Drunks handled with despatch in police court
A busy police court session saw multiple drink related cases. Names of Sunday offenders including McGrath Whitehead Walsh Hourigan Curry Poirier were fined or committed. One man James Rourke explained his wife kept a speak easy and was jailed for assault. Several others faced varying penalties and probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McGrath
George E. Whitehead
Patrick Walsh
John P. Hourigan
Hugh A. Curry
Charles Poirier
Billerica
Patrick L. Lynch
James Rourke
Robert Porter
Lewis Street
James
Buchanan
Hickson
Margaret McQueen
Thomas Purcell
John J. McAndrews
Joseph Bruce
State Farm
Henry Hood
Pierre Veilleux
Noel Champagne
Simeon Chouinard
A. O. Hamel
North Common
Kennedy
Chouinard
George Martin
James B. Carswell
John Devine
Apprenticeship in Overalls Across Great Workshops
The Chicago Tribune describes a pragmatic path from university studies to shop floor mastery. Young graduates from Harvard Yale and Cornell join in Altoona Pennsylvanias engine hospital and Schenectady electric works to learn by doing. Start wages are 1214 cents an hour with rapid increases as skill grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Great Northern Railroad
President Hill
Great Electric Manufacturing
Schenectady
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Spain
Italy
Russia
Brazil
Mexico
Canada
Siam
Japan
London
University of Tokio
Ecole Polytechnique
Paris
London University
Charlottenberg
Globe
Alps
British Columbia
New Zealand
India
New York
Chicago Tribune
Some Things Noted in Cuba on Flora and Fauna
A narrator reflects on Cuba after twelve months there among American colonists. The piece surveys plants beasts birds and insects observed in the island. It hints at a declaration about speaking with authority only after living through summers and winters in a country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
New York Stock Market Opens Steady With Minor Shifts
The New York market opened steady with small dealings and minor price changes in leading stocks. Amalgamated Copper and several rails listed modest moves while Mexican Central and Realty preferred saw sharp fractional declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Erie First
Missouri Pacific
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
St. Paul
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash
Cotton Futures Open Steady In New York Market
Cotton futures opened steady in New York with August at 11.75 cents a pound and the nearby months posting small changes. Active contracts included September 10.70, October 9.95, and December 9.79 with January 9.80, February 9.78, and March 9.78 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cherry Pits Found During Stomach Operation
Nearly 100 cherry pits were discovered in the appendix of a patient undergoing surgery for stomach cancer in a Brooklyn hospital. The appendix and a large section of the intestines were filled with pits though they did not cause appendicitis. After removing the cancerous growth the surgeons extracted the pits and the patient recovered quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Social notes from Salisbury Beach and Juniper Point visits
Personal notices report Miss Grace Be Morrison of Fort Hill Avenue and Miss Ella Baxter of Collinsville at Salisbury Beach for August. Also at Juniper Point Salem are Misses Mary Feeney Katie B Dowd Celia T Dowd Mrs Charles D Foley and Charles D Foley Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace BE. Morrison
Fort Hill Avenue
Ella Baxter
Collinsville
Salisbury Beach
Mary Feeney
Katie B. Dowd
Celia T. Dowd
Charles D. Foley
Charles D. Foley, Jr
Juniper Point
Salem
Boys waists marked down to 15 cents each
The Pollard department offers large clearance of boys print waists at 15 cents each or 2 for 25 cents in blue chambray and other fabrics. Also stocked are cheviots gingham percale and sateen waists at 25 cents each with sizes available basement department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Pollard & Co
