Letters From Boys In Service Travel Note From France 1917
The letter from Guyer Fowler describes a long journey from a mill town to a seaside French area near Nice. He details hotel life with meals, a city cathedral, and a 10 day stay with plans to reopen Christmas packages. He narrates local travel by train and bicycle, interactions with locals, and mentions consular visits, shifting mail censorship, and a bad road incident involving an ammunition train. He notes sugar scarcity, gifts from the Sun tobacco fund, and expresses health concerns tied to shellfire.
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Grand Hotel O’connor
Rue
Cotta Nice
Leutenant
Paris
Hartwell
Hawley
Nice
California
Capt. Coulter
Maynard
Joe Murray
Joe
Sun Tobacco Fund
Maynard Private Connors Writes From France
Private Raymond Connors of the 101st Infantry Am Ex Forces, son of Cornelius Connors, formerly of Maynard, reports from Somewhere in France in a letter to Alex Bourke. He details hospital stays, meeting friends Harold Sheridan and Vincent Kelly, and notes no electric lights, plans to write home, and news of Maynard friends including Bill Moynihan and Uncle Dan. He signs as Private Raymond Connors Co G 101st Infantry. Arthur Lord of the 14th Railroad Engineers also writes from France praising American pep and experience among the Allied forces.
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Connors
Raymond Connors
A. S. Inf
Cornelius Connors
Maynard
Alex Bourke
France
United States
Harold Sheridan
Vincent Kelly
Bill Moynihan
Dan
Co. G
101St Inf
Arthur Lord
Edward Archer
Parker Jr
Probate actions reveal multiple will and estate filings
The Concord Probate Court records show executors named for Elizabeth H Hoar and John Butterworth with bonds set. estates valued from several thousand to over one hundred thousand dollars. guardianships and administrators named for William F Smith and John Gleason. inventories list assets across Concord Hudson Maynard Stow Acton Worcester Holden and Framingham with real and personal property tallies. hearings set for East Cambridge and deadlines in January. The notices cover executors guardians administrators and heirs at law including Florence Bradford Walter Stratton Mary Whitman Janet Dunlop and Anna Carpenter among others.
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Huddlesex
Lyman Mead
Acton
Guity
William Stevens
Cambridge
Middlesex
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Hswire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Annie Iw. Reed
Concord
Gaid County
Alexander Reed
Camridge
Concord Enterprise
Charles J. .McIntire
Eslire
Venteen
Mary Cullinane
Maurice McWalter
Said
Bedford
Maynard
Elizabeth H. Hoar
Lawton
Florence Hi. Bradford
Annie S. Stratton
Hudson
Walter D. Statton
Carrie L. Smith
Stow
William F. Smith
Probate Court
Harry D. Hamilton
Winthrop
Charles F. Hamilton
East Cambridge
John Butterworth
Mary A. Whitman
John McDermott
Nellie G. McDermott
James Dunlop
Janet Dunlop
Mary Murdoch
Glasgow
John Dunlop
Worcester
Atty
Prescott Keyes
Annie M, Read
Alexander Reed Jr
Elizabeth Cooke
San Jose
Cal
William J. Reed
Washington, D. C
John
Alexander
Samuel A
James H
Murray Reed
Anna B
John H. Flynn
McIntire
Atta
Pratt of
John Temple
Horace T. Tuttle
Sarah J. Sweeney
John Gleason
David Gleason
Holden
Dennis Gleason
Charles F. Campbell
Albert B. Brown
Mary L. Brown
Lucy W. Gleason
Albert H. Gleason
Berkeley Wheeler
Harvey Wheeler
Gladys Willis
Framingham
Gordon L. Fuller
H. Hoar
Vahan Minasian
Cane
Walterét
Thomas P. Trow
Hunsor
Eistate
Charles J. McCarthy
Massachusetts Tax Office Urges Early Returns With New Forms
Massachusetts residents who filed income tax last year will receive revised return blanks with clearer instructions and a reminder that a new return is due. The state seeks prompt filing by March 1 to avoid penalties and plans expanded taxpayer assistance at district offices and scheduled city hall hours, noting Cambridge office relocation and extended public access through December.
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Massachusetts
Masis
Commonwealth
Income Tax Department
Middlesex County
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard ‘Trust Co
Central Sq
Mass. ‘Ave
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Y. A
Usetta Ave
Mtral
Taerigeet St
Sun
Ayer
MO Tan
Concord
Camp Devens
Tubs
Concord Wed
Maynard
Waltham If
Everett
Malden
Medford
Meéicos
Somerville
Framingham Mon
Marlboro
HollIston
Natick Wed
Wramingham
Newton
Winchester Wed
Woburn
Melrose
Winchester
Reading
Dance at Uni Hall Draws Noted Maynard Guests
A lively dancing party was held in Uni Hall at Car Isle with music by Wassos of Maynards. The event drew a popular crowd of dancers and witnesses say the evening was a success.
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Uni
Carisle
Wassos
Maynards
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Childre
Sian
Arthur Herbert
Commonwealth Ave
Concord Junction
M. Bsty
Cassachusetts
Heigs At Law
Nexe
Testate
Endieseyithout
Richardson
H. S. Richardson
Main St
Concord, Mass
A. C Baggesen
Main ST. Concord
P. O
Maynard Garage
J. Edwards
Prop
MerretSennig &E Co
Syracuse
F. J McCarron
Maynard, Mass
Milton C. Bean
Nason St
Boston
Tremont St
J.B. Rice Avian
W. C. Strout
Concord ST
Garland
Board of Selectmen
Creighton’s
Frank Binks
H. B. Morse
Albert Emith
F. M. Esty
George H. Woods
B. A. King
West Acton
Marble Aid Granite Works
Summer ST. “Maynard
Henry Barker
County of
Persors
Sita Nicer Oa
Guyer Fowler
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