Framingham Day Crowning Two Hundredth Anniversary
Framingham marks its bicentennial with a grand town celebration led by M V M Battery B Worcester band and civic groups. The day features a parade, concerts, oration by Theodore C Hurd, a speech by Senator George F Hoar, and the Benediction by Rev John F Heffernan followed by an evening banquet at Company E armory.
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Bibs Die Weber Battery
Worcester
America
Lucius R. Eastman
Bird
Constantine C.ity
Damascus
Frederick L. Hosmer
Jules Jordan
Theodore C. Hurd
George F. Hoar
Hoar
Samuel B
New England
Massachusetts
Framingham
Paul
Washington
Winthrop
Ifthaven
Bunker Hill
Appomattox
Santiago
Manila
John F. Heffernan
St. Stephen’s Church
South Framingham
The Framingham Orator's Duty Recalled by Clerk Hurd
The Honorable Theodore C. Hurd, Clerk of Middlesex County Courts, delivered the commemorative oration at Framingham's celebration yesterday, recapping local civic progress and duties to the assembled audience.
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Theodore C. Hurd
Middlesex County
Framingham
Framingham Parade Divisions Reach Montwaite Literary
A five division parade through Framingham featured civic groups, farm products, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, and the fire department led by Chief A Howard Fiske. The 10 15 am march route included Concord Irving Alexander Waushakum Hollis and other streets. Governor Crane reviewed the line at the common before guests were dined at John M Merriam’s residence and later to Montwaite for a literary event.
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Ghiam
Framingham
Crane
Nere
L. Landy
Eugene A. Clark Marsinal
John M. Merriam
Augustus
Trowbridge
South Framingham
A. Howard Fiske
Concord Street
Irving Square
Irving Street
Alexander Street
Waushakum Street
Hollis Street
Union Avenue
Main Street
Elm Street
Governor Crane
Grove Street
Cross Street
Worcester Street
Pleasant Street
Central Square
Framingham Bi Centennial Exercises Close Big Day
Samuel B Bird chaired the day as 525 guests filled the Framingham tables. Walter Adams acted as toastmaster while speeches were delivered by J J Myers and John Hammond along with Kiam M Olin J H Goodell John B Brophy Henry Spalding J Elder and J F Heffernan. A regret letter from Frederick L Hosmer of Berkeley Calif closed the exercises marking the big day.
Printing Trades Council Convention Opens in Union Hall
The New England Allied Printing Trades Council convened in Union Hall on Tuesday morning. Resolutions urged affiliated unions to appoint eight hour day committees and support a referendum on a petition signed by 60 000 voters in the Commonwealth. Officers elected include Richard Moore of Boston as president G E Ward of Lowell as first vice president W E F Mauger of Norwood as second vice president Bred Irwin of Manchester as third vice president and P N McMahon of North Adams as secretary treasurer. Next convention to be held in Lowell.
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South Framingham
New England Allied Printing Trades Council
Union Hall
Commonwealth
Richard Moore
Boston
G. E. Ward
Lowell
W. E F. Mauger
Norood
Bred Irwin
Anchester
P. N. McMahon
North Adams
Large Contracts for Public Buildings in Massachusetts List
Among the contracts for electric and gas fixtures received the past week were the Bristol County courthouse in New Bedford Massachusetts Otel Gerald Fairfield MorseOliver building Central Square church field ter Massachusetts Upham Toeserta Church Dorchester and bids for winter hotels and summer houses McKenney Waterbury No 181 Franklin corner ONGTCSS
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Bristol County Court House
New Bedford
Mass
Otel Gerald
Fairfeld
Morse-Oliver
R. E
Central Square
Eld Ter
Upham Toeserta
Dorchester
We’ Mer
McKenney Waterbury
Franklin, Corner
Ongtcss
Warships to Arrive Here This Fore Noon
North Atlantic squadron led by Rear Admiral Farquhar is due to enter the harbor this forenoon after departing Newport Rhode Island yesterday morning. The Indiana Texas Massachusetts and Kearsarge follow the flagship New York with Admiral on board. Kentucky from Hampton Roads may join. Visitors reception not yet arranged. Yard officers plan a ball in the armory for squadron officers. Bluejackets and marines to disembark Monday for Charlestown parade as a featured event. Week promises activity for Admiral Sampson at the navy yard.
