South Framingham Plant May Be Used For Bicycle Making
Reports say the idle Para Rubber Shoe plant at South Framingham may soon operate again for bicycle production. An offer of 60,000 dollars was made with 70,000 asked. locals expect tax terms favor purchase. Other notes describe a early office seeker entangled in hotel corridor comedy and a Washington real estate boom fueled by President Cleveland's rumored Virginia trip.
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Para Rubber Shoe Company
South Framingham
Arthur Pope
Hickory Cycle Co
Col
A. A. Pope
Columbia _bicycle concern
Para
Washington
Aqueduct Bridge
Cleveland
Virginia
Georgetown
Arlington
Washington Post
Lawrence academy centennial celebration at Groton
Lawrence academy Groton will celebrate its centennial on Saturday June 17 with full day exercises and distinguished speakers. Special railroad stops are arranged and a banquet costs one dollar per plate. Former students are urged to send their full addresses to George A Sanderson Littletown Mass.
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Lawrence Academy
Groton
George A. Sanderson
Littleton
Mass
Curtis trims summer residence at Fort Meadow farm
The remodeled summer residence of J. E. Curtis at his farm near Fort Meadow will be ready for occupancy ere many weeks. A broad piazza on three sides adds a desirable sitting area for warm evenings. The large addition provides spacious rooms making a charming summer home. grounds are being graded as part of ongoing improvements.
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J. E. Curtis
Fort Meadow
Cows Die From Suspected Arsenic Poisoning in Framingham
Medical examiner Z B Adams reports two Jersey cows found dead on Normal Hill Framingham Centre with symptoms pointing to arsenical poisoning. Frank Eastman’s cow shows similar signs but may be saved. A full investigation is planned.
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Z. B. Adams
Framingham Centre
Jersey
Frank Eastman
Baron Fava and Mrs Cleveland Hand Kiss Comment
The New York World views Baron Fava's gesture as a courteous hand kiss rather than an embarrassment for Mrs Cleveland. It notes cross country customs differ from Georgia and Italy and contrasts the gesture with the pump handle shake still used in parts of the United States.
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Baron Fava
Mrs. Cleveland
New York World
Boston Woman's Voice on Fast Day Abolition Debate
In Massachusetts the press cheers that ten times as many attend theaters on Fast day as churches. The piece argues 3,000 observing religiously deserve the same privilege as 30,000 choosing theater, questioning replacing Fast day with Good Friday for religious reasons.
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Massachusetts
Daily
Boston Woman’s Voice
Explanation of Our Big Imports at the Columbian Expo
The New York Press notes a key trade feature the public may miss. It says large imports persist while exports fall, but many foreign exhibits brought as imports for the Columbian exposition are not consumed and thus raise import value into the millions, with further increases anticipated through the month.
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New York Press
Portrait photos for World Fair passes spark dissent
Officials require photographs for Chicago World’s fair passes to prevent transfer. Some visiting dignitaries view it as an insult to their countries, though the policy stands at the gate.
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Chicago
Across the Sea
Utica Press
Stealing a Redhot Stove an Odd Tale Retold
Halman Carmody notes the Redhot Stove theft is a comic idea with little truth. A New York criminal once received six months for stealing a tinner’s stove after a long record of petty thefts and unusual items. The stove was a hot, old fashioned iron piece carried several blocks before arrest.
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Halman Carmody
New York City
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bowdoin Class Raises Funds to Help a Boy Through College
The Bowdoin senior class voted to raise 150 dollars annually for four years to aid a needy but ambitious boy from Good Will farm East Fairfield. A recipient will be chosen and receive 600 dollars to attend Bowdoin, in a new philanthropic effort urged by Hinkley.
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Cass
Bowdoin College
Hinkley
Good Will Farm
East Fairfield
Bowdoin
Portland
Argus
Hair Evidence Shocks Suffolk Court in Separate Support Case
Mrs Annie Sutton of East Boston presented a pasteboard box 14 inches long 6 wide and 8 deep filled with her hair as evidence of cruel treatment by her husband John Sutton in Suffolk probate court during a petition for separate support and alimony. She testified he pulled out her hair in fits of rage while he denied the charge.
