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JULY 28. Irving block, Main street, to be reconstructed on second floor for office rooms. The Milford Journal occupied that floor for 30 years as a printing establishment.
JULY 29. Mrs. Georgianna (Fay) Cook widow of Hon. W. H. Cook, sent a check of $1,000 toward equipping the proposed Milford Hospital, which now has close to $12,000 for a fund.
JULY 30. Norcross Bros. awarded contract to build the new State Mutual Life Assurance Co. building, at Boston. The build- ing is to cost $1,000,000.
SEPTEMBER 2. Milford baseball team, one of the best ever rep- resenting Milford, disbands. It was the equal, if not the superior of any New England league team and had many National League players in its lineup.
SEPTEMBER 15. Owing to the crowded conditions of the Plains school, the School Committee secured Societa Operaia Italiana hall, Cedar street, for temporary use.
SEPTEMBER 16. Rev. E. W. Whitney, pastor of Universalist Church, and family, tendered reception by parishioners on their return from Europe.
SEPTEMBER 23. Gen. W. F. Draper presents Co. M with $200 to buy a piano.
SEPTEMBER 27. Hospital field day nets $1,200.
SEPTEMBER 29. Mrs. Frances D. Colburn of Hopedale, pre- sents Hospital with a gift of $10,000 in memory of her husband, Charles H. Colburn, and her daughter Miss Helen Colburn.
OCTOBER 3. Milford corps of Salvation Army is to erect a building on a site purchased on Spruce street.
OCTOBER 13. Master Builders' Association votes for an eight- hour day for all employes under its jurisdiction.
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OCTOBER 14. E. L. Wires presents High school with a beauti- ful picture of a famous old tower in Florence, Italy.
OCTOBER 18. Strike of carpenters since June 14, declared off by Master Builders granting an eight-hour day.
OCTOBER 30. Atty. John E. Swift chosen principal of night school.
NOVEMBER 4. At State election, E. L. Osgood of Hopedale, was elected Senator and L. E. Fales and J. S. Nason, of Westboro, Representatives.
NOVEMBER 16. Reform wave succeeded in closing today (Sun- day) all the confectionery and other stores; newsrooms and drug- gists only, keeping open.
DECEMBER 2. Booker T. Washington, noted negro teacher, addressed a meeting of Quinshipaug Woman's Club and guests.
DECEMBER 9. Cold wave, with thermometers registering 14 degrees below zero. Shortage of coal, due to miners' strike, makes situation acute.
DECEMBER 19. Milford Pink Granite Co. awarded contract to build the Mckinley mausoleum at Canton, Ohio, for $100,000.
1903.
JANUARY 1. Atty. Wendell Williams appointed Special Justice of District Court to succeed Judge L. C. Fales, elected to Legis- lature.
JANUARY 22. Journeymen painters demand an eight-hour day and a minimum wage of $2.50 to take effect April 1.
JANUARY 26. During 1902 there were 140 marriages in Mil- ford. Deaths numbered 204.
FEBRUARY 1. Death of Atty. E. Otis Thayer, aged 31. He was the last of the male members of Capt. Rufus Thayer family, prominent in Milford's early history. He also is the first member of Milford Elks to die.
FEBRUARY 5. Milford Water Co. reduces water rates from $8 to $6, yearly, for first faucet and the minimum meter rates for families, $12.
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FEBRUARY 15. Milford Baptist Church rededicates the edi- fice and commenced a five-day celebration of the semi-centennial of the Church.
FEBRUARY 16. A 12-inch snowfall tied up traffic.
MARCH 3. At Town election Joseph F. Hickey, George E. Stanley, and Lucius E. Heath, were elected Selectmen. It was voted to purchase a new chemical combination wagon for the fire depart- ment.
MARCH 8. Fraternal Order of Eagles instituted.
MARCH 20. Daniel M. O'Brien appointed janitor of Town Hall building. (Is still serving the town faithfully in that posi- tion, 1930.)
MARCH 23. The Only Club hires the use of the Driving Park for one year, for $1,100 from Milford Park Co.
APRIL 4. George O. Draper of Hopedale, sells controlling in- terest in the Milford Pink Granite Construction Company to New York capitalists.
APRIL 11. Captain and Mrs. Joseph Hancock of 111 Purchase street celebrate 60th wedding anniversary. Capt. Hancock was born in Milford, December 6, 1818.
