Essex county meeting to rule Boston and Northern line extension
Essex county commissioners meet Thursday in Lawrence to hear the Boston and Northern petition for extending Hood road across the Andover line into Essex county. Local selectmen fear impact on Tewksbury policies while public opinion remains divided and transit changes anger residents.
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Essex County Commissioners
Lawrence
Tewksbury
Boston and Northern
New Hood Road
Andover
Essex County
Tewksbury Selectmen
Tewksbury Board of Selectmen
Lawrence Commissioners
New Year Holiday Dishes and Festive Baking
Practical article on Christmas to New Year dining shows menus and recipes. Includes guidance by Widast Ames Willis Chicago, plus a poetic intro on time and youth. Provides recipes for Jellied Fried Cakes Crullers German New Year Cakes Pepper Nuts Creme Bavaroise with Ginger and related desserts and decorations.
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Widast Ames Willis
Marquette Building
Chicago
Banning Co
Christmas mission group omissions and illness notes
Mrs. James Anderson of Billerica street is ill at her home. Through an oversight, the mission decorating committee for Christmas was omitted. David Allan was chair man and Geo Allan, J Wallace, G cartson, G Green, Ellen Olson, Ethel Hill, Annie Greenwood and Annie Franklin assistants. Mrs. W H Atkinson of Lee avenue is suffering from an abscess in her head. Mrs. Herbert Marshall of Methuen visited friends in Lawrence and Roper streets Friday. Two picked teams played polo on the ice Saturday. Geo Doole's team won, Mr. Geo Allan is around again after a brief illness. The regular quarterly business meeting of the Mission society will be held Jan 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anderson
Billerica Street
David Allan
Geo. Allan
J. Wallace
G. «Cartson
G. Green
Ellen Olson
Ethel Hill
Annie Greenwood
Annie Franklin
W. H. Atkinson
Lee Avenue
Herbert Marshall
Methuen
Lawrence
Roper Streets
Geo. Doole
The
Mission Society
Town Seeks Streetcar Link to Tyngsboro Line
Residents circulate a petition urging Boston and Northern Street Railway to extend its Tyngsboro terminus about three and a half miles to this town. The route is flat, promising light construction costs, and would greatly improve public conveyance beyond the current one horse mail carrier service making two trips daily.
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Boston
Woburn
Wamesit
Lowell
Tewksbury
Nesmith Street
Boston and Northern Street Railway Company
Tyngsboro
Boston and Northern Corporation
Here
Dracut Ladies Aid Sees Record Attendee and Plans Fair
The Dracut Central Congregational Church Ladies Aid meeting drew a large crowd despite threatening weather. They voted for the January fair and announced a busy spring social season. The Hutchinson Orchestra entertained, and visiting students helped boost the festive atmosphere. Sunday School at Centre Church reorganized with officers led by Calvin Richardson and others. The annual meeting and roll-call were slated for the Centre church.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Central Congregational Ehurch
Dracut
Hutchinson
Dracuts
Calvin Richardson
Arthur Colburn
K. A. Stevens
D. D. Fox
Eben Fox
Selden Coburn
M. Belle Hutchinson
Centre Church
Will
Collinsville Mission Elects New Officers After Strong Year
Collinsville Sunday school session re-elected all officers after a successful year led by a zealous youth band. David Walker named superintendent with Samuel Parker as assistant and Christine Cameron secretary, Jessie Burden treasurer, Mary A Brown librarian, Martha Parker assistant librarian, and Jessie Burden pianist. Local progress praised by pastor Samuel Worth.
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Collinsville Mission
Lowell
Collinsville
Worthen Street
Little Church
David Walker
Samuel Parker
Christine Cameron
Jessie Burden
Mary A. Brown
Martha Parker
David Walke
Samuel Worth
Groton Baptist Meeting and Holiday Notes
Groton reports the annual Baptist church business meeting dinner and roll call set for Wednesday January 7 with a sixteenth roll call observance. A Christmas program highlights cantata, trees and children's entertainments at Baptist and other local churches as schools enjoy holiday recess. The town records funerals for Mrs Shattuck and Mrs Graves, with family connections to Mrs Fletcher noted.
