National Regatta on Quinsigamond Opens With Six Finals
The 80th annual regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen held on Lake Quinsigamond features a first day of three sets of heats and six finals completed in a mile and a half course with a straight eight. New York and Philadelphia lead in firsts, while crews from Baltimore and Winnipeg claim other titles.
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Worcester
Aug
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Lake Quinsigamond
Ernest George
Boston Athletic Association
Harvard
H. H. Crowley
Wachusett Boat Club
W. B. West
West Philadelphia Boat Club
E. F. Rivenas
Philadelphia Barge Club
New York
Philadelphia
Quakers
Pennsylvania Barge Club
Ariels
Baltimore
Winnipegs
Fairmounts
Wachusett Boys
Wachusetts
Clifton Boat Club
Staten Island
Cliftons
Harlems
Lone Stars
Ruvenus
Phiadelphia
Crowley
Diamonds Stolen From Brant Rock Cottage
Marshfield police and Boston detectives investigate the theft of three heirloom diamonds valued at $900 from the Brant Rock cottage of Mr and Mrs Edward Hixon. A lodge guest, a railroad worker, is suspected after the jewelry vanished while Mrs Hixon bathed at Ocean Bluff. A medium offered a description matching investigators notes amid heightened local concern following a prior nearby robbery.
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Boston
Hixon
Secret Service
Marshfield
Brant Rock
John Ford
Neck Road
KITCHENER'S LOOT TAKE TO TILBURY FOR QUARANTINE
The P and O steamship Orotava carrying Gen Viscount Kitchener and senior officers diverted to Tilbury due to smallpox quarantine rules. A lighter with relics from the South African war was taken to Gravesend by a tug, and four colossal statues were beached ashore.
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London
Orotava
Viscount Kitchener
J. P. D. French
Ian Hamilton
Southampton
Tilbury
Lord Kitchener
Gravesend
Andover Community Weekend Picnic and Town Improvements
Last Saturday Andover residents enjoyed picnics at Revere Beach and Lake Canobie, with John Batchelor leading his choir in camp. Rev F W Greene and Rev J N Lowell preached, Mrs Stephen Waites spoke, and Home Week events in TeWKs bury delighted many. Town improvements include macadamizing Main street, Mansion House renovations, academy heating upgrades, and the old gym becoming a dining commons, signaling a boom of development on Andover Hill.
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Tyer Rubber Works
Revere Beach
Christchurch
Lake Canobie
John Batchelor
West
F. W. Greene
Middletown
Conn
Free Church
John N. Lowell
Haverhill
Stephen Waites
Melrose Highlands
J. Tilson
North Weymouth
Baptist Church
Andover
Tewksbury
Main Street
Andover Hill
Sunny Side readings and local notices at Harvard
A Harvard community update notes a Sunny Side program on Holland led by Eleanor Willard with Mrs. Howard Stone and others, plus Miss Parry of Cincinnati speaking on Holland. It records the burial of Mrs. Charles Hapgood in Lancaster, a Congregational church service by Rev. Mr. Hill, August church closures, and various local residents and visitors at homes and events.
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Sunny Side
Holland
Eleanor Willard
Howard Stone
Luther Willard
Charles Hapgood
Lancaster
Fanny Foster
Oak Hill
Hill
Vermont
Congregational Church
Unitarian Church
Arthur E. Dyar
Chelmsford
L. W. Dyar
Eunice Colburn
Franklin
N. H
H. B. Royal
Augusta Lawrence
Harvard
Pain Balm Delivers Remarkable Relief for Wife’s Back Pains
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio, a reader of the Dayton Volkszeitung, reports that Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured his wife’s eight week back pain after a few days of use. He notes she could again perform household duties and urges others to hear of the remedy. The liniment is sold by all druggists.
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George Schaub
New Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton Volkszeitung
Chamberlain
Rainbow Mineola and Yankee Lead New York Yacht Club Race
The 79 mile New York Yacht Club cruise from Vineyard Haven to Provincetown featured notable winds up to 18 knots and a strong finish. Rainbow Mineola and Yankee vied for top spots with Constellation leading early before Rainbow and Mineola pressed the endgame. Rainbow won Class H and Elmina captured two cups in Class D while Constellation posted the fastest overall time.
