Jamaica Personals

New York, 1985

Mr. and Mrs. Walte S. E. Ludlum celebrated the 60th anniversary of their marriage at their home on Monday.

Mrs. Wilson Palmer, who has been the guest of her daughter in Arlington, Mass., for several months, returned home on Saturday.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page number.

Amityville Jotting's

New York, 1895

The new $30,000 brick school building at Amityville has been finished and will be turned over to the board of education in a few days.

Sister Columbia, financial manager of the Convent of the Sisters of St. Dominick at Amityville, was buried in the convent cemetery on Sunday last. Her death was due to pneumonia.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page number.

Jamaica Brevities

New York, 1895

Haugaard Brothers have leased Kline & Gordon's planing and moulding mill on Fulton street, opposite Ackroyd avenue.

James Walker, colored, a veteran of the late war, residing on South street has received a pension of $8 per month and $300 back pay.

The directors of the Jamaica Choral society are William S. Cogswell, John Fleming, Theodore Chapman, Jesse Browne, Jr., and William F. Wyckoff.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page.

News from Springfield

New York, 1895

The Methodists are holding a week of prayer in their church.

Amaziah Foster has leased his farm for five years to parties from Foster's Meadow.

William Mills has sold his farm on Springfield avenue to Charles Augustine of Jamaica South for $4,600.

A surprise reception was tendered Lewis Mills on Wednesday evening in honor of his nineteenth birthday. A very pleasant evening was spent.

A reception was held Saturday evening at Miss Annie Boyce's house in honor of Miss Maggie Shingle of New York, who is spending a short time here.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page.

The News of Richmond Hill

New York, 1895

Miss M. A. Briggs is visiting friends at [New]foundland, N. J.

Miss Russell, of Stewart avenue, is visiting friends at Saranac Lake.

Postmaster Jacob L. Van Wicklen is recovering from a severe attack of the grip.

Thomas L. Fowler has moved to New York city, where he will make his future home.

Deputy Sheriff Kurz has been confined to his home during the past week with pneumonia.

James B. Post, of Staten Island, is visiting his son, James B. Post, Jr., of [Wal]nut street.

Mrs. O. B. Fowler and the Misses Ruth and Ethel Fowler, are spending the winter in Brunswick, Ga.

The Rev. Dr. Fitch, of Richmond Hill, has been appointed to the charge of the Church of the Epiphany at Ozone Park.

The Rev. Dr. Moir, of the Church of the Holy Communion, New York, lectured at the church of the Resurrection on Sunday evening.

The board of education appointed Conrad Koehler as a member of the board in the place of A. G. Wheeler, deceased, and C. W. Baker, of Dunton, in the place of A. H. Man, resigned.

Haugaard Brothers have nine cottages in the course of erection. Seven of the nine have already been sold. The new cottage for Henry C. Haugaard on Chestnut street is in frame.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page.

Note: [*] What's in brackets is supplied by me because it was missing in the torn newspaper.

Woodhaven and Ozone Park News

New York, 1895

The infant child of Joseph Tack died from pneumonia.

Highway Commissioner Wolff lost one of his best horses Sunday night from pneumonia.

Louis Eldridge has been confined to the house for the past week with a severe attack of the grip.

There are quite a number of cases of grip around Woodhaven and Ozone Park, and the doctors are kept busy.

Brooklyn Hills has taken on a city appearance with 75 naphtha lamps burning. They are a decided improvement. The residents will no longer need dark lanterns to find the way home.

Henry Seuhr, of South Woodhaven, had a valuable cow poisoned Sunday night by Paris green. The poison is believed to have been given to the animal by one of Seuhr's farm hands, and he has been arrested.

Complaint has been made to the board of health that parties are dumping refuse from the gas house at East New York on the Ryder farm at South Woodhaven close to the new school house. The school trustees made the complaint. The town clerk notified the executor to abate the nuisance at once.

The big factory resumed work Monday morning, with about one half the usual force. The company has adopted a new rule. It is that preference of position be given to people who live in the town. Quite a number of men have been discharged who live in East New York. A reduction of wages has taken place of about ten per cent.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page.

News of Hollis

New York, 1895

Mrs. Williamson is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Phelps.

Miss Lou Thompson is visiting her friend, Miss Helen Livingston.

Mrs. Hough, of Lakewood is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. Beebe, Jr.

Mrs. E. Martin has been entertaining her daughter, Mrs. S. K. Pugh, of Montclair, N. J.

A business meeting of Columbia hose company was held at the truck house Wednesday evening.

Owing to Presiding Elder Van Alstyn holding quarterly conference Thursday evening, prayer meeting was held Wednesday evening in the Methodist church.

