Massachusetts Soldier Dies After Train Jump Injury
Private John Morgan of Company K Ninth Massachusetts died at South Framingham hospital from injuries after jumping from a train on the Fitchburg line. He was 23, a Marlboro resident and a recent recruit who served only months. Funeral services were held for Herbert Clifford Wells, late senior second lieutenant of Company A, with many officers and comrades attending from the First Corps of Cadets. D. C. Cunningham, conductor for the Boston Elevated, fatally injured in Arlington Heights after falling from a car. he died at Massachusetts General Hospital following brain concussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morgan
Massachusetts
South Framingham Hospital
Fitchburg
Morgan
Marlboro
Herbert Clifford Wells
Company A. First Corps of Cadets
First Corps
Wells
D. C. Cunningham
Boston
Arlington Heights
Massachusetts Avenues
Arlington
Young
Massachusetts General Hospital
Unitarian Society to Install New Pastor in December
Mr George Hardy plans a California trip if health permits while staying in Boston with his son for the winter. Mr Thomas Elliott and family relocate to Lowell for the season. Rev Porter and family will occupy Elliott’s summer residence. The Unitarian society will install Rev William C Brown as pastor on Tuesday December 27 at 2 pm. The annual ladies’ fair and supper drew a large crowd and netted a substantial sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hardy
Boston
California
Thomas Elliott
Lowell
Mr. Porter
Mr. Elliott
Wm. C. Brown
Unitarian Society
Ladies of the Unitarian Society
W. J. Sleeper
Mr. Green
George W. Goode
New York City
Commissioners of Inland Fisheries
Nabnassett Pond
Henry A. Fletcher
Union Congregational Church
Henry Bunce
Carrie
Florence Reed
Herbert Hildreth
Carrie Read
Nora Stearns
Edna Ferguson
Grace Litchfield
Chelmsford
Miss Litchfield
Morning Star
Martha Taylor
Christmas gatherings and services across local churches
Christmas trees and services fill Saturday events at Methodist and Congregational churches, with revival meetings led by Rev. E A Whittier in Lowell and a Sunday program at Central Congregational Dracut featuring a live Santa and a choir orchestra. Obituaries note Mrs. Rufus Senter’s death aged 81 after illness. Mrs. Spaulding’s surprise golden tea marks 50 years of marriage. Grange meetings discuss farming pay and officer installations scheduled for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Adams
Rufus Senter
Rines
B. J. Spaulding
Baptist Church
Central Congregational Church
Dracut
Hallowell
Dracut Grange
State Grange
Worcester
Geo
A. H. Richardson
Messrs
Calvin Richardson
E. A. Stevens
S. R. Kitchen
Selden Coburn
George H. Stevens
Walter Harvey
Arthur Colburn
D. Nate Cluff
Norman Peavey
Geo. H. Richardson
Geo. H. Stevens
E.S. Howe
Hillside Church
J. P. Richardson
Clara Nickles
George Litchfield
Lexington
Olive Nickles
Ellen Nickles
A. P. Nickles
Asa Nickles
Carlisle
Howe
Billerica
Bedford
Westford
Arlington
Clifton Fletcher
Congregational
Chas. F. Tucker
Green Cemetery
Grace
Unitarian Church
E. C. Abbott
Union Hall
The
Christmas entertainments and church events noted
A concerted program featured music by a quartet and orchestra with duets and farces by local students. A Christmas tree and exercises were planned for Saturday, with a Congregational church event and a Christmas concert on Sunday. The M E chapel slate closes with Rev Thorn dike's lecture "A Trip Down East pare Out West" next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H
Town Hall
Alfred Preble
Harry Page
County Land
Florence Taylor
Paulina Smithers
Lila Fuller
Roberta Smithers
Louise Walker
Starch
Lena Doucette
Emma Hamilton
Mr. Simonides Swanhopper
Young Batchelor
Fred M. Carter
Lawrence Lavender
Mayfair
Louis Doucette
East Pare
R. L. Thorndike
Christmas Services Across Village Churches
Four village churches plan Christmas festivities Saturday evening with services, music, and gift distributions. All Saints decorates and holds a 4 30 service with hymns and a children’s gift tree in the guild room. Central Congregational and Baptist also stage morning services and Christmas concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Litchfield
Boston
W. W. Kilbourne
S. W. Parkhurst
Unitarian Society
Baptist Sunday School
All Saints
Central Congregational Sunday School
Santa Claus
Unitarian
Baptist
Central Congregational
Christmas festival at Baptist church planned for tomorrow
A Christmas festival will be held at the Baptist church tomorrow with a Christmas tree laden with goodies for Sunday school children, plus cake and ice cream for all attendees. Family gatherings and visits are noted among local residents for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Adelbert Mead
Wright
Harvard
Hall
Edgar H. Halli
Emily Hall Armstrong
Hyde Park
J. H. Whitcomb
Lizzie Scofield Brown
Oxford
The
Universalist Church
Marion Burroughs
Brown
C. H. Burroughs
Universalist Vestry
Z. C. Burroughs
