
England
Otto Faelten
Boston
Godfrey Wheeler
Mattapoisett
Benjamin Trueblood
Lyra D. Trueblood
Elizabeth Db. Chase
G. H. Huntington
Shipping News Mini Almanac Highlights Arrivals and Towing
The column lists arrivals and movements of numerous vessels including U S armored cruiser Tennessee under Captain A J Berry from Hampton Roads and a fleet of steamers and tugs. Notable entries cover Gloucester, Portland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Lynn, and St John with names like Hektor Eitrem Louisburg and Conestoga Taylor. The report also notes shore times for sun and moon and high waters throughout August.
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Liverpool
Queenstown
Alice
Sama
Cuba
Raw
Nor
Curacea
Norfolk
Halifax
Etcs
Boston
Yarmouth
Eto
Persian
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Savannah
Herman Winter
New York
Daniel Willard
Edgewater
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Main
Neponset
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Rutherford
Enterprise
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Phenix
John Scully
Newport News
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Knickerbocker
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Lynn
Georges Creek
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Charles T. Gallagher
Portsmouth
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Edwin L. Pillsbury
Ephrata
U. S
Tennessee
A. J. Berry
Hampton Roads
Cambrian
Hiscoe
London
Mackenzie
Calvin Austin
Thompson
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Hektor
Eitrem
Louisburg
Ontario
March
City of
Rockland
Brown
Bangor
City of Bangor
Colby
Bath
City of Gloucester
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Cape Ann
Godfrey
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Nickerson
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White Band
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Ray
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Rowe
Piedmont
Silvia Suffers Minor Damage After Collision In Vineyard Sound
Halifax August 20 The Red Cross liner Silvia from New York arrived after a collision with the Metropolitan liner Herman Winter off Vineyard Sound Sunday night. The Silvia showed minor damage with the turtle back above the deck stove but no damage below decks.
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Halifax
N. S
Red Cross
Silvia
New York
Herman Winter
Vineyard Sound
Comet Appears Before Dawn in Great Bear Sky
The Daniels comet rises about 2:30 each morning and drifts near the Great Bear until sunrise. It is said to vanish within a fortnight and is the brightest naked eye comet in about two years. Professor Pickering of Harvard Observatory has photographed it but notes no abnormal features.
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Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Earth
Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch Street
Revere House
Boston
Mass
N. B
May Van Alen Not Engaged Denial From Family
Newport August 20. A rumor that Miss May Van Alen was betrothed to Zoltan Doeme, the divorced husband of Mme. Lillian Nordica, is denied positively by J Laurens Van Alen, a brother of Miss Van Alen.
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Newport
May van Alen
Zoltan Doeme
Mme
Lillian Nordica
J. Laurens van Alen
Miss van Alen
New Haven Road Gets $12 Million Locomotive Order
New Haven announces a $12,000,000 order by the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad for rolling stock. The shipment includes 122 locomotives 7500 freight cars and 100 passenger coaches in one of the era’s largest such orders.
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New York
New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Buckeye Daisies Return After Tour Abroad
Twelve young women from Ohio, hailed as the states most popular girls, arrived in New York yesterday aboard the Holland-America Noordam after a European tour. Parisian papers dubbed them the Buckeye Daisies, causing some excitement in Paris.
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New York
Ohio
Noordam
Europe
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