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SEPTEMBER 6. Milford's first soldier to die in the Spanish- American war was Arthur L. Wilkinson, who succumbed at Porto Rico to disease. He was 21 years old. A notable incident is that his uncle, Walter Wilkinson, was the first Milford soldier to lose his life in the Civil war.
SEPTEMBER 8. Sergt. Asa B. Trask was the second Milford soldier to die in the Spanish-American war, his brother, I. C. Trask, receiving word today. Sergt. Trask died of typhoid fever, aged 21 years.
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SEPTEMBER 25. Death of Hill Williams, aged 36. He was a son of Atty. Gustavus B. Williams, formerly principal of Mendon High school and at time of death was in coal and wood business in Milford.
OCTOBER 27. Milford gives rousing welcome to Capt. John F. Barrett of Co. M and his command on their return from the Spanish-American war. Big street parade and reception in Armory Hall followed.
NOVEMBER 1. Paul T. French of Hopedale, a member of Co. M died October 24 on the relief ship "Bay State", of fever. He was buried at sea.
NOVEMBER 1. Ethan C. Claflin, prominent business man and a former Town Treasurer, gives banquet to 100 in observance of his 50 years in business in Milford.
NOVEMBER 9. At State election, Clifford A. Cook of Milford and H. L. Chase of Westboro were elected Representatives.
NOVEMBER 25. Colburn, Fuller & Co., discontinue business.
NOVEMBER 26. A blizzard descended upon Milford and con- tinued for 24 hours. Street railway and steam railroads were tied up, roads blocked and it was two days before roads were broken out and traffic resumed.
NOVEMBER 27. Private Patrick Kelly, Spanish-American war veteran, dies, aged 33 years.
DECEMBER 7. Death of Rev. Fr. Patrick Cuddihy, venerable pastor of St. Mary's Church. He was 90 years old, one of the old- est priests in the country, being ordained in Rome, December 25, 1831. He came to Milford, August 15, 1857.
1899.
JANUARY 9. Selectmen request the war department to for- ward to Milford the bodies of Sergt. Asa B. Trask and Private A. L. Wilkinson, who died in the war, from Porto Rico to Milford.
JANUARY 16. Business Men's Association, Z. C. Field presid- ing, voted to turn over its funds, $38.75, to the new Board of Trade.
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FEBRUARY 1. M., H. & F. Street Railway Co. given permission by Selectmen to extend its tracks from East Main street on Cedar street to the entrance of Pine Grove cemetery.
FEBRUARY 9. Annual meeting of Milford Baseball Association shows balance in treasury of $181, with uniforms and parapher- nalia used by the 1898 team. It was voted to place a strong team in the field this year.
FEBRUARY 13. A severe snowstorm effectually tied up traffic. All the factories closed early. Milford employees out-of-town were unable to reach their homes. Over 150 Milford people were kept in South Framingham by the trains being stalled.
FEBRUARY 20. There were 1,401,033 cigars manufactured in Milford in 1898.
FEBRUARY 20. Selectmen voted to procure a list of all the Mil- ford men serving in the Spanish-American war and place the same in Town report.
FEBRUARY 25. The Bainbridge Hayward block, Main street, was sold at public auction for $15,100.
MARCH 1. Registration for the annual Town meeting closed with 2,401 males and 291 females.
MARCH 6. At Town election B. T. Clancy, Dr. George P. Cooke and A. A. Jenkins were elected Selectmen. Charles Caruso elected constable, the first of his race to be elected to a public office in Milford.
MARCH 8. At adjourned Town meeting, appropriations total- ling $105,000 were made. It was voted to place a marble tablet in Memorial Hall building containing the names of all the Milford men serving in the Spanish-American war.
MARCH 31. Death of Daniel Reed, aged 74 years, 6 days. He was the oldest locomotive engineer in point of service on the Bos- ton & Albany, when he retired in 1896, having first run one in 1849. He represented Milford in the Legislature in 1883 and was prom- inent in Masonic bodies.
APRIL 17. The Magid Hope Silk Co. purchases the Colburn & Fuller shoe factory and land on North Bow street.
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APRIL 17. Village Improvement Society organized at a meet- ing at which Hon. W. H. Cook presided.