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Annie Sutton
East Boston
Suffolk
John Sutton
Boston Transcript
Deaths due to bad milk plague Philadelphia babies
Five thousand infant graves are dug yearly in Philadelphia with 5000 headstones marking them. The deaths are linked to poor feeding from bad or diseased milk and skimmed milk, blamed on the lack of a sound milk law. An Oakland man misreads, imagining literacy by touch, as a reporter records his name aloud.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
The Sparrow Song and Its Stubborn Invasion
A historical note cites the English sparrow as an unstoppable pest. The piece recalls a British sailor’s doggerel about sparrows fighting weather and rain, ending with the bird’s continued rise and fall over spouts. The Chicago Herald framing underscores national irritation with the bird.
Harlem Woman Dispenses New Ten dollar Bills
A well to do old lady in Harlem, at her wits end for gifts, procured a packet of new ten dollar bills from the bank and handed them out through the day to family and friends who visited the parlor.
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Harlem
New York Sun
Easily Accounted For
Dialogue excerpt indicates a light exchange about a character named Miss Coupon Bond and her stony glare. The speaker Rackette attributes her mood to her rocks, suggesting a humorous or ironic tone within a brief life snippet.
Framingham Branch Trains Timetabled For Connexions
A timetable excerpt shows Lowell and Framingham branch trains with connections at South Framingham to Taunton New Bedford and Fall River. It lists departure and arrival times for multiple stations including Acton Junction Sudbury Nobscot Framingham and Mansfield and notes an additional express from Mansfield to South Framingham. Authorities cited include R J Kendrick third vice president and GEO L Connor general passenger agent.
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Wyerow
South Framingham
Worcester
Springfield
B.& Alr
R. J.R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Gen'l Pas
C.A. McAlpine
Transit Schedules Read Like Local Timetables
The document lists multiple daily train and bus times for Northampton Ware Barre Plains including morning and afternoon departures. It records Sunday service with varying start times such as 510 a.m. and 655 a.m. and afternoon slots around 1240 or 342 p.m.
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Northampton
A. m. Barre Plains
Marlboro Branch Theatre and Mixed Trains Schedule
The Marlboro Branch timetable lists a theatre train from Boston to Marlboro on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11.15 p.m arriving 12.53 a.m. The Marlboro to South Acton train runs Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11.35 p.m. A mixed train departs Marlboro at 7.30 p.m. weekdays for all branch points except Whitman's Crossing. Regular trains depart Marlboro at 6.40, 7.35, 11.20 a.m. weekdays and 7.45 a.m. Sundays. Boston departures at 3.05, 4.00, 5.30 p.m. weekdays and 11.15 p.m. Wed/Sat with through coaches.
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Fitchburg
Clinton
Berlin
Southboro
A. m
Sun
M. Framingham
Boston
M. So. Framingham
A.m. Sun
P.m. Marlboro
Marlboro, Ly
Northboro
B. m. Berlin
P.m
A. m. Sun
OS A.m
P.m. Clinton
A. m. Hudson
A.m
A. m. Rockbottom
A. m. Wayside Inn
P. m. Sun
A. m. South Sudbury
P.m. Sun
A. m. East Sudbury
Wayland
A. m. Weston
Waltham
Waverly
Belmont
Marlboro
South Acton
Whitman’s Crossing
Hudson
Rockbottom
Whitman's Crossing
Hemh
Maynard
Arrive
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Hudson, Mass
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W. H. Wordell
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Northern
Kneeland Street
Framingham, Ar
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Taunton
New Bedford
Fall River
Lowell
Framingham
Lowell, Jr
Acton Junction
Acton
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Nobscot
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Warren
Tawall Oat
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the Peoples Dry Goods Company
Maynard, Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
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Ware
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G. F. Evans
Flanders
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Marlboro Branch
P.M. A.M
Oro
W. A. White
Maine
Main Street
Waltham,Mass
James F. Bigelow
Pla
Warren Elk,Marlboro, Mass
Fitchburg R. R
Exposition
WM. H. Church
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