County Court News: Probate Petitions and Estate Filings
In Acton and surrounding towns, petitions request administration of Mary M. Wayne estate valued at 6000 with heirs in Westford Acton Rochester and Hollywood. Other probate actions include wills admitted in Concord Maynard and obligations for executors and administratrixes with bonds set, estates totaling thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Bedford
Mary M. Wayne
John Wayne
Westford
Ee Rouillard
Es- Woodbury
Rochester
N. Y
Florence Ethel, Bond
Somerville
Patrick Harrington
Concord
Charles J. McIntire
Katharine M. Harrington
Xecutrix
Catharine Goulding
Ael H
Haynes
Maynard
Emma K. Haynes
Frank H. Smith
Andrew J. Smith
Stow
Sophia L. Hawley
S. Raymond Kitchin
Charlotte I. Kitchin
Charles & McIntire
Doris R. Kitchin
Rachel W. Kitchin
Bedford Cartoonist Goldsmith Draws World Series For Globe
Wallace Goldsmith of Bedford, famed Boston Globe cartoonist, to illustrate the World Series. His baseball cartoons will capture crucial plays with lifelike attitudes, offering sharper humor than photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Goldsmith
Boston Globe
Goldsmith
Read the signals of distress and seek Dean's Kidney Pills
The notice warns about disordered kidneys and their symptoms such as dark secretions, frequent passages, headaches, and dizziness. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a quick remedy with a testimonial from Mrs. Ernest Guilbert of Marlboro and notes a 50 cent price at local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Ernest Guilbert
Gibbon St. Marlboro
Secret Suppression At Deltlineer Works
A work site enforced strict secrecy with monthly oaths and a bold warning motto Be Secret Unto Death. A foreman defected, aiding a Vienna manufactory that disseminated the process across Germany, with penalties including life imprisonment at Koenigstein Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenigstein
Vienna
Germany
Why light leaks through glass better than sound
Light travels through glass with little loss because it is a wave in the ether that fills the glass, preserving its path and strength. Sound, by contrast, forces the glass to vibrate and transmits via the air inside, damping the wave, so less sound energy reaches the ear.
The Measure of a Man at a Political Meeting
A meeting opens with a statesman mocked for his small stature. The chairman jokes about measuring a man from chin down, while the speaker retorts that in his country they measure from chin up. The exchange sets a witty, defiant tone for the proceedings.
Feared Premature Burial Sparks Historic Warnings
London Standard notes historic safeguards against being buried alive. Doctors planned bell worn on the wrist and bells on limbs with five days of watch, plus throat incisions. Mentions Meyerbeer Harriet Martineau and Lady Burton advocating post mortem or decapitation measures.
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Meyerbeer
Harriet Martineau
Lady Burton
London Standard
Ducks proposed to curb mosquitoes in marshy regions
Experiments cited by 8. G. Dixon find ducks as the most formidable enemy of mosquitoes. Two artificial pools, one with ducks and one with fish, showed ducks rapidly eliminated pupae and larvae while fish did not. Wild ducks reportedly prefer mosquitoes to other foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Dixon
Indianapolis News
Natural pottery from cactus sap forms woody lining
The cactus exudes a sticky juice when woodpeckers drill holes in its trunk and branches. The sap hardens into a woody lining to the birds’ holes, protecting the plant until it dies and withers, leaving behind a wooden bow.
Dodging Trouble Phrase From Courier Journal
An older man counsels a younger man about handling a baby, warning not to learn the tricky skill, in a brief Louisville Courier Journal exchange.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Shading Query Noted In Yonkers Statesman Exchange
In the Yonkers Statesman dialogue Beulah and Belle discuss shading, with Belle saying Beulah shaded her eyes with her hand while Beulah clarifies it was only the eyebrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle
Beulah
One Immutable Truth About Good Deeds
A reflective line posits that no matter life’s trials the good we have done cannot become suffering. It asserts moral worth endures beyond hardship and serves as a timeless ethical reminder.
Bedford Grange Fair Attracts Record Attendance And Awards
The sixth annual Grange fair at Bedford town hall drew unusually large crowds for an all day event on September 30. Luther Ford won 10 blue ribbons and a half ton coal prize from Middlesex Coal as top prize winner. Exhibits ranged from vegetables and fruit to poultry, flowers, and needlework with many regionally named judges and a long list of prize awards shared by local families and clubs.
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Bedford
Luther Ford
Middlesex Coal & Grain Co
Ferncroft Farm
Jenks
D. L. Pickman
Ina Cutler
Lincoln
Ruth Batchelder
Concord
Sidney Bull
E. F. Dickinson
William Pierce
C. @. Barnes
The
Grange
N. H. Daniels
Hannah Pfeiffer
G. H. Sweetman
H Hayden
the. Grange
William Thompson
E. G. Loomis
H. Clark
F. 8S. Parker
C. W. Jenks
Mabel Comley
Harold Pfeiff
H. S. Wiggin
W. Thompson
Rhode Island
C. G. Barnes
Rosalie Hayden
W. R. Straw
Plymouth Rock
P. Hanson
E. Parker
Floyd Sweetman
Liewsac Lodge
Warren Blake
W. J. Graham
Wrye
R. W. Brown
Lliewsac Lodge
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A. G. Ziegler
Concord Concord Junction, Mass
Main St
George G. Keith Concord
Tel
W. W. Oliver
Wealth Ave
Concord Jct
Sutter’s Colonial Inn
Old Concord, Mars
Priy Toh
Candy Kitchen
Flo Concord
Mass
C.F. Walcott
Cook & Riel
A.C. Baggesen
C. S. Towne
County Court News
Reformatory
Concord Junction
George & Russell
Charles Parker Tucker
Chase
Hudson
Rainville & CO
Bedford Grange
C. L. King
Benj, F. Murray M.D
Beacon
Boston
Main Street
Concord, Mass
New England Trust Company
United States
James R. Hooper
Arthur Adams
Alexander Cochrane
George Wigglesworth
Henry N. Marr
Frederick W. Allen
Francis R. Jewett
Thomas FE. Baton
Orrin C. Hart
Edward B. Ladd
Jas. H. Sawyer
Schwartz Bros
Tailors, Concord
Opp
National Bank
Concord Mass
L. Anderson & Son
Grocers, Concord
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