Dracut Rejects School Annex at Special Meeting
Dracut’s late afternoon town gathering ended in a decisive turn against building a four room annex for the Collinsville school. Amid heated debate and interruptions, the meeting rescinded the previous vote to erect the annex, with discussions touching on site choices, road widening, and road funding, culminating in adjournment without further action.
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Dracut
Dracut Centre
Collinsville
Kickers
Gayton M. Hall
Hall
Charles E. McCarthy
McCarthy
Geo. B. Brown
Floyd
Allen
Beaver Brook
Charles Cutter
Brown
Ledge Hill
Lowell
Michael Whelton
Cutter
Hazen Stickney
Norman Peavey
Frank Foss
Peavey
Navy Yard
Linden Street
Geo. H. Stevens
Pleasant
Hildreth Street
Stevens
John Peabody
Belden Colburn
Bridge Street
Jam H. Anderson
Whier
Gallagher
O. J. Coburn
Selectmen appoint Ripley to registrars board in place of Pigott
At the monthly session the selectmen named George H. Ripley of the North village as a registrar, replacing Preston L. Piggott who was removed from town. The funeral of Matthias Hutchins occurred Sunday afternoon with prayers at home and a service at the Congregational church in Carlisle and burial afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Ripley
North Village
Board of Registrars
Preston L. Piggott
Matthias Hutchins
Congregational Church
Carlisle
Public Auction Sells Calv in A De catur Estate at Westford Depot
The estate of the late Calvin A De catur at Westford depot sold Saturday August 18 to Byron H Brough of Dun stable for 800 dollars. The article notes the sale counters claims that assessed values exceed actual values and cites other tested sales. Nearby repairs on Brookside bridge are complete and the dam waste gate closed. Weather improved crops prospects despite a drought threat. Dea Daniel Atwood broke ribs in a tree fall, his son in Chelmsford injured in a separate fall.
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Calvin A. Decatur
Westford Depot
Byron H. Brough
Dunstable
Brookside
Dea
Daniel Atwood
Chelmsford
Deaths of Charles H Waterhouse and Rev Royal H Pullman
Charles H Waterhouse head of the dairying department at New Hampshire college dies in Durham after a long cancer illness. Rev Royal H Pullman universalist pastor in Baltimore and longtime church leader dies at his Thousand Islands summer home. details of his ministry and family provided.
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Charles H. Waterhouse
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
Durham
Joseph Waterhouse
Barrington
Hale
Royal H. Pullman
Baltimore
George M. Pullman
Thousand Islands
Frances P. Pullman
Charles H. Smith
Evanston
George H. Pullman
Red Cross League
Dr. Pullman
Auburn
N. Y
Alcott
Niagara County
Fulton
Peoria
Aid for India famine relief fund appeal
The Christian Herald Bible House in New York solicits subscriptions for an India Famine Relief fund. It notes 500000 homeless orphans and says 15 dollars covers feeding clothing housing and schooling for one year. Four cents a day supports a laborer. Donations of any size are welcome and funds are administered impartially by an inter denominational committee with denomination and gender choices for orphans.
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the Christian Herald
Bible House
New York City
India
Christian Herald
The Hot Wave Rages Through City Heat Records
The city endures a blistering heat wave as temperatures flirt with the century mark. Merchants report sizzling ice cream and soda sales while streetcars and offices suffer from heat malfunctions. Two children died at the city farm and another at a hospital from the heat, underscoring the deadly impact of the day.
Burdock Blood Bitters Touted For Indigestion Relief
Fragmentary text claims Burdock Blood Bitters strengthen the stomach and aid indigestion, describing tonic effects and benefits. No clear attribution or context is present to confirm product origin or date.
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Fialf
Burdock
Sugar Stocks Slump as Market Weakness Persist
Sugar tumbled in early trading opening at 121 then slipping through 118 and 119 before noon while other equities such as B I T and People's Gas showed volatility. Copper and related stocks moved with mixed signals as analysts warned of further declines though some anticipate a brief recovery before the presidential campaign. Reports note August copper shipments rising and Isle Royale work advancing with a push to start the stamp mill ahead of schedule.
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St. Paul
Boston
Montana
Tamarack
Waldorf
People’s Gas
Rolston & Bass
Bears
Wormsers
Isle Royale
Boston and New York Markets Decline Slightly
Bright reports today that the Boston and New York markets closed with modest losses as traders watched Sears 40 turn lower amid cautious trading. Investors sought bargains while margins remained tight across major exchanges.
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Boston
New York
New York Police Quell Several Small Riots
Across New York on Sunday, tensions from the Saturday shooting of white messenger John Brennan by a Black man escalated into multiple clashes. Whites attacked Black individuals, police intervened, and arrestees included Frank McPyke and George Meyer. A church gathering near Bridge Street led to further unrest and crowds outside the pastor's residence.
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New York
John Brennan
John Davis
Lamplighter
Brennan
Davis
James Arnold
64Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Alexander Ballentine
Frank McPyke
60Th Street
McPyke
Joseph Doyle
59Th Street
John J. Clearey
William Hopson
West 60Th Street
West End
Hopson
Clearey
George Meyer
Meyer
William
Henry Rapp
Adam Johnson
Bridge Street
Brooklyn
John M. Henderson
James L. Edwards
Board of Trustees
Edwards
Kedwards
Old Orchard Beach Promises Fun for Lowell Visitors
The article extols Old Orchard Beach as a premier recreation spot with a vast sandy shore, the world’s largest ocean pier, a casino dining hall, concerts, vaudeville, dancing, and plentiful bathing facilities. It notes a $1.60 Boston & Maine excursion train from Lowell on Thursday August 30, with a special 8 15 a m Middlesex Street departure.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard
Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
Middlesex Street Station
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Mr. Coburn
Mr. Gallagher
Coburn
John Peabody Wanted To Know What Authority the Selectmen
Selectman
Geo. Stevens
Selectman Gallagher
Geo. F. Tucker
Selectmen
Mr. Tucker
Tucker
Board of Selectmen
Westford
AID For India
Mercury
Solend
Old Sol
Carter & Sherburne
Hallie Erminie Rives
Fall River
American Linen
Border City
Davos
Granite
Sagamore
Seaconer
Shore
Mechanics
Washington Star
Harry Richardson
Merrimack Square
Stock Market
J. Overton Paine
B. R T
Sugar
Russell Saga
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Brooklyn Bridge
Cochiti
Bright
Sears
Atchison
Union Pac Pref
U.S. Leather
Wabash Pid
Wheeling & L. E
Boston & Maine
Fitchburg
Arcadian
Bingham
Butte & Boston
U.S. Oil
IG Genero Accon Isle Royale
Gia She Osceola
Parrot
Alby Tamarac
Utah
Mont
Rogers Hall School
B. B. Underbill
Prinewme
Sewell, Wonday
Pollard & CO
Palmer Street
Merrimack Street
A. G. Pollard
C.Q
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Sts
Butterick
Middle Streets
Mercantile Printings' Dais
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