Rainy Paris People Cheerful In Spite Of Weather
A vivid scene from Paris shows children Helene and Henri enjoying rain with umbrellas and capuchons while a baby rides in a go cart despite the drizzle. The description contrasts French cheerful resilience with weather, drawing a lively snapshot from Harper's Bazar March 16 1908 and a local petition from N Sudbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur
la Petite
Helene
Henri
Honne
Nunu
Lebebe
Harper'’s Bazar
New York City Faces Food Waste and Massive Engineering Costs
The New York Herald notes daily food waste enough to feed 500000 people and highlights about 600 million dollars spent on new city engineering works, more than triple the Panama canal’s cost. It cites a surplus of Stradivarius violins and about 13000 hotel-living women relieved of housekeeping duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New Engineering Works
Panama Canal
New York
Antonius Stradivarius
Herald
Public notice of view hearing for B M R R Concord Sudbury
Massachusetts Middlesex County Commissioners order a view and hearing on a petition affecting Concord and Sudbury. The May 4 1908 view at 9 50 AM will be held at Concord Station Fitchburg Division. Sheriff deputies to notify towns and publish in Concord Enterprise three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Suilbury
Sudbury
Maynard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Cambridge
Concord
Fitchburg
Advertising as the dynamic power of retail business
Quote from Robin C. Ogden in John Wanamaker's address before the Merchants' Association of New York. He states that retail success rests on merchandise service and advertising, with advertising identified as the dynamic force driving commerce. The trio are equally important.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin C. Ogden
John Wanamaker
Epdaorl
Erchants’ Association of N. Y
Concord Town Meeting Adopts Salary Reductions and Budgets
The annual town meeting chose Prescott Keyes as moderator and elected officers including tree warden Henry P. Richardson and library trustees. A salary-reduction plan for town officials was approved, and numerous appropriations were set for schools roads fire police library and public works. Also noted were the rifle range committee and a cattle show building sale, with a Woman's Club meeting preceding the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott Keyes
Tree
Henry P. Richardson
George A. King
Edward W. Emerson
Loren B. MacDonald
Chas
Francis Adams
Mortimer EB. Twomey
Sleepy Hollow
John L. Gilmore
Edoward W. Emerson
Edward J. Bartlett
Andrew R. ‘Maker
George H. Wright
Joseph F. Carr
Alvah G. Wheeler
Myron T. Carrigan
Geo. E. Jones
William Foss
Cyrus Fletcher
Albert BE. Wood
Newton D. Gross
Richard F. Wood
Robert W. Browning
G W. Kennedy
Albert B. Wood
G. V. Kennedy
Harvey Wheeler
Woodward Hudson
Loring N. Fowler
Leonard Metcalf
Concord
Public Library Fund
Board of Health
Virginia Road
Strawberry Hill
Frank Wheler
John M. Keyes
Supreme Judicial Court upholds horse sale note ruling
Georgianna Haynes and Sidney Haynes of Sudbury v Temple involved a 1904 horse sale for 400 with three notes. The SJC sustained the defendant’s exceptions and voided the Lowell verdict, recognizing a right to sue on the first two notes and later take the horses on the third. Attorneys were J. J. Shaughnessy and F. P. O'Donnell for the defendant and A. A. Wyman for the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianna Haynes
Sidney T. Haynes
Sudbury
Joseph P. Temple
Lowell
Supreme Judicial Court
Temple
Mr. Temple
J. J. Shaughnessy
F. P. O'Donnell
A. A. Wyman
Boston
Trustees Discharged to Form Bromfield School Trustees
