Maynard News Highlights Local Social and Political Events
Local social pages note guests of Principal C A Cragin of Clinton, a Boston trip by Ronard Archer, and Miss Irene Mallinson resuming work in West Rutland. Reports cover a Middlesex County Teachers’ Association convention, a Republican rally in Cooperative hall, and various visits, travels, and school news across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Rainville
Harry Hull
Brooklyn
Middlesex County Teachers’ Association
Tremont Temple
Converse Hall
Lorimer Hall
Converse
Chipman
Annuity Guild
Republican Town Committee
Adelbert D. Messer
Concord Junction
Nathan D. Tufts
Waltham
Robert M. Luce
George H. Creighton
John Jacob Rogers
Lowell, Jr
Arthur Malcolm Sr
Danvers
Nina Wollerachied
Women Suffer Terribly From Kidney Trouble
On her feet all day a woman suffers backache headaches stiff swollen joints weariness and kidney trouble. Foley gives quick relief for kidney discomfort and fatigue noted in this health plug promising relief and renewed energy.
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Foley
Means of Offense and Defense in Animals
Reptile tails strike prey and many animals emit strong odors or secretions as defense. Some species bear large horns and tusks for protection. In cows and oxen horns sit atop the head, while elephants and certain whales show highly developed tusks or tusk-like teeth.
The Fine Part of It
A reflective line hints that a brief outing loses value without something to anticipate ahead. The text poisedly frames anticipation as the enriching element of a short journey.
Bargain Hunter Sacrifices Future Opportunities
A reflective line notes that a man who seeks all the best of every bargain cheats himself of future opportunities, suggesting restraint yields greater gains.
One-eyed focus improves photograph interpretation
The article argues photographs benefit from viewing with one eye at the optical center of the lens. Binocular viewing flattens the image, while a single-eye approach preserves perspective and tone. It suggests using one eye to judge landscapes before taking a shot.
Japan's daring whalers and fatal dives
The article describes Japanese whalers as expert and fearless, detailing how they harpoon and maim whales, then endure dives and the danger of drowning as they cling to the animal. It notes ritual prayers after capture, and the gruesome but accepted process of cutting the whale open and mining its interior.
Germany's Uhlans and their origins in European armed forces
The Brooklyn Eagle explains that the uhlan hussar is a Polish borrowing, with uhlan meaning lancer and hussar derived from Hungarian for twenty. It notes the historical practice of every twenty men supplying one mounted man, dating to Matthias Corvinus and Hungarian levies with a called hussar.
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Germany
Mathias Corvinus
Brooklyn Eagle
Place Names In England Show Scriptural Echoes Across Regions
England boasts many scriptural place names found on ordnance maps and in times. Jericho Nineveh Mount Ararat and Mount Ephraim recur thrice each. Calvary wood in Bedfordshire and Jordan hill in Dorsetshire illustrate the pattern.
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England
Jericho
Occuria
Nineveh
Mount Yo Ararat
Mount Ephraim
Bedfordshire
Calvary Wood
Dorsetshire
Jordan Hill
Young Skeptic and the Santa Claus Dilemma
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip notes a parent telling his daughter there is no Santa Claus, prompting the child to declare she no longer believes in Satan, in a humorous reflection on belief and skepticism.
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Santa Claus
Louisville Courier-Journal
Where Ignorance to Bliss Proverb Reflections
A compact contrarian proverb note contrasts ignorance with bliss and suggests happiness in miseries. It cites a German saying that all men are fools if they remain single and hints at optimism in enjoying life’s ups and downs.
Equal Suffrage Address Delivers Strong Case
At a Wo man club meeting in Masonic hall on Tuesday afternoon Mrs Briggs of Norwood spoke on equal suffrage in a longer, clearer, more forceful address than before. The talk left a profound impression. Afterward Mrs Charles B Brown, secretary of the Concord Equal Suffrage League, spoke.
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Woman’s Club
Masonic Hall
Briggs
Norwood
Charles B. Brown
Concord Equal Suffrage League
Way It Works Out
A terse reflection notes that a know-it-all may clash with others and often acts wrongly despite certainty. The speaker warns that confident individuals can misbehave, and good judgment isn’t guaranteed by knowledge alone.
