Sea board Air Line passes into new hands in deal
Ladenburg Thalmann announces new and complete interests identified with the Seaboard Air Line. B I Yoakum H Clay Pierce and Okleigh Thorn elected voting trustees while B F Yoakum H Clay or Thorn and S B Van Orst named directors. Frisco outlets to tidewater ports include Norfolk Wilmington Savannah Charleston Brunswick Fernandina Jacksonville St Augustine Cedar Key connection noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seaboard Air Line
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
Rock Island
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seaboard Directorate
Board of Voting Trustees
Seaboard Air Line Company
B. I. Yoakum
H. Clay Pierce
B. I. Guiness
Okleigh Thorn
North American Trust Company
Seaboard
John W. Williams
B. F. Yoakum
H. Clay
S. B. van Orst
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Mr. Yoakum
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railway
J. P. Morgan & Co
St. Louis and Frisco
Norfolk
Wilmington
Savannah
Charleston
Brunswick Fernandina
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Frisco
Cedar Key
Rocksland
Birmingham
United Sates
F. R. Pemberton
R. C. Davidson
Baltimore
BH. B. Addison
Richmond
W. W. Mackall
Savanah
Morgan
Southern Railway
Thomas F. Ryan
Southern
Mr. Morgan
Louisville and Nashville
Louisville
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Laws of
Virginia
Richmongs, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad
Tampa
Fla
Montgomery
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Bay Line Steamship Company
Baltimoore
Rochambeau Royal Arcanum Council Bows to Death of Louis Richards
The Rochambeau Council No. 2064 Royal Arcanum met at Odd Fellows hall with Regent Thos J Goyette presiding. They voted to drape the charter and regent's tribune for 30 days to mourn Louis E Richards and approved condolences from several councils and officers. A new secretary, Rodolphe Vigneault, was elected, and by laws were adopted along with a condolence resolution detailing Richards steady service and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goyette
Rodolphe Vigneault
O'Sullivan Brothers
Richards
Rochambeau
Centralville
Industry
Highland
Lowell
Louis E. Richards
J. E. Lamoureux
Messrs
Jos. A. Legare
David A. Parthenais
Mass
Rochambeau Council
Royal Arcanum
Joseph E. Lamoureux
Joseph A. Legare
David A. Parthenaits
R. A
Senators leave Warwick Neck for New York after currency talks
Providence dispatch reports Senators Aldrich Spooner Allison and Platt, who have been consulting at Warwick Neck since Monday on a currency measure for the Senate Finance Committee, departed for New York. It is not announced whether the committee finished its work or if the senators will return tomorrow. Grand carnival Willow Dale will feature a water parade tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Aldrich
Spooner
Allison
Platt
Warwick Neck
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
New York
Alison
Patrol Duty Orders Affect Revenue Cutters
Secretary Shaw issued an order detailing eight vessels of the revenue cutter service to patrol the course. The policy on passenger admissions was tightened with only three cutters allowed to carry passengers. Onondaga and Algonquin require permits from the secretary or assistant secretary, while Gresham permits must be signed by the New York port collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shaw
Revenue Cutter Service
Onondaga
Algonquin
Gresham
New York
Widow Maria Sloan Dies After Lingering Illness in Ashland
Mrs. Maria Sloan widow of Samuel Sloan aged 65 died early Wednesday after a long illness. Survived by sister Mrs. Charles Holt of North Chelmsford and step-daughter Miss Margaret Sloan. Funeral from the house Friday at 2 p.m. The narrative shifts to a separate hospital case involving Mrs. Cunningham, with extensive testimony on care and moves to Tewksbury and the surrounding legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Sloan
Samuel Sloan
Alden
Martha Robbins Pinny
Charles A. Holt
North Chelmsford
Margaret Sloan
Miss Sloan
Sloan
Baptist Church
Chase at sea between Silver Spray and Canadian Petrel
Erie, Pa. Aug 12 The Silver Spray a Erie fishing boat returned to port badly battered after a mid lake chase with the Canadian revenue cutter Petrel. Authorities report 20 shots fired striking the Spray injuring Frederick Culver in the leg. Captain Chris Chau escaped to port. The Petrel pursued briefly before yielding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Midlake
Petrel
Chris Chau
Chau
State Department
Washington
Loomis
Frederick Culver
Congregational Sunday School Picnic at Canobie Lake
The Congregational Sunday school held an annual picnic at Canobie Lake in fine summertime weather. A special car from Foster's turnout carried riders to Lowell, with a brief cow collision en route causing no serious damage. The event featured a Tewksbury Juniors versus Lawrence team baseball game and a 12 o'clock tent dinner, while afternoon sports were canceled due to absent committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Canobie Lake
Foster
Lowell
Merrimack Square
Tewksbury
Lawrence
Lawn Party Aids Tyngsboro Uni tarian Church Guilds
