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Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
President John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline.
Brookline includes: Aspinwall Hill, Beaconsfield Station, Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner, Corey Hill, and Fisher Hill.
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Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Railroad Station and Holtzer Cabot Electric Co.
"...Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company was started in 1875 in Brookline as the Holtzer Co. Charles W. Holtzer began the company to make simple electrical devices like doorbells, burglar alarms and... Read MORE...
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If you start to catch a cold, this works wonders!
...we toss a bunch of raw, organic, health-promoting ingredients like garlic, ginger, onions, horseradish, habanero peppers, turmeric, and citrus fruit to a base of raw organic apple cider vinegar...
...we toss a bunch of raw, organic, health-promoting ingredients like garlic, ginger, onions, horseradish, habanero peppers, turmeric, and citrus fruit to a base of raw organic apple cider vinegar...
History, News and Stories of Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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1638 - Brookline is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1705 - Brookline is incorporated.
It separated from Cambridge and Roxbury.
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1838 - FIRE AT BROOKLINE.
On Sunday, between the hours of worship, the house owned and occupied by Capt. Benj. Bradlee, on the Worcester turnpike, in Brookline, with all the... Read MORE...
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1845 - BROOKLINE. [Pop. 1,365. Inc. 1705.]
Brookline so called, it is supposed, because separated from Cambridge and Roxbury by Brooks, was once a part of Boston, and called Muddy River.
In ... Read MORE...
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1848 - Brookline
This town, before its incorporation in 1705, belonged to Boston, from which it was separated by a bay formed by Charles river. Wood, the author of... Read MORE...
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1854 - Brookline
Brookline, a post-township of Norfolk county, Massachusetts, 5 miles S. W. from Boston, with which it is connected by a mill dam across Charles River ... Read MORE...
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1859
BROOKLINE, a township of Norfolk co., in the state of Massachusetts, 4 m. SW of Boston. It presents a diversified and richly cultivated surface, and... Read MORE...
1888 - The wire works of Morse & Whyte at Brookline, Mass., burned on the 24th. Loss $50,000; covered by insurance.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 1, 1888
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Brookline Massachusetts, 1890
Brookline is a wealthy and beautiful suburban town on he southwestern side of Boston, lying like a wedge between the Back Bay section and the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Brookline
Brookline, brook'lin, a post-township and village of Norfolk co., Mass., is about 4 miles S.W. of Boston, and is bounded on the N.E. by the estuary... Read MORE...
1900 - MOTORMAN BLAMED.
Justice Drew of Brookline filed with the Clerk of Courts in Dedham yesterday his report of an inquest into the cause of the death of Frank Knox of... Read MORE...
1901 - WORKMAN KILLED. Pasquale Paccillo Fell Down an Elevator Well in an Unfinished House on Beaconsfield Terrace.
While working on the third floor of the unfinished Beaconsfield Terraces, in the rear of Marguerite Circle, near Beacon Street, Brookline, early... Read MORE...
1915 - BROOKLINE WOMAN RUN OVER BY CAR Quick Work of Motorman Saves Life of Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy.
Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy, an elderly woman residing at 1589 Beacon street, Brookline, is suffering from severe injuries sustained yesterday when she was... Read MORE...
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1916
Brookline, a banking post-township (town) and village of Norfolk co., Mass., is about 3 miles SW, of Boston, and is bounded on the NE. by the estuary ... Read MORE...
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1920 - December 19 - 1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass)
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