Marlboro Beats Hyde Park 3 to 1 In Prospect Street Game
Hyde Park fell to the Marlboros 3 to 1 before about 1000 spectators on Saturday. Burns pitched well for Hyde Park, with strong defense by Kenney and Hayes. Marlboro relied on timely hitting in the first inning and solid fielding to limit Hyde Park to a single run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboros
Hyde Park
Marliboros
Burns
Kenney
Rockland
Taunton
Davy Hayes
High Hop
Eld
Tansey
Ap ¥Reau
Battery
Tweed
Gworthy
Teed
F. Tweed
Bennett
Dean
W. Tweed
Vyne Park
Scott
W. Teed
Marlboro
Hyde ‘Park
Maynard Goods Visit Noted In Local Item
A fragment mentions Maynard and a goods exchange or display, hinting at a local trade or event involving Maynard and goods in the area.
Hyde Park Baseball Notes From Local Contests
Phrases recall Hyde Park players and rivals in recent games. Supple umpiring praised, Drinkwater and Teed brothers mentioned with temperance quips. Marlboro pitcher strong while Shamus O’Brien bold in late hot ball. Daley, Dowd, and Davy Ingalls referenced in various efforts as Lincolns fall to Rockland and Waltham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
Coffey
Polata
Hyde Park
William Supple
Paul Radford
Marlboro
Lincolns
Waltham
Lincoln
Watch City
Marlboro Boys
Drainage of Land Emphasized by Massachusetts Expert
In July crop report the State Board of Agriculture features Prof. Wm. P. Brooks on land drainage. He promotes tile underdrains as superior, explains water table effects on root air, and provides full installation guidance and tile specifications for Massachusetts farms. Copies available by request from J. Lewis Hilsworth, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Wm. P. Brooks
Mass, Agricultural Experiment Station
J. Lewis Hilsworth
State House
Boston
Brooks
Massachusetts
Maine Resorts and Divisions Map Couriered
Fragmented OCR lists Maine and Atlantic resort regions including Bangor Rockland Portland Kennebec Wastern and International divisions. It mentions Bath Sheepscot Bay Casco Lake Wastern Maine St John New Brunswick and Newfoundland with odd spellings and stray names.
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Bangor
Rockland
Bar Clarbor
Tehobscot Bay
Woods and Lakes
Maine
Portland
Nations Playground
Poland Spring
Esas Lake
Casco
White Mountain
Kennebec
Bath
Popham Beach
Angus
Kennebec River
Sheepscot Bay
Lake
Mountain
St. John
N. B
Beewon Island
Newfoundland
Siew Og T
Ito Rat Issenger
Turkish minister recalled as Mundji Bey takes charge in New York
Mehmed Ali Bey confirms recall from Washington amid turmoil surrounding his father Izzet Pasha. Mundji Bey appointed charge of affairs in New York as operation pivots on locating Izzet Pasha and potential arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Turkey
Associated Press
London
Mundji Bey
Mundgi Bey
Iscet Pasha
Mehmed Bey
Izzet ‘Pasha
Commercial Tribunal
Izzet Pasha
Foreign Office
the Waldorf
Moutran Pasha
Mundi Bey
Tazet Pasha
Watchorn
Navy Gunboat Ranger Commissioned in Philippines
The gunboat Ranger, one of the oldest vessels in the navy, has been placed in commission at Cavite in the Philippine islands. It will sail to the Atlantic coast via the Suez canal to join the nautical school of Massachusetts. The Ranger is an iron and wooden barkentine built before steel ships.
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Washington
Ranger
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Atlantic
Suez Canal
Nautical School
Massachusetts
Man Known as Hasty Dies After Train Collision Near Jamestown
In Worcester Massachusetts on August 12 a railroad worker employed by contractors on the Boston and Albany line was found dead on the tracks near Jamestown station. He died shortly after from injuries believed to be caused by a train strike. He was identified only by the nickname Hasty by his employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Boston and Albany
Jamestown Station
Lightning claims Maine youth in road wagon incident
During a severe storm in Madison Maine on August 12 Joseph Delile Jr age 17 was struck by lightning while riding on a wagon loaded with oats. The spark set the load ablaze and killed the oxen and the youth. His father was knocked unconscious.
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Maine
Madison
Joseph Delile, Jr
Dee
Boston Bandits Suspected in Methuen Double Murder
Police canvass within three quarters of a mile of the crime scene yields no new facts. Hearers reported pistol shots but investigations find no solid clues. Two men named Craigan were questioned and released as a posse searches for four suspicious figures tied to a prior Jamaica Plain case.
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Methuen
Mass
Charles H. Emerson
Frank McDermott
Jamaica Plain
Bostona
Thomas
Henry Craigan
Providence
Lowell Road
Gordon
Lowell
Fifteen Men Robbed by Highwaymen Near Stirling City
In California on August 12, fifteen Diamond Match Company employees were held up on the road from Stirling City to the Feather River camp. Two highwaymen robbed the group of about $400 and nearly equal value in valuables after dark as they returned with their pay. The robbers escaped.
