Trolley Freight Gains Steam as Boston and Worcester Line Advances
Boston and Worcester Street Railway officials push for railroad commission approval to run freight and express on the Boston Worcester line. Newton grants freight and express rights, ten cars planned with four on hand. Seven Brill semi convertible cars arrive for service while a fifteen minute summer schedule between Boston and Worcester begins June 23 1906.
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New England
Boston Transcript
Boston & Worcester Street Railway
Raiilroad
Boston
Worcester
City of
Newton
Railroad Commission
Jackson
Bishop
Boston and Worcester St. By. Co
Brill Company
Boston & Worcester Trolley Algine
Marlboro Wins Purse in Local Cockfighting Event
Marlboro birds defeated Hudson in five bouts near the Sudbury line for a $100 purse. Hudson led early with two wins but Marlboro dominated the remaining contests. Tiny wagers were placed as the Highland City crowd watched the grand finale.
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Sudbury
Hudson
Marlboro
Highland City
Deer at Lake Boone Lures Cottagers to Early Morning View
At Multer cottage on Lake Boone Miss Pearl Multer aroused family and guests to glimpse a real live deer grazing outside. The deer stayed briefly before the party returned to bed, praised the lake as a summer resort. Later a Jersey heifer wandered from a nearby pasture and was driven back home by its owner.
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Lake Boone
Miss Pearl Multer
Alf
T Hat
Iear
Marlboro Post Office Site Moves Forward
A 1906 telegram from Congressman Tirrell to the Marlboro Daily Enterprise confirms a $15,000 appropriation plan to purchase a site for Marlboro’s future post office. The proposed location is the Billings factory site, bought by the Marlboro Savings Bank.
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Washington, D. C
Marlboro Daily Enterprise Public Buildings
Marlboro
Tirrell
Enterprise
Congress
Tirrei
Washington
Congresg
Billings
Marlboro Savings Bank
Freight Wreck Near Glearondale Station Causes Heavy Damage
An extra freight from Boston to Oakdale derailed Sunday about 11:30 near the Glearondale station on the Inston & Main road Central division. No injuries but extensive property damage as rails and cars were wrecked during work on heavier rails. The line north to Boston was blocked all day and Marlboro trains used the Fitchburg division.
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Glearondale
Inston & Main Road
Central Division
Boston
Oakdale
Northampton
Fitchburg
Last Vote Cast Vision Changed Ballot Counting Policy
A new bill passed by the legislature delays vote counting until polls close in Marlboro elections. Rep. W. M. Brigham drew the law. Previously ward officers began counting after noon, sometimes altering results by tipping friends outside to rush in votes.
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W. M. Brigham
Marlboro
Keith’s Theatre to Feature Robert Hilliard in June Week
Robert Hilliard headlines a strong vaudeville bill at Keith’s for the week of June as a man sowing dramatic intensity in a single act. The program includes Seldoms, Barnes, Chestnut field, Kelly and O'Brien, Fields and Wolley, Caron and Herbert, the Quinette, Waldings, John and Bertha Rich, and the Fadettes with music. Concerts at 145 and 7.20 p.m. with new motion pictures in the kinetograph.
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Robert Hilliard
Keith's
Caron
Herbert
Waldings
John
Bertha Rich
Fadettes
300TH SUDBURY residents noted in Marlboro visit and local updates
Irving Seymour and his wife enjoyed a Sunday in Marlboro. Roxbury guest Herman L. Hunt visited friends last week. Parmenter Co. repairs on bridge on private track. Bernard L. Stone joined Pettee Colburn’s Sharon store as clerk. Elsa E. Bailey graduates Framingham normal school and plans teaching. Samuel Wright from Amherst agricultural college vacationing with parents. J. P. Hunt, former Lincoln grammar principal, at home for vacation. Harold M. Ellms and family visiting. Ellms works as a machinist at Watertown arsenal. Rev. A. B. Hudson of Ayer and Mrs. Hudson in town. he is the town historian. Schools closed for long vacation. Miss Robinson of Wadsworth school resigns to teach near Natick. Lawn party held at Memorial church with food sales and good attendance. Dr. F. Buzzell improves his residence. Memorial chapel interiors updated including ceiling, walls, floors, and new seats. pastor and young people credited for fund raising.
