Balloon lands on Meriden farm during a Norfolk to sea trip
A balloon carrying three naval passengers from Norfolk, Virginia, made a safe daytime landing on a Meriden, Connecticut farm after drifting north due to shifting winds. Under Lt. S. N. Woodford, with Lieutenants A. T. Sewell and J. P. Worthington aboard, the crew reported no serious injuries or discomfort after the tree-struck touchdown.
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Norfolk
Meriden
Atlantic
S. N. Woodford
A. T. Sewell
J. P. Worthington
Claim for clothes eaten by wild deer in Springfield
Springfield residents filed a $60 damage claim against the state for wild deer eating garments from clotheslines. Deputy Game Warden J. P. Hatch presented the claim on behalf of Corliss M. Canedy for $18 and Blanche Asselin for $2, with the warden’s approval.
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Springfield
J. P. Hatch
Corliss M. Canedy
Blanche Asselin
Revival of the Automobile Boom Across New England
L. H. Kittredge of Peerless Cars and John L. Snow of Beacon Motors discuss a revival of the automobile industry and its broad economic ripple effects. Kittredge says auto recovery precedes general business, boosting textiles, tire production, steel, rubber, glass, hardware, paints, and other goods as demand returns in New England and beyond.
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L. H. Kittridge
Peerless Motor Car Company
John L. Snow
Beacon Motor Car Company
New England
Mr. Kittredge
America
United States
Akron
Green Peace Estate in South Boston Home of Howe
In 1841 Longfellow visited with Julia Ward Howe and Charles Sumner at the Perkins Institution. The Howes later settled near the campus, creating the Green Peace Estate with a lush garden and hothouse. Notable visitors included Horace Mann Wendell Phillips and John Brown.
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Longfellow
Boston
Julia Ward
Julia Ward Howe
Charles Sumner
Miss Ward
Dr. Howe
Europe
Perkins Institution
Laura Bridgman
South Boston
Wendell Phillips
Horace Mann
Howes
Mary Peabody
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wiliam Lloyd Garrison
John A. Andrew
John Brown
Second Death From Sleeping Sickness In Springfield
Springfield reports the second death from sleeping sickness in a week. Miss Bridget Breen, 88, died after a week in hospital. Prominent Grove’s Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets advertised with the remedy and price.
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Springfield
Bridget Breen
GROVE
E. W. Grove
Daylight Saving Backed by Bay State Auto Club
At the Hotel Buckminster luncheon A Lincoln Filene urged daylight saving and a Bay State Automobile Association vote endorsed the daylight saving law. A formal resolution approved unanimously called for lobbying Boston Chamber of Commerce and the legislative plan. Farmers were noted as the main opposition though not based on facts.
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A. Lincoln Filene
Bay State Automobile A&ssociation
Buckminster
Filene
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Three Year Terms Adopted For New Hampshire Selectmen
Governor Albert O Brown signed a bill allowing towns in Concord New Hampshire to elect selectmen for three year terms. The law becomes effective at the March town meetings and changes the tenure length for local governance.
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Concord
N. H
Albert O. Brown
Senate
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Norfolk, Va
Meriden, Conn
Naval
Metropolitan Coal Co
The
Metropolitan Coal Company
the White Company
Cleveland
Commonwealth Ave
Lionett & Myers Tobacco Co
Peerless Co
BY William Justin Mann
Bay State Auto Ass'n
Homer’s Optical Department
Homer
William S. Shaffer
Aubee J. Lloyd Co
Winter Street
Simmons Cor
Simmons
New York
Atlanta
Chicago
Kenosha
San Francisco
Montreal
Wis
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