Middlesex Women's Club Programs and Musings
A Middlesex Women's Club note details December meetings including a December 8 class on Spain poetry and music led by Mrs Burrows with readings and piano and violin solos. A December 1 event features Marion Craig Wentworth performing The Sunken Bell with La Chaumer music. The item also reports humorous remarks on lost articles, browntail moth nests, and quotes about belief.
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Burrows
Spain
Nourse
Mabel Hall
Alice Perham
Jean Sherburne
Agnes Williams
Colonial Hall
Marion Craig Wentworth
Boston
Gerhart Hamptmann
Aime la Chaumer
Salem Track Executive Sought Pool Information
Andrew Miller of New York, president of the New England Breeders Club, met with Governor John McLane in Concord to discuss the $1,000,000 Salem racing track near the Massachusetts line. A state committee investigates how the club’s charter was obtained and whether pool selling will be allowed next summer. Both men declined comment.
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Concord
N. H
Andrew Miller
New York
New England Breeders Club
John McLane
Council
State House
Miller
McLane
Salem
Massachusetts State Line
The
State Sunday School Association
Reform School adopts Honey and Tar cough remedy
J. G. Gluck, superintendent at Pruntytown West Virginia Reform School, states after trying all advertised medicines they will use Honey and Tar exclusively. He claims it is the most effective and harmless. Distributed by Falls & Burkinshaw at 418 Middlesex Street and Thorndike Street.
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Reform School
J. G. Gluck
Pruntytown
W. Va
West Virginia Reform School
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex St. Cor
Thorndike St
Beef a la Mode Cunning Culinary Crinkies
A historic recipe describes preparing beef to tender perfection with salt pork, a vinegared broth, onion, cloves and pepper. The dish bakes slowly in an earthen dish with steam, then is served with thickened sauce, carrot straws and potato balls. Alice E. Whitaker signs off.
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Alice E. Whitaker
Wonders Revealed by Submarine Research
Middlesex Women's Club hosted Dr. Charles Lincoln Edwards for an illustrated Oceanology lecture. He described deep sea navigation, the Prince of Monaco's net, and drag-nets used by naturalists. He noted the United States built the Albatross as a leading research vessel.
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Middlesex Women's Club
Charles Lincoln Edwards
Jules Verne
Monaco
United States
Opera House Delivers Largest Vaudeville Show Yet in Lowell
The Lowell Opera House opened a major vaudeville week featuring Keith circuit guest Paul Keith from Boston who lauded the lineup. Acts include Les Roberts from Europe with a fast whirlwind waltz, Charlies W. Littlefield's impersonations, DeWitt Torrence and Burns toy fantasy, Hines & Remington, Will Rogers as king of the lariat, the Three Roses string trio, Gallagher Barrett in Stocks and Bonds, the Four Londons aerialists, and a long film The Train Wreckers. Show runs daily with matinee and night performances, expected to draw record crowds.
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Lowell
Opera House
Paul Keith
Keith
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Les Roberts
Europe
Germany
France
British Isles
Simon
Charlies W. Littlefield
Mr. Littlefield
DeWitt
Torrence
Burns
Domino
Will Rogers
Plains
Rogers
Prairies
Bunkie
Clarissa
Vaude Ville
Gallagher & Barrett
One Last Effort to Save the Woman
Hoosick Falls, N Y December 4. Charles A McCarthy of Hoosick Falls will confer with Mesers Butler and Moloney of Rutland and EB B Flynn of Springfield Vt to seek legal efforts to save Mabel Rogers from the gallows at Windsor Vt. The conference is final and one attorney will be chosen to approach Gov Bell on Thursday or Friday in her interest.
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Hoosick Falla
N. Y
Charles A. McCarthy
Hoosick Pails
Rutland
Mesers, Butler and Moloney
EB B. Flynn
Springfield
Mabel Rogers
Windsor
Gov. Bell
Ocean Depths Exhibit Promises Submarine Wonders
A lecture highlighted Albatross and Argonaut demonstrations as Agassiz showcased advances in deep sea study. The hydroscope and submarine inventions lit the ocean floor, revealing phosphorescent creatures, squid with field glasses, and sea serpent lore, with coral forests and glasslike forms captivating naturalists.
