Lawn party features ice cream and music in Sudbury area
The sewing circle hosted a successful lawn party at Mr Payne's Friday night despite cool weather. Seven gallons of ice cream were sold at three evergreen booths with lantern lighting. The Lowell ladies quartet supplied music. Local notices mention health and real estate activity including the Walter Rogers and Sewall Hunt farms sale, totaling about 210 acres, purchased by G J Raymond of a Boston syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Sudbury
Walter Rogers
Sewall Hunt Place
Allowance Brook
Boston & Worcester Stage Road
Sudbury Junction
Framingham Line
G. J. Raymond
Raymond Syndicate of
Boston
Local social notes from Hart pond to Westford gathering
Messrs Joseph Butler and Daniel Mc Kensie stay at Butler cottage Hart pond. Mr and Mrs Henry H Emerson attend 30th Massachusetts reunion in Salem Willows. Miss Carrie Hutchins of Lawrence visits sister Mrs L A Byam. Possible Sabbath school picnic July 25 at Long-Sought-For pond Westford. Mrs Nancy Metcalf visits daughter in Arlington. A large party of ladies went to Lake view Wednesday afternoon. E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Butler
Daniel McKensie
Butler Cottage
Hart Pond
Henry H. Emerson
Salem Willows
30Th
Massachusetts Regiment
Carrie Hutchins
Lawrence
L. A. Byam
Pond
Westford
Nancy Metcalf
Arlington
Lakeview
Good Templars Meet in Lowell Lodge and Local News
A delegation of Good Templars attended Eirene lodge in Lowell last Thursday evening. Mrs Norman Purves and Grace visit Nova Scotia. Susie Putnam visits aunt Mrs Thomas Ripley at Catoumet. Doucett of Wakefield drowned at Silver Lake while bathing. Rev Walter Rollins and wife take summer vacation. J Howard Eames sold the Eames homestead on Woburn street. Rev H S Dow’s family visiting town, staying with Mr and Mrs Irwin Morse. M E society lawn social set for Tuesday evening July 22 at Walter Frazee’s home. M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Templars
Eirene Lodge
Lowell
Norman Purves
Grace
Nova Scotia
Susie Putnam
Thomas Ripley
Cataumet
Doucett
Wakefield
Silver Lake
Walter Rollins
J. Howard Eames
Eames
Woburn Street
H. S. Dow
Irwin Morse
M. E. Society
Walter Frazee
California bound reunion held at Nagog pond
The Hall Brothers invitees who rode car 16 in the 1897 California trip gathered at Nagog pond on Wednesday the 9th for a free dinner hosted by the organizers. The event was described as very pleasant with the generous hospitality noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Brothers
California
Nagog Pond
Boxboro
Lucie C. ‘Hager
Baptist Sunday School
Supt. Hall
Mary S. Wellington
I. C.knowlton
D. D
Winchester
George Co. Wright
O. W. Mead
West Acton
Capen
Tufts
Unitarian Church
Crane
Parker
Knowlton
New Bedford
Albion
Maine
F. H. Nash
Cambridge
F. C. Nash
Littleton Notes and Local Visitors Fill Summer Scene
In Littleton last Saturday Nero the Hartwell dog died near the library as he often roamed village homes. Visitors include J C Gates from West Acton and S E Jewett’s in law. Summer occupants: C M Erskine family of Lowell at Barker cottage, Mrs George Fletcher of Clinton with cousin Mrs Frank Patch, Miss Etta Ewings enjoying Canadian scenery, Charles Fletcher from Portland at his father’s home. The Misses Freeman of Somerville visited Mrs May Hartwell and aunt Mrs Sprague of Lowell. Benson B Priest spent Sunday at Isles of Shoals with his mother, and George Cooley of Aurora Illinois with Ned Green visited eastern friends. Mrs Frank Hartwell of Clinton joins sister Mrs E M Hartwell at a new cottage. Ford A Wiel, Meadville Theological student, will preach next Sunday at the Unitarian pulpit. Alice and Anna Hartwell visit relatives in Marshfield. W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
J. M. Hartwell
S. E. Jewett
J. C. Gates
West Acton
C. M. Erskine
Lowell
Barker Homestead
George Fletcher
Clinton
Frank Patch
Etta Ewings
Charles Fletcher
Portland
Misses Freeman
Somerville
May Hartwell
Sprague
Benson B. Priest
Isles of Shoals
George Cooley
Ned Green
Aurora
Ill
W. E. Conant
Frank Hartwell
E. M. Hartwell
Ford A. Wiel
Meadville Theological School
Alice
Anna Hartwell
Marshfield
Sudbury Genealogical Record Project and Obituary
Sudbury begins printing pre 1850 birth marriage and death records under Acts 1902. Mrs Lucy Hall Greenlaw leads the project aided by her family and the Genealogical Advertiser. Nelson Fairbanks a Sudbury elder dies July 13 after a long life. funeral held at the Unitarian church with family ties noted.
