Chelmsford Gala Day Draws Large Crowd At Proctor’s Field
About three hundred fifty people gathered at Proctor's field on Main street Saturday for Court Wannalancit No 171 Massachusetts Catholic Order Foresters gala day. The event featured a seven inning Union of North Chelmsford versus Hillsides of Centralville game won by OConnell, plus boxing, quoits, and multiple foot races, with prizes and a closing social.
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Proctor’s Field
Main Street
Court Wannalancit
Massachusetts Catholic Order Foresters
North Chelmsford
Brull
Hillsides
Talbot
Ryan
Fournier
Manning
O’brien
Jordan
Chase
Dixon
Ullin
Guild to Give Lowell Children an Outing
Tewksbury report notes the Woman's Guild plans an outing for about 35 Lowell care children in Pleasant Street pine grove from 1 to 6 pm with hammocks swings and refreshments. Also mentions Rev W J Minchin preaching Miss Gertrude French soloist Almont baseball team beat Lowell Red Men 4 3 and local social notes.
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W. J. Minchin
Congregational Church
Gertrude French
Almont
Red Men of
Lowell
Miss Boutwell
Howard Foster
Etta Smith
Old Orchard Beach
Stella Morrill
Wells Beach
I. M. Locke
Norman Williams
Woman's Guild
Ellen O’leary
Pine Grove
Pleasant Street
Guy Brackett
Graniteville
Ayer
Fitchburg
Last Sermon by Rev Dale Featured in Billerica
Rev Mr Dale closed his summer sermon series with a talk titled Meditations on God. The church was prettily decorated with shumach leaves and berries. Miss Jennie Blodgett earned praise for her work. Dale departs for Florida next Wednesday on vacation. Various local notices include sports and leisure updates with residents traveling, births, recoveries, and a close call near the common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dale
Jennie Blodgett
Dale
Florida
Daniel Maloney
State of Maine
John Bull
Old Orchard Beach
Warren Proctor
Edgartown
Edna Fellows
Harry K. King
Fred Smith
Ee John Vernon
M. Chester Paige
Boston
Billericaid
Shawsheen River
Dick's Coffee Roasts Earn Patron Praise at Merrimack Street
Customers laud the fresh roasted coffees from Dick's Tea Store at 68 Merrimack Street, noting consistent satisfaction with the quality and flavor of the goods for home or office use.
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Dickson’s Tea Store
Merrimack Street
Excursion Point to Old Orchard on August 10
Old Orchard serves as the excursion point on August 10 with a round trip fare of $1.50 via the Boston and Maine railroad. Snacial train Meonoatese.
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Old Orchard
Boston & Maine Railroad
Meonoatese
Wigginville Library Adds Juvenile Books At Picnic
Winners announced from the twelve annual mission Sunday school picnic at Mulligan's grove. Anthony Bennett led multiple events. Stella Stead and Mary Scotland scored in others. A future trolley trip to Revere is planned. juvenile books added to the public library include Fairy Tales and The Heroic Life series. Mr. and Mrs. C H Parker enjoyed a Sunday carriage drive to Westford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Bennett
Geo. Allan
David Allan
Alvin Sykes
Jacob Wallace
Allan Buchanan
Scott Staveley
Annie E. Croft
Eliza Green
Susanna Wilde
Revere
Uly
Mythland
Gloria
Robinson Crusoe
Capt
Paul Jones
Ulysses S. Grant
Kingdom of Coins
Connerton
Signal Boys
Martha
C. H. Parker
Westford
Westford Boys Edge Littleton In Close Baseball Classic
Westford boys defeated Littleton 11 to 10 at Littleton Driving Park on Saturday. The win marks a second victory for Westford as Littleton realizes they have met their masters. Several social mentions follow with visits and a planned game between Collegian Herrings and Westford Pains on Westford common August 12.
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Westford
Littleton
Littleton Driving Park
Westford Boys
Littletons
Mary P. Bunce
Cross Island
South Essex
C. A. Kebles
Alice Howard
Miss Bunce
John Coyne
Charlestown
Murphy
East Boston
Daniel McLoud
Lowell
John Healey
A. Tully
Nellie Melvin
Mirs. Gaffney
Mary Quinn
Josephine Scanlon
M. Shea
Collegian
Village Voters Hit Summer Vacations Across Town
NO. BILLERICA Many residents scatter on summer vacations as Talbot mills close for two weeks until Aug 21. Employees are offered vacation work for carpentry and machinery setup, but most decline. Residents travel widely from Keene to Winooski and Salisbury beach while others visit relatives in Washington and Lyndonville. The note also mentions a 50 year railroad service milestone for Thomas E. Collins and a routine fire drill led by Foreman Nugent and Chief Buckley.