APRIL 17. Miss Mary L. Callanan wins girls' first prize in interscholastic prize-speaking contest in Music Hall. There were also pupils from Holliston, Medway and Uxbridge schools.
APRIL 21. Mr. and Mrs. John Ring celebrate their 50th wed- ding anniversary. They were married by Rev. George Hamilton, first pastor of St. Mary's Church.
APRIL 25. Michael J. Dwyer, of Boston, buys Gillon block on Main street for $60,000, at auction.
APRIL 29. Formal institution of the John D. Long colony, No. 251, U. O. P. F.
APRIL 29. Oliver street was selected as the site for a new four-room school house.
MAY 4. Opening of new Hub Theatre in Raftery block.
MAY 16. Only Club's new ball team opens season by winning over Woonsocket Gyms, 14 to 1.
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MAY 18. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Claflin observe 50th wed- ding anniversary. Mr. Claflin was born in Milford, Sept. 26, 1830.
JUNE 4. Death of George B. Blake, aged 80 years, 3 months, 7 days. He served several terms as Selectman in the 60's and was a Representative to the General Court in 1871 and 1872. He served 60 times as moderator at Town meetings. He was born in Attle- boro.
JUNE 11. Largest derrick in New England erected at Mil- ford Quarry Co. plant. The mast stands 97 feet and measures 26 inches in diameter at the base and 24 inches at the top. The boom is 84 feet long, 18 inches through at the base and 14 inches at the top.
JUNE 15. Milford High nine wins the interscholastic base- ball league pennant.
JUNE 20. Raise in salaries granted to High school teachers.
JUNE 22. State tax is $5,175.
JUNE 24. Mrs. Almira (Pierce) Johnson reaches age of 99 years.
JULY 23. Norcross Bros. & Co., of Milford and Worcester goes into the hands of receivers.
JULY 24. Milford Hospital is presented to the people of Mil- ford, the gift of Hon. and Mrs. Eben S. Draper. The presentation took place at Charles River Driving Park before a large gathering and is the only notable beneficial gift ever made to this town.
AUGUST 27. Milford Hospital opened for inspection.
SEPTEMBER 1. Milford Hospital opened today with ten pa- tients. Mark Tiernan, Civil war veteran, first patient admitted.
SEPTEMBER 5. Milford Pink Granite Co. awarded contract to furnish the granite for the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. build- ing, at Boston.
SEPTEMBER 16. Charles River Conclave, Improved Order of Heptasophs, instituted in Elks Hall with 45 charter members.
SEPTEMBER 25. Milford Hospital Aid Association formed in Dewey Hall by Milford and Hopedale residents. Hon. Edward L. Osgood presided.
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SEPTEMBER 26. Bricklayers', masons' and plasterers' unions, ask for an eight-hour day. Bricklayers want 50 cents an hour and plasterers $3.50 a day.
OCTOBER 5. Twenty-five Milford newsboys formed a union. quarters for the Milford National and Milford Savings Banks.
OCTOBER 15. Thurber Medical Society observed its 50th an- niversary.
OCTOBER 17. First baby born in Milford Hospital, a girl, to Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Fleming.
OCTOBER 22. United States Senator George F. Hoar in Mil- ford today calling on Mrs. Almira P. Johnson, Milford's oldest resident, now in her 100th year.
OCTOBER 24. Rev. Fr. James F. Ahern, Milford native, has been appointed Chancellor of the Springfield diocese.
OCTOBER 27. M. & U. Street Railway Co. voted to reduce the fare on November 2, from ten to five cents from Milford to Hollis- ton, making a ten-cent fare to Framingham.
OCTOBER 30. Bank block being remodeled for separate quarters for the Milford National and Milford Savings Banks.
NOVEMBER 3. At State election, Hon. E. L. Osgood was re- elected Senator and Lowell E. Fales, Representative.
NOVEMBER 10. There is an enrollment of 250 pupils at the night school.
DECEMBER 1. Death of John S. Mead, aged 79. He was a former Selectman, School Committeeman, Superintendent of Streets and was in the meat business.
DECEMBER 6. The first memorial exercises of Milford Lodge of Elks held today. The members marched in a body to Pine Grove cemetery and decorated the grave of its only deceased mem- ber, E. Otis Thayer.
