On This Day in Holyoke History: May 7
Tweet May 7, 1909 Observed 40th Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Richards passed the 40th anniversary of their wedding yesterday and they received many congratulatory messages from their friends...
View ArticleThe Men in Holyoke Shops
Tweet July 30, 1905, page 14 Association Investigating. The officials of the Holyoke Young Men’s Christian Association are this year making a thorough investigation of the conditions surrounding the...
View ArticleReading Certificates
Tweet September 8, 1903, page 6 Certificates to minor that they can read and write will be issued on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, beginning to-night aat the following school buildings:...
View ArticleHumor in Theater Wage Dispute
Tweet 13 December 1932 Theater Dispute Case Proves Entertaining D. H. Brand of Brookline Goes on Stand in Suit of Holyoke Show Place A small but highly entertained audience yesterday heard the...
View ArticleDead Soldier Widely Known
Tweet 23 February 1919 Edwin J. Mitchell News of Killing of Private Edwin J. Mitchell by Hand Grenade Received this Week The news of the past week that Private Edwin J. Mitchell of Co. I 308th...
View ArticleW.P.A. Projects in Sum of $239,279 Approved
Tweet 24 April 1938 Coordinator John Ferriter today received word of the approval by the WPA authorities of four more projects totaling $239,279, making the total approvals so far this month nearly...
View ArticleThe First American Mill Girl, Part I
Tweet 31 March 1901 Illustration of a Bobbin Girl by Winslow Homer Her Work and Her Social Life A century ago New England, strange as it may seem now, was inhabited by New Englanders– those odd...
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