Mathews Temperance Institute Pays Off Debt in 1890 Mortgage
At a regular meeting the Mathews Temperance Institute voted to pay off a $1500 mortgage tied to property at 225 227 229 Dutton Street bought in 1890 for $11,000. The fund now holds $700 and another $800 will be contributed to clear the debt, marking a debt free milestone followed by a smoke talk and a banquet for Harvest festival helpers. Eleven new members were admitted and eleven proposals received, with Harvest festival proceeds totaling $1148.33 after expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews Temperance Institute
Dutton Street
Edward F. Slattery
Humphrey F. O'Sullivan
George L. Hunt
Patrick F. Nestor
James McGreevey
Bernard Kane
John Coughlin
John Lyons
William Quirk
Frank McLaughlin
John Donoghue
Joseph Cassidy
Napoleon Provencher
James M. Fagan
Patrick Nestor
Burke Temperance Institute Smoke Talk at New Rooms
The Burke Temperance institute held a successful smoke-talk at their new rooms at Central and Market streets last night with good attendance. Rev Fr McDermott of St. Peter's church was elected spiritual director and delivered a talk of value. Contributing attendees included James Miskella, Arthur Mills, Robert Lindsay, Peter Clain, John F. Murphy, John Drury, Martin Maguire, Thomas Flynn, and Edward Slattery. Officers to be elected at month end and installed at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke Temperance Institute
Market Streets
Fr. McDermott
St. Peter's Church
James Miskella
Arthur Mills
Robert Lindsay
Peter Clain
John F. Murphy
John Drury
Martin Maguire
Thomas Flynn
Edward Slattery
Manchester Star Pitcher Signs with St Paul Team
Jake Voltz, a key Manchester pitcher for two seasons, signs to play next season with St. Paul. Manager Smith notes Manchester loses a strong arm but trusts a replacement will prove equally valuable to the Queen City. Contracts for 1903 are listed with Concord and Nashua clubs, detailing players and terms, including Dr. A. S. Blough’s release to Evansville and Polcher’s move from Evansville to Concord.
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Jake Voltz
Manchester
St. Paul
Smith
Queen City
Concord
Nathan Pulsifer
Ambrose Kane
Ernest Ross
Thomas Doran
Eugene Moran
al Watts
Robert von Pagel
James E. Sager
F. H Smith
Frank Eustace
Nashua
Harvey Labelle
Ed. Hanscomb
Dave Duane
W. McNamee
L van Zandt
G. Wilson
J. A. Briggs
John Waller
A. S. Blough
Evansville
Ind
Laula Polcher
Are You Making Christmas Presents Which Require the Use
A short line reads as a prompt questioning if readers are crafting Christmas gifts that demand specific tools or techniques. It hints at a craft or workshop feature encouraging hands on holiday preparations.
SACHET POWDERS OFFERED IN VARIOUS ODORS
An advertisement offers sachet powders in Violet White Rose Helio trope Ping Pong La Treple and many other odors. Prices range from 25c to 60c per ounce with options to buy 5c or 5 dollars worth. Customers are encouraged to ask to see them.
Falls and Burkinshaw Successors to Blanchard
The advertisement notes Falls and Burkinshaw as reliable low priced drag hits successors to C F Blanchard at 418 Middlesex Copp. Northern Station Open 64 tw.
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C. F. Blanchard
Druids' Decay Signals End of Fraternal Order
Decline of the American Order of Druids follows treasurer Emanuel Harris's defalcation. Once 2200 members strong across 25 lodges, the group faces disbandment after a 3400 shortage and Harris's guilty plea and two-year sentence. Death benefits plans collapse with the order’s finances.
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Fall River
American Order of Druids
Pawtucket
Taunton
New Bedford
Brockton
Central Falls
Providence
Emanuel Harris
Wall River
Grand Lodge
Harris
Ex-Speaker Reed Struck by Severe Gastritis
Washington December 2 Ex-Speaker Thomas B Reed suffered a sudden acute gastritis attack this evening. Dr Gardner attended him and reported Reed resting quietly at 10 45 PM with improvement expected and no further overnight visit planned. The illness caused alarm among his friends but doctors signaled hopeful recovery.
