Boston guest, local births, and social notes from Stow area
A Boston resident James Powers visited Mrs. Bridget Claflin. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs mer Tuikka of Glendale Street. Mrs Mary Moore hosted Miss Kate Ciowhey for a Saturday visit in Stow. Multiple local families hosted guests over the weekend and Thanksgiving plans were noted. The American Woolen Co. raised wages by ten percent starting Dec 4, benefiting 2400 workers at the local plant, boosting weekly payroll by about $3000.
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James Powers
Boston
Bridget Claflin
Mer Tuikka
Glendale St
Kate Ciowhey
Mary Moore
Stow
Walter Leary
Great Rd
Baward Salmon
O’neil
Harrison St
Mr &. Walker
W. A. Haynes Co
Spoolers and Dressers’ Union
Masonic Hall
Madeline Wall
Framingham
Mary ‘Wall
Samuel Parkin
Walpole
Lawrence
Charles McGill
Lowell
A. T. Haynes
Charles Wilcox
South Manchester
Anna Adams
Mary
Catherine Driscoll
Leonard Smith
American Woolen Co
Sidney Coulter
Baby
Providence
R. I
James Coulter
East St
William Scully Jr
William Hanson
Checker Club
Clifford King
Henry Price
Haynes & Woodard
Tremont St
Mt. Vernon St
Parmenter Ave
Shop At Home Goods No More Expensive Than City Stores
Local merchants display a festive selection of gifts for all ages drawn from Boston and New York markets. Despite some shortages, dealers boast comparable or lower prices than large urban shops due to year round effort. Shoppers are urged to buy locally and early to enjoy a wide stock at home.
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Boston
New York
Methodist Church Sets Thanksgiving Service and Series
Methodist church schedules a 7 30 p m thanksgiving service with a question box. Sunday worship at 10 45 a m features a sermon on The Most Amazing Thing in Life. Sunday school at noon. Men's Forum at 3 discusses Poverty and Wealth from a Kingdom of God view. Young People meet at 6 with missions topics. 7 o'clock illustrated service on David Livingstone with Miss Jennie Naylor singing A Soldier of the Cross. Public invitation for all ages.
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A. Merrill Osgood
E. Taylor
David Livingstone
Jennie Naylor
House to Let with Modern Improvements at Elsinore Street
Lost a black raccoon muff on Nason Street Wednesday morning. Finder, please return to J. Lynch who will return it to its rightful owner. House to let at 7 Bow Street for particulars.
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Elsinore St
Bow St
Nason St
J. Lynch
Burglary Reported at Mrs Champagne Home Sudbury
Mrs Champagne Sudbury Jr reported to Chief Binks that a burglar ransacked the home after midnight Saturday. A parolee from Concord Reformatory who was rooming there is suspected. Losses include a watch and chain valued at 100 dollars and papers worth over 100 dollars. A roomer Ray Phalen reports an overcoat and money missing. Arthur Sullivan’s shop lost 16 razors brushes straps a white coat and shoes. Police say they will pursue the burglar.
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Ray Phalen
Imbimbo
Ladies Auxiliary Whist Party At Masonic Hall
The ladies auxiliary of A 0 H held a well attended whist party at Masonic Hall Monday evening with about 14 tables. Prizes went to Mrs Manning Concord first ladies and Gane Connell Concord Junction second. consolation to Margaret Lowney. Gents prizes went to Anthony Conway first and Emmett McCarthy second. consolation to Murray Reed Concord.
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A. 0.H
Masonic Hall
Mary Wall
Mrs. Manning
Concord
Gane Connell
Concord Junction
Margaret Lowney
Anthony Conway
Emmett McCarthy
Murray
Reed
Mary
Clarence J Bodfish Dies in Cambridge Noted Local Figure
Clarence J Bodfish died in Cambridge on Saturday. He moved to town in 1902 as agent of the Assabet mills and remained until 1904. He helped found and served as first president of the Assabet Institution of Savings, shaping local business and social life.
