Land Court notice on Acton land parcels to Mason and Campbell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Land Court issues notice to the Boston and Maine Railroad and Fitchburg Railroad to register land in Acton Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Petitioners Francis J Campbell and Sophia Campbell of London seek confirmation of boundary plans and description of two parcels totaling about 16.37 acres. Hearing set in Boston January 20.
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Bostons and Maine Railroad
Fitchburg, Railroad’ Company
Haying
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Edwin Fr. Parker
Acton
William B. ‘Mullen
Belmont
Middlesex
Rasheen
Francis J. Campbell
Sophia
Campbell
London
England
Fitchburg Railroyd
William B. Mulien
Mullen
Edwin F.barker
Fitchburg -Rabyoad Company
Noi Irette
Fitchburga Rompan
Boston
Eaj
Thayer Will Filed in Worcester Probate Court
Probate records reveal Col. Albert A. Pope associate Thayer family will detailing a $2 million estate. Wife to use trust for life with remainder to son Eugene V. R. Thayer. annual income $50 000 to him. Executors named Nathaniel Thayer Eugene V. R. Thayer and James B. Crane. Specific bequests list numerous relatives and friends with amounts up to $9000. Lancaster town hall plan may draw ¼ cost from estate. cremation preferred. Codicil dated 1907 referenced.
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Eugene V R
Thayer
Lancaster
Boston
Worcester
Ana
Abc A “Aneyer
Raleigh St
Halingo
Eugene V. R. Thay
Eugene V
Nathaniel Thayer
Eugene V. R. Thayer
James BE
Crane
Lefingwn
Asan
Uied
Alice R. Thayer
Pauline R. Thayer
Iselyn R. Thayer
Lillian L. Orr
Helen G. Lufkin
Walter P. Bowers
Clinton
Mr. Thayer
Detroit River Tunnel Under Construction For Rail Traffic
The Detroit Windsor tunnel is being built on shore and sunk in sections beneath the Detroit River. Two steel tubes about twenty three feet in diameter will be joined underwater with a concrete surround. The method uses a steel cradle and cofferdamless sinking with divers linking sections. The underwater span is 2625 feet. total length exceeds one and a half miles.
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Detroit
Windsor
Canada
Detroit River
New York Tribune
Dogs Legged Fishermen Clear Pickerel From Ice
Porter Lake visitors witnessed Bill McMichaels of Pike County train three terriers to haul pickerel through ice holes. Each dog dragged a six pound fish, then lined up behind their master as he moved through the crowd said to have trained for a year. The dogs reportedly netted thirty six pickerel in an hour while Bill praised their honesty and skill.
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Porter's Lake
Bill McMichaels
Pike County
Port Jervis
New York World
Porter’s Lake
Bill
Lake of Gold tale claims Nevada pond riches
J C Hosler, back in Seattle from Alaska, says he found a lake of gold after aiding an Indian who showed him a hoard of nuggets. He brought a pouch valued over 15000 dollars as proof and describes the lake where the Indians worship the nuggets and sink them back.
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J. C. Hosler
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Hosler
Bellingham
Memorial for Jefferson Davis Memorial Ceremony Planned
The Washington Herald reports Confederate camps in the South will mark the 100th birthday of Jefferson Davis on June 3, 1908 with a memorial to be presented in Richmond. Two bronze standards will be placed on the monument, funded already. The United Daughters of the Confederacy receive praise for funding and organizing the celebration.
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Jefferson Davis
South
Washington Herald
Richmond
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Novelty Veil Pin Features Detachable Arrow Head
A new veil pin design uses a long gold arrow with a detachable head that secures firmly when the veil is pinned, allowing easy adjustment and stable fastening.
Attacked Roosevelt Sparks House Debate on Roosevelt
New York Congressman assails President Roosevelt as lacking sense. In Washington the House debated the annual message, with Willett and Sheppard foregrounded in a clash over American industry, finances, and relations with Japan. Viscount Aoki, Japan's ambassador, sailed home from San Francisco after denying restrictive views.
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New York
Washington
House of Representatives
Sheppard
Willett
Rouse
Japan
Roosevelt
Pepe
San. Francisco
Viscount Aoki
America
Hone
San” Francisco
Bennington Monument Unveiled at Point Loma National Cemetery
San Diego January 8. A memorial monument to Bennington eid was unveiled with ceremonies at the national cemetery atop Point Loma. The plain shaft stands within the plot honoring those who perished in the Bennington disaster.
