79th Birthday Observed for Maynard German Native
Mrs. Sophia Kromberg celebrated her 79th birthday at her home near Maynard. Born July 25 1826 near Hamburg Germany she moved to the United States in 1869 and later farmed near Maynard for 17 years. She survived the loss of her husband six years ago and keeps busy with blueberries poultry and daily walks to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Kromberg
Bton
Maynard
R. L
New York City
Williamsport
Maynard News and Notable Week Color in Town
Maynard residents enjoyed visits and social events across the week. Activities included old home week exhibits in Acton and Lake Boone picnic plans, dances by St Bridget, and a large ball game in Acton. Local visits span Harriman laundry, Assabet mills, Boston and Lawrence friends, with town figures like Rep Sullivan and P J Sullivan active in civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Henderson
Mary Coughlin
Main St
Cambridge
Mello Butler
Harriman
Clarence J. Bodfish
Rockville
John Thompson
Henry Gilroy
Hillsboro Bridge
N. H
Ethel Sims
Amy Worsnip
Wilton
B. Crosby
Kittie Conley
Fanny Tucker
Lawrence
George Hart
Florence
Portsmouth
Bessie Lane
Everett
H. J. Dwinell
R. BE. Bisbee
M. B
Howard A. Wilson
George B. Lawton
Cliffe Island
George Geoghan
Olneyville
R. L
Hannah Sweeney
Margaret Doyle
Boston
P. J. Sullivan
Maynard
Acton
Sydney McCleary
A. T. Haynes
Josephine McNulty
Westvale
Assabet Mills
Ethel Lowell
Assabet House
Medford
St. Bridget Temperance Society
Music Hall
H. P. N. Dahl
Leo Smith
Naticks
Bert Brayden
J. Allen Ramsey
Harmony
N. J
Nicholas Driscoll
Revere Beach
H. J. Dwinell & Co
May Smith
Dorchester
Mary Sullivan
Newton
Mt. Wachusett
Bert Howarth
Josie Sullivan
Weston
Frank Lawton
Michael Sexton
David Naylor
Potters Hill
Herry Brearly
Isaac Binks
Hugh Miller
John Deane
John Sexton
William
Orange
Connolly
Maplest
Thomas Binns
Thomas Coughlin
Albert
Malden
Louis Shaw
Ballardvale
Mary
George Murphy
Jamaica Plain
Elen T. Murphy
G. H. Creighton
Thomas Murray
Arthur Rodgers
Arthur
Helen
John Glynn
Lexington Park
Esther Bowers
Clara Johnson
Harriman's Laundry
Charles
Henry
Ernest Woolgrecned
Lynn
Edward Leary
James King
John Potter
West Newton
J. M. Bellows
St. Bridget’s Temperance Society
Twilight Club
Lake Boone
Savings Tip and Medicine Ad Urge Thrift and Preparedness
An old style exhortation notes that saving one dollar saves ten later and urges careful spending. It argues seeds and home remedies like Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy prevent bigger costs, then advertises Johnson's Pharmacy and H J Dwinell in Maynard as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Johnnson
H. J. Dwinell
Maynard
Joe Hennessy Rescues River Kitten for Medal Mention
A river kitten rescue is reported as Joe Hennessy a drug clerk, lowers a paint pail with a rope to save a stranded kitten near W. F. Litchfield's office. The grateful kitten is hauled to shore and resumes its day. Other local notes include visits, club memberships, dividend dates, and social events across Dorchester, Maynard, Acton, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hennessy
The
Humane Society
W. F. Litchfield
Joe
End of the Feast as a War Officer Bids Farewell
A noble Russian officer salutes with au revoir before Paris plans. Rachel replies that France cannot honor all prisoners with champagne, highlighting wartime scarcity and irony in the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Monsieur
Rachel
France
Former resident revisits Maynard after 24 years away
Patrick Donahue, once a Maynard shopkeeper, now in Topeka Kansas, spent a week with his sister Mrs. Johana Connors. He worked as railroad engineer and division superintendent, testing locomotives in Topeka and praised western progress and paved brick streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gaffey
