Return of John J Walker from Co K Twenty second infantry
From the Philippines John J Walker of this city a member of Co K Twenty second infantry serving there is expected soon to return home. The Twenty second infantry has a long history from 1861 its wars on the Indian frontier Cuba and the Philippines noted for the bold march to Rosales Bautista and the dispersal of Aguinaldo's forces amid deep mud and hardships described in official reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Walker
Co. K. Twenty-second Infantry
Philippines
Reform Club
Manila
Twenty-second Infantry
18Th Infantry
31St Infantry
Twenty-second
Cuba
Young
Lawton
Aguinaldo
Secretary of War
Ballance
Rosales
Bautista
Gen. Young
Annual Meeting of First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church held its annual supper and meeting in the vestry with large attendance. President David Dickson opened at 8 o’clock. Financial Secretary A Y Rogers reported year receipts of 1659.05 with pew rents 895.13 and collections 494.64. 494.59 due. Treasurer Donald A McFadyen said total receipts were 2870.98 with 1.30 left in treasury and liabilities 998 and assets 494.59. Dickson spoke for the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
David Dickson
A. Y. Rogers
Donald A. McFadyen
Treasury
Com
Church Men’s League reports solid year and plans funding
The committee notes receipts for church debt and Willing Hands Society funds, reports officers elected including David Dickson as president and Donald A. McFadyen as treasurer, and approves $400 for music. Rev John M. Craig commends unity and discusses by law revisions and future improvements. The meeting adjourns after minor items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Y. Rogers
Donald A. McFadyen
Church Debt Fund
David Dickson
William Barris
Daniel Ryan
H. W. Derby
James S. Hastings
Andrew Jameson
Mr. Hubbard
Andrew Rogers
John Wylie
Hubbard
Hastings
Craig
John M. Craig
Presbyterian Church of the
Presbyterian Church
New England
Men’s League
Worthen St Baptist Church Prayer Meeting Notes
The Thursday afternoon gathering, mainly ladies, heard Miss McNally speak on The Power of Prayer and received praise. Mrs Leadbetter sang Come, Hor Spirit in her typical moving style. Tonight’s meeting is expected to be the largest yet, with the pastor delivering an earnest sermon on Bible truths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McNally
Danish West Indies treaty to be signed soon
Copenhagen Jan 23 Authority to sign the Danish West Indies treaty was cabled to the Danish minister at Washington D Brun this afternoon. It is expected the treaty will be signed today or tomorrow and immediately transmitted to the Senate. Its prompt ratification is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Washington
D. Brun
Senate
Moody Thanks Colored People For His Interest In Them
A Lowell memorial gathering marks the thirty ninth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Booker Washington club hosted Rev W H H Rousseau who noted scant turnout yet praised active colored men and women. Charles Cowley spoke on emancipation, regiments, and progress, lamenting Sergeant Carney's absence. A resolution thanked W H Moody for supporting colored suffrage rights, to be sent to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
Booker Washington Club
Marshall Patterson
W. H. H. Rousseau
William H. Carney
State House
Cowley
Moody
W. H. Moody
Congress
South
Booker T. Washington Literary Society of
Lowell
Rousseau
Elizabeth Varnum Stearns obituary in Dorchester death note
Mrs Elizabeth Varnum Stearns died in Dorchester on January 19 on her eightieth birthday. Widow of John Prescott Stearns she lived in Waltham long after marriage. Her lineage connects to Anne Franklin Harris sister of Benjamin Franklin and to Samuel Varnum early Dracut settler. Her husband descended from Colonel William Prescott. Survived by many children and twelve siblings, twin sister died in 1829.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth (Varnum) Stearns
Dorchester
John Prescott Stearns
Waltham
Anne (Franklin) Harris
Benjamin Franklin
City Hall
Boston
Stearns
Samuel Varnum
Dracut
Merrimack
Varnum
James Bradley Varnum
Nathaniel Jones
Mill Prison
England
Funeral notices for Monahan Walsh McNamara and others
Funeral notices report services held yesterday for Marion R Monahan Rose Walsh and Patrick McNamara. Burial locations include St Patrick s Catholic cemetery and the Catholic cemetery with Carpenters union representation present. Additional notices include Grady Dunn and Talbot deaths with service times and burial or private services listed.
