First Trinitarian Church Fair Opens in Y M C A Hall
Mt Vernon church fair opened last night in the Y M C A hall with attractive bazaar tables and a central flower pagoda. The college room featured booths in college colors illuminated by many lights and a detailed program including a drama The Red Chignon a flag drill athletic exhibition and college songs. Mrs S H Harvey and Mrs J W Coburn led the event for the Ladies Benevolent society and the fair runs again tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Harvey
J. W. Coburn
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Flowers
Millard F. Davis
Edwin Nichols
G. FE. Ames
Moses Little
C. W. Durant
Orville Robinson
George H. Boardman
Florence Dale
Orrin C. Frye
Arthur L. Button
A. J. Bates
C. G. Sherman
J. H. Moulton
Elizabeth Cox
W. Durant
Moses W. Emerson
George F. Kenngett
Amherst
Purple and White
Arthur H. Cashin
Florence Usher
Susan Edgerley
Christina Dewar
Bessie Stevens
Daisy Stevens
Brown
Brown and White
Lillian Whitehead
Ethel M. Merrill
Mabel Cragin
Daisy Hunt
Jennie Collins
Eva Whitney
Dartmouth—Green
Euphemia Mochrie
Jennie Mochrie
Lucy Tee
Roxie Henderson
Blanche Welton
Ethel Usher
Harvard—Crimson
Maude Ludwis
Addie Hamlett
Frances Hurd
Mabel Dent
Institute of Technology
Cardinal
Blanche Boardman
Nina Wood
Elsie Cragin
Inez Turnbull
Lizzie Estes
Annie Teel
Smith
Yellow and White
Laura Symonds
Maude Baisley
Gertruide Davis
Grace Boynton
Blanche Cover
Grace Griffin
Wellesley—Blue
May McNeil
Lizzie Jewett
Mabel Chapman
Annie Russell
Alice Peters
May Usher
Edwin Killpartrick
Yale—Blue
James Moody
Nelson Hill
Julius Book
John Stanton
Harry Whiteley
Bertha Spicer
Priscilla Precise
Corinne Emerson
Hetty Gray
Lillian O’brien
Fanny Rice
Marion Gerry
Lizzie Bond
Margaret Breen
Hannah Jones
Jessie Vassar
Mrs. Lofty
Helen Webster
James Goodchild
Ethel Bishop
Mary Kitchen
Mabel Carter
Ethel Pendexter
Ada Kitchen
Annie Peters
Maude Shaw
Gertrude Taylor
Walter Muzzey
Harvey Gamble
Nettie Studley
Nellie Fairweather
Millie Wentworth
Elnora Clifford
Faith Doty
Nellie Jennison
Corinne Person
Rena Landers
Mabel Palmer
High Street Lyceum Debates Ransom of Miss Stone
The High Street Lyceum held its second meeting at the church with Hon. Charles A. Stott presiding. After music and readings, a debate on whether ransom of Miss Stone is inexpedient favored the affirmative, while the negative urged ransom to aid a missionary. The program closed with mining anecdotes and election of officers and a planning committee for the next Lyceum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
High Street
Chas. A. Stott
Harriette Rea
Ernest G. Dumas
Emma J. Fuller
Sidney Whipple
A. M. Day
Elizabeth Spofford
Miss Stone
Lyman C. Newell
Philip S. Marden
E. W. Clark
C. W. Huntington
Dudley L. Page
British Columbia
A. I. Bacheller
Geo. A. Marden
E. G. Dumas
Edith Stott
C. W. Whidden
Sunday School Fair Opens At Fifth Street Baptist Church
The annual fair of the Fifth Street Baptist Church was opened last night at Odd Fellows hall, Centralville, under the auspices of the Sunday school classes. It will continue tonight with simple hall decorations and tables run by various class committees led by Mrs. Gancelo Leighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street Baptist Church
Odd Fellows Hall
Centralville
Gancelo Leighton
A. H. Vinal
Herbert Merrill
A. J
Thanksgiving School Event Totals From Volunteer Committees
Miss Jemima Leggett and Mrs Porter led classroom activities at a village gathering. Various classes managed tables for aprons, domestics, ice cream, galvanic battery, and peanut assortments under supervising mothers and teachers. An evening turkey supper followed with an orchestra directed by Mr. Yates and overseen by Leighton and other organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemima Leggett
