Sensational Ivory Slide to Celluloid Grade Sparks Talk
The item notes Ivory’s surprising drop to celluloid grade and compares John E. Russell to Hop Kinson Smith of Spain in the U.S. It laments the Wayside Inn leaving the Howe family and reports Northboro chatter on liquor business ahead of March votes. The Boston Globe questions familiar knowledge of the word bubonic after recent dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Russell
Hopkinson Smith
Spain
Boston Globe
Boston Herald to be rebuilt as Republican tariff sheet
The Boston Herald is slated to shift toward a Republican tariff stance amid stockholder tensions across the street. The Enterprise warns anti trust reform may stall without capable legal talent to defend public interests. Isaac Pitman’s death noted for shaping modern shorthand. Representative Quirk urges a bill for street railway platform enclosures to protect motormen. passed the house but stalled in the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Quirk
Boston
House
Senate
Debate on Ballot Law Clarity and Voter Independence
A columnist questions the need to simplify ballot rules and argues the current form nudges straight-ticket voting. The piece critiques Moody on Sunday papers and Bible consistency while noting readers miss news and ads if they skip Sunday papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Moody
Paul
Isaiah
State board of education proposes school supervision reform
The board outlines current supervision figures and a major plan starting July 1 1898. It details towns with and without supervision, districting options, state aid levels, and governance of superintendent selection plus district boundaries. The text also notes local notices of residents moving, a fire loss, a death, and funeral arrangements.
School District Reorganization Act Provisions
Before July 1, 1898 towns unable to form unions. districts with fewer than 25 schools may form with board of education approval. Unions to be reorganized July 1, 1900 and every five years thereafter. Superintendencies existing when the act passed are not invalidated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Gas deaths prompt call for action by commission
An editorial blasts the gas commission for failing to act after seven asphyxiation deaths in 24 hours and forty in under a year. It urges a timely report within the three week limit and argues public safety outweighs market concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas ‘Commission
Onalaska
Bay State” Securities
Middlesex
Mary J. Gates
Acton
Hiram E. Gates
Cambridge
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
H. Fousom
Hemenway Family Deaths Mark Long Illness Span
A sequence of deaths in the Hemenway family began with Franklin Hemenway, followed by son Rockwood, then son Sidney Eugene, and finally wife Eunice Goldsmith Hemenway. Pneumonia and heart disease struck after caring for the ill, with burials and funerals at Rockbottom M E church. Only two daughters survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Hemenway
Eunice Goldsmith
Harvard
Stow
Rockbottom M. E
Rockwood
Sidney Eugene
Hudson
Stowe, Bills & Hawley
Mary R. Balcom
Local bank promotes bond selection and safe storage services
Transacts a general banking business with drafts for the U S and abroad. Buys and sells government municipal railroad and other bonds. Markets water company bonds as solid investments. Promotes safety deposit boxes and absolute security from fire or burglary. Also features One Minute Cough Cure with testimonials by R Ven sel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joan L. Stones
Concord Junction Notes Brightens Community Life
Local society items report visits and meetings including Mrs A G Smith at Somerville, W C T U activities with Mrs Lane, a cottage prayer gathering at Mrs Coolidge, and Y P S C E leading next Sunday for its 16th anniversary. Also note ground breaking for G R Conant's new factory, Grecian Art Tableaux show, and various small town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Association
Wm. H. Wood
C. H. Whitney
P. W. Allen
Jeremiah Sheehan
Benj. Derby Jr
L. R. Hodgman
Concord Junction
M. B. Lane
E. V. Bullock
H. M. Chase
Annie Noonan
Public Library Receives Sealskin Kayak Gift
Sudbury’s free public library, funded by the late John Goodnow, receives a sealskin kayak from Professor George H. Barton of MIT. The 17.5 foot canoe weighs about 50 pounds and reflects Barton’s involvement with the sixth Peary Arctic expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Public Library
John Goodnow
Boston
George H. Barton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arctic
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Marlboro Post Office
Howe
Northboro
Isaac Pitman
State Board of Education
Boxboro
Alfred Goodearle
Mr. Thompson
A. A. Wetherbee
F. Hayward
Foster
J. F. Hayward
N. E. Somes
Mr. Somes
E. F. Wetherbee
California
Geo. Whitcomb
Somerville
Liewllyn
Chas. Knight
W. S. Gooch
Dusseault
Hulson
the Peoples National Bank
Mrs
A. G.smith
Maple House
W. W. Blossom’s
Concord
W. W. Campbell
Capitan Grant
C. S. Hart
Musketaquid Club
Fitchburg
Josef Kulscar
Attleboro
New York
N. Y
N. H. and
Kulscar
Reformatory
Massachusetts State Prison
Union Station
Allen
Enterprise
Waltham
Jones
George
Hart
H. Garfield
Ss Council
Royal Arcanum
Walter S. Leland
Daniel A. Lakin
Wayne W. Blossom
Harold I. Judkins
Fred W. Gale
Edgar H. Hatch
Frank H. Wood
Charles S. Russell
James Boylan
Timothy F. Sheehan
Assabet Council of
Maynard
Mussketaquid
Lakin Comedy Company
Union Church
James Beaton
Charles Pingree
Armory
John C. Boyd
Campbell House
Cottage Street
Hudson Theatre
Davis
Main Street
Sidney Sampson
la Grippe
Harry Hill
Lynn
Addie Brigham
Laura Sprague
A. H. Stowe
C. A. (Shaw) Gilpatrick
West Somerville
J. T. McGrath
The
Natick High School
J. E. McGrath
Glenwood
Ae. Weir
New England
Sudbury
B. I
W. S.howe & CO
Gaskell & Taylor
R. R. Station
Maynard, Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Marlboro
James H. Ward
Want
Walter B. Currier
5 Park SQ
Maynard’s Block
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