To Let Tenement Rentals In Lowell Area
Properties on Middlesex Street Queen Street Concord Street and Centralville offer 3 to 5 rooms with rents from 5.50 to 10.00. All are well repaired and near depots mills and downtown. Call T H Elliott 64 Central Street to view. Round trip to Old Orchard August 18 via Boston and Maine costs 1.59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Queen
Middlesex Streets
Concord Street
Centralville
Boott Mills
Northern Depot
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
Old Orchard
Boston & Maine Railroad
Community Notes from Middlesex County and Camp Lookout
Miss Harriet Hall vacationing at Beatrice house Cottage City while Mrs Varney and Marion vacation in Worcester with Ed wards. Several locals travel to Maine and Old Orchard. families visit and recover from diphtheria losses. An Adirondacks trip is planned and electric road talk boosts Excelsior lake as a resort. Local illness updates, a liquor note, and a drunken incident end with a fine at Ayer district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Hall
Beatrice
Cottage City
F. E. Varney
Marion
Worcester
Victor Edwards
Emma Towle
Maine
George C. Moore, Jr
M. Tyler
Michael Kinch
Simon Towle
Old Orchard
Camp Lookout
Mary E. Healy
Louise Leduc
Providence
R. I
Elizabeth Provost
Cornelius. Sullivan
Mrs. Sullivan
Adirondacks
Excelsior Lake
Thomas Fraser
William H. Healy
J. A. Healy
Ayer
B. W
London and Chicago kin visit old church and friends
Mrs Angle Wing of London and her brother Timothy Heald of Chicago visited their cousin Mrs H W Wilson the past week. Maj B Heald's children recall childhood days at the old church on the hill and friends from earlier times. Horses owned by S J Coot Homer Edson and IL Otterson died from colic blood poison and a broken leg within a week. The Orthodox Ladies Social circle met with Mrs J H Duren. over a hundred attended and supper ice cream income exceeded a sum. The Unitarian church will close during August. the parish picnic and Sunday school will be next Tuesday at Lexington park with 8 30 a m gathering for those not using private conveyances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Duren
Unitarian Church
Unitarian Parish
Lexington Park
Spalding Elected Westford Selectman at Sparse Meeting
At a Wednesday special town meeting Westford elected Oscar R. Spalding to fill the late Albert P. Richardson’s unexpired term with a unanimous vote amid about 20 ballots cast. Capt. Sherman H. Fletcher was chosen moderator while overseeing the session. Wright and Fletcher, licensed coal sellers, opened sheds and scales at Pine Ridge station under new state rules. A Australia photographs exhibit will run at the J. W. Fletcher library through August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert P. Richardson
Oscar R. Spalding
Capt
Sherman H. Fletcher
Wright & Fletcher
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Pine Ridge Station
Australia
J. W. Fletcher
Pulpit Filled During Absence as McAllister Vacationed
Mr. McAllister away for his month long vacation with locations yet to be communicated through his family in Lawrence. Pulpit to be filled by former pastors and church friends. Mrs. W C Plastridge suffers carbuncle on hand following zinc scratch. blood poisoning developed weeks after injury. Mr. and Mrs. Leon B Smith in Hampton Beach then Jaffingford Vt to visit Mrs. Smiths parents. Mrs. Dr. S A Wood and daughter Fannie on annual Lake Sunapee outing. Miss Bertha A Puffer vacationing two weeks with friends in Bedford and Newburyport. Miss Hughes took nine child Sunday school class to Revere Beach. Picnic for Boston poor children held at Judge Loomiss grave by the C E society with 45 children led by two missionaries. Amelia Jager, whose childhood was in Bedford, among attendees. Royal good time enjoyed by givers and receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAllister
Lawrence
W. C. Plastridge
Leon B. Smith
Hampton Beach
Jaliingford
Bedford
Newburyport
Hughes
Revere Beach
Boston
Judge
Amelia Jager