Unitarian church to mark 200th anniversary Sunday
The Unitarian church will observe its 200th anniversary on Sunday July 27 with a sermon by Rev. S. C. Bean of Newburyport. Local and visiting residents are noted: C W Robinson of New York visited friends. Miss Katie Fitzgerald vacationing in Southport Missouri. and others such as J K Wheeler and Dr. and Mrs Ball of Boston are recorded as recent visitors. Death of Miss Francena Curtis noted on July 1 aged 72 with services at the house and burial at Brookside. she leaves siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Church
S. C. Bean
D. D
Newburyport
C. W. Robinson
New York
Benjamin Sampson
Katie Fitzgerald
Southport
C. D. Wetherbee
Lucy Fletcher
Montreal
J. K. Wheeler
Woburn
Ball
Boston
A. B. Rich
Asa Filmore
Francena Curtis
Maine
Stow
J. S. Moulton
Brookside
F. A. Holden
Hawaii
Paradise
Pacific
C. A. Warren
Detroit
Nellie Webster
Haverhill
W. Frank Smith
Sherrington Vance
Adina Crandall
Passe Gymnasium
Outing at Hildreth's grove a ping pong hit in Graniteville
Graniteville residents gathered at Hildreth's grove Long-Sought-For pond last Saturday for boating fishing and a ping-pong tournament. Frank Loftus won the ping-pong contest and received a ring from Elmer Caunter. Evening programs included a banquet a song and dancing under Japanese lanterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildreth’s Grove
Frank Loftust
Elmer Caunter
Loftus
Frank
George McCarty
Frank Loftus
Frank McLenna
Hildreth
St. John’s Parish
Nabnassett Grove
Forge Village
Graniteville
Way
Harry Quinn
England
Mary E. Healy
Helen Charlton
Minnie Ledwith
Providence
C. H. Hartley
Cottage City
Caroline Prinn
Lynn
Edna M. Carkin
Rhode Island
Gedeon P. Leduc
Unitarian pastor’s resignation delays church services
In Ayer the pastor Rev. J. W. Roberts states his resignation will not be accepted until January 1903 when he will sever ties with the church. Services pause until September. The Unitarian picnic faced a thunder shower but drew good spirits and crowds. Florence E. Smith plans a Somerville visit with relatives. A union lawn service at town hall is planned Sundays at 6 pm with local ministers participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Hosmer
J. W. Roberts
Roberts
Ayer
Florence E. Smith
Somerville
Brooks
Spring Hill
Manley
Melrose
Wayland Spaulding
Powell
Fourth of July Mischief Sparks Local Outcry
A Fourth of July tale from Ayer and Junction recounts a party turning water tub onto a schoolhouse guide board, laughter at Delina Clark’s depot cheer, and growing concern over night-time noise, bells, and property damage. The writer urges limits on celebrations and calls for lawful, dawn-time festivities to spare residents from disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Landry
Sandy Pond
Delina Clark
Ayer
Billerica Activities Highlight Picnic Plans and Floral Society
The Unitarian Sunday school picnic is set for July 23 at Paul Revere park near Bedford and Lexington with free children admission and adults by ticket from Joseph Jaquith. Other notes include M. Wright hosting Floral Emblem Society plans for a Faneuil Hall event October 31, the Isles of Shoals summer meetings reports, and Tuskegee Institute speaker Robert N. Taylor praising its work and the value of education for Black students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Sunday School and Society
Paul Revere Park
Bedford
Lexington
Joseph Jaquith