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The
Baptist Church
Andrew Nimo
George T. Stevens
H. C. Rockwood
James Rowe
Canada
Public
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Unitarian Church
Santa Claus
G. M. Howe
Ruggles
Lawrence Academy
Groton
Shattuck
Mary A
Johnsonia
Fire damages Medford building on Salem and Oakland streets
A Friday night blaze in Medford damaged a three story building in the Music hall block at Salem and Oakland streets. The brick first story housed M O Keeffe grocer and the Medford custom laundry, with the upper wood stories containing Music hall and a tenement occupied by J Frank. Estimated loss is about 15000 dollars.
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Salem
Oakland Streets
Medford
M. O'Keeffe
J. Frank
Fire damages Medford tenement laundry and church site
Rutledge notes describe Norton hall and a tenement once a Methodist church at 100 by 40 feet. The fire started in the laundry drying room and took two hours to control. Losses total about 9000 dollars for the building, with Medford custom laundry at 3500, M O Keeffe 1500, J Frank Rutledge 800, and Fred Ripley 500. Insurance partially covers the damage.
Carlisle birth announced for Deacon and Mrs Herbert Dutton
A son was born Tuesday morning in Carlisle to Deacon Herbert P. Dutton and his wife, Mrs. Dutton.
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Carlisle
Deacon
Herbert P. Dutton
Foot and mouth disease under control in New England
Dr Salmon of the Bureau of Animal Industry reports the foot and mouth plague is now largely under control in New England. Cold weather slowed work while storms and snow delayed burying cattle and disinfecting cars. About 150 cattle are slaughtered daily with an average value of 33 dollars per animal. The government covers three quarters of the estimated value, and total suppression costs exceed half a million dollars.
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Washington
Dr. Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
New England
Pere Marquette Directors Elected After Purchase
Pere Marquette Railroad names new directors Thomas H. West W K Bixby Samuel R Shipley Newman Erb Myron J Carpenter. F H Prince becomes president and M J Carpenter vice president and general manager. Replaces W W Crapo Charles M Heald John M Graham O W Mink and S T Crapo after syndicate purchase.
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Boston
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Thomas H. West
St. Louis
W. K. Bixby
Samuel R. Shipley
Philadelphia
Newman Erb
New York
Myron J. Carpenter
Chicago
F. H. Prince
M. J. Carpenter
W. W. Crapo
Charles M. Heald
John M. Graham
Not Quick Enough Norwood Rail Fatality
Hugh Albert Palmer a native of Prince Edward Island died in Norwood after injuries from being squeezed between a coal car and a shed at the Norwood freight yard. Palmer had only started work as a brakeman for the New Haven railroad last week and a special train rushed him toward Boston. He died shortly before reaching the Emergency hospital after a 15 mile run accomplished in 19 minutes.
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Norwood
Boston
Hugh Albert Palmer
Prince Edward Island
Palmer
Midland Division
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Viola Mee Gregor Dies of Smallpox in Newport
Viola Mee Gregor who arrived from Oregon ten days ago died today of smallpox and was buried at once. She was married and had been ill eight days without knowing the nature of her ailment. The board of health vaccinated many persons today.
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Newport
R. C
Viola Mee Gregor
Oregon
Board of Health
Lizzie Benton Fremont Obituary Cremation Planned
In Los Angeles on December 29 according to her wishes the body of Mrs Lizzie Benton Fremont will be cremated. The funeral is set for tomorrow at the Episcopal church and the ashes will be buried beside General s coat on the Hudson.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lizzie Benton Fremont
Episcopal Church
Hudson
Inquiries Answered Sally Lunn Recipes and Mince Meat
A reader request prompts publication of a yeast Sally Lunn recipe with butter milk eggs and warm rising, plus a mincemeat formula aged for flavor. The mince meat blends lean beef suet apples currants raisins spices citrus juice and brandy with steps to mix cool pack and stir before use.
