Local Notices From A Dense Town Page
Miss Nellie Coughlin of Main Street is confined to house with a severe cold. Land transfer passes Tuesday night moving Gum mer street lot from Sawtell to the Naylor estate. Harley J. Dwinell buys land at Concord Junction to build a home. Capt. James Canney of Boston Police Department dies Monday. Postmaster Arthur J. Goughian’s cousin noted in station 4 report.
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Nellie Coughlin
Main St
Gummer St
Maynard House
Mr. Sawtell
Naylor
Concord Junction
James Canney
Boston
Police Department
Arthur . J. Goughian
Snowbound Assabet Mills Struggle With Rail Delays
Snow and ice halt railroad service delaying materials and shipments at Assabet mills. Finishing department lacks acids and other supplies and is shut. Shipping halted by mail delays. Over 60 workers dig out the Boston and Maine line from Marlboro to Acton while teams clear sections near the terminal. Officials fear plant shutdown if deliveries do not arrive soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Mills
Boston & Maine
Marlboro Terminal
Boston
Acton
Amalgamated Textile Workers Hold Parker Street Meeting
Union organizers addressed a meeting on Parker Street Tuesday evening as a drive to make Maynard an Amalgamated center gains support with many local textile workers affiliating. A mass meeting is planned at Colonial Hall Sunday afternoon with Amalgamated officials to speak. A Spoolers Drawer-in and Dressers local meeting is set for Sunday at 2 30 PM at I O O F hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Textile Workers’ Union
Parker St
Maynard
Colonial Hall
Amalgamated Union
I. O. O. F. Hall
Maynard Bows to Lowell in Rough 27 to 18 Game
Maynard lost to Lowell A A at Lowell Monday night by 27 to 18. Bucky Lew with the Lowell outfit secured the win in a fast rough contest. Camp Devens five, after beating Samoset, seeks a return match with Maynard for Saturday night at Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Lowell
Bucky Lew
Lowell A. A
Murray
Waldron
Clancy
Kendall
Ryan
Fitchburg
Jack” Kelley
Camp Devens
Samoset
Committee Chosen for City Hospital Plan
Samuel Lever was chosen chairman and James Mullin secretary at a hospital committee meeting appointed by the Business Men's association. Other members include Dr. Edward Flaherty B J Coughlin and Joshua Naylor. The committee will assemble information on the hospital and report findings at a future association meeting.
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Samuel Lever
James Mullin
Business Men's Associiation
Edward Flaherty
B. J. Coughlin
Joshua Naylor
Committee Organized To Confer With Amory Maynard
A town meeting formed a committee to confer with Amory Maynard on purchasing his estate. The group met in the selectmen's rooms with Arthur J. Coughlan chosen as secretary and members P. J. Sullivan, William Moynihan, and Michael E. Lynch. another meeting will be held next week with Mr Maynard invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amory Maynard
Selectmen's
Arthur J. Coughlan
Orrin
Fowter
P. J. Sullivan
William Moynihan
Michael E. Lynch
Maynard
Mrs Malcolm Parks Dies After Long Illness At Maynard
Mrs Malcolm Parks 48 wife of Holm Parks of Prospect court died at home Sunday night after a long illness. Born in Keene New Hampshire she lived in Maynard 17 years. Survived by husband and daughter Gertrude Parks funeral Tuesday afternoon placed in Glenwood cemetery receiving tomb floral tributes reported.
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Malcolm Parks
Holm Parks
Prospect Court
Keene
N. H
Maynard
Gertrude Parks
Glenwood Cemetery
Cambridge Officials Seek County Aid for Great Road Repair
Selectman Frank S. Binks and Supt. of Streets John Driscoll appeared before the county commissioners at Cambridge Tuesday to secure a county appropriation for repairing Great Road from the Sudbury to the Stow line. The town and state will cooperate with the county in meeting the expense.
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Frank S. Binks
John Driscoll
Cambridge
Great Rd
Sudbury
Stow
Death of Mrs. William Cole's mother delays travel
Friends of Mrs. William Cole of Maple Street learned of her mother’s death and her critical illness at their home in Canada. Travel difficulties prevented Mrs. Cole from making the journey to her former home.
