Middlesex County News Totals and Tales of Local Life
Local children boarded at Wm. B. Burtt’s East Tewksbury farm under country week funds. First Congregational Sunday school enjoyed an outing to Falcon Heights Crystal Lake with a special car. Louis Farmer of Phillips Academy Andover splits summer between resorts and horse exercise. Fred Carley of Boston visited his father Thos. Carley in Centre village. North Sudbury post office may close with a free delivery route from Maynard. Farmers report poor hay due to bad weather. corn is weak and needs sun. potatoes look good. apples and peaches promising. pears scarce and wild berries limited.
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Country Week Fund
Wm. B. Burtt
East Tewksbury
First Congregational Church
Falcon Heights
Crystal Lake
Grove
Louis Farmer
Phillips Academy
Andover
Fred Carley
Boston
Thos. Carley
Centre Village
North Sudbury
Maynard
Sunday school party tours Falcon Heights
A Second Congregational church Sunday school party from Tewksbury visited Falcon Heights yesterday led by Rev. Yeoman and Supt. Locke. They enjoyed games boating and refreshments. A 5000 square foot land gift to the Foresters' table was won by Miss Margaret Gallagher in a St John’s gala day raffle. Several locals, including Mrs. C W S Adams and sister Miss Higins, returned from Old Orchard Beach Me. Chas E Hyde of Alabama is vacationing with his parents in town. The Misses Shaw and Mrs. Holt also returned from Worcester and Wilton N H, while Mr. John Varney came back from Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church
Tewksbury
Falcon Heights
Yeoman
Locke
T. McMahon
Foresters
St. John’s
Tabnasset
Lot
Margaret Gallagher
C. W. S. Adams
Higins
Manser Adams
Old Orchard Beach
Chas. E. Hyde
Alabama
George Hyde
Shaw
Worcester
C. H. Holt
Wilton
N. H
John Varney
Boston carpenter dies after fall from building
Mr Henry Hooper a carpenter living in the west part of town fell from a Boston building while at work on Friday and died from his injuries. Other items note Eugene Carter promoted to lieutenant in Somerville police, Asa G Sheldon joins Hammond Beef in Lynn, and local families vacationing at Nahant Wells Beach and Reading. The two Sunday schools plan August 7 picnics to Bass Point and Crescent Beach, closing groceries for a town holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hooper
Boston
Eugene Carter
Somerville
Shawshine Avenue
Carter
Asa G. Sheldon
Hammond Beef Company
Lynn
Edward Blanchard
Nahant
Bass Point
M. E
Crescent Beach
Walter Frazee
Wells Beach
Maine
Frank Young
Reading
Mitchell
California
Donald Colegate
Kirkpatric
Diack
Bedford Church to Host Sabbath Talks and Hospital Talk
Rev George F Andrews of West Andover will exchange pulpits with Rev F B McAllister next Sabbath morning. John R Anderson of Boston, manager of the floating hospital, will speak at Orthodox church that evening at 7 30. A collection will be taken and a full attendance hoped. Also notes travel plans of George A Skelton and Horace A Prescott. News of deaths in town including Charles H and Fred Green, sons of Joseph Green, and aging family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Andrews
West Andover
F. B. McAllister
John R. Anderson
Boston
Anderson
Floating Hospital
George A. Skelton
Horace A. Prescott
Nova Scotia
Halifax
St. John’s River
Edwin H. Blake
Charles H
Fred Green
Joseph Green
Charles Green
Maine
Fred
Local notices and church services intermix town news
The family of the late Frank Santamour thank friends for kindness and floral tributes. All Saints church schedules holy communion at 10 am, morning prayer and sermon at 10:45, and evening service at 7. Rev Wilson Waters preached at St Anne's, Lowell, last Sunday. Several locals head to North Conway and Boston for work. State highway officials survey Lowell line to Centre village with a $5000 budget, then Lowell Gas Light plans trench work. ground to be broken in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Santamour
All Saints
Wilson Waters
St. Anne's
Lowell
Olive G. Eaton
North Conway
H. G. Fulton
Boston
Lillian Warren
Fall River
Rev
A. D. K. Shurtleff
Wm. H. Hall
Intervale
Geo. H. Wilson, Jr
Pennsylvania
