Great Preacher Phillips Brooks Dies After Severe Cold
Phillips Brooks, bishop of Massachusetts, died quietly at his Clarendon street home after five days of illness sparked by a severe cold. Doctors attributed the death to heart failure from overwork, noting he remained largely unaware of his illness until near the end. The ministry and Massachusetts lose a leading religious figure praised as eloquent and devoted.
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Bostox
Phillips Brooks
Clarendon Street
William
Massachusetts
Episcopal Church
Massachusetts Legislature Deliberates on Grants and Reforms
A Mass legislature session reviews proposals to expand a small New Bedford company's capital and real estate holdings, raises state arbitration board salaries, and considers bills on gilt manufacturing deception, women's arrest exemptions, and marriage property courts. Senate talks address General Butler funeral resolutions and a joint convention. A Lord's Day observance bill and Australian ballot reform are debated along with limits on foreign fraternal societies and party-nominated ballot ordering.
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Jeanne Sali
New Bedford
Alpheus B. Alger
Cambridge
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Judiciary Committee
Courts of Equity
Senate
Butler
Joy
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Mellen
Parker
Bennett
Massachusetts
Parkhurst
Phillips Brooks Bishop of Massachusetts Dies in Boston
Boston mourns as Bishop Phillips Brooks dies, leaving a life spent in tireless service. He led Trinity Church Boston and taught at Harvard, preaching thrice weekly in winter and engaging with all social strata, from the poor to state leaders.
Big Four oil explosion claims two more victims
Alton Illinois January 25 two more deaths from the Big Four oil explosion are reported W B Richardson and Henry Wie gand. Nineteen people remain fatally injured. Doctors doubt more than two will survive. The coroner held inquiries for the last two victims with verdicts ruling accidental deaths and no charges.
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Alton
Til
W. B. Richardson
Henry Wiegand
Charter Revision Hearing Planned in Lynn Massachusetts
Lynn charter commissioners will order a public hearing to secure opinion on many details. They will revise and submit the charter to the legislature, then place it before voters at the next municipal election for approval or rejection.
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Lynn
Mass
Unknown Woman Warns Cambridgeport Residents with Doomsday Phrases
Cambridgeport residents are alarmed by the actions of a mysterious colored woman who visits houses and greets occupants with Prepare to die The end of the world is coming She appears harmless but many women have been frightened by her unsettling phrases in Cambridge Massachusetts January 25.
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Cambridge
Mass
Cambridgeport
Almanac Snippet for January Day and New England Forecast
Almanac fragment shows sunrise note and weather forecast from Washington dated January 25. Mentions snow and colder conditions for New England with winds shifting from southeasterly to northwesterly tonight.
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OG AM
Washington
New England
Telegraphic Brevities Snapshot of Global and Local Disasters
A collage of terse items reports a $50,000 Cincinnati fire, a $200,000 loss from a burned Indianapolis grain elevator, and four possible deaths in a Passaic sleighing crash. Other notes cover British actions in Egypt, a Lyons archbishop’s death, Canadian tariffs, and local civic matters including Cambridge property values and a resignation in Quincy. The Norse ship Ino wreckage washes ashore near Papa Westray.
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Cincinnati
Great Britain
Egypt
Indianapolis
Point Pleasant
Joseph Alfred Foulon
Lyons
Manhattan
New York
Khedive
Waltham
Mass
Almade R. Smith
Livermore Falls
Samuel EK. Winslow
Worcester
Massachusetts Republican State Committee
Cambridge
Harvard College
Peter A. Smith
Mbt. Vernon
N. Y
Seth Slocum
Papa Westray
Orkney
Ino
Notices for Enterprise items and subscriptions
All Enterprise items left with A. A. Wheeler will be thankfully received and promptly attended to. Subscriptions for the Enterprise are also accepted by Wheeler.
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Enterprise
A. A. Wheeler
Obituary and Local Notes from South Acton
Obituary notices for Aaron Wheeler and Deacon Hall highlight South Acton’s community memory. The item lists church events, lectures, temperance talk commentary, and local business notices amid reports of school closings and seasonal activities.
Acton Centre notes and Chelmsford Coons concert planned
Local items report visits of Grace Forbush and Rev Chapin, housing changes, and a social at Job Dupee’s. A charity performance by the Chelmsford Coons with Lowell’s American orchestra is set for Tuesday evening at the Town hall with advance tickets. Obituary hints at Eunice Prescott Haskell of Acton, long linked to Rockford history, funeral details given. Real estate notes cover multiple regional sales through New England Real Estate Agency and local agents.
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Chelmsford Coons
American Orchestra of
Lowell
Town Hall
C. F. Smith
New England Real Estate Agency
N. M. Dustin
Reading
H. W. Hubbard
Worcester
Haverhill Street
Mr. Smith
Littleton
N. W. Thompson
Boston
W. J. Hatton
Redbank
California
T. P. Chase
C. J. Sterner
New England
Jane’ M. Stevens
Cambridgeport
West Acton Society Notes and Local Updates
The Rope-holders gathered in the vestry Monday evening while the Willing Workers met Saturday afternoon with Mabel Parker. Luke Blanchard has recovered enough to welcome friends, and Mrs. Ella Burroughs, recently treated at a hospital, is sick at her father W. H. Teele’s home. On January 18 Miss Alice Teele celebrated her thirteenth birthday with friends at her mother Estelle Steele’s home, enjoying games and treats and receiving a ring.