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Provincetown
New York Yacht Club
Vineyard Haven
Constellation
Francis Skinner
Boston
Rainbow
Mineola
Yankee
East Chop
Ledyard
Corona
Rip
Handkerchief
Orleans
Nauset
Race Point
Orona
Elmina
Muriel
Amarita
Cape Cod Bay
Vanderbilt
Royal Phelps Carroll
Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Endymion
Quisetta
Katrina
Himina
Seneca
Quickstep
Shamrock
Charmer
Gevalia
Mavis
Indra
Agatha
Hester
Senta
Neola
Weetamoe
Caressa
Altair
Humma
Hebe
Fira
Eidolon
To Rent in Highlands and Centralville Tenements
Listing from T. H. Bulott at 64 Central St offering 3-room and 5-room flats in Highlands and Centralville. Prices range from 5.50 to 25.00 with steam heat and modern improvements.
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Highlands
Westford Street
Centralville
Mills
T. H. Buliott
Central St
Middlesex County Local Notes Run by County Officials
Supt. A E Kingsbury builds a tennis court at Main Street residence while Adelbert Tayi lies ill at his father’s home attended by Dr E T Rollins. John Brown plans a corn season structure assisted by E Phalen and O D Wood. Tax bills are issued with a rate of 10. Local church music planned for Sunday. Rev F P Wood preached at Littleton Common. A town stone crusher sits near Kelley’s Corner. Rev Bernard Copping to preach in Concord. Nagog highway work has begun. H F Tuttle harvests blackberries. Final band concert of the season set for next Wednesday. there was a ball but no concert last Wednesday.
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Main Street
Adelbert Tayi
Center Village
E. T. Rollins
John Brown
E. Phalen
O. D. Wood
Local residents and rail depot changes noted
Master Reginald Sheldon buys a car. Miss Ella Stanley vacations at Crescent Beach. John Tenny leaves the North Chelmsford depot for West Medford to become a railroad station operator. The new North Chelmsford depot day operator is John Hodge.
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Reginald Sheldon
Ella Stanley
Crescent Beach
John Tenny
North Chelmsford
West Medford
John Hodge
Birthday for Francis Benson at Tyrrell Street
Francis Benson of Arlington celebrated his third birthday yesterday by inviting playmates from the past two weeks to the Eklund home on Tyrrell street. A pleasant afternoon of games and sports followed with guests including Misses Blanche Eklund Ethel Eklund Flossie Eklund Marion Bolton Mabel Collier Elsie Stevens Louis Eklund Faulknier McKnight Raymond Stevens and George Morley. Francis will return home today.
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Francis Benson
Arlington
Gustave Eklund
Tyrrell Street
Blanche
Ethel
Flossie Eklund
Marion Bolton
Mabel Collier
Elsie Stevens
Louis Eklund
Faulknier McKnight
Raymond Stevens
George Morley
Oil Stove Burns Wakefield Mother and Child
Mrs Brandon E Shaw and her 18 month old daughter of Oak street Wakefield suffered serious burns when an oil stove toppled off a table and set the child’s dress on fire. The mother smothered the flames but both sustained injuries to the body and arms. Firemen and an emergency box aided relief until a doctor arrived.
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Brandon E. Shaw
Oak Street
Wakefield
Dunstable Home Repairs Near Church Mill
Mr. Lewis who purchased Mrs. Milliken's residence across from the church is repairing the buildings and windmill, making the scene seem more homelike. Boards from Proctor's mill are being moved to A. A. Flint's box shop in Tyngsboro.
Gran it eville Obituary and Local Notes
Mrs Penault wife of Alex Penault well known blacksmith for L P Palmer died here last Monday Aug 4 after a lingering illness. Funeral from St Catherine s church Wednesday at 9 Interment in Catholic cemetery Undertaker J A Healy in charge. Births vacations and deer sightings noted. malaria illness and Labor Day preparations mentioned. Rev J A Day to preach. William Irish sportsman boat refinished. B W
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Penault
Alex. Penault
L. P. Palmer
St. Catherine’s Church
J. A. Healy
Catherine Hanley
Forge Village
M. A. Healy
Portsmouth
N. H
Margaret Driscoll
Revere Beach
J. W. Bowker
F. H. Hildreth
Mr. Hildreth
Ayer
Ellen Murphy
Clarence
Fitchburg
J. A. Day
Weston
M. E
Anne Carmichael
Weymouth
George Irish
B. W
Townsend Town News and Local Incidents
Rev B A Willmott and family left for London to visit relatives. A house on Brookline street was partly wrecked by fire last week. origin unknown as family was away. J Lorenzo Hildreth died at Elm street home after long illness. funeral Friday. wife and siblings survive. Townsend taxation rose to 17.80 from 15.30. No Congregational church service last Sabbath. Rev J E H Rickard preached to union audience. Next Sunday Rev L P Causey to preach at M E church.