APRIL 23. Death of Letter Carrier William H. Hartwell, a veteran of Civil war, aged 54 years, 2 months, 1 day. He was one of the first carriers appointed in Milford. Postmaster Cook ap- pointed his son, Allan A. Hartwell to the position.
MAY 1. A military funeral for Sergt. Asa B. Trask, a mem- ber of Co. M, who died in the Spanish-American war, was held in Memorial Hall, his body having been brought here from Porto Rico.
MAY 1. Annual meeting of Board of Trade showed receipts of $252, expenses of $90 and a total membership of 120.
MAY 24. The Selectmen awarded P. H. Gaffny the contract at four and sixty-eight one-hundredths cents per light for the resi- dential section of Milford. There are 102 lights and kerosene is to be used.
MAY 27. Milford baseball team, with Frank A. Goodwin, (now chairman of Boston Finance Commission), catching and Clancy, pitching, opened the season with a victory over the Lyceums of Worcester, 13 to 4.
JUNE 8. Misses Annie and Carrie Wheeler, daughters of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, a Confederate General, of Alabama, are being en- tertained by Milford and Hopedale residents.
JUNE 23. State Board of Health, requests Milford Board to send in samples of water taken from Charles river.
JULY 13. Milford Board of Trade had its first field day and outing at Woodland Park, West Medway, at which 225 attended. Gen. William F. Draper of Hopedale, Ambassador to Italy, was a special guest.
JULY 17. Assessors make tax rate $17.80.
JULY 19. State Board of Health warns the local Board about drinking water through lead pipes.
JULY 23. At a special Town meeting it was voted to appro- priate $3,000 to install the Union tank system of sewerage to abate existing evils on Pond and other streets.
JULY 26. Milford's valuation is $5,579,123.
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AUGUST 25. Rev. Fr. James T. Canavan, pastor of St. Mary's Church, tendered a reception and presented a purse of $1,500 on his return from Ireland.
SEPTEMBER 1. Milford Weekly Times suspends publication.
SEPTEMBER 11. Irving H. Gamwell, principal of Bristol, R. I., High school, elected principal of High school here.
SEPTEMBER 12. Granite business is booming. Norcross Bros. report working on contracts aggregating $6,250,000.
OCTOBER 13. James I. C. Cook, senior proprietor and publish- er of Milford Daily and Weekly Journal, attained his 82nd birth- day anniversary. He is the oldest active printer in New England.
OCTOBER 24. Word received by Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Bren- nan, that their eldest son, John A., was killed in the Philippines, August 12, in an engagement with Filipinos. He was attached to Co. G, 21st U. S. Regulars, was 26 years old and was the first Mil- ford soldier to be killed in the Philippines.
NOVEMBER 3. Death of Patrick Gillon, aged 56, well-known business man, owner and builder of Gillon block.
NOVEMBER 7. At State election Atty. Clifford A. Cook and H. L. Chase of Westboro, were elected to the Legislature.
NOVEMBER 16. Death of Mrs. Hannah Peard, aged 73, widow of Col. Robert Peard, Milford's noted Civil war soldier. She re- sided in Milford since 1849.
NOVEMBER 30. A record for Thanksgiving day marriages was broken when eight couples were united.
1900.
JANUARY 1. Mr. and Mrs. Ethan C. Claflin observed their golden wedding anniversary at their home on School street, with a reception at which 300 attended.
JANUARY 12. Samuel Gaskill observed his 90th birthday an- niversary. He is familiarly known as "Uncle Sam" and four gen- erations of the Gaskills were present at the observance.
FEBRUARY 14. A Catholic Court of Foresters was formed and will be known as "Charity Court."
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Magomiscock Golf Club House, built in 1909. First Club House burned in 1908.
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The Armory.
Town Hall Building, Built in 1856 to 1858.
Start of Marathon Race. Milford, Mass.
Earl Vasile was winner of this race from Milford to Medway, 1908.
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FEBRUARY 15. Milford citizens are signing a petition to have a Town by-law, known as a "curfew law" adopted.
FEBRUARY 16. Death of Mrs. Pamelia (Blunt) Draper, widow of George Draper, aged 76 years, 5 months, 7 days.
