Oldest Middlesex daily paper description
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county, established in 1825, daily since 1845 except Sundays, six cents weekly. Barometer and temperature from Boston. June 16 report notes showers and cooler tonight for Massachusetts, with fair Tuesday except rain on the south coast. Northeast winds rise. storm warnings issued from Baltimore to New York. advisory from New Haven to Cape Cod.
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Middlesex County
Boston
Massachusetts
Baltimore
New York
New Haven
Expositions and Millennial Forecasts Spark Talk of Public Policy
The article surveys Congress funding for the Buffalo Pan-American exposition deficit, warns against overuse of expositions, and questions government backing. It cites Rev. Dr. MacArthur predicting a world federation based on the golden rule and a future imperial unity. It also covers Prof. Oscar L. Triggs urging more technology schools, a Chicago Labor Federation arbitration plan, and grain export declines affecting ports like Boston.
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Congress
Buffalo
Various 1920s issues mix in national and local politics
The piece surveys Roosevelt signing the river and harbor bill, Boston praise for pork barrel allocations, Connecticut constitutional amendments votes, and civic actions in New England. It notes racial segregation in Virginia, New York coal restrictions, and mining violence, plus Texas land rush and navy medal inflation.
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Roosevelt
Boston
Boston Harbor
Connecticut
New England
State committee backs 25000 resolve for fair project
The ways and means committee reported referring the 25000 resolve for the St Louis imitation world’s fair to the next General Court Record. The House will vote on the Philip pine bill on coronation day. The editorials urge caution against imperialism and warn the navy scale would delay price parity in shipbuilding compared with England.
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Ways and Means
St. Louis
Boston Herald
England
Boston Journal
Topeka Civic War on Cottonwood Trees Declares War
The civic improvement society of Topeka declares war on cottonwood trees, deeming them thick and offensive. Christiania’s old liability case reveals the aged woman had been dead for years. Manila police may know many languages. salary listed at 900 dollars a year.
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Civic Improvement Society of
Topeka
Christiania
Last of the snuff takers in the Senate
A Springfield Republican essay notes old Senate snuff boxes kept by Republicans and Democrats with Senator Pettus of Alabama as the apparent last active user. The piece surveys snuffing's rise in 18th and 19th century manners, its decline among modern politicians, and its lingering social habit.
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United States
Senate
Washington
Senator West
Missouri
Harris
Kansas
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Pettus
Talleyrand
Springfield Republcan
Notable Bias Of A Curious Era In A Sunny June
A playful collection of vintage epigrams and social quips notes June as a sweet sixteen birthday, a captain’s restraint, and a bashful lover, with wry comments on draughts, gardening, dog care, and a call for suffrage. It also jabs at Old Fellows labels and Jersey cattle, hinting at women’s voting debates.
PERSONAL MATTERS. Harvard graduates form NYC colony
A Harvard graduates colony plans to study politics from the ground up in lower East Side New York next fall led by R. C. Bolling recent Harvard Law School graduate and 1900 class orator. Rev. D. J. Yerkes resigns after 30 years at First Baptist due to ill health. Dr. Charles T. Olmsted is elected bishop coadjutor of Central New York and now serves at St. Agnes's chapel after a long clerical career in Trinity parish and Utica.
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Harvard
Lower East Side
New York City
R. C. Bolling
Harvard Law School
Prince Henry
Cambridge
D. J. Yerkes
Plainfield, N. J
First Baptist Church
Charles T. Olmsted
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Central New York
St. Agnes’s Chapel
West Ninety-first Street
Cohoes
Onondaga Valley
Syracuse
Connecticut
Trinity College
Hartford
Trinity Chapel
Trinity Parish
Manhattan
Grace Church
Utica
St. Agnes’s
Horse Thief Arrested by Local Guard
Frank McGlynn of Company C Sixth Regiment foiled a horse theft at South Framingham camp grounds Saturday morning. He pursued the rider, captured him at regimental headquarters, and the suspect, a road wanderer, had stolen a sick cavalry horse. McGlynn was hailed upon returning to the company street.
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Frank McGlynn
South Framingham
McGlynn
Darlin
Company Street
Elks Outing From Lowell Heads to Mount Tom
A delegation of 15 to 25 Lowell Elks led by George W. Patten and Joseph Hicks will depart today for the Elks association second annual outing at Springfield and Mount Tom on June 17. The program includes Mount Tom trip, dinner at the Highland House, with the Springfield lodge attending in the evening. Executive committee members include F M Merrill, A J Halpin, T E Boucher, H and R Gumb, S Smith, F Lyons, A E McCann and C R Frost.
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Lowell Todge
Central Methodist Church Debt Reduced At Services
Bishop Mallalieu attended morning and evening services at Central M E Church Sunday. The debt of 7800 was reduced by 5000 through contributions, with large attendance and generous response. The Bishop preached on Luke 12 48 as all city Methodist churches were represented.
