Electric Lights for Billerica Adjourned Meeting
The adjourned Billerica town meeting discussed two articles on municipal electricity. The committee proposed either a dual plant with water works or purchasing power from Lowell Electric Light, with costs estimated around 17 925 dollars for distribution and 25 000 for the other setup. A ballot vote on Chapter 370 authority passed 73 to 38. The next meeting is two months away with time for public review.
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Billerica
Electric Light Committee
Kohlrausch
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
J. Nelson Parker
NSN
Chev Py
Kobe
Coenecentbacon
aeOe
Lowell Electric Light Corporation
Cuitene
Mitchell
Bull
Parker
Drucher
Lowell
Fitch
King
Henry A. Hazen
Entertaining Sailors Haven Benefit in Billerica Hall
In Billerica town hall an entertainment for Sailors' Haven benefit unfolds next Friday at 8 pm. The Charlestown haven supports seamen with reading, writing, games, and concerts in a 300 seat hall. A lineup includes Miss Marion Manola and promises a large audience to aid the seafaring charity.
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Billerica
Haven
Charlestown
Boston
Marion Manola
MacArthur to lead combined Philippines civil military rule
Washington dispatch reports Maj. Gen. MacArthur will head a unified civil and military administration in the Philippines starting Sept 1 with the Taft commission. The commission will sit in Manila, handle legislative tasks, establish civil service, regulate marriages and schools, and work with the military while addressing insurgent and Chinese influence concerns.
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Washington, D. C
MacArthur
Philippines
Taft
Manila
Gen. MacArthur
Gen. Otis
United States
Market Trends Slump as Sugar Leads Decline on Dull Day
The day opened dull with a drift toward lower prices across most stocks. Sugar led activity, rising briefly to 1214 before retreating, while Reading first preferred slipped to 58 and Union Pacific inched down to 595. Reading directors declared a 1% semiannual dividend payable Sept 10.
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Atchison
Reading
Union Pacific
Boston
Boston & Montana
Isle Royale
Erie Telephone
Senate
Republican Party
Conner
Federal Steel
Rolston & @ass
Markets Report from Boston and New York by Bright Sears Co
Boston and New York markets are summarized by Bright, Sears and Company, noting price trends, trading activity, and notable shifts. The report highlights commodity movements, index changes, and notable sector performance with emphasis on financial instruments and market sentiment.
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Atchison, No, Pacific
East Boston Land Co
New York
St Boston
Cal
Bunco Men Target New England Farmers in Clever Swindle
Police warn suburbanites about bunco schemes that prey on farmers with careful pretext and staged profits. The piece recalls John Reed’s sensationalflight and details how swindlers select older church members with local ties, gathering info before approaching victims with bogus farm deals. Reed’s history includes multiple arrests and an 18 500 loss, amid ongoing regional swindles.
Swindlers Use Tin Box Hoax On Rural Farmers
A description of a rural confidence scheme where two swindlers pose as travelers and a drunken tramp. They lure a farmer and driver, bet on a three card monte variant, then induce the farmer to open a tin box containing fake money and a note. The scheme ends with the farmer trapped by a bogus empty box and a written warning. Reports of related incidents in Dighton Portland and Springfield. Reed's wife seen in Boston, police tracking husband.
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Dighton
Portland
New York State
Springfield
Reed
Boston
A Luncheon Served In Seven Courses
August Ladies Home Journal outlines a seven course luncheon plan starting with soup or fruit, followed by fish, a meat dish such as broiled chicken, a green salad with French dressing, and concluding with dessert, cake and coffee, suggesting various traditional options.
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Maryland
Charlotte
Journal
Teach Children Economy in Little Things
Teach children not to waste trifles which they often throw away without thought and which, if saved, might aid others or themselves. Wrapping paper, twine, and odds ends can serve a second time if kept for future need. Economy fosters future giving and prudent resource use, a virtue learned early. August Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
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