Suit of 6000 against B and W railway company
Emma Macomber of Marlboro sues Boston and Worcester Railway Co. for 6000 claiming a spark from a defective overhead fuse damaged her eye on July 12, 1908 while riding a car from Brookline through Framingham to Marlboro. Her husband seeks 3000 for loss of her services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Worcester Railway Co
Emma
Macomber
Marlboro
Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Brookline
White's Corner
Framingham
The Fuse That Keeps Street Cars From Burning Up
The article explains why fuses and circuit breakers protect street cars. It describes how a fuse melts under high current, often with a puff of smoke, and how automatic circuit breakers use a magnet and spring to open the circuit, preventing explosions and smoke and reducing passenger fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eiger
Knight Errant in Broadway quoted in Lippincotts March issue
A summary of a story by Rupert Sarsen Halland titled Knight Errant in Broadway. It portrays an Englishman’s perfidy on Wall Street with a bold English girl and a red blooded American rising above adverse surroundings. The text praises Holland's style and notes the March Lippincotts issue contains the story.
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Knight
Broadway
Wall St
Mr.Holland
Lippincott’s
Rupert Sarsent
Halland
Obituary for Thomas Turnbull of Gleasondale dies at 68
Thomas Turnbull of Gleasondale died Sunday morning at Marlboro Hospital after being taken there Saturday night in serious condition. He was 68 and survived by a wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Turnbull
Gleasondale
Marlboro Hospital
Pomona Grange hosts fruitful meeting with Lincoln theme
The Pomona Grange in Southboro held a Thursday gathering with Lincoln birthday honors. M. H. Walker shared Lincoln memories while Ada Gilmore read Whittier’s Lincoln poem. Discussions ranged from dangers of sensational books to Massachusetts agriculture and beekeeping inspection. PMID
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Pomona Grange
Southboro
Lincoln
M. H. Walker
Westboro
Abraham Lincoln
Whittier
Ada Gilmore
D. D. Gorton
Wrentham
H. F
Wilder
Marlboro
Josie White
Sudbury
Grange
Massachusetts
J.L. Byard
Byard
Herrick
John Brooks
Sawyer
Berlin
Hosmer
Barney
Worcester appoints William J Moore to police force
William J Moore, 38, formerly of Worcester, was named a member of the Worcester police force by May or James Logan. Son of the late Michael Moore of Ricest, he studied at Marlboro Public Schools and worked at Boyd Co factory. He later served as motorman on the Marlboro street railway and as an employee and assistant superintendent at Prudential Life Insurance. For three years he has been an engineer at Denholm & McKay in Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Moore
Worcester
James Logan
Michael Moore
Ricest
Marlboro
Boyd Co
Marlboro Street
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Denholm & McKay
Favreau to Sign With New England League After College
Donia Favreau, former Marlboro baseman, will sign with Lawrence New England league team after finishing studies at St Anselm College in June. He predicts a record year for St Anselm with about 40 candidates and strong fan excitement.
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Donia Favreau
Marlboro Baseball Nine
Lawrence New England
St. Anselm’s College
Favreau
Charles Favreau
St. Anselm College
The
St. Anselm
Marlboros
Marlboro
Milwaukee Principal Pioneers Vacuum Cleaners in Schools
Principal Robert L. Cooley of Milwaukee’s Sixteenth District School No. 1 installs a vacuum air cleaning plant to remove dust and germs from fourteen rooms. The innovation aims to reduce tuberculosis risk and improve pupil health, urging teachers to champion clean air and routine use of the system.
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Milwaukee
Robert L.cooley
Cooley
Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
F. J. Matchette
American Air Cleaning Company
International Congress On Tuberculosis
Playgrounds and the Grand Jury Elevate Youth Safety
The Philadelphia grand jury urges a city wide playground system to curb juvenile crime. Citing Massachusetts leading in public playgrounds, it argues playgrounds protect morals and health, supported by European experience where youth crime declined with such programs.
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Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Grand Jury
Highest Voltage in Electric Transmission Record
The Muskegon River to Grand Rapids line in Michigan holds the world record at 110000 volts, previously reaching 73000 volts. Wires on 53 foot towers with five large porcelain insulators show visible static discharge and crackling noise in wind, even when disconnected from the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon River
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hosmer Barn Burned In Framingham Area Fire
A barn on the Hosmer place near the Framingham line burned Thursday evening. Horses and cattle were saved. hay and harnesses were destroyed. The blaze was bright and visible from the city. The house on the property also burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosmer Place
Framingham Line
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Marlboro Resident
Mrs. V. A. Lindsay of Marlboro Massachusetts reports her husband used Doan's Kidney Pills for six years to relieve back pain and weakness. She says Burke Drug Co supplied them and he was gratified by the results. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for United States. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
V. A. Lindsay
Mt. Pleasant Street
Mass
Dean
Burke Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
New York New Haven and Hartford Rail Schedule Correction
The notice updates the Marlboro Boston and feeder routes for summer service to June 15 1908. It lists departure times from Marlboro Boston and intermediate towns including Southboro Framingham Northboro Fitchburg and Lowell with daily and Sunday variations and several arrival times at Marlboro Fitchburg and Boston.
Concord Maynard Hudson Street Railway Time Table 1908
Corrected to December 12 1908 timetable subject to change. Morning departures from Maynard start 7.00 AM with hourly weekday service to Concord and connections at Concord Hudson and Maynard for Marlboro Framingham Worcester and Clinton Leominster Fitchburg. Lowell Acton Maynard line offers half hour service from 6 AM to 11 PM with Sunday start 7 30 AM from Maynard. Special cars can be chartered by applying at the office. Maynard Mass. F A Persons Supt.
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Marlboro
Boston
Northboro
Clinton
Fitchburg
Leominster
South Framingham
Maynard
Concord
Arlington Heights
Hudson
Boston & Worcester St. Ry. Co
Framingham
Worcester
Worcester Consolidated St. Ry. Co
Lexington
Boston St
Waltham
Lowell
Ac Acton
Concord Junction
Oo Lowell, Acton & Maynard ST. RY. CO
South Acton
Mass
Estrale
Stow Weed Eee
Gleasondale
Hudson Wee Eee
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Sloan
B.c
Earl S. Sloan
Fariool
Lobe Frie
Noadga
Pomona
Lincoln’s
C. D. Richardson
Germ
State Tuberculosis Commission
Works and Guarantee Co
John L.stone
Tel
Marlboro, Mass
Nick Wyertain Moon
Trong Strif Pach
Munn & Co
F St
Washington
St. Bernard
Geo. A. Dyer
N. Y
N. H. & H. Railroad
Old Colony Division
Fayville
Taunton
Concord Funetion
South Sudbury
Marlborough Savins Bank
Marlborough, Mass
William D. Burdett
Ccharine F. Holyoke
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway Co
Tween
Hudson J
Ry.Co
South
F. A. Persons
Goinc AM AM
Adson
Westvale
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