FEBRUARY 16. A branch of the Socialist party was formed in Milford with thirty members.
FEBRUARY 28. Total registration is 2,158 male and 282 female. There are 3,068 assessed for poll taxes.
FEBRUARY 29. Thurber Medical Society discusses the need for a hospital in Milford.
MARCH 5. At annual Town election Dr. George P. Cooke, Joseph F. Hickey and A. A. Jenkins were chosen Selectmen.
MARCH 7. Vital statistics for 1899 show 226 births, 209 deaths and 92 marriages.
MARCH 9. At annual business meeting Milford voters appro- priated $25,000 for an enlargement of the Town Hall building. The voters accepted a gift of land on Church street to be used as a park, from Gen. William F. Draper and William Bancroft. The "curfew law" was adopted.
MARCH 14. The plans for the remodeling of Town Hall call for an addition of 57 feet to the rear of the building, with project- ing wings on either side, which will give a seating capacity of 1,500.
MARCH 15. Milford High school on School street entirely de- stroyed by a supposed incendiary fire, entailing a loss of $16,000. The blaze was discovered at 11 o'clock at night. Everything, in- cluding many gifts from graduating classes, was lost.
MARCH 19. The Selectmen and School Committee voted to buy for $2,800, the old Universalist Church building on Pearl street, for a temporary High school building.
MARCH 22. New Universalist Church on Pine street, formal- ly dedicated. It is of granite and total cost is approximately $40,000.
MARCH 26. At a special town meeting $60,000 was appropri- ated to build a new High school of granite to replace the one
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burned and $2,800 for the purchase of the old Universalist Church for a temporary High school.
MARCH 31. Milford's old brick Town House school, formerly the Town House, a historic landmark, was sold at public auction to Alfred Goucher for $25. It was built in 1819 and continued in that capacity until 1854, when the present Town House was built.
APRIL 1. Milford granite cutters granted an eight-hour day and a minimum wage of 35 cents an hour.
APRIL 4. The Legislature's House Committee on Counties, re- ports a bill for establishing a clerk for Milford District Court at a yearly salary of $500, to take effect June 1. Atty. William G. Pond was chosen the first clerk by Gov. W. Murray Crane, on that date.
APRIL 4. James F. Stratton bought the brick building on Central street formerly used by Wilkinson & Hawes, straw manu- facturers. Mr. Stratton is to remodel it for hotel purposes.
APRIL 5. Milford bought its first street sprinkler for $300.
APRIL 5. The M., H. & F. Street Railway Co. is installing a 400-horse power generator in its power-house off Sumner street.
APRIL 9. Contractor Eugene F. Lynch has the temporary High school ready for occupancy.
APRIL 14. Milford Board of Trade endorses the recommenda- tion of Thurber Medical Society for a hospital in Milford and ap- pointed a committee to confer with the society on the matter.
APRIL 16. Granite quarrymen granted an eight-hour day.
APRIL 21. George L. Browning was instantly killed and Den- nis Burns and Daniel Leahy seriously injured by the collapsing of the rear wall of the old Town Hall building. The men were en- gaged in tearing down the structure. The fire alarm was sounded and fully 100 assisted in removing the debris. On April 25 Mr. Leahy died of his injuries.
APRIL 23. High schools of Milford, Upton, Holliston and Medway form trolley baseball league.
MAY 22. The M., H. & F. Street Railway Co. has awarded Giacomo Cenedella the contract to build the brickwork and Otis
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Whitney & Son the carpenter work on the proposed new carhouse and repair shop on East Main street.
MAY 25. The Milford, Attleboro & Woonsocket Street Rail- way Co. opened and passengers taken over the road for the first time.
MAY 25. Contractor Eugene F. Lynch given the contract to remodel the Town House building for $20,500.
JUNE 9. Interscholastic Trolley League baseball champion- ship won by Milford High school.
JUNE 13. Application for a charter for Milford & Uxbridge street railway.
JUNE 13. A Golf Club is formed by several young ladies, who have leased about 50 acres of land on Mrs. Flanagan's farm on the Upton road.
