Christmas at Unitarian and other churches in Billerica
Christmas week in Billerica centers on Unitarian church services and a village wide set of observances. Grace L Knowles and teachers organize child friendly events with songs recitations and a stereopticon Dickens reading. Other churches report programs led by Rev Wiers Rev Dale and Rev Billings plus guilds and mission groups. Illnesses and minor accidents noted among residents as Christmas approaches.
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Unitarian Church
Grace L. Knowles
Lettie Corham
Bertha M. Parker
Hsther Cole
Old First Church
Unitarian
Mr. Wiers
David
Jesus
Helen Hosmer
Charles T. Billings
Lowell
C. E. St. John
Harold Dale
William King
Baptist Church
Anna Barrows
Mra
Faulkner
Dra. Buck and
Gage
Mra. Wild
Somerville
William Esccx
Rebecca Campbell
Bedford Road
Jackson Wright
Cora King Winter
J. Nelson Parker
Witbur Pull
Oliver Greenwood
Dartmouth College
Warren Stearns
Tufte College
George Fh King
Herbert
Amasa Prost
Mall
Medford
Angie Cannte
Sidney Hollet
Westford Congregational Church To Host Evening Event
Westford villagers attend a humorous program at the Congregational Church on the evening of December 2. The event features a witty toast by the town’s respected minister, drawing community members for an evening of light entertainment.
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Westfords
Three Die in Gas Blowout At See Ta Factory
In a tragic incident at the See Ta works a gas blowout caused deaths of three workers. Fire crews battled flames as investigators probed the blast site for cause and safety lapses.
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Johs Metall
Wises
Samnee Bester
Pater
Christmas Concerts Fill Chelmsford Churches
Chelmsford reports two Christmas Day masses at St John’s church with Leonard’s mass in E sung by the regular choir under Miss Josephine E. McCabe. Decorated altars and crowded services followed by a Congregational church youth concert with electrical displays and a large Sunday school program.
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St. John’s Church
Josephine E. McCabe
Leonard
Fr. Schofield
Hopkinton
United States
Massachusetts
Governor Guild
State House
Boston
Guild
Cond Congregational Church
John Murphy
Bethlehem
Arthur Slader
Antioch
D. A. Hudson
Albert Spaulding
Jesus
Dept
Wise Men
Clarence Trubly
Gilbert Merrill
Warren Prince
Orient Star
May Hoffer
Raymond Ballinger
John Buchanan
Hilda Jones
Lottie Vinal
Carol
Miss Towle
Crown
Bessie Deribner
Ruth Scribner
Jennie Moore
Ethel Reno
Ruth Wotton
Edith Vinal
Ethel Bellwood
Mrs. Clausen
Florence Bearce
Ethel Kershaw
Bertha Piggott
Flora Durant
Ethel Ballinger
Alice Marden
Arthur Slater
St. John’s Hall
St. John's Church
Gertrude Quigley
Mildred Ward
Helen Quigley
Joseph McFnaney
Gertrude Rich
Ruth Ward
Misa Lottie Lowe
Josepine FE. McCabe
John E. Harrington
Michael Schollan
Santa Claus
John C. Varney
Dartmouth College
John H. O'Connor
Toston
Alfonse Magnant
John J. O'Connell
Arthur Rousseau
Morris
Pelham Christmas Season Notes and Local Schools
Miss Grace Greeley is home for Christmas. Pelham schools closed two weeks for Thankegivi and will reopen on Tweeday. About 4 sleven pupils attend Pinkerton Academy at Derry. Congregational church service included a Christmas sermon by Rev. Lt. Hoyle on Luke 2 12 with theme Christ like and unlike others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Greeley
Thankegivi
Tweeday
N of Pinkerton Academy
Derry
Christa
Lt. Hoyle
Christ
Seat
Ana Ure x Palmer
Dracut Residents Watch Water Supply Efforts Continue
Dracut residents, after gatherings at Dracut Centre Hill side and Collinsville churches, awaited news on water supply as engineers seek suitable wells. The Ames meadow wells were revisited with a steam pump planned, while annexation to Lowell loomed if the project failed. Local meetings and committees pushed to resolve if the water system succeeds or triggers renewed annexation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Meadow
B. F. Smith & Co
Boston
Navy Yard
Lowell
General Court
Geo. H. Stevens
Dracut
Carleton Hosts Graceful Postnuptial Party with Town Hall
The Carleton couple, after their marriage, announce a graceful acknowledgment of defeat by renting the town hall for Tuesday evening. Jones's four-piece orchestra from Hudson will play as the couple hosts the event. Young ladies are asked to bring supper boxes and dancing will follow.
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Carleton
Jones
Hudson
Christmas Vestry Rewards for Rev Ellis at Chelmsford
A Chelmsford Christmas gathering featured a ten dollar gold piece gift to Rev. C. H. Ellis from pupils and a vestry ensemble with solo performances by Miss Alice Gould and others. The event included decorated halls, evergreen and holly, and festive music as well as a mill pond skating scene. Bartlett field hosted a clay pigeon shoot with HH. L. Parkhurst and Fred C. Morrison among top finishers. a team shootoff was won by B. J. Robbins with M. C. Wilson close behind.