Grateful thanks for kindness after bereavement
The writer expresses sincere gratitude to friends neighbors and the husband’s friends for lightening sorrow after a bereavement and thanks them for floral tributes in Mrs Wm Casey’s name.
Declare War on Rheumatism
Foley Kidney Pills advertised to strengthen kidneys and purify blood. Also a classified notice seeking 1000 live broilers and pullets weekly from poultry dealer Gedee A. Dyer of Marlboro with telephone contact.
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Gedee A. Dyer
Marlboro
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Adverts Maynard Mass
An early 20th century classified page advertises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs with claims of quick relief and a soothing coating. It lists John son’s Pharmacy Maynard and Johnson's Pharmacy Maynard as sellers. There are also rental notices for a tenement and a house at 44 Brooks Street with modern improvements and applications to Mrs. John Ingham. A separate notice promotes a six tenement block for sale near Mill and Post Office with 14 percent return, McNamara & Coughlin Clinton Mass as sellers.
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Alice Smith
Hudson
B. F. Brown
Main
Anson Rayner
Waltham
Nathan Rayner
Edward Wooldredge
Irving
Worcester
John Hughes
John
Charlesotwn
Nellie
Elizabeth
Mary Mahon
John R. Festus and Son
West Acton
Case's Block
Commercial College
Boston
Louis Feinberg
Chelsea
Max Blatt
Daniel Connors
Ralph Jones
Walter Kelly
Charles D. Holmes
Arthur Coogan
Mr. Morgan
Mystic
Conn
Cambridge
Holmes
Ella Sullivan
William Jones, Jr
Wonsocket
R. I
Mary McOwen
Salem
Richmond
Nyman
Marlboro
Sara Nyman
George Brown
Annie Kennedy
Priscilla Club
Douglas Ave
William Baxter
New Idea
J. E. Phillips
Frank Underwood
Keene
N. H
Robert Crossley
Bertha
Ashuelot
Strout
Kentville
W. O. Strout
Arthur Bradford Papineau
Sudbury River
Joseph V. Gately
Medford
Harry Phillips
Dorchester
Irene and
Marie Punch
Wiliam Casey
Foley
Johnson's Pharmacy
Maynard
Ady
Brooks St
John Ingham
McNamara & Coughlin
Clinton
Mass
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Ipr
H. 8. Cragin
C. A
Millar
Amherst College
Dr. Cragin
Clinton Hospital
Ronard Archer
Irene Mallinson
Lebanon
West Rutland
Everett Toop
Lloyd Walker
Somerville
Mary Smith
Gardner
Waterview
N. Y
Mary iAntin
Jennie MacKenzie
Fred McLaughlin
Roxbury
Ernest Greenhalge
Helen
Genevieve Coughlin
Camp Regina
Fort Meadow
George A. Kennedy
Simmons College
Edwin Carlton
Arthur
Edward
Albert McLoughlin
Hyde Park
Agnes Barry
Arthur J. Coughlan
Grace Parkin
Arthur King
Watchman
Lyman School
Westboro
Frances Nagle
Bancroft St
Fred’ Mead
Fannie
Harwood
American Woolen Co
Mary Shaughnessy
Frank Lorisky
Democratic Party
Post Office Square
Edward Flaherty
Richard Ford
Huntington
William Martin
Ford
Josephine Hannigan
May
Sara Gravesen
Concord
The
Waltham Hospital
George H. Champagne
Florence Joseph
Arlington
Benjamin Brown
Main St
Ernest Butterworth
Winchester
Joel Butterworth
Summer St
Whitney Bent
Worcester Academy
Mrs
Irvin Howe
Japan
S. Daring Whalers
DeLee’s Drug Store
Nason Street
Maynard, Mass
Rexall
A. H. Haynes
Front St
Jersey Butter Co
Lafayette Flour
Red Front Jersey
Maynard Trusts Co
H. J. Dwinela
Charles E. Wheeler
George H. Creighton Saha G . r _ Howard
E Committee
Harley J. Paine
Orrin
Charles B. Wheeler A. Wilson
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