Reform Method Meeting of the Massachusetts Civic League
The annual gathering at the Educational and Industrial Union in Boston elected Edward Cummings as president. Speakers included Rev. George C. Wright on the Lowell branch, with multiple meetings hosted by Lowell officers. The league outlined aims to organize public sentiment, reform municipal conditions, and pursue specific improvements, noting the need for informed civic action and the role of women as overseers of the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Civic League
The
Educational and Industrial Union
Boston
Edward Cummings
George C. Wright
Lowell
League
Civic League
Frederic T. Greenhalge
Lincoln
George F. Richardson
Joseph Lee
William H. White
J. Eliot Cabott
Brookline
Raymond
de Toqueville
James Bryce
Board of Overseers of
State House
Commonwealth
American Academy of Social and Political Science
London Fabian
Lewell
Becaus
Saint Nick
Rock Farm
Mary the
Edward Bok
Curtig Publishing Company
Philadelphia
The Nail That Wore Down Health Legends
A rural essay ties neglect to disaster using the old nail tale and warns that ignored stomach problems threaten the whole body. It praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with patient testimonials and notes the medical adviser’s free 1008 page Common Sense Medical Adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
T. R. Caudill
Montland
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffato, N. Y
Lowell Reform Efforts Highlighted by Uninformed Public Sentiment
The passage criticizes municipal awareness in Lowell, noting aldermen’ s efforts to improve city government and condemning voters who allowed uncertain opinions to guide decisions. It argues informed public sentiment will gain respect and calls for ongoing work to educate and organize opinion on charitable and reform matters for social improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Commonwealth
Increased Examinations Reported by State Civil Service
The 17th annual report covers Oct 1 1899 to Nov 1 1900 detailing rising examinations from 182 to 210, 2983 examined, 2511 men incl 57 veterans and 472 women, 1829 certified onto lists, 40 appointed with 559 men and 81 women, 56 veterans appointed under exemption, average exam age about 37, and expanded labor registration across Boston Worcester Cambridge New Bedford Newton and Everett with veterans among registrants and hires. The attorney general ruled veteran preference applies to promotions, leading to amendment of civil service rule 43 approved by the governor and council.
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Boston
Worcester
Cambridge
New Bedford
Newton
Everett
Charles Theodore Russell
Edward P. Wilbur
Charles H. Porter
Civil Service Commissioners
Christmas features and Kipling highlight the December issues
Ainslees Christmas number offers stories by Joe Lincoln and Eugene Wood and profiles like The D Artagnan of the Business World. Outing, Success, McClure's, and Ladies Home Journal present fiction, travel, and art, with Kipling’s Kim premiering in McClure's and a Confederate Last Days piece.
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Ainslee
Santa Claus
Joe Lincoln
Eugene Wood
Jack London
Alaska
Sergeant Heath
W. A. Fraser
Obadi Frye
Holman F. Day
Hood
Day
D’artagnan
George L. Fielder
William C. Whitney
Harvey Sutherland
L. A. Coolidge
Congress
Lloyd's
Samuel A. Wood
Lloyd’s
William van Horne
H. H. Lewis
Zanzibar
Allen Sangree
Germany
England
America
Ainslie’s
Street & Smith
New York
George Sird Grinnell
BE. W. Deming
Bob White
Charles H. Morton
Edwyn Sandys
Emerson Hough
France
Vance Thompson
W. A. Paillie-Grédhman
Dom Paul
Howard Hillegas
David Gray
Finch Mason
Theodore Cuvier Patterson
Long Island
Leonidas Hubbard
jJun
Horace Hutchinson
Cape Nome
James A. Henshall
A. Radclyffe Dugmore
Charles G. Davis
Charles H. Crandall
Elizabeth
Roumania
Carmen Sylva
Woman's Home Companion
Queen
Companion
White House
Walden Fawcett
