Middlesex County Newspaper Abstracts

Woburn Times, 5 July 1911

HEAT CLAIMS VICTIMS
Three Men Found Dead Yesterday

Three men paid toll to the piercing rays of the sun yesterday as Woburn's contribution to the long list of fatalities caused by the oppressive heat.
Patrick Flaherty, age [3]9, was the first victim, his body being found in the yard of Fox's tannery yesterday about 10 o'clock. It appears that he was found earlier in the morning lying near the railroad tracks by two men who drew him under some bushes in the shade. In a few hours the sun reached him, and in his unconscious condition was unable to assist himself.
He was found dead by Mr. Quigley who resides on Prospect Street. He is survived by 5 brothers and one sister.

HEAT CLAIMS VICTIMS Three Men Found Dead Yesterday
Three men paid toll to the piercing rays of the sun yesterday as Woburn's contribution to the long list of fatalities caused by the oppressive heat. Patrick Flaherty, age [3]9, was the first victim, his body being found in the yard of Fox's tannery yesterday about 10 o'clock. It appears that he was found earlier in the morning lying near the railroad tracks by two men who drew him under some bushes in the shade. In a few hours the sun reached him, and in his unconscious condition was unable to assist himself. He was found dead by Mr. Quigley who resides on Prospect Street. He is survived by 5 brothers and one sister.

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Woburn Times, 7 July 1911

ROGER FLAHERTY

Mr. Roger Flaherty died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John H. Coursey, 304 Main Street, last evening.

Deceased was well known in Woburn as he held the record of being in the employ of the Boston & Maine R.R. for over 40 years, the last few years as gate-tender at the Winn Street crossing.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J.H. Coursey, and four sons, Michael, Roger, Bartholomew and William. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

PATRICK FLAHERTY
Funeral services for the late Patrick Flaherty, who died of heat prostration, July [4th], were held this morning at the St. Charles church at 9 o'clock, Rev. Fr. Keegan officiating. Interment was at Calvary.

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Woburn Times, 8 July 1911

FUNERAL SERVICES THIS MORNING

Funeral services for the late Roger Flaherty, who died Thursday evening, at the age of 85, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John H. Coursey at 304 Main Street, were held this morning at the St. Charles church, Rev. Fr. Russell celebrated the High Mass.
The deceased was well know here, being gate tender for over 40 years, for the last two years being a familiar figure at the Abbott Street crossing.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J.H. Coursey, and four sons, Michael, Roger, Bartholomew and William. The body was borne by John H. Murray, Dennis Coakley, Cornelius Downey, Peter Foley, Bartholomew Foley and Thomas Mawn. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery.

FUNERAL SERVICES THIS MORNING
Funeral services for the late Roger Flaherty, who died Thursday evening, at the age of 85, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John H. Coursey at 304 Main Street, were held this morning at the St. Charles church, Rev. Fr. Russell celebrated the High Mass. The deceased was well know here, being gate tender for over 40 years, for the last two years being a familiar figure at the Abbott Street crossing. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J.H. Coursey, and four sons, Michael, Roger, Bartholomew and William. The body was borne by John H. Murray, Dennis Coakley, Cornelius Downey, Peter Foley, Bartholomew Foley and Thomas Mawn. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery.

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Woburn Evening News, 20 July 1911

Catherine (Manuel) Ahearn, wife of Edward [sic] Ahearn of Border street, in this city, died today at the Carney hospital, Boston. She is survived by her husband, two children and several brothers and sisters.

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Woburn Evening News, 21 July 1911

MRS. JOHN J. AHEARN
TO BE BURIED TOMORROW
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   Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine (Manuel) Ahearn of 5 Border street will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at St. Charles' church. Mrs. Ahearn, who was the wife of John J. Ahearn, was ill for about two weeks and passed away yesterday morning at the Carney hospital in Boston.
   She was 28 years of age and was born on Prince Edward's island. Her surviving relatives are her husband and two children, her parents, William Manuel and wife of Prince Edward's island, four sisters, Ann Manuel of Rockland, Mass., Josephine Manuel of Newton, Mrs. Alice Brennan of Lowell, and Mrs. H. D. Ward of Manchester, N. H., and three brothers, John and George Manuel of Woburn and William Manuel of Boston.
   The interment of Mrs. Ahearn will be at Calvary cemetery in Montvale.

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STONEHAM NOTES
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A small party of Stoneham people leave this afternoon for Bath, Maine to spend two weeks. The party includes Earl L. Lombard, a clerk in the post office, Mrs. Lombard, A. T. Raymond, his wife and two children and Miss Rebecca Rogers. Dr. Louis Lombard of Somerville will also be a member of the party.

Pythian Sister, Lodge 79, will go on a trolley ride tomorrow afternoon to Bass Point. The car will leave Stoneham square at 2 o'clock.

Stoneham will cross bats with the Charlestown A. A. at the Pomeworth street playgrounds tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.

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Card of Thanks

   To the neighbors and friends, who were so ready with help and sympathy, during the illness and death of Mr. Carleton Warren, we wish to express our heartfelt gratitude.
   Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Alger and family,
            Carleton Warren, Jr.
            Mrs. Winter

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Woburn Evening News, 22 July 1911

MRS. JOHN J. AHEARN
BURIED AT MONTVALE
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   The services over the remains of the late Mrs. John J. Ahearn were held this morning at St. Charles' church with Fr. Francis Russell celebrant at 9 o'clock, just one hour previous to that of John H. Finn, and the funeral procession passed through Main street but a few minutes before the remains of the late city clerk were borne from the house to the church.
   The bearers were: John Sullivan, William Sullivan, Edward Ahearn, Henry McInnes, Charles McCarthy and Dennis Ahearn.
   Mrs. Ahearn was 28 years of age and was born on Prince Edward's island. Her surviving relatives are her her husband and two children, her parents, William Manuel and wife of Prince Edward's island, four sisters, Ann Manuel of Rockland, Mass., Josephine Manuel of Newton, Mrs. Alice Brennan of Lowell, and Mrs. H. D. Ward of Manchester, N. H., and three brothers, John and George Manuel of Woburn and William Manuel of Boston.

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GREENWOOD MAN
KILLED BY MACHINE
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While testing electrical machinery at the plant of the American Tool company at Hyde Park Thursday morning, Edward Arthur Healey, who live at the former Tasker residence in Linden avenue, Greenwood, was so badly injured that he died in the hospital four hours later. He was testing a piece of electrical machinery when another machine broke and a portion of it fell on him, pinning him to the floor, severing the left leg above the knee and breaking the right leg in two pieces.
Funeral services will be held at the Healey home on Linden avenue at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

CHURCH NOTES
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The subject for the morning service tomorrow at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, will be “Truth.”

The services tomorrow at the North Congregational church will be as follows: 10.30 a.m., preaching by Rev. John G. Taylor of Arlington Heights, 12 m., Sunday School. 5.45 p.m., Christian Endeavor meeting and pastoral address.

At the First church tomorrow morning the theme of Dr. Norton's discourse will be “Growing Old Gracefully.” Wednesday evening service as usual.

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1911 Newspaper Abstracts
Middlesex County Massachusetts

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