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Samuel Wright
Amherst Agricultural College
J. P. Hunt
Lincoln Grammar School
South Framingham
Harold M. Eilms
Ellms
Mr. Ellms
U. S. Arsenal
Watertown
F. Buzzell
Memorial Chapel
Marlboro lodge officers named by Knights of Pythias
Marlboro lodge Knights of Pythias elected new officers Monday night with Whitney H. Perry as CC, William M. Leonard V C, Harry Cassavant prelate, W M Leonard M W, Ira J. Haines M of W, Frank Tucker K of R and S, Alex McConnell J G and George be.com O G. Farmers struggle to hire help for hay crops. Company F the only Sixth regiment unit with full camp quota.
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Marlboro Lodge
Knights of Pythias
CC. C
Whitney H. Perry
V. C
William M. Leonard
Harry Cassavant
W. M. Leonard
Ira J. Haines
R and S
Frank Tucker
J. G
Alex McConnell
O. G
George Be
Eastern Steamship Company Service Description
The Great White Flyers operate between Boston and Bangor with routes to Penobscot Bay Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Bath Augusta Kennebec Bend Sheepscot Portland Calais Eastport and connections to St John New Brunswick Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. For full info contact Gen. Manager Foster's Wharf Boston Mass.
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Boston
Bangor
Penobscot Bay
Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island
Bath
Augusta
Kennebec Bay
Sheepscot Bay
Portland
Calais
Eastport
St. John
N. B
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Jokes Decline by Editor In Milwaukee Sentinel
A reader claims to have jokes but the editor rejects them as too fresh to be usable. The exchange plays on the editor's insistence that new humor would take too long to adapt, ending with a courteous good day.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Comparative Happiness and Social Comparison
A fragment discusses the human drive to be happier than others rather than simply seeking personal happiness, noting the difficulty of constant social comparison in pursuit of relative well being. The text hints at the psychological tension between inner joy and external status.
Examinations for Elementary Course Admission
State Normal School announces admissions tests for the Elementary Course on Thursday and Friday June 28 and 29. A limited number may take the one year teachers course and teach for a year at salary under school supervision, open to teachers with proven experience. For catalogues, address.
Boston and Maine Railroad Timetable Details
The schedule lists Boston to South Acton and Concord Junction trains with multiple departure times, including Sunday and Saturday variations. It includes stops at Maynard, Whitman Cross, Marlboro, Hudson, Gleasondale, and Concord, along with notes on flag stations and central mass connections.
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Boston
South Acton
Concord Junction
Concord
Maynard
West Acton
Glea
VIS P
Sun
Marlboro
Whitman's Crossing
Gleasondale
Hudson
Fitchburg
Cent. Maxs
PRA
Dent
Mass
D. J. Flanders
G. P
T. A
Taunton Division corrected schedule for Oct 8 1905
Train times updated for Marlboro Boston Southboro South Framingham and other routes. Lists departures from Marlboro Boston Northboro Fitchburg Framingham and Southboro with weekday and Sunday times and notes numerous OCR errors and misreads across lines.
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Taunton
Marlboro
Boston
Southboro
South Framingham
Marlsboro
Northboro
Clinton
Fitchburg
Concord Maynard Hudson RY Co Time Table
A 1900 timetable for the Concord Maynard and Hudson Street Railway shows daily services except Sunday with detailed departure times from Concord, Maynard, Hudson, and intermediate stops, plus connections to Boston and Worcester networks and special car charter notes.
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Concord, Maynard & Hudson ST. RY CO
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Marlboro Birds
Ting
Ayer
Aree Co
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Sondale Station
Keith's Theatre
Irving Seymour
Herman L. Hunt
Roxbury
Robinson
Wadsworth
Natick
Memorial Church
Eastern Steamship Company
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Maritime Provinces
A. H. Hanscom
Foster's Wharf
Boston, Mass
Copymants &c
Muni & Co
American Water Works and Guarantee Co
Postofice
John L. Stone
West Main
Marlborough
State Normal School
John G. Thompson, A.M
Boston & Maine Railroad
Moody St
Waltham, Mass
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Rustine
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Vie
Springe
LU West Rates
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
J. Flanders
Gen. Pass. & Tit. Agt
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N. H. & H. Railroad
Fayville
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Fitchurg
Frameingham
Framingham
Lowell
South Rors
Suntec
Concent
Sundave
the Peoples National Bank
Mass Capital
Sota
Gta
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A. m
P. Om. Gleasondale
TAG
P. Om. Hudson
A. Om
GAO
P. Om. Stow Center
P. m. Maynard
FEAT
Sudbury St
Huson
So. Acton
Lowell Acton & Maynard ST. RY. CO
Lowell, Acton & Maynard
Acton
John W. Ogden
Sept
Marlborough Savings Bank
Marlborough, Mass
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