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Scrapbook #6: Newspaper clippings from Cochituate, pasted in Mitchell's New General Atlas; dark tan cover.
- Script on front page: "W. A. Nottage, West Medway (i)? 1866.
- Sticker printed: I. E. Scott, 20 Shawmut Ave., Cochituate, MA 01778.
- Newspaper clipping cover the activities of the Village of Cochituate.
- Covered are: births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, accidents, epidemics, who was visiting whom, fires and other losses, construction of buildings and costs, sales and prices of real estate, sports (especially baseball), horse racing, school news, college attendance, library news giving titles of newly acquired books, activities and programs of churches, lodges, various organizations, Town meetings, horse-car travel, drinking places problems, liquor raids. These newspaper columns portray the community life of the Village of Cochituate in the middle of the eighteen-eighties.
(See Notes section for description of maps)
- Newspaper clippings: (six from 1886)
+Jan.6, 1886
Referring to trees endangering the public
"Citizen" in re President's Proclamation on Indian affairs containing too long sentences;
+Jan.13, 1886
In re meaning of the word socration
Natick "Citizen" in re saving items of interest from papers
+April 6, 1886
In re Churches in Townsend
+May 1886
In re attitude toward "salvation army"
+May 22, 1886
Protest decorating soldiers' graves on a Sunday
+July 7, 1886
Baptist Ordination at Winchendon
- Map: Canada East in Counties
- Newspaper clipping;
Memorial day service in Cochituate - First one ever held in Wayland
Rev. W.P. Nottage, speaker. Extracts of address
- Map of Canada West in counties
- Clippings: Cochituate - social notes:
+Nov., Dec.2, Dec.9, Dec.16, Dec.23. - 1885
+Dec.30, 1885, Jan.6, Jan.13, Jan.20, 1886
+Jan.20, 1886 "The weather last Wed. morning was the coldest in this vicinity
for twenty years. At the horse-car stable the mercury was 21 degrees
below zero, at Scott Webster's 25 degrees and at Wm. Garfield's 27 degrees.
- Map of the United States & Territories Together with Canada
- Clippings: Jan.20, Jan.27, Feb.3, Feb.10, Feb.17, 1886
- Clippings: Feb.24, March 3, March 10, March 17, 1886
- Clippings: March 24, 1886:
List of elected officials
Appropriation $20,458 and how spent
- Clippings: March 31, April 7, April 14, 1886
- Clippings: April 14 (continued)
"Since the heavy rain of nearly two weeks since, Dudley Pond has been higher than ever
before in the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
+April 21, 1886
+April 28, 1886
"At the Easter sale some young men got to running an article that was being auctioned
off, and what cost 5c was struck off at nearly $2.00"
"We learned that a road scraper has been purchased by a few individuals and the
district surveyor is allowed to use it. It would be a good investment."
"It is wonderful how quickly the boys around here learn to ride the bicycle and how
expert they become in its management in a short time. Several of these two-wheeled
carriages have been recently introduced into this village and one would think to see
these fellows mount their horses and dash away, that they were old and experienced
riders."
+May 5, 1886
"The assessors did not intend to begin work till Monday, but hearing that some
parties were purpasing to drive off their cattle to pasture Saturday, and thus evade the
tax, they headed them off by beginning a day or two sooner."
"It is stated on pretty good authority that there are six places in town where liquor is
sold. How is this for a town that voted no license? And these violators of the law are
laughing in the face of law-abiding citizens and asking `What are you going to do about
it?"
- Clipping: May 12, 1886: "About 75 new books have just been put into the town library. The
names of these books will be in manuscript copy, which will be put up in the post office."
"The assessors, after a week's hard work, are through with their business. The rate of
taxation will be some higher than that of last year, owing to the special appropriation for
new bridges washed away by the flood a few months ago."
+May 19, 1886
+May 26, 1886
"Now that the law in regard to the closing of barbers' shops on Sunday is to be enforced
in Boston, after June 6th, it would be a good idea for the two shops in this village to be
closed at the same time."
