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1961-003-05003 |
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Black Notebook #3 |
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Black Notebook #3 containing mostly Articles from Marblehead Messenger. Page 1: "Headers Hope Weather of 1898 Will Not Come Again," an article describing a winter storms and weather in 1846, 1848, 1912 and 1935, showing pictures of the causeway and frozen harbor after the 1898 storm. Pages 3&5: "A Scrap From The Past," with a note from the Messenger editor, dated June 27, 1874, followed by a December 10, 1786, letter written by an unnamed Marbleheader, in which it is explained that, due to large, impeding snow drifts, Sally Martin, wife of Samuel Glover, was burned to death in a house fire in. Pages 7&9: "Winter of 1920," written for publication in the Messenger in 1920, describes a snow storm beginning on February 5th of that year disrupting town services and transportion for several days and describing the storm as the worst since 1898, another storn on February 27th and another on March 6th of that same year. "A Piece of Curbstone Visible on Pleasant Street" by Marcia M. Selman, March 9, 1920, a poem lamenting the snow storms of 1920. "The Snow," a poem by Elizabeth Brackett, age 8, February 7, 1920. "The Record Breaker," a poetic verse by Josh Jokem on February 13, 1920, published by the Messenger, opining on winter weather and its difficulties. Page11: "Old Weather Records," Messenger, July 21, 1911, about keeping weather records; "Late Snow," a poem published in the Messenger on April 28, 1916, describing snow fall; "Winter of 1882," describing frigid temperatures occurring in Marblehead; and a brief article in March 1906 about a disasterous storm affecting the entire East Coast. Page 13: "As A Boy Remembers," Messenger, September 12, 1919, comparing a recent storm to the storm of 1869, and a photo entitled "Marblehead Harbor Boiling In Advance of Blow," showing the shore along Front Street with Hurricane Ester 100 miles distant. Page 15: "Twenty Six Years Ago 1867-1868," Messenger, November 23, 1894, describing wintry weather which compared with the storm of 1867-1868. "Some Dates from Mr. Clough," Messenger, November 30, 1894, in which Clough submitted facts about earlier winter storms. "March 3, 1837," Messenger, March 1881, describing weather conditions. "November 25, 1885," Messenger, November 27, 1885, describing the high tide in Marblehead. Page 17: "Cold Weather 0f 1857," Messenger January 27,1882, again describing severe weather conditions. Page 19: "March 1823," references a severe snow storm in that year where all roads were closed and a week passed before Marbleheaders could break through the drifts prominent sea captains were forced to travel to Boston market via what was called the bay boat, "Good Intent," naming those captains as Nathaniel Lindsey, John B. Lindsey, Samuel Tucker and Eleazer Graves. Messenger, March 18, 1881. "March 1835," describes bitterly cold weather where at least one tradesman from Beverly froze to death and local men coming home by stage suffered frostbit of the ears, those men being James Goodwin, Thomas Elkins and Robert Orne. Messenger, March 1890. Page 21: "From John Prince's Record Book," desribes how Prince used a leech worm placed in a glass container on his window sill to determine what the weather would be the following day and gives instructions for achieving those results. Messenger, July 20, 1928. Pages 23&25: "Storm of 1851," by James J.H. Gregory. Messenger December 31,1909. Describes a winter storm of that year where its greatest effects were seen along Front Street and Fort Sewall, also carrying away the lighthouse on Minot's Ledge. "Greatest Storm Since 1898," Messenger, December 25, 1909, describing a Nor'easter, dragging down telephone lines, halting "car" service, washing away fishermen's shacks on Atkin's Wharf and curtailing church services, estimating damage at $10,000. "Anniversary of the Gale of 1869," Messenger, September 13, 1918, describes a gale on September 8th where trees were uprooted, buildings overturned, washing yachts ashore and sinking the fishing schooner "William Franklin" near Fort Sewall. Also on Page 25 is a small newspaper clipping