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Henry Hanson
West Acton
Whitman
Arlington
Boxboro
Omaha
Luke Blanchard
Ella Burroughs
W. H. Teele
Alice Teele
Estelle Steele
Alice
Prominent Citizen Colonel Wiley Dead at 56
Sudbury’s Colonel Daniel D. Wiley died early last Wednesday after a lingering illness. He was a veteran of the Civil War and long served in the Boston Custom House as appraiser. He co owned D. D. Wiley & Co., confectionery manufacturers, and had lived in Sudbury for years. Born in Baldwinville Templeton Massachusetts, he was in his 56th year.
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Daniel D. Wiley
Custom House
Boston
Ife
D. D. Wiley & Co
Wiley
Baldwinville
Templeton
Mass
Concord Junction community notes and events
Officer W S Leland sidelined by grippe. West Concord scholars enjoyed a holiday. John Thomas entertained at the lecture course opener. The W C T U meets Jan 26 with Mrs M B Lane presiding. Lena Ballou returns to Sherborn reformatory work after a fall. The late mother of Officer W W Blossom died after long illness, leaving two sons and a daughter. Church subscriptions reach about 2500 dollars. CJL&SC met with Mr and Mrs Frank Garland. program included vocal and instrumental pieces and a reading from the Annursnack Chronicle. Y M C D held a chapel entertainment for visiting friends.
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Bradley Stone
Emeline Hosmer
Celette
Sam
Deacon
Baptist Church
B. McLellan
Mt. Hope
M. B. Lane
Lena Ballou
Sherborn Reformatory
South Framingham
Frank Garland
W. Wales
Snowfall Marked Eighteenth of the Season in Hudson
Edwin B. Goodnow remains in Los Angeles while Silas Sawyer passed through on a trip to Berlin. Burleigh Littlefield left Saturday for Wells Maine for a brief vacation. Samuel Brault mourns a three hour illness that claimed a young child last week. William F. Trowbridge remembered at Apsley Rubber Works. Rev. Perkins met Rev. Cheney at Epworth Church Harvard Square. Funds raised for John Collette and his family after a recent death. A sleigh party from the east visited town and the Belfast Spider was seen amid a crowd downtown.
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Edwin B. Goodnow
Los Angeles
Cal
Silas Sawyer
Berlin
Samuel Brault
Apsley Rubber Works
William F. Trowbridge
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Cheney
Epworth Church
Harvard Square
Old Cambridge
Jeffs
John Collette
Bradley
Belfast
Arthur E Allsop Weds Eva May Penniman at Acton
In Acton on January 20 the marriage of Arthur E Allsop and Eva May Penniman was solemnized by Rev. F P Wood both residents of Acton.
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Acton
F. P. Wood
Arthur E. Allsop and
Eva May Penniman
Obituaries from Concord and Acton New England
Death notices report George H. Jacobs of Littleton aged 62 in Concord on January 18 Deacon Enoch Hall aged 83 in West Acton on January 19 and Theresa Bingham aged 45 in Concord on January 21.
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Concord
Geo. H. Jacobs
Littleton
West Acton
Enoch Hall
Theresa Bingham
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South Natick
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D. C. Cutler
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D. D
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H. A. Lewis
George A. Clark
W. Hooper
F. Maguire
W. H. Fairbanks
Rev. F. Maguire
Heavenly Father
F. O. Hall
I. C. Knowlton
E. O. Excell Choir
Volkmar
Nelson J. Cole
Baldwin’s
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H. A. Littlefield
Leighton
Maynard
Windsor Hotel
Acton Centre
Grace Forbush
Geo. Smith
Rockford
Ill
Morning Star
Eunice Prescott Haskell
Eunice Prescott Edwards
Prescott
George Haskell
Ohio
Illinois
Good Lady
Haskell
First Baptist Church
New Jersey
Ellen H. Kimball
Willis Kimball
George. S. Haskell
Messrs
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Carl
F. H. Kimball
Kerr
Ringman
Gay McAllister
Commonwealth Avenue
Concord Junction
Union Church
Association Hall
W. W. Campbell
Hunt's
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Sudbury
Ayer
W. S. Leland
Grippe
West Concord
John Thomas
W. W. Blossom
Y. M. C. D. Society
Institution
Hudson
Burleigh Littlefield
Wells
Maine
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Jeremiah Sheehan
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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State of Connecticut
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Connecticut
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Prescott Keyes
George M. Brooks
S. H. Folsom
Register
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Court Street
Ma L. White
Erie
State of Pennsylvania
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Wheeler
Mary L. White
Orphans’ Court
Pennyslvania
Laura White
Nike
Concord Terprise
Esquire
SS. H. Folsom
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