Roosevelt Hosts First New Year Reception at White House
President Roosevelt greeted officials and a large public crowd in a scene of extraordinary beauty at the White House. Decorators transformed the mansion with palms and flowers while bands from the Engineer Corps and Marine Corps provided color. Diplomats from China, Turkey, Japan and Korea were among the cosmopolitan attendees as the President and his family presided over the inaugural executive function of magnitude.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
White House
Engineer Corps
Marine Band
Diplomatic Corps
Public installation of officers at Memorial hall
Notice to Erie Telephone stock and bondholders from Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co alerts readers to a joint public installation of officers for B. F. Butler Post 42 and the Relief Corps at Memorial Hall Thursday evening at 8. Major Stott is the installing officer.
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Erie Telephone
Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co
B. F. Butler
Relief Corps
Memorial Hall
Stott
The Traders National Bank Public Notice Ad
Foreign Exchange Letters of Credit and Travelers Cheques offered. Deposit boxes available at $5.00 per annum. Pays 3 percent per year in Savings, compounded semi annually. Banking hours 8 A M to 4 P M weekdays 8 A M to 1 P M Saturday 7 to 9 P M. Banking rooms at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
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Traders National Bank
Middesex Street
Post Office Ave
Massachusetts Legislature Opens 1902 Session at State House
Boston January 1 1902 the General Court convened at the State House on Beacon Hill electing presiding officers clerks chaplains and sergeants at arms. Senate and House both sworn in by Gov Crane with leaders Soule Coolidge Myers Green and others. Subways loom as key measure with hundreds of bills expected.
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General Court
State House
Boston
General Court of
Massachusetts
Beacon Hill
Gov. Crane
James J. Myers
Cambridge
James W. Kimball
Lynn
Daniel W. Waldron
Chas G. Davis
Fales
Norwood
Norfolk
Coolidge
Senate
Senator Soule
Henry D. Coolidge
Concord
Edmund Dowse
Sherborn
Chas. G. Davis
House
Kimball
Chas. Henry Green
Northfield
Life Terms. Victims and inmates in Maine prison
Augusta Maine Jan 1 the annual warden report lists 36 life prisoners 29 for murder and others for robbery arson rape and piracy. Oldest is Joel C Preble committed 1861 youngest Frank J Palmer committed 1897 age 16. Newest life case Bradford C Knight 1901. Deaths include George Knight and Ephraim Gilman. Pardons and commutations noted for 1888 murder cases.
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Augusta
Maine State Prison
Joel C. Preble
Whitefield
Supreme Judicial Court
Androscoggin County
Lewiston
Frank J. Palmer
Parsonfield
Betsey R. Hobbs
Bradford C. Knight
Bowdeinham
Mamie Small
Richmond
George Knight
Poland
Knight
Preble
Ephraim Gilman
Denmark
Oxford County
David L. Stain
Oliver Cromwell
J. Wilson Barron
Dexter Savings Bank
James F. Hodgdon
Bath
Miner’s Eighth Avenue Theatre Destroyed By Fire
A New York theatre on Eighth avenue between Twenty sixth and Twenty seventh streets was destroyed by fire last night. The blaze began about 15 minutes after the audience left and was caused by a lighted cigarette according to reports.
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Miner
Eighth Avenue Theatre
New York
Eighth Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Twenty-seventh Street
Dover Fire Destroys Boston and Maine Passenger Station
A fire at 8 o'clock in Dover New Hampshire gutted the Boston and Maine passenger station. The two story brick building with granite trim burned rapidly under a northwest wind. The ticket office and news stand were destroyed with thousands of tickets lost. officers and supplies on the second floor were a total loss. Total loss estimated around 5000 dollars.
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Dover
N. H
Boston and Maine Railroad
Armstrong
New Year Dinner Hosted at Mrs Nuttall Residence
Mrs George W Nuttall gave a New Year dinner at her Summer Street home today. The house was festively decorated with evergreen and other observances of the day were noted. Souvenir cards were handed to guests.
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George W. Nuttall
Summer Street
Ayer's Pills Promoted as Standard Family Remedy
An old advertisement touts Ayer's Pills as a direct liver remedy. It claims sixty years of use, small doses cure biliousness and constipation, and presents the pills as a trusted family standard for generations.
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Ayer
Five story Boston fire devastates Summer Street block
A stubborn blaze in a five story granite building on Summer Street Boston, starting in the basement, caused about 100000 in losses. Spitz Bros. & Mark suffered the principal hit with 75000 to 85000 in presumed losses among occupants. Automatic alarm at 623 am triggered three alarms as firefighters battled the flames for hours.
