Hospital Guild Names New Executive Board and Reports
The Young Women's Hospital Guild of Lowell holds its annual meeting with re elected officers and a refreshed executive committee. Secretary Bessie Hadley reports membership grows to 252 in 1901, plus sewing meetings, charity work, and a December sale with a lively public musicale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Moment's Hospital Guild
Fred Estes
Walter 5S. Coburn
Louie Reader
Hartley
Helen Lambert
Amos B. Hill
W. H. Wilson
Elsie Stanwood
R. Mignault
Afinie Kimball
Belle Swapp
Brenda Pettengill
Grace Ward
Mamie Kilpartrick
Bessie Hunsoon
Helen Buttrick
Walter S. Coburn
Frances Anderson
Helen Coburn
Harriet Coburn
A. H. Herchel
Kileski
Wm. A. Lamson
Robert F. Marden
Walter W. Johnson
Libbee Dunlap
Helen Chadbourne
Jane Warfield
Warner Ward
Margaret Spear
Florence Pierce
H. F. Garner
Chester D. Coram
Grace H&tch
Ethel Lyman
Harry Whiting
Arthur B. Merrill
Dana Bartlett
Joseph P. Talbot
Chester Smith
Samuel Burbank
George Larrabee
Z. W. Sturtevant
Frank Stowell
James J. Kerwin
Hortense Tabor
Young Women’s Hospital Guild
City of
Lowell
Lowell General Hospital
Edith Stott
E. N. Burke
Bessie B. Hadhey
T. G. McGannon
Frank E. Dunbar
Arthur D. Prince
Mineva Walsh
Jennie P. Bradt
Tena Merrill
Julia W. Stevens
J. A. Coram
Bessie Butler Hadley
Twentieth Century Club Supper Feature Irv Hale
The Twentieth Century Club of Tewksbury hosts its seventh supper with Irv Edward Everett Hale as a featured guest. The club, about 100 members, charges $2 yearly or 25 cents per eight evenings, covers all expenses, and relies on volunteers for labor and service. The supper emphasizes community fellowship and self-sustained activities without extra solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Tewksbury
Irv
Edward Everett Hale
Temperance union meets in South Acton on January 9
South Acton hosted a large Middlesex Northwest Temperance Union gathering at the Congregational church with West Acton and Carlisle delegations. Rev. F P Wood led devotionals, Abram English Brown gave an historical address, and plans for the 40th anniversary were discussed alongside the death of Augusta H Hartwell and a dinner for about 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Northwest Temperance Union
Congregational Church
West Acton
Carlisle
F. P. Wood
Acton
W. J. Batt
Nash
Abram English Brown
Bedford
Francis Peabody
Mary B
Concord Junction
N. B. Conant
Dea. M. E. Wood
Augustus Lovejoy
A. W. Sawyer
A. H. Armes
G. Easterbrook
Alfred Noon
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
W. F. Dusseault
Allen Whitcomb
Littleton
Addie Heald Johnson
West Somerville
J. E. Carr
Concord
Augusta H. Hartwell
Geo. A. Tewkesbury
Winthrop White
South Acton
Boxboro
Births and local notices from Middlesex County Chelmsford
The 1901 birth tally in Chelmsford stands at 81 with 46 boys and 35 girls, a peak in two decades except 1896. Twins in one family born to Mr and Mrs James Crook. Edward J Robbins named notary public after qualifying. Warren circle Baptist meeting led by Mrs Nellie P Parker. Chelmsford lodge 118 I O O F officers installed by Lowell team. future meetings to fill several offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crook
Edward J. Robbins
Warren Circle of the Baptist Church
Nellie P. Parker
Westford Street
O. S. Jones
Lowell
Chelmsford Lodge
No. 118
N. G
Frank J. Spaulding
V. G
Geo. W. Day
R. S
Herbert C. Sweetser
Walter Perham
Albert H. Davis
Martin Robbins
W. BE. Lagham
Isaac H. Knight
I. G
E. T. Adams
Fred L. Fletcher
V. S. A. votes to lease hall for twenty years
In South Chelmsford at Mr. Wilbur Lapham's on Saturday evening the V. S. A. voted to accept the hall owners' offer to lease the hall for twenty years. Other notes mention Annie Williams visiting Roxbury, Lama J. Byam with her brother in Somerville, Fred Mansfield of Somerville at George Mansfield's, and a Woman's Missionary Society meeting planned with Mrs. Maria Sloan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Lapham
Annie Williams
Roxbury
Lama J. Byam
Somerville
Fred Mansfield
George Mansfield
Woman's Missionary Society
Maria Sloan
Bondsmen of Miles Have Property Attached in $17000 Writ
Deputy Sheriff Whitman attached the bondsmen property Monday in Marlboro. The writ, returnable Feb 1 in Cambridge Superior Court, seeks $17 000. Miles, former tax collector, was jailed Jan 29 1901 after pleading guilty to stealing 900 from town funds and receiving a prison term of five to nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Miles
Charlestown State Prison
Charles G. Whitman
Marlboro
Superior Court
Cambridge
L. D. Apsley
J. B. Bake
George P. Keith
Charles E. Hall
A. M. Mossman
G. T. C. Holden
Lamb
P. E. Millay
L. W. Jennison
J. 8. Bradley
Ephraim Taylor
John Phillips
W. H. Trow
F. P. Glazier
H. M. Campbell
A. T. Knight
C. J. Sawyer
J. L. Harriman
Miles
Hunter's 14th wife captured via matrimonial ad
Dr. Vonn, a hunter of wild animals, has reportedly taken his 14th wife through a matrimonial advertisement. The remark that other wild animals and "cursos" will not answer ads highlights the perilous life of a hunter.