JUNE 19. Death of Otis Torrey Nelson, one of Milford's old- est citizens, at the age of 87 years, 9 months, 4 days. He served as Overseer of the Poor in 1850-1.
JUNE 20. Milford Commandery of Knights Templar, enter- tains commanderies from Worcester, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and Natick, in Milford, and at Lake Waushakum, by a field day. A parade of over 600 Knights was witnessed here.
JUNE 28. First meeting of the Milford Hospital subscribers.
JUNE 29. Death of Dr. Charles Mackin, a physician for about 20 years, and a member of the School Committee.
JULY 4. Norcross Bros. have been awarded the contract to construct Yale University buildings, at New Haven, Ct., at a cost of over a million dollars.
JULY 20. High school building committee accepts plans and specifications for new High school.
JULY 23. Milford's tax rate for 1900 was $18.80.
JULY 26. Prof. I. Franklin Frisbee, A. M., Ph.D., of Lewis- ton, Maine, was elected principal of the High school.
JULY 28. Death of Major A. W. Keene, aged 60. He was a resident of Milford for many years, and was Probation Officer for Milford district court from 1891 until his death.
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AUGUST 4. Death of Dr. George L. Cooke. He was a prominent dentist, was one of the petitioners for the "Home for Aged at Mil- ford," and was chosen first president, remaining as such for sev- eral years. He was a member of the School Committee since 1889 and was chairman of the board since 1891.
AUGUST 4. Justice Charles E. Whitney appointed Probation Officer.
AUGUST 26. Death of Hon. William H. Cook, aged 57 years, 7 months, 18 days. He was born in Bennington, Vt., Jan. 7, 1843, the son of James I. C. and Marion Robertson Cook. He, with his father and brother, bought the Milford Weekly Journal in the spring of 1872. They founded the Milford Daily Journal October 22, 1888. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1876 and again in 1877. He was elected a member of the State Senate from this district in 1895, 1896 and 1897. He was the author of the so-called "libel law," a measure to relieve newspapers and newspaper men from being mulcted by unscrupulous men. The bill was passed and signed by Gov. Wolcott. He did more for prison reform, as chairman of the Prison Committee, than had been accomplished in many years.
SEPTEMBER 3. Regular trips started Labor Day over the tracks of the M., A. & W. Street Railway from Milford to Frank- lin and Woonsocket.
SEPTEMBER 5. Milford Shoe Co. received an award for the excellence of its product and fine exhibit of its shoes at the Paris Exposition.
SEPTEMBER 17. Magomiscock Golf Club organized.
SEPTEMBER 27. Clyde Cheney defeated William Miller of West Medway in a 5 mile pursuit wheel race on Charles River Driving Park, Milford for $1,000. He also defeated Miller in Cambridge.
SEPTEMBER 31. Formal dedication of Milford Y. M. C. A. building on Exchange street.
OCTOBER 7. Deposits increased $163,000 in the past year in the Milford Savings Bank.
OCTOBER 10. There are 1,687 school children between the ages of 5 and 15 in Milford.
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OCTOBER 12. Milford Selectmen sign Milford-Hopkinton Street Railway franchise.
OCTOBER 31. Bay State Granite Co. has secured the Milford Pink Granite Co. properties of Woodbury & Leighton of Boston, which make it one of the largest companies in New England.
NOVEMBER 14. Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Withington observe 50th wedding anniversary. He has been a Selectman, Assessor and moderator and for twenty years a fire engineer and chief engineer for several years. He was 75 years old November 7.
NOVEMBER 14. Horace C. Adams of Mendon and E. L. Osgood of Hopedale were elected Representatives in Tenth Worcester district.
NOVEMBER 14. Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coyne. He fought through the Civil war and in 1886 was appointed a messenger at the State House for the House of Rep- resentatives, which position he still holds.
NOVEMBER 16. Organization of Plumbers' Union.
NOVEMBER 16. Stage coach line which had carried passengers and mails from Milford to Medway for a great many years dis- continued.