Probate Judge William T Forbes discharges Rev Henry H Parker and others as trustees of Margaret Bromfield Blanchards will. They will organize a Massachusetts corporation named Trustees of the Bromfield school to shield Harvard property from taxation and preserve income for the school. Blanchard died thirty years ago leaving an estate over $100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Forbes
Henry H. Parker
Meadville
Henry Bromfield Cabot
Boston
Warren H. Fairbanks
Harvard
George H. Fletcher
Clinton
Herbert J. Harwood
Littleton
Arthur D. Hill
Henry Parkman
Joseph P. Sheare
Denison R. Slate
Chestnut Hill
Margaret Bromfield Blanchard
Bromfield School
Massachusetts
Tax sale notice for Lincoln properties in 1908
The Lincoln collector of taxes gives public notice that unpaid 1907 real estate taxes on parcels in Lincoln Middlesex will be offered at public auction on May 2, 1908, at 3 30 pm at the Town House. Two listed tracts include 82 acres near Trapelo Road and Cambridge Water Basin and a three acre tract near Fitchburg Division. Charles Wheeler is the collector. Elisha Harringtons heirs listed with tax 0.96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Amanda T. Hunter
G. A .A. Pevey
Five Minute Notice Leads Actor to Sub for Missing Script
Morton L. Stevens of the Boston theatre stock company stood in for a speaking part in The Sign of the Cross at five minutes notice. He had not seen the manuscript but delivered the lines, earning praise in the Boston American Observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton L. Stevens
Boston Theatre Stock Company
Boston American
Marlboro notes of residents and events
Marlboro community notices list visits and movements of residents from Nashua Cochituate Needham Natick and Boston. Local moves include a Sanborn house painting and a Clinton street lease. Social events mention a Red Men ball a D V dancing party and a pool tournament setup by F C Curtis camp 8 of V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Tarbell
Sanborn
Church St
Charles H. Stevens
Lincoln and Howland Sts
Edward Gregoire
Lincoln
Longley
Curtis Camp
Jack the Hugger
Huntington
Estabrook Aves
James O'Connell
Curtis
Palmer
Court Marlboro
F. of A
John Gorman
Lizzie Lowden
Natick
Ernest Mansmann
Henry Hollis, Hastings Sr
Clinton St
Irving Davis
Boston
Shawmut Ave
Union Orchestra
Lake Chauncy
Henry Fahey
Edward Gately
Ringold Sr
George B. Whitney
Bowdoin Medical School
John C. Whitney
Ernest Burke
Brockton
John Burke
Maplewood Ave
James Hogan
Pleasant Sr
Brighton
Boston & Albany
Mabel Hayden
Marlboro Hospital
Hayden St
Thomas Keenan
Bond’s Market
Nellie McGarry
Ringold St
E. J. Elliott
Lincoln St
Mary Sullivan
Agnes Sullivan
Cotling Ave
Baltimore Md
St. Joseph's Training School
Jennie
Henry Cole Elm Sr
Stevens
Thomas Doyle
Chestnut Sr
Pleasant St
Tom
Worcester
Mary
Parsons
D. of V
G. A. R. Hall
Gately
Ada Brown
Blanche McDonough
Pearl Parker
Fashion Notes From New York For Easter Tailors
Gene De Pontad details busy preparations for Easter wardrobes. Tailors show imported fabrics and elaborate gowns including grey blue mirage and white net yokes, with many coats lacking linings below the waist. Spring dresses feature pleats, gores, and Diaphanous lace coats. Cluny and Irish lace remain popular, while millinery favors pinks reds and champagne tones with gloves and shoes to match.
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Gene DE Pontad
Valenciennes
Paris
Accessorica
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Hudson
L. E. Dufur
New Haster
L. H. Huntley
N. Sudbury
Theo
C. Hurd
Aera
Theo. C. Hurd
Chas. G. Whitman
Town Meeting
Officers Chicsen and
Appro
Horace Tuttle
Concord Woman’s Club
Myer Bloomfield
Lenwood
G. R. Hall & Co
Marlboro
Albert Vanderhoof
A. D. Holt
Supreme Judicial
H. J. Evenson
Waldem Street
Mass
Collector’s Office
Gibson
MACY
Batiste
Devoto
Br, H. Macy & CO
C. Curtis
Joseph Landry
Nashua
N. H
Cochituate
WOR Weekly
NEW York Letter
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