L. F. Porter
Wm. Whittet
Alice Gilman
Eva Swann
Millington
M. J. Shattuck
Shattuck
Joseph Packard
Benjamin Rhodes
Ella Burton
J. B. Brown
Anthony Pheasey
Thomas Shaw
Jessie Fenton
Wilson
Bessie Leonard
Alexander Leggett
Herbert Merrill
C. W. Nevers
H. W. O. Millington
Porter
George Bunce
Fred H. Haywood
Gancelo Leighton
Leighton
M. M. Loud
Cheever
Lydia Neilson
Adam Shaw
Yates
Highland Methodist fair serves turkey supper by men
At Odd Fellows Temple the Highland Methodist church fair entered its second night with a turkey supper for about 250 served under Frank S Adams. Assistants included Smiley Gray Thomas Wotton Short Killpartrick Noyes Wilder Petrie Wilder Pearson Wood Mac Donald Slater. A comedietta Breaking the Ice by Miss Alice Livingston and Harry E Newell delighted attendees. The Ladies Orchestra provided music as the fair runs to its close tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Temple
Frank S. Adams
Messrs. Smiley
Gray
Thomas Wotton
Short
Killpartrick
Noyes
W. M. Wilder
Charles Petrie
Fletcher C. Wilder
Clark Pearson
Wood
MacDonald
Slater
Alice Livingston
Harry E. Newell
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Mt Vernon Church Fair Opens With Colorful Displays
The Mt Vernon Street Church held its annual fair and sale in the M C A hall last evening with good weather. An oyster supper ran 6 to 8 pm and will be repeated tomorrow. The hall overflowed with festive color as tables competed in brightness with crimp paper festoons and green, orange, pink, blue, and yellow decorations. Various booths showcased dolls, candy, a father and son table, a fancy booth, a mystery table, a pound table, and a central red and white flower pagoda likely to draw crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Street
Lorillard Declares Quarterly Dividend On Stocks
The P Lorillard directors announce a 2 percent dividend on preferred stock and 10 percent on common stock at the regular meeting. Continental Tobacco owns the bulk of both classes, and the 10 percent on common plus 6 percent already declared brings this year’s total to 16 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P. Lorillard Company
Continental Tobacco Company
Nippy Remedies Fight Cold With Honey and Tar
A wartime era advert promotes Foley's Honey and Tar to nip colds and la grippe in the bud. It warns against substitutes and names F. C. Goodale and C. E. Carter as providers. It touts Burdock Blood Bitters to strengthen the stomach and prevent indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
F. C. Goodale
C. E. Carter
Dracut Couple Wed at Groom’s Home in Dracut
William Town of Dracut and Miss Louise M. Berry of Lawrence were married Sunday afternoon at 22 Greenmont avenue. Rev. F. A. Kelley officiated in the Central Congregational church circle. A reception and lunch followed. The couple will reside at 2 Greenmont avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Town
Dracut
Louise M. Berry
Lawrence
Greenmont Avenue
F. A. Kelley
Central Congregational Church
St Johns T A Society vs Centrals of Lowell Opens Season
North Chelmsford reports the basketball season opens Saturday at town hall with a game between St Johns T A Society and Lowell Centrals. John McTague, newly married, received a handsome pipe from George C Moore's wool sorting department, presented by J Fred Mallalieu. Wednesday, the church Men's league met to discuss future work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s T. A. Society
Centrals of
Lowell
John McTague
George C. Moore’s Mill
J. Fred Mallalieu
Second Congregational Church
Men's League of the Church
Christmas fairs and sales in Billerica and Bil