NOVEMBER 22. Milford Lodge, 628, B. and P. Order of Elks, instituted. The officers are: Dr. Charles H. Cole, Exalted Ruler ; Lewis J. Gillon, Esteemed Leading Knight; Clarence E. Jones, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Dr. H. H. Newcomb, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; P. H. Gillon, Esteemed Treasurer; John C. Lynch, Es- teemed Secretary; John Nolan, Trustee for 3 years; L. B. Magid, Trustee for 2 years; John J. O'Neil, Trustee for one year; C. J. Smith, Tyler; C. D. Hixon, Esteemed Esquire; John H. Stratton, Inner Guard.
DECEMBER 17. Milford votes an additional $15,000 for the Town House enlargement.
DECEMBER 26. Purchase of storage battery property by William Lapworth & Sons, for manufacture of elastic fabrics, off Depot street.
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1901.
JANUARY 6. Death of James Lally, aged 77 years, a resident in Milford for over 50 years. He was the father of James Lally, Jr., postmaster of Milford under Cleveland's last administration.
JANUARY 11. Death of Deacon D. B. Rockwood, aged 89 years, Milford's oldest business man and Odd Fellow. Was born in Mil- ford and started the first wheelwright shop in town, which was car- ried on until the fall of 1900, when he sold it.
JANUARY 16. The population of Milford in 1900 was 11,376.
JANUARY 17. Institution of Welcome Lodge, New England Order of Protection.
FEBRUARY 4. Milford's temporary High school destroyed by fire. The building was erected in 1851 for the Universalist Society and was bought by the town last year.
FEBRUARY 6. There were 209 deaths, 147 marriages and 304 births in Milford in 1900.
FEBRUARY 18. Milford's newly remodeled Town Hall was for- mally opened for public inspection and use, the occasion being the first annual ball of Valencia Council, K. of C.
FEBRUARY 27. Registration of voters this year is 2,333 males and 280 females.
MARCH 4. At Town election, Dr. George P. Cooke, Joseph F. Hickey and Abbott A. Jenkins were elected Selectmen.
MARCH 15. Milford Selectmen sign franchise of M., H. & F. Street Railway, for the extension of its tracks from the present terminus on Cedar street, Milford to the Hopkinton town line.
MARCH 16. Pride of Court Milford, No. 501, C. of F. of A., instituted.
APRIL 14. Death of John J. Roche, veteran of the Civil war, aged 59 years, 10 months, 4 days.
JUNE 5. Milford's share of State tax is $3,622.50.
JUNE 12. The contract to build the new power plant of the Milford, Holliston & Framingham Street Railway, was awarded to the Bay State Granite Company.
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JUNE 21. Death of ex-Selectman P. H. Curran, aged 47 years. He was elected Selectman in 1885 and 1886, the latter year being chairman. He also served as Registrar.
JULY 1. Organization of the Milford branch of the "Brother- hood of the Carpenters and Joiners of America."
JULY 24. Miss Esther O'Conner, of Marlboro, is elected music teacher for Milford schools.
JULY 24. There are 3,712 poll tax payers.
JULY 30. A new union of bricklayers, masons and plasterers is organized.
JULY 31. Cenedella Bros., of Milford, were awarded the con- tract for grading the grounds around the new Milford High school.
AUGUST 26. Milford branch of the International Portable and Stationary Engineers instituted.
SEPTEMBER 4. Union of Teamsters organized.
SEPTEMBER 4. Tuition price per year, for the out-of-town pupils, at the High school, is $40.
SEPTEMBER 11. The lower hall at Town House has been named "Dewey Hall."
SEPTEMBER 13. Monster field day for Milford hospital fund.
SEPTEMBER 15. Milford branch of Journeyman Bakers' union organized.
SEPTEMBER 19. Memorial services for the late President Mckinley held.
OCTOBER 13. Barbers' union organized.
NOVEMBER 4. Re-opening of Lyceum Theatre. It was first opened to the public on July 17, 1860.
NOVEMBER 12. Milford House, an old landmark on Town House square, is practically destroyed by fire. It was the oldest hotel in town, part of which was built 75 years ago.
NOVEMBER 13. Horace C. Adams of Mendon and E. L. Osgood of Hopedale, again elected Representatives.
NOVEMBER 15. Purchase of Shippee shop so-called, of Milford Shoe Co., by the owners of Milford Rubber Co. and Union Rubber Co., of Boston.
