Lamp explosion wrecked Greenwich mansion killing child
Alfred Peats home Altacrest burned to ground after kerosene lamp exploded as eight year old Genevieve carried a lighted lamp to bed. Mrs Peats and the child suffered severe burns while servants failed to summon fire crews promptly. Loss tallies near 150000 with no hydrants nearby. Carnegie former occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Alfred Peats
Electric Hill
Genevieve
Sheas
Mrs. Peats
Greenwich Fire Department
Peats
Altacrest
Andrew Carnegie
Costume cues hint at watchers over the girl
The line suggests that extreme use of stole and jabot accessories signals that someone is closely monitoring the girl, with the wardrobe implying surveillance or control.
A Young Naturalist Graduates From Moody School
Phineas W. Whiting, a Moody school graduate, delivers a nature essay modeled on John Burroughs. He describes pond life and creatures from turtles and frogs to insects, beetles, snails, and shrimps, with vivid observations of their habits and a note on microscopic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody School
John Burroughs
Phineas W. Whiting
New York
Naval Academy Examinations Pass List Here
Annapolis announces that 42 of 450 applicants passed the mental examinations for admission to the Naval Academy as midshipmen. The release includes alternates listed in parentheses, with principals not yet heard from, among them Lester Adams of Maine and A A Baker of New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Academy
Lester Adams
Maine
Allen Bacon
Massachusetts
A. A. Baker
New Hampshire
L. D. Baker
Connecticut
James R, Wranch
New York
Lawrence J. Clark
Excursion to Canada for St. Jean Baptiste celebration
Thirty eight Lowell residents departed yesterday at 3 30 for Portland to ride to Montreal and join a Grand Trunk route excursion of 30 days to attend the St Jean Baptiste festivities. Passengers include Miss Marie Anne Lemerise and many others from Lowell, plus Octave Lamontagne who accompanies the group to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Portland
Canada
Grand Trunk
St. Jean Baptiste
Montreal
New England
Marie Anne Lemerise
Louis M. Lemerise
la Presse
Wm. Larochelle
Wigginville
Adelard Dudevoir
Merrimack Street
Philippe Chalifoux
Common Street
Fred Bisson
A. Barbeau
D. Gagnon
Pierre Lavoie
A. Poitras
J. Parent
Octave Lamontagne
Vacation visit brings Oblate priors and graduates praise
Rev Fr Lefebvre and three Oblate superiors were hosted by students who read a welcome address. Prizes and diplomas were awarded to Xavier Delisle and Emilien Gelineau as they enter high school. Dr Adelard Payette returned from Montreal with his three daughters while Madame Labelle prepared for a trip to St Vital. Several Canadian students arrive in Lowell, including Anais Vincent and Juliette Roy. Yvonne Rochette and Renaud sisters also return from convents. Joseph Gregoire engages in Woonsocket real estate. Edward Houle remains ill. St George family returns from Putnam after a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Rousseau
Marie Delina Parent
St. Joseph’s Church
Sodality of the Sainte Famille
Fournier
O. M. IL
Sodality
Joseph Rousseau
Edmond Parent
Alphonse Champagne
Maria Parent
Tarte
Dextra
H. A. Racicot
Arthur Joly
Guilmant
Perkins Street
Rousseau
Messrs
Hubert
New Moody Street
Leopold Hubert
Patnaude
St. Joseph's Church
Philomene Barry
Henri Barry
Dubreuil
Fourniere
Lamothe
Ida Tarte
Blanche Dextra
Perreault
Edouard Vincellette
L. C. Goyette
Boston
Merrimack Street
Ovide Guerin
Agnes Morin
St. Joseph's College
Dugene Blanchette
Xavier Delisle
Emilien Gelineau
Romeo Hubert
Lazare Boule
St. Joseph’s College
Brother Chryseuil
Lefebvre
Mangin
O. M. S. Thiais
Marion
Diss
Xavier Daigle
Adelard Payette
Montreal
Dr. Payette
Madame Labelle
St. Vital de Lambton
Que
Miss Marguerite
Mount St. Mary’s