Mamie Moynihan
Cambridge
James Mahoney
John Felch
Winchendon
W. C. Croft
Cornelius Lynch
Charles Weaving
William Ryan
J. W. Connors
A. T. Haynes
J. J. Butler
B. F. McPartland
Frank Green
Charlestown
T. J. Butler
Fred Mead
Worcester
George Mead
Hillside St
Patrick Donahue
Maynard
Topeka
Kan
Johana Connors
High St
Donahue
Salem
West
Colorado
Nebraska
New Mexico
Mr. Donahue
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Kansas
Missouri
Sudbury Man Hires Helper As Wagon Is Struck
E N Tibbetts of Sudbury hired Jacobs to assist him in town. Jacobs rode in the wagon when an automobile frightened the horse near Gutteridge's jewelry store. The wagon collided with a hitching post, breaking the whiffle tree and shafts and throwing Jacobs to the ground, causing a bad head gash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Tibbetts
Sudbury
Jacobs
Gutteridge’s
Cholera Infantum Cured by Diarrhoea Remedy
Ruth Dewey of Agnewville Virginia sick with cholera infantum last summer. Her father B N Dewey recalls giving Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and within five hours she improved. She recovered after taking less than half a small bottle. Remedy sold by Johnson's Pharmacy and H J Dwinell Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
B. N. Dewey
Agnewville
Chamberlain
Johnson's Pharmacy
H. J. Dwinell
Maynard
Maynard Band Fails to Deliver On Summer Concert Series
The Maynard military band failed to fulfill a promised ten concert summer series advertised to local merchants. After two early spring performances, the program was used for ads and merchants paid for ads hoping to fund ten Friday night concerts. The band may have access to the new bandstand, but delays keep the planned venue and schedule uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Military Band
Maynard
Maynard Cricket Team Falls to Fitchburg in Close Contest
In Fitchburg Saturday Maynard was defeated 25 to 23 in an excellent cricket match. Webber and Hast hope were the standout Maynard players. Final score showed Fitchburg triumph with key wickets taken by McInnes Waterhouse and Asquith. Also contains an advertisement for Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Lathrop
Acton
Edward Ferns
Coburn
Maynard
Southbridge
Natick
Fitchburg
Webber
Hasthope
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kromberg
Germany
Maynard News and Nuits
W. B. Cass & Sons
William Bishop
Friends
Connecticut
Rose Hannon
Taunton
Nason St
Sullivan
Timothy Shea
Woonsocket, R
Molly Clark
Frances McCaffrey
Hyde Park
Civic Club
John Manhing
Annie Burke
Joshua Edwards
J. P. Watson
Selectman
A. J. Coughlan
Loyal Assabet Lodge
M. A
John Masen
Mason
Sudbury St
R. W. Pease
Conway
E. P. Laskey
Pease
Amherst College
Finncheson
Alice V. Mace
Somerville
Mace
Bridgewater Normal School
the Enterprise
Maynard High School
John C. Mackin
Hillis
James R. Bent
Brooks Reed
A. L. Morse
Daniel Goodenow
Charles F. Warren
Arthur Croft
Blanche Asher
Beachmont
Fannie Moynihan
Winthrop
Chanies
Northampton
Edmund
Deane Whitney
Gertrude
Sara Shaw
Dover
John W. Lynch
William Broadley
Saxonville
W. H. Gutteridge
Lake Chauncy
Agnes Larkin
Harry
Winter Hill
Garnet Hackwell
James Raidy
Amsterdam
N. Z
Nelle Corcoran
Katie Lawton
John Sabinsky
Elmira
N. Y
Sara McKeon
William Scully
Holyoke
Henry Ledgard
Harry Ledgard
White City
Lake Quinsigamond
A. B. Papineau
St. George's Church
Mary Wright
Ethel Graham
Waltham
William Hurd
James Hilferty
Robert Woodard
Hudson
Florida Court
John Kelley
B. and M
Kitty
Katie Lawler
Wilkinson Crossley
Henry LeRose
Warren
Joseph Belanger
Fannie White
South Framingham
Mary McCarthy
Acton Center
Mamie Nagle
Nellie Daley
South Acton
C. Co. 8. CO
C. Co
BIC Department Store
Combination Cash Store Co
ARE
Cricket
Johnson’s Pharmacy
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