Golden wedding noted for Deacon Brown of London New Hampshire
Deacon John S R Brown and his wife Mrs Brown of London New Hampshire celebrated their fifty year marriage on November 16. Brown, son of General Richard Brown, has chaired the local Congregational Church for over six decades and rarely missed communion. He was born May 29 1319 in a family farm over 206 years long, with Prospect Hill overlooking distant peaks. Mrs Brown, daughter of Captain John Mills, born January 21 1820 in Atkinson, is a capable writer and poet. The couple produced seven children, all living and married, and have 15 grandchildren.
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London
N. H
John S. R. Brown
Brown
Deacon Brown
Richard Brown
New Hampshire
Prospect Hill
Mt. Washington
Mt. Scutney
Vermont
Wachusett
Massachusetts
Congregational Church
John Brown
Scotland
John Mills
Atkinson
American Bible Society
Oldest New England Couple Sought by Boston Post
The Boston Post invites readers to nominate the oldest married couple in New England. Send a 200 word sketch with birth dates, address, number of children, and notable life details, plus photographs with good contrast. The prize is a Morris chair and a rocking chair delivered express prepaid.
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Boston Post
Morris
New England
New Bogen
Tor
Post
Girls' High Class of 1896 Dines At Wellington
Thirty six graduates of the class of 18 percent from Girls' High School met at the Wellington last night for a pleasant evening. New officers were elected and a musical and literary program was enjoyed with Miss E G Warren presiding. Guests included Miss Wood Miss Shorey and Miss E C Smith.
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Wellington
E. G. Warren
Miss Wood
Shorey
E. C. Smith
Municipal Ownership Referendum Urged in Boston
Representative James J. Mellen urged a petition for legislation to submit municipal ownership questions to voters at the next election. A commission would study options for public ownership of lighting, transportation, and municipal fuel yards if approved. The hearing also covered theatre safety measures and later railroad freight yard hours.
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James J. Mellen
Boston
Committee On Cities
City of
Railroad Commissioners
Associated Board of Trade
Boyd
Expressmen's League
Colonel Benton
Coal Club
John C. Cobb
Merchants’ Association
William M. Taylor
Building Trades Council
J. Minnehan
Marketmen's Union
Master Teamsters’ Union
Dewey Seeks Restriction on Warrants in Minor Crimes
Former Judge Henry S. Dewey urged a petition to limit arrests without warrants in minor criminal prosecutions. The bill would require reasonable cause of nonappearance before arrest and impose a 500 dollar fine or six months imprisonment for violations. Police Chief Parkhurst opposed, while Dewey pressed for legislative action.
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Henry
Dewey
Committee On the Judiciary
Parkhurst
Somerville
Newton
Police Board
Judiciary committee weighs two bills amid sparse hearings
Members of the House judiciary committee considered two bills. In one, no one appeared in support, not even the petitioner. For the other, the petitioner asked to be heard later due to illness.
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House Judiciary Committee
Park Signs Rule Bill and Water Compensation Measure
A House committee report advances a bill to allow park districts to set rules for signs near parks. A separate water bill would compensate landowners taken for public water supply with unpaid taxes. A substitution motion seeks a recount of ballots for the Second Essex district representative. voting 95 yeas to 73 nays.
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Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
House
F. L. Olmstead
Committee On Water Supply
Patrick A. Collins
Boston
Batchelder
Haverhill
Committee On Elections
Richard Newell
Essex
Troll
Senate committees report actions on navy, parks, and cattle
In yesterday's session the committee on federal relations opposed the Malden resolutions for a larger navy. The metropolitan affairs and water supply committee proposed a Metropolitan Park Board investigation into a metropolitan park survey. The cattle commission investigation order was rejected without debate in non-concurrence with the House.
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Senate
Committee On Federal Relations
Malden
Metropolitan Affairs and Water Supply Committee
Metropolitan Park Board
Cattle Commission
House
Striking Ethics Emphasized by Clark at Faneuil Hall
Clark, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, condemned sympathetic strikes in a Faneuil Hall lecture following the Twentieth Century Club talks. He urged labor and employer organizing, arbitration, and strict ethics to regulate labor disputes, cautioning that excluding strikes could harm labor progress.
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E. EB. Clark
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Faneuil Hall
Twentieth Century Club
Clark
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
Teamsters’ Union
Israel
Peter
Judas
Mr. Clark
Harvard Men at Boot and Shoe Club Dinner
Harvard night highlighted the 160th Boot and Shoe Club dinner at Trade Club rooms 77 Summer Street with 70 Harvard men in attendance. The St Joseph Alumni Association of Somerville held its banquet at the American House with Francis J Murphy as toastmaster and a list of clergymen and members including Rev Francis J Ryan Rev Albert Mullen Rev Michael Walsh Brother Justin and many others.
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Harvard Men AT Boot and Shoe Club
Harvard
Boot and Shoe Club
Trade Club
Summer Street
St. Joseph’ Alumni Association of
Somerville
Francis J. Murphy
Francis J. Ryan
Albert Mullen
Michael Walsh
John Sheehan
Brother Justin
William Kelly
John Murray
Edward B. McGrath
Francis X. Gallagher
Joseph J. Henderson
John J. Haley
Francis B. Smith
James Fitz Gibbon
Edward Carnes
John Sweeney
Joseph Quinn
William Crotty
John Mahoney
Francis Kerville
John McNulty
Edward Cummings
Harold Keefe
Daniel Considine
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