Dr. Proulx
Lowell
John T. Vincent
Anais
Juliette Roy
Dr. Roy
Mount St. Mary's
Yvonne Rochette
Dr. Rochette
St. Jean d'Iberville Convent
Renaud
Samuel Renaud
Iberville Convent
Joseph Gregoire
Gregoire
The Era and Pearson's July magazines highlight notable articles
The Era's June issue surveys Mormonism today and Walt Whitman at $80, with reviews of Dreiser and Bishop, plus railroads and theater pieces. Pearson's July continues serials like Buccaneer and Don Q, with short stories by Barbour and Brown, and seven special articles on fencing Roosevelt, clams, Grand Canyon, wildlife, piracy, sand pumping, and Abdul Hamid. Bird-Lore in May–June offers nature sketches and bird studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Biddle Halsey
Ormon
Walt Whitman
Horace L. Traubel
Whitman
Tudor Jenks
Rowland Grey
Liddle Gattrina
Josiah Flint
Penitent
Theodosia Garrison
Sir Henry Morgan
Cyrus Townsend Brady
San Francisco
Gelett Burgess
Will Irwin
Don Q
Hesketh Pritchard
Gevil Hay
Ralph J. Barbour
Colonel Fairfax
W. Foster Brown
Seumas~ MacManus
R. E. Vernede
Agatha
S. J. Pryor
President Roosevelt
Fred Gilbert Blakeslee
Mississippi
Antoinette van Hoesen
Brooklyn
Jamaica Bay
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Joseph Thompson
Theodore Clark Smith
Lilian Cleveland
Frank M. Chapman
The Human Side of Darwin and Other Bookman Pieces
The June Bookman features H. Addington Bruce on The Human Side of Darwin, Mary K. Ward on Two Women Novelists, and The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature with Civil War ties. It also reviews The Comic Opera Past and Present, begins In Arcady by Hamilton Wright Mabie, plus Pont reviews and sketches from Labouchere and London Truth, completing a strong issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookman
H. Addington Bruce
Mary K. Ward
Sullivan and
Strangs
Hamilton Wright Mable
Arcady
Mr. Labouchere
London Truth
Jack London
Shadow
Flash
The
Chronicle
Horace
Beekmair
Six Regiment Brigade Camp Inspections and Rainbound Visit
The Framingham camp of the First Brigade M V M endures constant rain as inspections begin. Gen Mathews hosts Lieut Gen Miles for a brigade review, with Maj Gen Sickles visiting next day. Despite bleak weather, guards, Catholic services, and orderly duties proceed, Lowell men earning honors for discipline and appearance amid soggy tents and damp gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Matthews
Daniel B. Sickles
Boston
Framingham
Sergt. Clogston
Co. C
Lowell
Gardner Pearson
Grenier
G. Lowell
Mathews
Fairweather
Co. G
Kittredge
Chelmsford
Monahan
P. A. MacKenzie
Alex MacKenzie
Charlie Johnson
Gill
Co. M
John Decatur
Napoleon Fisher
St. Stephen’s Church
St. Framingham
Fr. Heffernan
Chaplin Perry
Col. Darling
George Emsley
Louis Hunton
Pearson
Kelsey
Widow Mary A Cross Dies in Middlesex County at 82
Mrs. Mary A Higgins Cross widow of John T. Cross died Monday forenoon at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter Mrs. W Hills in this village aged 82. A native of Brunswick Maine she had lived with her daughter for a year and received a United States pension through a son who served in the Civil War. She leaves three sons in Revere Somerville and Milo Maine. Burial will be in Barnard Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. (Higgins
John T. Cross
W. Hills
Revere
Somerville
Milo
Barnard
Bosco Beats Old Timers In Close North Chelmsford Game
In North Chelmsford on Saturday the Bosco team defeated the Old Timers 12 to 9 before rain ended play in the seventh. Reed pitched well for Bosco and Constantino did for Old Timers. Umpires Trull and Martin satisfied. A return game is planned at West Chelmsford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosco
West Chelmsford
Reed
Constantino
Charles Trull
Charles Martin
Whitman and Pratt Rendering Co
James McCoy
Mary
Catherine
McGuire
Lowell