- Clipping: June 2, 1886: long article about the observation of Memorial Day
- Clippings: June 9, 1886, June 16, 1886
+June 23, 1886 "According to the new division of the State into Senatorial Districts just
made by the Legislature, the following towns compose the 4th District - Middlesex Co.,
viz.: Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Marlboro, Natick, Maynard, Sherborn,
Sudbury, Weston and Wayland.
+June 30, 1886
- Clippings: July 7, July 14, July 21, 1886
August 11, 1886 (misplaced) "A travelling peddler did a thriving business Sat. afternoon
in selling a necktie frame, by which any person can easily make his own necktie."
"A town meeting is called for Wed. of this week for the purpose of seeing if the town
will appropriate $800.00 for the support of the poor, and $2,000.00 for the erection of a
new dwelling house for the accommodation of the poor."
+July 21, 1886
- Clippings: Sept.8, Sept.15, 1886
+Sept.22, 1886 Write-up about the Ordination and installation of Herbert H. Mott as
minister of the Unitarian Church in Wayland.
- Map: two pages County Map of the States of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mass.,
Rhode Island and Connecticut.
- Clippings: Sept.29, Oct.6, Oct.13, 1886
+Oct.20, 1886 "A well-known canine was shot at the other day in the woods, having
been mistaken for a rabbit by one of the local huntsmen. Fortunately for the dog, only
a few shots hit him and the wounds were not serious."
- Clippings: Oct.27, 1886:
+Nov.3, 1886 "Why will some folks persist in calling the new street recently laid out by
Mr. Bent, "Shawmut Avenue." the naming of a street, and the proclamation of the name
is a matter that belongs to the selectmen, and to [not?] A, B or C who make take a
notion to dub any street with a new name. Shawmut Ave is pretty high toned.
Gentlemen, come down to common things."
+Nov.3, 1886 "One of our citizens, a gentleman who as attained some local celebrity for
his poetic effusion on various subjects, has a manuscript advertisement in the following
language:
Young maids and widows all forlorn
Come buy of me my popping corn;
'Twill cure you of blues and indigestion,
And help your beaus to pop the question.
Any article of merchandise that will do these three things or any one of them,
especially the latter, with a commendable degree of dispatch, ought to find a ready
market. At any rate the article is well worth trying not only by the two classes appeal
to, by all."
+Nov.10, 1886 Comments on the damage don to books from the library with ending
comment "When this (damage) is done by the same person in more than one instance,
he or she should be debarred the privilege of taking out book at all."
- Map: Plan of Boston (page 20)
- Clippings: Nov.17, 1886 several paragraphs on liquor raids
+Nov.24, 1886 "All the schools in this village, five in number, closed their fall term Friday
afternoon. There was no examination, and the visitors were not numerous."
+Dec.1. 1886 "The annual turkey raffle came off last week. Men engaged in this kind of
business ought to know that it is a plain violation of the law. It is gambling.
Persons opposed to it may say, let the constables put a stop to it. But what are you
going to do when the constables themselves get up raffles and carry them on. All who
are connected with these raffles, as patrons or spectators, should understand that they
lay themselves liable to arrest as much as if they were found in a gambling
establishment."
+Dec.8, 1886 Five tramps passed through this village in company Friday afternoon,
inquiring their way to the town farm, where they wanted to get something to eat and
lodging.
- Map: County Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware (page 21)
- Clippings: Dec.22, 29, 1886, Jan.5, 1887
+Jan.12, 1887 "Double runners are in good demand by big folks and little ones. A
toboggan slide is the talk for another year. The lateness of the season is the only
reason they do not get one up this winter."
- Map: Plan of Philadelphia (page 24)
- Clippings: (continued Jan.12, 1887)
+Jan.16, 1887 "The usual horse trot took place on Dudley Pond, Saturday. The water
board at first objected to trotting on the pond, but afterwards gave assurance that trotting
would not be prohibited at present. A notification to discontinue is liable to come at any
time."
+Jan.16, 1887 Long article defending the management of the horse railroad. (Makes 17
trips each way daily, carrying nearly 20,000 passengers a month on the average
without an accident.)