Miss Edna Nagle celebrated her birthday by giving a pink tea Wednesday afternoon to a few of her friends. There were present the Misses White and Miss Hester Johnson, of Jamaica; Miss Lou Thompson, of Rockville Centre, and the Misses Zenobia Ely, Rebecca Nagle, Helen Livingston, and Edna Nagle of Hollis. In the evening the company, with their gentlemen friends repaired to the parlors of Miss Livingston, where a dance was indulged in under the direction of Richard Riker, of Brooklyn.

A special meeting of the King's daughters of the Methodist church was held at the house of Mrs. D. S. Purdy Wednesday evening for the purpose of electing new officers. The following were elected: Miss Christina Johnson, president; Miss Addle Munday, vice president; Mrs. E. D. Sibley, treasurer; Miss Mamie Watts, secretary. Miss Grace Clark and Mrs. E. Johnson were proposed as members. The meetings will be held Thursday afternoon hereafter instead of Friday, and the next one will be held January 24th at 3 o'clock, at the residence of Miss Julia Beebe.

Tuesday evening a large company gathered at the Methodist church to tender the pastor, Rev. Theodore F. Clark, and his daughter, Miss Grace, a reception. Under the supervision of the ladies the church presented quite a home-like appearance and a most enjoyable time was had by all. Several duets were given by Mrs. E. J. Johnson, organ, and F. F. Johnson, Jr., violin, and two selections were rendered by the choir, after which interesting addresses were given by Dr. Couch, of Brooklyn, and Rev. T. F. Clark who compared his first reception as a minister with the present one.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page.

The News of Queens

New York, 1895

Ex-Justice Bokee has recovered from his attack of grip.

Mrs. M. Murphy, of Creed avenue, is again confined to her home by sickness.

The hook and ladder company held their annual ball at the Lyceum last evening. There was a good attendance.

Charles B. Suydam has gone into partnership with his brother in the gentlemen's furnishing goods business in New York.

Thomas Callister is building at his wagon factory a moving van for Peter Walter & Son, of Rockville Centre, to cost $700.

Alexander Hendrickson and Charles DeBevoise, of the Springfield road, both of whom have been seriously ill with pneumonia, are recovering.

The new series of rifle matches which commenced at the Athletic grounds Saturday evening will be continued every Saturday afternoon and evening, concluding with an all day shoot on Washington's birthday, open to all.

The Penochle club held a meeting at Barb's Hotel Thursday evening, and completed arrangements for holding their first annual ball on February 25th. The ball promises to be one of the grandest affairs of the kind ever given in Queens.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, unknown page.

New Hampshire Neighbors — East Sweden

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bisbee and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Marr went to Lewiston to the State fair September 6.

D. T. Adams was home Sunday, Sept. 3.

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bisbee were in Rumford September 3.

A number went from here to the town hall September 6 to hear William M. Ingraham speak.

Fred Barton went with the Haskell family to Bridgton September 8.

Harold Porter made a flying call at H. Haskell's September 10.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — Sweden

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Leslie Chandler, who got so badly burned by the bursting of a gasolene torch while soldering some milk cans recently, is gaining.

The remains of Miss Louise Brackett were brought from Cumberland Mills to her sister, Mrs. Martha Chandler's. The funeral was held Thursday. [*]

Sweden grange held its regular meeting Saturday evening, Sept. 9, with nine members present.

Charlie Bailey hauled stove wood for Walter Evans Monday.

Miss Mable Trimback is doing housework for Mrs. W. E. Evans.

M. E. Perry and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Moulton were in Portland Saturday, going in Mr. Perry's new auto.

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bennett are visiting his brother, Charles Bennett.

Mrs. Fordyce Gammon and daughter Emily are visiting her sisters, Mrs. Ernest Bennett, and Cleora Saunders, also her brother, Lindon Merrill.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saunders and daughter of Portland are visiting his father, Lincoln Saunders, at O. P. Saunders'.

Miss Marion Moulton is visiting Mrs. Charlie Bailey and Mrs. Forest Hutchins.

Miss Louisa Moulton has gone to Massachusetts to visit her sister.

George Thompson and Ernest Bennett cut corn fodder into the silo for Lindon Merrill Thursday afternoon.

Hugh Smart helped Thell Bennett get in oats and hungarian Saturday.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

[*] Note: Original newspaper breaks this line "Thurs-" followed by "Number Four. [another linebreak] No. Four."

New Hampshire Neighbors — South Sweden

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Henry Emerson and Joe Willard made a business trip to Norway last week.

