This Day in Norwood History-Talk Of The Town-October 21, 1904

These news items were the talk of the town on October 21, 1904

One or two new cases of diphtheria are reported.

Mrs. Hannah Blanchard is visiting friends in Foxboro this week.

Patrolman M. D. Creed has returned from his annual vacation.

A case of scarlet fever is reported on Railroad Avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O’Connor have returned from their wedding trip.

George H. Bateman is ill and confined to the house this week.

Mrs. O. T. Leach, Cottage Street, visited friends in Taunton this week.

Work on Melville Smith’s new house on Hoyle street is progressing rapidly.

There seems to be a prospect of considerable building in town this fall and next Spring.

G. E. Hagman’s new house has been painted a handsome dark green with light trimmings.

The Norwood A. C’s will play the Fort Strong football team at Prospect Park next Saturday afternoon.

Michael McCarthy’s new double tenement house on Broadway and Day Street is nearly ready for occupancy.

James Crosby of Worcester and Nashua, N. H. is visiting his niece, Mrs. Urbane Clay, Vernon Street, this week.

Sidney W. Balentine has been confined to his home on Vernon Street this week with a combined attack of lumbago and sciatica.

The work of removing the Lyman Smith house to its new location is progressing and will probably be completed within a week or so.

The next meeting of the Norwood Literary Club will be held on Monday, October 31, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Harding Smith.

William Forrest, lately of Worcester, N. H., and a former Norwood resident, is visiting friends in town this week.

The Norwood High School football team will play the South Framingham team at South Framingham next Saturday.

The South End football team, Leon Schuster, captain, accepts the challenge of the North End team for a game Saturday, Oct. 29.

Mrs. L. H. Beaver and children, Edna and Abner, have returned from a six weeks’ sojourn in Pennsylvania, during which they visited Pittsburg, Philadelphia and other places.

The new G. A. R. hall is not yet completely furnished, but it is probable that the meeting next Saturday (tomorrow) evening will be held there.

It is probable that the meeting night of George K. Bird post, G. A. R. which is now every alternate Saturday evening in the month, will be changed to some other evening than a Saturday.

The committee on new town by-laws are to have a public hearing in room 8, Bigelow block, Norwood Business Association headquarters, on Tuesday evening, October 25.

Considerable complaint is made of the taste and appearance of town water just at present. It is probably a temporal and seasonal condition and the water is likely to become as good as ever later on. At least all will hope so.

The police propose ridding the town of the drunken and disorderly men and boys which infest cheap public dances in this vicinity. The movement is a good one and deserving of every encouragement.

Henry Litchfield, employed by Marston’s express, was considerably injured by having some heavy boxes fall on his back, which he was unloading at the Norwood Press last Tuesday. He is likely to be confined to the house for some time.

The household goods of J. A. Crocker were sold at public auction last Saturday and some of them including several valuable antiques brought fairly good prices. Mr. and Mrs. Crocker will probably not leave here for California for several weeks yet.

Norwood Lodge, No. 38 A . O. U. W. will this (Friday) evening receive a visit from Grand Master Symonds, Grand Foreman James Reidy and other grand officers of the order in this state. It promises to be a grand event for the lodge. Refreshments will be served and a good time is expected.

Geo. K. Bird Post will meet in their new hall next Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crocker left here this week for a short visit to Province-town and Kingston.

Any person wishing to study English or attend an evening school may apply at 744 Washington Street.

Selectman and Mrs. Fred L. Fisher returned home this week from a lengthy trip to California and the West.

J. A. Hunt lias removed from Nichols street to the tenement on Vernon Street, formerly occupied by Charles H. Pratt.

For Sale — Eight-room house on Pleasant Street, in good repair. Apply to Joliu F. Kiley, Norwood

Capt. J. Steams Cushing has been ill and confined to the house a portion of the week.

Mrs. T. Frank Guy of Dorchester, formerly of Norwood, was visiting friends here this week.

TJie St. Catlieriue’s T. A. & L. society will give a smoke talk in Temperance Hall on Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Grant attended the wedding of Mr. Grant’s brother, at Wreutham last Wednesday.

