Laws for Hunters Protect Game and Regulate Foreign Poaching
Complaints of off season killing and ferrets prompt a new law restricting unnaturalized foreign born residents from hunting without a $15 license. The licensure, annual fees, and posted restrictions govern hunting, trapping, and sale of game with fines up to $20 for violations and bans on killing specific birds and selling partridge and woodcock.
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Perecon
Commonwealth
Commissioners On Fisheries and Game
The
The Fortress by Will Levington Comfort
A vigorous portrait of a heroic newspaper man forms the centerpiece of The Fortress a new action story by Will Levington Comfort. The piece notes Comforts wartime reporting background and frames the tale as a vivid blend of love and war split between duty and danger in Lippincotts Magazine September issue.
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Young
Will Levington Comfort
The Fortress novel praised for wartime realism and bold heroine
A September Lippincott's Magazine review lauds a wartime novel about Port Arthur. It highlights battle scenes, famine, and a female war correspondent who drives the plot and even wins hearts. The piece commends the work for its powerful depiction and character guidance.
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Port Arthur
Keith's Theatre Presents Colonial Septet in Week of Aug 28
Keith's vaudeville bill features the Colonial Septet a seven member musical play in three scenes with Halloween themes and stunning costumes. Also on the program Berzac's Circus a revolving horse table act Thompson and Vidocq Spissell Brothers and Mack Jane Courthope and company in A Fisherman's Luck Mark Sullivan Staley and Brockman Miral Von Wenzl Barr and Evans with new comedy sketches and a full kinetograph night of motion pictures.
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Keith
Hallowe’en
Berzac
Thompson and
Vidocq
Spissell Brothers
Mack
Jane Courthope
Company
Mark Sullivan
Staley and Brockman
Miral von Wenzl
Barr and Evans
Scarcity of Help Halts Marlboro Shoe Factories
Marlboro shoe manufacturers report severe help shortages this summer. Cutting rooms suffer most as there are not enough cutters and traveling shoemakers are unreliable. Foremen note idle shoemakers are rare, with paydays bringing more departures than arrivals. The entire plant runs at full capacity, with red tags common and strong demand for workers across departments.
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Marlboro
West Part
Shoe Town
Lotty
Barn Warming at Osgood Home After New Structure
A barn warming was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Osgood on Robin Hill road Saturday evening with guests from Hudson and Marlboro. The new barn had just been completed after the old one burned recently. A bean supper ran 5 to 7 pm followed by dancing from 8 pm to near midnight, with ice cream and cake served. Guests were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. George R. Osgood.
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George E. Osgood
Robin Hill Road
Hudson and Marlboro
Mr. Osgood
George R. Osgood
Dagger Money and the Old Justice Escort Custom
A London Mail note recalls how traveling judges once needed guards between Newcastle and Carlisle. The guard payment evolved into “dagger money,” a coin given by Newcastle’s mayor as a curious souvenir of this historical survival in judicial travel.
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Newcastle
Carlisle
London Mail
Oldest shoe shop in Danvers birthplace of Gen Putnam
Danvers Massachusetts hosts the old Putnam shoe shop near the Newburyport turnpike marked by a bronze tablet from the Danvers Historical Society. Daniel Putnam began making wholesale shoes after the Revolution, with prices for lasts, thread, and wages noted. the site now part of the Putnam barn. Visitors may view historic tools, benches, and factory signs at the society rooms. Also mentions Putnam family legacy and a rail promotion to Denver via Nickel Plate Road for the G A R Encampment with travel details.
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Putnam Shop
Danvers
Mass
Newburyport Turnpike
Danvers Historical Society
Daniel Putnam
Daniel
Ahira
D. F. Putnam & Co
Putnam
Boston and Maine Railroad Timetable July 26 1905
Train departures from Boston and connections to South Acton Concord Maynard Hudson Marlboro and West Acton listed with numerous daily and Sunday times for multiple stops including junctions Whitman Crossing and Acton areas. Details cover flag stations Fitchburg via Central Mass and various branches with select Saturday and Sunday services.
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Boston
South Acton
Concord
West Acton
Je. Hudson
Whitman
Maynard
Whitman's Crossing
Hudson
Fitchburg
Central Mass
Marlboro
Geneed
Hotyer
D. J. Flanders
G. P
T. A
Northboro
Clinton
Leominster
Ee South Framm
Telburg
Low Round Trip Fares to Portland via Nickel Plate Route
Round trip tickets to Portland Oregon via Nickel Plate Road offered with daily sales through Septem ber 28th and favorable return privileges. Slightly higher rates available for routing through California. Corrections list June 11. Trains schedule Marlboro to Boston and branches with frequent morning and evening departures including Sundays.
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Denver
Nickel Plate Road
G. A. R. National
L. P. Burgess
Old South Bidg
Boston
Mass
Portland
Oregon
California
Old South Bldg
Concord to Hudson Time Table 1904
A 1904 schedule lists daily routes from Concord to Hudson with many stops including Concord Junction Westvale Switch Maynard Sudbury Street Stow Centre Gleasondale and Hudson. The timetable begins Monday Sept 26 1904 and notes changes possible without notice and Sunday timing details for the Concord to Hudson service and return trips.
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Concord
Hudson
Concord Junction
Westvale
P. m. Maynard
Sudbury
P. Stow
Sudbury Street
Wentvale
Berg
I Cas
Tosh
Sudbury Gee
Stow Center
Saa
We Tesh
Iho
Tio Rao
S Ta
Gleasondale
Conco Hudson
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Eastern Mfg. Co
Charles Parker Tucker
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T. 8
Geo. A. Dyer
Higgins
Marl
Mirlboro
Boston & Maine Railroad
Y. N. HW. & H. Railroad
Taunton
Southboro
South
South Framingham
Clinton and
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Sundove
Fayville
Framingham
Lowell
South Sudbury
Racine Water Co
Racine, Wis
Wichita Water Co
Wichita, Kansas
Kokomo Water Works Co
Kokomo, Ind
Portsmouth,Berkley & Suffolk Water Co
Portsmouth
City Water Co
East St. Louis
Granite City
Ill
American Water Works and Guarantee Co— Toi
John L. Stone
West Main St
Marlborough, Mass
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
C. J. Flanders
Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt
Iconcord, Maynard & Hudson 8Stry. CO
John W. Ogden
Marlborough Savings Bank
Sams
Charles F. Holyoke
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