Hazel Plummer of Haverhill, Mass., is visiting her uncle, Enfield Plummer.

Mrs. Adelbert Stearns and two children of Lovell, also W. H. Smith visited at Charles Brackett's Sunday.

Royal Flint and George Thompson finished haying on the meadow Saturday.

Orin Plummer of Bridgton ridge spent Sunday at E. S. Plummer's.

Mrs. Florence Sawyer and Mrs. Carrie Adams visited at Henry Emerson's one day last week.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — West Denmark

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Mrs. Viola M. Walker has returned to her home in this neighborhood.

Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Warren, Mrs. Robert Ingalls, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Sawyer and son Allan of South Bridgton visited at H. F. Lord's Thursday.

Mrs. Martha Ingalls and daughter, Mrs. Harlan Lord, were in Portland Friday.

Willis Thomes has moved his family to Kezar Falls.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — Brownfield

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Mrs. Alvan Smith and son, Percy, have been in town for awhile.

Mrs. Benjamin Howard is entertaining her daughter, Eva.

Miss Winnifield Jones has returned to her home in Eaton, N. H.

Sherman McDonald came home, Sunday.

Fred Files came up from Cornish Saturday evening.

Mrs. A. S. Lynch has been entertaining Miss Rachel Weston of Fryeburg.

Miss Ruth Peckham was in Portland Saturday and visited the Longfellow mansion.

Mrs. Lucian Snow of Portland has been a guest at Spring farm.

Rev. L. F. McDonald, Mrs. McDonald and children have returned from their vacation which they spent in camp.

Merlin Butterfield is in Denmark employed in the corn factory.

EdWin Poore has had extensive improvements made on his house.

Miss Mary Peckham is teaching in Eaton, N. H.

Eugene Poore, Fred Poore and the Misses Leola Butterfield and Clair Rowe are engaged in the corn shop.

On account of the critical illness of Mr. Hawe's mother, High school will not open for two weeks. All other schools began Monday.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — Watson Hill

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Frank Wilkinson and family from East Wakefield called to see his father Sunday for a short time. They came in an automobile.

Mrs. Ruth K. Moulton is spending her vacation on the Hill with her mother, Mrs. Sadie Kezar.

Mr. H. S. Rass and family returned to their home in Boston Saturday after spending a very pleasant summer at Hornheam Hill.

Mrs. Ida Waston[*] called on Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wilkin Sunday afternoon.

Most everyone is getting back to the city now and it leaves the summer places kind of lonesome until another year.

Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Wilkin and son of Salem recently spent a few days with his father.

Miss Nellie Kezar spent the weekend of last week in Rochester returning Monday.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

Note: [*] Perhaps should be Ida Watson since the place is Watson Hill. Just a guess (educated), but I left it Waston.

New Hampshire Neighbors — West Brownfield

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Mrs. Horace Mason and son Harry of East Conway, N. H., were Sunday visitors at Mrs. James Dennett's.

Miss Peggy Comstock of South Conway, N. H., was seen in this neighborhood one day last week.

Walter Mason and wife and Lester Mason of Conway, N. H., were weekend visitors at J. L. Dennett's.

Among those seen in the neighborhood Sunday were: Thomas Harmon, M. L. Rounds and wife, Clayton Spring, Ralph Miller, Harold Littlefield and Ralph Bishop.

Mrs. F. M. Chamberlain, son Earle, M. L. Rounds and wife and Ralph Bishop made a motor trip to Ossipee Corners and Chocorua lake Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Charles Stearns with her daughter, Mrs. Jenney, and granddaughter, Miss Jenney, of Brookline, Mass., were callers at Mrs. James Dennett's and at J. L. Dennett's one day last week.

A good many people are calling to inspect Lieut. Walker's new barn these days. This barn, we are told by those who should know, will be, when completed, the equal if not the superior in finish and modern equipment of any in the state. It is 113 feet long and 36 feet wide, and will have two tie-ups, one on each side, the cows facing each other with a walk for feeding purposes between. There will be steel tracks and carriers for handling both feed and manure; the floors will all be of concrete with steel stanchions. Two large silos of glazed hollow tile are already in place. A system of ventilation is being provided, having numerous air shafts connecting with three large metal ventilators on the roof arranged to turn with the wind. The finish of the building, both inside and outside, is excellent and we are told that the cost will exceed $13,000. This barn is being built on what was formerly the John Payne farm, on the road to South Conway, which Mr. Walker purchased some time ago.

School began Monday with Miss Murphy teaching here again.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — New Boston

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Mr. George Kennard has been helping Melvin Kennard repair his barn.

