Worcester Neighbors and Visitors Highlight Community Life
Worcester residents and former locals are noted in a series of social mentions. John Goff of the Metropolitan Insurance Co. visits, while Edward Mortimer moves from Norwood to Pleasant Street and several others from Boston, Lynn, New York, and Vermont are recorded as visiting or staying with relatives or attending events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Mortimer
Norwood
Pleasant
John Goff
Metropolitan Insurance Co
Worcester
John Watson
Boston
A. C. Faulkner
Chelsea
W. P. Fitzmaurice
Lynn N. E
Edward Flaherty
Cushing Academy
Merger Measures Draw Mixed Support in Rail Consolidation Bill
Boston June 19 seven measures prompt by proposed New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Maine railroad consolidation are reviewed by the legislature and a committee vote on Speaker Cole's stay of proceedings bill ends 7 to 6 against it. The session also covers Attorney General Malone led bills including stricter control and penalties for railroad consolidation and a state controller proposal. Immigration probes leave Italy after praise of work. Hampton Roads recovers four Minnesota launch disaster victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Maine
Legislative Committee On Railroads
Committee On Railroads
Cole
House of Representatives
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Malone
Luce
Commonwealth
Brandeis
Fire insurers to absorb Standard Marine Insurance
Liverpool report states a provisional agreement has been reached for the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance company to absorb the Standard Marine Insurance company. Both firms hold sizable interests in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company
Standard Marine Insurance Company
United States
Man confesses to killing wife in suicide pact ruse
In New York on June 19 James Wardell admitted he shot his wife under pressure from a death by own action pact. He had claimed she shot herself after their agreement to die together but an autopsy showed she died from gas inhalation. Wardell confessed when faced with motive and evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Wardell
Wardell
Stamp Menagerie and Miscellany Shown
A collage of stamp themes features animals birds and fish, plus butterfly from Queen Liliuokalani era, and notes on Java cinchona plantations. The snippet also includes a short quip about a watch stopped by a hair and a jeweler’s remark about a shampoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liliuokalani
Frank J. Stillman
St. Nicholas
Curious Health Cures and a Chloroform Test
A collection of odd health claims touts cures from sheep odor to lavender tonics and salt miner resilience. It ends with a tale of Sir James Simpson testing a new anaesthetic on himself after rabbits died, as recounted by Lyon Playfair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
New York Press
Sir James Simpson
Lyon Playfair
Simpson
Playfair
Local News and Visits Across Marlboro and Nearby Towns
Miss Florence Darling of Somerville visits her aunts the Misses Boyd on Fairmount Street Hoitt Charlton Dartmouth College is hosting at home before summer vacation work in Ogunquitt Maine. Mrs Howe of Portland remains with daughter Miss Lizzie Howe until vacation. Alice Arnold returns from Smith College graduation in Northampton. Mrs Warren Howe and sister Mrs Frank Eager travel to Moravia New York to visit Dr Harrison E Anthony. Jasper Loughlin places a canoe on Fort Meadow. David H Kroll bike trip to Charlestown. Mr and Mrs James Brown return to Allston after visiting Mayor E I Brown. Louis B Browning E I Browning and E W Christy of Boston visit Henry Browning Forest Street. Mrs Walter Stultz and daughter return to Providence Rhode Island after a week with Theo Meanor Honest Attorney and Mrs Winfield Temple at Dartmouth commencement. Archibald Gilliat of Somerville and Miss Lottie Leonard wed in Somerville and plan a short wedding trip then housekeeping there. Stanislaus Pomerleau completes work at S H Howe main factory and moves to South Acton to farm. Miss Lou Cole returns home on Gay Street after visiting Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Munsey
Swampsott
Swampscott High School
Paul Munsey
Newton St
Munsey
Mt. Holyoke College
Mildred
David Ingalls
Boston
Pleasant St
Florence Brown
Elm St
Wilrose Leduc
Frye St
John and
Robert Frye
Harvard College
Joseph Hanley
Liberty Jr
Thomas P. Harley
Fairmount Park
Annie
Alice Moore
Brookline
Clayton Cole
Florence Darling
Somerville
Boyd
Fairmount St
Hoitt Charlton
Dartmouth College
Ogunquitt
Howe
Portland
Lizzie Howe
Boynton & Alllen’s
Warren Howe
East Main St
Frank Eager
Moravia
N. Y
E. I. Browning
E. W. Christy
Henry Browning
Forest St
Walter Stultz
Providence
R. I
Theo. Meanor
Honest
Stanislaus Pomerleau
8. H. Howe
South Acton
Lou Cole
Gay St
Lynn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Main St
Concord
Maynard
India
Assabet Institution For Savings
Maynard, Mass
L. N. Fowler & CO
Concord Junction, Mass
Marlborc
Andrew Peters
Bradford, Vt
C. G. Greenwood
William Gately
New York City
Ringold St
T. W. McGee
William
O’brien
Chicopee
Alex Funai
Edward Moran
Haverhill
George J. Moran
Plymouth
Berkley
W.H. Murphy
Raoul Beaudreau
Holy Cross
Annie E. Dudley
W. A. Dudley
F. L. Claflin
Newton
J. Milton Walker
Allston
William Dick
Loyd Sutton
Boston Herald
Tech
Thomas Kiniffe
Warren Block
Kiniffe
Edward Mellen
Hudson
S. H. Howe
Clifton Proctor
North Middleboro
Jobin R. Proctor
Avondoglio
Edwin T. Brown
Laurence Hayward
Newburyport
Edward F. Hayward
Lewis L. Claflin
Frederick. L. Claflin
Park St
Fred Potter
George L. Potter
Gates Ave
William E. Cadman
Swarthmore
Penn
Uc Ogunquitt, Me
Bay State
Bill
Italy
Rome
United States Immigration Commission
Germany
Austria
Dastelle
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Minnesota
Shne
Plebiens
John M. Keyes
Hudson and Vicinity
F. H. Bryant
Insurance Company
Honduras
Puerto Cortez
Crosby
South Framingham
E. Z
W. B
Dorothy Dodd
Combination Cash Store Company
Maynard Block
Willie
Lippincott’s
Java
Holland
Shepherd
Marlboro
Alice Arnold
Northampton
Smith College
Winfield Temple
Hanover
Archibald Gilliat
Lottie Leonard
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