Dracut Fights Tax Rise Blame Street Deflects
Dracut headlines blame the voters not the assessors for a higher tax rate rising from 13.40 to 15.50 per 1000. The piece notes last town meeting approved paying off old promissory notes and contemplates effects on school funding. Chief Cullinan resigns as police chief. C Frank Scott tipped for leadership if he accepts. Community groups at Navy Yard and Centre vow future push for temperance and good government amid local politics and social change.
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Dracut
William Cullinan
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Patrick Connelly
Connelly
Cullinan
Sladen Street
Scott
Navy Yard
Milford Baseball Seeks Championship Pitcher McCarthy
Eugene C. McCarthy of Collinsville has been hired to pitch for Milford in a forthcoming championship contest after recent strong showing striking out seventeen in a nine inning game. Local clubs Lobster Canoe and Alpine Canoe plan a Thursday night match at Lakeview alley, with Lobster represented by O'Brien and McCarthy and Alpine by Silk Costello and Marshall.
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Blue Clippers
Centralville
Eugene C. McCarthy
Collinsville
Milford
McCarthy
Lobster Canoe Club
Joseph Hart
Exeter Street
Alpine Canoe Club
Lakeview Alley
Lobster Club
Dennis O’brien
Joseph O’brien
Eugene McCarthy
Patrick Silk
Peter Costello
Warren Marshall
Rocco Merle
Salisbury Beach
Emile Houle
Daniel Bromley
Charles MacDonald
Harry Horman
James Mullen
James Brennan
William Tucker
Jack Brennan
John Fenlon
Edward Brennan
Harry Tucker
Thomas Horman
Patrick Laffey
Salisbury
Frank I. Hill
North Billerica Wedding and Local Sports News
North Billerica hosts wedding cards for John H. Mahoney and Mary Ella Cos-tello at St Andrew's church on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Capt. Mahoney aims to lead a league victory as North Billerica council faces Lowell 8 at Faulkner Park. T. A. & T. play Concord Knights of Columbus at Concord. Annie and Margaret Fitzpatrick vacationing at Old Orchard Beach. Frank Ryan of Waltham visiting James Bradley in Lowell. Flossie Heap, now in Plymouth, visiting grandmother Mrs. Perry in Lowell. James F. Delmege of Boston & Maine on vacation at local beaches. B F Kearney on High Street repainting his house. Thomas Maxwell of Cambridge visiting relatives, returning home yesterday.
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Caroline Smith
Old Orchard
Edward Higgins
Edward Roach
Collinsville
Harry Burke
Mary Burke
Amesbury
Messrs
Pringle
John Hanley
James Allen
Concord
John Booth
Salisbury
Whelton’s Field
Belle St. George
Cambridge
Dracut Center
David Walker
Joseph Kennedy
Harry Lee
Salem Willows
Lynn
Michael Joyce
T. S. Crowley
Joyce
Lowell
Navy Yard
George Mevis
John Hancock Insurance Co
Enos O'Malley
Canoble Lake
Minnie Rogers
Hattie O'Neil
Maine
Mary Meade
Salisbury Beach
Patrick Fallon
John Hanley, Jr
Beaver Brook
Blaggao Comassio
John H. Mahoney
Mary Ella Costello
St. Andrew’s Church
North Billerica
Snowflake Villa lawn party a grand Westford affair
Under a crescent moon the Snowflake Villa lawn party near Long-Sought-For pond drew over two hundred guests from Westford Chelmsford Tyngsboro Groton and Lowell. Music by Blodgett’s orchestra featured Miss Carrie Longmore and other performers plus Dorsette songs. Mrs Snow Myrtle Snow and helpers served ice cream and cake while a race between Arthur Blodgett and Mrs Dale wowed attendees.
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Fred Snow
Westford
Blodgett
Catherine Burke
Snow
Myrtle
Carrie Longmore
Stella Wilson
Myrtle Snow
R. Ellis
James R. Healy
Charles Upton
Isabell Johnson
Frank Loftusist
Lester M. Senna
George McCarty
John Mattson
Isabelle Johnson
Westford Chelmsford
Tyngsboro
Groton
Minnequa Council
Degree
Pocahontas of
Lowell
Hildreth Grove
Arthur Blodgett
Weatford
B. A. Dale
Mr. Briew
Community gathering praises hosts at late night party
A large crowd honored Mr. and Mrs. Snow and their daughter Myrtle at a party. Guests enjoyed themselves and left in the early morning thanking the hostess with a rendition of He's a Jolly Good Fellow for Mr. Snow.