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B. A. Willmott
London
Brookline Street
Mr. Gilman
J. Lorenzo Hildreth
Elm Street
Townsend
Congregational Church
J. E. H. Rickard
M. E. Church
Brookside derailment and town updates in Westford
An extra freight engine derailed at Brookside while switching onto Senator Fletcher's quarry track and required hours to realign. George C. Moore advances mill works with a new flume under the highway. Stony Brook school well digging continues amid ledge rock, delaying water. An Aug 15 church vestry social in Westford aims to feature the Adams Family of Chelmsford. Blackberry picking begins near Chamberlin's Corner with possible camera snapshots of stylish attire.
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Brookside
Senator Fletcher
George C. Moore
Stony Brook
Congregational Church
Death of Allen G Parkhurst in Groton at 38
Allen G Parkhurst died suddenly Wednesday July 30 after an operation for an acute distress in Groton. An autopsy found a perforating stomach ulcer. He worked in the hay field that afternoon, leaving at 4 pm, and died from the distress. He leaves a wife, father, two brothers, and three sisters. Funeral was Friday afternoon officiated by Rev H H Gay. Burial was in Westford. The town held a special meeting Aug 4 to sell a parcel of town farm land. William A Gardner bought it for 1000. Other notes include local visits, family moves, and property sales in the area.
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Allen G. Parkhurst
W. A. Bancroft
H. H. Gay
Gale
Percy Benedict
William Peabody
Edwin Shattuck
George Prescott
J. B. Raddin
Charles
Fred Parkhurst
Charles H. Brood
Waldo Jewett
Westford
Annie L. Gilson
Annette Sheple
Grace A. Culver
Newcastle
N. H
H. Sawyer
Deacon
Alyah Wright
Sawyer
Marlboro
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Alice Sawyer
William A. Gardner
Groton
H. K. Richards
Blakeney
Lang Preacher at Carlisle Orthodox Church on Sunday
In Carlisle William A Lang of Lowell preached at the Orthodox church Sunday morning. No evening service was held. A picnic by the Unitarian society and Sunday school occurred at Lexington park the prior Thursday with over eighty attendees. Free boat transport to Bedford aided by George Gerowe and Alvah Carr, plus a later electric special, marked the outing on a sunny day. A lightning strike at Prescott farm damaged a barn cupola and window during a heavy shower, extinguished by Edward Ricker. Lizzie Berry of Chelsea visits Maria Taylor, and Rev W E Lane and spouse have left for Newtonville.
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William A. Lang
Lowell
Unitarian Society
Lexington Park
George Gerowe
Alvah Carr
Bedford
William S. Ricker
Prescott Farm
Edward Ricker
Ricker
Boston
William A. Clark
Lizzie Berry
Chelsea
Maria Taylor
W. E. Lane
Newtonville
Salvation Army speaker at Acton Centre pulpit
Col Gardner of the American Salvation Army spoke last Sunday morning sharing an account of his experience. Mrs Copping led the evening service. Mrs C B Sanders of Lowell and her children are visiting the Taylor homestead for a few weeks.
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Col. Gardner
The
Salvation Army
Copping
C. B. Sanders
Lowell
Taylor Homestead
The Sunday School Lesson on Lev xi 1 11 and Faith
A 1902 sermon summary teaching holiness and dedication from Leviticus ruler Nadab and Abihu Ananias and Sapphira cited. It emphasizes sanctified service, priestly consecration, and the eight Christian virtues faith virtue knowledge temperance patience godliness brotherly kindness and charity as essential to a holy life.
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Petar
Mary
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Apostle
The Spirit and the Method in Modern Christianity
The quotation contrasts the rich spread of Jesus spirit among disciples with the churchs temptation toward wild schemes delusive talk and credulity for ambitious adventurers. It warns of zeal and impulse outpacing common sense and cautions against reckless reverence for speakers whether prophets or charlatans.
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Jesus
Ian Maclaren
the Master
Contentment in Tor Sermons Reflects Essential Happiness
A brief aphorism from Windows Tor Sermons highlights contentment as the core virtue for happiness and usefulness. It emphasizes the steady value of gratitude and inner peace as guiding principles for a meaningful life.
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Tor
Her Angelina Sees Sunset and Divine Stillness
The poem recalls a woman named Angelina amid leaves and tall grasses hearing a sweet nature story at twilight. She witnesses a western sky glow, feels God's presence as daylight fades, and prays softly, inspired by a mystic, reverent scene in Philadelphia.
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Angelina
God
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Botha
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Woodwich Arsenal
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City Corporation
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Kitchener
Middlesex County
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Acton Centre
CeCercen
D. M. Stearns
American Press Association
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Abihu
Aaron
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Moses
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Abibu
Egypt
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Christian Endeavor
H. Doyle
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