About the House column seeks reader ideas
The About The House department in the Lowell Weekly Journal invites readers to send household tips, hints, advice, or suggestions. Readers may mail their thoughts to the About The House department for publication consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kefpar
Lowell Weekly Journal
Mother and I Remembering Home and Mother’s Absence
A reflective verse fragment by Jessie L. Field from Good Housekeeping December about a daughter left behind as mother ages. The speaker imagines a quiet cottage home, the book and chair as remnants, and fears a future drift when mother eventually goes home. The piece expresses loneliness and sorrow over separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Jessie L. Field
Editorial Reflections on Fashion and Declining Table Habits
The piece laments changing tastes in adornments from bird plumage to fur and animal skins and notes shifts in tableware from casters to modern salt and pepper sets. It predicts trends like sofa pillows and earrings while recalling decorative ribbon sets as Christmas gifts and calling for awareness of evolving fashion and domestic practices.
Household Hints From A Penny Newspaper Column
Practical kitchen and laundry tips including starch irons, butter on raisins, soda water to clean onions, roasting temperature to preserve juices, alum in rinse water to make fabrics less inflammable, and a method to clean rough iron kettles.
Processing Recipe Fragment for Fire, Heat, and Cleanliness
A brief instruction describes setting a substance over fire until red hot, burning off scales, then cooling gradually and washing thoroughly when cold. The passage emphasizes controlled heating and complete cleansing after heating.
Portuguese Pudding and Cranberry Bavarian Cream
Two dessert recipes from period cookery. Portuguese pudding uses milk rice eggs sugar and vanilla with cinnamon chocolate topping. Cranberry Bavarian Cream combines cranberries sugar gelatine milk and cream whipped into a ring mold for serving with whipped cream center.
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New York Post
Woman Finds Immunity From Colds Through Water Therapy and Brushing
A Washington Star account traces a woman's claimed cure for violent colds via daily cold water drinking, vigorous body rubbing with a horse brush, and controlled eating. A New York physician advised morning and evening exercises, bathing adjustments, and water intake to strengthen condition and prevent colds. The regimen emphasizes livered circulation and skin opening pores while reducing clothing need.
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New York
Washington Star
Vigilance Keeps Her Beauty A Actress Secrets
One of England's most admired actresses shares simple beauty routines. She emphasizes vigilance against fatigue and indigestion, sleeping nine to ten hours, walking daily, and avoiding excess. She avoids social obligations during theater season and relies on regular meals, baths, and a strict routine to maintain her figure and complexion.
Fraternal Lodge Meeting Adds Members and Officers
General Fiske lodge I O G T hosted a large gathering at Highland hall with three initiations. Eirene lodge members attended as well as a ceremony installing Merrimack lodge I O O F officers led by N G C F Clousson, with a supper at the Rockingham. Cercle d Youville and Mathews groups announced new officers and initiations, plus a social planned for Thursday. Garfield colony Pilgrim Fathers reported year end gains and one candidate initiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Fiske Lodge
Highland Hall
Eirene Lodge
Navy
Installation of elected officers by Grand President Green
Transacted the work of installing the recently elected officers took place. The officers were installed by Grand president Elizabeth Green P P Lillian Hud P P Edith Perry of Lawrence P P Mary H Brown. The following were the officers installed Worthy president Miss Gussie Black W V P Mrs Emma Pilkington recording secretary Mrs Ann Haigh financial secretary Miss Lilian Hoyle treasurer Mrs Mary H Orrell chaplain Mrs Hannah Ireland first conductor Miss Eva Hoyle A C Mrs Elizabeth Mills inside guard Mrs Emma Bairstow outside guard Florence Oxley trustee Mrs Elizabeth Green. Court Merrimack F of A held their semi annual installation and smoke talk in Foresters hall last evening and a large number attended. Deputy John Gately installing officer. Officers for ensuing year C R Edwin Costello 5 C R Nelson E Huntley F 8 John McPadden treasurer David Gerow R S Michael A Corcoran S W Owen ONeil J W Daniel Shea S B Ferdinand Bernice J B Abe Berry physician Dr T B Smith captain of guard Fred Rollins. An excellent entertainment followed with piano solo by John McPadden song Daniel P Shea cornet solo David Gerow song Owen ONeil recitation Edmund Costello back and wing dancing Denis OBrien phonograph Michael Corcoran song Nelson Huntley violin solo Wm Kelty.
