Criterion Knitting Co Fire Destroys Three Story Plant in Tanner Street
A fierce blaze at the Criterion Knitting company's three story hosiery factory on Tanner Street destroyed the building and contents. Two explosions occurred in the boiler room as flames spread rapidly aided by a strong southwest wind. About 50 workers, mostly girls, were employed. losses exceed thirty thousand dollars with insurance covering the smaller claim. Firemen responded from Box 34, with additional roof blazes reported near West Manchester Street. Captain Baxter of Hose Company 9 was injured, treated by Dr. Wesley Sawyer. The plant, formerly Huntoon Machine Shop, has undergone extensive additions since the 1880s and is run by Warren C. Hamblett and Stephen B. Puffer. The fire started near the boiler room and quickly gutted the main building and storehouse.
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Criterion Knitting Company
Tanner Street
Robert Shikwin
Puffer
James Fury
Putteer
Captain Baxter
Hose 9
Wesley Sawyer
Criterion Hosiery Company
Huntoon
Lincoln Street
Pickering Hosiery Company
Middlesex Street
Lamson, Puffer and Hamblett Company
Warren C. Hamblett
Criterion Knittine Company
Stephen B. Puffer
Jersey
Thomas C. Lee
Beginnings of American Polo Highlighted
The New York Herald proprietor James Gordon Bennett helped introduce polo in the United States. In 1876 he hosted a dinner at his New York residence with notable guests and the plan to bring cow ponies from Texas. The sport began at the old Dickel riding academy and later moved to Jerome Park and Fordham by 1877.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
New York City
Messrs
William Jay
Wm. B. Douglass
Charles G. Francklyn
Winnie Thorn
Perry Belmont
John Mott
Samuel Howland
Lord Mandeville
Texas
E. Willard Roby
Moody A Day With Secretary Moody at Navy Dept
Washington June 20 A special correspondent describes William H Moody secretary of the navy as the busiest Massachusetts man in Washington. He arrives around 9 15 am works through mail with Mr Fishback and dictation, meets senators, representatives and bureau chiefs, and handles visiting crowds in a large reception room guarded by messengers. Moody greets callers, discusses matters, lingers with admirals, then returns to duties, lunches, signs mail, and ends the day fatigued but content with the department’s system.
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Washington, D. C
Massachusetts
Washington
William H. Moody
Roosevelt
Moody
Department
State, War and Navy
White House
Mr. Moody
Fred L. Fishback
Mr. Fishback
Fishback
Bureau of Navigation
Norfolk Navy Yard
Congress
Messenger No. 1
Messenger No. 2
Messenger No
Congressman Gillett
Navy Department
H. H. Atherton, JR
Summer events mark quiet Middlesex County day
A lawn party at Mrs. A. M. Bach elder’s Westford street grounds, under the Benevolent society of the Congregational church, offered ice cream cake fortunes and amusements. The Second Congregational church Ladies Aid ran a ping pong party in the vestry with a noted committee. Graduating class with diplomas included Edna Peabody Loretta Kinsola Blanche Allen Annie Bancroft Alice Gallagher Frank Moloney Fred Morley.Schools in town closed for summer vacation. Maud Willet West Dracut took a head bookkeeper post at Collinsville mills. Carl Eklund of Manchester visiting his father Gustave Eklund in Clark street by bicycle.
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A. M. Bachelder
Westford Street
Benevolent Society of the Congregational Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Second Congregational Church
C. H. Whittemore
Robert W. Dunbar
Charles Connell
John Sweatt
Edna Peabody
Loretta Kinsola
Blanche Allen
Annie Bancroft
Alice Gallagher
Frank Moloney
Fred Morley
Maud Willet
West Dracut
Collinsville Mills
Carl Eklund
Manchester
Gustave Eklund
Clark Street
Perfect June wedding in West Chelmsford for Hale and Pelsue
Miss Frances Pelsue and Alfred Henry Hale wed at 2 pm June 18 in West Chelmsford with 60 relatives present. Rev C P Hiller officiated at the Methodist Episcopal service amid ferns and flowers. The couple plans a brief wedding journey and will reside at 59 Lillie Avenue, Lowell, after July 1.
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Louis
Frances Pelsue
Alfred Henry Hale
Methodist Episcopal Church
W.C. Edwards
West Chelmsford
C. €. P. Hiller
West Chelmsford Methodist Episcopal Church
Minerva Pelsue
Charles Hale
John Monahan
D. L. Page Company
Lowell
Mrs. Hale
Navy Yard Village Improvement Society Meets at Parker Avenue School
The Navy Yard Village Improvement Society held Thursday evening meetings at Parker Avenue School. Peter Bolton presided, officers were elected by a committee including William Tyrell and Nicholas Gallagher, with Coburn as president and McKnight as treasurer. A constitution committee was named. A large crowd attended despite Hillside entertainment. Mrs Whitely returns from Malden after vacation. Mrs Tyrell and daughters toured Philadelphia and New York. Miss Susie G Driscoll, Parker Avenue School principal, presented.
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Navy Yard Village Improvement Society
Parker Avenue
Peter Bolton
William Tyrell
John J. Breck
Nicholas Gallagher
Albert Coburn
J. A. McKnight
Charles L. Hodge
C. Frank Scott
George H. Stevens
Hillside Church
Sladen Street
E. Morgan
New Boston
Baboon Fight Shows Savage Power of South African Primate
In Sneenberg district a farm baboon entered an outhouse prompting a mastiff attack. Nero fought the intruder but the baboon escaped while Nero lay fatally wounded, illustrating the animal’s fierce strength and threat to livestock.
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Sneenberg
Nero
London Field
Temperance Lesson Based On Romans Love And Light
A 1902 gospel temperance lesson by Rev. D. M. Stearns interprets Romans teaching on love fulfilling the law. It urges believers to live by the Spirit, cast off darkness, and put on Christ, with references to Romans chapters 12 to 14 and related scriptures.
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D. M. Stearns
American Press Association
Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christ
Peter
James
John
Gethsemane
Samson
Delilah
God
Jesus
Practical Humility in Christian Endeavor Week Topic
Rev. 8 H Doyle leads a June 22 discussion on practical humility. He contrasts true humility with Pharisaical pretense, urges humble service to God and people, and cites Christ’s example and biblical readings from Job to Luke and Philippians to illustrate a humility that transforms action and character.
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H. Doyle
Christ
A Year For God The Call To Devotion And Time
A Congregationalist piece argues life as stewardship, choosing God over self. It emphasizes prioritizing the kingdom of God and righteousness, warning against serving two masters and the lure of material wealth, urging a year devoted to divine service for clarity, freedom from regret, and inner peace.
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Christ
God
The Footpath to Peace quote by Henry Van Dyke
A compact reflection on living well and finding peace through love work play and virtue. It urges gladness in life bound by striving for goodness and kindness while fearing cowardice and falsehood. The piece invites daily contemplation of friends and faith, embracing nature and grace.
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Christ
Henry van Dyke
Faithfulness and belief as a lived gospel invitation
The Presbyterian Journal reflects on faithfulness as a challenging virtue where sacrifice and love converge. It emphasizes belief not as a banquet but as a harvest, urging readers to recall the associations surrounding belief and its divine origin rooted in water and blood.
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Presbyterian Journal
In Little Things. If you cannot be great, be willing to serve God in things that are small
The Episcopal Recorder notes a creed of service in small duties. It emphasizes humble daily acts as avenues to faith, urging readers to model devotion through ordinary tasks and quiet dedication.
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Episcopal Recorder
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