This Day in Norwood History-Talk Of The Town-August 15, 1902

These news items were the talk of the town on August 15, 1902

Norwood Lodge, No. 38, A.O.U.W., has arranged a special programme for Friday evening. An entertainment and refresliments will be the principal features.
Miss Annie B. Griffin is paying a short visit to friends in East Walpole and Westwood.

The Norwood A. A. baseball team will play the East Milton A. A’s at Morrill’, field tomorrow afternoon. A , Leoa Morrill, Charles E. Stewart and Charles Boyden will spend the next two weeks at Alton Bay, N. H. Joseph E. Hayden is enjoying his annual vacation. Fred Cliaseof Brockton was visiting Norwood this week. Henry Hanson, a former resident, is spending his vacation in Norwood. Misses Annie Delaney, Ina Craig, Lydia Neal, Maggie and Hannah Fay, young ladies connected with the Plimpton Press, have gone to Onset for a week’s outing. The Daniels cider selling case was finally disposed of last Saturday in the district court and all fines have been paid. There was no disposition shown t»y ,the authorities to persecute the men. They simply determined to stop them from selling cider if the law would aid them in this suppression. The law did aid them and it now seems M if tl»e suppression of cider selling in a town can easily be accomplished if the town authorities are bent on doing so. The total amount paid by Emery and Nathan Daniels in fines is $150, And this probably ends the cider store industry in Norwood.

H. Berger and family have removed from Nahatan street to Phillips avenue.

Town Clerk John F. Kiley reports an average of about seven deaths a month since his term of office began.

The deer near George H. Morse’s farm has not been seen for the past week or two, but those who did see some animal are very positive that it was a deer. It is believed that it strayed from some menagerie.

Harry Alden and family of Millis were visiting here last Sunday. A number of extra hands have been put on at J. S. Cushing’s department of the Norwood Press this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Archie Keddy are the happy parents of a baby girl.

The storm of Monday afternoon flooded the electric car tracks considerably and created some delays, especially on the Old Colony line.

E. D. Baker and family of Nichols street have gone to their camp at Medfield for a few weeks.

Elmer H. Baker continues ill and confined to the house. Frank Ellis, Day street, left Monday for Southport, where he will remain two or three weeks.

New telephones were put in this week for Frank W. Coombs and Chas. B. Fleming. Jolin Alden of Taunton and his niece, Miss Blanche Alden, are visiting at the homes of his brothers, Marcus M. and Adna Alden.

Eugene M. Sullivan and family are expected home from Otter River Saturday.

Frank Nash Boyden of the Merchants Despatch and Transportation company, New York, is visiting his old home in Norwood. Mr. Boyden and his father, Warren Boyden, expect to start this week for Maine on an outing of some two or three weeks.

Robert McLeod has returned from a three weeks’ visit to Picton, Nova Scotia.

Mrs. Olivo Frizell and her granddaughter, Miss Mabel Andrews, are spending a week with relatives in Lynn.

Mrs. George W. Nead is ill and confined to the house at the present writing.

Some twelve children, the young friends of Master Herbert Lincoln Davis, enjoyed a little party at the home.

of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln P. Davis, on Monday afternoon last. Games and pastimes occupied the time. Ice cream and cake were served.

Walter Stevenson and family expect to leave here for their new home in Akron, Ohio, in about a week’s time.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Donovan are visiting at the home of Mrs. Donovan’s father, William Powers of Canton Junction.

Ernest Allen has gone to England for an extended visit.

Thomas F. O’Malley has been visiting Springfield, the guest of Alderman M. J. Conway.

A party of gypsies came through here in four wagons last Monday. On their arrival, the women of the party started immediately to tell fortunes. It was the first, large party of these strange people that has visited here in many years. They were gypsies of the old-fashioned sort—evidently the regular Rye. They were not the most cleanly persons in appearance, but they had the wild dark features traditional to the race and they were as bold and unaffected as proverbial bras. It is said that gypsies are unusually numerous in the New England states this year. Where they all come from is always a puzzle and where they have been sojourning all these years is the particular conundrum on this occasion. In one Massachusetts town a band of Polish or Russian gypsies, it was hard to tell the exact nationality, has been visiting this summer. The gypsies who struck Norwood Monday seemed highly intelligent and talked excellent English.

