March 23 1899 Outlooks in a Curio Column
A compilation of quotes and notes from various papers reflects on world events and local gossip. It mentions Otis in Manila, March weather, Boston politics, a Vancouver Island gold strike, rumors of McKinley threats, flour pricing worries, steam navigation woes, Herbert Putnam becoming librarian of Congress, and New Jersey horse remains canned in New York East End markets.
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New York
New Jersey
East End
Haverhill Gazette
Chicago
Moth Fight Reopened and Cuban Aid Urged
The gipsy moth is free to spread again and authorities renew the battle, fearing job losses from extermination. Reports note a Pacific island settlement may shift labor dynamics, while officials back aiding Cubans with seed and farming tools to resume normal industry after war.
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Cuban Industrial Commission
Causes of Baldness Discussed by Clinton Stem
The Clinton stem remarks on baldness claiming over 16 percent of men in the country have bald heads and suggests multiple theories. Some blame head coverings and ventilation, others excessive mental strain, while some cite omnipresent microbes as a cause of hair loss.
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Clinton
Bald Headed Man Loses Hat To Wind On Street
A lighthearted note describes a bald headed man who suffers no loss of looks when his hat is whisked away by a gust on the street. The remark playfully implies appearance remains unaltered despite the mishap.
Hudson News in Brief items from town reports
Mrs J S Hall suffers from neuralgia or blood poisoning. Six town reports published this spring. Miss Lizzie A Howe of Bolton becomes clerk at Solon Wood Co. G Fred Glines moves to Annie Frost house tenement. Mrs E A Stowe bears a son March 2. Relief Hook and Ladder Co plans a cancer benefit April 7. Police seek a window peeper on Apsley St. $108 from Belshazzar funds buys books for Hudson High School library. W E Wright moves from Lowell. occupies Glines tenement. Easter committee named for Congregational Sunday school. Rumor of Moses A Hall opening new dry goods store. Two boys, Wilson and Bushey, run away. one returns. other found in South Boston. probation set. Arthur L Fletcher and bride visit Washington. Window cleaning business potential. Plumber and Brighams basketball game at Music Hall March 25. Hudson lodge J C O F invites Marlboro lodge April 4 for initiatory degree. Pink display at National Bank from James Tulis. AT MARLBORO HIGH SCHOOL.
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Wilson
Bushey
Concord
Lyman School
Boston
Magorty
Arthur L. Fletcher
Bride
Washington
Brighams
Music Hall
Maynard
Pleasing Reminiscences lecture by John S. Clark
John S. Clark of Boston lectured in the high school building on reminiscences of personal relations with eminent literary men. He praised Longfellow and Lowell, noted Holmes and Hawthorne, and recalled Field and the publishing house circles. About 300 people attended, with strong citizen turnout and notable teacher representation.
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John S. Clark
Boston
Longfellow
Mr. Fields
Hiawatha
Clark
Lowell
Lis
Bigelow
Whittier
Hawthorne
Letter From Asst Paymaster Morse Describes Faraway Postings
Mrs. Burleigh Morse of Marlboro received a letter from her son Ass't Paymaster John Wise Morse written from Demarara British Guiana. The Wilmington officers drew social attention as festivities continued. Morse praises a Maine apple and notes tropical fashion contrasts while describing travel routes via Georgetown to Montevideo arriving May first.
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Burleigh Morse
Marlboro
John Wise Morse
Demarara
British Guiana
Wilmington
Morse
Maine
New England
Georgetown
Norfolk
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Lucia
Granada
St. George
Isle of Trinidad
Barima Point
Orinco River
Montevideo
Uruguay
Eight year birthday of Marlboro Christian Endeavor
The Marlboro First Baptist Church marked eight years of its Christian Endeavor society with about 300 attendees. Rev Woodman Bradbury urged members to be a committee of one for Christ as the Marlboro chorus and soloists performed before a social gathering in the vestry.
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First Baptist Church of
Marlboro
Christian Endeavor Society
Marlboro Society
C.S. Mathews
Woodman Bradbury
Worcester
EU Chorus
The
Susie Davis
Hattie Goins
Charles Lamar
Luke Goins Jr
Richardson
Ina Morrison
I. Hyde
Prince Esterhazy Accused in Train Scene in England
In an English railway carriage Prince Louis Esterhazy of Austria ignored a determined woman who sought conversation. She claimed insult, but he stayed calm, smoking a long ash as evidence. The station master arrested the woman after noting the ash, deeming the charge unfounded. San Francisco Argonaut.
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Prince Louis Esterhazy
Tandon
San Francisco Argonaut
Sabbath Trading Laws and Arabian Quarter Dance Observed
A German shopkeeper was fined for demand of a long neglected debt on Sunday, cited under a law against worship hour trading. The kammergericht discharged him, clarifying that any public or open labor within the prescribed time is forbidden. The piece contrasts with Arab cafe dancing, noting authentic local performances amid smoke and music, seen as tame by natives compared to Western sensationalism.
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London News
Chicago
Orient
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gen'l
Otis
Manilla
Quincy
Globe
Vancouver Island
McKinley
Germany
Portland
Herbert Putnam
Congress
Milford Journal
Brother Cook
Pacific
Hudson
J. S. Hall
Enterprise Printing Co
Lizzie A. Howe
Bolton
Solon Wood & Co
G. Fred Glines
Church St
Annie Frost
River St
E. A. Stowe
Relief Hook and Ladder Co
Apsley St
Hudson High School
W.E. Wright
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
Fred Glines
Milton T. Bailey
Congregational Sunday School
M. Edith Wood
Anita W. Packard
Miss Lawin
Raymond Kennedy
Moses A. Hall
Danvers
Hall
Hudson Lodge
Marlboro Lodge
West Acton
National Bank
James Tulis
Homer Rodgers
Sudbury
Marlboro High School
John
John Wise More
Baptist Church
Bowker’s
Stockbridge
Bowker’s General
Swift’s
Bay State
Canada
W.a.haynesco
Egypt
George H. Keith
Furna
Concord Junction
Mass
Waverly
Amazon
W. L. Douglas
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord Mass
J. C. Friend
Chaplin
H. King
Thos. Hutchinson
Main St
P. O
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