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Mrs. Snow
Myrtle
Mr. Snow
New Horses Procured for Town Streets Project
Superintendent Kiernan buys a new pair of horses to replace aging stock for the State highway work. Preparations are complete to start next week. The weekly prayer meeting was led by Wm Chandler. Riverside park explosion aid work continues with John H Chandler assisting. Mrs Lillian Wilson returns to Winchester. Mr Cook resigns as conductor on the Lowell and Medford division of the Boston and Northern Street Railway. Superintendent Johnson will reside in Lowell.
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Kiernan
State Highway
Wm. Chandler
State Hospital
Andover
John H. Chandler
Riverside Park
Lillian Wilson
Winchester
Wamesit
Cook
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Lowell and
Medford
Johnson
Lowell
Concert and dances light up town schedule
A band concert in midweek featured Little Violet Barrows with her father A H Barrows on cornet and encore after encore. Mr Prince performed Only a Dream of the Golden Past to hearty applause. A Page Hose Co dance at Page's hall drew many out of town youths to a late night. The Silent club plans a town hall social on Saturday 29 with local attendance. Burglars probed two Pierce houses but were frightened away.
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Violet Barrows
A. H. Barrows
Mr. Prince
Page’s Hall
Page Hose Co
Perry
Silent Club
Littleton
Ayer
Bessie
Grace Boutelle
Dorchester
Cora Hardy
Hamilton
O. K
F. S. Pierce
Adams Family Return From Norwich Visit
Mr and Mrs H C Adams and family of Norwich Conn who have been visiting relatives here return Saturday They have been accompanied by Miss Clara E Griswold Fred G Cann having disposed of his ice route will sell his personal property by auction next Tuesday See posters.
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H. C. Adams
Norwich
Conn
Clara E. Griswold
Fred G. Cann
Durand Family Returns From Pleasant Hampton Beach Vacation
NORTH CHELMSFORD. Mr. H. R. Durand and family have returned after a very pleasant vacation spent at Hampton Beach and Cottage City.
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H. R. Durand
Hampton Beach
Cottage City
Monastic exile for controversial priest Cushing
Denver Aug 28 Bishop Matz announces Father Cushing long noted for his battle with the diocese is sent by Archbishop Falconio to the Trappist monastery at Gethsemane Kentucky where he will be confined for life. Bishop Matz will cover all expenses. Cushing aged 40 to 50, in poor health.
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Denver
Col
Matz
Father Cushing
Falconio
Gethsemane
Emperor William commissions Roosevelt lithograph portrait
Berlin reports Emperor William recently asked court painter Hans Frehner to create a lithograph of President Roosevelt. Frehner produced the image, two copies were struck, one to be sent to Roosevelt, the other retained by the Emperor.
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Berlin
William
Hans Frehner
President Roosevelt
Frehner
Roosevelt
Murdered Cuban Robbers Body Mutilated Bradley Colony
Washington August 28 Minister Squiers at Havana reports Ira C Bradley a California resident killed near Holguin Cuba on June 9 He was about 60 and had sought to establish an American settlement called the Bradley colony Robbery is given as the motive and the area is said to be infested by a gang of murderers and robbers.
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Washington
Squiers
Havana
State Department
Ira C. Bradley
Holguin
Cuba
Bradley
California
Conger Won't Consent To Shanghai Surrender
Washington reports state department officials say Minister Conger has been instructed not to consent to surrender of six Chinese subjects arrested in Shanghai for sedition. The consular body refused surrender per Chinese demand. United States maintains the Taotai agreement procedure should guide punishment in the settlement if convicted.
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Washington
State Department
Conger
Shanghai
Taotai
Ceiling Collapse Hits Kensington Textile Strike Meeting
In Philadelphia on August 28 a hall ceiling gave way during a large gathering of 3600 striking carpet weavers. Several injured, many women fainted in the panic. The delegates had just voted to continue the strike until manufacturers meet their demands as part of a broader labor stoppage involving about 60,000 textile workers.
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Philadelphia
Kensington
Usual Sequals to Polish Wedding Tragedies
In East Webster Anthony Peters and Martin Grets quarreled at a wedding and Grets was stabbed three times with one wound near the heart. Peters is under arrest. In Adams John Vajihowski a 24 year old Russian Polish man was found dead outside his home after a Polish wedding incident, reportedly due to a fall while intoxicated while attempting to enter his room.
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Webster
Anthony Peters
East Webster
Martin Grets
Potes
Grets
Peters
Porters
Adams
John Vajihowski
Vajihowski
First Cattle Shipment Since British Embargo
Boston August 28 Next Wednesday a shipment of American live cattle will depart from Boston port It marks the first since Britain imposed an embargo on New England cattle exports nearly ten months ago The cattle will be sent to Antwerp not British ports which remain closed to American cattle
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Boston
New England
Antwerp
Senators propose Alaska delegate in Congress
Seattle reporters note that Senators Dillinham Burnham Patterson and Nelson arrived after two months of northward Alaska inquiry. They oppose territorial government for Alaska now but favor granting Alaska a congressional delegate and hint at ongoing consideration of its status.