In Billerica on Thursday December 12 the Baptist church chapel hosts a Christ mas fair run by the Ladies Benevolent Society with sale of fancy and useful articles and candy and an evening entertainment. Orthodox Congregational church in Billerica Centre held its annual Christmas sale with afternoon and evening sales, a supper from 6 to 8, and a short musical program led by Miss Hattie King. The vestry was decorated with flowers evergreen and holly and committee lists are noted for each sale table. A Muscataquid club meeting occurred last evening with plans to open its rooms for winter next Tuesday. Allen's band has suspended rehearsals for winter due to lead lack by Mr Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Orthodox Congregational Church of
Hattie King
Charles Wright
Douglass Turner
Samuel King
Roscoe Baker
Carrie Stratton
Thurza McElman
Cora
Mildred Bowman
Everett Ell
John Bull
Herbert King
Carrie Greenwood
Sydney Bull
Emma Holden
Mattie King
Georgia Jardins
Jennie Livingstone
Jennie Blodgett
Fish Pond
Harry King
Muscataquid Club
Allen
Mr. Newton
Local Social Notices From Billerica Events
The Whist club meets with Mrs. Maud Livingstone Thursday night. Baptist church women hold annual Christmas sale this evening. Billerica Historical Society plans its quarterly meeting next Wednesday. Residents head for warmer climates for winter. Edward and family Dickinson to the South. Sydney Bull and BE Richardson couples to Los Angeles. Mrs Tyler to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Livingstone
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Billerica
Los Angeles
Cal
Tyler
Italy
Ladies' Aid supper and program at First Congregational church
The Ladies Aid society of the First Congregational church held a well attended sociable in the church vestry last evening. Supper was served from 6 to 7:30, then a program with piano solos by Theresa Small and Carrie Dawson, readings by Kelley, violin solo by Nellie Hunter, accompanist Carrie Dawson, and song by Harold Patten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Congregational Church
Theresa Small
Miss Kelley
Carrie Dawson
Nellie Hunter
Harold Patten
New Hairdressing Saloon Opens at 73 Merrimack Street
The new store at 73 Merrimack street by Arthur Rhodes dermatologist opens with private parlors for hairdressing shampooing manicure and massage. The ground floor shop offers privacy no stairs and attractive windows with free samples this week and access to the Dandruff Cure and related products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack Street
Arthur Rhodes
Courier-Citizen
Rhodes
Rhodey
Uncle Sam
Maine
California
American Hairdressers” of
New York
Excellent Pawtucket church concert closes season
A well received Pawtucket church concert wrapped up a run of entertainments. The Jackson trio with soprano Mrs Jean L Sherburne and reader Mr J A McKnight performed Ripley's overture to the Siege of Paris and other pieces. Sherburne voiced hymns and songs by Rogers Chadwick and others to strong applause. McKnight delivered notable readings including dialects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
Jackson
Jean L. Sherburne
J. A. McKnight
Ripley
Seige
Paris
Rogers
Aubach
Chadwick
McKnight
Washington Committees Plan Week of Legislation
Washington leaders unveil a busy committee agenda with measures on restricting anarchy and antitrust, plus inter state canal and river projects. The ways and means panel advances the Philippine tariff bill for a Friday report and a Tuesday House vote, shifting to midweek timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray
Judiciary Committee
Henderson
Hepburn
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Democrats Oppose General Grounds in Minority Report
The record notes no vote was recorded as there was no request. A Democratic minority report opposing the bill on general grounds would be presented.
