This Day in Norwood History-Talk Of The Town-November 19, 1904

These news items were the talk of the town on November 19, 1904

Choral Society.

The Choral Society will hold its rehearsal on. Friday evening next week on account of Thanksgivingjeoming on the regular meeting night. The chorus is stronger in every way than it has been since the inception of the society, the parts being well balanced. Mr. Tucker is fast becoming the idol of the society and the progress being made with the “Creation,” is remarkable.

Norwood Young Man’s Good Fortune.

Many old friends of Benjamin F. Nead: son of Rev. George W. Nead and formerly a Norwood resident, will be delighted to learn of the fact that he is now engaged in business on his own account, having formed a partnership with his cousin, N. S. Bates in the grocery business at Galesburg, Ills, and succeeding bis uncle who was engaged in business there some thirty years. Mr. Nead was for a considerable time clerk for W. B. Hastings & Co. and for William Fisher in Norwood.

New Passenger Train.

Norwood is to have a new passenger train from Norwood Central to Boston. Notice has been given that, until further notice, the train leaving Norwood Central for Boston at 4.58 p in. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will carry passengers. This train is express to Rendville aud local from there to Boston, via the Midland division. It arrives in Boston at 5.40 p.m. It will furnish Norwood with a late afternoon train to Boston which will bo much appreciated.

Crusaders’ Whist.

The Crusaders’ club gave a very successful whist party Tuesday evening with 20 tables of players and fine prizes such as the club always gives. The prizes were bestowed as follows: 1st gentleman’s, Augustus Hanastin; 2nd gentleman’s, A. W. Smith; gentleman’s consolation, Dennis Horgan; 1st lady’s, Mrs. Thomas Smith; 2nd lady’s, Miss Annie Bastian; lady’s consolation Miss Anna Lemke. The affair was in charge of a committee which consisted of Fred Smith, William Mills, Janies Keyes, and Bliss H. Baxley. The next whist party of the club will be given on Tuesday evening, December 20.

Daring Burglary.

One of the boldest burglaries that has occurred in Norwood since the sacreligious robbery of St. Catherine’s church, took place early Thursday morning, on Day street, the thieves entering W. D. Huntoon & Co. ’s plumbing establishment and stealing lead pipe, brass fittings, lead in bulk, junk and other articles to the value of between $200 and $300. It is supposed that the burglary occurred at about 1.30 o’clock in the morning, as Miss C. G. Cleary of the People’s Cafe, saw two men in an open express wagon, driving away toward Canton at about that time. She slammed the door of her place but did not give any notice to anyone, as she presumed the wagon might be one of Mr. Huntoon’s, and that they might be doing some night work. The burglars entered the place by the office window, using a jimmy to effect an entrance. Burglars coming into the centre of a town to commit burglary and driving away with their spoils in an express wagon, emphasize the fact that Norwood stands greatly in need of a larger police force. Were three officers instead of one on duty nights, these daring robberies in the business sections of town would be far less likely to occur. The town needs a larger police force and if the citizens bestir themselves in the matter, it can have such a force.

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Mechanics Fair Closes.

The Mechanics Fair in Village Hall closed last Saturday night with 5GS persons admitted on tickets and some 700 people including exhibitors in the hall during the evening. The total attendance during the two afternoons and three evenings of the fair was about 1500 and everyone who attended and everyone who made an exhibit was entirely pleased and satisfied. It is seldom that an affair of this kind has proven such an exceptional success in a country town. Among the exhibitors nothing was lost and nothing was broken. The AnvKimsHu and Review believes that it made an exhibit which pleased its friends though we did not have the time to make as elaborate a display as we might have|done. The week on a country newspaper is a short one and things have to be done quickly. If we have gained any new friends through the enterprise we are abundantly satisfied. At all events, in common with the other business concerns of the town, we aimed to give an honest exhibit of our own products. In a hasty review of the various exhibits last week we may have forgotten to mention several of more or less importance. Among those we did not enumerate in our general account last week may be mentioned the Nor-wood Ice Cream Company, to whom however we give credit in our general news column.

Among important exhibitors whom we failed to notice, hasty tour of the hall may be mentioned the Norwood Indians who certainly made a very unique and interesting exhibit of their own beautiful and curious work. The Indians gave away a very pretty calendar of the month of November with the names of the days of the week in their native Indian language. E. M. Ellis furnished the lemonade table with Norwood ice. Frank W. Talbot, the Norwood florist made a fine display. George M. Lepper and the Millett picture company made fine exhibits of picture frames and Frank 11. Farnsworth’s display of the Inany good things which can be produced in a bake shop is deserving of more extended notice than we were able to give it last week. It was certainly a very neat and attractive display, one well calculated to make the mouth water. Fred Andrews made a fine exhibit of upholstering while William Farnsworth and Hyland Diggs showed some fine examples of the art of retouching furniture. A. N. Hartshorn displayed his inks which are a valuable and much used Norwood product. Dr. Cragin exhibited medical preparations. C. II. Carter made a very elaborate and beautiful millinery display. There were some ten persons or firms which were asked to exhibit but, owing largely to circumstances beyond their control, did not do so. Though everyone seems pleased and satisfied with this first town exposition it is generally thought that it will serve but. as a prelude to a regular annual event of a like character. As the rate of admission was small and the expenses somewhat heavy, the net proceeds may not be quite as large as the management would have liked hut are likely to be quite good nevertheless. In future years the town can look back with considerable pride to its modest but successful exposition of 1904.

(Originally published in the Norwood Advertiser and Review)