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Billerica Historical Society
Abijah
Billerica
The
Floral Emblem Society
Margaret W. M. Wright
Helen A. Richardson
Winthrop
Clara A. Bigelow
Boston
Wm. P. Alline
L. A. Eaton
Malden
M. Eila Tuttle
Dorchester
Myra Hale
Alice Rogers Moore
J. H. Googins
Cambridge
Augusta King
A. J. Bigelow
Brookline
Pickering
Charlestown
N. M. Atwood
W. P. Brown
East
Eleanor G. Wright
Margaret Richards
Roxbury
Annie A. Stevens
Watertown
Leontine Richardson
Margaret Claffini
Clapp
Martha A. Dodge
Asa Pollard Society
Faneuil Hall
Wright
Bblichca
Lemuel W. Hall
Lowell
Latimer B. Hall
Capt. Burke
Celia Thaxter
Isles
First Baptist Society
Norumbega Park
Unitarian Church
Robert N. Taylor
Tuskegee
Taylor
Gen. Armstrong
Booker T. Washington
South
Tuskegee Institution
Sentiment and obituaries mark early campus life events
The report notes student sentiment urging making the most of opportunities, a talk with varied experiences, and a collection for Mr Ta remarks. Sunday programs include a Jesus Before Pilate scene and planned sermons by Rev Edgar S Vie. Mrs Edgar S Wiers travels to Ohio. Rev Minot O Simons visits town. the piece laments the loss of Mrs Louise Buckley, aged 57, with an interment at West Chelmsford. Eugene C Vining named Latin instructor at Jacob Tome Institute in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gsi
Scipal Pic
Jesus
Pilate
Edgar S. Vie
Edgar S. Wiers
Columbus
Ohio
Wiers
Cleveland
Minot O. Simons
Louise Buckley
John Buckley
Unitarian Church
West Chelmsford
Messrs
Edward Haskell
Coburn Smith
Clarence Bowman
Franklin Jaquith
Undertaker Young
Lowell
Eugene C. Vining
Howe School
Jacob Tome Institute
Baltimore
Frank Santamour Dies in Chelmsford After Illness
Frank Santamour longtime Chelmsford resident died at home on Wednesday evening from pneumonia after about three weeks illness. He was about 55, a Canada native, survived by two sons and two daughters all in town. Active Good Templars member, attended Central Congregational church. A daughter was born to Geo Pickard family Wednesday. Town hall sidewalk is being improved by concrete by Leonard Spaulding on a 150 foot length using 1384 square yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Santamour
Canada
Santamour
Good Templars Lodge
Central Congregational Church
Geo. ‘W. Pickard
Town Hall
Leonard Spaulding
Navy Yard Lawn Party Funds Hillside Church
Youths at the Navy Yard held a largely attended lawn party under a large tree on George Clark's field. Misses Marion Mc Knight Blanche Eklund and Hattie Welch led a program with lemonade candy and peanuts for tots. Proceeds go to Hillside Congregational church. Nearby Gustave Eklund's tent was blown over by Tuesday's wind with no injuries. Collinsville mission also hosted a well attended lawn party with an orchestra and light refreshments. Committees included grounds music cake ice cream candy with Brown and Dodge praised for guiding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
George Clark
Marion McKnight
Blanche Eklund
Hattie Welch
Hillside Congregational Church
Gustave Eklund
Thomas Burden
Mrs. Mansfield
Frank Edwards
Ben Beals
Christie Cameron
Jessie Burden
Georgeb. Brown
W. E. Dodge
East Pepperell Old Home association plans mammoth town picnic
