Banquet at the American House Honors City Officials
A festive banquet at the American House honored the 1898 city council and guests led by Gen. C. A. R. Dimon and Mayor Bennett. Speakers praised Lowell’s governance, urged nonpolitical talk, and reflected on city progress, education, and reform amidst convivial remarks.
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Theity Council
Bennett
C. A. R. Dimon
Taylor
Common Council
Cosgrove
Libby
Goward
Rivet
Dana
Whitter
Lang
Bosca
Going
Supt
Whitcomb
Engineer Bowers
W. G. Barnard
Herbert Potter
W. P. McCarty
Major Allen
Col. Pindar
Dr. Downs
David Chase
G. P. Cadman
Thomas
W. P. Burbank
Frank L. Weaver
Edward Burns
Robert Crowley
D. A. Sullivan
John E. Drury
Chief Hosmer
James Hearn
I. H. Sternberg
F. J. Simonds
Joseph Smith
Lawrence Cummings
Peter J. Brady
Wm. J. McCluskey
J. W. W. Tilton
Vt. B. Smith
Leighton
Supt. Cheney
Fagan
Howe
Merrill
D. J. Leary
Rourke
Wilder
W. H. Wiser
Murthiend
Paige
Gen. Dimon
Lowell
Bennet
United States
George H. Taylor
Mayoral Duties Defended At City Hall Meeting
A city hall gathering heard remarks on the mayor’s expanded duties during wartime reforms and debates over appointing department heads. Lawrence Cummings noted city officials’ honesty concerns from 17 years in journalism, while calls for mayoral appointment power without Senate confirmation were discussed. several aldermen spoke as the meeting extended past midnight.
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John Brown
Lawrence Cummings
City Hall
Cosgrove
Markham
How Santa Claus Will Visit the Sunday Schools
Mount Vernon F B church plans a 25 foot Christmas ship with sails and a cargo of presents, including an unload at the wharf. Worthen Street M E Sunday school hosts a 6 30 tree festival with many gifts. Paige Street, Immanuel Baptist and Central Methodist schedule trees and programs this week, with a watch night service next Saturday and joint Central M E events.
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Mount Vernon
Paige Street
Immanuel Baptist Church
Central Methodist Church
Central M. E. Church
Central
Meredith
Bowler
Edwin Shepard Barrett Dies. Funeral Held in Concord
Edwin Shepard Barrett and former president of the Sons of the American Revolution, Loyal Legion, and Sons of Colonial Wars was honored in Concord with a funeral at his late home. Rev. Loren B. McDonald conducted readings and prayers, with Rev. A. E. Horton delivering the eulogy. Interment was private at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Edwin Shepard Barrett
Concord
Sons of the American Revolution
Loyal Legion
Sons of Colonial Wars
Edwin J. Bartlett
Loren B. McDonald
First
A. E. Horton
Boston
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Loren B. MacDonald
Christmas Exercises At Grammar School
The grammar department pupils observed Christmas with exercises yesterday afternoon. Participants included Carrie Tyrrell Mary Coyne Alfred Hird Elizabeth Rawley Edward Roberts Isabelle Hunt Florence Busby Hortense Gallagher Kittie Meloy. The primary department staged a Christmas operetta with many named characters.
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Carrie Tyrrell
Mary Coyne
Alfred Hird
Elizabeth Rawley
Edward Roberts
Isabelle Hunt
Florence Busby
Hortense Gallagher
Kittie Meloy
North Wind
Clida McArdie
Winter
Agnes Johnston
Santa Claus
John Winter
Maggie O’connor
Maggie Rydle
Madeline Merrill
Palmyra Mreizentes
Marion Brodie
Leona Merrill
Holly
Rachel Douglass
Minnie Meaney
Florence Wilkinson
Mae Stevenson
Stalla Buttermore
Stela Busby
Frank Doherty
Clark
Eben Brennan
Connie Pefe
Loomfixers Association Mourns Death of George Beauparlant
The Loomfixers Association No. 1 records the death of George Beauparlant, describing him as a devoted member and earnest worker in union efforts. The resolution expresses heartfelt sympathy to his parents, notes publication in city newspapers, and directs copies to be sent to his family and placed in the association records.
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George Beauparlant
Loomfixers Association No. 1
Alum Baking Powder Sell Price Exposé Says It Defrauds Consumers
The piece asserts alum baking powder costs 5 to 6 cents per pound to make and sells for 16 to 25 or 30 cents, marketed as cream of tartar powder. It claims no legitimate sale at those prices and warns the product travels under false pretenses, a fraud on consumers, deprecated by leading chemists and health authorities per American Grocer in New York.
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American Grocer
N. Y
Christmas Turkey for Lowell Plant Men and Money for Singles
Courtesy arrangement by H W Heath of Swift Bros Co gives married workers at Lowell Fertilizer Co and Lowell Rendering Co a Vermont turkey as their Christmas gift while single men receive cash. An example set for others to follow.
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H. W. Heath
N. E
Swift Bros. & Co
Lowell Fertilizer Co
Lowell Rendering Co
Vermont
Story of the Rough Riders Readies for Public Release
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s Story of the Rough Riders appears in Scribner’s Magazine January issue. The narrator describes recruiting and shaping the first volunteer cavalry, highlighting southwestern recruits from New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma Indian Territory and frontier life. The men blend cowboy hunter and mining prospector backgrounds, accustomed to open life, rough discipline, and handling horses.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Scribner's Magazine
San Antonio
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
United States
Stamped envelopes price cuts set for January
The Washington post office department announces stamped envelope prices will drop January 1, with thousand-count reductions from 24 cents to 1.60 dollars. No 8 envelopes fall to 1.60, surprising many who expected envelope prices to rise. The cut stems from five to eight year price stability and new Morgan and Plymouth contracts, plus postal aims to promote use of return-to-sender envelopes to ease dead-letter handling.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Morgan and Plymouth
Christmas Bells and Voices Across the Winter Sky
In a reverent Christmas tableau the poem recalls sacred voices from bells and choirs, the Nativity vision, and the adoration of shepherds, linking praise with the story of Jesus and Herod’s era, as massed voices declare the Wondrous Story and the season’s holy meaning. The piece closes with a light humorous exchange about Christmas gifts referencing a full length mirror and a rug.
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Ernest N. Baggs
Mr. Billus
Bessie
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