Cannibalism charge in Philippine court-martial
A U S court-m martial record from the Visayas district reports Raymundo Fonte killing his sleeping workmate Liberato Benfico with an oar then cooking and eating part of his body. Fonte was sentenced to be hanged at Capiz Pamay on the thirteenth instant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dee
Department of the Viscayas
P. I
War Department
Raymundo Fonte
Liberato Benfico
Fontes
Fonte
Capiz
Pamay
Westminster bridge plans seized for duty in Canada
Victoria B C December 11 plans for the new Westminster bridge are seized by the customs collector for duty. Prepared in Kansas City by Waddell the collector says 3000 in duty may apply. Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge plans seized for similar reason with 460 claimed on Seattle company plans. The provincial government appeals to Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Judge Blodgett Dead in Canaan New Hampshire
Judge Caleb Blodgett formerly of the Massachusetts superior court died at his summer home in Canaan New Hampshire after a paralysis stroke suffered last weekend. He was 69, born in New Hampshire and a Dartmouth graduate who began practice in 1860 and joined the Boston bench in 1882, resigning in 1900. survived by a widow and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
N. H
Caleb Blodgett
Boston
Massachusetts Superior Court
Blodgett
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Worcester
Mass
Superior Court
Butler faces two new complaints in police court
This morning Butler the suspected burglar appears before the police court with two new complaints from North Billerica residents. One charges larceny of tools from Benjamin Carney and the other larceny of clothing from Walter Sutliffe. Butler admits guilt in each case. Tools were recovered at a local pawn-broker, while the clothes remain unfound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
North Billerica
Benjamin Carney
Walter Sutliffe
Lord Kitchener reports capture of Boer Bethel force
Dispatch from Standerton Transvaal dated December 10 says General Bruce Hamilton after a night march surprised and captured nearly all of the Boers Bethel command at Trichardsfontein early Wednesday. Seven Boers killed and 131 taken prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Standerton
Transvaal
Bruce Hamilton
Bethel
Trichardsfontein
Sail for home by Irish nationalists from New York
John E. Redmond Thomas O'Donnell and Patrick A. McHugh, Irish Nationalists who came to the United States to solicit subscriptions for the United Irish League, sailed for Europe today aboard the Oceanic, leaving New York on December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John E. Redmond
Thos. O'Donnell
Patrick A. McHugh
United Irish League
Europe
New York closes sixty pool rooms and gambling dens
In New York on December 11 authorities shut sixty pool rooms and numerous gambling houses, announcing they would not reopen. The crackdown pushes New York’s cast-offs to seek havens in Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Wooster University Main Building Burns in Fire
The main building of the University of Wooster in Wooster Ohio was destroyed by fire today. Loss estimated at 250000 with 70000 insured. Authorities believe an explosion in a laboratory chemicals caused the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster, O
University of Wooster
Boston Republicans' Election Case Pleas Entered
In South Boston district court on December 11 Thaxter R. Groves and William F. Sears faced alleged election law violations. Both pleaded not guilty and requested a trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thaxter R. Groves
William F. Sears
South
Republicans Charged in Illegal Voting Scheme Hearing Set
A continuation was granted and a hearing was scheduled for December 18. The men, identified as Republicans, are accused of taking part in a scheme of illegal voting in yesterday's election.
