Reunion Honors Old Marlboro Schoolhouse Legacy
An Marlboro reunion commemorates the Old North red schoolhouse with speakers including William Barnard 86, and remarks on past schooling, manners, and community growth. Organizers form an association with William Maynard elected president and a large turnout remarks on heritage and value of local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wi.ard
William Barnard
Marlboro
Harriet N. Baker
Axie Sawyer
Ruth P.barnes
Cyrus Brigham
John L. Jewell
Wm. Maynard
Maynard
Lorenzo Maynard
Arnold
Elbridge Wilkins
Spruce IV The Challenger Seawanhaka Cup Race Preview
The Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club small waters race pits Spruce IV and other small American and British boats in September for the international challenge cup. The event emphasizes Corinthian sport with single-handed amateur crews and modest budgets, stressing seamanship and nerve over money.
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Powe
Tally Pelmota
Defender
Valkyrie
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club
J. Arthur Brand
New York World
Owney the Postal Dog Sets World Trip Route
Owney the postal clerk's dog begins a round the world voyage starting from Tacoma. He visits Alaska and Hongkong aboard ships with Assistant Postmaster Stockings arranging the trip. At 15 years old he has travelled widely since a clerk tied a Be kind to Owney tag.
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Owney
United States
Tacoma
Alaska
Stockings
Hongkong
Victoria
John Panton
London
India
Suez
New York
A Woman's Take on Jim Corbett and Waterloo
A Macon correspondent in the New York Journal quotes a woman predicting Corbett will be whipped, comparing him to Napoleon and noting Dallas as Waterloo. The exchange shifts to Fitzsimmons, who was divorced and remarried, prompting a wish for his defeat.
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Jim Corbett
Napoleon
Josephine
Dallas
Waterloo
Fitzsimmons
Macon
New York Journal
New Woman Says She Will Watch Legislature
A line from the Atlanta Constitution quotes a new woman declaring she will seek recreation by watching the legislature and killing a few bills. She notes thoughts of her husband while shopping, gifting china, and family moments, in a witty exchange.
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Atlanta Constitution
Gray Gables Oysters Trademark Question
A Buzzards Bay fisherman asks if the title Gray Gables Oysters, linked to a summer home, can be used as a label for his oysters. He wonders whether the president has copyrighted the title and if objection would be automatic, noting broader implications for bay fishermen seeking trademarks.
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Buzzards Bay
Gray Gables
Baltimore American
Lucky Miss Fair and Mises Virginia Fair Front Page
A Chicago Dispatch remark notes Lucky Miss Fair and Mises Virginia Fair earning front page attention for bicycle and golf records, a notably active bank account, and a mention of Colonel Brice's son in a vivid, opinionated item.
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Mises
Virginia Fair
Colonel Brice
Chicago Dispatch
Drought Famine Years in Egypt Began in Year B 1708
The article notes that seven years of drought and famine in Egypt, as recorded in Genesis, began in the year designated as B. 1708. The piece discusses biblical chronology and its dating within ancient famine narratives.
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Egypt
Ingenious Little Folk Flower Imitation Stem
A playful craft describes using a candle to form wax drops that become small white cups resembling lily of the valley bells. By threading cups on curved wire and arranging them with green paper leaves in a vase, a lifelike stem of lily cups is created.
The Tee he Girl by Ela Wheeler Wilcox
A playful poem about a pretty maiden who answers with a giggling Tee he he and Tee he he he in every mood from happy to tired. The speaker notes her habit contrasts with earnest moments and imagines whimsical fates if her giggle were to fade.
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Ela Wheeler Wilcox
St. Nicholas
Moon and Clouds A Bedtime Conversation
Gerald and his mother discuss the moon’s moods as it hides and reappears behind clouds. They compare the moon’s expressions to a cross boy, noting clouds alter faces just as moods do, with Gerald recalling his own cloudy days.