DECEMBER 7. Milford Quarry Co. report 146 men at work in its new plant off Dilla street.
DECEMBER 7. Oliver Street school, just completed, opened for sessions today. The building cost $12,000.
DECEMBER 14. Selectmen refuse permission to conduct box- ing matches.
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1904.
JANUARY 2. Fire in Baker block caused a loss to building and tenants of $10,000.
JANUARY 29. There were 182 deaths and 127 marriages in Milford in 1903.
FEBRUARY 11. State Federation of Women's Clubs holds quarterly meeting in Congregational Church. While in session fire broke out in basement and delegates to the number of 400 go to Universalist Church. Loss by fire estimated at $1,000.
FEBRUARY 16. St. Mary's Catholic Temperance and Benevol- ent Association, founded January 26, 1879, disbands.
FEBRUARY 21. Mrs. Maria Nelson Parkhurst celebrated her 91st birthday anniversary today. She is the oldest member of the Universalist Church.
MARCH 7. At annual Town meeting George E. Stanley, Charles W. Carroll and George S. Whitney, were elected Select- men.
MARCH 12. John H. Scott of Milford appointed by Gov. Bates as State detective. He was Deputy Fire Marshal of Massa- chusetts.
MARCH 24. A $5,000 double alarm fire ruins the stable of F. W. Phipps.
MARCH 28. Macuen Bros.' coal yard fire causes loss of $6,000.
MARCH 29. New granite firm of Hogan & Ross starts busi- ness.
APRIL 1. Strike of 300 granite cutters after manufacturers refuse demands.
APRIL 12. First Mechanical and Business exposition of the Milford Y. M. C. A. in Town Hall.
APRIL 14. Resignation of Thomas J. Murphy, as sub-master of Milford High school and member of School Board for two years.
APRIL 28. Work resumed at granite quarries as demands are granted.
APRIL 30. The 85th anniversary of Odd Fellowship in this country observed by local lodges.
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MAY 3. Death of James I. C. Cook, senior proprietor of the Milford Journal, probably the oldest active printer in the United States, aged 86 years, 6 months, 21 days.
MAY 11. Milford gets $7,000 for state road between B. T. Clancy's residence on West street to Upton town line.
MAY 13. N. Y., N. H. & H. local trains are taken off because of lack of patronage.
MAY 13. There are about 800 granite workers employed in Milford, with a weekly wage of $13,000.
·MAY 18. Death of Sullivan C. Sumner, former Assessor and prominent Mason, aged 68 years.
MAY 28. Dillon Bros. awarded contract for improvements of Golf Club house.
MAY 30. Nearly 400 graves of deceased soldiers marked by comrades of Post 22.
JUNE 8. A bill passed by Legislature gives judge of Milford court salary of $1,200 and the clerk $720.
JUNE 8. Dr. H. H. Newcomb, a former Milford veterinary, is a member of the Ziegler-Fiala North Pole expedition.
JUNE 23. Mrs. Almira P. Johnson is 100 years old. She is the oldest W. R. C. member in the country.
JUNE 27. Death of Isaac S. Wood, junior partner of Huck- ins, Temple & Wood shoe factory. He was killed by a train in Hopkinton while driving an automobile.
JUNE 27. Lightning strikes St. Mary's Church for the second time.
JULY 25. Death of Michael W. Edwards, aged 63 years, ex- Selectman, former Deputy Sheriff and prominent business man.
AUGUST 1. Milford's first Old Home Week celebration.
AUGUST 4. The first automobile parade ever held in Milford. It was the chief event of the fifth day of Old Home Week. There were seventeen machines in the line, led by the 16-horse power Wayne touring car of W. D. Leahy.
AUGUST 5. The trades procession of Old Home Week had 76 floats and was a notable success. It was conducted by the mer- chants.
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Old House on Elm Street, used as an Inn in 1757. Mrs. J. F. Haskell and daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth (Haskell) Asquith, who appear in picture, resided there in 1905, when this was taken.
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One of the early trains over Boston & Albany Railroad. The railroad was opened July 1, 1848.
The "Old House," so-called. Was built in the Dale, now Hopedale, about 1700, enlarged in 1735 and razed in 1874. In it was organized, April 15, 1741, the Second Church of Mendon, now Milford Congregational Church.
Statue of Rev. Adin Ballou in Ballou Park in Hopedale. He was the author of Milford Town History.