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Mallalieu
M. E
Vaccination, travel notes, and a city funeral roundup
Massachusetts health officials estimate about 90 percent vaccinated as Boston hosts events around Harvard commencement and dinners. Wired to rail electrification, dust, and travel, the piece notes plans and past glimpses of future transit. It covers poet laureate Watson's Boers lines, seaside escape talk, and the New England Veteran Firemen's League gathering, plus obituaries for Samuel Brown Michael Long Michael Lyons James Bridges and Warren Foote with funeral details in Lowell.
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State Board of Health
Massachusetts
New England
Lawrence
Haverhill
Nashua
Manchester
Newburyport
Obituaries for Five Local Residents Noted in City Deaths
Thilomene Barry aged 57 at home on Moody street. Matilda Berard aged 14 at Marshall street. John E Conlin aged 35 at Fay street. Mary Barry aged 50 at Fenwick street. Each notice lists surviving relatives and ages, with residences in the city.
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Thilomene Barry
Moody Street
Matilda Berard
Marshall Street
John E Conlin
Fay Street
Mary Barry
John Barry
Fenwick Street
Funerales of Flynn and Murphy in St Patrick’s Church
The Flynn funeral from 222 Broad way featured a high mass at St Patrick’s with Rev. James A. Walsh and organist M. J. Johnson. Choir director Prof. Fred A. Bond led Gregorian mass selections and pieces by Hosea and Bond, with De Profundis as the body exited. Burial followed in Catholic cemetery with Peter H. Savage in charge. The Murphy funeral from 46 Wright street Pawtucket ville opened with 8:30 am mass at St Patrick’s, conducted by Rev. Fr. McHugh, with Bond's choir and Hosea solos. Mr Bond sang Passing Out of the Shadows and De Profundis was sung as the casket left. Bearers included Harringtons and Welch, burial at St Patrick’s cemetery. large attendance and a delegation from Spindle City circle pictured.
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Mely
St. Patrick’s Church
Samuel Brown
Lowell
Durant Street
George B. Dean
St. Paul’s M. BE
Leon Bell
Central Methodist Church
Frank B. Murphy
Robert Rodgers
F. L
Roberts
Alice Summers
My Heavenly Home
Paradise
Chas. E. Farrington
James F. Savage
William A. Lang
Charles A. Chute
Joseph Naylor
George S. Fenderson
Lowell Cemetery
J. B. Currier
Michael Long
Market Street
Patrick O'Brien
Charles Slowey
William Barry
Thomas Coonihan
John Connor
David O'Neil
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Fr. Culbert
Immaculate Conception Church
Fr. Dorgan
Michael J. Ducey
John King
Samuel Mullen
Patrick McCormick
James Glynn
Michael Kelley
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
C. H. Molloy
Mary A. Flynn
Broadway
James A. Walsh
Fred. A. Bond
Helen Hosea
Bond
Spindle City Circle
Companions of the Forest
Cotton fire destroys car and damages freight house
A blaze at Hood's laboratory end of the spur track destroyed a box car loaded with cotton and caused roof damage to the freight house. The carload's value is undetermined. overall damage estimated around 2000 dollars. Earlier, a separate small fire in a Broadway Chinese laundry was extinguished by the fire department.
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Hood’s
Broadway
Wigginville Beats Groves In 14 To 7 Amateur Game
Wigginville defeated Groves 14 to 7 in an amateur baseball game. Doole and Dowery sparked Wigginville with strong hitting throughout the contest.
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Wigginvilles
Groves
Doole
Dowery
Wigginville
Mechanics Savings Bank elects officers in Lowell 1902
At the annual meeting in Lowell on June 9 1902 Mechanics Savings Bank elected and qualified officers trustees board of investment and corporate members. Officers include President Charles L Hildreth and vice presidents Jacob Rogers Julian V Keyes Alexander G Cumnock William D Blanchard James G Marshall.
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Mechanics Savings Bank
Lowell
Charles L. Hildreth
Jacob Rogers
Julian V. Keyes
Alex. G. Cumnock
William D. Blanchard
James G. Marshall
Alexander G. Cumnock
William G. Ward
Edward N. Burke
Clarence H. Nelson
John ©. Bennett
Frederick P. Shaw
Walter L. Parker
Haven C. Perham
Thomas Talbot
George R. Richardson
John Scott
James G. Hill
Chas. C. Hutchinson
Board of Investment
Messrs
Charles C. Hutchinson
Corporation
John C. Bennett
Frederick C. Church
Thaddeus
Cobb
Alexander @. Cum
George C. Taylor
Albert H. Wheeler
William H. Wiggin
Artemas B. Woodworth
Chas. C. Hutchenson
Clerk
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Hood
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Julia Ward Howe
Mary A. Livermore
Private McGlynn
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Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust
W. C. ‘Whitney
Watson
China
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Hurd Street
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