The Ladies' Aid society of the Unitarian church in Tyngsboro held a lawn party at Mr and Mrs Jesse B Butterfield home on Friday evening August 7. The decorated grounds tents and vine covered piazza created a reception room scene with music games and graphophone selections. About one hundred attendees came from Lowell Chelmsford Cambridge and New Jersey. Rev Mr Holcomb serves as pastor and the event reflects a hopeful future for the society and its unity with the Young People's Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Unitarian Church
Tyngsboro
Jesse B. Butterfield
Merrimack River
Will Sawyer
Lowell
Chelmsford
Cambridge
New Jersey
Holcomb
Young People’s Guild
Concord Tax Cuts and Local Obituaries Mark Week
Concord faces a tax rate of about fourteen dollars and thirty cents per thousand after valuations rise to about five million two hundred thousand dollars. Miss Harriet Buttrick, longtime town teacher and Reconstruction era worker for Black Southerners, dies at 73, with services held and remains cremated at Mt. Auburn. Judge and Mrs. John Keyes vacationing in Harwich, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery after generous neighborhood service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Harriet Buttrick
Miss Buttrick
Old North Bridge
Major John Buttrick
Steadman Buttrick
Loren B. Macdonald
Mt. Auburn
Mount Desert
Maine
John
Keyes
Harwich
Elizabeth Hunt
William H. Hunt
Bright's Disease and Diabetes claimed curable by Iron's Renal Compound
The advertisement asserts Bright's Disease and Diabetes are curable. It cites numerous U. S. individuals who allegedly recovered after using Iron's Renal Compound from Ellingwood & Co., druggists. It lists names, places in San Francisco, and urges sending for a pamphlet and becoming a legal agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
N. W. Spaulding
Spaulding Law Co
San Francisco
Adolph Weske
William Machin
Hubbard
Honolulu
William Hawkins
U. S. Quartermaster’s Department
John A. Phelps
Ashland Overseers Face Action Over Almshouse Move
In South Framingham Judge Kingsbury heard Ashland overseers allege to move a town patient from the almshouse to the State hospital at Tewksbury without a physician certificate or State board approval. The case centers on public charges and proper authority for transfer. Mrs James Cunningham, long Ashland resident, has paralysis and was briefly cared for by a Milford daughter before the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carney Hospital
Boston
Ashland
Cunningham
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Kingsbury
Wood
George Whittemore
S. D. Witt
O. B. Twiss
Tewksbury
Edward Carr
Henry Hogan
State Board of Charity
James Cunningham
Milford
Electric road delays loom in Graniteville a town meeting
Graniteville residents await Lowell and Fitchburg railroad electric car plans as surveyors depart amid quiet hold ups. Local events include a Boston harbor fishing trip for Frank Healy, Frank Furbush, and L Gilson, a missing train mishap, Miss Catherine Hanley vacationing in Portsmouth, a Forge Village relief dance funded by Perry’s Orchestra, and slated baseball games against West Chelmsford with a return match in Graniteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell & Fitchburg
Frank Healy
Frank L. Furbush
Gilson
Boston Harbor
Boston
Mr. Gilson
North Chelmsford
Messrs. Healy
Furbush
Catherine Hanley
St. Catherine’s Choir
Portsmouth
N. H
Forge Village
Lowell
Perry
Ayer
Graniteville Baseball Club
West Chelmsford
West Chelmsford Boys
Modern Athens Scenes Fire Funeral and a Wedding
Curious street scenes in Athens mix chaos and charm as Greeks parade in celebrations and disasters. Firefighters struggle with hand pumps and carts while bystanders crowd streets. Funerals feature loud lamentations and ornate coffins. weddings display crowns, candles, and a 200 guest banquet costing about 5000 drachmas. Athens hosts several first-rate hotels serving resident Americans and English visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
New Train Service Between South Framingham and Lowell
A daily weekday service begins Monday August 10 between South Framingham and Lowell via the New York New Haven and Hartford line. Trains leave South Framingham at 10 33 a m and reach Lowell at 11 30 a m, while the return from Lowell departs 2 30 p m arriving at South Framingham 3 27 p m with intermediate stops and connections to Taunton New Bedford Fall River and Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Framingham
Lowell
New York, New Haven
Mrs Lyman Denies Wood-Fetch Claim In Canal Drowning
Mrs Lyman, mother of the boy who drowned in the canal at the Prescott mills, states she did not send him out to fetch wood. The lad had left home only moments before the accident.
Curious habit delays in answering neighbor calls
It is noted that a woman who vigilantly lifts her receiver when a neighbor’s telephone rings rarely answers her own call promptly. She only responds after her line has rung at least twice, a curious pattern amid everyday communication habits.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis EB
Riverside Park
Willow Dale
South Chelmsford
Canadian Revenue Cutter
Tyngsborg
Ellingwood & CO
Graniteville
Greece
Europe
Cook
A. G. Pollard & Co
Eleydla
Russia
Oxfords
Dongola
Palmer ST
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