Clinton
Owen McEnaney
St. John
St. John’s Total
Pupil with perfect attendance leads Billerica schools
In East Billerica Richardson school the top attendee for the year is Hattie F. McDonald with no absences, followed by Emma B. Kitchen with two term absences. The piece lists daily attendance for fall, winter, and spring terms and notes school events at Howe and Unitarian parsonage, plus a fire case and other local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
East Billerica
Hattie F. McDonald
Emma B. Kitchen
Mason Alexander
Donnie Burris
Willie Burris
Harry Burris
Hattie I. McDonald
Sadie M. Hopkinson
Joseph Carmody
Mary Daly
Norman McDonald
Bennie H. Spaulding
Bates Case In Stow Fire Suit Tops East Cambridge Court
In East Cambridge Superior Court Frederick H. Bates faces a government case alleging he set fire to his house and barn at Stow to collect insurance. Bates testified briefly before adjournment as the day's evidence centered on his prior statement to the State fire marshal and State Officer Dunham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Bates
Stow
East Cambridge
Bates
Dunham
Graduation Exercises In Ayer Town Hall June 26
Invitations for Ayer graduation ceremonies note the class motto Ex portu in mare From the harbor into the sea and list graduates in classical and general courses. Also reported is a newborn to Mr and Mrs J W Martin, a song recital by Edward F Colburn and pupils in Page's hall, and the interment of Thomas McNamara who died from blood poisoning after a knee cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer Town Hall
Avis Adella Burns
Arthur Mellenott Clarke
Margaret J. McMillan
Ray Allison Spencer
Annie Delia Cronin
Mary Bernadette Crowley
Susan Elizabeth Duffy
Harry Read
Draper
Eva Lillian Felch
Nannie Marguerite Fillebrown
Roy Otis Hatch
Katharine Frances McCarthy
Joseph Francis McGuane
Esther Atherton Stone
Arthur Maurice Sullivan
Edna Ruth Willis
J. W. Martin
Edward F. Colburn
Page's Hall
BE. W. Carley
Lillian R. Moore
Ruth T
Ann McNamara
Mechanic Street
Edward S. Dwyer
Affordable Rentals Open for Inspection in Central Street
Tenements listed for six seven and eight dollars monthly promise clean neat and comfortable living. They are well repaired and in as good shape as when built. Inspectors invited by T H Elliott at 64 Central Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Elliott
Central _atroet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caleb L. Smith
Middlesex St
G. W. Bonneville
B. D. S. Lowell
Merrimack St
Painiess
Optigian
George G. Rogers
Ua Mae Fil Fatale
Phinease
Whiting
Wescott
Naval Academy Examinations
Zzkale
Pearson's
Regi
Company C
Hager
Ralph Clogeton
Set. Co. C
South Framingham
Hung
Duchesney
6Th Infantry
Middlesex County
North Chelmsford
Billerica
Howe School
Annie May Griffin
Bertha Marietta Sutcliffe
Agnes Augusta Duren
Edna Frances Baker
Grace Maud Benson
Ethel Trull Jaquith
Ernest Almont Ketchen
Olivia Hosmer Norcross
Edwin Herbert Parker
Grace Leona Staples
Ada Faye Crosby
Elizabeth Alice Mills
Annie Teresa O’hare
Gertrude Julia Nason
Lucy Martha Waite
Frederic S. Clark
Edgar S. Wiers
Hattie P. Truell
Doris Kohlrausch
Rena Parker
Florence Colby
Harriet Wild
Frances M. Dermott
Condit’s Orchestra of
F. H. Condit
Paul Revere
Neil F. Mahoney
Olivia H. Norcross
Edwin H. Parker
Annie
South Sudbury
Gleasorville
Raymond Feather
Charles Allen
Frank W. Bickerton
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Allen
George E. Harrington
Sudbury
John Shortsleeves
Gleasonville
Harrington
Frank H. Clark
I. R. Clark
Brown University
Providence
Narragansett
Brockton
Hyde Park
Miss Webster
Woods
Salem
N. H
Hollis Street
Frederick Henry Bates
Grange
Miss Newhall
Hale High School
Town Hall
Roland French
Ira Goding
Herbert Lewis
Alden Packard
Marlboro
Amon Wetherbee
Ayer
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