Volney Hall
Fitchbore
Clara H. Nash
Middlesex County
Cambridgeport
Joel H. Whitcomb
Boxboro
Sickness grips village as cases rise and doors stay shut
The village reports widespread illness with several households hit hard by the grip. Walter Longbottom resumes work, while other residents including John Loftus Mrs Harrington Arthur Longbottom and Fred Reade are listed among the worst affected. A labor debate and local entertainments fill a busy week with plans for a wedding anniversary, a stolen bundle incident, and derailment near the poor farm prompting extra train service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Loftus
Harrington
Arthur Longbottom
Fred Reade
Walter Longbottom
Beating Society
Frank B. Harvey
Arthur Prior
William DeRoehn
Gardell
Mr. Harvey
Andrew Mosek
Graniteville Cornet Band
Self Help Lodge of Odd Fellows
Lewis Dane
Dane
J. Miller
James J. Moss
Graniteville Dramatic Clubs
Santiago
Joseph Wall
Christmas news and town notices from Brookline area
Christmas presents arrive for William Johnson and Irvin Cummings families. Local church events include Methodist dedication in Gleasondale and cantata at Unitarian church. Grange meetings, Sunday school programs, and a dance school attendance drive fill December and early January. Obituaries note Mrs Clara Nickles in Lexington and Mr Kittredge of Brookline. library trustees honor his memory with resolutions. Community updates cover new births, relocations, farm regulation notices, and local civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson
Irvin Cummings
Johnson
Cummings
Samuel Blowey
Newport
Journal
Walter Longbottom
Galileo
Kittredge
Europe
Mr. Kittredge
Brookline
Geo. D. Fornstall
H. M. Billings
Bellingham
Mr. Billings
I. M. Locke
Gardner Road
Tewksbury Public Library
Jeremiah C. Kittredge
J. C. Kittredge
Exhibition of Venetian and Roman frescoes in Pickering hall
Mr J C Kitridge presented photographic views to TeWKSBURY high and other schools in Pickering hall. The audience, including many citizens, viewed celebrated frescoes from Venice and Rome, along with statues and a chandelier, in an instructive and enjoyable event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Kittredge
Pickering Hall
Venice
Rome
Dressmaker's Move and Tenement Change Near Chamberlin
The text notes a dress-maker at work in her vocation and records that Mr. and Mrs. Kendall have recently moved into the tenement owned by Mr. D. L. Chamberlin, indicating a local housing update and professional activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Kendall
D. L. Chamberlin
Old Home stead quartet at Warner course concert crowd pleases
A crowded audience applauded the Old Home stead quartet on the Warner course concert of the 16th inst. The evening featured generous encores that extended the program. A second band concert on Dec. 15 drew a very satisfactory turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Old Homestead
Isaac Wright
Lieut. C. M. Fuller
United States Navy
Cuba
Henry L. Warner
Edwin Hildreth
George Harrod
Prices Current Lowell Market December 22 1898
Prices for white pine and oak lumber along with grains and hay, flour, vegetables, fruits, fish, and provisions reflect a detailed daily market listing. The advertisement credits Buttrick & Co. and others for data and lists numerous prices per unit across commodities and staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Buttrick & Co
E.a.sherman & Co
E. A. Wilson
Killpartrick Bros
F. E. Putnam
Prescott Street
Fragmentary legal notice from Lowell court record
A partial public notice references Section 36 Chapter 317 Acts of Isud, Alpha Clement at No 9 Grove Street Lowell, a monetary amount of $1764.57, and names Charles Co. Hutchinson in Lowell dated December 20. The text is incomplete but indicates a formal financial or executorial matter processed in the Lowell area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acts of of Isud
Alpha Clement
Grove Street
Lowell
Railroad National Bank Stockholders Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Railroad National Bank in Lowell will be held at the banking rooms on Tuesday January 10 at 9 oclock A M for the choice of directors and any other business legally before them. Frank P Haggett cashier Lowell December 6 1Fus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad National Bank
Lowell
Wamesit National Bank to Elect Directors January Meeting
Wamesit National Bank will hold a meeting in their banking rooms Tuesday January 5th at 2 o clock P M for the choice of directors and to transact any other business legally before them Attest Co E Goulding Cashier Lowell December 17th 1 us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Goulding
Lowell
Old Lowell National Bank Directors Meeting Notice
The Old Lowell National Bank will hold a meeting of directors and other business at its banking rooms on Tuesday January 17 at 10 o clock in the morning. Cites M. William Cashier Lowell Mass December 12 1889.