Graniteville Club Dates West Chelmsford Games
Graniteville baseball club to play two games against West Chelmsford next month. The first match will be at West Chelmsford on August 15 with a return at Graniteville on August 29. Bert De Roehn and friends from Pepperell visited Long-Sought-For pond last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graniteville Baseball Club
West Chelmsford
Bert de Roehn
Pepperell
Local notices and social updates from Bedford area
Mrs. Martha Sage improves and stays in Bedford while Dr. Buck leases a hotel for a private dwelling. Fred Casey guides Lend-a-Hand to Concord by steam launch for a day trip. Orthodox society enjoyed Revere on a sunless Wednesday, returning late due to a Chelsea Reading car delay. Myra Bigelow returns from Lynn, Frank Rogers attends a college friend's ordination in Portland, and Jennie Buxton visits from California. Miss Martha Ann Dodge loses a valuable breast pin near the Unitarian church. Flowers are delivered weekly by Theresa Dodge for the Flower Mission. Mrs. Mary E. Wright dies at 9 years after a Boston birth and long marriage to Dea. Edward Wright, with seven children and several descendants. Mrs. Wright belonged to Old South church for 76 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Sage
Bedford
Maurice A. Buck
Fred Casey
Concord
Old North Bridge
Orthodox Society
Revere
Chelsea
Reading
Unitarian Church
Myra Bigelow
Lynn
Frank Rogers
Portland
Jennie Buxton
California
Martin Cowdrey
Martha Ann Dodge
Theresa Dodge
Mary E. Wright
Dea
Edward Wright
Harry King
Wright
Boston
Old Home Week Opens With Union Service in Pepperell
East Pepperell marked Old Home Week with sermons by local pastors except Rev. Alfred Noon who preached at the M E church. A large union choir led by Mrs. Hutchinson performed in the town hall with Rev. Granville Pierce, Rev. J B Thrall, Rev. J E B Jewett and others present. The program featured prayers, hymns, and talks on home life and tradition, including Rev. Pierce on Our Altar and Our Fires and the importance of open fires, hearths, and the home link to religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Noon
M. E
Hutchinson
Granville Pierce
J. B. Thrall
J. E. B. Jewett
Lorenzo P. Blood
Everett Boynton
Swampscott
Lenox
Rev. G. Pierce
Silver Street
G. Pierce
J.E. B. Jewett
Old Home Week Reflections and Local Happenings Across Town
An extended reminiscence describes early streets, a market square, and horse sheds near Main street. It notes shifts from a single schoolhouse to a town house, a growing property value, and past church pew arrangements. The piece mentions community events, religious sentiments, and upcoming local gatherings at Sands farm, the Pomona picnic, and the firemen's muster, with church groups planning August activities at the town house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Blood
Main
Cross
Tucker
Hollis Streets
Thomas L. Coughlan
St. Joseph's Church
America
J. B. Thrall
Pepperell
J. E. B. Jewett
Sands Farm
Pomona
Fitchburg & Lunenburg
Lunenburg
Warren V. F. A
Manchester
N. H
Ladies’ Circle
The
Congregational Church
Town House
Local Notices and Obituaries from Groton Area
During Dr Warren's vacation Dr Barnes of Cambridge will care for his patients. Several local notices follow including deaths of Ruth Harris infant of Mr and Mrs Charles Harris aged two months and Patrick Coughlin aged 81 with eight daughters and three sons. A picnic at Badacook pond and a seventh birthday party for Evelyn Shattuck are noted along with home improvements by F F Waters after a recent fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Warren
Barnes
Cambridge
Warren
Jane Clark
Springfield
Augusta Crummett
Mill Village
Ruth
Charles Harris
Juneral
Patrick Coughlin
Coughlin
Groton
Eugene
Dennis
Daniel
Kate Dilbert
F. F. Waters
Evelyn Shattuck
Little Mildred Gowing
Edward W Boardman Takes Possession of New Pond Street Farm