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Reding
Cal
Stirling City
Diamond Match Company
Feather River
Match Company
Portsmouth Sailors Visit Manchester Mills and Beach
Governor Lloyd hosted officers of the battleship New Hampshire for an automobile tour to Manchester to inspect textile mills and attend a banquet. Three hundred sailors were transported to Hampton Beach by state funds for a clambake and special privileges at amusement resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Portsmouth
N. H
New Hampshire
Lloyd
Manchester
Hampton Beach
Bank Janitor Confesses To $8500 Thefts
George Wilcox, a former National Bank of Commerce janitor, confessed in Kansas City to stealing $8500 from the bank on April 25 1907. He had shown frugality then sudden luxury buying lots and a modern home after leaving the bank last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George Wilcox
National Bank of Commerce
Wilcox
Steamship Southwark Strikes Bottom in Dense Fog
Quebec Aug 12 reports the steamer Southwark bound for Liverpool from Montreal struck bottom on the outer edge of Froteau bay west of the Strait of Belle Isle entrance in fog. The Ottawa from Liverpool to Montreal assisted with passengers aboard. A wrecking tug has been dispatched to aid the Southwark.
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Quebec
Southwark
Montreal
Liverpool
Froteau Bay
Strait of Belle Isle
Stestmner
Ottawa
Counterfeit Currency Warns of Clever Executions
Chief Wilkie of the secret service warns that francs of bad currency are circulating in Texas Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi. Five dollar national bank notes have been raised to twenty dollars and are circulating freely.
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Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Wilkie
Secret Service
National Bank
Local notices scatter across towns in regional update
Vicinity News reports a contested tax rate probe and city department concerns in Lowell. Mansfield notes George B. Fisher recalling a boyhood turtle with initials, supported by his brother H. R. Fisher. Uxbridge praises Raymond Hill’s old home week design. Leominster records a near miss as a runaway horse hits an electric car. no serious injury. Grafton hosts the Hunt family reunion at Stowe farm. Oxford tells of Percy Arnold’s cow Bess tangled in barbed wire. Spencer announces Jeremiah R. Kane as associate justice in East Brookfield. Baldwinville reports about $1,000 in road damage from a storm. Holyoke lifts rainfall driven consumption restrictions by the power company.
Miller girl returns to Webster after brief elopement
Rosie Miller left Webster three months ago and told her father she would marry Louis Leith, a 20 year old Italian convert to Judaism. She is understood to have returned to Webster with only small thoughts of her former lover.
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Lynn
Rosie Miller
Webster
Louis Leith
Congressman's Panama Canal talk at Chestnut Hill meeting
Congressman E. H. Gillett of Springfield spoke on the Panama Canal at the Chestnut Hill association annual meeting held Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATHOL
E. H. Gillett
Springfield
Panama Canal
Chestnut Hill Association
Gardner Paul H Johnson Rescues Child From Runaway Horse
Paul H Johnson of Waterbury Conn stopped a runaway horse owned by Joseph Nelson on a Sunday saving nine year old Irene Nelson from being thrown from a buggy. Johnson is noted as an athlete with many records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Paul H . Johnson
Hmself
Joseph Nelson
Irene Nelson
Johnson
Waerbury
Conn
Plan for industrial education adopted by Fitchburg schools
The Fitchburg school board approves a new industrial education plan with William B. Hunter of Rosindale hired to oversee. Students alternate weekly between shop work and classroom study under the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
William B.hunter
Rosindale
Spencer Gas and Electric to Cut Electricity Price
Spencer Gas and Electric Light Co will reduce the rate from 20 to 15 cents per kilowatt as competition looms with the E. E. Stone Lumber and Box Co set to open a plant. Local residents cite rivalry as the driver of the price drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Spencer Gas & Electric Light Co
E. E. Stone Lumber and Box Co
Six Cent Fare Approved For Newton Street Railway
Natick officials report the railroad commissioners have approved the six cent fare for the Newton Street railway system. People in Kesley Natick Hopkinton Framingham and Ashland express disappointment.