describing Minot's Light off the Coast of Cohasset, first lit on January 1, 1850, but after many storms, on April 17, 1851, the 75-foot light toppled into the sea, downing one keeper. The other keeper managed to reach Gull Rock but died there of exhaustion and exposure. The light was rebuilt, taking five years to complete, and lit again on August 22, 1860. Because of the light code os one-three-four, people have always decoded that as "I love your," and call the light Minot's "Lovers Light." Page 27: Newspaper article titled "Back in 1786 When New England Had Those Good, Old-Fashioned Winters," describing a lot of severe weather but also the fact that the climate is changing and New England is getting warmer. Page 29: "Year Without a Summer, 1816," Messenger, June 14, 1907, describing the year of 1816 as without a summer where snow fell in June and crops failed to ripen, and that in June of that year Vermont had 5" of snow. Messenger, February 28, 1896, also describes the year without a summer where frost was experienced every month, ice was a half inch thick in May and snow fell in Massachusetts and New York, accumulating 3" deep. Three newspaper articles, "1816 Summer Weather Was Real Cold," "Under the Weather: What a Summer!" and "June 6, 1816," describing frost, hail and snow in June. Page 31: "Ice in Tollhouse Well, 1816 Winter-in-Summer Brought Snow to Salem," a newspaper article describing winter weather in June and the subsequent loss of crops. Page 33-36: Newspaper articles about the 100th anniversary of Abbot Library at Abbot Hall, Marblehead's first free public library, money appropriated for that endeaver, a photo of the checkout desk, mention of celebrations to commemorate the event, noting the at its inception that he library contained only 3,320 books. Page 37: "Who Was She?" Messenger, June 7, 1878. The person, in writing this article, was hoping to find out who Hannah Cook, a much maligned person, was because New Englander's were know for saying, "It don't amount to Hannah Cook," to describe having a poor opinion of something. Also on Page 37, is an excerpt of "Yankee Dictionary," by Charles F. Haywood, offering other New England sayings. Page 38: an incomplete article written by L.H. Clark of Arlington CT about the use of the word "cattycorner," for catercorner, where the word should be cut-a-corner. Page 39: A newspaper article, about poems based on the islands and coast of Massachusetts Bay, mentions Oliver Wendell Holmes's poem "Agnes" based on the life of Agnes Surriage, Sir Harry Frankland, her lover, and the well of the Old Fountain Inn. The article includes mention of another story of colonial life in Marblehead called "Agatha and the Shadow," published by Robert Brothers as well as Whittier's poem, the "Swan Song of Avery." Included on this page is a Samuel Chamberlain photo of Marblehead in winter viewed from Crocker Park. Pages 41&42: Photos of Virginia C. Gamage and Priscilla Sawyer Lord, authors of a book titled "Marblehead: The Spirit of '76 Lives Here," published by Chilton Book Co. of Philadelphia. Page 43: Newspaper article by Marie Macone, News Staff, titled "Ex-M'head woman writes about her childhood in 'The Rainbow,'" a story about Edna Smith Barth's book about growing up in Marblehead on Front Street. Page 47: "1968 Cold Recalls Old Icy Days," by Harry Wilkinson, which recalls previous cold years in Marblehead and includes a picture of the author sitting on a can buoy in the harbor and Captain William J. Keating, a Salem pilot, who pushed his dinghy across the frozen harbor from the Neck to State Street wharf. 49&50: Old Marblehead Messenger headings, dated Thursday, March 6, 1969, Thursday, August 21, 1969, Thursday, October 23, 1969, and Thursday, January 8, 1970, and small excerpts from those editions, including one where a resident expressed their dislike of the content of the paper and the heading of the paper. Page 51: Marblehead Messenger, the Editor's Corner, by Alec MacDonald, describing the origin of the masthead for the Messenger being from an original painting by Childe Hassam, a well, known Impressionist artist. Pages 53&54: Marblehead Messenger article by Irv Dierdorff titled "The Story of a Nameplate," including photos of the nameplate on December 17, 