Mr. Monroe Doctrine and Local News in 1896
The item notes Mr. Monroe's doctrine maturing with age and praises Gov Wolcott as a public official above partisanship. It mentions Leominster board of trade seeking better telegraph facilities and Rambler bicycles dropping to $80 next year. It also alludes to ornithologists discovering crows with 27 cries and questions the identity of a crow. The piece critiques Mr Williams a late gubernatorial candidate and comments on political standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rambler Bicycles
Wheels
Boston Journal Congratulates D F Overturned Fashion Debate
A fashion writer in the Boston Journal salutes the end of the D F era described as a stand up turned over atrocity that has dominated fashion discourse for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal
Cal
Scrim Mage Prospects Tie Telegraph and Telephone Firms
Attleboro Sun notes potential cooperation between Western Union and Bell Telephone to improve service. The paper comments that critics should recall the harsh season on roads, implying broader infrastructure strain alongside the communications industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph
Bell Telephone
Attleboro Sun
Prestige Rise Through Monroe Doctrine Victory in Venezuela
The article argues the United States gained prestige as Secretary Olney strengthened the Monroe Doctrine amid the Venezuela crisis. It portrays British resistance crumbling and credits a masterful policy shift that transformed a regional issue into a demonstration of national strength and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Salisbury
Venezuela
Olney
United States
Oxford councilor elect Joslin trims factory wages
In Oxford a councilor elect Joslin who celebrated the election result cut wages in his shoe factory last Wednesday. Workers protest as pay drops to 50 cents per 100 cents of work, causing widespread discontent among employees. This follows a recent election celebration noted by Clinton Courant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Joslin
Clinton Courant
Sudbury Opens Private Dance School and Church Services
Miss Hall of Boston teaches at a private dancing school opened in the town hall Friday evening. First Parish Unitarian church reopened for preaching with Rev. C. W. Heizer of Wayland. Services at 2 p.m. on upcoming Sundays. Plans for a lecture by Professor George H. Barton of MIT on Arctic exploration, illustrated by stereopticon. Wayland residents prepare a commemorative boulder for the town house marking the 1848 founding of the first free public library in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hall
Boston
Unitarian’ Church
C. W. Heizer
Wayland
George H. Barton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Barton
Free Public Library
Massachusetts
United States
Sudbury
New Cable Car Service In New York
Passengers arriving at Grand Central will find the New Lexington avenue cable line a quick route from Forty-Second street to the Battery. The Broadway Central Hotel is served directly from Grand Central without transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central Station
Lexington Avenue
Forty-Second Street
The
Battery
Broadway Central Hotel
Maynard Man Joseph Binks Dies After Illness
Joseph Binks of Maynard, aged about 53, longtime filecutter for Tower Bros. in Hudson, previously of Manchester England, died last Wednesday at his Elm Street home after a long illness from brights disease. He leaves a wife and relatives from Lawrence. Funeral held Saturday with Manchester Unity members conducting rites at Glenwood Cemetery. Burial followed in Glenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Binks
Elm Street
Manchester
England
Lawrence
Maynard
Tower Bros
Hudson
Manchester Unity, I. O. O. F
Hudson Farmers and Mechanics Association
Goodby
Mesler
Hiram Parkin
Herbert Gay
Nellie Henderson
Levi Cheney
Grandpa Murphy Dies at 74 in High Street Home
Cornelius Murphy known as Grandpa Murphy died on Tuesday at his son Timothy Murphy’s home on High street after a three to four week illness. He was 74, born in Ireland, and had lived in the United States twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Murphy
Grandpa Murphy
Timothy Murphy
High Street
Ireland
Third annual English tea party and entertainment success
The third annual English tea party and entertainment at St George's church was held in the Co operative hall last Saturday evening. Large attendance and over sea tickets sold. Tea in the upper hall served under Mrs J Robinson. A first-class program in the lower hall drew a large enthusiastic audience with encores. Profits exceeded all previous occasions and reflected credit on all participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St George’s Church
J. Robinson
Tea Party Thank You From St Georges Church Committee
Card of thanks from the Committee of St Georges Church for support and assistance at their third annual tea party and entertainment event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Georges Church
Mrs Lowell Seeks Orders for Dressings and Doylies
Mrs Lowell of Monument Street desires to take orders for damask works including doilies centerpieces trey cloths and dresser and buffet covers She will show samples of her creations to all ladies who call at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Monument Street
Maynard Locals and Shop Notices in Local Market
Fresh oysters daily at Central Market. Miss Deane's Millinery Parlors offers fall and winter styles including novel ties. Cleary and Williams on Main Street provide fall and winter millinery with latest novelties. Miss Naylor's Millinery rooms on Nason carries trimmed and untrimmed hats. Alfred E. McCleary at 5 Parker Street repairs watches clocks jewelry and silverware on time at reasonable price. S. A. Christie Baldwin's old stand. So. Acton.