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William Cole
Maple Sr
Canada
Died of Gas Poisoning in World War Front
William and Charles Spence attended the funeral of their nephew William C. Byron at Rockville Connecticut Monday. Charles Josephson accompanied them. The deceased, a former Maynard resident, was 29 and died from gas poisoning received at the front with the 26th McLane High- (text cuts).
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William
Charles Spence
William C. Byron
Rockville
Charles Josephson
Maynard
McLane
Acton Social Notes Mention Mrs Craig Sweet Visit
Concord Junction resident Mrs. Craig Sweet called on friends in Acton on Monday. Omar LeClerc has joined the South Acton Coal and Lumber Co as a driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Sweet
Concord Junction
Omar LeClerc
South Acton’ Coal & Lumber Co
Worker Struck by Mail Bag on B and M Express Train
Charles Heath, while at his job on the B. and M. railroad, was struck on the left hand by a mail bag hurled from a fast through Express train last Thursday. The injury lacerated and half tore the first joint of the middle finger, causing painful damage.
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Charles Heath
Song of Hiawatha Describes This Winter
An old volume cites Longfellow’s lines from Song of Hiawatha to depict a harsh winter. It laments endless cold, thick ice, deep snow, and drifts covering land and forest around the village.
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Song of
Hiawatha
Finland Aims to Open Trade Branch in Australia
Finland s Trans Oceanic Trading cooperative representing most of its manufacturers seeks a Baltic to Australia trade shift. It has optioned a fleet of Finnish steamships to push paper timber turpentine and other Finnish goods to Australia on a monthly schedule, replacing German routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Finnish’ Trans-Oceanic Trading Company
Australia
Germany
Something He Was Familiar With
Quote from London Tit-Bite noting a hostess prompting a poet to speak and remarking on this year’s pawn tickets being pink.
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London
Albuquerque Orders Cut Down All Cottonwood Trees
After years of debate the Albuquerque city commission in New Mexico orders removal of all female cottonwood trees within city limits. The move targets the cotton litter that triggers hay fever and soils streets and screens during June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Aldo Leopold
American Forestry Magazine
Washington
Cadman Draws Westward Inspiration From Miller Poem
Cadman the famed composer found inspiration for his piano sonata in Joaquin Miller’s From Sea to Sea. He described his first movement as portraying the West before colonization and his enduring affection for the Indian and the land’s pioneering spirit. The work aims to express triumph, pride, beauty, happiness, optimism, breadth, and ecstasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Wakefield
Cadman
Joaquin Miller
Miller
United States
Eve's Apple Lemon Claim Sparks Translator Debate
In Topeka, a translator argues that the biblical word for apple likely means a citrous fruit rather than a literal apple. The claim suggests the Eden tale may hinge on language and interpretation rather than a specific fruit.
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Eve
Topeka
Kan
Adam
Garden of Eden
Smith
Maynard Fire Headquarters Adds Large Recreation Room
By removing the partition between the hose and hook and ladder rooms at fire headquarters a large recreation room was created spanning the full width of the new pool table area to be installed.
Women’s club schedules lectures and activities at hall and clubs
A well attended Woman’s club meeting at Masonic hall heard plans for a lecture series free to the public with speakers including Dr. Payson Smith on education and Mrs. Claude Gilson on women’s citizenship. Other events featured a food sale, children’s day, a French orphan fund, a glee club report, piano solos, tea, and a secret committee chair.