Local basketball game set between village team and Lowell's C M A C
In Middlesex County North Chelmsford a Saturday evening basketball game will be played in the town hall between the village team and the C M A C team of Lowell. Recent thaw and rain have affected sleighing as teams must be brought into use again. A Tuesday church meeting was held by the Second Congregational church society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Second Congregational Church Society
Funeral of Jerome Butterfield at Sudbury Centre M E church
Jerome Butterfield's funeral was held at Sudbury Centre M E church at 2 o'clock Wednesday with Rev. Mr. Folk officiating. A large number of Odd Fellows attended, and interment followed in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Butterfield
Sudbury Centre
M E
Mr. Folk
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Second smallpox case reported in city
The second case is Mrs. Mary E. Blake about 60, mother of Mrs. Edward Singer of 28 Franklin street. She had never been vaccinated and the board of health ordered her removal to the city farm detention house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Mary E. Blake
Edward Singer
Franklin Street
Board of Health
City Farm
Unitarian Society Fair Set At Town Hall Friday
The annual fair of the Unitarian society will be held in the town hall Friday evening January 24 with a turkey supper as an attraction. Attendees at the federation of young people's societies in Westford last Saturday included Rev J S Moulton Mr Sturtevant Miss Copeland Miss Bertha Lawrence Miss Louise Wood and Miss Nellie Davidson. Nelson Tuttle of Ramsey Illinois visited his brother in town after thirteen years away. The American Bridge Company of New York has the contract to erect the new Gleasondale bridge. A small convenient waiting room has been built at Clark's Corner for electrics travelers. The Guild meeting scheduled for next Sunday evening will be postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Society
Federation of Young People’s Societies
Westford
Moulton
Sturtevant
Copeland
Bertha Lawrence
Louise Wood
Nellie Davidson
Nelson Tuttle
Ramsey
Ill
American Bridge Company of New York
Gleasondale
Double birthday party honors Kidder and Sheldon elders
In Wilmington on Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Kidder a joint birthday observance celebrated Renj. F. Kidder aged 71 and Deacon Allen Sheldon aged 72 among 36 diners. After supper Deacon Sheldon shared stories followed by Rev. W. M. Nelson. Falls in ice harvest cause cuts to W. B. McIntosh as rain halted cutters. church groups hosted fundraisers netting $16. An upcoming U P S C E program at the Congregational church is planned for Wednesday evening in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Kidder
W. M. Nelson
Union Ice Company
W. B. MclIntosh
M. BE
Congregational Church
Carlisle Ball Shines At Social Event
At the squad ball last Thursday the attendance decorations music and ladies toilettes marked it as one of the best. Horace N Wilson and wife now reside in Mrs EB Green's tenement in the village center. Abby Nickless is critically ill at Roxbury Women’s Hospital. The local society of Christian Endeavor held a union service with Billerica Friday with Herbert P Dutton leading on January 24 Missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace N. Wilson
EB. J. Green
Abby Nickless
Women’s Hospital
Roxbury
Society of Christian Endeavor
Billerica
Herbert P. Dutton
Dunstable Rites For Susie Graves Cummings Wife of Louis A.
Mrs Susie Graves Cummings died in Nashua last week from consumption. She was the wife of the late Louis Allen Cummings who died November 14 of the same disease. Rev Mr Grey officiated at her request. She left a will and died peacefully with a smile. Her only attendant at death was Mrs Noel Goodrow of Lowell who aided her through illness. Burial was in Central cemetery Dunstable on a very cold day last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Graves Cummings
Otterson Street
Nashua
Louis Allen Cummings
Mr. Grey
Noel Goodrow
Lowell
Everett M. Cummings
Dunstable
Groton Obituary and Town Notes
Bertha Scott died of tuberculous meningitis at 13 in Groton. Funeral held and burial at Groton cemetery. Mr. Scott works at Groton school. family housed at the Joel Page place. Community sympathy offered. Also notes on a fishing encounter at Badacook pond and a Groton Farmers and Mechanics club meeting about appointing a representative to England for the apple crop. Baptist society young people held a social with refreshments and hot coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Walter Scott
Moors School
S. F. Longley
Groton Cemetery
Scott
Groton
Joel Page
J. S. Williams
A. F. Parkhurst
Badacook Pond
Baptist Society
Society Notes On Entertaining And Local Ills
The gathering featured rice cake served to guests, with guests passing the dishes rather than seating at long tables. Miss Dora Bailey remains frail with little improvement. C. C. Prescott, brother of Mrs. Barrows, lies very ill in Townsend with slim hopes. William Woods remains weak after hernia surgeries. Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst visited in Dunstable at Jacob Parkhurst’s home. The Parkhurst family is unusually large, oldest brother healthy aside from rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Bailey
C. C. Prescott
A. Barrows
Townsend
William Woods
Augustus Woods
W. A. Parkhurst
Dunstable
Jacob Parkhurst
Murphy Beats Casey In Savoy Three Mile Bicycle Race
Crowds packed the Savoy for a three mile race between Elkes and Butler with Butler winning a photo finish by about a wheel. The event featured exhibition miles by Elkes and a closing two mile contest between Midget Murphy and Charles Casey, with Murphy claiming a fast 1.16 1-5 for the mile and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkes
Butler
The
Savoy
Lewiston
Portland
Midget Murphy
Charles Casey
Murphy
Money Paper and the Crane Paper Mills History
The piece outlines W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts and the Crane family role in producing government money paper at Dalton. It details the process from linen stock, silk fibers, and watermarks to beating engines, sizing, cutting, and plate finishing, with guards and statutory penalties for counterfeiting and hidden production. It notes official supervision by treasury staff and the route to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Conrad Murat Strong
New York Evening Post
Treasury
Crane
House of Crane
Sam
Secret Service
Dalton
Mas
Government Mill
Crane Manufacturin Company
Department
Ireland
Berkshire
Internal Revenue
Express Company
Washington
Varied programme at First Baptist junior event draws crowd
The Junior Christian Endeavor society of the First Baptist church hosted an evening with songs by Arthur W. Cole readings by Miss O'Brien and performances by the Banjo and Mandolin club. An ice cream and candy sale sold out and youths played games afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
First Baptist Church
Arthur W. Cole
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Worthen ST. Baptist Church
Danish West Indies
Jardinieres
CG Brien Bros
Central Street
Sever
Elizabeth
Varnum Stearns
Marion R. Monahan
Middlesex Street
Rogers
Rose Walsh
St. Patrick's Church
Fr. Corbett
Lee, Nutting, Dowling
Greeley
St. Patrick's
Carpenters’ Union
Peter A. Clune
Josephine McKennedy
Charles Always
John Charon
David Saunders
Patrick Brien
Edward McMahon
James Riley
C. R. Nelson
Drs
Mrs. Huntress
C. H. Nelson
Mary
Grady
Mary Elizabeth
William S. Grady
Warwick Street
Dunn
St. John’s Hospital
Frederick W.dunn
Bartholomew
Adelaide
Talbot
Mary A
Francis Talbot
Middlesex County
North Chelmsford
Sudbury
Woburn
STOW
Wilmington
Carlisle
Casey
Secretary of the Treasury
United
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