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Uist
Santa Claus
Francis Dutton
C. H. Ellis
Alice Gould
Annie
Meta Stewart
Stadner
Misa Feindel
Della Baker
Mill
Bartlett
HH. L. Parkhurst
Fred C. Morrison
B.i J. Robbins
M. C. Wilson
Boy’s Life Saved From Membraneous Croup
Lynch 9, prominent citizen, credited for aiding a boy saved from membranous croup. Report notes local civic figures praising his actions and health authorities confirming recovery.
Hotel Books Saved in Broadway Fire
Los Angeles reports the Van Nuys Broadway hotel books were saved during a blaze that destroyed the hotel. Fire officials say figures tied to the property were evacuated safely. Roving observers noted the rapid spread of flames and a quick response by local crews aided by nearby units. The cause remained under investigation as authorities assessed damages.
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Los Angeles
Cal
van Nuys Broadway
Err f.Golver
Gd Patch
Boston
Christmas Tree Gifts Brighten St Catherine and Methodist Children
Christmas tree events at St Catherine’s and the M E church drew large crowds with a full program of singing, recitations, and a visit from Santa Claus who distributed gifts. Reverend Edmund T Schofield and Rev W Anderson presided, with many teachers aiding, and a high mass and choir concert followed.
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St. Catherine’s
The
Methodist Church
St. Catherine’s Church
Edmund T. Schofield
Santa Claus
Santa
Joe Wall
Catherine Conley
Harriet O’brien
Abbie Splain
Fannie McCarthy
James Sullivan
James O’brien
John Kavanaugh
Schofield
Mary Provost
Corrine LeClair
Bethlehem Star
Nolan McDonald
Rachel Wall
Carrie Prim
Alfred Gagnon
Florence Boucher
Helen Furbush
God
Henry Healy
Katherine Connell
Laura McCarthy
Edmund T. Scho- William
F. J. Leduc
St. Catherine’s Cemetery
J. A. Healy
J. J. McNamara
Kyrie
Bordese
Anderson
Willie Buckingham
Anna Symnes Brocheluior
Eteila Shattuck
Os Scene School
Martha Lorman
Ssesee
Charlie Woods
Edward Buckingham
Mildred Lorman
Luella Lieebe
Wille Counter
Treree
Lillie Mattison Bong
Hatch Morn
Behool
Marion Counter
Lydia Lorman
Dorothy Lorman
Alice Gilson
Gee Addie Day
John Greig
Albert da Hong
Motion Pons
Beon
New Yorks Strangest Collection of Statues
Special correspondence from New York describes an orthopedic workshop at Post-Graduate Hospital where plaster casts are converted into aluminum corsets and other braces. The article explains molding, fitting, costs, and the craft’s role in correcting deformities, with a note on immigrant children and medical training value.
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New York
New York Post-Graduate Hospital
Bambino
Bad Baron Arrest in New York for Securities Fraud
New York December 24 Baron Frederick Seefeld, whose current home is in Philadelphia, was arrested last night on charges of securities fraud. He faces immediate questioning as authorities pursue details of alleged maneuvers in stock markets and related schemes.
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New York
Frederick Seefeld
Philadelphia
Learning From European Schools in Brooklyn Lecture
Dr Balliet of the Brooklyn Institute urges American directors to study European systems to reform methods. He praises oral teaching and delayed textbook use, calls for smaller classes, expanded evening trade schools, and more public trade schools to match German and Berlin practices, noting Brooklyn already experiments with manual training high schools.
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Balliet
School of Pedagogy
Manhattan
Brooklyn Institute
Bailliet
Springfield
Europe
Paris
Germany
Berlin
Empire
Brooklyn
Aave
Harts
Silver Creek New York as a factory location
Silver Creek New York a desirable town thirty two miles west of Huffelo offers passenger trains and nearby tracks of the great Shere and Michigan Southern Railway. The area is growing with vacation appeal and growing cottage industry. Address H. 3. Dew River for more information.
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Huffelo
Persenger
Ereat Shere and
Michigen Southern Railway
Sliver Creek
Drese H
Dew
You Will Want A Gell and Tea S61 of 4 Carriage
Local store at 68 Merrimack offers a cheap seed sale for 19 cents and advertises carriages for the poor. The notice references a shopfront display and invites readers to purchase supplies for transport and tea options.
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Tee
Merrimack
Free December consult with Dr Temple for chronic ailments
Consultation offered free through December for those ill to learn their true condition. Dr Temple treats catarrh asthma bronchitis stomach and liver disorders, rheumatism, kidney and bladder diseases, blood and skin issues, and female and male chronic ailments without surgery. He studied at Swinburne Albany and Mass Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston. Office at 97 Centre Street Mansur Block with daily hours and free X ray exam.
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Temple
Eall
Reed
Eil
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Billerica
Westford
NO. Chelmsford
Pelham
Groves Denstere
Bes
Dracut Centre
Hillside Congregational
Collinsville Mission
Chelmsford
Rev. C. H. Ellis
Cele Oat Reid
Lynch 9
Graniteville
Bad Baron
Silver Creek, New York
Lyon
Bartlett & Dow
Central Street
DR. Temple
C. B. Coburn CO
Market Street
Sapolio
G. G. Read
Coben
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