Civil Service Board Clash Over Lowell City Farm Superintendency
Lowell overseers vote to recognize the civil service commission and seek a list of physicians eligible for the city farm master and workhouse post. Dr. Donlan is elected temporary superintendent pending civil service review amid partisan maneuvering. A separate note recounts Frederick Ambler’s dramatic Santa Fe freight derailment and survival near Castle Rock.
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City Farm
Donlan
City Hall
Overseers of
Civil Service Board
Boston
Overseers of the
Lowell
Mass
Civil Service Commissioners
Commonwealth
Charles E. Donlan
Civil Service
Cormenseien
Civil Service Commission
McOsker
Courtney
Overseer Conley
Williams
Attorney General
Supt Saunders
Col. Pinder
Bertrand
Conley
McCoy
McMahon
Sheehan
No—Coburn
Blanks
Holgate
Republian
Bus
Mr. Holgate
Helgate
Coburn
Wyman
Pinder
Dr. Donlan
Lease of Boston & Albany by New York Central praised
The Universalist Leader commends the lease of the Boston and Albany to the New York Central system. It lauds improved passenger service, faster running times, more dining cars, better equipment, and a broader mileage reach, while noting the old line’s sturdy legacy and cautious modernization under central direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Boston & Albany
Vanderbilt
New England
New York Central
Poston & Albany
Hanson
New York Central Railroad
America
New York
Tanson
New York Central System
Jin Universalist
Farmers of Northern Middlesex Column Note
Public agricultural column invites concise reader contributions from farmers in Northern Middlesex. Readers with brief lines are asked to write for the agricultural editor to edit into short pithy paragraphs, avoiding long discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Farmers institutes and question boxes shape better meetings
Editor praises farmer institute practices with emphasis on question boxes as a key feature for open discussion. Notes on chair control and topic focus, renewals for The Journal and offers, and remarks on The New England Farmer and Europe patching potato deficits.
Winter Bird Feeders Missed Guests In Snowy Season
Readers of the red albumen fraud saga may recall reports on winter bird feeding. The lack of winter bird guests is attributed to light snow, plus plentiful seed harvests that feed birds already.
Correspondence on farming shifts and family life by GEO Parker
The writer, GEO Parker of Townsend Harbor, laments farm modernization and its impact on the family and community. He argues that progress through labor-saving machinery displaces traditional rural life, noting reduced use of the sickle and cradle, and questions the erosion of the old farm social structure and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Parker
Townsend Harbor
A Quarter Century With Fertilizers
An experienced farmer reports twenty five years of fertilizer use as the main plant food source. He has consistently applied ten to twenty tons annually and notes outcomes from sustained soil enrichment and crop improvement based on decades of practice.
Fertilizers and soil health in farming practice
The author compares fertilizers with stable manure, stressing proper selection and use to sustain humus and curb soil acidity. Excessive fertilizer without adequate input can exhaust soil, and mistakes in manure application can mimic exhaustion. A New Year pledge encourages better farming habits and prudent stock management.
Celery as Rheumatism Cure Noted in Science News
A physician claims cooked celery can cure rheumatism when eaten with water, milk, flour, and nutmeg as a warm dish. The article links alkaline blood to relief, while cold damp conditions worsen the disease. Also discussed is market-driven seed choices for farmers to meet consumer demand and price.
Nature's Mulch and Leaves as Soil Improver
A study notes that composted leaves used as mulch benefits soil across herbaceous borders, roses, and lilies, with strong frost protection. It critiques burning leaf rakes in autumn, arguing carbon is released and ash wasted, urging better use of nature's mulch per Rural New Yorker.
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New Yorker
Cover Crops for Winter Ploughing in Fruit Lands
Prof. C. S. Phelps explains methods to grow crops like crimson clover, hairy vetch, cowpeas, and rye to overwinter and plough under in spring. Clover sown with corn increases yields. vetch risks winter kill unless sown early. rye fosters decay of pea vines and soil moisture, reducing loss and erosion.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
Prof
C. S. Phelps
American Agriculturest
Feeding Out Bone Boosts Egg Protein for Hens
Poultry Farmer explains protein as key to egg production and outlines feeding bone and meat meal. Fresh cut bone preferred for palatability and nutrition. avoid old bones. Recommend about one ounce per hen three times weekly. excess causes liver trouble, moulting, and bowel issues.