Trinity professor accepts chair at General Theological Seminary
Reverend Charles Harris Hayes, assistant professor of philosophy at Trinity College Hartford, has accepted the chair of Christian evidence at the General Theological Seminary in New York. He will assume his new duties next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Chas. Harris Hayes
Trinity College
General Theological Seminary
New York
Hayes
Metropolitan Life Absorbs American Life of Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky December 11 the Metropolitan Life Insurance company of New York has absorbed the American Life Insurance company of this city which holds outstanding insurance totaling 1 250 000 dollars. The risks will be assumed by and the policies transferred to the Metropolitan company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
American Life Insurance Company
Smallpox Case Reported in Malden at Maplewood
Malden reports another smallpox case at Maplewood. The patient is 56 year old Thomas J. Giles who worked in Roxbury Boston where the first case emerged. Giles had been employed in the Roxbury district prior to the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Maplewood
Board of Health
Thomas J. Giles
Roxbury
Boston
Bricks Collapse Wounds Charles E Ham in Central Square
In Lynn on December 11 Charles E Ham suffered fatal injuries when bricks fell from the Abbott block coping. No one else was hurt though several individuals escaped serious harm. the accident occurred in Central square with several passersby narrowly escaping injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Charles E. Ham
Central Square
Abbot Block
Haverhill Strike At Chick Bros Shoe Factory
Haverhill December 11 seventy five cutters at Chick Bros. shoe factory walked out over a quarrel with the assistant foreman triggering the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Chick Bros
Plague Fatality Reported Near Sydney Suburbs
A fatal case of bubonic plague has occurred in the suburbs of Sydney, Nova Scotia, as authorities investigate the exposure and implement health measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Remote Newfoundland Isolation From World at Sea and Skiff Life
In eastern Newfoundland remote harbors lack roads and regular mail service. Islanders live by punt and skiff, with news arriving rarely and often distorted. A Round Harbor elder recalls British defeats while Englee youths struggle to grasp New York circus terms and urban life. Maria, an 18 year old, rowed 12 miles and can sail a punt as well as her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Cape John
Straits of
Belle Isle
Round Harbor
South Africa
St. Johns
New York
Arbor
Englee
Maria
New Pictures and Mirrors for the Holidays
Geo E Maker offers a wide selection of pictures and mirrors at one third less than rivals. Highlighting abundant mouldings for framing, the store urges customers to bring pictures in for Christmas framing at corner John and Merrimack streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Maker
John and
Merrimack Streets
Cock-fighting Thrives Across Mexican Pueblos and Camps
The New York Sun describes cock-fighting as Mexico’s chief gambling diversion from the Rio Grande to Yucatan, with thousands of Sunday contests and raucous crowds. It notes pits in towns, high-stake wagers, fortunes from breeders in Guadalajara, and women betting alongside men, as rioting episodes and legal irregularities surface in distant pockets of the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Rio Grande
Yucatan
Mexico
Chihuahua
Guadalajara
New York Sun
Panic About Legs Warns of Legless Era by Swiss Scientist
A sensational alarm from Prof. Yung of the University of Guef Switzerland claims humans may lose legs within a million years or less. He argues people will abandon walking as trams and cars offer quicker travel and comfort, prompting fear in tailors and bootmakers and visions of a legless future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yung
University of Guef
Switzerland
London Express
Money bootblacks make a tidy living downtown
A Buffalo Courier item notes bootblacks at Main and Seneca streets who earn well beyond wages. One shined shoes for $9 profit after a $10 tip, with three chairs netting about $10 weekly each and a building route adding daily gains. Another worker at police HQ and rail offices reportedly made $40 weekly from two chairs and a route, with bank records backing the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Main
Seneca Streets
Bootblack
Buffalo Courier
Laxative Bromo Quinine Promises Cure in One Day
A vintage advert promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine to cure a cold in one day. It notes refunds if it fails and features E. W. Grove in each box with a 25 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Pneumonia Cure Story From Lowder Patient
J W Bryan of Lowder Illinois recalls giving Foley's Honey and Tar to his sick boy with pneumonia. The remedy stopped the racking cough and led to a rapid recovery, surprising the doctor who was unaware of the treatment used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bryan
Lowder, Il
Foley
F. C. Goodale
CC. E. Carter
Dr Benoit's Cough Medicine Advised For Chest Tightness
A vintage plea urges readers with coughing and chest tightness to try Dr Benoit's Cough Medicine, claiming relief and easier breathing. The ad-style note emphasizes quick soothing effects and accessibility of the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Benoit
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Y. M. C. A. Hall
High Street Lyceum
West Fifth Street Baptist Church
Miller, Chickering, Milton
Schirmer, Harvard
Ring’s
Merrimack ST
Highland M. E
MT. Vernon
Tobacco Trust
North Chelmsford
Bon Marche Dry Goods Cr
Tewksbury
Judge Blodgett
Massachusetts
Oceanic
Glasgow Woolen Mills Co
Merrimack
China
Japan
F. M. Bill & Co
Simpson & Howell
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