1975, and September 6, 1973. Page 55: Marblehead Messenger, December 14, 1877, "In 350 years, town has been many newspapers," which discusses the history of the Messenger, and an excerpt from the "Essex County Mercury, Danvers, Beverly and Marblehead Courier," August 26, 1857, and a blurb about the Marblehead Chronicle. Page 57: "Old Messengers, thought long lost, turn up," October 24, 1979, how Walter Day owned multiple stacks of old Marblehead Messenger papers, also an article titled "Their recent history a mystery: Historic Marblehead Messengers Surface," by Allan Jalon Page 57: "Views of Marblehead as Seen by Artist Centuries Ago," in People's Advocate, Marblehead Mercury (also numbered Page 57), an article about ship launching, old churches and Fort Sewall in Marblehead. Page 59: "From an old Marblehead Ledger," a letter to the editor from Russell Hayden which includes census numbers taken of surrounding towns; "A brief study of the Marblehead Register dated November 21, 1832," and "Newspaper found in town pre-dates the Revolution," an article describing how one of the oldest newspapers in America, the Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser, August 1, 1763, was found behind the wall of a Marblehead home presumed to be owned by Franklin D. Oliver, 166 Pleasant Street. Page 61: An article written in The Independence Bell about "The Cod," a Marblehead paper published by Peter Dixey, Jr. The article mentions The Essex Statesman and the Marblehead Recorder, and that N. Allen Lindsay was the publisher of the Messenger. A second article is included on Page 61 from the Marblehead Cod, which was in publication between 1875 and 1939, all these papers being in competition with each other. Page 638&65: Photo of Messenger building and newspaper article about a fire in the building, undated, as well as a history of the Messenger and a photo of the press room showing workers, and a short article about the Abbot Public Library requesting funding in order to preserve 85 years of Messenger files on microfilm. Page 67: Newspaper photo of the of Messenger Office and a newly installed Klischograph engraving machine from which plastic "cuts" are made of photos submitted for publication in the Messenger and the Town Crier, and a photo of a printing press called a Whitlock Flatbed that had printed the Messenger for half a century. Pages 71, 73 and 75: "Journalism in Marblehead," a typewritten in-depth essay on the history of the Marblehead Messenger, established in 1872 by Frank Hart and Edward I. Trask, printers from Lynn, the first office of which was found on Rockaway Street but later moved to several other locations. Messenger, January 7, 1881. Page 77: "Picked Up By Chance," taken from Salem Gazette December 23, 1823, listing various schooners arriving in Marblehead, including Friend, Stone, Zurr, Meservey, all from the Grand Banks, and other events surrounding the waterfront and a break into a private grammar school on Green Street and the resulting vandalism. Messenger, December 8, 1922. Pages 79&81: "An Ancient Newspaper," found in a house on Franklin Street and believed to be a copy of the Essex Gazette. The article mentiones the Non-Importation Agreement and accusations that Salem, Marblehead and Newbury had "departed from the agreement," written by Samuel Devereux and reported in the Messenger on January 20, 1877. Pages 83, 85 and 87: "Echoes From The Past," a Messenger article written by J.R.K. and printed on October 28, 1904, containing stories about questionable events, a fire in Gloucester where 30 buildings were consumed, a gale which altered the shoreline of Marblehead, a robbery at the store of William Gray, how Samuel Chinn, a vegetarian, walked to Worcester (58 miles) in one day, obituary details about Thomas Roundy and his businesses, the curing of cod and its introduction to hotels, the arrival of the ship Dorchester from Liverpool in 1844 and a detailed description of its owners, and how the ship was eventually overwhelmed by a hurricane. Page 89: "Excerpts from the Boston News Letter of April 24th, 1747," the first newspaper published in the United States, one excerpt about a Captain Cowell arriving in Marbhelead from Sardinia and other places and another excerpt about the sale of a "healthy negro woman." Messenger, March 7, 1874. Page 91: Excerpts from the Boston Evening Gazette: vessels arriving from Guadaloupe, Grand Terre and other ports and their captains from Newbury, Salem and Marblehead, a list of vessels taken by the French, mention of a lost "receipt" for provisions and casks, the the death of Captain Greenfield Hooper, eldest son of Robert Hooper, all printed in the Boston Evening Gazette on March 30, 1761, June 15, 1761, and November 19, 1759, respectively, also the eviction of Samuel Selman from a house owned by John Nutt, to be witnessed by Richard Reed and Nathan Bowen, in the Essex County Notorial Records of 1697-1768. Page 93: "Articles From Old Papers," reporting a mishap with a chest of tea that was intended to be shipped by Elisha Hutchinson, Essex Gazette, March 10, 1769, Knott Martin, Jr.'s sale of a small sloop and the auction sale of the mansion of Deborah Tasker, deceased, Essex Antiquarian, October 1909. Page 95: Legal notice to John Reed, Inn Holder regarding unpaid taxes and the imminent sale of his property to pay those taxes. Boston Evening Gazette, December 17, 1759. Page 97: References to ship captains William Coles, Joseph Picket, Captain Henry Elkins and Captain Lee and their departure or arrival in port to and from various destinations, Boston Evening Gazette 1761 and 1760. Another article regarding the collection of excise taxes due from those selling alcohol, limes, lemons and oranges to be held at the houses of Hannah Pratt, innholder in Salem, and in Marblehead at the house of John Read, innholder, a notice posted by Daniel Epes, Junior Commissioner, Danvers, September 1760. Also: a "protest" by Thomas Kymball of Marblehead about damaged cargo due to a storm. Two deeds: Nathaniel Bartlet to John Turner of Salem, October 1747; and Thomas Frothingham to Samuel Turner, June 1. Page 99: "An Old Book," Messenger, November 17, 1905, how the Marblehead Historical Society came by a book, published in London in 1629, called "Erubhin or Miscellanies, Christian and Judaical and Others," written by John Lightfoot, 1620-1675, a Hebrew scholar, and which book passed through a line of Marbleheaders: Nathaniel Parker, the Reverend Increase Mather, John Barnard, John Harris, Benjamin Swett and Francis Courtis. "Old Papers Found in the Sparhawk House," how Philip Laskey possessed a copy of a Salem Gazette dated December 22, 1798, found in the attic of the Sparhawk House on Washington Street. Messenger, December 22, 1905. Death notice of Nicholas Edgcome posted in the Boston Evening Post on February 19, 1770. Pages 101&102: "An Old Paper," regarding the People's Advocate and Marblehead Mercury, a copy of which, issued January, 8, 1853, was found. A few excerpts from the Advocate: people finding fault with the newspaper, etc.; 300,000 tons of railroad iron being imported to this country, signifying the growth of the country; how merchants advertised extensively; a proposed "omnibus" between Marblehead and Salem and another to Lynn. Messenger, September 23, 1910. Page 103: "The Register, Marblehead's First Newspaper, Founded in1830; Messenger founded in 1871," a series of articles from the "History and Traditions of Marblehead" by Samuel Roads, Jr., written not solely about the founding of Marblehead's first newspaper but containing several short stories about events in Marblehead, including the manufacture of shoes in Marblehead by Ebenezer Martin on Darling Street, the condition of the poor in Marblehead in 1829, the consumption of alcohol, the Marblehead Register a newspaper published by Henry Blaney in 1830 and newspapers published in following years, such as The Gazette published by Peter Dixey, The Mercury by Robinson Breare in 1848, The Essex County Times by J.K. Averill in 1848, The People's Advocate by Beckford and Coffin in 1849, The Ledger by T.J. Hutchinson in 1849, The Marblehead Messenger, purchased by Samuel Roads, Jr., and Frederick W. Leck and later by N. Allen Lindsey and William S. Phillips, Jr., the establishment of important institutions in 1831 such as the Grand Bank and its first stockholders, the erection of a lighthouse on Point Neck, Andrew Jackson's visit to Marblehead in 1816, and the reorganization of the fire department. Page 105: Messenger article, November 23, 1934: William Vickery Has Old Paper Dated 1760. Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser Gives Account of Return of Captain Kimball of Marblehead from Voyage to Lisbon, Portugal. Page 107: "Twenty Seven Years Ago," an account of a Boston Journal paper from December 1852, quoting Eastern Railroad stocl at $98 and noting the progress of having railroad travel and telegraphic communication from as far away as California. Mesenger, December 5, 1879. Also an article from the Salem Register, April 1804, accouncing a meeting to elect Marblehead Bank's board of directors. Page 109: "Contents of Marblehead Ledger," published by the Messenger on February 24, 1922, and mentioning articles in an earlier dated Messenger of 1860 about shoe factory strikers, a poem titled "The Burning of Bassett's Hall" and "Hannah at the Window Binding Shoes," mentioning advertisers by name, the schedules of the Eastern Railroad and the Marblehead and Salem omnibus schedules, and illustrations of Marblehead views. This article was submitted by William H. Knowland of Newburyport. Pages 111&113: "Clippings From An Old Paper," submitted by Frank Broughton and published in the Messenger on March 10, 1922, mentioning articles contained in a Marblehead Ledger dated February 29, 1860, detailing classified ads at that time for dry goods by E.F. Newhall, fish and butter at Samuel Turner's store in Market Square, an intended "house of entertainment" at Fort Sewall by Peter Rix, John Lyscom, dental surgeon, a boot and shoe store by John and E.M. Dalton, a furniture warehouse on Washington Street by Robert Phillips, tobacco, Spanish merino wool, shipping news, the marriages of John Knowland and Elizabeth Brown, William Girdler and Elizabeth Dinsmore and Joseph Evans to Sally Main, an advertisement for an apprentice for Ambrose Allen's bakery, and the census of several town in the county. Page 115: a poem titled "The Messenger," by Uncle Ben publisehd in the Messenger, March 28, 1874, and a printed article titled "Heada Foreva," detailing the "joys of buying an old house in Marblehead" and things found in those houses such as newspapers, flags, etc. Page 117: "Oldest Paper in Town, Mr. William P. Vickery Has One Printed in Boston on Jan. 26, 1760," most articles being "reading matter" on things such as the war in Russia or advertisements, including for sale individuals into slavery, molassass for sale. This newspaper was called the "Boston Post-Boy-Advertiser. Page 119: "A Comprehensive Obituary," printed in the Marblehead Patriot, saying of the deceased that "he stood number one...at the head," Messenger March 15, 1878. Page 121: "Twenty Years Ago…Marblehead Advocate and Mercury of 1853," published by James Coffin, listing people doing business in Marblehead at the time such as James Coffin, publisher of the paper, John Brown's dry goods, Knott Martin's shoats for sale, Benjamin Selman's clothing store, T.C. Haskell's manufacture of workmen's shoes, George Winslow, a blacksmith, John Roundy's and E. Arnold's drug stores, William Brown's sale of dry goods. Messenger, June 1, 1877. Page 123: "Rodney Gilley Has Interesting Copy of Salem Essex Statesman," dated October 21, 1863, mentioning Nathaniel Gilley's efforts to enlist in the Civil War, Knott V. Martin joining the Navy and serving under William Gregory, and mention of William Filene, originator of Filene's in Boston, who had a dry goods store in Salem before opening his store in Boston. Messenger, January 12, 1934. Page 125: "An Old Almanack," dated 1815 and including a letter written by Captain Porter of the Ship Essex, referencing John Glover Cowell who lost his leg in battle. Messenger, September 20, 1895. Page 127: "Has Copy of Old Marblehead Register…First Paper Published in Town," printed by Henry Blaney on December 4, 1830 and includes short stories, articles from other periodicals, letter to the editor, poetry and classified ads, and reporting on Marblehead as a fishing port at that time, mentioning the arrival of certain ships to port and their catches in pounds. Messenger, October 18, 1929. Pages 129&131: "From the Ledger of May 1, 1861, (Extracts from Marblehead Weekly, Published Sixty-Six Years Ago)," Marblehead and Salem Omnibus schedule, the Ledger