Red Albumen Fraud Alarms Western New York Farmers
Poultry feeders and farmers across western New York face a flood of false claims about Red Albumen. Drugstores report unprecedented demand as buyers are duped by substitutes. Some products sold under the Salyx company label in New Concord, Ohio contain almost no protein, only iron oxide and sand, while others are by products with minimal value.
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New York
United States Salux Company
New Concord, O
Alequet
Salyx Company
Protein content and pricing of animal feed products noted
The article discusses nitrogen and protein levels in feeds such as a druggist's original article and animal meal. Prices vary, with typical rates around fifty to sixty cents per pound for the original article and three to five cents per pound for animal meal. W. H. Jordan of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Jordan
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
N. Y
Chestnut Culture Pioneer Grows Big Grove in Pennsylvania
Coleman K. Sober of Union County owns the largest chestnut grove in the United States. His 205 acres hold over 100,000 trees. Started five years ago on rugged land near Shamokin, grafting Paragin nuts to boost size. First harvest 30 bushels at $7 a bushel. next year projected 3,000 bushels worth about $18,000. Sober grafted himself with help, grafting rate ~300 trees daily, ninety percent success. Grove protected by fire roads. brush burned. game chickens and sheep used for weevil control and grass management. Prefers seedlings to nuts for planting.
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Coleman K. Sober
Union County
United States
Philadelphia Press
Mr. Sober
Lewisburg
Commonwealth
Irish Valley
Shamokin
Sober
Middlesex Church Reports Growth and New Officers
Encouraging reports came at the Middlesex County Congrega tional church annual meeting in Chelmsford vestry. The treasurer noted rising subscriptions and expenditures over 1400 with benevolences near 250. A unanimous vote praised retiring clerk A B Woodworth. Officers elected include Clerk William R Fowle Treasurer William Mitchell Prudential Committee William W Kilbourne Deacons William R Fowle and deaconesses Elizabeth Ashworth and William Mitchell. Samuel Hagerman was confirmed Sun day school superintendent for his 22d year. A music committee was named: William Mitchell Edward J Robbins Mrs E R Clark Miss Lillian W Kilbourne Miss Ethe Adams.
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Congregational Church
Mons
A. B. Woodworth
Wm. R. Fowle
Wm. Mitchell
Prudential
Tewksbury Events Include Prayer Meetings and Grange Installation
The Y P S C E of the First Congregational church shifts weekly prayer meetings to Sunday at 6.0 pm with a 6:50 pm service and a mid between praise session, plus a Thursday vestry prayer led by Rev. J Herbert Yeoman. The 20th Century club meets Wednesday with Rev. Edward Everett Hale as principal speaker. Tewksbury grange installed officers on Friday Jan 10 with Past Master Burt of Andover installing. 1902 officers listed. supper by A C Blaisdell. visiting patrons from nearby granges. prospect of a prosperous year.
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First Congregational Church
Congregational Church
J. Herbert Yeoman
20Th Century Club
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
New Boston
Lowell
Lawrence Street
Tewksbury Grange
Burt
Andover
C. W. French
Nettie Carley
Theresa Small
Eliot French
A. C. Blaisdell
Billerica
Dracut
Dracut Meeting Plans Gentlemen's Supper Event
A Dracut gathering is planned at the Central Congregational church Tuesday evening January 14 to arrange the gentlemen's supper and related entertainment.
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Central Congregational Church
Dracut
Stoneham Veteran Charles Horne Dead at 63
Charles F E Horne longtime Stoneham resident and former postmaster died at his Central Street home aged 63 from locomotive ataxia. A Civil War veteran, he served from 1861 to 1864, was wounded at Spotsylvania, and spent time in Libby prison. He led a public life as assessor and state house doorkeeper, survived by a wife and four siblings.
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Charles FE. Horne
Central Street
Mr. Horne
State House
Boston
Co. G
Mass
Spottsylvania Court House
Libby
Horne
Columbian Lodge
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Charles A. Ambler
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Ambler
Union Pacific
Hartville
Wyo
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Palmer Lake
Spruce
Castle Rock
Sedalia
Littleton
Denver Republican
Boston and Albany
Editorial
Middlesex North Agricultural Society
Farmers’ Institute
Journal
New York Tribune
Farmer
Review
Tribune
Maine
Europe
ORTS
Nubbins
Ence
Mass. Ploughman
S. A. Adams
Middlesex County
Chelmsford
Tewksbury
Dracut Centre
Stoneham
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