Suffrage Debate Highlights Concord Grange Meeting
Concord Grange hosted a public meeting on suffrage with Maria Booth Kelley supporting enfranchisement and Alice George arguing against it. Speakers urged voting rights for women as a path to better laws, family welfare, and civic duty, while addressing concerns about women in politics. Both speakers received roses as tokens.
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Concord Grange
Marion Booth Kelley
Alice George
The
Grange
Frederick Taylor
Edward B. Caiger
George Albree
George
Camp Fire Girls plan Oct 17 entertainment in Concord
Three Concord Camp Fire Girls groups unite to present a 3 pm Saturday program at the First Church vestry. Tickets cost 2c each. The show includes two short plays titled Everygirl and Anygirl, plus folk dances, plus a food and handicraft sale to support the movement.
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Camp Fire Girls
Concord
First Church
Camp’ Fire Girls
Attorney Doherty Weds Miss Josephine Yates in New Bedford
Lincoln attorney Anthony J Doherty married Josephine Yates, formerly of Wal tham, in New Bedford on Monday morning. Judge M J Connolly officiated, with John J Flynn of Waltham as best man and Elizabeth Yates as bridesmaid. The couple plan to reside in Waltham.
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Anthony J. ‘Doherty
Lincoln
Josephine Yates
Waltham
New Bedford
M. J. Connolly
John. J. Flynn
Elizabeth Yates
Doherty
Death In 14th Story Fall Shocks Concord Friends
Concord friends learn of the accidental death of Philip K Walcott who fell from the 14th story of a building in the Hawkins Delafield & Co offices. A firm member released a statement indicating belief in the accident.
Fall from deck causes fatal street accident
Mr Walcott born in Concord eighty six years ago died after leaning from a window to retrieve blown paper and falling to the pavement. He attended Concord public schools and graduated Concord High School in 1896, later training in law and practicing in New York. He married Annie B Goodkoop three years ago and was the son of Charles and a deaf mother and Harvard graduate known for ability.
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Mr. Walcott
Concord
New York
Annie B. Goodkoop
Charles Walcott
Harvard University
Gun clubs and return match Dominate Lincoln Concord sports
Mrs Fannie Wadley of North Attleboro visits friends in town. The Lincoln gun club and Concord club held a shoot with Lincoln winning by two shots and I Langell named high man for Lincoln while Carson led Concord. A return match is planned at Concord next Saturday. A 1915 Maxwell skidded at County club grounds injuring nothing but vehicle damage. Mr and Mrs Stephen Pepper returned from overseas سفر via steerage passage as war broke out Germany.
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Lincoln
I. Langell
K Carson
Concord
Concord Club
Maxwell
County Club
Vialle
Stephen Pepper
Germany
Governor Walsh Addresses Students on Public Problems
Maynard Governor David J. Walsh visited the high school at about 12 45 Wednesday noon and delivered an address to pupils. He spoke on public problems and education of the people. He arrived by auto from Clinton and spoke to students in Stow and Groton.
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David J. Walsh
Clinton
Stow and
Groton
Virtue as the Fount of Honor, a Note
A brief saying attributed to Mikton asserts virtue as the source of honor. The maxim frames moral conduct as the root of public esteem and character.
Cow's Remarkable History From New Zealand Past
A South Island farmer bought a cow for 25 dollars about 15 years ago and learned recently that the animal had moved to Mr Hall for 20 dollars. Hall discovered the cow bore an ear-mark registered by his own father and records show the cow was bought from Hall's father over twenty years prior.
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New Zealand
South Island
Hall
Mr. Hall
Proper Foot Coverings and the Moccasin Debate
A medical man promotes the moccasin as the most wholesome foot covering yet devised but notes many doubt its fashion acceptance. He compares it with a shoe that allows normal function and strengthens the foot by fitting rather than pinching or deforming it.
Mourning Scene Over Prince of Virginia's Death
A Virginian leader dies and his daughter Mae prepares an elaborate home funeral with palms ferns and plants in the drawing room. An elderly Black servant arrives to pay respects and jokes about the grand setup likening it to a wedding.
Remarkable Telescope Anecdote Reported
A Scotsman recounts to a friend that an excellent telescope reveals a scene unseen by the naked eye. He claims that viewed through the instrument the world appears so close he can hear the organ playing.
Mysterious Island Appears Then Vanishes in Pacific
The island surfaced among the Tonga islands about twenty years ago when a loyal British trader claimed it and raised the union jack. It hosted banana trees and coconuts for around a dozen years before vanishing as suddenly as it appeared.
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Mysterious Island
Falcon
Tonga Islands
Pacific
Missed an Opportunity Hoax Excerpt Report
A Philadelphia Record item quotes a hoax exchange with playful misreadings and boasts. The fragment mentions an elder and a mispronounced remark as a lighthearted note on wordplay and pride.
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Joax
Weil
Jroud
Philadelphia Record
A Humane Method for Capital Punishment Suggested
A Paris chemist and College de France professor proposes carbon monoxide as a humane painless method for executing criminals, noting it is quiet and does not shock sensibilities.
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College de France
Paris
The Universal Language of Music
The one universal language is music and a shared score. Masters from many nations have unique tones, yet listeners worldwide find delight in a composition regardless of its land of origin. Whether in Germany Italy France or at home actual performance sounds alike.
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Germany
Italy
France
Leslie
Bible Authors and Language of the Bible Writers
The article notes that the Pilote Greek Bible authors were mainly Hebrews. It states all Old Testament writers were probably Hebrew. Luke is identified as the sole non Hebrew in the New Testament and the Gospel of John is possibly written by a Greek.
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Luke
John
Center of United States located in northern Kansas
The center of area of the United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii lies about ten miles north of Smith Center in Smith County Kansas at latitude 85 65 and longitude 98 50. The center of population sits 51 miles south and 657 miles east of the center of area.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Kansas
Smith Center
Smith County
Nelson statue quip highlights Irish humor
Hugh O'Donnell tells a tale by Nelson's statue in Ireland where a child confirms Nelson's Irish identity. The exchange underscores a patriotic moment and humor about national pride.
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Hugh O'Donnell
Nelson
Cleric John Reeve Questioned by Elderly Woman at Workhouse
An English revivalist named John Reeve was confronted by an elderly woman holding a small gin bottle. She asked directions to the workhouse, and Reeve, with clerical dignity, replied that the bottle was not the way to the workhouse.
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John Reeve
John
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