C. A. Briggs has gone to Maine on a short vacation trip.

Mr. and Mrs. George E. Sanborn left this week for a short, visit to Maine.

James Reardon of the Norwood postal service has gone to Nova Scotia for his vacation trip.

Miss Clara F. Gay is taking her annual vacation and is visiting friends in Allston.

The Canton electrics have been crowded on pleasant afternoons.

Last Sunday’s crowds at Westwood Park were phenomenal.

Last Tuesday was beautiful enough for October and was quite an atonement for many past shortcomings.

Mr. and Mrs. James Hadden returned home Tuesday by the Ivernia from a six weeks’ visit to Scotland. They visited Glasgow, Saltcoats and other localities in the “land of cakes” and report a huge time. They brought home many knicknacks and curiosities. Many friends are glad to welcome them on their safe return.

M. H. Howard staked out a new house on the Tyler Thayer land on Day St. for Benjamin F. Osgood this week. The new house will be directly beside the Caleb Ellis house.

The gutters on portions of Vernon Street are being newly paved and widened and similar improvements are going on in various parts of the town.

Mr. and Mrs. Oakes Angier, Vernon Street, are the happy parents of a baby girl, born last Saturday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Waitt of Braintree are visiting Jolin P. Curran and family of Nahatan Street.

Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Talbot have returned from a ten days’ visit to North Scituate.

Mrs. G. R. Heustis removes the last of the week to the old Post Office building near O. B. Carter’s store.

Miss Margaret Welsh has gone to Canada for a visit of several weeks.

Willie Upham is challenging all the tennis players in town during his vacation.

George W. Gay and family will remain in Falmouth during the summer.

Misses Anna Ellis, Hattie Davenport, and Catherine Bigelow have returned from a trip to the White Mountains.

Russell Williamson is spending a three weeks’ vacation at Lake George.

Mrs. S. W. Fletcher of Brooklyn, N. Y., returned home Wednesday after a visit of several weeks in Norwood.

Mrs. Clara B. Everett dedicated the handsome new piazza of her residence on Winter Street, last Tuesday. The affair was a jolly and enjoyable one. The exercises were largely confined to the piazza. Dancing, music, games and refreshments occupied the evening. Willard Babbitt had charge of the decorations. All the inhabitants of Winter Street at its Norwood end were present and voted the affair a particularly novel and pleasant one.

George Coclirane of North Dakota is visiting old Norwood friends.

New concrete walks and drives are being put in on the grounds of St. Catherine’s church and old walks* and drives are being repaired. The church and parochial residence grounds have seldom looked handsomer than they do this summer.

Mrs. Martha Day, Nahatan Street, is ill and confined to the house.

Frank W. Bateman, who has been seriously ill is able to be out again.

Owen G. Woods and family expect to leave here for their new home in California on or about August 25.

Mrs. Lavcsseur, wife of Dr. Laves-sour, of New York, and a former resident, has been visiting Norwood friends this week.

William Shaw is ill and confined to 1 the house at the present writing.

Harvey Borden of Fall River, has returned home after a visit of several weeks to his sister, Mrs. Miller of Maple Street.

Tyler Thayer is laying out Central Avenue from Day Street to the end of his property in that vicinity. The new street promises to be a very neat and pretty one.

Miss Maud Woods returned last Saturday from a five weeks’ visit to Southport.

Mrs. Elmer Ingraham of Medford is visiting her father, William Foreman.

The Norwood A. A. has for its opponents tomorrow afternoon on the Morrill Park, the East Miltons. This is the game postponed from June 7, and will probably be the last game played in town this season by the N. A. A. The management lias secured the services of James Haire, formerly a Toronto, Can., umpire, and assures the patrons a strictly honest game. The team has been strengthened considerably in the batting department.

A large party of Wrentliam and Foxboro people came down to Norwood in two special cars Thursday forenoon, arriving Just behind the regular 10.55 a.m. car. It is understood that the two “specials” were filled mostly with the families and friends of the town officials of Wrentham and Foxboro, together with the officials themselves. The trip was made over the entire Norfolk and Bristol line from Wrentliam to Foxboro, from Foxboro to Mansfield and from Mansfield to.Walpole and Norwood. When the line between Foxboro and Wrentliam was first built a trolley excursion of this kind was promised to Foxboro and Wrentliam officials by Mr. Chapman, general manager of construction of the Foxboro and Wrentham line.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan and family of Cottage Street are visiting Wells Beach, Me., for a couple of weeks. At the end of that time Mrs. Sullivan will visit her old home in Alfred, Me.

