Memorial Day notes and town updates in Tyngsboro
Memorial Day events in Tyngsboro included cemetery decorations at Woodlawn and Mount Hope, a Boston visitor Alfred Hayes delivering an address, and a large village fete with local talent and Palmer Cox brownies. The town reports progress on a proposed Nashua rail line cotton mill, theatre enhancements, and local club activities plus obituaries and hospital updates.
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Hattie Tuttle
North Adams
Woodlawn
Post 138
Lizzie Taylor
Alfred Hayes
Boston
Haid
Judge Keyes
Concord
Isaac Davis
North Bridge
Davis
Keyes
Acton
Nathan Chaffin
Arlington
South Acton
Thomas ‘Nierney
Riverside House
Groton Street
St. Joseph's Cemetery
N. H
Brusso
River Street
Nashua
Palmer Cox Brownies
Post Relief Corps
Baptist Church
G. Easterbrook
Geo. S. Dodge
D. H. Hall
John H. Fletcher
Eugene L. Hall
Winchester
Henry Hapgood
Mount Hope Cemetery
Emma Smiley
Vera Charlton
Eugene McCarthy
George Knowlton
Gertrude
Hudson
Angeline Faulkner
Nathaniel Faulkner
Howard Faulkner
George F. Clarke
New York
Rose Granger
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charlton
Woman's Club
Arthur F. Blanchard
James Whitcomb Riley
Eugene Field
Laura Brown
Helen Hall
Dr. Gilbert
Sidney Shaittuck
Mr. Nichols
George Holbrook
Woman
Amherst Durkee
West Acton
E. E. Giles
Lizzie A. Meade
New England Conservatory
Memorial and church notices in Bedford village week
Congregational and M B church events fill the week with Memorial Day services, Sabbath school concerts, baptisms, and church repairs. Notables include Mer L D Whittemore leading a sermon, Miss Caroline Jenks guiding Guilds, and Mrs N J Laws named census enumerator. Community votes fund rail cross, transport for students, and yard work.
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Mer. L. D. Whittemore
Congregational Church
Caroline E. Jenks
Bertha Langmaid
Boston
I. Hill
H. D. Slvdgdon
W. A. Cales Place
Concord High School
West Bedford
N. J. Laws
Bedford
New Street Railway
Town Hall
Shansheng Cemetery
Pillerica Band
Poys’ Brigade
Hawy Edwards
Senator Hoar Declines Lowell Fourth of July Oration
Lawrence News notes Hoar declines the invitation to give the Fourth of July address in Lowell calling his would be valuable but he declines due to limited years of active service. It adds Lowell critics appear small in light of this decision.
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Hoar
Lowell
Lawrence News
Copy and Heartbreak in a Modern Flat
A young journalist Edwina and her politician husband Bill share a modern eight room apartment. He recounts a past love affair with a beauty who wrote daily notes, and Ed reveals she plans to copy the romance into The Dodd Magazine. The couple debates preserving the letters versus destroying them as a dramatic relic of temptation and sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwina
William
Bill
Bowery Freemasonry
Dodd
Europe
Bette
Danger in High Altitudes Affects Hearts
The piece warns that travelers with heart troubles risk danger at high altitudes. It explains that 4000 to 5000 feet of elevation places strain on a normal heart and may markedly increase blood pressure and stress on peripheral arteries, a risk amplified in myocarditis or arteriosclerosis cases.
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Adelboden
Perehbance
Zurich
St. Moritz
Sachseln
Pilatus
Kaffir Talk on Zulu Lingo and Etiquette
A London Mail excerpt surveys Zulu pronunciation and script, noting that Kaffir broad usage extends beyond the Amaxosa, explains click consonants C Q X, and describes Zulu plural formation with initial inflections. It also covers gendered speech customs under ukublonipa, women’s obedience to male relatives, and foreign word adaptations in Zulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Amaxosa
London Mail
Fashion in Gowns and Petticoats at Lengthy Skirts
The Mode describes gowns with ground-touching skirts and long train backs, leading women to lift their skirts in the street and wear well cared for shoes. Petticoats mirror gown shapes but stay off the ground, ranging from elaborate lace trimmed sets to plainer plaited varieties in taffeta or silk alpaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupic
Fashions Show Skirts Like Past Styles with Soft Plaits
The season's skirts favor plain fronts and full backs with one to two back plaits, mid length to below the knee, and soft rippling folds. Separate plaited or flounced outer skirts over a plain lining, with silk or tafetta linings, create the flaring edge. Two vest ensembles feature intricate textures in electric blue peau de soie and pink taffeta with guipure, mousseline, and embroidered collars.
Farm Accidents Prompt Use of Dr. Thomas's Oil
The note describes frequent farm injuries such as cuts bruises and sprains and promotes Dr Thomas's Electric Oil as an instant pain reliever. It ends with a prompt to tell advertisers the Courier carried the advertisement.
Weidler’s Cream of Cereals Coupon Offer Consumers Free
The notice promotes Weidler's Cream of Cereals at 5c price, offering a free coupon with purchase. It urges shoppers to come in today or tomorrow to secure deep discounts, claiming new seasonable merchandise priced 25 to 33 percent under market value at Lowell grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weidler’s
Lowell
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L. C. Farley
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