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AUGUST 16. Death of Rev. James T. Canavan, pastor of St. Mary's Church, aged 55 years, 1 month, 1 day.
AUGUST 18. Milford Quarry Co.'s plant sells for $19,000 at auction.
AUGUST 18. First appearance of Sisters of St. Joseph in Milford to have charge of Parochial Schools, formerly taught by Sisters of Notre Dame.
SEPTEMBER 1. One year ago today Milford Hospital was opened. Since then 148 patients have been treated as well as 30 outpatients. Miss Hannah Seavey, the first Superintendent is still in charge.
SEPTEMBER 9. There are 141 pupils in High school.
SEPTEMBER 17. Div. 7, A. O. H., held a firemen's parade and old fashioned muster at Driving Park. Hancocks of Brockton won first prize, $250, by throwing a stream 180 feet.
SEPTEMBER 24. The largest stone ever taken out of the Mil- ford granite quarries was moved today. It is 90 feet long, 35 feet wide and 25 feet deep. About 100 pounds of dynamite were used in dislodging it.
OCTOBER 16. Milford Pink Granite Co. bid $668,300 for fur- nishing granite for National Museum building in Washington, D. C., and secured contract.
OCTOBER 31. Registration of voters for November election total 2,393.
NOVEMBER 8. At State election George F. Birch of Milford and Francis T. Nelson of Upton were elected Representatives.
NOVEMBER 17. State highway commission awards contract to build Upton State road.
NOVEMBER 18. The first demonstration of an X-ray machine in Milford given in Milford Hospital.
NOVEMBER 23. Milford Shoe Co. gives complimentary turkey dinner to 300 employes in the factory.
DECEMBER 4. Death of Eliot Alden, aged 87 years. He was a former boot manufacturer, a lineal descendant of John Alden, oldest member of Tisquantum lodge, Odd Fellows.
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DECEMBER 7. Court Circle, Foresters of America, composed of Italian-speaking residents, instituted in Church Block hall.
DECEMBER 13. Lawrence Reed, Milford native, elected mayor of Woburn. While a resident of Milford he was elected to the Legislature in 1871 and 1876.
DECEMBER 28. Dr. Francis E. Clark of Boston, founder of Christian Endeavor movement, speaks in Congregational Church.
1905.
JANUARY 5. Ex-Governor William Claflin, a native of Mil- ford, dies in Newtonville. He was born March 6, 1818.
JANUARY 10. Death of Ethan C. Claflin, aged 80 years, 6 days, the oldest active Milford business man. He was born and always lived here and was a member of the town's oldest families.
JANUARY 18. There were 190 deaths recorded in Milford in 1904 and 112 marriages.
JANUARY 21. Seventy-nine final naturalization papers were taken out in District Court in 1904, 34 of whom were from Milford.
FEBRUARY 7. Lieut. Robert E. Peary, discoverer of North Pole, lectures before the Quinshipaug Woman's Club.
FEBRUARY 14. Milford Council, Royal and Select Masters, Masons, received its charter, grand officers being present at the session in Masonic Hall.
FEBRUARY 15. Competition among Milford restaurants re- sults in one selling a 21-meal ticket for $3.50.
FEBRUARY 26. Registration for March election is 2,466. There are 244 female voters.
MARCH 6. At Town election Lucius E. Heath, George E. Stanley and Timothy Burns, were chosen Selectmen.
MARCH 22. A $10,000 loss by fire in Grant Block, Main street.
MARCH 24. Milford Pink, Norcross Bros. Co., and G. H. Cut- ting Co., consolidate with a capital of $2,000,000.
APRIL 5. Milford Pink Granite quarries receive contract to furnish granite for new Pennsylvania Railway station at New York City for $1,600,000.
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APRIL 18. Old Driving Park Hall destroyed by fire.
APRIL 27. Joseph F. Hickey elected President of Board of Trade.
MAY 16. Death of Ephraim Lewis Wires, aged 70 years, 9 months, 3 days. One of Milford's prominent business men and ex- Selectman.
MAY 24. Managing board of new Italian Church votes to buy Miller property at 5 East Main street for a site for the new building.
MAY 25. Dr. George F. Curley appointed Assistant Medical Examiner of South Worcester district.
JUNE 20. Peter Ross forms a new granite quarry company.
