Pelham Minstrel Show Draws 300 At Town Hall
Nearly 300 residents packed the Pelham town hall for a lyrical minstrel program last Friday night. Tickets netted about $50 after expenses from a chicken pie supper, with plans to repeat the event and fund a schoolhouse flag. Miss Angeline Kent remains in Nashua hospital. Next Friday a Currier district schoolhouse entertainment will feature a graphophone and a local rapper to raise funds for a flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeline Kent
Nashua
Currier
Tyngsboro Pulpit News and Town Improvements
Tyngsboro reports Rev F F Wolfe of Boston University Theological School preached at Evangelical church with morning text Thou art the holy One of God and evening sermon Nehemiah I am doing a great work so that I cannot come down The annual Evangelical church meeting is set for January thirty eight at Deacon Swallow's home The Ladies Social Circle meets at Mrs William Blanchard at 2 30 p m on January third Unitarian Rev Manfred Lilliefors spoke on The Unitarian Orthodoxy Its Latest Phase The College Club gathered at Miss Marion Bennett with holiday visitors The sidewalk along town hall square gains praise as safer and drier passage amid muddy weather Tyngsboro readies to remove gypsy and brown tail moth nests by February first or risk town action at owner expense. last year saw notable pest activity
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F. F. Wolfe
Boston University Theological School
Evangelical Church
Swallow
William Blanchard
Manfred Lilliefors
Unitarian Church
College Club
Marion Bennett
Pearl Woodward
Stoneham
Tyngsboro
Maude Willett
Dracut
Dora Sherburne
Simmons College
Tyngsborough
Village Improvement Association
Town Hall Square
Nashua
Dunstable Road
Public spirited campaign urged against spreading moth
A call for an active and thorough campaign against the brown tail moth notes its rapid spread and potential to become a public nuisance, urging citizens to act responsibly to curb its expansion and protect the community.
Call for Special Town Meeting in Billerica
About 600 residents received circulars urging attendance at a special town meeting Monday night January 1 at 5 45 o'clock in the town hall to vote on an official ballot for annual town meetings. The ballot is in use in 199 of 320 Massachusetts towns and is signatured by Forrest F. Collier. Funeral services for Mrs Luther Faulkner were held Friday and her body cremated Saturday at Forest Hills. Josiah Wright is ill with gastric trouble. Dr Buck attends. Walter Fuller entered Lowell General Hospital for an operation. his mother is feeble. Sunday church services featured Rev Wiers and Rev Billings. Annie Merriam of Boston visited with her parents. Special town meeting Monday night January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billerica
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cape
Forrest F. Collier
Luther Faulkner
Wiers
Forest Hills
Josiah Wright
Buck
Holden
Walter Fuller
Lowell General Hospital
Unitarian Church
C. T. Billings
Lowell
Mr Dale
Evans
Birthday Club gathers for social tea at Wilson home
Carlisle notes describe the Birthday Club meeting with Mrs H W Wilson on Thursday the 28th. Capt and Mrs W Wilson relatives joined for an enjoyable gathering with dinner and music. Each society enjoyed the hall tree with gifts and school children performed Christmas songs and recitations at the primary school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Wilson
Miss Jennie Shaw Visits Bowdoin Student Brother
Dracut notes Miss Jennie Shaw a Parker avenue school teacher spent the past week in Bowdoin Maine visiting her brother a Bowdoin College student. William Thorne of Dorchester was in town yesterday visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Shaw
Parker Avenue School
Bowdoin
Maine
Bowdoin, College
William Thorne
Dorchester
Question of Adopting an Official Ballot For Election
Town meeting in Billerica will discuss adopting an official ballot for electing town officers. The session is expected to provoke debate as residents decide whether to change voting methods.
Twentieth Century Club to Meet Tuesday Evening
The council of the Twentieth Century Club plans a Tuesday evening meeting at the residence of Mr. H. M. Billings. The Woman's Guild schedules a Wednesday afternoon gathering at the Congregational church. The Congregational church annual business meeting notice was read at Sunday service for January 11. Doctors Philbrick and Farmer completed their four and a half year interneship at the state hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of the Twentieth Century Club
H. M. Billings
Woman's Guild
Congregational Church
Philbrick
William Farmer
State Hospital
Five Mast Schooner Barrett Struck By Great Wave Near Woods Hole
A towering wave swept over the five masted schooner Henry O Barrett near Woods Hole. Captain Joshua Norton of Rockland Maine and Mate James Conley of St John New Brunswick vanished after standing near the stern as the sea flooded the deck. The Barrett, bound from Newport News to Boston, pressed on despite heavy seas until the disaster. Captain Norton and Mate Conley are presumed dead. Norton leaves a widow. The vessel anchored off Woods Hole after the loss, with Second Mate Nelson reporting the tragedy.
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Woods Hole
Vineyard Sound
Henry O. Barrett
Joshua Norton
Rockland
James Conley
St. John
N. B
Norton
Conley
Barrett
Newport News
Boston
Block Island
Gayhead
Nobska
Nelson
Haines
Lewis H. Goward
Gardiner G
Deering & Company
Bath
Mate Conley
St. John, N. B
January Free Consultation by Dr Temple at 97 Central Street
Dr Temple offers free consultations throughout January for all illnesses including catarrh stomach and lung conditions rheumatism liver kidney and skin diseases and women and men health. He lists credentials from Albany and Boston institutions and provides free X ray exams with office hours 10 am to 5 pm and 7 to 8 pm at Mansur block Central Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Swinburne Medicine
Albany
Mass
Hue and Har Infirmary
Boston
Central Street
Mansur Block
Fire destroys eight story shoe factory in Cincinnati
An eight story building at 218 and 220 Hast Fourth street occupied by Julian and Kokenge Company, shoe manufacturers, burned today. Loss estimated at $125,000 with insurance covering the amount.
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Cincinnati
Dee
Fourth Street
Julian and Kokenge Company
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Mr. Jenkins
William Doyle
Paul Deavitt
Walter Chandler
Raymon Morris
Joseph Chisholm
Harry Randall
Willie
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Charles Hurst
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H. M. Collins
Mary E. Hughes
James Smith
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Calumet Orchestra of
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Ella Reilly
Cecil Manning
Edith Nason
Rena Parker
Nellie Murphy
Blanche Evans
Delores Foster
Francis Gannon
Lottie Potts
Chester H. Howe
North Billerica Baptist Church
Mr. Howe
St. Andrew’s Church
Republican
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Cricket Club
Mathews
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Eague
P.C
Cricket
Finishing Room
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Sheldon
Jeffcock
Peeenenee
Delehanty McGill
Ae Tee
McMillen
Sere Mlerees
Perry Seeeee Ween
Wwhitehead Vee Me
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Foster
Sere Gerteeeve
Sermaee
O'Brien
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Sheridan A We
Amber
Rhodes’ Hair Store
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Tewksbury
DR. Temple
the Mosler Safe Co
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