Mysterious new poisonous plant found in University gardens
A strange plant discovered in the University of Michigan Ann Arbor gardens contains a yellow sap with opium-like poison. It grew unnoted last year in a poppy bed and may have arrived via seeds from Washington or Lansing. Frog tests killed instantly. if toxic to humans, it could alter medicine and pricing.
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Detroit News- Tribune
University
Washington
State Gardens
Agricultural College
Lansing
Europe
Asia
Julius O. Schlotterbeck
Locust Cloud Attacks Two Captains Ships
Two American captains compare experiences on March 2 as a locust swarm engulfs sails, leaving no canvas aboard one vessel and exposing crews wearing only their trousers on the other.
Sudbury notes close of term and civic items
The autumn term ends December 14 with a winter term eight weeks starting late December. Miss Alice Barton, long-time Rosindale teacher, visited family during Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. J. Allen died at Wal tham in 74th year and was buried at Mt. Wadsworth. Middlesex South Agricultural society elected Geo. E. Harrington secretary. Sudbury contributions to a Boston horticulture exhibit won prizes. Pomona Orange Patrons of Husbandry to meet in January to discuss home mission, women, roads policy. Sudbury greenhouses house thousands of dollars in capital with pinks, lilies, cucumbers, and tomatoes shipped to Boston. James Tulis and Henry Eaton operate large pink operations.
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Alice Barton
Rosindale
Middlesex South Agricultural Society
South Framingham
Geo. E. Harrington Ws
Horticultural Hall
Boston
Sudbury
Bessie R. Parmenter
Marion L
Olive L. French
Pomona Orange Patrons of Husbandry
James Tulis
Henry Eaton
Tulis
Franklin’s Desk Among Treasures In Dr Curtin’s Philadelphia Office
The Philadelphia item list highlights Dr Roland G Curtin owning Benjamin Franklin’s desk at 22 South Eighteenth Street. The desk was used by Franklin for over twenty years and held most of his papers. The piece is described as large and brown with multiple drawers and a two-front design.
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Philadelphia
Roland G. Curtin
South Eighteenth Street
Benjamin Franklin
Bartram
Franklin
Deeter
Concord Juc t Miss Wan visits Maxfields
Local notes report Miss Wan visiting Mr and Mrs S W Maxfield and other social items. Congressman Fitzgerald left for Washington Sunday night and Miss Drake of Maine spent Thanksgiving with the McKenzie family.
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Miss Wan
Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Maxfield
Congressman Fitzgerald
Washington
Miss Drake
Maine
K. T. McKenzie
Winnie Lawrence
B. & M. Road
Union Station
Boston
Concord notes of feasts fires and local events
Concord society items recount dinners dances and family news. George K Smith Frank Pierce Milo Stearns Edna Calef John Pendergast and Blanche and Allan Wheeler appear in social notes while hunting birds and a major appendectomy are reported. A store near Hogmers faced gasoline fumes prompting rewiring for electric lights as a public notice closes.
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George K. Smith
Concord
Frank Pierce
Milo Stearns
Massachusetts Reformatory
Edna Calef
Brown
John Pendergast
Walcott & Holden
Fitchburg
Reader challenges Concord electric line claims
A Concord letter to the editor questions a previous report on an electric line along Monument Road. The writer defends residents as sensible, disputes the alleged motives, and argues for or against trolley routes and connections to nearby towns, urging careful consideration of impact and benefits.
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Monument Road
Concord
Carlinle
Compont
Carbento
Dawe
Catalina Benan
Lowell
Eleete Lexingtee
Boston
Waverley
Beaton
Unity in town planning stalls trolley fear in Concord
Charles L. futchins laments trolley threats to Concord streets and warns against handing Monument Road to a greedy company. Citizens prefer preserving trees and avoiding unsightly poles while noting double insulation reduces danger to power lines and urging balanced development.
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Concord
Monument Road
Thes Square
Battle Ground
Charles L. Futchins
Electric road plan wires trees on Main Street route
An Enterprise reader explains the proposed electric road wiring using trees instead of poles from the square to the bridge. The system plans insulated connections and a 100 volt direct current feed, arguing it avoids some pole work while noting safety concerns about 1000 volt AC car wires.
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Old Wood
West Elm St
Concord
Wood
Elm
Main Sts
Sudbury River
Old Town
Concord Junction
Enterprise
Phin
Bedford
Lexington and Beaton
Bebige
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Frank Allen
Waltham
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Edward Jacobs
Dorchester
J. D. Wilson
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George W. Edson
Stowe
Mortimer M. Edson
Somerville
Mes
BF. Howe
Association Hall
Dee
Ted
Ascuelae Tiem Hall
Reema Piles
Mildred
Roxbury
Agnes A. Wiken
Hoye’ Orchestra
South Acton
Wnion Fair
Jitles
Musketaquid Club
Lary Pathear
Ettter
Mere
W. W. Campbell
Ladies’ Union
Queita Union
Moody, St
Niass
A. R. McLeod
Philadelphia Glee Cream
Browns Block
Hollis
Howe
Misa Buc
Milhnny & Fancy Goods
Miss BE. A. Buck
Eleud’s Bleck
Priate
Acton
Concord National Bank
A. M
Renee Tee
Blanche Wheeler
Providence
Allan Wheeler
Brown University
George F. Wheeler
Bill Pierce
Harry Tuttle
Russell Bass
Boothby
George Keeler
George D. Lohier
Charles 8. Richardson
William Wheeler
George E. Titcomb
H. H. Braley
M. Bb. L. Bradford
F. E. Rollig
E. J. Bryenton
Inison Co
Patrick McGuire
Thomas Murray
P. Pfeiffer
Paul Plumb
M. Santi
H.P. Smith & Co
Frank Wilde
Frank H. Wilson
E. L. Brown
J. Crowley
Delia Disken
Addie Healy
Eliz. A. Lemi
Dora Page
Theresia Wenholm
A. A
Woburn A. A
Renge Pat
Mike McHugh
Saughlin
Daniel Coffey
Martin Rooney
Vermont
St. Bernard’s Church
E. J. Moriarty
Hogmer
Macallar Parker Company
Washington Street
New England
Washington St
Garland Terrace
James S. Garland
Concord, Mass
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Middlesex Seath
Maple Court
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Bow
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Forte
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