Irving L Hodgdon A Bedford Leader In Public Life
Bedford's longtime public figure Irving I Hodgdon is profiled as a prominent local leader. Born in Lowell in 1851, he built a career in business, hotel ownership, real estate, auctioneering, and theater work while serving as selectman and tax assessor.
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Irving I. Hodgdon
Bedford
Hodgdon
Mr. Hodgdon
Lowell
Mass
Joseph M
Catherine A. Hodgdon
Maine
Livermore
Carthage
Irving
Bedford House
Viola A. Smith
Board of Selectmen
Edwin H. Blake
Bedford official known for steady service and fair conduct
Since 1896 he has served three exacting and underpaid offices with credit to himself and the community. In demeanor he is calm dignified and fair minded. “Uncle” is cheery and popular town official respected by all who know him. His current term ends this year and though not actively campaigning he may seek reelection, fittingly described by the maxim suaviter in modo fortiter in re.
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Bedford
Hodgdon
Board of Selectmen
Modo
Fortiter
Birthday surprise honors Mrs Clark in Concord Junction
Mrs M Clark of 109 Commonwealth Ave was surprised Sunday January 17 for her 61st birthday with family and grandchildren at home. Residents criticize careless advertising circulars littering streets and posing a driving hazard. Thursday morning a collision near the NYNH&H bridge derailed three freight cars but did not block the main track. Saturday
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M. Clark
Commonwealth Ave
N. Y., N. H. and H. Bridge
REO Stands for Its Car Built on Honor and Value
The ad touts REO automobiles as built on high scientific auto design and warranty backed by confident agents. It invites readers to compare the market and promises to explain why REO is the best, detailing past, present, and future capabilities to prospective buyers.
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Reo
Freight car overturns due to switched track in same spot
Morning report notes another freight car overturned in the same location as previous incidents. A switch was carelessly thrown as the car passed, requiring a steam derrick from Manchester to right the vehicle.
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Manchester
South Sudbury Notes and Local Rail Improvements
Mrs George Eaton of Waltham visits her mother on Tuesday. Seneca W Hall and Edgar W Goodnow serve as jurymen in the East Cambridge superior court. Parmenter and wife leave for the south for winter. W Cote leaves for Fitchburg after four years at the station. Townsend takes his job. N Y N H H railroad plans improve near the station with 100 foot cleared zones on each side of the tracks, done systemwide to reduce risk and tidy the surroundings.
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George Eaton
Waltham
Seneca W. Hall
Edgar W. Goodnow
East Cambridge
Parmenter
South
W. Cote
Fitchburg
Townsend
Mr. Cote
N. Y
N. H. & H. Railroad Company
Grandson of Gen Lafayette Visits Wayside Inn
Count De Lafayette of France stayed at the Wayside Inn on Wednesday. His grandfather Gen Lafayette was among early guests when the inn was the Red Horse Tavern, later immortalized by Longfellow in Tales of the Wayside Inn.
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Count de Lafayette
France
Wayside Inn
Gen. Lafayette
Red Horse Tavern
Longfellow
Marlboro notes include visits and appointments across town
No arrests were made Sunday. Samuel Rabiteau is very ill. Annie Fay visits Randolph. Charles Buma visits relatives in Marlboro. Wiles house on Commonwealth Ave. connected to telephone. Burke of Boston Immigration dept. visits Marlboro. Mrs Pease visits relatives in Marlboro. Ethel DeWitt, a nurse, aids a private Jamaica hospital. William Bass leaves Diamond F for Spencer. Minnie Merchant returns home from Spencer. Yvonne Gelinas visits Worcester. Dr Egan installs officers of John Boyle O’Reilly council in Westboro. Quirk and Leary depart for California for about four months. O’Connell becomes Marlboro correspondent for Worcester Telegram. Commonwealth Ave house sold to Edward Honen of Lowell. Quinebaug Boat Club elects Crotty president and set concert date Feb 19. Henry Eager to Oak Bluffs for duck hunting with F A Marshal.
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Isaac Wiles
Commonwealth Ave
W. J. Burke
Boston Immigration Department
Marlboro
George Pease
South Framingham
Ethel DeWitt
Jamaica
Wm. Bass
Diamond F Factory
Spencer
Minnie Merchant
Broad St
C. A. Egan
John Boyle O’reilly
D. F. Guihan
F. R
Mildon
Edward Honen
Lowell
Chestnut St
Honen
Quinebaug Boat Club
Arthur Crotty
James Coyne
John F. Fahey
John F. Morgan
Henry W. Eager
Oak Bluffs
F. A. Marshal
Strangers Night Welcomes Newcomers at Epworth League
The Epworth League of a Methodist church hosted a Strangers Night on Tuesday evening to greet newcomers. A brief business meeting opened the program followed by Maud Andrews' lineup including piano solo, reading, duets by Laura Parmenter with Mrs. Brooks and Horace Patnode with Emma Pope, and a Glory Song ensemble. Punch and cake refreshments concluded a well received, pleasant evening.
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Epworth League
Mr. Fulton
Laura Parmenter
Brooks
Horace Patnode
Hbmma Pope
Laurice Flagg
Emma Pope
Sudbury visitors and jurors listed in Lowell session
Sudbury residents Mrs L. E. Perry and her daughter Marguerite visit friends in South Sudbury. Rev. A J Hall Leon B E Hawes and Peter Pilkington are drawn to serve as jurors at the next criminal court session in Lowell.
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L. E. Perry
Marguerite
South
Sudbury
A. J. Hall
Leon BE. Hawes
Peter Pilkington
Criminal Court
Lowell
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J. A. McRae
Thoreau Street
Concord
Nace
Albert Vanderhook
Main Street
Bartholmew’s Bloch
Concord, Junction
B. F. Townsend
Concord Junction
P. W. White
Main St
Tel
Irving L. Hodgdon
FORD
of the Town
Office
The
Samuel Rabiteau
Kirby Sr
Annie Fay
Rock’s Ct
Randolph
Charles Buma
Whitinsville
Oma Buma
Elm St
Yvonne Gelinas, Howland Sr
Worcester
Rec
Littleton
Hugh McDonald
Littleton, Mass
Ledgard
Maynard
Geo. S. Whitney Concord Junction
Passepartout Pictures
F. E. Harris
Bedford St
Mase
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Chas. S. Hunt
Sudbury, Mass
P. McColgan
Spencer Ave
Chelsea, Mass
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine R.R
the Colonial Inn
Massachusetts
Mrs. W. Rollins Abrams
Matthew Steinman
Grant St
Dennis Sheehan
Maynard, Mass
Joseph Kulcsar
New York
Walden St
Genevieve Murray
St. Michael's Church
Hudson
Piano
Pipe Organ
Leo
St Claire
Front Street
New England Conservatory of Music
C. L. King
Maynard Block
Maynard Mass
Am.whitcomb
S. R. Garland
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