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Bennington Monument
San Diego
Cal
National Cemetery
Point Loma
Surgeon to assume relief on hospital ship voyage
In Washington the medical department orders a surgeon to take command on the hospital ship Relate Thae, with clearance pending. The official move follows statements that the relief will occur once the ship is ready. In Boston the Bank of Boston seeks to stay a court order over a $48,961 claim tied to a receivership.
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Washington
Kek
Medical Department
Bu Ier
Stokes
San Fr
Baink
Boston
I Bank
Efrcuit
Lowey
Arnold
Mount Vesuvius erupts as detonation shakes Naples
Report from Naples on January 8 describes heavy detonations near Mount Vesuvius and the crater spewing a vast column of ash and steam. Observers note the cone as a mere phenomenon while crews monitor the ash cloud and tremors.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Miles
Sepa F
Observatory
Nomenon
Admiral W. O. S. W. Navy Relapse Reported In Eastport
Fragmentary item notes the health relapse of Admiral W. O. S. from Eastport after prior improvement. It also mentions a birth in Manchester to J of Manchester and refers to a candidate named George Jey for a Mahé supreme court post with a two year term.
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Admiral W
Wit Endo
Eastport
Manchester
Heléh
Zithierman
Chi
Kylemoré Castle
George Jey
University of Aici
Hele
Poetic Fragment and Orange County Dairyman's League Report
A fragment from Professor L. H. Bailey reflects on time and space as the speaker seeks to fly beyond the world into a vast Otherwhere. The Orange County Grange forms the Dairyman's League to market members dairy products, levy 26 cents per cow, and coordinate sales with a central committee.
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Grange Dairyman’s ‘League
Granges
Orange County
Dairyman's League
Nile Committee
Are
Marie Corelli Breaks Silence with Authorite Portrait
Marie Corelli, famed romance writer, allows a frontispiece portrait in her new novel The Treasure of Heaven. She notes she dislikes personal photos but says readers deserve a true likeness amidst reckless press misrepresentations.
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Juhe
Marie Co ‘Orelli
Heaven
Great Britain
America
Pictorial Press
Local notices recount visits and students' returns home
The column lists residents visiting relatives in Danvers Central Falls and Spencer. It notes Miss Mary Elm Street and Miss Annie Branagan accepting positions and students returning to Harvard Amherst Radcliffe and Boston schools after holidays. Several families hosted guests and travelers including Miss Ethel Robbins and Mr. and Mrs. J Rufus Wales.
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Henry: Swift
Danvers
Tlile
Melica
Shayiat
Mary
Davis
Héron Elm St
Wane
West Main
Emery Arbour
Napoleon Serreane
Elm
Feliz
Bim St
Spencer
Annie
Branagan
Franklin
Office of the
Robert
Morse
Harvard College
Pledsant
John Stone
Elmat
Auties
Boston
Thomas Gately
South St. John
Robert Frye
Walter
P. Frye
Pleasant St
Widow recalls mayoral bid and golden reputation
A dazed widow, speaking to a cousin, insists her late husband would have made “wood as gold” mayor for three terms, despite his faults including color blindness, and questions about a future position.
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Mra Hirton
James
Foreigners and Infection Control in Early Modern China
A fragmented quote from the South China Post recalling a modern Chinese critique of foreigners handling infectious disease. It describes alleged methods of isolating patients in a small room with lime washing and confinement to prevent spread, with harsh attitudes toward contact with victims and a reference to drastic actions rather than facing the illness.
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South China Post
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Fia
Dao
Taasa
Iene Ete
Kimonas
Maynard
Ladies’ Home Journal
Commonwealth ‘of
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Thayer Will
Albert A. Pope
American Bicycle Industries
Detroit River Tunnel
Lake OF Gold
Aoki
Bown
Provincetown
Mass
Dexter Malond
Ae Bete
al Mads
Eer
Guiters
L. &. Bailey
Cornel
Countryman
The
Cornell Countryman
L. H. Bailey
Marie‘ Corellis
Marix Corellt
Marlboro
Seaa Ee
Serre
Alice Hart Hag
Radcliffe’ College
Adelbert Hart
Newton St
Joseph Savard
Ernest
St. ‘Johnsbury
Placide Gardens
Wycliffe ‘Marshall
James E. Marshall
Elm St
Vivian Larrabee
Northboro
Henry Brigham
Harvard
Charles’ F. Brigham
Pleasant ' St
Loring B. Hall Shoe, Co
Howland St
Somerville
Henry Eens Ats
Agster’ Willam
East Main
Amherst ‘College
William C
Harvard ‘College
Daniel F. O'Connell
Newton ‘St
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