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CANDIDATE M POSTMASTERLiVSlph L. Atherton- Has-bengHBffohActive Party Man *i'It was announced today that Ralph L. Atherton is a candidate for thepostmaat^rshlp: of ‘Turners Fails and*his friends promise an active campaign in his behalf* Mr. Atherton has all. ' ' V - . -of*his life been a consistent Democratand was one of th.e original Bryan men• ■ . ' „at the i Chicago convention that nominated Mr. Bryan in 1896. . Mr. Atherton is a native of Gill rind when a young man enlisted .at the age of. 17, joining Company G, 10th Massachusetts regiment, Unde ^C^ Edwin E. Day,who was killed at Fair. Oaks.. In-ihis* rsame battle Mr. Atherton lost his arm— -* /and -his brother, W. B; Atherton of*Gill, ,who was in tlfe same qpmpany, was also wounded./ Mr. Atherton has. also served-the town and’ district ..invarious capacities. - j 'In 1888 he was elected representative to the general court arid served the district with credit. He has alsobeen for six years chairman of the board of assessors of the town of Montague' and has also been chairman of the board of selectmen. .He also served as selectman, overseer * of the poor and assessor for the.town of GHI wFerf~a young man. Tor severalyearsdicr“Conductjid “a^meat market inGill, coming to Turners Falls to.make his home in 1889 'where he engaged i n the real estate and i nsurance bus i* ness. When the Electric Phosphate company of Bartow, Fla., was organized ' * pay m as terand at the end .of six months herwas* promoted to the position of superm-teffdent which position he held for three years when his health becomingimpaired/he' resigned and; came hacfnorth. s v _Mr. , Atherton 'com^a.oT 7gdM^.oTd' Democratic stockjand-was. an-intimate friend of the late Governor William E. Russell, who appointed him one of the justices of the* peace for Massachusetts in 189 hich “posi tion “he holds at present, having bebri reap-*
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Greenfield Recorder
Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Aug 26, 1914
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