State Highway Commission
Lowell Line
Centre Village
Lowell Gas Light Company
Sudbury Population Shifts and Local Weather Wrinkles
A Sudbury note laments minor population shifts in the tax list from 1897 to the present, with 384 names then and 160 added and 167 erased now. The Ames Brothers lose a valuable cow to lightning and an oak near Johnston Lumber is shattered. A severe hail storm struck the town’s north side last Thursday near Wm Moore’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Brothers
Johnston Lumber Company
Wm. M. Moore
Pulpits Exchanged and Parish News In Chelmsford Area
Rev Walter E Lane and Rev Alfred D K Shurtleff exchanged pulpits in Chelmsford with a vesper service at the Unitarian church at seven. William A Weyke of Northboro to sing solos. Mrs Lane returns from Rockville Conn. Miss Jessie L Ames and Miss Hyde expected guests. Rev A H Armes preached at Concord Junction and will visit Carlisle. Armes family on vacation. address at post office. Mrs Armes of Nashua visiting at parsonage. Mrs Perry of Marlboro visiting with Miss Lillian at John Q A Greens. Mrs Clara Bartlett of Billerica home from Carlisle visit. Y P S C E prayer meeting Friday July 25 on Missions. Preachheal Matt x7 8. Rain welcomed by farmers, bad for haymakers. Mr George Smith taking vacation from store this week. R.
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Walter E. Lane
Alfred D. K. Shurtleff
Chelmsford
Unitarian Church
William A. Weyke
Northboro
Lane
Rockville
Conn
Jessie L. Ames
Montclair
N. J
N. J., and Miss Hyde
Wellesley
A. H. Armes
Concord Junction
Mr. Campbell
Carlisle
Perry
Marlboro
Lillian
John Q. A. Green
Clara Bartlett
Billerica
Matt
George Smith
Concord Notes on Welcome Cannon Salute and Local News
In Concord a June 12 Middlesex North West Temperance Society event featured F. B. Sanborn recounting his 1860 kidnapping attempt tale to an amused audience. Citizens fired a cannon the next day to welcome him home after Wendell Phillips said he could return. Harry Sweetland covers for Frank McCorrison at the power house. A Hudson Marlboro Maynard electric palace car brought Clinton lawyers, judges and deputies for a town tour. Dr. George Heywood visits relatives. Locals attended Lexington opening of the new park. Frank McCorrison and family vacationing in Camden, Maine. Work slow this week but duck and gosling weather.
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F. B. Sanborn
Middlesex Northwest Temperance Society
Ayer
Concord
Wendell Phillips
Harry Sweetland
Frank McCorrison
Power House
Hudson, Marlboro & Maynard Electric
Clinton
George Heywood
Lexington
Camden
Maine
Dunstable Mourns Hiram Spaulding Longtime Band Leader
Hiram Spaulding died Saturday noon at his home after Brights disease and heart trouble. A lifelong Dunstable resident, he was a farmer and noted musician who led the 1861 Dunstable Cornet band and Spaulding's orchestra. The funeral drew a large, townwide procession with band music and out‑of‑town mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Spaulding
Bright
Spaulding
Mr. Spaulding
Dunstable
Dunstable Cornet Band
Dunstable Mounted Band
B. H. Weston
Hartwell
Weston
Nashua
Andy Drum
General Tolles
Brothers
Gilly Robins
Pepperell
Edwin Brooks
Lowell
Fletcher
Westford
Wilson
Carlisle
Cavalry
D. C
E. D. Swallow
C. H. Dickerson
F. N. Tolles
Wm. L. French
H. J. Tolles
James Kendall
J. Labine
N. H
Father praises daughter turning bread into books
A father expresses pride not only in his daughter’s bread making but especially in her achievement as an author, noting that while bread may suit other men’s daughters his daughter’s success as a writer stands out.
Belshazzar novel review praises Davis scope and drama
A New York Times style critique hails William Stearns Davis for Belshazzar as a powerful follow up to A Friend of Caesar. The reviewer commends its dramatic force and character portrayal, notably Daniel and Isaiah, set during Babylon’s fall under Belshazzar with Atossa and Darius at the center. The work spans one year of palace intrigue culminating in the revelry night and Mene mene tekel upharsin. Doubleday Page & Co. published the $1.50 volume illustrated by Zeigler.