Geo. K. Bird of the Plimpton Press has returned from a vacation trip looking as ruddily brown as a bronze statue.

John G. Hollingsworth has taken a position in the Boston Custom House.

H. Frank Winslow and his two sons went this week to their camp at Medfield.

James Donovan of the carshops and Patrick Donovan of the Winslow tannery, killed a large snake while walking to Canton Sunday last. The animal had an enormous head and is said to have been about 11 feet long. This monster reptile may have been the same snake which terrified huckleberry pickers in the Pigeon Swamp neighborhood last summer.

Frank J. Squires has passed all the examinations and been admitted to the bar.

Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fairbanks spent Sunday at North Scituate.

The various N.E O. P. lodges in and around Boston, including Neponset Lodge of Norwood, will have a union picnic at New Downer’s Landing tomorrow. A fish dinner, music, sports, etc., are among the attractions.

George A. Smith of Everett’s market has been taking a few days of rest and recreation this week.

Officer M. D. Creed showed himself alive to sanitary rules and regulations and to matters of public cleanliness by completing an individual to sweep up the sidewalks who had scattered a great quantity of peanut shells around Crocker’s store and the Hamlin block last Tuesday evening.

Mrs. Alfred Bissell of Cambridge visited Mrs. G. R. Huestis this week.

Miss Frieda Formean, first assistant clerk at the post office, is taking her annual vacation.

Town Treasurer C. T. Wlieelock and family left last Friday morning for a visit to Lake Wliat-you-may-call-it in “Webster.

Edwin Sylvester of the Norfolk & Bristol enjoyed a couple of days vacation this week.

Charles E. Smith of Cottage Street has resigned his position at the Norwood Press and accepted the position of proofreader with the Mills A Knight Co., of Boston.

Henry Hardy of Somerville is paying a two weeks’ visit to Norwood relatives.

Hiram Barrows is taking his annual vacation.

Robert and Ernest Robbins have returned from a trip to Maine.

The work of renovating and repairing the interior of the Congregational parsonage is in process. A new bathtub arid bathroom equipment, new hardwood floors, repapering and painting are part of the necessities. We understand that nearly 81,000 will be spent in putting the parsonage in condition for the new pastor, who comes the last Sunday in September.

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Doane spent Sunday last with Mrs. George S. Winslow at her summer home in Gloucester.

Ray Alden left last Saturday for Southport for a month’s outing.

Mrs. Edmund Fortier of Boston and Mrs. Chas. Lorraine of Buffalo have been spending a few days with Mrs. Alfred Wells of Vernon Street.

Miss Gertrude Ballou is at Millis for a few weeks.

Wm. G. Gordon returned from Vermont this week.

Harold Baker of E. Fleming & Co., is away on his annual vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Weeks, Mrs. Joseph Squires, Mrs. George H. Low, and Leo Wells leave tomorrow night for Southport. They will be domiciled at O. B. Dexter’s cottage.

Leo Folan is confined to the house with a badly injured foot, which he cut on some sharp substance in the water while enjoying a visit to relatives in Needliam recently.

Miss Millie Dunbar has returned from a month’s sojourn at Pine Cliff, N. H., where she has been visiting the family of Geo. E. Gay of Malden, at their summer home on Lake Sunapee.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kirkpatrick of Washington Street are the happy parents of a new baby, born Saturday, August 9th.

Dr. H. Leon Steele leaves tonight for Harrison, Me., for a week’s vacation.

Misses Bessie and Jennie Hubbard of Nahatan Street return tomorrow from a visit to relatives in Providence, R. I.

The death of Dr. F. P. Scales is reported this week. He practiced medicine here in 1859 and later. We understand that he was the first homoeopathic physician to locate here.

Mrs. Harriet W. Morse is spending a couple of weeks in Allston, the guest of E. H. Morrill and family.

W. G. Pennell of Linden Street has removed to Maine.

Mr. Middletown of Mill Street, Westwood, moved to Norwood Thursday of this week.

(Originally published in the Norwood Advertiser and Review)