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Clarence J. Bodfish
Cambridge
Assabet Mills
Wille
Assabet Institution of Savings
Bodfish Pioneer of Assabet and Woolen Industry Dies
Charles Bodfish longtime leader in Assabet Improvement Association and Maynard Trust Co dies at 61 in Cambridge after a 45 year career in woolen manufacturing. Born 1854 in Chicopee he held posts with Washington Mills American Woolen Co Wood Worsted Mills and served as general agent of all worsted plants. He was married Minnie S Smith and survived by son Clarence and daughter Harriet. Funeral held at his home with local officials in attendance. burial in Ellington, Connecticut.
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Assabet Improvement Association
The
Maynard Trust Co
Chicopee
Julius F
Henrietta Bodfish
Hall's Academy
Ellington
Joseph Selden
Rockville
Florence Mills Co
Home Woolen Mills Co
Beacon Falls
Camden Woolen Co
Camden
N.J
Washington Mills
Lawrence
American Woolen Co
Assabet Mills
M Rd
Bay State National Bank
Bodfish
National Association of Woolen Manufacturers
Home Market Club
Middlesex Club
Shepard Memorial Church
Cambridge
Minnie Seymour Smith
Eli J
Harriet Griggs Smith
Clarence S$. Bodfish
Waverly Mills
Pittsfield
Harriet
Chauncey F. English
Brookline
New England
Hardware Age
Mt. Vernon St
Assabet Institutio of Savings
Omas Parker
Charlies H. Persons
Abel Haynes
B. J. Coughlin
George H. Creighton
William B. Case
John W. Flood
James R
Woolen Mills Overseer Appointments at Westvale
William Gutteridge attended the meeting at the Billy Sunday tabernacle Saturday afternoon. Ernest Moore, recently engaged here with spinning frames for the Davis Furber Co., has accepted a position as overseer of the more woolen mills at Westvale.
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William ‘Gutteridge
Billy Sunday Tabernacle
Ernest Moore
Davis Furber Co
Strathmore Woolen Mills
Westvale
Christmas Fund Distribution By Maynard Trust Co
The Maynard Trust Co will distribute a Christmas savings fund of about 40 000 to around 1500 depositors. Checks go in the mail Thursday December 14. The club accumulates small yearly deposits aiding gift purchases and circulating funds to benefit local merchants. The 1917 club starts December 26 with new classes. members may join between December 14 and January 1.
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Maynard Trust Co
Braydens witness Hip Hip Hooray at Boston opera
Frank and Bert Brayden witnessed the Hip Hip Hooray performance at the Boston opera house Saturday night. Miss Annie McCarron will spend Thanksgiving at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Frank McCarron Concord Street.
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Frank
Bert Brayden
Boston Opera House
Annie McCarron Will
Mrs
Frank McCarron
Concord St
Concord and Hudson Rail Cars Schedule Announced
The Co. M. and H. St. Railway lists half hour departures from Concord and Hudson between 2 and 10 p m on regular days and Thanksgiving. Maynard to Concord service also runs every half hour 2 to 10 p m with a theatre car meeting the late Boston train on Saturdays. A note asks for returning a purple feather boa and shirtwaist stolen from Fullerton hat shop. For sale a mahogany upright piano at $90 via Miss Elizabeth Griffin Dickinson Hospital Northampton Mass. n16-8t
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Elizabeth Griffin
Dickinson Hospital
Northampton
Mass
Christmas glasses for aged eyes buy the gift of sight
The piece urges caring for elderly relatives by providing properly fitted glasses. It frames vision loss as a fading part of life and promotes an optician as the fix, presenting Christmas as an opportunity to give functional, comforting reading glasses.
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Maynard News
John Peterson
Frank May
Marlboro
Mark Kelley
Leonard
Fayville
George Howes
Richard Keegan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Myrtle Fuller
William Jones
Durham
Harvey Richardson
Fred Cahill
Charles Ryan
W. B. Case
Maynard
C. J. Bodfish
Sonora
DeLee’s Pharmacy
Rexall
Nason Street
Maynard, Mass
P. m
Fullenton Hat Shop
Geo. H. Gutteridge Watchmaker and Jeweler
Jersey
Maynard's
Florida
California
Doz
Hobart Mill
the Home OF Quality
Jersey Butter Company
Main
Assabet Institution For Savings
Main Street
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