Edward W Boardman formerly of Somerville has moved into his recently bought Pond street farm and seems well satisfied. Alfred D Swallow of Mill street, a lumber maker, completed a large enlargement to his residence with a new story adding a bath room two sleeping rooms and a storeroom. The second floor hall was made more spacious and the exterior and interior appearance improved. The addition of a bathroom is described as a major feature, as the house previously had no bathroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Boardman
Somerville
Pond Street
Alfred D. Swallow
Mill Street
Putnam Socials and Local Notes Highlight Summer Visitations
Misses Bet ha and Florence Sargent and Mrs. Woodbury旅from Nashua stayed with relatives in Putnam. A Universalist lawn party at Henry Tolles' Forest Hill is planned with Cake and Winn’s ice cream. Marion Weston, Mt Holyoke student, visits family. a nasturtium bloom on one stem showed two colors. William M. Basset’s stock decline leads to bankruptcy with large secured and unsecured liabilities. Local church figures, civic improvements, blueberry prices, and community updates fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Florence Sargent
Putnam, Conn
George Butterfield
Marietta S. Woodbury
Nashua
Oliver A. Woodbury
City
James
Swallow
Universalist Society
Henry J. Tolles
Forest Hill
Winn
Marion
Ruth Weston
Mabel Lavinia Parker
B. H. Weston
West Newbury
H. Linwood Hartwell
Marion Weston
Mount Holyoke College
James Swallow
Sarah G. Basset
Brookline
William M.basset
State Street
Boston
George R. Nutter
Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter
Circus crowds fill streets despite showers in Worcester area
Crowds along Cambridge Pleasant and Washington streets watched a Worcester and Nashua railroad circus arrive Thursday morning and parade downtown by noon. Ten flat cars and several passenger and box cars carried elephants Columbus the camel and horses. The event drew strong attendance despite rain. cargo aid included hay and oats from Woodbury and beef provisions from Harlow Parsons totaling over 60 dollars. The parade moved on to Fitchburg and Gardner. A funeral for Charles Hubbard at St Mary’s drew a long procession to St Mary’s Cemetery, with mourners including a Lowell woman soon to be his bride. Additional notes mention Miss Marion P Atkins of Everett vacationing with L C Smith and relatives in Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Nashua
Cambridge
Pleasant
Washington Streets
Washington Street Hill
Groton Street
Elephant
Columbus
Harlow & Parsons
Fitchburg
Gardner
Charles Hubbard
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Lowell
Marion P. Atkins
Everett
L. C. Smith
Atkins
Arthur Whittier
Everett Square
George P. Smith
Somerville
Walter E Flagg dies suddenly in Littleton
Walter E Flagg eldest son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Flagg died suddenly of heart failure last Saturday. Funeral Monday afternoon conducted by Rev Enslin. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted in town for visits and temporary residence, including teachers and family members from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E
Clifford Flagg
Enslin
Emma Dix
Lulu
Somerville
Frost Place
Waite
Julia Conant
Adelia Parker
Lowell
Mary Marshall’s
Merrill
Chelsea
Flora Kimball
Percy Merrill
EB. G. Hartwell
Maine
D. G. Houghton
Lizzie Hamlin
Westford
W. EH. Conant
Juniper Point
G. Warren Cox
Summer School of Music
Boston
Maria Fletcher
Titcomb
Exeter
N. H
Mrs. Perkins
Eaton
New Haven
Conn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Isle of Pines
Jacob Straub
Universalist
Stock Market
New York Market
Middlesex Street
Middlesex County
North Chelmsford
Fred. Parker
Levi Parker
May
Balcomy
A. K. Tyler
J. M. Boutelle
Demorest
Georgia
A. D. Fessenden
Carlisle
Graniteville
East Pepperell
Dunstable
Courier- Citizen Office
Botee
Equitable Life Assurance Society
of the United
Nicholas G. Norcross
Maynard
Littleton
D. W. Fletcher
Hill's Crossing
Waverley
Belmont
Riverview
Alex
Landry
Sandy Pond
Myrtie Smith
R. Enslin
Viola Irwin
N. Y
Ruth Irwin
Parker Dunbrack
N. P
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