Grand Clean-Up After Stock-Taking Sale
Readers flock to the store after a stock-taking sale ends with a grand clean-up. Store managers report cleared shelves and bargain-seeking customers noting strong discounts and quick turnover.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
5
Appalling Maritime Disaster Off Block Island
About 150 to 200 people perished when the three masted schooner Larry Knowlton and the steamship Lavelmont collided with Long Island Sound conditions freezing many bodies as ice bound their fate. Surviving passengers endured exposure in heated rooms while lifeboats drifted ashore with more victims and a grim shoreline revealed dozens of ice encased remains. Investigators from the Providence district will probe the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Block Island
R. 1
Idland
Larry Knowlton
Lavelmont
Bowie
Providence
New York
Pits
United States
Providence Giatrict
Larchmont
Black Islind Harbor
Denen
Thris
Olay
Ae—T—Lemd
Long Island Sound
Ani
Larchmont Sideswheel Sinks After Collision at Sea
The Larchmont, a sideswheel steamer, collided with the schooner Knowlton in a northwest gale off Point Judith. Passengers and crew endured freezing water and cold as lifeboats saved many, while Captain McVey directed rescue before the ship sank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sernagarsett Bay
Point Judith
Black La'and Sound
McVey
Bos ‘Torren
Stoam Uoose
Oto
Phen
Ile
Fishix
Fisher's Island
Block Island
Gest
Block’ Island
Larchmont
Haley
Tarry ‘Uowlton
Barchmont
Mae
Sidley
Knowlton
Pievath
A. T. Haynes & Co Buys Marlboro Furniture Store
A. T. Haynes & Co. has merged the G. F. Nelson furniture store of Marlboro into its Marlboro and Maynard operations. Haynes will oversee Marlboro while maintaining Maynard leadership, promising exceptional bargains and shared management to benefit both towns. McCleary and Morse will continue at the Maynard store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Nelson Furniture
Marlboro
A. T. Haynes Company
Haynes
Maynard
Marlboro Local Notes On Visitors And Illness
Eugene Mantha visited Worcester Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Edward Cheney of Goffstown N H are visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Lip pard Elm street Adolphus Paradise Bread-street is confined to his home with a grip. W D Lacouture proprietor of the Star laundry is having work done at the Maynard steam laundry until new quarters are ready. Miss Mary Costello has recovered from bronchitis and returned to work. Fred Nedreau of Brockton is vacationing in the city. Marion Kennedy recovering from threatened pneumonia. George J Andrews underwent facial abscess operation. John Rigney has taken a job in the John A Frye shoe factory sole leather room. William E Fahey is confined with bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cheney
Goffstown
N. H
Joseph
Lippard
Elm Street
Adolphus
Paradise
Bread — Street
W. D. Lacouture
Star Laundry
Maynard
Mary Costello
Emmett Street
Main Street
Fred Nedreau
Brockton
Marion
Kennedy
New Jersey Orange Growers Meet Seeks Farm Aid and Laws
About 500 delegates gathered in Trenton for the New Jersey state orange growers annual meeting. Gaunt urged passage of laws to curb reckless auto driving and to distribute seeds through the agriculture department. He also highlighted benefits to farmers from enforcing a natured alcohol law. The secretary reported 12,000 members in the state. Resolutions praised President Roosevelt and sought public school improvements, including a county high school, and practical farm-oriented education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Atte
New Jersey State
Orange
Gaunt
Thas
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Mani ‘Tain
Hich
Tiger Handling by Turk in Khiva Cage Scene
The account describes Langdon Warner recounting a Turkopian keeper restraining a tiger near a Khiva residence. He used a short staff to strike the tiger’s nose then calmly stroked the beast, slipping a chain collar, and guiding the animal outside the cage with a restrained crew watching as cameras captured the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khiva
Langdon Warner
Century Magazine
Oxus
Tia
Work In New Hampshire Grange Shows Growth And Structure
State Master Tadley, a state senator, praised strengthening granges through new acquisitions and active deputy systems. New Hampshire is divided into 33 subordinate and two Pomona districts with deputies visiting each grange twice yearly to support literary and degree work. Key topics last year included nature study crop damage from wildlife and railroad tax distribution. membership reached 13 553 men and 14 416 women with Pomona totals 3 639 men and 2 936 women. Forty granges own property and fifty five own their own halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadley
New Hampshire
Granite State
Pomona
Inventor John Pratt and the First Typewriter
The article details John Pratt of Unionville born April 14 1821 who developed a mechanism called the pterotype the first practical typewriter. It notes provisional protection in Britain with letters patent in 1866 and Pratt selling typewriters in London around 1860s. It also mentions the Jefferson County Fire Relief association carrying about 13 million in grangers property losses and fire losses in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pratt
Ele
Unionville, & Co
England
Pratt
Tical Typewriter
Unitedates
Peatt
Lopdor
Asot
Jefferson County
Trans’ Fire Relief Association
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JOY Line Steam
Mont
Ter
A. T. Haynes & CO
Marl
Boro
Eugene Mantha
Worcester
the Grange
Jd. W. Darrow
Cutham
State Grange
Jersey
Rinin
Gringe
Qvarss
Worthy Publica
Jf Chalmers
Vineland
Worthy Video
Agans
Carce
Steward
Rssistant
Berenice
Ravenna
Righaer Sores
Malllica
Alice
Stera
Pthel Lawlint
Seaiett
John T
Cox
Washinton
A“Hger
Autry
Grange
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