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Caesar
Harvard
Belshazzar
Mr. Davis
Obers
Babylon
Atossa
Darius
Hanging Gardens
Cyrus
Persia
Babylonia
Daniel
Isaiah
Mene
Tekel
William Stearns Davis
Lee Woodward Zeigler
J. FE. Laub
Doubleday, Page & Co
New York
G. C. Prince & Son
The Diary of a Goose Girl by Kate Douglas Wiggin
A friendly review praises Kate Douglas Wiggin’s The Diary of a Goose Girl as pastoral and essay style. It recounts her country journey from Sussex villages to Barbary Green, noting humor, charm, and farm life with Claude A. Shepperdson’s pen drawings.
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Europe
Penelope
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Sussex
Barbary Green
Hydropathic
Oxenbridge
Stevenson
Book Publisher Sales Arrangement Noted in City Credits
Houghton Mifflin and Company of Boston arranged sales through G C Prince and Son and T H Lawler. The notice highlights distribution channels for publications in the local market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Boston
G. C. Prince & Son
T. H. Lawler
Mrs Tree by Laura E Richards review in praise
The timeless Mrs Tree appears in a gently crafted sequel to Geoffrey Strong. Laura E Richards portrays an ninety one year old village matron whose wit and will shape many schemes with humor and kindness. The story is prettily told, the book issued attractively, priced at seventy five cents by Dana Estes & Co. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta BR. Richards
Geoffrey Strong
Mrs. Richards
Mrs. Tree
Laura E. Richards
Dana Estes & Co
Boston
Bliss Carman Ode Honoring English Coronation
Bliss Carman writes a stately ode praising the English coronation with majestic verse. The excerpt describes bells, flags, bonfires, and royal procession themes, noting Westminster Abbey rites and the world’s pledge of loyalty to a new king. The full twenty eight stanzas are issued in a deluxe Boston pamphlet by L. C. Page.
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England
Bliss Carman
London
Channel
L. C. Page Company
Boston
A Welsh Witch Opens Welsh Land and Love Tale
Allen Raine portrays a Welsh landscape of love and law in A Welsh Witch. The plot follows Goronwy Hughes and Ashbel Lloyd amid a net of family feud over Pareglas and Sarnissa, with Catrine Rees’s awakening love and a Gypsy departure. Goronwy’s choice unites Pengraig and Sarnissa, while Ashbel wed to Walto Gwyn. The tale blends romance with a legal inheritance saga set against Welsh country life.
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Allen Raine
Wales
British Isles
Ashbel Lloyd
Goronwy Hughes
Catrine Rees
Walto Gwyn
Catrine
Simon Rees
Goronwy
Ashbél
Hughes
Rees
Pareglas
Sarnissa
Glaswen
Pengraig
Yshbel
A Welsh Witch Denouement in Raine’s Idyls Tone
A concise note on a denouement compatible with the Idyls character, highlighting Welsh atmosphere and Allen Raine’s storytelling style. The work, A Welsh Witch, is presented in the Appleton edition from New York priced at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Raine
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Century August number features West Indian disasters series
The August Century offers a midsummer number with color features on The New New York by Randall Blackshaw and color plates by Jules Guerin. It concludes The Great Southwest series with The Tragedy of the Range illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, and opens Eleanor Gates Prairie Girl chapters. It includes humor by Joel Benton and fiction, poetry, and editorials, with notable items on American ideals, Pelee and La Soufriere, and a study of Mary Adams's Confessions of a Wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New New York
Randall Blackshaw
Jules Guerin
New York Public Library
Ray Stannard Baker
Maxfield Parrish
Eleanor Gates
Joel Benton
T. Barnum
Pelee
Carolyn Wells
Charles Battell Loomis
Palmer Cox
Uncommonly attractive features in the August Lippincott
The August issue features Dr. S Weir Mitchell's new novelette New Samaria and eleven stories by popular writers. It includes Marie Van Vorst Angelo of the Perfection and The Governor's Choice by Joseph A Altsheler. Caroline Lockhart Suzette Summer in the Rockies with author portrait. Also The Final Propositions Cyrus Townsend Brady and other pieces by Elliott Flower Sara Cone Bryant Francis Howard Williams Judith Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott
S. Weir Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell
Samaria
Marie van Vorst
Angelo
Joseph A. Altsheler
Caroline Lockhart
Suzette
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Elliott Flower
Silas Singer
Sara Cone Bryant
Francis Howard Williams
Judith Underwood
Popular Science Monthly August contents overview
The August issue lists articles by notable scholars including Charles S. Minot on consciousness biology, William H. Burr on the Panama Canal route, Edward Atkinson on microbes and economy, Edward L. Thorndike on eminent men’s marriage, David Starr Jordan on university buildings, Minnie Maria Bateman on social wasps, T A Jaggar on Martinique and St Vincent geology, and Frederick Adams Woods on heredity in royalty.
