Silver Wedding Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Pliny Fiske Brett
Mr and Mrs Pliny Fiske Brett celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at their home 219 East Merrimack Street Lowell. The event included a reception with Adams orchestra from Chelmsford, ushers, and out of town guests from Boston Newburyport Haverhill Wakefield and Reading. Mr Brett, longtime Faulkner mills North Billerica overseer, and Mrs Brett formerly Miss Sarah E Mears of Boston, were married in Nashua 25 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny Fiske Brett
East Merrimack St
Louise Aldrich
Montferrand
Henry A. Holmes
George F. Hayward
Millie Mears
Wakefield
Ethel Parker
Chelmsford
MacDonald
Faulkner Mills
Brett
Maine
Lowell
North Billerica
Sarah E. Mears
Boston
Nashua
Knights of Malta
Daughters of Liberty
Busy Bee Circle
Newburyport
Haverhill
Reading
House of Prayer
Walker Street
James Henry Shay
Daniel Shay
Elsie Leigh Mottram
Charles Mottram
Robert Gilbert Osborn
Frederick Mottram
Ann Maud Shannon
Miss Mottram
Miss Shannon
Walter McCleery
Father Osborn
Cross Street School Kids Shine in Closing Exercises
Young students at Cross Street School delighted families with finger plays, songs, and memory gems. Little performers Lena Bockus, Joyce Bockus, Lillian Young, Mary Sheehan, Josephine Saborin, Marion Clark, and Margaret Connors earned praise as Charles Toupin wowed with a four-verse recitation. Mothers smiled at the charming scene amid classroom displays and a garden visit. Solid Silver Teaspoons offered for sale at Woods branch store on Merrimack street.
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Cross Street
Grandma
Auntie
Big Sister
Miss Scales
Florence Lavery
Julia Rogers
Charles
Miss Laurins Pupils Present Annual Piano Recital
Emily J S Laurins piano pupils entertained at Swedish M E church Moore street with 25 numbers in a well attended program. Participants included Gunhilde Hahn Emily Laurin Ruth Pilling Mary Lannon Mildred Christianson Esther Laurin Edith Toy Alice Leith Helga Freyd Maud Cates Gertie Robinson Florence Strout Luella Strout Jennie Peterson Anna Coffey Emma Hagstrom Edith Lapierre Olga Nyberg Carrie Brown Beatrice Ryan Josephine Dows Gerda Laurin and boys George Mahoney Orrin McKenzie Robert Anderson. Alice Leith sang two numbers admired for promising vocal prowess. Audience closed with America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily J. S. Laurin
M. E
Moore Street
Gunhilde Hahn
Emily Laurin
Ruth Pilling
Mary Lannon
Mildred Christianson
Esther Laurin
Edith Toy
Alice Leith
Helga Freyd
Maud Cates
Gertie Robinson
Florence Strout
Luella Strout
Jennie Peterson
Anna Coffey
Emma Hagstrom
Edith Lapierre
Olga Nyberg
Carrie Brown
Beatrice Ryan
Josephine Dows
Gerda Laurin
George Mahoney
Orrin McKenzie
Robert Anderson
America
A Rainin In Kansas Poem Heralds Grain News
The Kansas poem from 1900 celebrates rain bringing moisture to crops and flood waters, linking drought relief to national aid. It frames Kansas as contributing to the hungry world from Oregon to India, urging readers to bow heads and give thanks while the rain lifts blues and spurs song. The piece is signed Ride Dudley in Kansas City Times.
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Kansas
A-rainin
Oregon
India
Dudley
Kansas City
Nickel Plate offer to western resorts at reduced rates
Low rates and comfortable train service invite travel to western tourist resorts via the Nickel Plate Road. If you are going west you cannot afford to overlook this route. Inquire of local agents L. P. Burgess, N. E. P. A., 258 Washington street, Boston, Mass.
