Essex Locals | Jan 27

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115 Years Ago – 1908

The electrics have made such a good time recently that there is now no occasion for the disparaging remarks that have sometimes been made regarding them.  It is said that since the new eight-wheelers have been put on that the cars get along ahead of time.

90 Years Ago – 1933

A road improvement is contemplated by Frank E. McKenzie and George E. Mears who own a lot of land at the corner of Northern and Eastern Avenues who are having it cleared and surveyed with the idea of building a road through it connecting with the road to Powder House Hill.

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