Rev. F. A. Heath is presumed to have started home from the West yesterday and it is expected that lie will arrive here on Saturday, Oct. 29.

“Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works” will be given as entertainment at the next church supper at the Congregational church.

F. M. Douglass has been seen on the Washington street track this week giving some trials of the speed of his now thoroughbred.

According to current reports there are or have been some six or seven cases of diphtheria in town during the past few weeks.

The new underground telephone system has its wires now laid up into the town as far as Howard Street and it looks as if the work would soon be completed.

The first of a series of lectures on industrial themes will be given in Library hall next Monday evening by Prof. H. H. Powers of the Boston University Travel Bureau.

Charles H. Hersey manager of the Antericau Glue company’s plant in East Walpole, is reported ill and confined to the house at his home near the Walpole line.

Mrs. A. W. Randall, formerly of Norwood, is receiving much benefit from the fresh air system of treatment for pulmonary diseases at her new home in Rutland, Mass.

The home bakery department will be one of the attractions of the Rummage Sale, and orders will be filled for any day of the sale, if notice is sent in advance to the chairman, Mrs. E. A. Bigelow.

The barn of the Lyman Smith estate, lately purchased by Frank H. Farnsworh, has begun its journey across the fields from Vernon Street to its new location which will be on premises adjoining Mr. Farnsworth’s house.

A party of Norwood fox hunters, including H. F. Winslow, John Chickeriug, and others have been camping out in Medfield this week and pursuing Master Reynard whenever they have had the opportunity.

A local mechanics and merchants fair, the exhibition of Norwood’s homo products is to be opened hero soon. It will be the first actual attempt in the exposition lino the town has ever attempted and ought to prove of great educational value and interest.

Martha Seorelle, infant daughter of William and Mary Seerelle, died at the home of her parents, 9 Melville Avenue on Monday last aged 1 year, 5 months and 5 flays Funeral services were held at the family residence, conducted by Rev. A. H. Pingree. Burial was in Highland cemetery.

RUMMAGE SALE, given by the ladies of the Universalist Society, the afternoons and evenings of November 2, 3, and 4th, in the store formerly occupied by W. B. Hastings & Co. Home cooking. Home-made Candy, Fruits, and Vegetables will be on sale; also clothing, household articles, and odds and ends. Como early and secure the bargains.

The old Congregational vestry, formerly the home of the Norwood Advertiser and Review, is being much improved by a coat of shingles.

Cornelius C. Murphy has returned from a ten days’ trip in New York state.

Nahatan conclave, I. O. H. will give its annual ball in Village Hall this (Friday) evening.

Tiot Lodge, I. O. O. F. worked the second degree on several candidates Wednesday evening.

The Huber presses in use at Berwick & Smith’s are being overhauled and repaired by the Huber people this week.

Frank Hall, who is on a hunting trip up country, sends back word that he shot a deer recently.

The Young Women’s Sodality will meet next Monday evening. Rev. Fr. Golding will give instructions.

A Young People’s union was organized at the Congregational church, Wednesday evening, for religious, social and educational purposes. There was a good attendance for the first meeting. A reading by George Boyden and violin solos by Stewart Mor-ash accompanied by Miss Bessie Smeltzer, followed by a social hour and refreshments, made an eveuing which was enjoyed by all.

The executive committee of the Norwood Business Association held a meeting Wednesday evening and appointed various special committees, besides arranging other work for the ensuing year. As some of the special committeemen appointed may not feel able to serve, the executive board feels it wise to with-hold the list of its committees from the public for a week or two.

C. R. Malcom of Mansfield, assistant manager of the Columbia National Life Insurance Co., has opened a new office in Norwood and is soon to make an active canvass of the town.
Mrs.Herbert S. Chickering, organist of the Norwood Baptist Church, attended the meeting of the State Baptist Association at Newton yesterday.

A Mechanics Fair for the exhibit of home productions will be held in Village Hall on the afternoons and evenings of Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12. None of the exhibits will be sold and no one will be asked to exhibit who does not produce something in town. Every industry in town has been asked to put in an exhibit. An entertainment by local talent will be given each evening.

(Originally published in the Norwood Advertiser and Review)