■Calvin D. Blood would inform his customers and the public that he calculates to continue the post-riding business, feels grateful for past favors, and solicits future patronage. All those indebted to him are informed that he shall expect them to fulfil their contracts, that he may be able to discharge his engagements to the printer.
■Notice! The book accounts of Levi Williams & Co, and Levi Williams, have been duly assigned to the subscriber, and are now in the hands of I. C. Bates, Esq. for collection. All persons indebted by book to said firm or to said Williams individually are called upon the make payment to my said attorney. – John Breck.
■Fire, which did between $4000 and $5000 damage, was discovered in the livery and feed stable of George E. Thompson on Kin Streets shortly after eight o’clock last evening. The buildings, which are of wood, are situated in the rear of the Dunbar-Cowan garage, where Duffey’s milk depot used to be.
■George Haigis of Graves Avenue was the winner of the large walking doll given away at Noble & Flynn’s store on Christmas Eve. Several thousand tickets were distributed to shoppers and a crowd of several hundred, including many children, hovered near the store on Friday night. The winner is 38 and a bachelor.
■This Christmas season many Hampshire County men as well as women will find beneath their Christmas trees a cosmetic aid that is centuries old but has just recently become popular again: a wig or hairpiece. Angelo Yacuzzo and Tom Cosenzi Jr., proprietors of a barber shop and wig shop respectively, say there is rising interest in men’s wigs and hairpieces.
■A break into Vernon Street School that resulted in the theft of a $60 tape recorder was disclosed Tuesday at a meeting of the Northampton School Department Property Subcommittee. Principal Robert A. Young reported the theft to School Superintendent John M. Buteau. He said the tape recorder was the only item taken.