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Popular Science Monthly
Charles S. Minot
Panama
William H. Burr
Edward Atkinson
Edward L. Thorndike
David Starr Jordan
Minnie Maria Bateman
Martinique
St. Vincent
T. A. Jaggar
Frederick Adams Woods
Andover Church Men and Town Business Update
Rev B F Gustin preached at West Parish. Rev F A Wilson preached in Free church with Rev James Alexander of Newport NH. Dissolution of Parker Lowe firm preceded Mr Parker’s death after long illness. Parker ran a drug business about 40 years, died July 22 at his sister’s Bartlet street home. Japan’s battleship Mikasa built at Portsmouth England ready for trial. 15,200 tons burden.
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B. F. Gustin
West Parish
F. A. Wilson
James Alexander
Newport
N. H
George H. Parker
Albert W. Lowe
Parker
Bartlet Street
Mikasa
Japan
Portsmouth
England
About the House Department Seeks Reader Contributions
Lowell Weekly Journal invites lady readers to send recipes hints suggestions or thoughts for the About the House column. The department will welcome practical household tips at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Lowell Weekly Journal
Folded Will and the Peace of Faith in Rest
Poem exploring spiritual patience and surrender, urging the folding of will and hands to trust in God. It contrasts earthly bonds with heavenly liberty, urging acceptance of divine timing and rest in Christ, as the path to inner peace and freedom of the soul.
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J. H
London
Editorial reflections on fashion and home life
The piece argues for unstarched shirt waists to reduce laundry costs and comfort in heat, notes a seasonal pull of families away to summer homes, and comments on fern care indoors. It then praises fern growth with space, advises outdoor summer shelter for strong fronds, and sections on salmon canning versus fresh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Picnic lunch ease and outdoor outings praised
The article notes abundant picnic supplies from grocers ease prep for meals in the woods. It encourages enjoying nature and family outings. It also warns excessive baking powder in cakes, recommending one teaspoon per ordinary cake to avoid overflow and off flavors.
Chocolate Cream Puffs and Rice Salad Recipes
The New York Post presents two recipes for home cooks. Chocolate cream puffs require butter, boiling water, flour, and four eggs, with a rich filling of double cream, melted chocolate, vanilla and a touch of salt. Rice salad combines cooked rice, milk, paprika, and a ring mold base, topped with beets, carrots, asparagus, and peas, bound with French and mayonnaise dressings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Cooking School
New, York Post
A New Field for Women in Gas Company Work
Katharine Swan reports in Good Housekeeping on six inspector teachers in New York who visit 750 to 1000 kitchens weekly. They explain gas range use, diagnose issues, and sometimes adjust stoves, encouraging home baking, improving health and peace of households, especially among foreign born residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Housekeeping
New York City
Katharine Swan
Fifth Avenue
East Side
Little Italy
New York
Pineapple Enzyme Bromelin Aids Digestion Like Pepsin
Lancet notes fresh pineapple juice contains bromelin a potent digestive enzyme dissolving fibrin and gelatinizing meat proteins while functioning in acidic neutral or alkaline media. It warns cooked pineapple loses activity but canned fruit may retain it and even salt extraction yields a precipitate with digestive power.
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Lancet
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