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Farquhar
Newport
R. I
Indiana
Texas
Massachusetts
Kearsarge
New York
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
Charlestown
Sampson
Navy Yard
Olympia
Among the Players and Theater News Stirs New England
Wadsworth Harris rests in Calais Me and cannot attend Wellesley Shakspere Society event for The Tempest. Sherlock Holmes and Quo Vadis top Gotham bill. Burr McIntosh joins Frank McKee’s company with Mary Mannering in Janice Meredith. Minnie Victorson reengaged by Liebler & Co after last year with James ONeill. Kennebunkport actors Wagner and Fetherston swap pay for health and sun. Andrew Mack’s Rebel opening at Academy of Music in August. Edwin Milton Royle and wife stay in Avon N J for summer vaudeville sketches. Lillian Russell leases Cedar Hall Far Rockaway for summer. Marblehead Neck theater colony grows daily.
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Wadsworth Harris
Calais
Shakspere Society
Wellesley
Sherlock Holmes
The
Garrick
New York
Gotham
Hollis
Boston
Andrew Mack
the Rebel
Academy of Music
Edwin Milton Royle
Avon
N. J
Royle
Lillian Russell
Cedar Hall
Far Rockaway
L. I
Marblehead Neck
Navy Ships Gather in Boston for Bunker Hill Day Celebrations
Visiting fighting ships arrive as Rear Admiral Farquhar is expected to settle matters on arrangement. The Hartford flagship of Admiral Farragut will join the fleet for repairs and training duties. The Kearsarge of the new navy and the Hartford will attract public attention as Boston marks Bunker Hill Day.
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Farquhar
Boston
Bunker Hill
Hartford
Farragut
Prizes for Flowers at Massachusetts Horticultural Society Exhibit
At the rhododendron exhibition concluded yesterday awards honored orchids and plant displays. hardy azaleas, rhododendrons, and peonies received multiple prizes to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, T. C. Thurlow, W. A. Jeffries, Dr. C. G. Weld, Walter J. Clemson, and others. Rea Brothers, Jeffries, Winter, Gill, and Grinnell appear among top prize recipients plus several second and third place awards for varieties and vase displays.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
J. S. Bailey
J. E. Rothwell
J. L. Gardner
Honewell Fund
B. P. Cheney, Sr
T. C. Thurlow
Society
W. A. Jeffries
Rea Brothers
Hardy Pyrethrums
C. G. Weld
Walter J. Clemson
Seaton Rand
William C. Winter
W. A. Jefferies
BE. M. Gill
Hattie Bruce Winter
Alice L. Grinnell
W. 8. Eager
Eleanor and
MoWe Doran
Boston Merchants Association Holds June Meeting
The Boston Merchants Association board met at Youngs Hotel with President Carter presiding. New members elected include Dodge Haley Co Dominion Steamship Eastern Drug Carter Ink American Woollen. A depot retention bid push and harbor improvement talk dominated the session. Colonel Suter promised quick survey work once instructions arrive. The association opposed a bill to exempt Spanish veterans from civil service laws.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Enlyecrony
Young’s Hotel
Carter
Dodge, Haley & Co
Dominion Steamship Company
Eastern Drug Company
Carter’s Ink Company
American Woollen Company
United States Quartermaster’s
Francis B. Sears
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Suter
The Gigantic Meddler from the Court of Uncommon Pleas
Ex Representative BP B Callender announces a new story The Gigantic Meddler gathered from court files centered on property rights and injunctions The dedication to Eugene V Debs asserts government by injunction threatens private property and highlights dangers of lax injunction grants Ke B Callyeinder Boston Mass
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BP. B. Callender
Court of Uncommon Pleas
Eugene V. Debs
Ke, B
Callyeinder
Boston
Mass
Travelling salesman Patrick McCarron dies after brief illness
Patrick W. McCarron longtime Boston School Supply Company representative died at his Dorchester home after a short illness. Survived by wife Maria Milloy McCarron and five children. he was a member of the Travelling Salesmen's Association and Mt. Vernon Council R. C. A requiem high mass will be held at St. Peter's Church Friday at 9 a.m.
