Grosmith, Bangs Show Delights Middlesex Women Club
A Middlesex Women’s club audience enjoyed George Grossmith’s refined humor after John Kendrick Bangs had claimed women lack humor. The program featured delicate satire on art and sentiment, parodies of Handel, a Scottish song pastiche, a "Delirious Love Song," and a phonograph gimmick. The evening closed with an amateur choral sketch reflecting backstage theatre life, leaving the crowd eager for more.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Middlesex Women's Club
George Grossmith
Bangs
Lowell Club
Mr. Grossmith
Mr. Grosemith
Cayl
Tandine
Fienne
Phyllie
God “Mies Ailton
Seeds And Their Trials Demonstration At Normal School
Miss Grace D Chester presented a botany lesson at the normal school under the Woman's club, using stereopticon to show seed development, plant adaptation, and root and leaf structure. The talk contrasted tropical and temperate flora, noted plant irritability, and illustrated seed germination and plant physiology with lab displays.
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Grace D. Chester
Woman's Club
Ganong
Miss Chester
Edelweiss
Tropics
In Memoriam Ephraim Brown Prominent Concord Resident
Ephraim Brown, esteemed Concord native and long time resident, valued family history and memories. He enjoyed scientific reading, astronomy, and books, wrote articles for the Milton Journal, and took pride in his ancestral lineage and early American freedoms.
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Ephraim Brown
Pore
Concord
Frown
Milton Journal
Conway Transfer Co grows under young leader John T. Conway
Four years after starting Conway Transfer Co in Lowell, John T. Conway now runs three double and three single teams with two men each, expanding to freight forwarding and theatre baggage handling for major venues. Conway, aged twenty three, is lauded as a hustling up to date businessman shaping local transfer methods.
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John T. Conway
Conway Transfer Co
Lowell
Conway
Northern
Boston
Lowell Company
Manchester
Wre
Opera House
Music Hall
The
Savoy
Star
People’s
Bijou
Paid for Their Inches at Tewksbury Social
Members and attendants of the Tewksbury Congregational church gathered at Frank Farmer’s home for a winter sociable dubbed a measuring party. The Ladies' Aid society hosted the event with about 100 attendees who paid two cents per foot for even feet and one cent per inch for extra height, adding a humorous twist to the evening's supper and entertainment.
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Tewksbury
Earthworm anatomy and respiration noted by observers
Historical notes describe earthworm physiology with front and rear body parts aiding movement, oxygen exchange through the coat, and sensitivity to light. Observers report the mouth, gut, and intestines resemble higher animals and detail his demonstrations of living worms from fragments and regrowth in springtime.
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Mra. W. H
Ane
Inney
Prinney
Plecee
Whistler Stories Noted In Mr Chase Sketch Talk
Mr Chase hosts a Saturday talk at his art school about Whistler, sharing anecdotes from their London and Paris years. Whistler’s bold ego, his color sense, daring theft of palettes, and stubborn devotion to art emerge through vivid, often humorous episodes.
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William M. Chase
Botticelli
Velasquez
Rembrandt
Whistler
Atelier
Rambrandt
Mr. Chase
Mr. Whistler
London
Madrid
Tier
Chase
England
Londen
Epstein-Lepage
Eastein-Lepage
Academy
Paris
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Haarlem
Ler
Haeartem
Ms Long Angers
Sam
Royal Academy
Weill
Whittier
Holland
Express Company
Whietier
White
Canary
Eity
Studo
America
British Isles
Thames
Perseverance in Science: Herschel and Harvey Foundations
A historical portrait of Sir William Herschel and William Harvey, illustrating perseverance in science. Herschel, from modest beginnings as a German musician, teaches himself astronomy, builds telescopes, discovers Uranus, and earns recognition. Harvey, opposed by critics, endures years of experiments to establish blood circulation, facing ridicule before vindication.
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William Herschel
William
England
Durham
Halifax
Bath
London
Herachel
Uranus
The
Royal
William Herachel
Williiam Harvey
Impeeter
Desperate Mékeping sortie ends in heavy British losses
A London Times correspondent reports the December 26 assault by Baden-Powell’s garrison on a Boer fort near Mafeking. Captains Vernon and Sandford lead a brave charge that ends in multiple fatalities, with Vernon wounded and nine of sixty men left unwounded after fierce close combat. Twelve or more British killed or wounded, three prisoners, and the Boers’ cheers signal a bitter, costly repulse.
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London Times
Mefeking
Baden- Powell
Vernon
Sandford
Fort
Fitz- Clarence
Swinburne
Bridges
Lieut
Paton
Pat
Cooke
Pickard
Sergt
Boss
Capt
Bugler
Morgan
Gaps in Knowledge Across Maps and Science
The essay critiques long held map accuracy and scientific literacy, contrasting German Baedecker detail with American works. It laments widespread ignorance of geography and biology among educated people, noting incomplete knowledge of seas, the sky, rain, and basic anatomy while urging closer study of science and measurement.
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War Department
United States
Baedecker
Adirondacks
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Direhard
Peoplar
Bet
Pine -Angelo
Fragmentary historical notice on Lewhart and Deans at Learing
A garbled OCR fragment references W. Lewhart and Dewling Green, with scattered names like Boteren and Dean, mentioning a running event or torture context and a learning or seat location. Details are too incomplete to identify the full event or date.
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Deans
Leraing
W. Lewhart
Dewling Green
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Middlesex Women’s Club
Phyllis
Dershaven
High Street
Brown
Bowley Green
Portland
Maine
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