Not Finished But Begun Lowell Normal Class Graduates
The fourth class from Lowell State Normal School received diplomas from Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells. Thirty four completed regular course with others earning kindergarten and one year certificates. The class totals 151 alumni with representation from Lowell, Lawrence, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell State Normal School
Kate Gannett Wells
State Board of Education
Coburn
Lowell
Lawrence
Owell
Littleton
Woburn
Methuen
Vesta Sawtelle
Carrie Gilman Edwards
Stevens
School commencement ushers lead with Sawyer and Roche
Junior class ushers Miss Helen Sawyer and Miss Rosalie Roche topped the ceremony. In the evening a reception for faculty and graduates featured dancing and light refreshments at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Sawyer
Rosalie Roche
Middlesex County Club Notes on Local Society Events
In Dracut Centre the Teachers' Primary union met at Central Congregational church Friday afternoon with a social hour and refreshments by church ladies. The Ladies' Aid society ended its season with a large closing meeting at Centre church including a salad and strawberry supper by Mrs. D. N. Cluff and Mrs. Charles Bunker. Monday evening the Navy Yard Village Improvement society hosted its first entertainment at Hillside Congregational church.
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Teachers’ Primary Union of
Lowell
Central Congregational Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Centre Church
D. N. Cluff
Charles Bunker
Cluff
Bunker
Hillside
Local notes on residents and events in Shirley Massachusetts
Mr Charles McCarthy drives the Harlow and Parsons route in Mr Smiths absence with Master George Pierce Smith accompanying him. Dr Hopkins attends Mr Smith who is recovering after a difficult week. Miss Anna P Moore will rest from missionary duties and undergo throat surgery after years as a Virginia college teacher for colored girls and speaker for missions. Dr and Mrs Hartwell return from nine week London trip in improved health. C F Edgarton of Shirley buys Harrington interest in Chandler company. Charles Gilson moves to town with family to care for his invalid mother. Surveyors map Leominster to Ayer electric railway routes for spring traffic next year. One electric line from Ayer to Shirley Leominster expected, likely another to Chelmsford and Lowell. A pretty home wedding of Miss Fletcher and Mr Dwinell ends with a serenade on West Street. A circus arrives, tents rise on Washington Street. parade draws crowds despite rain, wagons move to rail late night. Sons and daughters study circus life, then compare notes with Toby Tyler and Mr Stubb’s Brother, while praising orderly arrival and departure.
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Charles McCarthy
Harlow & Parsons
Mr. Smith
George Pierce Smith
Dr. Hopkins
Anna P. Moore
Edson Moore
Congregational Church
Shirley
Women’s Home Missionary Association
Miss Moore
Harrington
Chandler Company
Charles Gilson
James Gilson
Waltham Watch
Leominster
Ayer
Chelmsford
Lowell
West Street
Worcester and
Nashua
Washington Street
Toby Tyler
The Uses of This Common Article Are Many
The article extols paper as a versatile material for decoration and daily use. It highlights paper furniture, carpets, and draperies in a Cosy Corner display at C. F. Hatch & Co. and showcases Fourth of July themed paper novelties including flags, hats, napkins, and banners.
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C. F. Hatch & Co
Church Street
Forty Years of Middlesex Northwest Temperance Union
Ayer based historical sketch by Secretary Clara Hapgood Nash traces forty years of the Middlesex Northwest Temperance union. It covers founding leaders, key meetings from 1862 onward, notable speakers including Rev. W. J. Batt and Abram English Brown, women’s leadership, abolition of temptations, pledges signed, prize essays, and ongoing efforts against licentious liquor laws, with reflections on enduring temperance challenges.
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Clara Hapgood Nash
Ayer
A New Swinging Chair for Summer
A. G. Pollard & Co advertises a stamped steel and canvas duck chair that uses little space, weighs 35 pounds, supports heavy users, and adjusts to sitting, half recline, or lay back. It swings gently and folds compactly for storage in the basement at $3.50. Only Lowell vicinity agents.
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Lowell and Vicinity
A. G. Pollard & CO
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