Commercial Savings Bank Installs Large Westminster Clock
The Commercial Savings bank installs a nine foot high outside clock with a thirty inch dial and Westminster chimes. A master clock inside synchronizes time within a minute monthly, with the chimes heard across blocks as the clock lights at night. The clock, in verdegren and oxidized copper, bears the bank name and ear of corn as a trade mark.
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Washington
Commercial Savings Bank
Westminster
McClintock-Loomis Company
Minneapolis
Verdegren
Former Brighton Man Disappears After Sanatorium Stay
Frank B. Tracy editor-in-chief of the Transcript, born in Brighton, vanished on Thanksgiving Day after leaving a Providence sanitarium for New York. Once a leading literary figure, Tracy suffered a nervous breakdown a year earlier and has not been seen since.
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Brighton
Frank B. Tracy
Boston Transcript
Mr. Tracy
Tracy
The
Transcript
Providence
R. AL
New York
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Drugists
Druggists nationwide commend Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and colds based on long experience in sales. It is described as pleasant and safe to take and is advertised as available at Lemmons Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Lemmons Pharmacy
Gymnasium work during vacation announced for boys
Secretary Paul MacEachron announces continued gym classes at the Commercial club gym during a two week holiday vacation. Older high school boys resume on December 27 with sessions on December 30 and January 3 focusing on basketball. McKee and smaller boys meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:30. All under 110 pounds are invited under Mr MacKachron. A skating rink may open for Christmas day if cold weather holds. An Eagles ball meeting for high school and college age boys is set for Sunday at 2:30 with speakers and music.
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Paul MacEachron
Commercial Club
McKee
MacKachron
Edward Brinton Nears Ninety Seven at Birthday
Edward Brinton, aged nearly 97, of four miles northeast of Brighton, is one of Washington county's oldest residents. If he lives to January 31, 1913, he will celebrate his 97th birthday, born January 31, 1816, in Westmoreland County, Penn. He still resides on the farm established sixty one years ago.
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Brighton
Edward
Brinton
Washington County
Westmore County
Penn
Wealth Revealed In Will Of Despondent Lady
In Dubuque on December 20, the death of Mrs Mareia Lambart followed a fainting spell and fall. Despite years of perceived poverty she left a probate estate exceeding $20,000 distributed to nephews nieces and ten devoted friends with gifts from $150 to $2,000 each.
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Dubuque
Mareia Lambart
Congregational Church
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