Market News and Pawtucket Prohibition Rally
Fractional gains led by Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Sugar dominate a varied market session as C. B. & Q. and Missouri Pacific climb. In Pawtucket Rhode Island, Hon. Henry B. Metcalf, Prohibition vice presidential contender, is welcomed with large crowds, speeches, and a citywide celebration despite rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Sugar
Missouri Pacific
Reading First
Boston
Boston & Montana
Tamarack
Privy Council as Final Court for Empire Law
Talcott Williams argues in the Atlantic that the Privy Council, not local autonomy or executive power, upholds uniform administration of law across the empire. The court, composed of top judges from the state and colonial seats, serves as a final appellate tribunal for eighty judicatories, preserving justice through precedent and shared English legal tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talcott Williams
Judicial Committee of
Privy Council
India
Cyprus
Australia
London
Isle of
Jersey
Supreme Court
Middlesex County Summer Moves and Church Closure
Mr and Mrs B M Fiske and Mr and Mrs Joseph E Warren begin a two week vacation in Pennsylvania on Thursday. Geo H Knowlton and family plan to move to South Swanzey. After next Sunday Unitarian church closes until September. Harry L Parkhurst and family stay at Summit house. Frederick L Kendall school superintendent and family, from Dunstable, plan to move here next month to occupy Knowlton’s soon vacated house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Fiske
Joseph E. Warren
Pennsylvania
Geo. H. Knowlton
South Swanzey
Unitaian
Harry L. Parkhurst
Summit House
Federick L. Kendall
Dunstable
North Reading Progress and Local Notes
The new power house at the turnpike Station nears completion and cars may run within a month. Four cottages at the Point on the turnpike shelter employers of the Lawrence and Reading Street Railway. Strawberry growers in town, including Geo L Ditmars J M Robinson and J D Gow ing, report top prices for berries. English hay crop is good despite drought. Sabbath school picnic plans of the Union Congregational society at Lynn beach set for Thursday August 2. F H Mosman and family take a two week outing to Searsport Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnpike
Messrs. Carpenter and
McLane
Lawrence and
Reading Street Railway Company
Geo. L. Ditmars
J. M. Robinson
J. D. Gowing
Union Congregational Society
Lynn Beach
F. H. Mosman
Searsport
Lawn party held by North Chelmsford Y P C E society
The Second Congregational church youth group lawn party in North Chelmsford, postponed by rain, was held Thursday night and drew a large crowd. Ice cream, cake, and lemonade were served. proceeds go to the India famine fund. Party details include Miss Stella C Howard and Mr Robert B Scribner in charge of lemonade, and Miss M B Lewis, Miss Ethel Ranger, Miss Grace Merrill, and Mr Walter Trubey as general committee. Other local notes mention vacations, August church services, and school construction updates.
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Pawtucket
Henry B. Metcalf
Prohibition Party
New York
Rhode Island
Businessmen’s Association
Metcalf
U. S
Neal Dow
Christian Church
W. H. Lane
Chepatchet
James A. Williams
Providence
State Committee
D. W. Sherreff
Y. P
Stella C. Howard
Robert B. Scribner
M. B. Lewis
Ethel Ranger
Grace Merrill
Walter Trubey
Emma Towle
Geo. C. Moore
Maine
Cavalry
Boston
Edward Earle
Ogunquit
Second Congregational Church
Maggie McManomin
Cambridge
Crescent Beach
North
Rev J Brainerd Thrall to preach Be of Good Cheer at Pepperell Church
Next Sunday morning the Pepperell Congregational church will host Rev J Brainerd Thrall with a sermon titled Be of Good Cheer the final message in the series. Later Sunday evening E A Navon a Jerusalem born Christian Hebrew will lecture life in Palestine with five young women and three men in native costume. attendance is free and a collection will aid Navon who studies at Rever e Lay college.
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J. Brainerd Thrall
Pepperell Congregational Church
E. A. Navon
Jerusalem
Congregational Church
Palestine
Revere Lay College
City of
Lowell
Vixen
Torrent
Warrens and
Unions No
Undine
Ashburnham
Nonantum
Newton
Watch City
Waltham
Neptunes
Newburyport
Eureka
Arlington
Hollis
Nashua
N. H
H. T. Dudley
M. E
Fast Village
Wells Woodward
W. EB. Varnum
Boston
J. B. Varnum
Hollis Street
George Ritchie
Goshen
Pleasant Street
James Starr
Nashua River Paper Company
New Ipswich
New York
New Library
Somerville Man Ends Life Despondent At Home
Paul Kelly Somerville, age 66 of 66 Elmwood Street West Somerville committed suicide by hanging in the attic of his home about 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. He leaves a wife and several children. One son Henry T. Kelly is a private in Company A 26th U S volunteers stationed at Jaro island of Panay Philippines. The act is attributed to despondency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kelly
Elmwood Street
West Somerville
Henry T. Kelly
Co. A
U. S
Jaro
Panay
Philippines
Navy Civics Centerpiece of Naval Day Speech
Secretary Long argues the navy serves education and citizenship, not just war. He praises civilian leadership, stresses humane treatment of sailors, and notes ships as communities. cites wage scale, manpower, and major yards. He reflects on war with Spain leading to peace and future self-government for Philippines and Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Navy
United States
Navy Department
Spain
Philippines
Phillippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Archipelago
Chaffee
Swabian Folklore Of Eggs And A Mountain Bull
Illustrated in Stories of a Peasant and His Eggs the tale shares Swabian humor. A farmer’s barrel overflows with eggs and his wife uses a shovel to make space for the leftovers. In a drought tale villagers haul a bull up a mountain with rope, only to learn the bull would not follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Forest
Dishwashing’s decline signals end of woman’s drudgery
Frederic J. Nash, in Ainslee's, discusses a new machine that washes, rinses, and dries up to 6000 dishes an hour, promising relief from the tedious task women perform after dinner. The piece notes the change would spare households from ruined hands and shattered china, comparing old methods to industrial automation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Fredericc J. Nash
Ainslee’s
Prptolan Tablet Aids Digestive Relief Claims
An elderly advertising fragment claims Prptolan Tablet relieves stomach issues after each set, with assertions it relieves constipation and that one dose absolves all, urging readers to consult druggists for purchase. The copy uses period punctuation and lists no verifiable medical endorsements.
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Stock Market
Brooklyn
China
Rolston & Bass
Bright, Sears & Co
Metcalf Hom
Oliver W. Stewart
Bryan
Williams
John G. Wooley
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Sugar Ref. Co
Atchison
Atchison Pfd
B&o
Cen
Chesa. &O
Pbs C.& R
L.&nee Eee
Manhattan
Aee
Pacific
Penn
Weeweeeee
Anaconda
Arnold
Dy Ibe
Isle Royale
Old Dominion
Parrott
the Privy Council OF England
Middlesex County
Chelmsford
North Reading
North Chelmsford
East Pepperell
Charlestown
Maré@ Island
Cal
League Island
Sampson
Philip
Admiral Dewey
Willian
G. Cassard
Cassard
Young People's Congress
L. E. Ware
Congregational
Long
Hingham
Washington
Lueher
Serpent
Chicago
Ecru
Pollard & CO
Madras
A. G. Pollard & CO
Merrimack, Palmer and Middle Sts
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