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Agassiz
Columbia University Drops Football as Animal Basis Profits
Nicholas M. Butler, president of Columbia, endorses abolishing football in a college daily letter. He argues the game is a profession, not a sport, requiring only a few to participate and rests on a moral foundation rather than physical prowess.
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New York
Columbia University
Nicholas M. Butler
Columbia
College Daily
Canadian Club Dinner in Boston Highlights Holiday Spirit
The Canadian Club of Boston held its seventh annual dinner in the new clubhouse banquet hall decorated with American and British colors. Guests included Hon. H. R. Emmerson Canadian minister of railways and canals, J. J. Williesen editor of the Toronto News, Henry M. Whitney of Boston, Prof. F. C. De Sumichrast president of the Victorian Club and British Vice Consul A. Woodhouse.
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Boston
Canadian Club of
H. R. Emmerson
Larceny Suspects Held on Writ in Haverhill Jail Case
Clara F Ameridge alias Clara Armitage alias CC J Saw yer alias J Ayers Elsie Thayer and others tied to larceny in East Brookline and Winchester. They fled from Charles Street jail, a writ of habeas corpus issued marking larceny from PF Thayer Co and Perley two years. Identified as purchaser. Held in 80.
Searchlight Saves Her From oncoming train near Lawrence
Last night an elderly woman walking the railroad near Belle Grove wandered onto the tracks as a car to Lawrence approached. The motorman stopped after spotting her by the river view curve. She could not recall her address but is believed to live in Centralville and was taken to the station for care.
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Lawrence
Belle Grove
Centralville
Lowell
Hardy
Beech Street
Peabody Named Next President of Mutual Life
New York December 5 The Herald reports Charles A Peabody will be elected president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company at a board meeting tomorrow Frederic Cromwell will become vice president and Emory McClintock actuary and second vice president Peabody is a director in several national banks and serves on the boards of Illinois Central Union Pacific and Delaware and Hudson railroads as well as trustee in other financial institutions
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New York
the Herald Today
Charles A. Peabody
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Peabody
Frederic Cromwell
Emory McClintock
Mutual
Illinois Central
Union Pacific Railroads
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Fire causes $30,000 damage in Middleboro
A blaze in Middleboro early today threatened the business district and destroyed property valued at $30,000. Jones Brothers undertakers and furniture dealers suffered about $25,000 in losses, with the Miller Company grocery store and other nearby shops also damaged. Two small homes caught fire but suffered little. The origin remains unknown.
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Middleboro
Jones Brothers
Miller Company
W. H. Ladbury
Thomas Clark
Young Italian falls to death in Pawtucket mill well
Dec 4 in Pawtucket Rhode Island a laborer known as Pete believed to live on Ledge street Providence died instantly after plunging into an elevator shaft at D Goff and Son mill during construction of an addition. He sustained a fractured skull in the accident.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Pete
Ledge Street
Providence
D. Goff and Son
Goff
Eugene L. Jacques Dead in Waterbury Theatre Boss
Eugene Leslie Jacques, a noted Connecticut theatrical manager and owner of Jacques Theatre in Waterbury, died today in Milford at age 50. He was among the state’s best known figures in theater management.
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Milford
Conn
Eugene Leslie Jacques
Waterbury
Connecticut
Jacques Theatre
Reduced Rates to Southern Winter Resorts by Royal Blue Line
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces lower excursion fares to Southern winter resorts via New York and Washington effective December 1. A sample fare is 54 dollars for Boston to Jacksonville round trip with other reduced rates to stopovers. Contact J B Secatt, agent, for schedules and details at Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offices.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Royal Blue Line
New York
Washington
Boston
Jacksonville
Alliance
Cr Onvons J. B. Secatt
Neway _ anse we
Baltimore & Ington St
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