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Washington
Thomas B. Reed
Gardner
Reed
Dr. Gardner
Mercantile League Alley Scores Report
F M Bill and Co defeated Wilder's clerks 2256 to 2129 on Les Miserables alleys. Caesar Misch's clerks beat Parthenais aggregation 1936 to 1711 on Les Miserables alleys last night.
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F. M. Bill & Co
H. H. Wilder
Clerks
Caesar Misch
Fire destroys Albany street lumber mill and injures three
A stubborn blaze in the L. S. Johnson lumber mill on Albany street caused extensive damage to hard and soft wood stock belonging to the Johnson company and Graves and Phelps. The fire started in the carpet cleaning shop run by J. W. Ross in the basement. Total losses reach $74,000 with three firemen badly injured.
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Boston
L. S. Johnson, Lumber Company
Albany Street
Johnson Company
Graves and Phelps
J. W. Ross
Graves and
Phelps
Carpet Cleaning
Engine collapses on Boston line. engineer killed
A Newton circuit train derailed on the Boston and Albany road at Brookline Avenue and Beacon Street. The engine jumped the track and toppled, pinning engineer S. B. Jones beneath it. Fireman Hawley and three passengers were injured. the boiler fire and steam delayed rescue for over an hour before death could be declared.
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Boston
Boston & Albany
Brookline Avenue
Beacon Street
Newton
B. Jones
Hawley
Mrs Leys Wins Life Damages in Central Tunnel Death
Mrs. Jennie M. Leys was awarded a verdict for life 000 damages against the New York Central railroad for the death of her husband killed in a collision inside the company's tunnel in New York City last January. A white knitted jacket is described as an afternoon tea garment though some call it a sweater. A Chicago professor argued a work run should support a family on 300 a year and should face a codfish and baked bean diet until wiser limits are reached.
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New York
Jennie M. Leys
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
Boston aristocracy of 1846 wealth and power in Boston
A Boston Herald excerpt recalls how wealth shapes aristocracy in 1846. It cites Sir Robert Peel as an example of money over birth and notes Boston's rise through English capital, trade, and later domestic manufacturing. The essay links city growth to moneyed merchants rising to prominence.
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Boston
England
Bess
New England
Boston Herald
Monkeys Thrive as Belle Vue Abandons Cold Cages
The Manchester 700 Belle Vue experiment shows open air treatment improves monkey health. Monkeys now choose warmth or fresh air as weather allows, with the famed doy en of the baboons recovering after exposure to open air. This humane shift follows findings that standard monkey-houses foster consumption, a leading killer in captive primates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Belle Vue
Westminster Gazette
Endowment Boost For Boston University Announced
Rev. Marcus D. Buell announced that a total of $206,000 has been contributed to Boston University as an endowment fund for campus use. An additional $50,000 is to be raised before January 1, 1902 by five Methodist Episcopal bishops and twenty presiding elders of the New England conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Marcus D. Buell
Boston University School of Theology
Methodist Episcopal Church
New England Conference
Child Restored to Father in Connecticut Court
New Haven Dec 2 Judge Thayer ordered 10 year old Lottie Wakeman returned to her father Charles B Wakeman after her mother Mrs Frank R Porter now of Norwich had taken the child during a July kidnapping incident. Court actions followed to recover the daughter.
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New Haven
Conn
Thayer
Superior Court
Lottie Wakeman
Charles B. Wakeman
Frank R. Porter
Norwich
Wakeman
Strike Commission’s Expenses Approved for Report
Washington December 2 The House appropriations committee directed Chairman Canon to report favorably on a bill granting fifty thousand dollars to cover the expenses of the anthracite strike commission.
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Washington
House Committee On
Canon
Cure a Cold In One Day Ad Promises Relief
An old advertisement touts a one day cure for colds claiming success with Bremonine tablets. It urges readers to buy from all druggists and states a money back guarantee if it fails. W Grove’s signature appears on each box as a brand marker. 250.
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W. H. I. Hayes
KB. W. Grove
Lowell
Fails & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
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Lowell, Mass
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