GOOD MONTH: Throughout Bradford’s history, it turns out,
November has been a very interesting month. We know that because
our good friends at Bradford Landmark Society tell us so.

The Inkwell, its newsletter, contains a column titled “It
Happened in November” which contains these historical tidbits:

Nov. 11, 1889: Women forming Political Equality Club

Nov. 11, 1895: Bradford houses of ill repute have been
closed.

Nov. 16, 1878: Forty buildings over a two-day period are
destroyed by fire, including the original Riddell House and others.
Fire begins in Comique Theater, with estimated losses of
,150,000.

Nov. 26, 1888: Tuna Creek frozen solid. Venturesome youth
skate.

Nov. 27, 1889: Woman in Bradford claims to be a witch.

Nov. 9, 1889: George Bodine’s new hardware store on corner of
Mechanic and Barbour streets is one of the finest establishments in
the city.

Nov. 13, 1900: Brick work for the fourth story of the new
Riddell House is under way. Work is also progressing at the new
Carnegie Library with the cutting of the large stone pillars that
are to adorn the main entrance being done on Congress Street.

Nov. 9, 1901: Beamer’s Livery Stable on Kennedy Street catches
fire and kills 38 horses; adjoining City Hall is nearly destroyed
in blaze. Several other buildings on Kennedy street also catch
fire.

Nov. 23, 1902: Salvation Army building is being erected on
Kennedy Street.

Nov. 24, 1903: A brakeman, while engaged in switching cars near
Mount Jewett, falls beneath the train and is ground into a
shapeless mass.

Nov. 4, 1904: Schlatter, the healer, will terminate his visit to
Bradford after failing to cure anyone, saying that his subjects
were not possessed of sufficient faith to command divine aid.

Nov. 15, 1906: Rapid progress is being made on the new YMCA
building on Boylston Street.

Nov. 11, 1921: Bradford Army-Navy Supply Deposit opens at 7 W.
Washington St.

Nov. 14, 1953: The Foursquare Gospel Church at 52 Mechanic St.,
formerly known as the Bradford Gospel Church, marks its 25th year
of founding. Later becomes location of Tommy Dorsey Cardamone
Barber Shop.

Nov. 25, 1970: Ground is broken for construction of 50
apartments; units sponsored by the Bradford Kiwanis Housing
Corp.

More when we have space.