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Seattle
Wash
Dillinham
Vermont
Burnham
New Hampshire
Patterson
Colorado
Nelson
Minnesota
Alaska
Congress
Court fines Captain Chamberlain for smuggling at Manila
The court of customs appeals fined Captain Quartermaster Harry B. Chamberlain $500 for smuggling unmanifested duties payable goods. He was caught importing items in packages addressed to prominent military officers and families from Hong Kong while serving aboard the Transport Seward. A benefaction party for sufferers is set at Mohair grounds tonight.
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Manila
Court of Customs Appeals
Harry B. Chamberlain
Captain Chamberlain
Hong Kong
Seward
Beecham's Pills Proclaimed For Women Health Concerns
The passage notes women suffer ailments and weaknesses peculiar to their sex causing distress and anxiety. It claims thousands die from decline and consumption unless the evil is corrected in time. Time and trial allegedly prove the medicine equals Beecham's Pills in treating these ailments and restoring happiness and health. Millions of women worldwide reportedly use this medicine as their sole preventive for perfect health.
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Beecham
Beecham's Pills Promise for Middle-Aged Women Health
Beecham's Pills claim to strengthen and invigorate the nervous system purify the blood and lay the foundation of health and strength for women of middle age with full directions in the pamphlet wrapped around each box.
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Beecham
Grover Cleveland Attends Old Colony Club Gathering
Former President Grover Cleveland attends the 20th annual Old Colony club event at Mashnee Island Buzzards Bay. He praises the club and angling, jokes about fishing, and notes a nine and a half pound newborn in Bourne. Joseph Jefferson presides, with Collins and Atkinson in attendance. Officers elected include Jefferson as president and Hamlin, Reed, Tobey as vice presidents.
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Edward Atkinson
Boston
Jefferson
Mr. Cleveland
Buzzards Bay
Old Colony Club
Bourne
Cleveland
Patrick A. Collins
Joseph Jefferson
Charles S. Hamlin
Henry R. Reed
Girard C. Tobey
Charles H. Taylor, Jr
Exploding report spurs Balkan unrest notes
Sofia dispatch says there is no foundation for Vienna's claim of a tunnel under Prince Ferdinand's palace. The Porte tightens measures as insurgent bands threaten Adrianople vilayet. Turks flee to Constantinople. 800 moved to Basilika. Pasakul fight leaves 150 Turks dead after rebels break siege. Macedo nians plan a major cross frontier movement. Dneynik details a bomb on a train near Kulelli Burgas aiming to sever Adrianople Salonica links.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Vienna
Ferdinand
Konak
Porte
Vilayet
Adrianople
Autonomye
Seres
Constantinople
Basilika
Asia Minor
Passakul
Zontcheff
Dneynik
Kulell Burgas
Buda Pest
Martiza
Salonica
Grain Importers to Meet in Brussels Next Week
Berlin reports an international conference of grain importers will meet in Brussels next Thursday to seek a collective agreement to avoid purchasing American grain on American inspector certificates. Western European dealers complain shipments fail to meet certificate standards, causing large losses.
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Berlin
Bussels
Europe
Vatican denies report on pope ecumenical council
Rome from Vatican inquiries finds no knowledge of a news agency report that the pope planned an ecumenical council of all American archbishops to decide on withdrawing America from the propaganda jurisdiction and placing it directly under the Holy See.
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Rome
Vatican
United States
America
Propaganda
Holy See
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers
Foley's Honey and Tar affords immediate relief to asthma sufferers in the worst stages and if taken in time will effect a cure. Gondale's drug store at 217 Central Street Ellingwood & Co. corner Merrimack and Central Streets Carter & Sherburne corner Merrimack and Bridge Falls & Burkinshaw 418 Middlesex Street.
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Foley
Gondale’s Drug Store
Central Street
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Carter & Sherburne
Bridge Streets
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
Unexcelled Pen Offered on Coupon Plan
The unexcelled pen, touted as the best in every respect, is being sold on a coupon plan via Courier-Citizen and associated agencies set up throughout the city. Sixteen coupons from the Courier-Citizen plus sixty nine cents fetch one pen at any agency. The coupon appears in every issue.
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Courier-Citizen
Courier- Citizen
Pinkham Cures Attracting Wide Attention Among Women
Skeptics once doubted Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related medicines. Years of cures have built a vast army of thankful women, drawing notice from scientists and physicians who acknowledge the treatment's impact on American women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Wise
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