Bedford News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Incidents
Local items report Howard Davis joining B and M railroad forces and a prize drill in Lexington led by Sergt Toby. A campaign flag rises on Main Street opposite Bedford House amid Progressive activity. A wagon accident injures Henry Wheeler but helpers recover his ice. Stolen Arlington horse is recovered with thanks to Joseph Hodgdon. Par ent-Teacher meeting on Sept 18 discusses Teaching Little Children methods with Miss Griffin and Miss Bacon as speakers.
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Howard Davis
B. & M. Railroad
Toby
Co. M
Lexington
Main St
Bedford House
Henry Wheeler
Virginia Rd
Maplest
Arlington
Bedford
Joseph M. Hodgdon
Parent-Teacher Association
Miss Griffin
Miss Bacon
Agnes V. Kelley
Norwood
Co. C
Lexington Minute Men
Boston
British Military and Naval Veterans Association
St. Paul's Cathedral
Cook
William Wall
Crescent Ave
Fitch Ave
Fitch
Grammer School
N. E. White
Loomisst
William Meagher
Bedford Coal and Grain Co
Bill
Lowell Industria School
Bedford Republicans brace for hot Benton Gardner race
Political notes report a reception for Col. Benton in Bedford and a tight Republican primary battle with Gardner. The town’s GOP strength, Progressives’ warnings, and a strong Democratic leadership set the stage for a heated campaign as Bull Moose supporters are expected to shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Benton
Bedford
Gardner
Benton
Miss Mary Theresa O Dowd Enters Convent Novitiate
Miss Mary Theresa O Dowd daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas W O Dowd of Crescent leaves for Canton Massachusetts to enter the novitiate of the Convent of St Joseph a large gathering of friends and relatives at her home expresses esteem and best wishes for the holy life she has chosen
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Mary Theresa O'Dowd
Chas. W. O’dowd
Crescent
Canton
Mass
Convent of St. Joseph
Married Men Downed In Final Bedford Diamond Contest
The Married Men defeated the Bachelors and Benedicts in the last Bedford diamond game at Page Field. Despite better play, 16 runs by hard batting could not overcome a fielding collapse that produced many errors. Pfieffer and Butler stood out, while Bedford supporters call for improved field maintenance and fund-raising continues with Colonel Benton among donors.
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Woods
Page Field
Bachelors
Benedicts
Bedford
Butler
Pfeiffer
Five Dollars to Follow a Good Example
A fragmentary note expresses a small gift offer and urges the recipient to follow a good example, with a light aside about obtaining a playground and best wishes. The text is incomplete and arrives as an isolated quotation.
Lipps Leads Westvale to Crack Victory at Concord Junction
Frank Lipps pitched splendidly for Westvale, retiring 16 Concord Junction Juniors by the air and driving in decisive runs with a timely two-bagger. The piece notes a proposed league with Bedford Maynard and others, plus local social updates and town happenings.
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Frank Lipps
Concord Junction
Westvale
Bedford
Junction
Pedford
Westvales
Lipps
Concords
Hopkins
Lexington
Billerica
Boston Post
Weatvales
Crescents
Maynard
Kelley
Concord
Wexington
Middlesex County
Local Notes From Athol and Vicinity
Richard G. Conant of Passaic NJ spent Sunday with his family. Several visits and entertainments from neighbors and relatives are noted including a long awaited reunion of Elisha Case with his brother from the West after 40 years. Prof Wilmot Mitchell sabbatical year includes six months abroad. Local government and Pomona Grange events are announced along with road work on Tahattawan Road and a registrar session dates.
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Roland R. Cutler
A. M. Beckwith
East Sudbury
Carlton B. Bilme
Tufts College
John Goulding
Buick
Faison Electric Co
Robert la Gouff
Intervale
N .F
Alfred Moore
Malden
George Moore
Richard G. Conant
Passaic
N. J
Carl Spear
Jeremiah T. Warren
Cora. Warren
Lucy Pickard
Warren
Littleton
Elisha Case
North Littleton
West
Myrtle Case
Barclay
Quincy
Bile Wright
J.F. Brown
Shirley
Alice Wright
Merton Wright
Alliston
J. W. Dodd
Helen Mitchell
Brunswick
Fred
Geo. Kimball
Boston
Wilmot Mitchell
England
Prof. Mitchell
D. G. Houston
Homeopathic Hospital
Frank A. Patch
Chelmsford
Patch
Paul L. Brown
Allan A. Clafl
King St
South Sudbury Home Team Wins Another
The Sudbury A C defeated Concord Junction 8 to 3 at Rogers field on Saturday. In a makeshift infield White at third and Richardson at second aided by a ninth inning rally of five runs, C Baldwin pitched well and L Burr threw effectively. Key contributions came from White Bald win and Johnson. Batteries: C Baldwin and L Burr for Sudbury. Cane and Sharpe for Concord. Umps: Young, Erarty Lewis, GMMR bopan, Harry R. s 18 n Stratton's commercial. The Sudbury Grange announces a
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Sudbury A. C
Concord Junction
Rogers Field
White
Richardson
C. Baldwin
L. Burr
Baldwin
Johnson
Sudbury
Cane
Sharpe
Maynard
Concord
Youngerarty Lewis
GMMR
Bopan
Harry R. S
N & Stratton
Sudbury Grange
Whiting Hall to Open as Country Girls School
Whiting Hall, a country home school for girls, will open September 23. In seven months the English colonial building, with white cement walls and electric lighting, offers sanitary kitchens and spacious south and east piazzas. The school serves ages eight to 16 with nine teachers and emphasizes personal supervision, open air life, and natural methods.
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Whiting Hall
Sudbury
Petition Circulates For Wayside Inn Station Agent
Nearly all patrons of the Wayside Inn station sign a petition urging the railroad to provide a station agent to handle baggage and express as passenger numbers climb. Mrs. James Sheffield hosted her granddaughter Miss Lillian Achorn of Peabody. William F. Law of Boston and his mother visited. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Temple and Mrs. Alice Ferden of Marlboro were Sunday guests. The Grange lawn party at J Stanley Rice’s attracted many, with dancing to a hurdy gurdy. The Two Whistlers postponed due to travel to New York, disappointing many attendees.
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Wayside Inn
James Sheffield
Mis
Lillian Achorn
Peabody
William F. Law
Boston
S. D. Perry
J. P. Temple
Alice Ferden
Marlboro
Grange
J. Stanley Rice
Father forgets mother’s birthday gift ritual
A Cincinnati Enquirer fragment notes a father who forgets his wife’s birthday until after breakfast and then buys utilitarian home gifts like a kitchen screen door or bathroom rubber mat as a present.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Little Dot Seeks Answers To Half The Questions
A young girl named Dot quizzes her father on many questions. He admits he cannot answer half of them, prompting Dot to reply that she knows he cannot answer all, but is determined to learn which half he can.
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Dot
Petition for administration of Edward Howard estate
Massachusetts probate court cites heirs creditors and others to show cause why Hannah Howard of Maynard should receive letters of administration without bond. Hearing set for October 3 1913 at nine in the forenoon Cambridge Middlesex and notice to be published weekly in the Maynard Enterprise for three weeks.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Edward Howard
Maynard
Hannah Howard
Middlex
Cambridge
Maynard Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Haquire
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Allee Stone
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Lynn
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Paiit
A. T. Haynes & Co
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