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Boston
Spitz. Bros. & Mork
Summer Street
Spitz Bros. & Mark
Ugut
New Marriage Law Takes Effect In New York
New York enters the new marriage law era as valid common law marriages become possible through a signed written contract by both parties and two witnesses, to be filed within six days in the local county or town. The law leaves existing relationships intact and applies aside from civil or ecclesiastical ceremonies.
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New York
Odell
Middlesex North Agricultural Society Hosts First Farmers Institute
The Middlesex North Agricultural Society will hold its first farmers’ institute in 1902 at Chelmsford Town Hall on Wednesday the 8th. Prof. F W Card of Kingston Rhode Island will discuss Opportunities for Young Men and Women in Agriculture. Dinner at noon provided by the Unitarian Society entertainment committee. Afternoon discussion follows.
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Middlesex North Agricultural Society
Farmers’ Institute
Chelmsford
F. W. Card
Kingston
R. I
Unitarian Society
Battle Over City Street Superintendent Sparks Cash Talk
Five candidates vie to replace the late superintendent as political maneuvering heats up. Col. Albert Pinder, Moses T. Wyman, Dr. Charles E. Donlan, Dr. O. P. Porter, and John F. Murphy seek the post amid civil service questions and possible court action. Democrats hold a slim overseers’ edge with shifting board dynamics and talk of a campaign fund.
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Albert Pinder
Moses T. Wyman
Charles E. Donlan
O. P. Porter
Massachusetts
John F. Murphy
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Saunders
State Civil Service Board
Col. Pinder
State Board
Civil Service
Teamster Timothy Mahony Injured in Chelmsford Street Accident
Timothy Mahony a city teamster of Franklin street had his foot broken when his team lurched at the Chelmsford street gravel bank this morning He was thrown into the street and transported to the Emergency hospital for treatment.
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Timothy Mahony
Franklin Street
Chelmsford
Head Missing From Court Startled Courtroom
George Head failed to appear in police court on a couch larceny case before Judge Hadley. A capias was issued for his arrest, with probable appearance tomorrow. Other defendants faced sentences for drunkenness, assaults, and theft, including Andrew Burns given five months in the workhouse and Jane Harding four months with possible hospital care for her child.
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George Head
Head
Hadley
Bondsman
Picksman
Mack
Andrew Burns
William Curry
Lawrence Street
Lowell
Jane Harding
Albion Street
St. John’s Hospital
Annie Pierce
Ithaca
New
A Well Known Man Becomes Father John Medicine Partner
Frank W. Hall, formerly superintendent at the J. C. Ayer company, has joined Father John’s Medicine proprietors. He started duties at the Central street laboratory Tuesday, bringing wide business and newspaper experience. He is a well known Lowell citizen with celebrated career.
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Frank W. Hall
J. C. Ayer Company
Father John's Medicine
Central Street
Hall
Lowell
High School Notes and Reunion Night Details
The basketball team continues practice at the annex ahead of the Lowell Melrose High game. Tonight, the class reunion for 1899 to 1902 will be held at the High school hall under the four classes social committees. Matrons listed include Miss Webster Miss Watson Miss Baker Miss Coggeshall Miss Huntoon Miss Cassidy Miss Chase Miss Kilpatrick Miss Day Mrs Richardson Mrs Irish Mrs Abbott Mrs Gray and Mrs Rogers. The event benefits the L. H. S. Athletic association.
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Lowell-Melrose
High School Hall
Miss Webster
Watson
Baker
Coggeshall
Huntoon
Cassidy
Chase
Kilpatrick
Day
Richardson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pres. Roosevelt
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
Travelers
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Messrs. Soule and Myers
Rufus A. Soule
New Bedford
Maine
Durance Vile
Dover Station
Buckingham
Vogists
Hart & Co
Nasnua, NH
Mer Street
Spitz Bros
Mork Suffer
Appleton National
Geo. W. Fifield
Fred H. Ela
Charles H. Allen
Fred A. Buttrick
George W. Fipield
WM. E Livingston
Elisha J Neale
J. W. C. Pickering
Addison Putnam
York
James Jordan
Portland
Henry Ward
James Stead
James P. Boyle
Massachusetts Reformatory
Shuman
Merrimack Clothing Company
City Hall
Father John
Fashion
O'Sn
Bros. Co
The
Sic Shoe House
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