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Woman's Club
Masonic Hall
Charles Stockbridge
George Merrick
Arthur J. Coughlan
Civics Department
Payson Smith
Massachusetts
Riverside Hall
Claude A. Gilson
Mass
Woman's Suffrage Association
Antlers’ Club
Harriet Farnsworth Gulick
Macorda Drug Store
Glee Club
Howard Wilson
Mary. L. Robinson
Waltham of the Home, Economics Department
Middlesex Farm Bureau
Jillian Morrison
Albert Goettler
Bessie Richardson
Socret
Sudbury Notes On Snowbound Week And Local Moves
Miss Eunice Baldwin remains sick while church services were canceled. Charles Baldwin will move to Joseph Keene’s farm and later to the Charles Hayes farm as Ben Haynes sells. The Grange plans an anniversary celebration this week with many invited. Perry bought the John Davey residence and changes at Perry farm occur April 1 with the McCrillis from Manchester taking over. Traffic on the B M R R was tied up for the first time this winter due to the storm.
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Ben” Haynes
Grange
D. Perry
John Davey
J. B. McCrillis
Manchester
N. H
Perry
Woman's Club Meeting March 17 With State Forestry Speaker
The next regular meeting of the Woman's Club is scheduled for Wednesday March 17. A speaker from the State Forestry office Boston will discuss valuable information. Men are invited. club members enter on regular tickets. A barge from South Sudbury will provide transport for attendees.
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Woman's Club
State Forestry Office
Boston
Sudbury
West Acton Couple Married in Athol Ceremony
Raymond Gallant and Eudora Lee of West Acton were wed in Athol on February 28. They will reside in Athol where Gallant holds a good position. Navy man Mr. Nelson visited the Adams home. Mrs. Nelson is wintering there. A. H Perkins helped with road work all day Sunday and into the week. Mr. Laboutely and family left Middlesex fruit farm for Three Rivers to reside. He sold his interest to Albert R. Jenks of the Middlesex Farm Bureau.
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Raymond Gallant
Eudora Lee
Athol
Gallant
Nelson
U. S. Navy
D. H. Adams
A. H Perkins
Laboutely
Middlesex Fruit Farm
Three Rivers
Albert R. Jenks
The
Middlesex Farm Bureau
Worst Day Vet: Village Bills a Long, Late Return
A rural community recalls a severe travel disruption with residents stranded, a traveler named Bulette detouring home after breakdowns near John McCarthy's, and milk deliveries delayed through Sunday due to the village's ordeals.
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John McCarthy
Miss Crosby to Speak on Japan Work at Church
Under the Woman's Union of the Congregational church Miss Mabel Crosby will describe her six years of work in Japan. The talk is set for Thursday March 18 at 3 30 p m in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Union of the Congregational Church
Mabel Crosby
Japan
Marlboro Girl Named to Pilgrim Festival Role
Miss Angelina Funai of Marlboro Mass has been selected to participate in the Pilgrim Festival at Boston University College of Liberal Arts on Friday March 19 at 8 o clock. The pageant includes more than 600 participants and marks the opening event in a series across New England celebrating the Pilgrim landing tercentenary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelina Funai
Marlborough
Mass
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
New England
Hospital Board Ladies Meet At Mrs Morse Home
The Ladies' Hospital Board gathered at Mrs Walter B Morse's Pleasant Street home with 26 members present. They sewed hemming napkins and other tasks, served punch crackers and candy, and handled light business while afternoon meetings at various homes prove popular.
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Ladies’ Hospital Board
Walter B. Morse
Pleasant St
Sheee
Women Seek Wealth in Oil in Snake Hollow Boom
In McKeesport Pennsylvania women financiers Miss Isabelle Mixmoe and Miss Irma Atwater drill their first gas well in Snake hollow near the city. The oil boom sees undeveloped land leased and rising lot prices as new wells come in, with active speculation and financing driving the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
Snake Hollow
Isabelle Mixmoe
Irma Atwater
Rich
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Dsi
Maynard, Mass
Tel
van Camp
I For
Distasio Market
Victrola
Victor Records
Bunker Hill Council
K. of C
Longfellow
West Acton
United States Grain Corporation
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company First Nation
Coop, Asst
Broadway
New York
G.O. P
BIG Six
Leonard Wood
Sen
Hiram W. Johnson
Isen
Miles Poindexter
W.g.harding
Frank D.lowden
Prominen
Hospital Board
W. B. Morse
Pennsylvania
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