Cape Cod tourism hints at record season and state wage data
Massachusetts reports show reservations for guest houses and Cape Cod cabins up to June 1 pointing to a record tourist season. May wage leaders include transportation equipment and printing at over $1.90 per hour, while overall manufacturing median stands at $1.55. Ashland votes to form a planning board to guide future growth.
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Cape Cod
Cape
Massachusetts
Dept. of Labor and Industries
National Office of Vital Statistics
United States
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Ashland
Lost 258 years of Deerfield town records sought
Public appeal to recover municipal records missing since 1673 to 1931 casts light on town history. Probate notice to Hannora Frances Moynihan estate requests objections to executor's first account by August 21 1952 in Cambridge. Witness John C Leggat Esquire First Judge. July 7 1952.
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Deerfield
U.P
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Hannora Frances ‘Moynihan
Maynard
Inigaid
Cambridge
John C. Leggat
Esquire
John J. Butler
Register
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex
Niel J. Jensen
Niels Jensen
Neil Jensen
Stow
Edward J. Jensen
Esate
New Spring-Summer Fashion Book Ad with 125 Styles
No 2827 cut in sizes 14 to 20 and 38 ensemble. Wet is eu one ize requires full apron. Pattern with Name and size to Audrey Lane Bureau Box 369 Samson Square Station New York 10 NY. The book lists 125 other styles, 25c extra.
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Audrey Lane
Samson Square Station
New York
N.Y
Linen Wrapping Tips for Preventing Yellowing
Advice on wrapping linen and white clothing to prevent yellowing. Use dark blue paper or soak an old sheet in bluing water, let dry, then wrap or sponge damp fabric. Press on the wrong side and avoid excessive heat to prevent shiny spots on collars, cuffs, or woolen parts.
Starching Tips for Dark Cotton Garments
If your dark cottons need tailRa starched tint the starch you use add blu ing for black and blue cottons and tea to starch for brown cottons. Shirts and trousers spattered with paint should stretcher. This eliminates uneven edges. If you don't have a stretcher use a line to hang and avoid clothespins. Hanging in a strong wind may cause teasing.
Formal Consent For Mabel’s Marriage Proposed
A young suitor finally speaks to Mabel’s father about marrying her. He says it is a mere formality but wishes consent to be observed in the normal way. The father questions who suggested the formality, and Mabel’s mother is named as the proposer.
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Mabel
Odd Morning Lumberman Nightshirt Exchange
A lumberman sees Olaf chopping wood in a nightshirt and asks why. Olaf replies he always dresses by a wood fire and will not stop now.
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Olaf
Rector Hosts Strawberries Tea With Village Boys
The rector invited village boys to the rectory for strawberry tea. Afterward he asked why the tea was nicer than stealing from his garden. A chubby boy replied that they would not have sugar and cream with them.
Foreman’s Report On Cable Repair Incident
A foreman describes an accident on a cable repair job where he dropped a live lead onto a coworker named Spike Williams, who then quips with humor about the danger. In another scene a crowd at a circus tent watches a gatekeeper count entering boys, tallying twenty eight as they pass. A closing jab comments on college-bred loafing on parental support.
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Spike Williams
Spike
Harry
The Modern World Humor in a Tax Debate
Smith notes men live longer now than in 1900, as Jones quips the reason is to pay taxes. The exchange frames a lighthearted take on aging and fiscal duties.
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Smith
Jones
Hen rides 15 miles in hitchhiking egg incident
A black hen owned by Arthur H. Rockwell hitchhiked fifteen miles to Worcester, stopping to lay an egg mid trip. The bird reportedly hid under Rockwell’s car at Clinton and transferred to the car of E. A. Reid, where it laid another egg.
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Bolton
U.P
Arthur H. Rockwell
Worcester
Rockwell
Clinton
Ee A. Reid
Reid
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