Lilian Sell
Salzburg
Francis Lynde
Crowell & Kirpattek Co
Springfield
Ohio
Bethlehem
Edwin Markham
W. T. Stead
J. Henniker Heaton
M. P
R. Crockett
Christmas Ladies’ Home Journal
Lew Wallace
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Charles Major
William Perrine
Clifford Howard
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould
A. B. Frost
W. I
East
Orient
Rudyard Kipling
India
Anthony Hope
Dolly
Stephen R. Mallory
Navy
Le*bner
Mayfield Parrish
Jessie Willcox Smith
John la Farge
Alice Dyer
Henry Wise Miller
Johnny Bear
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Yellowstone Park
Arthur Colton
Octave Thanet
Crane
Francis Churchill Wiliams
Keller
Christy
Chapman, Guerin
Richard Hovey
Gertrude Hall
William Vaughn Moody
Bertha G. Woods
B. 8. Martin
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Blood Purifier
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal blood purifier and a friend of mankind. It urges readers to try the remedy if they have never used it, portraying it as a cure for all diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Boston and Maine Rail Schedule for Woburn and Connections
Detailed timetable notes list trains to Woburn and connections across divisions, including departure times such as 6.28 and 7.04 a m, Sunday services, and routes to Nashua Portland Manchester Concord Greenfield Hillsboro Keene and St Johnsbury. It cites lines via Ayer Junction Western and Northern divisions, Amherst Milford Wilton Nashua Manchester and Concord, and Montreal Atlantic routes with special daily and weekend variations.
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Merrimack Street Depot
Lowell
Boston
Middlesex Street Station
Lawrence
Salem
Mass
A. m
Haverhill
Newburyport
Amesbury
Portsmouth
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
N. H
Saco
Old Orchard
Portland
de Augusta
Bath
Waterville
Lewiston
Skowhegan
Bangor
Belfast
Rockland
St. John
N. B
Halifax
N. S
Montreal
Quebec
Eastport
Bae Gaatiig
Veer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Frank Jones
Woburn
Vbr
Ayer Junction
Itehburg
Nashua
Amherst
Milford
Wilton
Greenfield
Peterboro
Bennington
Hilllsboro
Keene
Hillsboro
Manchester
Warner
Bradford
Sunapee
Newport ON
Claremont
Claremont Junction
White Mt. Division
Plymouth
St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex
Jonction
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johna
Monetreal
Central Vermont
Montrea
Boston Air Line
Sherbrooke
Express
tDaily
wVia Western Division
Bedford
Wilmington
Tlekot
Hi. E Taft
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Blake
Whissky
Adams, Taylor & Co
State Ste
J. C. Fink
Yost
Rowan Co
N. C
Pierce
State Civil Service Commissioners
E. van Noorden Company
Massachusetts Ave
N. Aylman
Humphrey Moynihan
D. D
Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
William L. Sullivan
Anne Elizabeth O'Hare
Amalfi
Beautiful
Thomas L. Healy
Denis A. McCarthy
Edward F. Garesche
Barry Aylmer
Far East
Francis Penman
C. Ss. Howe
Edwin Abbey
Ladies’ Home Journal
Abbey
Europe
Central ST
Fair Grounds
Gorham Street
Powell Street
Coral Street
Bellevue Street
Midland Street
Highlands
Pine Street
Lowell and
Electrics
Belmont Street
Warwick Street
North Common
Pawtucketville
Centralville
Belvidere
CBCE
DODGE
A. J. Ryan
Hiltdretha
Elliott
Central Street
B. HH. Wiggin
Franklin Street
Srooma
Cali
H. A. King
Billerica
J. C. Bachelosr
Ceneral Street
M. e&Jnim
Appleton Street Presbyterian Church
Father John
Toas
Carleton & Hovey
Merrimack Street
Soo
Emolitt
A. W. Dows & Co
Cor
Merriment
Central Streets
Yder Sros
Merrimack Streat
William E. Fay
State St
Providence
R. I
Banigan Bidg
Sixth St
South
Emi Te
Opera House
Martin Robbins
Prescott Street
Father Joan
Railroads
Boston & Maine
R. R
Sey
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapous
D. J. Flanders
Gen's Pass
Bussion
New York, New
Iaven & Hartford
Middlesex Street
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