Maynard News and Notes Highlights From Town Life
Emil Sumola was on the sick list during the week. The Finn band celebrated in Cooperative hall. Christmas events include a Danish church tree and Finnish temperance society activities. Many residents visited relatives in Worcester and Boston while others traveled to Rockville Vermont and Lowell. Local events feature lectures, plays, school activities, and notes on trades, holidays, and renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Sumola
W. F. Litchfield
George Gove
James Downs
Pittsfield
Louis Johnson
Worcester
Lillian Kenspeer
William Punch
Finn Bath
Florida Road
Samuel Marsden
Pascoag
R. L
Peters
Somerville
George Page
Pawtucket
R. I
Thomas Sweeney
Edna Porter
Bedford
A. C. Loewe
Mary McOwen
Lowell
Robert W. Carter
Marlboro
John McNamara
Clinton
Main St
John Hanna
Ralph Coleman
Springfield
William McAuley
Beverly
James Broadbent
John Maley
Cooperative Hall
Nathan Reynard
Walter Reynard
Waltham
Girls’ Friendly Society
Episcopal Church
Frank Granos
Finland
George Mead
Lillian Mead
Middlesex
John Murphy
Hathway
James Everett
Lawrence
Fred Axford
Rockville
Marie Conley
Hyde Park
Helen Coughlin
John W. Vietch
Attleboro
Duncan Latimer
Manchester
N. H
William Parkinson
John Jaggling
Boston
James Mulcahy
James F. Sweeney
Clarence Bodfish
Cambridge
Elmer Stuckett
Felix Rainville
Ernest Moore
Norwich
A Certain Cure for Croup
A brief note promotes a cough remedy as a rapid relief option for croup symptoms. The item notes urgency and claims personal success with the product sold by Johnson's Pharmacy and H. J. Dwinell in Maynard.
Grip Quickly Knocked Out by Chamberlain Remedies
Mr J Egleston of Maple Landing Iowa says severe winter colds developed into grip and with Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Stomach and Liver Tablets the symptoms subsided quickly. The tablets aid bowels liver and kidneys, helpful when the system is congested by a cold. For sale by Johnsons Pharmacy and H J Dwinell Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. J
Egleston
Maple Landing
Iowa
Chamberlain
Johnson’s Pharmacy
H. J. Dwinell
Maynard
Acton Woman Drowns in Assabet River At Walnut Street Bridge
Mrs. Margaret Moir, 58, of Acton, aged, ends her life Sunday after midnight by leaping from Walnut Street bridge into the Assabet River. Passersby heard screams and residents aided, body recovered about 30 minutes later. Medical Examiner B G Hoitt from Marlboro said she was clearly not in her right mind at the time. Survived by a husband. Funeral held Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Moir, Acton Sr
Assabet
Walnut St
B. G. Hoitt
Marlboro
Westboro Insane Hospital
Christmas Entertainment at St Bridget’s Sunday School
The annual St Bridget’s Sunday school Christmas program was held at the church on Friday. The older class under Rev. John A Crowe presented a minstrel show and featured acts by Miss Nora Lowney Miss Gertrude Casey and Maud McGrail among others. The younger group led by Rev Charles Maguire performed recitations songs and sketches with participants including Mildred Connors Grace Heffernan Marion Sullivan Julia Sheehan and Edith Coughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McKevier
Northboro
Mary Hines
Julius Loewe
John W. Ogden
Boston
A. D. Holt
Fred Holt
Lowell
Mabel Goggin
Lawrence
John P. Goggin
Manchester
N. H
K. T. Richards
Cornelius Murphy
Assabet Mills
George Scully
St. Bridget Temperance Society
St. Bridget’s
John A. Crowe
Charles Maguire
Alexander
Nora Lowney
Gertrude Casey Slyvie
Margaret Kelley
Flora Rainville
Scully
Lindy Lu
Maynard 24 17 Co B Triumph Over Fitchburg Team
Maynard 24 defeated Fitchburg's crack C B team 24 to 17 at Music hall Monday night in a loud, enthusiastic crowd. Cleary starred for Maynard with Wallman highlighting Fitchburg and both sides will meet again in Fitchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B
Fitchburg
Music Hall
Cleary
Maynard