Jacob Abbott's Discipline
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott recalls Jacob Abbott avoiding corporal punishment and relying on natural penalties. He describes a custom at Abbott's country home where a carved cry ing stone served as a public, lighthearted penalty for sulkiness, with children urging peers to use it when displeased.
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Lyman Abbott
Good Housekeeping
About the House Column Seeks Reader Tips in Lowell Journal
The About the House department invites Lowell readers to send practical hints suggestions or thoughts for household columns. Lady readers are encouraged to contribute ideas for tips and suggestions at any time to aid household topics in the Lowell Weekly Journal.
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Houshold Rea
Lowell Weekly Journal
Editorial Reflections on Domestic Life and Servant Rules
An editorial muses on daily chores and ironing cycles, fashion and hair adornments, and the smoky impact of soft coal on homes. It notes a Chicago Housewives association plan to issue diplomas to servants after a year in a family, debating reliability across households and the appeal of simpler, smaller homes with fewer staff.
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Chicago Housewives’ Association
Tomato Advice for Health and Dieting
Household hints extol tomatoes as liver friendly and cancer safe when not overseasoned. Advice covers lemon juice as vinegar substitute, stewed celery with cooking liquid aiding rheumatism, and notes on barley, corn, buckwheat, oats, groats, and rye highlighting gluten, nutrition, and digestibility for invalids.
Christmas Pudding Recipe From 19th Century Kitchen
A vintage recipe teaches Christmas pudding with flour suet or butter raisins or currants milk or water molasses and spices. The fruit pudding steams three hours in a well buttered mold and is noted as egg free and valuable when eggs are costly.
Chicken Quenelles and Sauce From Boston Cooking School Magazine
A recipe segment from the Boston Cooking School Magazine detailing a cream butter sugar sauce with lemon or vanilla, and a chicken quenelles method using breast meat, bread panada, eggs, cream, and butter. It describes shaping, cooking in simmering water, and optional truffle or tongue decorations.
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Boston Cooing School Magazine
Bonnes Bouches Comic Exchange With a Toast to Sandwhiches
An absent minded man in a restaurant orders coffee and a ham sandwich while reading a newspaper. The waiter presents a large pasteboard bill and the man later asks for a fresh sandwich after discovering the dry sandwich. The punchline reveals he has eaten the check.
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Christian Register
Ocean Greyhounds and the Limits of Speed in Steamers
A Boston Transcript summary of Lloyds Register data from 1902 shows only 20 of 1238 steamers 2000 tons or more reach 20 knots, with nations split among Britain 7, Germany 5, America 4, France 2, Russia 2. Speed drives cargo capacity, not just fast passenger service, and many large liners prioritize coal economy and bulk freight over higher speeds.
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Atlantic
Commissioner of Navigation
Lloyds Register
Great Britain
Germany
France
United States
Japan
American Hawaiian Company
Cape Horn
Standard Oil Company
J. J. Hill
New London
Boston Transcript
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Powells
B.¢ Suburbs
Warren Fox
Amherst
Julia Fox
New England Conservatory of Music
Hillsboro
N. H
N. F. Huntley
F. I. Kelley
A. FE. Crafts
Dillon
Church and Young People’s Society
Longfellow
Earth
Wigginville
Dunstable
James McCaffrey
Alpine Canoe Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Centralville
Hillside
Nashua
Phoenix Club
Quintette
Vita
Cook
Cox
Natural Food CO
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Pere Marquette Railroad
Courier
Sally Lunn
Jacob Abbott
Europe
Asia
Africa
Bonnes Bouches
Mrs. Black
Mrs. White
Mrs. Fizzletop
Johnny
London
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