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Talbot Mills
John J.deavitt
New Hampshire
Vermont
Keene
N. H
Bennington
Windsor
Rutland
St. Albans
Winooski
George Dyson
U. S. S. Prairie
U. S
Salisbury Beach
Delores Foster
Ella Reilly
Lyndonville
Sherbrooke
Herbert S. Russell
Gardner
Mass
Paris
Robert Faulds
Salisbury
Nellie Hannon
Gertrude Maxwell
Revere
Edward R. Costello
Elisha Blake
New York
Joseph Heap
Hinsdale
Matthew H. Kohlrausch
Lyndonboro
Agnes
Jessie Allen
Gilbertville
Duri
Charley” Farrell
James Bradley
Lawrence F. Tighe
St. Andrew’s Church
Buffalo
N. Y
William Kerwin
Alexander Allen
William McBride
Thomas E. Collins
Collins
Chas. J. Nugent
Buckley
French Battle Fleet Sails for Cowes Festivities
Cherbourg August 7 The French North Atlantic fleet including two battleships three gunboats four armored cruisers and seven torpedo boat destroyers departed for Cowes to join ongoing Anglo French celebrations beginning today.
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Cherbourg
Cowes
Old Orchard Excursion for 1.50 Round Trip
Old Orchard Maine beach excursion set for Thursday August 10 by Boston and Maine Railroad. Special trains from Lowell Lawrence and South Lawrence depart early morning for the popular shore resort with a 1.50 round trip fare and return validity on the special service.
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Old Orchard
Boston & Maine R. R
Maine
Atlantic Coast
Boston & Maine R. A
Lawrence
Lowell
South Lawrence
Emi
Social Doings of Noted City Residents Mentioned
The piece lists local residents with brief notes of errands travels and incidents. Pratte narrowly escaped injury near St. Jean Baptiste church when boarding a moving car. Arthur Noval was knocked down and run over by a horse on Aiken street, injuring his right arm. The article mentions visits, relocations, and travels of several others including Miss LeBlanc, Miss Guertin, William Favreau, Narcisse Dumas, and Joseph Legare, plus doctors and Catholic Order delegates visiting Lowell and Boston.
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Pratte
Merrimack Street
St. Jean Baptiste Church
Young Pratte
Arthur Noval
Maurice Noval
Moody Street
Aiken Street
Campeau
Arthur Demers
Kinsley Falls
Demers
Wilhelmine LeBlanc
Salem
Cordelia Guertin
Rockdale Avenue
Lowell
Canada
Montreal
St. Anne de Beaupre
Bedford
North Eenessee
William Favreau
J. L Chalifoux
Narcisse Dumas
Lakeview Avenue
Joseph Legare
Butler Ames
Peter J. Legare
L’ Association Catholique
Rouleau
Lambert
Three Rivers
Lafleche
Caribou
Catholic Order of Foresters
Boston
Lamoureux
Stephen Rochette
Enthusiastic Fleur de Lis Club Meeting at Long Pond
Members gathered at their summer cottage for a lively session on routing business. Club Passe Temps prepared for an upcoming smoke talk in their Moody and Aiken streets rooms. Notre Dame de Bon Secour Society schedules its annual outing for Thursday, August 17.
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Fleur de Lis Club
Long Pond
Club Passe Temps
Moody and Aiken Streets
Notre Dame de Bon Secour Society
Conference on Canada History By Rev Fr Arcand At Boisvert Hall
Rev Fr Arcand, seminary instructor in Three Rivers, will lead a conference next Wednesday evening in Boisvert hall on the history of Canada. He is a graduate of Roman Universities and currently gives talks in several U S cities. The St Louis church choir from Centralville enjoyed a farm outing at Bouchard's in Dra cut yesterday with a full church dinner and after lunch speeches. After high mass the choir traveled home late in the evening. Rev St Aubin of Centralville's French Congregational church is on his August vacation and closed the church for the month. Many members attended the French Baptist church where Rev Isaac Lafleur is pastor. Lafleur spoke Sunday afternoon at Wildwood grove Westlands on God in the Piesh.
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Arcand
Three Rivers
Boisvert Hall
West Sixth Street
Canada
United States
St. Louis
Centralville
Bouchard's
Dracut
St. Aubin
French Congregational Church
French Baptist Church
Isaac Lafleur
Wildwood Grove
Westlands
God
Residents and Visitors Enjoy Brief Summer Breaks
A roundup of locals and out of town guests sharing vacation stops and visits around Lowell. Homer Turcotte returns from Canada while Joseph Marquis and Alfred Bernard plan stays at Salisbury beach and Yamachiche. family and friends host Alexis Lavigne and others visiting relatives, with various shorter trips to Marblehead Revere Beach and Michigan.
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Homer L. P. Turcotte
Canada
Joseph Marquis
Moody Street
Salisbury Beach
Arthur Bisson
Michigan
Alfred Bernard
Yamachiche
Eugene Lafortune
Lakeview Avenue
Lowell
Louisa
Emma Bourque
Sherbrooke
P. Q
Philippe R. Bourque
Alexis Lavigne
New York City
Eustache Bissonnette
Third Avenue
Henry Roberts
Parthenais Bros
A. Rayette
James Street
Eugene Dufresne
Merrimack Street
Revere Beach
Campeanu
Viaud
Diss
Marblehead
Antoinette Pare
Quebec
F. X. Morin
Runaway crash claims Miss Lizzie James in Brockton
Miss Lizzie James of Brockton was killed in a runaway accident near Main and Central streets. The buggy horse bolted, she was thrown from the carriage, striking the journal box of an electric car. She died several hours later at the city hospital.
