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Article about the grisly death of John Adams, age 25, from getting his limbs caught in a bark-removing machine. Left wife and two young children

Advertising card for Locust View Poultry Farm, located in Ringville. G. H. Engelmann was the owner. The farm was located on Kinney Brook [sic] and operated in the early 20th century.

Obituary for Robert E. Bartlett (1936-2022)

Description of court martial, held in Worthington, of William Ward (adjutant.): charges, testimony, and reasons for acquittal.

"Thank you" ad published by Charles Clapp (1767-1859) and Levi Clapp (1794-1854) in 1817, son and grandson of Samuel Clapp respectively. They were the owners of the Worthington Hat Factory Includes thank-you for custom, listing of hats and other…

Account of redistricting of Western Mass communities. Worthington is included in the "Berkshire District" along with Middlefield, Cummunington, and Plainfield.

Two newspaper article describing arrest and sentencing associated with cocaine dealing in the area. Focus on Jeffrey Hartman of Bashan Hill.

Death notice for Nancy Moore Burr (1785-1819). Emphasis on her religious commitment. Language of notice is emotional, lamenting her husband (Jonathan Burr) and orphans left behind.

Two brochures advertising the Berkshire Park Campground on Harvey Road in Worthington Center. F. M. Mailloux purchased the land from the George Dimock in 1975. It somehow found it's way back to Georgette Dimock who sold it, in 1986, to Robert and…

Newspaper article about wool sales in Worthington and surrounding towns.

Advertisement posted by a horse doctor/farrier from Great Britain promising treatments for a wide range of horse illnesses. Mentions stops in both Worthington and Northampton.

Black and white photo of Amanda Bartlett Bates (1853-1920) seated on lawn in unknown location.

Full issue of Stonewalls magazine (Vol. 3, No. 3). 40 pp. with black and white photos and drawings, two articles on Worthington by Elizabeth Payne, one on the Rice family and the other on Anne Rausch. 44 pp.

Obituary for Robert "Bob" Perkins, 2022.

Obituary for William "Bill" Carter (1940-2021).

Index of names and recipes in the Worthington Cookbook, ca. 1911 as well as possibly later. Index includes some thumbnails showing the contributors

Letter to Thomas Jefferson from Gideon Lee, 17 May 1808, warning Jefferson about a William Meech from Worthington who is threatening to assassinate Jefferson. Transcription only.

Kenneth B. Pease, Jr. (b. 1927) passed away on June 20, 2013. Other Worthington people mentioned are wife, Barbara Pease and daughter Marcia Pease Estelle and her husband Stephen.

Letter written by James Clay Rice to his mother [Wealthea Cotrell Rice (1784-1870), on the eve of the first battle of Bull Run. Includes as well letter from either a colleague or a commanding officer stating that the Garibaldi group had not been…

Obituary for Cornelius J. Sharron (1921-August 20, 2021.