JUNE 26. Milford High school wins 12th place in the Boston Herald contest. A beautiful piece of statuary was the prize.
AUGUST 8. The organ for the new Italian Church was pre- sented by Miss Minnie Murphy.
AUGUST 13. Dedication of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
AUGUST 14. Total valuation of taxable property this year is $6,380,612.
SEPTEMBER 12. Valencia Council, K. of C., through Atty. John C. Lynch, executor, receives the fine library of the late Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Fitzgerald, a former chaplain.
SEPTEMBER 13. Death of Oscar C. Woodbury, aged 76, driver of Milford's fire apparatus and highway department teams, since 1869.
SEPTEMBER 15. Cenedella Bros. have received a contract to build a $300,000 railroad roadbed in Virginia and have contracts on hand totalling $1,500,000.
SEPTEMBER 18. Dr. H. H. V. Newcomb, veterinarian, with the Ziegler expedition to the North Pole the last two years, re- turned to Milford.
SEPTEMBER 21. H. D. Carbary, editor and prominent in fra- ternal societies, tendered reception by Milford citizens and pre- sented purse of $325. He is to leave Milford to work on a Denver newspaper.
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SEPTEMBER 22. Supt. C. W. Haley announced prize essays for $20, $10 and $5 to be given pupils of Milford and vicinity public schools for best essays on "International Peace and Arbitration."
OCTOBER 2. The house on Prospect street 'next to the Hos- pital, owned by Mrs. E. S. Draper of Hopedale, is being remodeled for a nurses' home, Mrs. Draper making the gift to Milford.
OCTOBER 5. Field day for benefit of Hospital nets $943.50.
OCTOBER 10. State Board of Health warns Selectmen of the Charles River sewage nuisance and the need of an adequate sew- erage system in Milford.
OCTOBER 11. Death of Mrs. Maria Nason Parkhurst, aged 92, oldest member of Universalist Church.
OCTOBER 14. Death of Jesse A. Taft, aged 48 years, 8 months, 5 days, prominent lawyer and Town Solicitor several years.
OCTOBER 25. Charles River Driving Park sold today to Mc- Namara & Coughlin of Clinton, for $8,000. It closes the famous park for sporting attractions as it will be cut up into house lots.
OCTOBER 26. Milford's High school building will be adorned with busts of Venus de Milo, Cicero and Marietta Strozzi; a statue of Caesar Augustus and also portrait studies, gifts of the Boston Herald.
NOVEMBER 7. At State election, George F. Birch of Milford and Francis T. Nelson of Upton, were elected Representatives.
NOVEMBER 17. By defeating Framingham High, 17 to 11, Milford High football team won the Midland league pennant.
NOVEMBER 28. Milford Pink Granite Co. goes into the hands of a receiver. The company has discharged 300 men.
DECEMBER 4. Milford's citizens tender a reception to Eben S. Draper of Hopedale, Lieutenant-Governor elect.
DECEMBER 5. John B. Tracy, a native of Milford, and a gradu- ate of the High school with the Class of 1884, is elected Mayor of Taunton.
DECEMBER 7. The official census gives Milford's population as 12,105.
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DECEMBER 11. Webb Pink Granite Co., recently organized, receives a contract for $200,000 to furnish granite for the John Hancock Insurance Co.'s building in Boston.
DECEMBER 15. Napoleon B. Johnson, 78 years old, cashier of Home National Bank since its organization 30 years ago, is to retire January 1. He will be succeeded by Horace A. Brown.
DECEMBER 25. Death of Mrs. Almira Pierce Johnson, 101 years, 4 days old, Milford's oldest resident and oldest member of the Relief Corps in America.
1906.
JANUARY 2. John F. Holland, a Milford native and graduate of Harvard college, made Master of Chancery of the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois.
JANUARY 6. Reports for 1905 show 207 deaths and 135 mar- riages.
JANUARY 8. Webb Pink Granite Co. awarded contract to fur- nish granite for the 20-story building of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago for $250,000.
JANUARY 26. Telephone Co. reduces telephone rates from $42 to $39 for business houses, a reduction from $27 to $25 for a two- party and one of $25 to $21 for a six-party residence line.
FEBRUARY 4. The first marriage of two members of the Orth- odox Hebrew faith, ever performed in Milford was today. Harris Freeman of Milford and Miss Annie Powerman, who arrived here from Russia two weeks ago, were the principals. Rabbi Nathan Fletcher performed the ceremony.