Resolutions from Loyal Assabet Lodge on Death of Joseph Binks
The Loyal Assabet Lodge I O O F mourns the death of Past Grand and Treasurer Joseph Binks. A record page will honor his service and memory. The lodge extends sympathy to his widow and family, hoping they find comfort in faith. Committee on Resolutions: Harry J. Parmenter Henry Axford Davin Miller. Also includes an advertisement for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assabet Lodge
Joseph Binks
Odd Fellowship
Grand Lodge
Harry J. Parmenter
Henry Axforrd
Davin Miller
Committee On
Concord Junction notes show varied town happenings
The town discusses transportation for scholars, a fire scare, and charity benefits. Reported events include a Masonic dedication in Hudson, a Royal Arcanum death benefit, a Home Circle payout, a torchlight parade, theater at Association hall, church notes, local millinery, and shop notices at O L Dart and Waite’s Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Curley
Mary A. Curley
W. W. Campbell
Russell and Knowles
Elwood Sweet
Lane
Association Hall
Ralph Warner
U. N. Fowler
J. F. Scott
P. W. Allen
Concord Junction
George Chase
Charles
Waite
Charles J. Hall
Giorgi Russell
Robbing
Winslow. Russell
Ch Day Whitney
Jo W. Ford
Charles Hog
Concord Brigade
Fitzgerald
Winslow Russell
Commonwealth, Avenue
Local notices and business update from acton area
L. W. Richardson loses a valuable cow. C E Wood drives cattle to Ashby this week. Mead brothers visit New Hampshire. J R Cobleigh gains comfort but receives no visitors yet. Mrs A B Peabody returns from Candia N H. Norris paints Universalist church and seven West Acton houses. Y P Miders list corrections. NLA Norris Transacts with general banking, sells drafts, buys bonds, offers safety boxes. J Louis Svone, cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Clarence and
Eben Mead
New Hampshire
JR. Cobleigh
A. B. Peabody
Candia
N. H
United States
Joux L. Svone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Monroe
Leominster Board of Trade
Wolcott
Williams
New York
DeWitt
B. F. Johnson
E. Lane
Maynard Locals
Central Market
B. F. Johnson & Son
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
T. J. Sheehan
P. H. Bullock
Doric Lodge
M. B. Lane
Lyons
Lady of Lyons
D. A. Lakin
Sadie Dean
Dan
L.P. Fallon
Claude Melnotte
J. D. Wilson
Genial
Beauseaunt
E. G. Howard
Glavis
F. H. Burrill
Mons. Duchapelles
Gaspar
E. W. Blossom
W. Percy Blodgett
Madame Duchapelles
Estella Bordman
Ethel Wood
Thompson Blood
Tuttle
Union Church
Sundary School
O.L. Dart
Derby St
Thomas ‘Hutchinson
Kennedy
O. L. Dart
Boxboro
L. W. Richardson
C. E. Wood
Ashby
Norris
Niversalist
Y. P
J. A Wwater
NLA
B. L
Stow
AnrEeReRise
Browet
Horace Tuttie
W. A.cunningham
Annie B. Writer
Middlesex
Maynard, Mass
Marlboro
Olive W. Tayntor
New England
Weir Stove Company
Taunton
Mass
Creat
Iotels
United
Walter B. Currier
6 Park &Q
Room
Maynard's Block
Tilly Awaynes
W.S. Howe & CO
Gaskell & Taylor
R.K. Station
Vose
Novi
Sudbury Grange
Hudson National Bank
W. A. White
Hapgood
W.b.cases
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