McKinley Victory Sparks Mixed Press Reactions
The British press view McKinley’s election as favorable while The Philistine mocks good manners. Porter Morse boasts of leading the ticket by about 2009 votes even in defeat. Easter Sunday falls on April 18 next year and dances fill the winter schedule. A Santa Ana shoe retailer offered pay only if McKinley won, doubling if Bryan did, drawing many customers before the election.
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Porter Morse
Santa Ana
Cal
McKinley
Bryan
Calendar reveals five Mondays for holidays and Maynard mill shifts
An upcoming year will have five holiday Mondays, one on Thursday, one on a Saturday. Maynard's Assa bet mills will run at full capacity with 4000 workers, far exceeding the town's 3000 residents, likely forcing some to camp or relocate nearby. Confidence is rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Maynard
Immigration Confession Explains Entry Under Contract
A dialogue from the New York Weekly notes an immigration official questioning a foreigner who says he came to the United States to learn manufacturing methods under a working contract. The exchange labels some visitors as socialists and anarchists and intents to return them if they refuse to work.
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Europe
New York Weekly
Canton Young Man Questioned by Boston Bank
The Canton Journal reported a local businessman received a letter from a Boston banking house seeking details about a Canton youth who applied for a position. The firm asked about character companions strengths and weaknesses, advising young men to ponder such inquiries.
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Canton Journal
Boston
Canton
Boston House
Boston Mercantile and Banking
Brockton Times
Graceful Cong shoulders praise for Apsleys staff
Boston Journal notes the response of Mr Apsley s Hudson employees after the election victory. As vice chairman of the Republican congressional committee he has done effective work and deserves the warm commendations of his Massachusetts friends.
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Apsley
Hudson
Republican Congressional Committee
Massachusetts
Boston Journal
Two Successful Women in Medina Storeowners
In Medina New York the reading dry goods store is owned and run by two women in partnership. Starting small years ago they built a leading Medina shop through skillful management and now also own a fine home. Their example offers inspiration for other women.
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Medina
N. Y
Reading
Womenin Partnership
Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer Plans Lectures After Europe Return
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer returns from fifteen months in Europe and will write articles for magazines and give a series of addresses at women’s schools and colleges. She resigned as dean of the women’s department at Chicago University before going abroad.
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Alice Freeman Palmer
Europe
Massachusetts
Women’s Department
Chicago University
Lynton Visitor Quizzed An Elder On Age In Devon
A visitor at Lynton in Devon asks an old man his age. The man says he is just over 70 and then reveals his father is alive and well, with the grandfather being cared for at home. The exchange highlights quirky local humor rather than a serious event.
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Lynton
Devon
England
Grandfather
Irish Jury Misstep Cited in Southern Court Story
An Irish judge recounts a juror mishap in a south of Ireland case. The usher proclaims the jury to take proper places in court, and seven jurors instinctively move into the wrong nook. The tale is told in the Boston Green Bag.
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Ireland
Boston
Maynard Notes and Local Trials and Festivities
Maynard reports Wm. Maynard ill with typhoid fever. Trial of John Lyons and P. Leynen for alleged arson at the Riley place in Sudbury began with James F. Sweeney as counsel. A McKinley parade incident damaged a horse and buggy near Main street. Maynard lodge I O O F hosted West Acton guests with 300 attendees at a lodge reception, including entertainment and supper, then the Maynard party returned home at midnight.
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Wm.2Lawler
John Lyons
P. Leynen
Riley Place
Sudbury
James F. Sweeney
McKinley
Main Street
Dr. Flagg
Maynard Lodge
West Acton
Acton Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Concord
Maynard
Harvard
Acton Centre Community Notes On Repairs And Events
Activities in Acton Centre include painting at the Blodgett house and barn on Main Street and repairs at the Cowdry estate barn. Local road improvements near Luther Conant and W. L. Livermore, a temperance meeting with speakers Easterbrook and Dusseault, a Ladies Church Aid meeting, and plans for a December town hall fair. A Republican committee meeting discussed a McKinley election celebration. Mary Wayne’s new residence nears exterior completion and well drilling resumes reaching about 75 feet through ledge.
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John White
Cowdry
Luther Conant
W. L. Livermore
Gorham Easterbrook
West Acton
W. F. Dusseault
South Acton
Ladies Church Aid Society
Congregational Church
Republican Town Committee
McKinley
Mary Wayne
Saving Armenians on a British Boat Aided by U S Admiral
British steamer Boyne rescued seven Armenian refugees from Smyrna after Turks forced boarding. Captain Fischer ferried them to safety with help from the U S warship Minneapolis under Admiral Selfridge, while the refugees were later taken to Ellis Island.