Wallman
High School Rhetorical Contest Won by Zeta Society
Friday featured a contest between Sigma and Zeta societies. Winners were the Zetas. The program included piano solos by Ina Bowker and Marion Townsend, readings by Harrison Persons Anna OToole and Hilda Hannonen, a violin piece by Herbert Mallinson, and an original story "An Old Fashioned Christmas" by Ernest Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma
Zeta
Zeta’s
Ina Bowker
Harrison Persons
Ernest Jones
Anna O'Toole
Hilda ‘Hanninen
Marion Townsend
Ethel Sims
Marion Haynes
Herbert Mallinson
Old Veteran Warren Ball Life Of A Civil War Actor
Warren Ball, a Lowell native born December 27 1829, rose from harness maker and singer to stage actor. He fought in the Civil War with Co G 5th Mass Vol then 47th Mass Vol, earned a minute men medal, and spent years in Acton Maynard and Concord before settling with Herbert Fowler in Maynard. He comes from a notable New England family with ties to Concord and George Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Ball
Mr. Ball
Lowell
Boott Corporation of
Bunker Hill
Concord
Newton Ia
Star of the West
Comcert Company
Nelson Kneass
Ben Bolt
Maynard
Ball
Virginia
George Washington
Herbert Fowler
Officers Elected For Music Hall
William Conley Jeremiah Sullivan Joseph Hannes William Cleary and John Kelley John Horan elected as officers with William Conley named manager of Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Conley
Jeremiah Sullivan
Joseph Hannes
William Cleary
John Kelley
John Horan
Music Hall
Winners of Presidential Contest at Combination Cash Store
The article lists winners of a presidential contest at the Combination Cash store in order: Mrs. Albert Axford, Thomas Cuddy, T. J. Lowney, Mrs. John Coulter, Hilma Kaski, Mrs. L. G. Robbins, Mae Greene, Mrs. P. J. Sullivan, Fred E. Fairbanks, Henry Slyvert, Edward Mahon, Miss Myra Meador, Miss Katie Powers, Robert White, Catherine Wilder, Mrs. W. R. Hall, Bridget Nevins, F. W. Hancock, Hans Peterson, H. Richardson, and G. B. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Axford
Thomas Cuddy
T. J. Lowney
John Coulter
Hilma Kaski
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for sprains, bruises, burns and similar injuries. It claims instant pain relief and quicker healing, promising the wound will mend in about one…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An & Mey
Chamberlain
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Thomas Smith
Rockville, Ct
Ida Weage
Spencer
George Quinn
Nell Andrews
A. J. Coughlan
Epworth League
M. B. Church
Fred Simpson
Brockton
Jennie Naylor
Norwood
Mrs. Morgan
Mae
Louise Bishop
California
Edward Barrett
Ludlow
Clara Singleton
Simville
M. E
Minnie Gilroy
Benjamin Harris
Waverley
Fred Taylor
Charles Smith
Stow
Finnish Temperance Society
Lodge
Arthur Woodart
Pennsylvania
Summer St
Thomas Saunders
Hillsboro Bridge
Congregational Church
Angie Albee
Farmington
Stetson
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co
St. George's Church
W. F. Donagan
Michael Mullin
Pine St
Patrick Kelley
Woonsocket
C. J. Bodfish
Alfred T. Haynes
Riverside
Albert Rendell
Everett
B. Gerrigan
Providence
Boward Longley
Boylston
James Morin
William Stubbs
Edward Gwynne
Boston Friends
Charles Winter
Mrs. A. Pettigrew
Brighton
The
Woman’s Club
Howard A. Wilson
Fall River
Edgar Skinner
Loyal Assabet Lodge
George Jamieson
William Hines
Walter Phillips
William Stokes
William Holt
Elec
William Whittaker
Galvin Taylor
George McIvers
John Connors
John Burns
North Sudbury
Southboro
Connors
Westboro
Sonera
Johnson's Pharmacy
Turkey
McGill
Lynch
Miller
Shaw Allen
Hilferty
Evers
Murphy
Assabet River
Christmas Entertainment
F. Archer
Rude
Ledgard If
O'Rourke Cleary
Wallman Mahoney
McLean
Archer
Collins
McCarley
Ledgard
O’rourke
Barron
Timers
Gay
Colbert
Maynard. Mass
P. H. Debee
Nason St
Ss. J. Ross
Spruce Street
Mass
Silvio
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