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Natick
Newton St
Kesley
Hopkinton
Framingham
Ashland
Cows Die on Trapello Road Possibly Struck by Lightning
Three cows found dead on Trapello road may have been killed by lightning rather than poisoning. A chemist has been given the stomachs for analysis and a decision is expected in several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Trapello
Weston Clergy Exchange Sermon at Unitarian Church
Rev Laurence Hayward of the First Religious Society Newburyport preached in the Unitarian church in exchange with Rev Mr Russell. Hayward is the son of Rev BE F Hayward of Marlboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Laurence Hayward
First Religious Society
Newburyport
Unitarian
Mr. Russell
BE. F. Hayward
Marlboro
Leominster Fire Captain Predicts Friday Night Blaze
Edward O'Brien, captain of the hook and ladder company, says Leominster is due for a good fire and that it will come on a Friday night. Edwards desires an alibi if his prediction proves true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leominster
Edward O’brien
Hook and Ladder Company
Edwards
Sterling Farmers Club Plans Fall Fair With Higher Premiums
The Sterling Farmers' club trustees approved a fall fair and the premium list committee voted to double the amount awarded last year, boosting prize money available to exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Sterling Farmers’ Club
Committee On Premium
Sawyer Bartlett reunion set for last Wednesday in August
Berlin residents announce a Sawyer Bartlett reunion to be held at the old stone house in West Berlin on the last Wednesday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sawyer-Bartlett
Old Stone House
West Berlin
Ice Cream Poisoning Probe Near Main Street
Suspected ptomaine poisoning cases linked to a public ice cream parlor on Main Street were reported to the Fitchburg board of health. Police questioned attendees as investigators sought the source of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Main St
Board of Health
Ice Cream Wobble Investigation Clashes Over Prices
An investigation found ice cream caused wobbling among many people while a local company undercuts rivals by steering pricing. Allegations claim disposal of off color cream by the rival signals a decisive loss for the war in the market.
Brookfield Swimmer Sets 134 Mile Wharf Dash Record
Frank Stone of Brookfield reportedly swam from Mill Wharf to Oakland Garden Wharf covering 134 miles in 1 hour 17 minutes setting a bold endurance mark in local water sport history.
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Brookfield
Frank Stone
Mill Wharf
Oakland Garden ‘Wharf
Peter Molka Claims Gold Find Near Poland Street
Webster notes Peter Molka of Poland Street says he found gold while digging a trench near his home. He adds that he believes the discovery may be genuine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Peter Molka
Poland
Peter
Eagles excursion draws five hundred to Nantas ket beach
About 500 people joined the Eagle's outing to Nantas ket beach on Sunday, enjoying a day by the shore and a community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
The
Eagle
Nantasket Beach
Milford Pastor Celebrates 35th Anniversary at Nipmuce Park
Rev. David P. McGrath of St Marys church marks 35 years as pastor with an outing for parish children and their parents at Nipmuce Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
David P. McGrath
Nipmuce Park
Barbers Split Over Union Card in Waltham Shops
Local barbers clash over union cards as most shops display them. A Boston union representative removed nearly all cards, leaving a 10 cent price in non union shops and 15 cents in union shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Boston Union
Grange Field Day Set With Middlesex Pomona at Lake Whalem
The Massachusetts state Grange will hold a field day with Middlesex Pomona at Lake Whalem on August 17. Speakers include Aaron Jones, Indiana past national master, Dr. H. O. Hadley master of the New Hampshire State Grange, and Dr. Twitchell of Maine. A basket lunch will be served.
Townsend finds $600 then returns it to owner
John Stewart Townsend recently picked up a snug sum of 600 dollars dropped by an autoist. The finder proved the money and returned it, but the owner who presented the money later suffered a severe heart enlargement as a result of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
John Stewart
Vacation travel rises on Eastern Steamship routes
Vacations rise steadily on all arms of the Eastern Steamship line with a peak by next week or soon after and a recession not starting until late August. The International division offers Maine coast visits and St John New Brunswick trips aboard Gov Cobb Camden and Calvin Austin. Regular Boston departures at Union Wharf include 9 AM coastwise sailings and 12 noon direct sailings on Mondays and Thursdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Steamship Company
Eastern Steamship Lines
International
Maine
Portland
Eastport
Lubec
St. John
N. B
Gov. Cobb and Camden
Coastwise
Calvin Austin
Boston
St.John
Union Wharf
Bangor
Foster's Wharf
Rockland
Bar Harbor
Blue Hill
Sedgwick
Kennebec
Popham Beach
Bath Augusta
Ransom B. Fuller
Bath
Tiffany Building to Be Remodeled Into Theater
Southbridge owners Joseph Danette and Archie Laverdiere plan remodeling the upper portion of the block into a theater, aiming to repurpose the Tiffany building and attract new entertainment offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southbridge
Joseph Danette
Archie Laverdiere
Tiffany
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Gishaear Wien
Boylston Street
Amo& Désirable
Ramon Dit
Pepaerinrced
Packan
H. E. Hibbard
Boylston ST
Ness Tee
Comer
Aed
Graham
Pitman
Chandler
Se- Suick
Oxford
E. Comer
Prospect
Boro Boys
Yansey
Favreau
Hayes
Hyde
Park Ab
Lee
Abe
Chit
Evans
Dowd
Drinkwater
O’brien
Ted
W.' Supe
Maynard
the Eastern Steamship CO
Maritime Provinces
Vicinity News
Mansfield
George B. Fisher
H. R. Fisher
George
Uxbridge
Old Home Week
Raymond Hill
John Evans
Grafton
Hunt
Stowe Farm
Percy Arnold
Bess
Mr. Arnold
Jeremiah R. Kane
Court of Western
Baldwinville
Holyoke
RE. H. Macy & CO
Macy Aes
New Y
Macy’s
New W York
Eastern Steamship Excursion
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