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Patrick W. McCarron
Bellevue Street
Dorchester
McCarron
Boston School Supply Company
Thomas R. Shewell & Co
Chauncy Street
Travelling Salesmen’s Association
Mt. Vernon Council
R. of. C
Postum touted as coffee substitute aids health
An Atlantic City reader recounts relief from chronic dyspepsia after stopping coffee and adopting Postum Food Coffee with cream. She credits Postum with improving her digestion and says her children, including a 13 month old, have become healthier since using the beverage.
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Postum
Mrs. Ino
Stringer
S. Florida Ave
Atlantic City
N. J
Walpole Fire Destroys Massachusetts Chemical Plant
A large building owned by the Massachusetts Chemical Company near Walpole post office was nearly burned to the ground in a fire tonight. Only the roof and portions of heavy framework remain, with estimated losses rising above early figures.
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Walpole
Massachusetts Chemical Company
Buffalo Bill Wild West Exhibition Comes to Boston Huntington Grounds
Describes Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show at Huntington avenue grounds Boston next week offering viewers a chance to compare Cossack horsemanship with cowboys a claim unique to Cody tickets go on sale at Burwell's pharmacy Adams House Friday at 9 o'clock.
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Buffalo Bill
Huntington Avenue Grounds
Boston
Colonel Cody
Burwell
Adams House
Pittsburg
Appleeton & Bassett’s
Washington St
Conenelly’s
Ostrich Farm Opens at Bass Point Nahant
The Bass Point Nahant ostrich farm opens promising a top Northern summer novelty. Visitors may study the feathered bipeds in their new quarters. Open Sundays and weekdays with a special musical programme by Lafricain's Naval Brigade Band including cornet and piccolo solos and xylo phone numbers. The Bass Point House also opens for the season.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Rene
Naval Brigade Band
Messrs. Lafricain
Brenton
Charles North
Melba Concert Company
Evans Akroyd
Boston Museum
Thomas Senta
Syimpene Orchestra
Bess Point House
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Printing Trades Council
United States
Poston
Merchants’ Association
MR. Gallender
Meddler
Patrick W. M’carron
Tremont Theatre
Carleycroft
J. H. Gilmour
Florence Rockwell
Castle Square
Columbia Theatre
Rose Coglan
Keith
Palace Theatre
Emil Wahlund
Tekla
Sandow
Banda Rossa
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Kennedys
Hippodrome
Airon
Jimmy Michael
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Cresent Gardens
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Serremine
Alabama
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Walthams
Hotel Touraine
Charles River Park
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Ryder
Dryver
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Sandy
Admainei Ae
Sullivan Square
Ictricight
PMAN
Crescent Gardens
NEW Rustic Theatre
Olympia Quartet Vaudeville CO
Collins’ First Regiment
Austin
Tremont Row
Emi Wahlund
Douglass Club
Lewis Street
John J. Douglass
William C
Healey
Thomas F. Clark
Signal Corps
Henry Pew
James N. Brennan
Joseph F. Carter
United Staites
Mipans Chemica CO
Spruce St
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San Juan
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Kennebec Steamboat CO
Lincoln Wharf
Batehery Street
Kennebec River
Bathtoa
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
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Theatre
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Tremont
Music Hall
Oxford
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Jerome H. Eddy
Rose Coghlan
Louis Massen
Ee Harrigan
Mile
Marozella
Perkins Fisher
Turner
Pauline Moran
Coon
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Jetto
Damm Brothers
Gilbert and Goldie
Collins and Collins
Curtis G. Morse
Mabel Maitland
Servee Ee Norumbega
Mae” Park
Zoological Garden
N. Y
Newton Koulehow
Subway
Commercial St
Ostrich Farm
A. P. Lane
N. E. Agt
Boston Ball Grounds
Tremont Theatre Creature Res. A
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Gustav Strube
Mechanics’ Hall
Back Bay
Lynn Cadet Band
Damiano
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Lynn
Columbia
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Yramids of
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York
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