Marine Journal, Port of Marblehead, and public notice about the payment of the apprentice of Nahum Warren, James Alonzo Barring, on Aprl 21, 1861, the appointment of N.P. Bliss as town crier, lots for sale at Waterside Cemetery by William Gilley, Jr., secretary of the Cemetery Committee, May 1860, mention of physicians who volunteered services free if charge to all enlisted men and their families, and notice that forwarding of letters and packages left at Thomas T. Paine's Express Office would be forwarded to troops for free. Messenger January 20, 1928. Pages 133, 135, 137, 139, 141 and 143: "The End Of The Line---The End Of An Era," an account of summers in the early 1920s, which mentions enjoyment at Fort Beach and Fort Sewell, restaurants such as the Log Cabin and the Adam's House, gift shops, in particular Howe's near Fort Sewall and Radell's, how automobiles were replacing reliance on public transportation, the exploits of children on the Sabbath when they are not allowed to swim, and how the only remaining establishment of that time is today's Barnacle Restaurant. Pages 147, 149-155: "The Boston Daily, Globe Extra, Boston, Thursday Morning, January 16, 1919," various headlines and articles regarding a molassas tank explosion in East Boston which injured 50 persons and killed 11, dimolishing buildings and burying pets, including lists of the injured and deceased. Page159: "MARBLEHEAD IN THE OLD DAYS," by Ernest Lindsay, reprinted from a 1929 Messenger, which, as its title implies, chronicles goings on in Marblehead at the time, when Atlantic Avenue ended at Ocean Street and tents exhibiting the "Wild Man of Borneo" were erected on the Common (now the site of Abbot Hall). At the time, there was no town water or electricity, no railroad or most other modern conveniences, where cows were driven to pasture and pigs could be seen along Pleasant Street, when fire protection was provided by reservoirs, wells and town pumps on Franklin Street, the Town House, the Universalist Church and Prospect Street, when gypsys, visitors to the town, sold baskets door-to-door, and the "town proper" began at "Workhouse Rocks," when the streets were lit by gas and burning the street lights on a moonlit night was an unthinkable waste. The Town at that time was poor and town budgets were small. People in poor houses worked at repairing the streets. School budgets were also small and students either brought "sweeping money" or swept the floors themselves after school. There was a "dunce block" for punishing boys as well as other methods used for punishment like rulers, sole leather or rattan. No paid police force existed in town, the steam railroad was a thriving business, fires were a threat because of wooden structures and shoe factories, a lyceum existed for entertainment and there were frequent parades as well as yacht races, swimming and sailing. Page 161: "Rocky Curiosities," relating the story of J.O.J.Frost's "musical rocks," rocks of various sizes he dug up on his property on Pond Street which gave would ring when struck with anything hard. Other rocks discoverd on his property were thought to have been shaped for various implements by the Indians living there at the time. Pages 163&164: a newspaper column written by Eben Weed in 1965 about growing tomatoes in Marblehead. Page 165: "The Stacey Land at the Entrance of the Bowden (Fountain) Park, a letter to the editor by James J.H.Gregory and publisehd in the Messenger on February 15, 1907, a dispute over ownership of that land, the Staceys or the Town of Marblehead. Pages 167, 169 and 171: "The Game Resources of Marblehead, a letter to the editor by James J.H. Gregory and published by the Messenger on September 24, 1897, an article about the availability of game and fowl in Marblehead, how Naugus Head farm provided an abundant source of fowl to its owner, a "little Irishman named Marsh," how larger game could be found in Steer Swamp, how foxes were killed on Marblehead Neck, how in wintertime people resorted to mussles and shellfish and how ancient game resources were plentiful in Marblehead. Page 173: "Old Time Sports," Messenger, February 15, 1884, a story about skating on Redd's Pond and the various style of skates available. Lewis Bartlett, son of the Reverend John