Bank Meeting Notice at No 40 Central Street Lowell
The Prescott National Bank of Lowell calls a meeting for the election of directors and other lawful business. It will be held at the bank rooms, No. 40 Central Street, on Tuesday January 10, at 10 o'clock in the morning. Frederick Blanchard, Cashier. December 7, 1808.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott National Bank of
Lowell
Central Street
Frederick Blanchard
Edjtorll
First National Bank of Lowell Stockholders Meeting
Stockholders of the First National Bank of Lowell are notified the annual meeting for choosing directors and other lawful business will be held at the banking rooms on Tuesday January 10 1899 at 10 o clock A M J F Sawyer Cashier Lowell December 8 Iss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Sawyer
Lowell
Iss
Mortgagee's Sale of Pawtucketville Lot in Lowell
Public auction to sell Lot No. 208 in Pawtucketville Lowell Middlesex by Gershom Bassett mortgagee due on payment terms. Sale Saturday January 7 1599 at three o'clock in the afternoon on premises. One hundred dollars cash at sale with balance within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie O.st
Goddard
Gershom C. Bassett
Middlesex
Brerech
Lowell
Pawtucketville
Sixth Avenue
Mount Hope Street
Mass
Henry Emery
Smith & Brooke
Civil Engineers
Middlesex North District
Train schedules from Lowell to Taunton and beyond
Eastern District notices new October 16 1898 schedule from Lowell Middlesex Street Depot. Trains to Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations run 7 15 11 23 am and 5 25 pm with connections at South Framingham to Worcester Springfield Albany and the west. The 5 25 pm train links to Stonington line toward New York City. Sunday service runs 7 15 am to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and returns 5 33 pm with Worcester connection. Ticket office at Middlesex Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South Framingham
Way
Boston
Albany R. R
Worcester
Springfied
Albany
Concord Junction
Fitchburg R. R
Stonington
New York City
Framingha Mansfield
Steer Clark
A. Endall
Isaac N. Marshall
Geo. W. Miller
Woburn
Ayer Junction
Amherst, Milford and Wilton
Greerfield
Peterboro
Bennington
Hillsboro
Keene
Nashua
Manchester
Concord
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Warner
Bradford
Sunapee
N. H
Claremont
Claremont Junction
St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Montreal
Quebec
Boston Air Line
Quebec Express
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
Lowell and Boston Trains Timetable 1898 Revised October 3
The timetable shows train departures from Merrimack Street and Middlesex Street Stations in Lowell to Boston and numerous destinations including Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport and ports of Maine. It lists daily and Sunday runs with numerous times and notes on connections and via lines. D. J. Flanders and H. C. Taft are named as railway officials.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wayland
Sattleton
South Chelmsford
Wilmington
Peter Damn
Grand Opera House Orchestra
H. F. Aldrich
Shawsheen Avenue
Harrison Bancroft
Methodist Episcopal Church
West Acton
Graniteville
STOW
Charles Staples
Tasker
Pearl Packard
S. A. Peck
John
New Jersey
New Methodist
Gleasondale
Old South Church
Pomona Grange
Grange
W. H. Parker
Henry Clark
Emma Brown
C. H. Murdock
George Bradley
J. S. Moulton
A. W. Puffer
W. M. Lewis
Frank Whitcomb
Pomona
Blanche Snow
Flora
Mabel Dwinells
Ceres
Abbie Lewis
A. M. Lewis
Tewksboury
Scon 1
F. L. Maddocks
Bipepryee
Dean
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Niagara
Malaga
Japan
Java
Rio
Lehigh
Cumberland
Siam
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Cemtrati St
Courier Citizen
Ely AM
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York
Parker
Re. Fprerre
T. Avent
Pearl Street
Mechanics Savings Bank In
Frank P. Haggett
Cashier
Wamesit National Bank
Lowell National Bank
Prescott National Bank of Lowell
First National Bank of Lowell
Lowell Rendering Co
Courier
Railroads
Maine
Callocago
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
D. J. Flanders
Newstlaven & Hartford
KR. K
Boston & Maine & KR
Merrimack Street Depot
Middlesex Street Station
Lawrence
A. m
Salem
Haverhill
Newburyport
Amesbury
Portsmouth
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
Saco
Ola Orenard
Portland
Augusta
Bath
Waterville
Lewiston
Bangor
Belfast
Skowhegan
Rockland
St. John
N. B
Halifax
Grand Trunk R. R
Eastport
Castine
Geer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Frank Jones
Area
George Eb, Stanley
Boston and Lowell
Old Colony
Borton and
Maine R
Tivoll
A. L. Penderga
Jones’ and Eldredge
van Nostrane
P. B
Consumers
Niagara Luger
Merrimack St
Quincy
Merrimack
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