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Gerald
Mamma
Annie Isabel Willis
Question on Gravitation Creates Unified Falling Speed
A Philadelphia Times reader asks which falls first from a height five pounds lead or half a pound. The answer: they hit ground together, as gravity acts equally on all bodies regardless of weight. Air resistance affects lighter objects like a feather, but in vacuum all bodies fall at same rate. The force of gravitation is constant and pervades the universe.
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Philadelphia Times
Didn't Understand the Button
A Texas Siftings item notes a hotel clerk puzzled by a broken electric bell. A guest complains the handle is missing and tries to grip the device with pliers in a humorous, rural-tinged scene.
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Texas Siftings
Chautauqua Women’s Club Expands and Plans Library
The Chau tauqua Women’s Club, eight years old, founded by Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller, grows to about 60 members with plans to reach 100. It funds reference books for homemaking civic questions and religion, and the library will soon be housed in Higgins hall. Also mentions the New England fair at Portland Maine with livestock exhibits, turf events, and North Atlantic squadron, plus reduced rail fares from Boston and Maine railroad. DeWitts Colic Cure promotion noted.
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Chautauqua Women’s Club
Emily Huntington Miller
Higgins Hall
Higgins
Olean
F. 8. Smith
New York
O. T. Higgins
New England
Portland
North Atlantic Squadron
Boston and Maine Railroad
Old Orchard
Judge Shipp’s Clam Court Boldly Declares Clam a Deadly Weapon
In North Carolina a superior court rotation brings Judge Shipp to a coastal circuit where a clam supper triggers illness and a courtroom moment. The affray case hinges on whether a pistol is deadly, but the judge rules a clam is deadly without further proof.
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North Carolina
Shipp
Manly
Parting with Himself at Petersburg War Scene
An old soldier recounts a harrowing moment after a battle before Petersburg. He loses a leg to a shell. a cart of amputated limbs passes by, and he recognizes his own limb among them. He recalls the moment as a sad parting and the black horse that hauls his leg to its final resting place.
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Petersburg
Pittsburg Dispatch
Clock with bells and a milkman’s bell sings at night
A humorous ad from the jewelers circular describes a clock that at 10 AM rings bells and a bird sings, then a customer asks for custom changes for his daughter’s room. The revised clock would toll at 11 PM with a milkman’s bell and a newsboy shouting Morning papers.
Poet Bryant Charmed by Tiny Literary Pay
The Chicago Chronicle notes Bryant earned only two dollars per poem for his early work. A man in New York later boasted paying twenty dollars for the earliest edition, which Bryant quipped surpassed his lifetime earnings for the entire collection.
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Bryant
New York
Chicago Chronicle
Meaning of Kindly Fruits of the Earth in Prayer Text
The phrase kindly fruits of the earth once meant of its kind, indicating fruits each after its kind. Modern usage lacks definite meaning due to shifts in the word kindly’s significance since original writing.
Read Thoroughly Do Not Rush Your Book Study
A Victorian admonition quotes Lord Chesterfield on deep reading. It urges readers to focus on one topic, reread passages twice, and master the subject before moving on to ensure lasting comprehension and recall.
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Lord Chesterfield
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S. F. Howe
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Nathan Russell
William Maynard
Hudson
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Savillian Rnold
Charles F. Barnard
E. M. Stowe
L. Pe Ellithorpe
Wo .Maynard
B. F. Folsom
Spruce IV
The
Tee-he Girl
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Gro. C. Kirchner
Snediker Ave
Brooklyn
South Acton, Mass
Irene W. W. Taylor
Caroline A. Allard
Middlesex County Registry of Deeds
Southern District
Acton
Fitchburg Railroad
John Fletcher
Said Fletcher
Frank Pratt
Pratt
Sai Pratt
Josiah Reed
Said Pratt
J. H. Barker
A. A. Barker
Brooks
Wall
Barker
Alex Allan
Theo. Goding
Allan
Dana Heyward
Railroad Company
Midlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Caroline A, Allard
Renest Hosmer
D. D
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N. B
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Maynard, Mass
Sheehan
M. E.sheshan
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Arthur E. Walker
Abel
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Vermont
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Darling
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Scotch
Tecole and
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