Mr. Leon Day of Kezar Falls spent Sunday with his uncle, Osgood Pendexter.

Mrs. S. P. French has returned to her home in Everett, Mass.

Mr. Stilman Chick has been helping Thomas Blake for the past few days.

Mr. Winslow Brown of Freedom called on Mr. Walter Sargent Friday.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — Porterfield

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Rev. Fred Ward held a conference at D. Huntress' Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Wallace Durgin and family visited at Darling Huntress' Wednesday.

Miss Luella Hartford, who has been visiting her father, L. R. Hartford, has returned to her home in Hollos.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clemmons are at D. E. Jewett's for a while.

D. Huntress was in Brownfield on business one day last week.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — Hiram

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

On Tuesday Mr. Albert F. Berry was sworn as Assistant Postmaster at Hiram Postoffice. This is a very good selection. Mr. George C. Bray, who has given excellent service as postmaster, has resigned and will soon leave the State to engage in other business.

Lieut. John W. Hubbard of Fryeburg visited his daughter, Mrs. Arthur W. Sadler, and his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Young, Tuesday.

We have not seen but about half a dozen fruit trees this year that have been stripped of foliage by brown-tailed moths.

Mr. Eli C. Wadsworth, whose buildings were burned July 29, has bought of Mr. Calvin F. Clemons, the farm formerly owned by Hon. John H. Spring, of 160 acres with ample buildings and he removed to it September 4th. Mr. Wadsworth was born upon the Spring farm, which adjoins his homestead. Llewellyn A. Wadsworth, who was severely burned at the fire on his back, right arm and shoulders, went to East Brownfield Tuesday to be treated by Dr. Marston. He is improving.

Mr. Cyrus H. Goodwin went to Brownfield Tuesday.

We note with pleasure that our old friend, Col. Abram W. Smith, of Topeka, Kansas, a native of South Hiram, has recently been selected at the primaries as a Republican candidate for Presidential elector. As he received 1889 votes more than any other Republican and 44293 votes more than any Democrat, it looks as if he would get there. He is a typical son of Maine. He went to Pennsylvania at the age of 17 and enlisted in the Union army, serving four years. He was in a rebel prison 18 months. He went to Kansas after the war. He was chairman of the Board of Managers of the Kansas Department in the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1892. He has also served as state senator, speaker of the House of Representatives, candidate for Governor and U. S. Pension Agent. His lecture on the "Romance of the War," has won for him a reputation as one of the finest orators in the West, and his many friends have watched with pleasure and pride his long, useful and successful career.

James Evans, Esq., a prominent citizen of East Hiram, died Sept. 5, of Bright's disease, aged 77 years. A more extended tribute to this excellent man will be given later.

Master Charles Rounds of Malden, Mass., a grandson of Hon. Charles E. Hubbard of Kezar Falls, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Mary E. Young. On Sunday morning he attended the Universalist church, and sang "The Holy City" as a solo. His wonderful voice and singing were a rich treat to all who heard him.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — South Hiram

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trueworthy and Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Stanley, Mrs. Mary Mason and Mrs. Ella R. Cotton attended the Pomona grange at North Baldwin on Thursday.

Mr. Melville Smith was a Portland visitor Friday.

Mrs. E. A. Silva and two daughters, Evelyn and Marian, were guests Tuesday of Mrs. Bertha Durgin.

Mr. Charles Smith was called to Brockton, Mass., Tuesday for a short stay.

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Thomes and two children, who have been in Denmark for the past year, have come to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McDaniel, for an indefinite stay.

Mr. and Mrs. Noyes Stanley of Needham, Mass., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Quint returned from their recent visit among their children Saturday.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.

New Hampshire Neighbors — Snowville

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Miss Helen Blake of Brownfield has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Inez White, but has now gone to her school in Francistown, N. H.

Hiram Mason of Yarmouth was a guest at J. C. Head's recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dennett were callers at W. N. Snow's recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams have closed their house for the season. He has returned to his home in New York while Mrs. Adams is stopping with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Greeley of the Hidden house.

Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Snow and Mr. and Mrs. Everett White and children, Seth and Bernice, took an auto trip to Ossipee, returning by way of Chocorua Lake and Conway.

Mr. Adrial Stuart of Parsonsfield spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. Martha Doick.

Vernon Kenneson has returned to Amesbury, Mass., after visiting his parents for a few days.

Mr. Murphy and family are spending the remainder of the month on the Adams cottage.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Snow and children have closed their home and have gone to Conway for the winter.

Dr. B. F. Horne of Conway was in town Saturday.

Jack Frost is expected any time now that dog days have gone.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.