Middlesex County Social and Town Celebration Plans
Miss Myra Frazer visited her sister Mrs. Chas Baker and Rev. Mr. Scautes preached at the Baptist church. Town committees unveiled plans for a 19th celebration with military displays, band concerts, athletic events, lectures, parades, fireworks, meals, and a potential memorial hall at the old hotel site led by Col. Richard F. Barrett and a long list of town officials and guests including Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Frazer
Chas. Baker
Scautes
The
Baptist Church
Grace Holden
Lewis Holden
Nancy Perry
Lawrence
N. H. Hutchins
Edward W. Emerson
Stedman Buttrick
Prescott Keyes
Richard F. Barrett
Selectman
B. Studley
Sixth Infantry
Old Concord
Isaac Davis
Acton
Sons of Veterans
Concord Independent Battery
Concord Fire Department
Town Hall
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Samuel Hoar
Edward J. Bartlett
John L. Gilmore
John B. Studley
John M. Keyes
Henry D. Coolidge
Charles H Walcott
Joseph F. Scott
Cyrus H. Cook
George M. Bowker
Alfred B. C. Dakin
Charles W. Prescott
Charles E. Brown
George G. Russell
James Loughlin
Joseph D. Murray
Frank Wheeler
R. F. Barrett
E. W. Emerson
E. J. Bartlett
J. L. Gilmore
J. B. Studley
J. M. Keyes
BE. W. Emerson
Sam’l Hoar
H. D. Coolidge
C. H. Walcot
J. F. Scott
C. H. Cook
G. M. Bowker
A. B. C. Dakin
C. W. Prescott
C. B E. Brown
J. J. Bartlett
J. D. Murray
Town Officers Elected at Meeting
At a town meeting the following officers were elected or appointed: selectmen Homer A Belknap John H Goodell Patrick Hayes. clerk Frank E H Hemenway. treasurer John B Lombard. collector Charles J Frost. auditor Fred L Oaks. assessor James E Hall. overseer of poor Curtis S Oaks. school committee Enos H Bigelow Samuel B Bird. board of health J Minot Harrington. highway surveyor Samuel O Staples. sewer committee E Lewis Moore. commissioner of sinking fund James J Valentine. trustees town library Clarence L Boynton Lucius R Eastman Chauncey A Fuller Frederick B Horne. Edgell Grove cemetery trustee William H Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer A. Belknap
John H. Goodell
Patrick Hayes
Frank E H. Hemenway
John B. Lombard
Charles J. Frost
Fred L. Oaks
James E. Hall
Curtis S. Oaks
Enos H. Bigelow
Samuel B. Bird
Board of Health
J. Minot Harrington
Samuel O. Staples
Town meeting elects officials and licenses in 675 Yes vote
Elected at town meeting were Daniel W. Stratton as selectman Frederick P. Glazier as treasurer Savillian Arnold as water commissioner Amos Powers as assessor Lucie Welsh to school committee George Atwood to municipal light board Joseph Jandr on overseer of poor Jay Herrick trustee of library Edmund Stowe trustee of Susan Cox charity Edward Miles collector of taxes John Callahan board of health Ernest Bell auditor Warren Safford auditor Herbert Knight constables Andrew Magorty Daniel Rose Patrick Seally License Yes 675 no 286
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Stratton
Frederick P. Glazier
Savillian Arnold
Hermon ©. Tower
Amos P. Powers
Lucie D. Welsh
George W. Atwood
Joseph Jandron
Jay H. Herrick
Susan Cox
Edmund M. Stowe
Traxes
Edward P. Miles
Board of Health
John J. Callahan
Ernest C. Bell
Warren T. Safford
Herbert A. Knight
Andrew Magorty
Daniel D. Rose
Patrick Seally
Greene speaks on Palestine at Central Congregational
Rev. Harvey B. Greene of Lowell gave an illustrated Palestine lecture at Central Congregational Church on Wednesday evening. The talk described Holy Land sites and customs with stereoptic illustrations lent by Carl Atwood. J T McCoy escorted 14 youths to Worthen Street Baptist services in Lowell. March meeting warrants due to Selectmen by Monday the 12th instant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
Harvey B. Greene
Lowell
Palestine
Holy Land
Carl Atwood
J. T. McCoy
Worthen Street Baptist Church
Town Meeting Elections Set Key Officials and Ballot
