Pussy Willow arrives as spring returns to Middlesex County
In Billerica March hints of snow melt give way to springtime mood as Bridgewater Normal School class of 1898 holds a Boston reunion at The Thorndike. Rev. Edgard S. Wiers preaches at the Unitarian church on a call to wholehearted endeavor with careful notes on habits, effort, and character.
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Albert Richardson
Women's Alliance
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Charles Faward Damon
Toston
Billerica Historial
Salmon P. Chase
Hart
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Adama
Charles Sumner
Damon
Edward F. Dickinson
Tennessee
Meyer D. Staley
Billerica
Daughters of the American Revolution
Concord
Lallo
Everett T. Tomlinson
Cora A. Monroe
Southern Pines
William Fuller
Mr. Evans
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Lowell
Christ
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Herbert King
John KB. Ball
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Congregational Sunday
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People of
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Groton observes 25th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Joshua Young
The Groton church tribute praises Dr. Young for faith in gospel realities, his scholarly reach, and pulpit power. News notes report Mrs. Mary A Ford’s death at 42 from Paris green, a trial-focused Lent gatherings, improving health of Rev. John Barstow, and local repairs. Other items cover a wedding, church officers, land sale plans on High Street, and cemetery burial of Mrs. Margaret Dinan.
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L. B. Voorhees
Congregational Church
Young
Churh
Mary A
Charles Ford
Hollingsworth Mill
Paris Green
Edesta
Medway
Ayer
Trowbridge
Sherrard Billings
Groton School
John Barstow
Medford
Tryon
N. C
Luther Blood Fund
High Street
William A. Lawrence
Frank L. Blood
Charles Dodge
Col
Thomas L. Motley
Caroline E. Boutwell
Kenelm Winslow
Franklin T. Sivret
Groton
Louis H. Clark
Amos IL. Ames, Jr
Moses P. Palmer
Appleton H. Torrey
Margaret Dinan
Eugene Dinan
St. Mary’s
Nicholas Dinan
Winter Westford notices and town meeting agenda
Mrs Katherine Robler and her daughter return from Denver and plan a Europe trip with Mrs Abc ott. A lecture on A Summer in Norway is postponed to March 26 at the town hall with over 100 stereopticon views under First Parish church. Town reports praise neatness in 1899 and the annual town meeting is set for next Monday the 19th to elect officers and set next year’s appropriations.
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Michael J. Sheedy
Frank Waters
Charles H. Gerrish
Georgiana Boutwell
Katherine Robler
Denver
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Abcott
Norway
First
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Manila
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14Th Infantry
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Boxborough Notes of March Events and Local Visit
Boxborough reports a rainy day with wildlife sightings and a March 56 visit by Rev. and Martyn at the parsonage. The Ladies circle met March 7 at the vestry with sewings and an evening hash supper followed by readings, a book guessing game, and an award for the best representation guessing. The program included choir items, a duet, and a paper on Our Schools by Mrs. Littlefield, plus talks by Mise Priest and Mrs. F. H. Stevens and musical performances by Deacon Wood, Mrs. Hilard, and others. discussion covered the automobile question and education matters.
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Hilard
C. BE. Wood
Dea. Hager
Ik. Nelson
Po- Granee
Roxboro
Grenee
F. MH. Stevens
Stow
Committee of Education
Massachusetts State
Loring
Braman
Nelson
Martyn
Gata
Pleasant meeting and grange musicale highlights
A pleasant day and evening gatherings featured a grange musicale with about a hundred patrons enjoying orchestra readings songs and duets. Notables like Rev W C Martyn and N S Loring performed while Amy Nelson won a musical picture prize. The Y P S C E plans an infant photo event and Miss Whitcomb reports a sickist.
Winchester School Committee Considers Resignations
Winchester's school committee debates abolishing kindergarten sewing and cooking and cutting five year olds from teaching. The board faced a 3000 over budget in 1899 and a push to reduce to 30000 with departments abolished. Suter defends the board as others demand resignations and a special town meeting will be held to decide next steps.
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Winchester
John W. Suter
Samuel's
Symmes
William B. French
Floyd
John H. ©Th
Suter
Waldradt
Mmittee
Holliston tale of Jernegan wife and missing husband fades
In Holliston Mrs Jernegan and her child live with her father for three months while her husband Rev Prescott Jernegan remains abroad. She refuses to reveal his location, claiming he is not in the United States. Neighbors note the absence of the husband, while Mrs Jernegan’s father and townsfolk confirm her presence and routine visits to town. The piece also covers a March wedding in East Pepperell and various local notices and club activities.
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Prescott F. Jernegan
Janegan
Adelbert
Medway
Jernegan
Holliston
Phinney
Mr. Phinney
Wartece Artite
John Marshall
East Pepperell
Robert
Anna May Davie
Graniteville
Mr. Bisbee
East Pepperel
John Callahan
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell
Fred Wagner
Samuel Farron
Michigan Lumber Woods
Big 12
Fanny Johnson
Spain
Howard Craven
England
Craven
United States
J. W
Geo. Peabody
Guilder
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Littleton
M. C. Mutterfield
Scientist finds sea water gold claim unprofitable fraud
Prof Carmichael examines Jernegan sea water gold scheme and finds no paying rate for extraction. He notes Jernegan claimed sizable gold in ton of sea water, but Carmichael finds only a hundredth of a grain per ton. The seized bars and claims are denounced as a massive fraud, though profit potential remains if proportions were real.
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Prof. Carmichael
Jernegan
Carmichael
Prices Current Lowell Market March 15 1900
A historical price list from Lowell grocers for vegetables fruit fish and provisions dated March 15 1900. It lists items such as tomatoes onions cabbage bananas grapes oranges almonds coconuts and various fishes with price per unit or quantity from multiple suppliers. Includes quantities like per dozen per pound and per quart.
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Buttrick & Co
J. B. Cover & Co
Aia
E. A. Wilson & Co
Killpartrick Res
Trail
F. E. Putnam
Prescott Street
S. Alewives
Fresh eggs from our hennery daily in Lowell
We offer fresh eggs not over 24 hours old from our hennery in Lowell. Also advertise largest bottle of ketchup at 10c, fresh pork at 9c per pound, live haddock, turkeys chickens and fowls 1c to 15c, lemons 10c per dozen, fancy rice 5c per pound, 6 pounds for 25c.
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