Notable Local Movements and Employment Shifts
A roundup of residents changing jobs or locations. Mrs J moves to Boston with Edward Beaudry at Curtis factory. Marty ends service at Paroel's drug store. Dr John F writes from Vienna noting studies go well. D M Neenan extends Bond's service. Bernard Mullen touring with Ethel Barrymore company slated to Worcester early January then Boston. Michael Corcoran at Sawyer Mann electric lamp factory in NYC. Daniel Toomey at Howard Picture Co Boston. F D Scribner of Maynard ends mill job and plans to move. Peter Cahill takes post in Diamond F sole leather room. Andrew Smith relocates furniture from Howland to Pearl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Barrymore Company
Worcester
Boston
Michael Corcoran
Sawyer-Mann Electric Lamp
New York City
Daniel Toomey
Harvard St
Howard Picture Co
Peter Cahill
Neal St
Diamond F
Andrew Smith
Howland
Pearl St
Local residents move and socialize in town updates
Frank Carpenter departs for Bennington Vermont to serve as pianist at Salisbury Moving Picture Show. Miss Minnie Blake ends service at Webber's Bread. George E B Hicks moves to 21 Front Street. Damase Boule works in the lasting room at J A Frye factory. J H King sharpens 40 horses' shoes on Liberty Street. Miss Ethel E Proctor spends Christmas vacation with parents on Elm Street. Chiso club elects officers Eugene Menard presiding, adds two members. Various relocations, remodels, and social events noted along with bank promotions and advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carpenter
Bennington
Salisbury
Minnie Blake
Webber's
George EB. Hicks
Brown St
Damase
John R. Proctor
Elm St. Chisoe
L'neslast
Eugene Menard
Alexander Senecal
Eugene Lapierre
Hector Lecert
Cghae Lemaytees
Arthur Lacouyture
Arthur Gauth
Abuses in Congo Prompt U S Moral Appeal
A letter from J Pierpont Morgan and other New York leaders to Secretary Root urges U S action over alleged Congo Free State abuses. It cites labor taxes land seizure and brutalities by officials and sentries. A second item covers a fatal touring car crash involving Joseph Leiter and others, striking a 14-year-old boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lyman Abbott
Root
Congo Free State
United States
Congo
Shooting at Fort Sheridan Ends in Tragedy
In the Fort Sheridan dining hall four troops of the Ninth Cavalry watched as Sergeant Griffin shot and nearly killed Corporal Taylor after a quarrel over a woman. The two men, both reported as negroes, sparked the fatal moment during Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Ninth Cavalry
Griffin
Corporal Taylor
Cape Breton Intercolonial trains cancelled after washouts
Sydney reports all Cape Breton section trains cancelled as roadbed washed away in a dozen places. Heavy rains have persisted for four days, leaving outlying roads practically impassable.
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Sydney
C. B
Cape Breton
Intercolonial Railway
Murders and Deaths Sweep Birmingham Over 48 Hours
In Birmingham Alabama seven murders two personal crisis reports one possible fatal assault one death by train and one accidental shooting with potential fatal outcome occurred in a 48 hour span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Dying Shah’s Reserve Fails to Rally at Palace
Teheran reports the shah’s reserve strength is gradually failing and he no longer rallies when given stimulants. The palace dispatches indicate a rapid decline in the monarch’s condition as December ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Briefs From Peabody to Medford and Meriden
An electric car rear ended another on a slick Peabody hill injuring Motorman Young who suffered a fractured leg. Aldin Puffer of Medford died suddenly at 87 from heart neuralgia, described as a life of activity and fortune. Mrs. Anna McNeish, 71, died at Meriden Conn from a lamp explosion lighting her head and shoulders. Davis Farnham of Waltham secured a four engine contract for Ridgewood pumping on Long Island worth about 400000 dollars. U S Supreme Court Associate Justice John M Harlan and wife celebrated their golden wedding with a Washington home reception. Raymond Ellis of Massachusetts, 10, drowned skating on Ellis Pond after his father reports a hole in the ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Mass
Young
Aldin D. Paffer
Medford
Puffer
Anna McNeish
Meriden
Gomn
Davis & Farnham
Waltham
Ridgewood
Long Island
N. Y
John M. Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
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Alfred Z. Haynes & Co
Liberal Credit Maynard
J.f.gannon
Nason Street
Maynard
Frank $, Feins
Main St
Main
Concord
Craig
McCaron
J. Kulchar
New
Walden Street
Concord, Mass
Lerer and Gruber, Mainst
Ely Gruber
Summer St. Maynard
W. E. Pearson
Laws Brook Road
Anthony J Doherty
Monument Hall
Dr. Jos. Grady
Marlboro
F. D. Scribner
Mill Town
M. F. Curtisius
Newtonsi
Vine and
Church Sts
Margie Baker
Fairhaven
Joseph Sincotta
Winter St
D. N. Cousins
Church
T. L. Lee
Windsor House
The
Marlboro Grain Co
J. E. Warren & Co
St. Mark's Church
Southboro
Bent House
W. M. Williams
George Chartier
Francis Collins
Curtis
Crystal Club
Thomas H. Barry
Charles F. Sullivan
James Wallace
D. F. Bradley
William Fee
John Brewin
F. EB. Jackson
East Main St
W. H. English
Edward Honen
Federal Shoe Co
Lowell
Timothy Honen
Chestnut St
Arthur Houghton
Westbrook Academy
Maine
George D. Houghton
Norwood St
Timothy Quinn
Togus
Allen
Elm St
Nellie Dee
Ae Dee
H Wek Histon
Mae
Preston Club
Preston Hall
Hudson
Southingham
Westboro
Peoples National Bank
Malibo
Dwinell
H. J. Dwinell & Co
Secretary Root
America
Boma
Ugov
Washington
Joseph Leiter
Leiter
Levin. Leiter
Franklin Remington
Samu West
Charlies J. Raymond
Quarrerea
Perise
C. C. Holmes
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