Voters chose B. Delmont Locke for selectman Walter Crosby as assessor George L. Due for school committee three years Walter Crosby W H H Tuttle and Timothy O Leary for two years Mrs Henry Hornblower water commissioner George P Winn sewer commissioner Warren W Rawson board of health Dr Edward P Stickmey commissioner of sinking fund Theodore Schwamb trustee Pratt Fund George Hill trustees Robbins Library E Nelson Blake Joseph C Holmes trustee consolidated funds Francis S Frost park commissioner Frank W Hodgdon auditors A T Marston James R Mann constables Garrett Barry A B Hartman Garret J Cody John Duffy Andrew Irwin tree warden Reuben W Le Barron. License yes 213 no 485 last year yes 238 no 602.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Delmont Locke
Walter Crosby
George L. Due
W. H. H. Tuttle
Timothy O'Leary
Henry Hornblower
George P. Winn
Warren W. Rawson
Board of Health
Edward P. Stickmey
Sinking Fund
Theodore Schwamb
Pratt Tund
George Hill
Robbins Library
E. Nelson Blake
Joseph C. Holmes
Consolidated Funds
Francis S. Frost
Frank W. Hodgdon
A. T. Marston
James R. Mann
Garrett Barry
Hartman
Garret J. Cody
John Duffy
Andrew Irwin
Reuben W. le Barron
First Parish Annual Meeting in Centre Chapel March 12
The annual meeting of the First Parish will be held in the chapel of the Centre church on Monday March 12 at 2 pm. Judge Clyde of Hudson New Hampshire visited Dracut, taking photos of the Sargent home and park. He presented a silver medal to Miss Hartle A. Deane and praised the prize contest at Hillside church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dea. Geo. Hovey
J. W. Thissell
Clyde
Hudson
N. H
J. L. Sargent
Dracut
Henry Richardson
J. P. Richardson
Hillside Church
Hartle A. Deane
Tiudson
Umane
Concord Votes Funds for 125th Anniversary Memorial
Town meeting approved 2500 dollars for celebration events and 6659 dollars to acquire the Meas ex hotel site for a permanent memorial of the Concord fight on April 19. The hotel property on the public square has long been a central memorial target, purchased by four members of the permanent memorial committee and overseen by a sub committee for the April 18 observance.
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Tencord
Concord
Somermanent
Thermanent Memorial Committee
Mem
North Chelmsford notes and community updates
Miss Fannie Holt resumes teaching in Somerville after a ten day vacation. Local illness includes Mrs. Wright with grip and Miss Towle with severe colds. Mrs. Adams is very low. Mrs. Stetson improving. Y P S C E orange tea and proverb party held with performances by local girls. New engineer hires and road work update. Missing Cook girl unresolved. Chelmsford registrars to meet March 16. Ladies’ Aid meets Friday. School vacation ends March 12. Frank A. Hill to speak at the Second Congregational Church tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Holt
Somerville
Samuel Wright
Emma Towle
Elizabeth Draper
Henry Woods
Hattie Mae Hall
Fitchburg
Thomas Adams
Geo. Stetson
Second Congregational Church
F. E. Varney
Ethel Ranger
Madley
Mary
Mary Brown
Blanche Wright
Stella Howard
Gladys Swain
Esther Bearce
Florence Queen
Flora Knox
Ethel Wotton
Mary Morning
Katie Calalhan
Arthur W. Trubey
Little Girls
Hattie
Florence Shaw
Harry C. Trombly
Charles F. Scribner
Gardner K. Ripley
Arthur Wheeler
Allard
Allen
George C. Moore
Kelleher
North Chelmsford
Boston and Maine Railroad
Troop F Cavalry
Chelmaford Centre
Highland Avenue
Pope
Annie Pope
Atter Pope
Wilton
N. H
George Pope
Frank A. Hill
State Board of Education
Men's League
Pain-Hash Relief Ad Promises Quick Ailment Aid
If troubled with rheumatism, try Chamberlain's Pain-Haim. It costs you nothing if it fails. One application relieves pain and cures sprains and bruises in a third the time of other treatments. Also treats cuts burns frostbite glandular ailments and boils. In swelling, senda bottle. Price five and ten cents. For sale by all druggists.
The Recluse of Northrup and His Flowers
Old man Northrup lives alone on a hillside amid a cared for garden. The village doubts him until a parson visits and learns his solace lies in flowers seen as spirits of loved ones. Northrup believes his dead daughter returns as a pansy and dies peacefully with his flowers bowing at his grave.
