House with fence

New Ipswich Historical Society

Another mystery house

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News Clipping 1933

NEW IPSWICH

The January Grand Jury of Hillsboro County indicted five persons, residents of Fitchburg and vicinity, for the several cases of local house breaking.

Miss Katherine Preston is confined at Burbank hospital and her condition is very serious. Miss Preston underwent an operation.

The body of Charles Stone Wheeler was disinterred Saturday and removed to Boston at the insistence of Nathan Stone for further examination and evidence that Mr. Wheeler was murdered. Certain life insurance companies are also interested. The verdict of a long inquiry by local and county officials, at the time of his death, was suicide.

(From the New Ipswich Town Report 1933: Charles Wheeler 34 Years, Died December 11, 1932)

Notice has been received at the local post office that after June 30 the Star mail route to Greenville will discontinue and mail will come and go via truck to Ayer Junction through Ashby

James Roger diary entries

15th July 1912 - Saint Swithins Day

St. Swithins Day. Cloudy morning; warm, muggy day; wind west to southwest. David cutting hay for D. Maynard in forenoon and mowing there in afternoon. Also got in load of hay from Jim Davis’ field. I tossed the hay twice, picked a fowl, planted a row of cabbage, and weeded some. Got letter from Hamish from Chatham where he went yesterday to attend a funeral of an old fellow-mate on the railway. Got p.c. from May who enjoyed her auto ride. The p.c. should have been on Saturday but had been missent to Mason. David got telephone message from Newcombs who come tomorrow. Sandy and Mary came by stage as Chandler forgot to go with his auto to meet them