FEBRUARY 6. Rev. Fr. Michael T. Burke, senior curate of St. Mary's Church, dies, aged 36.
FEBRUARY 8. Fire engineers report fire loss for 1905 of $8,889.42.
FEBRUARY 16. Physicians in Milford and Hopedale have voted to increase the price of day calls from $1 to $1.50; night calls from $1 to $2 and office calls from 50 cents to $1.
FEBRUARY 23. The F. W. Mann Co., bone-cutter manufactur- ers, incorporated.
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FEBRUARY 25. Milford Italian-speaking residents have Mardi Gras parade.
FEBRUARY 27. Total registration for March Town election is 2,417 males and 237 females.
MARCH 1. Milford master carpenters voluntarily increase pay of carpenters from $2.50 to $2.86 a day to take effect May 1.
MARCH 5. Annual Town election resulted in the choice for Selectmen, Timothy Burns, Lucius E. Heath and Michael S. Mc- Mahon.
MARCH 6. Granite Klippan Lodge, Order of Vasa, composed of Swedish-speaking residents, formed.
MARCH 9. Milford voted at adjourned Town meeting for a modern sewerage system. Killed the proposed armory building and to petition the General Court to borrow $150,000 in excess of debt limit for the construction of the sewer.
MARCH 13. James E. Walker was chosen chairman and O. F. Croughwell, secretary, of new sewerage committee.
MARCH 16. Midland Athletic League composed of High schools of Milford, Grafton, Framingham, Needham, North At- tleboro, Westboro and Woonsocket, formed.
MARCH 16. Deposits in Milford Savings Bank are $2,608,- 149.37, credited to 8,360 accounts.
APRIL 13. Highway department employes given an eight- hour day at $2 rate.
APRIL 15. Fares on B. & A. and Street Railway raised from 10 cents to 15 cents to Framingham.
APRIL 15. Joseph P. Gallagher, former editor, former sexton of St. Mary's Church, and former U. S. Deputy Marshal, dies, aged 55 years.
APRIL 16. Snow & Barbour of Boston chosen engineers for construction of Milford's sewerage system.
APRIL 21. Lightning struck the Norcross plant of Milford Stone Co., causing loss by fire estimated at $10,000.
APRIL 26. Milford citizens subscribe $4,000 for removal of Crafts, Harrington Co., Brockton shoe manufacturers, to Colburn, Fuller & Co. shop.
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MAY 2. Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr., today signed the Milford sew- erage bill.
MAY 2. Atty. Clifford A. Cook appointed an Associate Justice of District Court.
MAY 16. Milford citizens contribute $1,848.98 for the San Francisco earthquake sufferers.
MAY 25. Milford Odd Fellows honored Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith on their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
JUNE 2. Milford is now in the Fourth Senatorial district, having been shifted from the fifth.
JUNE 6. John C. Hull, principal of Milford High school since 1902, elected principal of Leominster High.
JUNE 8. Selectman Timothy Burns is to build a business block on Main street next to Milford National Bank building to cost $10,000, with residential houses in rear.
JUNE 14. Associate Justice C. A. Cook presided at session of District Court today for the first time.
JUNE 21. Washington Hall block badly damaged by fire, caus- ing a loss of $25,000.
JUNE 21. Class of 1906, Milford High school, held gradua- tion exercises in Town Hall. Lieut .- Gov. E. S. Draper presented diplomas to 31 graduates. John E. Doherty was valedictorian and also winner of $20 prize for best essay on "International Peace and Arbitration."
JUNE 28. Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., and staff, visit Milford.
JULY 19. Engineer Barbour estimates $277,348.15 as the cost of Milford's proposed sewerage system.
JULY 20. At special Town meeting Milford votes to appro- priate $150,000 for sewer construction.
AUGUST 1. Construction of the new cement building on the Shippee estate commenced.
AUGUST 13. The Crafts, Harrington Shoe Co. paid off its help and suspended operations indefinitely. About 200 hands are af- fected.
AUGUST 16. Home National Bank installs new vault.
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AUGUST 16. The tax rate is to be $19.
AUGUST 17. Worcester County Commissioners put Milford, Mendon, Hopedale, Northbridge and Upton into District nine. It has 5,420 voters and is entitled to two Representatives to General Court.
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