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Northrup
Parson
Henry Clay's Jackass Legacy in 19th Century Deal
Commodore Rodgers sent four high lineage jackasses from Spain to Washington. Henry Clay offered land near Ivania avenue and Madison place worth about 40,000 dollars in exchange. Clay wired the tithe to one jackass and then played at a gaming table before sending the animal to Kentucky, where it became progenitor of a noted stock line.
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Commodore Rodgers
Washington
Spain
Oma
Euaxter
Henry Clay
Ivania Avenue
Madison Place
Commodore
Mr. Clay
Kentucky
House of Doom site becomes home for justice department
The block once tied to Commodore Rodgers with the “House of Doom” on a lot near Pennsylvania Avenue has been cleared. The Freedmen's Bank site and a park patch were altered as a government project proceeds to erect a new justice department building, funded by a $1,000,000 appropriation by Congress in March.
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United States
Commodore Rodgers
Pennsylvania Avenue
Freedmen’s Bank
Treasury
Congress
Department of Justice
Boston Transcript
Training Boers Horses Stand When Riders Leave
A Baltimore observer recalls Boers training horses to stand in place after riders depart. Young horses are tied with a rope and iron ball at knee level to torment them for hours, causing exhaustion. Once recovered, the horse learns to stay still when the rein rests on its chin, even amid nearby shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
South Africa
Baltimore Sun
Dinner tale shows McKinley visit and Burrows urging action
Washington correspondent recalls Senator Burrows pressing President McKinley in a White House meeting about a key appointment. They rode back laughing, then forgot the purpose. The column also quotes Ian Maclaren arguing church pews should be paid for by households, stressing fairness and dignity in church dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrows
White House
President McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Senator Burrows
Treasury Building
Jove
Washington
Cor
Detroit Free Press
Beauty of the Christian life as art movement idea
Newell Dwight Hillis argues in Woman's Home Companion that true loveliness lies in a refined Christian life rather than in art alone. He envisions a church of beautiful Christians whose worship and virtue would transform city and civilization with color, purity, and majesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Autunn
Newell Dwight Hillis
Washington Toltis Tour Route Through Boston and New England
An itinerary listing dates April 16 and 28 for a Personally Conducted Tour under the Pennsylvania Railroad system. It includes a route from Washington to Boston and New England areas via Bettington Street, with details on agents and conductors involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Toltis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ty i
Boston
Bettington Street
The Scapegoat Widow and the Missing Ring Mystery
A refined widow's misfortune begins with an opal ring at a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Richard Henry Sands. Accusations swirl around Mrs. Clara Herford as the ring disappears and the social circle frays. Months later secrets surface via a Paris dressmaker and a Manila of messages confirming who possessed the jewel. The tale ends with forgiveness and renewed hospitality as truth spreads through the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Herford
Richard Henry Sands
Mrs. Herford
Mrs. Keepers
Monsieur
Richard Fenry Sands
Chicago Tribune
Elephant named Jolly refuses painter's name on platform
The Indian captured elephant Jolly, 14, rests amid visitors feeding peanuts. A painter mislabeled his name on a platform, and Jolly wiped off the paint with his trunk, leaving a smeared face as bystanders watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly
India
Prince of Wales
Woes of a Conductor on the Passenger Train
A veteran conductor recalls the risks of ticket thieves on busy travel, detailing checks issued to riders and a Saratoga express incident where a green check with punched letters revealed passenger roles. A coin excerpt notes rare 1804 San Francisco minted tens fetching high premiums. The bots and banter between The Maid and The Coachman ends the piece with a quip about horse hair and gasoline.
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New York
New York Tribune
Wanted Woman for Washing on Mondays in Highlands
A notice seeks a woman to do washing Mondays in Highlands. Apply at no fording street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Fragmented Local Notice Placeholder
Incomplete OCR text yields limited readable facts about a local matter in progress. Silas and others appear as fragments without clear action, date, or place. The record remains indeterminate pending clearer source material.
Farm sale offers 134 acre parcel near Centre
Grow to 5000 by buying a farm for 2000. Two story 7 room house, barn for 4 cows and 2 horses, 100 apple trees, 15 acres wood, total 112 miles from Centre. Rare chance for right party with 1000. Look at the 5000 farm. it will do you good to see it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish & Plummer
Central Street
Mulchesex
Lowell
Highand
Bervidere
Fish & Plammer
Local property sale notice and boarding facility description
Fragmentary OCR text describes a property with boarding house elements and poultry gear for sale. Mentions a 9 o clock time, a corporation, room boarding, and an asking price around 60 dollars. Indicates the place must be sold and seeks offers. Source fragmentary and unclear.
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Matthew Johnson
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