+Feb.2, 1887 "There has been less fishing through the ice this winter than usual.
The ice has been too thick and the covering of snow too deep to fish with success. "
+Feb.9, Feb.16, 1877
- Clippings: Feb.23, 1887: "It would not be a bad idea if the society with the long name had an
office in this village to look after the poor horses when they are left standing for two hours
in the cold without blankets. It is a shame that any man should be allowed to own a dumb
animal at all who does not see that they are protected from the cold." Reference to a
Boston paper criticizing the condition of the Wayland house for the poor.
+March 18, 1887
+March 9, 1887: Article concerning a report on the Wayland Library:-whole number of
books, 10,280; circulation in Cochituate 4,763, Wayland 5,618; new books purchased
during the year 217, donated 155, pamphlets 83; total accessions 418. Books taken out
classified as Biographical, 5%, fiction 47%, scientific 4%, travel 5%, historical 9%, poetry
3%, moral and religious 5%, juvenile 8%, magazines 6%, miscellaneous 8%.
- Clippings: (March 9, continued)
- Maps:
page 26: Plan of the City of Washington, the Capitol of the U.S. of America
page 27: County Map of Virginia and West Virginia
page 28: County Map of Kentucky and Tennessee
page 29: County Map of Georgia and Alabama
page 30: County Map of North Carolina
page 32 : Map of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas
page 33: Plan of New Orleans
page 34: County Map of Texas
page 36: County Map of Ohio, Indiana
page 38 : County Map of State of Illinois
page 39: County Map of State of Iowa and Missouri
page 40: County Map of Michigan and Wisconsin
page 42: County Map of Minnesota
page 43: Map of Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado, showing south portion of Dacotah
(note spelling)
page 44: Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and part of Montana
page (?): County map of California-Map of Settlement of Great Salt Lake Country, Utah
page 48 : Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies
page 53: Map of South America showing its Political Division
page 55: Map of New Granada, Venezuela, Gutana [Guyana?]
page 58 : Map of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
page 63: Map of Europe
page 64: Map of Russia in Europe, Sweden and Norway
page 67: Map of France, Spain and Portugal
page 70: Map of England and Wales
page 71 : Map of Ireland and Scotland
page 74: Map of Prussia and German States
page 75: Map of Austrian Empire, Italian States, Turkey in Europe and Greece
page 77: Map of Asia
page 78: Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan
page (?): New map of Palestine with Holy Land
page 80: Map of Hindostan, Farther India, China, Tibet
page 81 : Map of Oceania Exhibiting its Various Divisions, Island Groups
page 83: Map of Africa showing its most Recent Discoveries
- 22 pages of Post Offices in the United States
- Population of the United States by census of 1850 and 1860
- List of Post offices in Canada, Tariff of Customs, Gross Population
- Table of Population, Governments, etc
- Table of Distances - Land routes to places within United States
- Mountains of the World - one page
- Rivers of the World - one pageCataloged By
VanSteenberg, DorisAcquisition
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Mott, Herbert H.General Notes
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Notes: - Maps:" Extend according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., in the Clerk's Office of the District of the United States for Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
- Front: Mitchell's New General Atlas containing maps of various countries of the world, Plans of Cities, etc.-Embraced in 53 Quarto Maps, Forming a Series of 84 Maps & Plans, together with Valuable Statistical Tables.
- Published by S. August Mitchell, Jr., No.81 South 6th St., Philadelphia, 1865.
- Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860, by S. August Mitchell in the Clerk's office of District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania.
- Contents:
List of Maps.
The World in Hemispheres with other projections.
A Time Table and Also Showing Their Air-Line Distance from Washington.
Map of World on the Mercator Projection Exhibiting the American Continent as Its Center.
- Map of North America showing Political Divisions and Recent Discoveries in the Polar Regions.
- County Map of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward's Island.
- Two Newspaper clippings criticizing the editors of two papers.
Status: OK
Status By: Dunn, Jan
Status Date: 2016-04-09