Bitter opposition in Sudbury Wayland Weston to road plan
Sudbury Wayland and Weston residents fiercely oppose the Boston Waltham and Western street railway proposal. At a crowded hearing, critics argued existing transport suffices and the line would be uneconomical. Promoter Stevens defended the project while Melvin Adams led opposition and George Raymond’s letter drew laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston, Waltham and Western Street Railway
Trailroad
Sudbury
Wayland
Weston
George J. Raymond
Raymond
Samuel L. Powers
Brookline
Charles E. Stevens
Mr. Raymond
Boston, Waltham & Western
Melvin
Adams
Stevens
Oxford Linen Mills Pioneering In U S Textile Industry
North Brookfield Mass Feb 22 This payday marks the first operation of the pioneer Oxford Linen Mills which controls the Mudge process and promises large profits for the American linen industry. The plant covers extensive brick and frame structures with advanced chemical treatment for flax, enabling an 12 hour prep vs 16 weeks in Europe. The output is already sold for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Brookfield
Mass
United States
Oxford Linen Mills
Oxford Mills
Oxford Linen
Oxford Concern
North Brookfield
Marlboro Boy Represents Bank in Supreme Court Case
The cases of A C Mentzer and C B Mentzer against Hudson Savings Bank are on the Supreme Court docket for decision this week. Juries in Judge Hitchcock's April session at the Superior Court awarded verdicts to the Savings bank. Attorney John J Hartnett of Hudson, son of ex Alderman Daniel Hartnett, appeared for the bank. Ex Attorney General Herbert Parker represented the plaintiffs before the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. Mentzer
C. B. Mentzer
Hudson Savings Bank
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Hitchcock
Savings Bank
John J. Hartnett
Hudson
Daniel Hartnett
Marlboro
Herbert
Michigan State Grange Debates Temperance and Rural Education
The Michigan State Grange adopted resolutions backing a prohibitory clause in the state constitution and urged a three member committee to present the issue to the constitutional convention. They also urged strict liquor controls near educational institutions and promotions of agricultural education for boys and domestic science for girls under county school supervision. A third resolution sought criminal penalties for intoxicating liquor sales on agricultural society grounds with exemptions and potential loss of state funding for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Grange
Grange
County Ammnissioner
State Grange
Don't Believe I'll Join the Grange Says Gentleman
A gentleman tells a writer he cannot join the grange, claiming little personal gain. The piece argues the order should educate and aid others, not offer payments like life insurance to boost membership, and cautions against letting financial inducements drive organization.
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Grange
Order
Grangé Life Insurance
Artillery Curiosities Leather and Stone Cannons From History
A survey of odd artillery making across eras and lands. Leather guns in Henry VIII era, wooden and stone tubes in France and Malta, gold casings in Baroda, and clay cannons found in Mexico. The piece notes how diverse materials yielded potent weapons and eerie eccentricities from Tudor to colonial times.
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Henry VIII
Hiege
Boulogne
Evelyn
Lord Conway
Newbourne
Paris
Carlyle
France
Louis XIV
Bastilie
India
Baroda
Burton
Malta
Knights
Brydone
Chinal
Usumacinta
Mexico
Cortes
Ceutla
Tabasco
London Standard
Young Men Innovation At Tompkins County Pomona Meeting
Tompkins county Pomona Orange held a meeting with an agriculture focus for young men. Invitations went to nearly 700 local youths and about 200 attended. Speakers included Dr. W. H. Jordan from Geneva, Dean L. H. Bailey, and Frank N. Godfrey. A Pennsylvania state grange flower resolution favored the clover blossom as state flower. The First Grange Trust Company in Huntingdon opened Jan 2 as a full banking house.
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Tompkins County
N. Y
Pomona Orange
W. H. Jordan
Geneva
Dean L. H. Bailey
State College of Agriculture
Frank N. Godfrey
State Grange
Pomona
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Grange
First Grange Trust Company
Grange Trust Company
Huntingdon
J. W. Darrow
Infernal ascent described in Outing Magazine
Robert Dunn’s vivid passage from Outing Magazine portrays a volcanic island in the Bering Sea. He evokes chaotic cliffs, jagged crevices, choking gases, and blistering heat as he climbs a desolate landscape likened to a furnace, with alien sulphur mosaics and a suffocating, subarctic chill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bering Sea
Outing Magazine
Robert Dunn
Acre
Brain Growth But Mr Gladstone Kept Outgrowing Hats
A London Spectator note discusses brain growth limits, citing Canon MacColl who observed Mr Gladstone’s head outgrowing hats. During the Midlothian campaign near seventy, he was remeasured, supporting the claim that brain growth contributed to his perceived perennial youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon MacColl
Mr. Gladstone
Midlothian
Anon MacColl
Loudon Spectator
What is oratory says Bradder Jackson and Bradd er Simmins
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution contrasts two styles of speech. Bradr e Simmins vows to elucidate while Bradder Jackson claims that declaring black and white as such is mere oratory. The passage notes how some listeners may believe such rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradder Simmins
Atlanta Constitution
A Juvenile Wriggle Remembrance By Mackenzie
A fragmentary reminiscence quotes a mother and child exchange about an orange given by neighbors and eaten after adding sugar. The text blends a child’s dialogue with a humane, reflective note from Mackenzie, referencing sorrow and loss as a guiding theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Elmer
Chicago News
Platinum production and prices in 1904
The 1904 world platinum supply was about 18 800 pounds with Russia producing 13 200 pounds. The United States yielded 200 ounces valued at 4 160 dollars, from California and Oregon as Wyoming suspended mining. Platinum rose 10 percent in price. Day of the U S Geological Survey sees good potential for higher output. The current price stands at 20 50 an ounce, a peak in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
United States
California
Oregon
Wyoming
David T. Day
United States Geological Survey
Concord Maynard and Hudson Rail Schedule Corrections
Thursday March 8 introduces changes to the Concord Maynard and Hudson lines with varied daily times. The notice details departures from Concord Hudson Maynard Stow Center Gleasondale and other stops, connector services, and special cars via Lowell Acton Maynard networks.
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Concord
Hudson
P. m. Maynard
A. m
P. Stow Center
M. Gleasondale
Bae
Gretsondale
Stow Center
Concord Junction
Maynard
Sudbury St
Bose
Worcester St. Ry. Co
Marlboro
Framingham
Westboro
Worcester
Worcester Consolidated
Boston
Lowi
Acton & Maynard ST. RY. CO
Lowell, Acton & Maynard
Acton
So. Acton
John W. Ogden
Mase
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the Peoples National
Marlborough, Mass
S. R. Stevens
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Alice
Sudbury, Wayland and
Weston Resi
Dents
Country
Marlboro Boy
BANK
Oratory
What Am
Bradder Jack
Mackenzie
Oakland
Percy
San Francisco Chronicle
Concord, Maynard & Hudson
GAD Stove
Alt. Haynes & CO
Old Colony
Bongton
Southberg
South Framingham
Southboro
Northboro
Clinton and
Fitchburg
Fayville
Clinton
Leomingter
Lowell
South Sudbury
Taunton
Yea
Broadway, Munn & Co
Marlborough Savings
Bank Marlborough
William D. Burdett
Charles F. Holyoke
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