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Elizabeth Green
P. P
Lillian Hud
Edith Perry
Lawrence
Mary H. Brown
Gussie Black
Emma Pilkington
Ann Haigh
Lillian Hoyle
Mary H. Orrell
Court Merrimack
F. of A
Foresters’ Hall
John Gately
C. R
Edwin Costello
Nelson E. Huntley
John McPadden
David Gerow
R. S
Michael A. Corcoran
S. W
Owen O'Neil
Michael Corcoran
Nelson Huntley
Wm. Kelty
Trunk Line Pass Exchange Ended After 1901 Agreement
Statement by c W Bullen, chairman of the executive committee, notes that exchanges of passes among railroad and transportation companies have grown burdensome. After numerous conferences, the 1901 agreement to discontinue passes after December 31, 1901 was unanimously adopted and is now in effect. No single trunk line president is responsible for its inception.
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C. W. Bullen
Trunk Line Association
Trunk Line
Courier Ad Spot Message to Advertisers
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The
Courier
General S. G. Griffin Dies in Keene at 77
General S G Griffin longtime New Hampshire soldier and public figure dies at his Keene home after long illness with diabetes aged 77. Civil War veteran led brigades at Wilderness and Jerusalem Plank Road, later declined regular army commission, twice NH House Speaker, two-time GOP congressional candidate, G A R leader, Mason and Loyal Legion member. He had been drafting a history of Keene.
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S. G. Griffin
New Hampshire
Keene
Griffin
Concord
Grant
Burnside
Senate
Jerusalem Plank Road
Washington
Margaret Lamson
Congress
John Sedgwick
Loyal Legion
Vicksburg
Miss
Sixth Regiment
Sister Madeline Schnell Dies at 72 in Terre Haute
Sister Madeline Schnell, a 55 year member of the Sisters of Providence at St. Marys of the Woods in Terre Haute Indiana, head of the literature art and science department at the firis' college for fifty years, was born on the Rhine and came to Indiana as a child joining the order when it opened.
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Maurice
Community of Sisters of Providence
St. Mary's of the Woods
Terre Haute
Ind
Order
United States
Firis’ College
St. Mary’s
Madeline Schnell
Rhine
Indiana
Sk. Mary’s
France
Death of Rev Geo McK Steele D D LL D
Rev Geo McK Steele a prominent Methodist Episcopal clergyman and educator aged 78 died at his son Geo F Steele’s residence in Kenilworth Tl. He joined the New England conference in 1853 and led charges in Fitchburg Lowell Lynn and Boston for 12 years. He was principal of Wesleyan academy Wilbraham Mass from 1879 to 1892. Funeral services will be held at Auburndale with interment at Newtonville.
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Geo. McK. Steele
D. D
Geo. F. Steele
Kenilworth
Steele
Methodist Episcopal Church
New England
Fitchburg
Lowell
Lynn
Boston
Wesleyan Academy
Wilbrahham
Mass
Auburndale
Newtonville
Death of Azariah Smith on Boston train at 68
Azariah Smith of Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston died of heart disease aboard a Boston and Albany train on Tuesday. He was 68 years old and left behind a widow and two children.
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Azariah Smith
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Book Publishers
Boston
Boston and Albany
Mr. Smith
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Middlesex County
Chelmsford
South Chelmsford
A. G. Pollard & CO
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Cygne
Merrimack Street
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
Mother and I
Health and Beauty
Pumare CF Encine
Merrimack Lodge
C. F. Clousson
Thomas Frost
William Hodgson
Jacob Norris
Frank Wiley
F. L. Brown
C. S
J. Nox
E.G. J
Breton
R._S
G. W
I. B
Romaine
G. M
George Bowen
Mr. Harrington
G. F
G. T
F. S. Nichols
G. G
Jones
Rockingham
Cercle d
Mathews
John J. Murphy
John J. Lyons
Lady Friends of the Society
Garfield Colony
Pilgrim Fathers
Wm. W. Marshall
Samuel H
P. C. Hi. Lang
C. C
H. J. Thompson
V. C
A. J. Deno
John Shaw
M. V
Walter
A. FE. Joy
J. H. Breton
C. G
Charles Dame
Princess Lodge
Daughters of St. George
G. A. RB
Ma’frs
Intervale Mills
Guinebang
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