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NOVEMBER 15. The Magid-Hope Silk Mfg. Company was sold to Jesse A. Taft of Milford for $19,200. Patents sold for 14 cents. once estimated at $133,000.
DECEMBER 11. " The new telephone exchange switchboard, which is to be installed in its new quarters in the Post office block, will cost over $6,000. It is a 6-section board and registers about 400 subscribers.
DECEMBER 20. First formal trip over the Milford & Uxbridge Street Railway line.
1902.
JANUARY 8. The business of Norcross Bros. of Worcester and Milford has been incorporated with a capital of $1,500,000.
JANUARY 11. Death of William Sheehan, aged 79 years. He was one of the large real estate owners.
JANUARY 15. In 1901, there were 111 couples married, and 201 deaths.
MARCH 5. The new 900 horse power engine at M., H. & F. power house, weighs over 100 tons.
MARCH 5. J. F. Hickey, A. A. Jenkins and W. S. V. Cooke are elected Selectmen. The eight-hour law for Town employees is accepted.
MARCH 8. B. E. Harris retires from the clothing business after almost 40 years.
MARCH 9. Pine street Baptist Church damaged $2,000 by fire.
MARCH 23. Nipmuc Park, Mendon, "Nature's Beauty Spot," opened tonight by Milford Street Railway employees' dance. Fully 1,200 present.
MARCH 25. Death of Hugh H. V. Lilley, one of Milford's well- known business men. Has been a resident of Milford for 40 years, most of which he was engaged in the manufacture of sewing ma- chine needles.
MARCH 26. The Price property, at the corner of Prospect and Main streets, has been acquired from Rev. L. G. Barrett for pro- posed Milford Hospital.
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East Side of Main Street, looking South, from South Bow Street, 1868.
Main Street at Corner of Franklin, in 1880, location of present Post Office.
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Congress Street at left, showing old Academy and Congregational Church before being remodelled in 1868. The Academy was moved to Greene Street in 1871.
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Walker and Harrington Houses on South Bow Street. Residence of Amariah A. Taft on Claflin Hill, in the distance, then nearly surrounded by the forest.
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APRIL 6. Death of Murtagh Reynolds, one of the oldest Irish settlers here. He was the first Catholic citizen to be elected to public office, that of constable.
APRIL 9. Receipts at Milford postoffice, for the year ending March 31, amounted to $16,042.39.
MAY 2. H. M. Curtiss, first Milford citizen to own and operate an automobile on our streets.
MAY 7. Charles River Driving Park purchased by the Milford Park Association.
MAY 18. Mass meeting in Town Hall for striking teamsters at which 1,200 attended.
MAY 24. Milford Pink Granite Co. has 400 men working on stone for Hanner National bank building to be erected in New York City.
MAY 28. Increased straw business compels the Carroll, Hixon, Jones Co. to build an addition 50x75 feet to their factory.
JUNE 6. Gov. Crane today signed the "Loop Bill" authorizing the Grafton & Upton Railroad Co. to construct a street railway through Upton and West Upton.
JUNE 16. Milford carpenters went on strike today for an eight-hour day and $2.50 wage. About 90 are affected.
JUNE 16. Hon. and Mrs. Eben S. Draper of Hopedale are to present to Milford a $50,000 hospital to be erected at the corner of Main and Prospect streets.
JUNE 19. Milford High school graduates twenty-nine students at its fortieth annual commencement.
JUNE 21. Official opening of the Grafton & Upton road (elec- trically equipped). The fares were reduced from 55 to 25 cents from Milford to North Grafton.
JUNE 25. Clerks in Milford stores form a union and have asked the merchants for half-holidays on Wednesday during July and August.
JULY 4. Miss Mabel Ward badly injured while making her initial parachute leap at Hoag Lake Park, Bellingham. Amputa- tion of left leg necessary.
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JULY 14. Thomas J. Murphy, a school committeeman, was elected principal of High school to succeed Dr. I. F. Frisbee. On July 22 the committee elected John C. Hull of Adams as principal, at a $1,500 salary. Mr. Murphy is to remain as sub-master.
JULY 23. Dillon Bros. awarded contract to build Milford Hos- pital, from specifications of Robert Allen Cook.
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