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Boyne
Smyrna
Turkey
Asia
Fischer
America
Humbert
United States
Minneapolis
Thomas Q. Selfridge, Jr
Ellis Island
Central Market Fresh Oysters and Millinery Ads
Fresh oysters available daily at Central Market. Advertisements promote Miss Deane’s Millinery Parlors with Fall and Winter styles from Cleary and Williams and Miss Naylor’s Millinery on Nason Street. J C Leighton offers taxidermy services on Main Street Maynard Massachusetts. Alfred E McCleary repairs watches clocks jewelry and silverware at 5 Parker Street. S. A. Christie Baldwin’s old stand So. Acton.
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Central Market
Miss Deane
Cleary
Nason Street
J. C. Leighton
Main St
Maynard
Mass
Alfred E. McCleary
Parker Street
S. A. Christie
Baldwin
Acton
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Flowers
We thank friends for deeds of kindness and words of sympathy after our mother’s death. Gratitude to the W C T U and others for flowers and to the M E choir for songs at the funeral. From Mrvaxp Mrs A Perrigrew and family.
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M. E. Choir
Local notices from Ashburnham and Sudbury public life
Boxboro community news reports visits and health updates including W H Forbush visiting his mother in Ashburnham and R Cobleigh ill with typhoid. It note s church meetings and oyster supper plans, Y P S C E officers, and a ratification ball. It covers McTammany machine election results, new births, and local civic developments including telecommunication and cemetery fund bequests.
De-Wits Little Early Risers Life Pills
Promote a soothing steady strength with small, effective doses. Advertisers list B F Johnson and Son Maynard, C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton as sellers for the product.
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B. F. Johnson& Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Bond minded bank markets water company securities
Transacts a general banking business. Sells drafts payable in any part of the United States and foreign countries. Buys and sells Government Municipal Railroad and other bonds. Careful and conservative investors are fast realizing that bonds of good paying water companies are among the best investments. This bank has facilities for selecting bonds of this class. Correspondence and accounts solicited. Safety deposit boxes to rent. Absolute security from fire or burglary. Joan L. Stone, Cashier.
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United States
Joan L. Stone
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted for Piles and Skin Ailments
An advertisement from B. F. Johnson & Son promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a quick cure for scalp eruptions hands lips cuts bruises scalds burns and claims it is the article most used for piles and always cures them.
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DeWitt
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
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Acton Centre
Herbert Blodgett
Odd Fellows
M. E. Taylor
Selfridge
New York
Mercantile Steamship Company of London
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Port Kilbreath
Customs Department
Joseph F. A‘verill
Cambridge
Ernest H. Leonhard
Providence
London
Vienna
Times
Russia
China
Diven United
Bay State Stock Company
William A. Morse
B. A Atkinson
Admiral Selfridge
Maynard Locals
A. Perrigrew and
Boxboro
Ashburnham
R. Cobleigh
Chas
Joy of
Maplewood
P. W. Cunningham
C. P. Dodge
Waltham
L. P. Dodge
C. H. Burroughs
N. H
Ladies Circle
Congregational Vestry
A. B. Peabody
Woman’s Board
New England
Manchester
Den
S. B. Hager
C. E. Wood
B. M. Walker
L. C. Hager
C. A. Perkins
S. A. Cobleigh
C. E Wood
S.A. Cobleigh
M. L. Dodge
H. Richardson
C. Richardson
Bessie Walker
M. M. Walker
B. C. Steele
L. W Richardson
B.C. Beyansen
McTammany
Patch
John Hunt
A. W. Rogers
South Sudbury
Sudbury Centre
Ann S. Goodnow
George Goodnow
Southern California
Summerland
Ruth B. Bent
Geo. E. Harrington
Joanna Gleason
Middlesex
Carlisle
Gleason
Unitarian Church
E. C. Abbott
Lyman Mevis
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Joanna Parker Gleason
the Peoples National Bank
B. L
Eshoring Repairing
Summer Street
Maynard, Mass
Norman A. Davidson
West Acton Mass
Isaac Reed
Adm
Glenwood
W, S. Howe & CO
Gaskell & Taylor
R.R. Station
Maynard,Mags
H. S. Hapgood
Stow, Mass
Mra
Lincoln Pratt
Charles H. Walcott
Mary Joyce
Spring Lane
W.b.cades Connecting Stores
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