East Pepperell residents gathered for a large Old Home committee meeting on July 9 to organize a town picnic in the groves of Dr W F Heald and Charles H Fitch. Se lectman C H Miller leads the executive committee with multiple sub committees handling location invitations dinner finance and entertainment. A free public dinner is expected and citizens are urged to invite former residents. The event includes a bazaar candy and ice cream sale a lemonade stand and games. A dispute over street tree trimming touched Nashua River Paper Co officials and local selectmen with conflicting statements and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Home Association
W. F. Heald
Charles H. Fitch
C. H. Miller
John O. Bennett
A. P. Wright
E. L. Tarbell
Heald’s Grove
Cutler
E. F. Harmon
Harry Hutchinson
A. D. Phelps
Avill
L. A. Boynton
Nashua River Paper Company
Electric tree trimming causes concern in Prescott
The local letter to the tree warden drew a reply permitting trimming of trees injuring the electric light system. A spectator warned the trimmer, but limbs were removed from some trees. Prescott Orange guests discuss Electricity with talks by Morse Bryant and Stewart. A birthday lawn party for A S Richards featured lanterns, music, poems, cake, and roses. Raspberry harvest begins as Main Street repairs finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Street
Nashua River Paper Company
Prescott
Regia A. Morse
A. T. Bryant
Geo. H. Stewart
Prescott Grange
A. S. Richards
Hannah Shattuck
Geo. P. Parker
Arthur Blood
P. J. Kemp
E. H. Colburn
Main Street
North Chelmsford horseman Peirce hosts famed stable sire Patronage
Waldo T. Peirce keeps about 20 horses at Wannalandt park North Chelmsford and provides care under his staff. The article highlights Patronage as a premier sire, Alix the famed trotter with records from 1894 to 1900, and mentions successors including a colt named for Prince Henry of Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo T. Peirce
Wannalandt Park
New England
Peirce
Alix
United States
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Pawtucket
R. L
Hon. F. C. Sayles
Abbott
Cresceus
Prince Henry of
Germany
Phillips academy summer session begins August sixth
Andover notes from the week report the Phillips academy summer school starts on the sixth with enrollment similar to last year. A buyer's bittersweet sale follows the late Dr Bancroft’s estate auction next Saturday afternoon. Clergy exchanges occur among Rev Belknap Wilson Clark Shipman Ide Moulton and Greene. Harvard theology summer school attendees include local clergy. Friends of Phillips academy aim to fund a small hospital for about twenty patients. Miss Jean Pond resigns from Prichard school to join Bradford academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Academy
Dr. Bancroft
A. T. Belknap
F. A. Wilson
Calvin M. Clark
Haverhill
Wm. Shipman
South Church
F. D. Greene
George H. Ide
Milwaukee
West Parish
Christchurch
A. W. Moulton
Lawrence
Harvard University
Jean S. Pond
Bradford Academy
Paint Types Compare Longevity and Coverage
A building can be completed with fewer gallons of Devoe Lead and Zinc than with Mixed Paints, yet the finish lasts twice as long as lead and oil mixed by hand, suggesting superior durability and efficiency for the Devoe formulation.
Dabbers Stray Comment Sparks Comical Sausage Debate
A lighthearted incident centers on a misidentified object described as a hot sausage mistaken for a dabber. The remark triggers a brief exchange about utensil shapes and proper labeling, ending with a quick warning to discard misidentified items.