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Nickel Plate Road
L. P. Burgess
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Arm injury at Lowell Rendering plant reported
John H. Smith sustained an upper left arm injury while working at the Lowell Rendering company's plant yesterday morning. He was treated at the Emergency hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Smith
Lowell Rendering Company
Howe School Alumni Reunites After $7500 Bequest
The Howe school in Billerica marked its 50th anniversary with graduation exercises in the town hall. A $7500 bequest from the late Robert Charles Billings, via executors, was announced by J Nelson Parker. The funds will support the general school fund as part of the charity directive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Charles Billings
Howe School
Billerica
J. Nelson Parker
George M. Preston
House of Faulkner, Page & Co
Bogton
James R. Faulkner
North Billerica
Preston
Boston
Faulkner, Page & Co
Eugene C. Vining
Miss Hattie Truell
Annie May Griffin
Agnes Augusta Duren
Edna Frances Baker
Grace Maud Benson
Ethel Trull Jaquith
Ernest Almont Ketchen
Oliva Hosmer Norcross
Edwin Herbert Parker
Grace Leona Staples
Bertha Marietta Sutcliffe
Ada Page Crosby
Elizabeth Alice Mills
Annie Teresa O'Hare
Gertrude Julia Nason
Lucy Martha Waite
T. P. Evans
Olivia Hosmer Norcross
Paul Revere Frothingham
Athens
E. S. Wier
Howe School Alumni Association
Page
Hibbard
Lyons
John A. Richardson
Charles H. Kohlrausch
Hugh Cochrane
J. Frank Casey
Otis S. Brown
T. Frank Lyons
Natt H. Hutchins
Acknowledgments at Gorham Street Association Meeting
The retiring president J Nelson Parker received a rising vote of thanks as the Howe school fund needs more money and interest rates stay low. Former principals Albert M Jones and Earl C Davis spoke along with other members. Kohlrausch was elected president after arriving late from the Harvard Yale game. The evening included dancing to Hibbard's orchestra and a later graduating class reception with more dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. King
Grace L. Knowles
Mary E. F. Shea
S. A. Bull
Mary L. Morey
Alice T. Rogers
Joseph Jaquith
Harry G. Sheldon
Neil R. Mahoney
Homer H. Colby
Fred S. Auty
Olivia F. Norcross
J. Nelson Parker
Parker
Howe
Albert M. Jones
Earl C. Davis
Messrs
George Cutter
Frederick Casey
Warren L. Floyd
Eugene C. Vining
E. S
Hibbard
Free Souvenirs At Wood's Merrimack Street Branch
Wood's branch jewelry store at 135 Merrimack street offers wedding gifts with a dazzling array of cut glass and sterling silver. On Saturday a jeweled pencil will be given free to every purchaser. The branch is run by M. F. Wood and C. W. Durant who are well known in the jewelry trade.
Sewer Work Set to Begin Monday after Mayors Seal
Supt Beals of the street department will commence sewer work Monday after Mayor Howe signed the sewer resolutions approved by the board of aldermen Tuesday evening. The new appropriation totals $40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
Beals
Street Department
Howe
Board of Aldermen
Travel by Nickel Plate Road Offers Low-Rate Tickets
In the West are most easily and comfortably reached via Nickel Plate Road with beautiful trains and complete tourist car service. Special low rate tickets are available to Denver Salt Lake El Paso and other points in Colorado Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas and more. Inquire of local agents of L. P. Burress N E P A 258 Washington Street Boston Mass.
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Nickel Plate Road
Denver
Salt Lake
el Paso
Colorado
Minnesota
Iowa
The
Dakotas
L. P. Burress
Washington Street
Boston
Jass
Grad Club Dance at Oaklands Skating Rink Impresses
The Grad club hosted a successful dancing party at the Oaklands skating rink last night with about 60 couples attending. Music was supplied by the Imperial orchestra and A. B. Sudbury served as general manager.
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Grad
Oaklands Skating Rink
Imperial Orchestra
A. B. Sudbury
Sem i annual Chelmsford Unitarian session on God essay
The 74th semi annual North Middlesex Congregational conference met in Chelmsford with the First Congregational society. Rev Howard N Brown spoke on The Divine Immanence and Divine Transcendence, discussing both views and their harmony, with other talks on Theodore Parker and Icelandic Unitarian missions. The day included a memorial for Harvey Whiting, a vote for a new vice president, and evening remarks before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Middlesex Congregational Conference
Unitarii
First Congregational Society of
Chelmsford
Young People’s Guild
F. A. Pateh
Littleton
Geo. S. Shaw
Ashby
Nashua
George C. Wright
Lowell
Co. T. Billings
A. D. K. Shurtleff
Geo. A. Parkhurst
Edward
God
H. H. Mott
W. F. Furman
Wilton
N. H
Harvey A. Whiting
Furman
Whiting
Geo. C. Wright
Abiel Abbott
Westford
Pemberton H. Cressey
Groton
Joshua Young
Cressey
Young
J. S. Moulton
Mr. Parker
Mr. Wendte
John Parker
Lexington
Wendte
Parker
Boston
Florence
Wendell Phillips
Garrison
3S. G. Howe
James Russell Lowell
James Freeman Clarke
A. Bronson Alcott
Alcott
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mr. Alcott
Mr. Phillips
Theodore Parker
T. Thorvaldson
Icelandic Unitarian Association
Northwest
Iceland
Peterson
Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Minnesota
Hazen
Shirley
Edward Brenan
Ayer
Lyche
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Wescott
Hansen
Mrs. Pliny Fiske Brett
Shay-Mottram
Cross Street School
Woods
Merrimack Street
Laurin
M. E. Church
Arnitor
China
S. T. Mattresses
Gorham ST
Wood
the “Grad” Club
New England
North Middlesex
Unitarian
Astrakhan
Russia
Volga
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