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Brockton
Lizzie James
Child Killed by Car in New Bedford
Clare Choquette, 7, was fatally struck on Purchase Street as she ran behind a south bound car and was hit by an oncoming north bound vehicle. The child died moments after the accident in view of her mother Mrs. Furbishe M. Choquette of New Bedford.
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New Bedford
Clare Choquette
Purchase Street
Furbishe M. Choquette
Tank Exploded Off New York Launch Chester
The gasoline tank of the Chester, owned by Robert Ingall of New Jersey, exploded tonight. Eight people were aboard. two, Herbert Cater and William Adele from Paterson, New Jersey, are missing. Six others were rescued.
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New York
Chester
Robert Ingall
New Jersey
Herbert Cater
William Adele
Paterson
N. J
Chinese Merchants Sorry for Boycott In China
Washington dispatch reports Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce pleads to end the boycott on American goods. Merchants blame students and note widespread impact extending to the Straits Settlements and Singapore. State Department says Chinese government aid has been obtained to stop the anti American movement.
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Washington, D. C
Rodgers
Shanghai
State Department
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
China
Chamber of Commerce
Rockhill
Chinese boycott resolves to target American bankers
Yokohama August 6 meeting of Chinese announced to be held today resolved to boycott American bankers shippers and insurance agents but deferred action on other lines of business.
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Yokohama
Lowest Round Trip Rates to Pacific Coast Points
Travel notice offers low round trip fares to Portland Seattle and Tacoma via Nickel Plate Road on sale daily until September 2. Some routes through California possible at higher rate. Special round trips to San Francisco and Los Angeles on sale August 6 to month end. Includes good return limit and stopover privileges. Write L. P. Burgess N E P A Old South Bldg for rates and full particulars.
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Pacific Coast
Nickel Plate Road
Portland
Seattle
Ta A
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
L. P. Burgess
Old South
Japanese Army Concentrates Forces in Manchuria
Lidiapudze Manchuria August 6 The Japanese have concentrated in front of the Russian armies 480 000 infantry with 1600 cannon This excludes General Hasegawa s detachment in Korea and another special unit whose destination is unknown Weather is good and roads are drying.
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Lidiapudze
Manchuria
Hasegawa
Korea
Hertzen Pleas for Russo American Alliance Echoed
In St Petersburg the Novoe Vremya reprints 1859 Hertzen article praising a Russo American alliance. It argues Russia should learn from American democracy, free itself from European prejudices, and emulate U S political and commercial success amid Russia’s constitutional era.
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St. Petersburg
Novos Vremya
Alexander Hertzen
America
Russia
United States
Novoe Vremya
Hertzen
Paris
London
Koloko
The
Bell
Hertsen
Philadelphia
Pacific
Democratic Republic
Rockport Will Leaves Estate To Town For Hospital Park
The will of Lean der M. Haskins of Rockport assigns 200000 to 250000 dollars in estate. He leaves Kismont residence and 40 acres for a hospital and park in Rockport, plus trusts for the Rockport Congregational church and other local churches. A sum for Carnegie Library books is planned, reduced by lukewarm library support. Adopted daughter Mrs Arthur Canfield of Montclair New Jersey and her child are provided for. The will is to be probated at Salem Monday.
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Rockport
Leander M. Haskins
Arthur Canfield
Montclair
N. J
Canfield
Salem
Clean Homelike Tenements Headquar ters Ad Tone
Advertisement urges readers that clean homelike tenements are available for small families at low rents. It invites inquiries and presents the agency as the central headquarters for such housing options. The note signs off with a prompt to call if a moving plan comes to mind.
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Ewin
Peerless
NO. Chelmsford
Sessesstones
Harry Clark
West Chelmsford
Edward Hastings
James Flannery
William Clinton
John O'Connell
George C. Moore's Mill
Chelmsford Foundry Company
Moore Spinning Company
Tthe
Chelmsford Foundry
Moore Spinning
Foundryteam
Independents
George C Cess
Moore
Carl Ripley
Walter Gandette
William Bambridge
George Ranger
James Long
James Haggerty
Felix Constantino
Patrick Qualey
Moore’ Spinning ‘Company
Robert Alderton
William Popend
Merrill Gagne
Rosinna McTeague
Esther Pope
Walter Jattto Hell
James Kane
Rosan McTeague
André Kane
Archteston
William
Prriggin
Ra McNally
John Y
James P. Dunnijam
George FB
O'Neil Joseph
Carpentier
John H. McEnaney
Jas. B. McQuaid
Henry O. Miner
John Curran
Young Union Baseball Club
Wotton’s
Kane and
Stanley
McCarty
Harrington
Fred Vinal
Edwards Avenue
John McNamara
Emili Gauthier
Crystal Lake
Dunstable
Robert W. C. Jones
Emma Jones
Peter O'Connor
Tewksbury
Billerica
Wigginville
Nual Picnic
Mission Sunday School
Mulligan’s Grove
Sterling, Jones’s
Harvard Aleson
NO. Billerica
Bostont & Maine
R. R
Miss James
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