Parrot Death and The Dangers of Pet Diseases
A society woman's affection for a dying parrot prompts warnings from American Medicine about psittacosis and other pet borne diseases. The piece explains throat disease in the bird, possible human transmission, and the broader claim that pets spread microbes more often than believed. It condemns antivivisection attitudes and primitive pet worship as savagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Littlefield recalls Buffalo campaign speech failure
Congressman Littlefield of Maine recounts a 1896 Buffalo meeting where a local lawyer read from a manuscript for an hour, drawing only boos, then Littlefield spoke for about fifteen minutes and felt he hit his best line, while the local speaker wished for his voice to match what he had to say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Littlefield
Maine
Buffalo
Littlefield
New York Tribune
Baltimore Club Changes Hands Amid League Pressure
Baltimore on July 16 reports John J. McGraw acting for the National League secured a controlling interest in the Baltimore American League club. 201 of 400 shares from John J. Mahon transferred to Joseph C. France. Six players were released with four heading to New York and the rest to Cincinnati. Ban Johnson rumored but not confirmed. A forfeit may be declared and a new club expected to continue the schedule by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John J. McGraw
Andrew Freedman
Baltimore Baseball Club
John J. Mahon
Joseph C. France
Mahon
Robinson
McGraw
Kelley
John G. Boland
McGinnity
Cronin
McGann
Bresnahan
New York
Seymour
Cincinnati
Selbach
Williams
Ban Johnson
St. Louis
Johnson
Girl told to go to school during Duluth officer visit
A Duluth law officer visited a west end family and spoke with a girl about schooling. The twelve year old, kneading bread, said she had stopped school because her husband advised staying at home. The officer pressed for education, but the exchange ended abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
West End
Duluth News-Tribune
King Christian and the beggar portrait request in Copenhagen
A ragged beggar asked King Christian for his portrait during a morning walk with Prince Waldemar and his dog. The king offered two crowns after the beggar suggested checking his purse, but the police marked the clever requester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Copenhagen
Waldemar
Chinese diplomat Wu Ting Fang to write book on Americans
The Chinese diplomat Wu Ting Fang plans a day off to write a book about Americans. It may recount notable incidents during his visit including an alleged interview with Dr Mary Walker and other amusing episodes attributed to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Ting-Fang
Mary Walker
National magazine previews Lowell city feature this fall
The National plans a Lowell article in its ongoing city series to appear in the early fall. Under Mr. Chapple’s management the magazine promotes Washington affairs and has grown into a leader among lower priced periodicals. Authors from Little, Brown & Co. span the nation from Maine to California, with Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Henrietta G. Rowe representing Maine, Mary Devereux of Ohio, Lucy M. Thruston of Maryland, Mary Catherine Crowley of Michigan, Sheppard Stevens of Missouri, and Frances Charles of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National
Lowell
Chapple
Washington
the National
Little, Brown & Co
Maine
California
Florence Brooks Whitehouse
Henrietta G. Rowe
Bar Harbor
Ohio
Mary Devereux
Lafitte
Louisiana
Maryland
Lucy M. Thruston
Virginia
Michigan
Mary Catherine Crowley
Strait
Missouri
Sheppard Stevens
San Francisco
Frances Charles
Painters strike prompts national president visit
National President Balhorn of Detroit will attend the regular Journeymen Painters meeting next Tuesday evening and stay several days to help settle the months-long dispute between master and journeymen painters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balhorn
Detroit, Mich
Keith's Theatre Week of July 21 Lineup Review
Keith's Theatre announces a major weekly bill starting Monday July 21 featuring Ed mund Hayes and company in A Wise Guy the Six Blackbirds Josie and Willie Barrows Kadura Imperial Japanese troupe and trained dogs Leslie Brothers Baker and Conn John Barker and a chorus Fadettes Orchestra with new selections and several tableaux vivants The bill promises many new acts and reports phenomenal summer business surpassing all years since 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Hayes
Blackbirds
Josie
Willie Barrows
Kadura
Leslie Brothers
Baker and Conn
John Barker
Fadettes
Ant
Keith
Worthen Street Sunday School Moonlight Ramble
The Worthen Street Baptist Sunday School held a Wednesday night moonlight ramble with forty cheerful members traveling to Lowell arriving at 11 o clock. They enjoyed an evening on the Bil lerica Centre bridge and the river view, games on the green, and socializing led by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthen Street
Lowell
Concord
Billerica Centre
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Middlesex County
Dunstable
South Chelmsford
Wilmington
Littleton
Lucy Hall Greenlaw
A. J. Hall
William P. Greenlaw
New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston
Genealogical Advertiser
Nelson Fairbanks
Col
Drury Fairbanks
Mily
Hannah Goodnow
Walnow Mying
B. W
Chelmsford
Dracut
East Pepperell
North Chelmsford
Andover
Bers
Courier
PET
Baltimore American Club
Freedman
Oood Literary Notes
Keith’s Theatre
Worthen Street Baptist Sunday School
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