Barlett, and Captain William Homan are mentioned as avid skaters. A description of sleds and sledding in winter is included in this article as well as summer pastimes such as hoop rolling, bicycles, dories and sailboats. Page 177: A newspaper article written by Arlene Spector about Abbot Public Library in 1877 when it was housed at Abbot Hall, a three-room facility at that time, to the present facility at 235 Pleasant Street, all made possible by one Benjamin Abbot who, at the time of his death, left $103,000 to the town to build Abbot Hall and $20,000 to establish the library at the Hall. Pages 179-201: "A Walk Into the Past." There is no author mentioned for this story, buy it begins with complaints by the author about the lack of parking in town due to restrictions on Washington, Selman, Front, Franklin, Merritt and Front Streets and continues on as the author describes a walk abround town and the various things encountered. Names mentioned are Mr. Brown, a baker, Lill Tutt, Miss Bragg, a college professor who spent summers in Marblehead, Marcia Selman, an ordained minister, teacher, poetess, remembered for the song she wrote, "Mablehead Forever," the Goodwin sisters who rented the Devereux House adjacent to the Pickett House, a Miss Doak, Bill Howe's store near the Knight-Salkins house. Also mentioned is the Mary Alley Hospital on Franklin Street, the Stone Restaurant and the Fire House where "old timers" sat. Jackerby Stacey ("Scruse") and Roundy are mentioned, the Parson Barnard, which consisted of numerous apartments, where a Mrs. Snow lived, a house where Mr. Morris, the last G.A.R. veteran lived, the "Tom-Teet" Rhoades house. Mentioned is Mr. Akasu, a Japanese man who opened the first gift shop where "oriental trinkets would be purchases for pennies." As of the writing of this story, the Adams House Restaurant was gone and had been replaced by the Barnacle, the only business left on a street "once lined by shops and restaurants," how houses were painted in colorful shades rather than the old grays and yellows. Page 203: "Rare Document Uncovered at Institute," a newspaper article writen by Bill Brawders, about how the first copy of the Declaration of Independence which was printed in Salem shop after some signers of the Declaration came to Salem shortly after July 4, 1776, brought the draft with them and ordered 1,500 copies to be printed. Page 205: "The Editor's Corner," by Alec MacDonald," a story about the history of the Marblehad Messenger. Page 207: "Dearly Beloved," a poem praising mariners lost at sea and the monument to their memory on Old Burial Hill. No author is mentioned. Page 209: "Boys Beloved," a poem by C. Turner Schubarth, Messenger, August 16, 1918. Page 211: Various reprinted newspaper entries from the Messenger. |
Subjects |
Newspaper editors Newspapers Newsrooms Poetry Poets Disaster victims Disasters Floods Weather Cold Printers Printing Printing presses Storms |
Creator |
Bowden Osborne |
Catalog date |
2025-01-07 |
People |
Barth, Edna Bartlett, Jane Bartlett, Nathaniel Blaney, Henry Brackett, Elizabeth Briggs, Peter Cass, Johathan Chamberlain, Samuel Clough Coffin, James Coles, Wm. Cook, Hannah Cowell, John Glover, Lt. Edgcomb, Nicolas Elkin, Thomas Elkins, Henry, Capr. Filene, William Frost, J.O.J. Frothingham, Thomas Gamage, Virginia C. Gilley, John Gilley, Rodney Gilly, Nathaniel Glover, Samuel Goodwin, James Graves, Eleazer, Capt. Gregory, James J. H. Gregory, William Hassam, Childe Holmes, Oliver Wendell Hutchinson, Elisa Knowland, Lydia Knowland, Willian H. Kymball, thomas Lee, Capt. Lee, Samuel Lightfoot, John Lindsey, Ernest Lindsey, John B. Lindsey, Nathaniel Lord, Pricilla S. Lyon, Samuel MacDonald, Alec Martin, Knott V., Capt Martin, Knott, Jr Martin, Sally Nutt, John Oliver, Franklin Orne, Robert Picket, Joseph Porter, John, Capt. Prince, John Reed, John Reen, Richard, Major Schubarth, C. Turner Selman, Marcia M. Selman, Samuel Smith, Joel Swett, Samuel Tasker, Deborah Tucker, Samuel, Capt. Turner, Isaac Tutt, Hannah Vickery, William F. Wooldridge, Benjamin |
Search Terms |
Marblehead Messenger Ships Molasses Flood Newspapers Declaration of Independance |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Collection |
Marblehead Town History |
Condition |
Good |