Dentists Gather for Dinner and Talks in Lowell
Members of the Lowell Dental Society attended a dinner at the St. Charles hotel to discuss progress since forming the group. Dr. Thomas Fillebrown spoke on hare lip and cleft palate operations, showing plaster casts. Prof. Fillebrown shared insights from Boston colleagues, and the meeting concluded with business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Dental Society
St. Charles Hotel
Thomas Fillebrown, Sr. D
Fillebrown
Fid
D. D. Snyder
Prof. Fillebrown
Boston Society of Dentists
Lowell Society
New Hospital Discussed by City Board of Health Committee
A city council committee and the board of health debated a contagious disease hospital yesterday at city hall. They noted past delays, discussed costs from Brookline and Springfield examples, and concluded it advisable to build a hospital with a possible ward for consumptives, aiming for a report and further cost inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Board of Health
Casey
Guy Holbrook
Knapp
John J. O'Connor
John P. McGuinness
Brookline
Springfield
Lynn
Holbrook
No King in America Gas Heater Ad Promotes Domestic Ease
An emigrant agent pitches the idea that no king rules America and that any woman may become a queen in Lowell by using a gas heater. The ad argues gas heating eases household labor, letting a child manage the heating, and claims fuel bills drop to a minimum with gas from 90 cents to $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lowell
Farmer Column Seeks Brief Practical Notes for Northern Middlesex
The department invites farmers to share short, pithy lines on agricultural topics. Readers with a few lines to contribute may write them for the agricultural editor to edit for this column. Long discourse is discouraged to keep content concise and useful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Campaign to curb brown-tail moth danger urged
The article warns citizens to act as a one person committee against the brown-tail moth after state cutbacks on pest campaigns. It notes nests near Lowell and stresses cutting and burning nests now to prevent discomfort and tree damage, citing Prof Waugh on regional moth drift and cautioning farmers about milk prices and upcoming pest risks.
Silo notes and potato prep tips from farm pages
A village agriculture column advises soaking potatoes in a half pint to 15 gallons of water for about two hours to prevent potato scab, then draining and drying before cutting. It suggests storing in an old sack, hanging in the mixture, and notes oats and peas are less suitable for silos than corn. Bartlett & Dow may be a reliable seed source. A New England Homestead idea urges farm distinctive names. Excess plant food beyond 2000 pounds per acre is of little value, and thorough tillage aids fertility.
Correspondence on farmers life and press criticism
Geo Parker of Townsend Harbor argues in a farmers column that critics from journals misrepresent farmers, noting that machinery reduces rural employment and drives youths to leave home. He questions the nature of farmers institutes and stresses practical, up-to-date farming conditions in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
New York Tribune
Nellie Hawkes
Hawkes
Farmers’ Institute
New England
Tribune
Geo. Parker
Townsend Harbor
Fertilizing Strawberries for First Year Growth
Fertilizing strawberries depends on land quality. If soil has humus and nitrogen from green manure or legume crops, nitrogen needs and bed quantity can be reduced.
Agricultural notes on fertilizing fruit trees and hog breeding
A collection of farming tips covers early year plant nutrition and vigorous growth using bone meal acid phosphate and potash with nitrogen top-dressings. It also urges careful inbreeding in Cheshire hogs to maintain desirable traits and discusses sunscald and rot in plums, recommending pruning thinning and Bordeaux mixture as prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voorhees
The Dairies of the United States Census Summary
The census lists 5,739,657 farms with 4,514,210 reporting dairy cattle and dairy products. In 1899 dairy products valued at 472,369,255 dollars, cows numbered 17,139,674, with 281,629,958 dollars from dairy product sales and 199,739,297 dollars of on-farm consumption. Milk production totaled 7,266,392,674 gallons, 424 gallons per cow, 2,134,915,342 gallons sold for 184,842,292 dollars, and 20,768,662 gallons of cream sold for 8,838,776 dollars. Butter manufactured by 5,617,440 farms amounted to 1,071,745,127 pounds with 618,139,026 pounds sold for 86,606,446 dollars, and cheese manufactured by 16,372,330 farms totaling 16,372,330 pounds with 14,692,542 pounds sold for 1,342,444 dollars. A grain ration for cows is suggested, and calves fed gluten meal and germ oil meal with skimmed milk. A new law on heavy wagon tire width, effective Jan 1, limits iron or steel tires to fit axle diameters, increasing tire width and reducing highway ruts.
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Dairies
United States
Two Little Seeds and a Marvelous Mission
A fragmenting reflection on two seeds that seem insignificant yet fulfilled a grand purpose by returning wealth to humankind and bringing blessings to countless people through human care and aid. The text hints at a historical or moral vignette about transformative, widespread impact.
Concord grape and Baldwin apple linked to history and virtue
In a reflective essay GEO. LL BROWN traces the Concord grape from its Concord, Massachusetts birthplace to its role as a progenitor of notable varieties and links it with the Baldwin apple. He praises pioneering figures, notes grafting history in Woburn, and urges generations to cultivate useful fruits and benevolence, contrasting utility with avarice.
Brown-tail moth invades Lowell prompts individual action
Local notice warns of a brown-tail moth nest found on a pear tree at 48 Blossom street by H W Tarbell, urging property owners to spray with arsenate of lead or Paris green and burn nests to prevent spread. It notes health risks from caterpillars, cites past outbreaks in Malden Melrose Wakefield and Cambridge, and urges swift, private control as city action is unlikely.
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Lowell
Blossom Street
H. W. Tarbell
J. D. Healey
Tarbell
Middlesex County
Malden
Melrose
Wakefield
Middlesex
Cambridge
Hiverett
Medi
The
Agriculture Board
Paris
Value and use of wood ashes as fertilizer
Wood ashes vary in value with tree age and part used and with soil conditions. Hickory and oak ashes are best, beech and elm slightly lower. Unleached ashes contain about 5.5 percent potash and 1.8 percent phosphoric acid, valuing roughly $7.50 per ton. leaching greatly reduces potash loss but adds lime. On clay soils leached ashes improve texture and supply lime, but excess ash can cause puddling.
Luncheon Critique Sparks Dream of Doughnuts and Railk
A witty remark contrasts a man paying 50 cents for lunch with a woman choosing custard pie and coffee for 10 cents. It suggests that if he tried ten cent lunches himself, the outcome would be doughnuts and railk.
Brown-tail Moth Outbreak Reported in Somerville Area
The brown-tail moth, first seen in Massachusetts in 1897, swarmed Somerville near Park and Vine streets causing extensive defoliation of pear and fruit trees and annoyance as numerous caterpillars invaded sidewalks, houses, and fences. Females lay 200 to 300 eggs under leaf tips, caterpillars feed under webs, and cocoons form on branch tips before moths emerge in three to four weeks. The hairs cause skin irritation requiring medical attention for some residents.
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Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture
Somerville
Park and Vine Streets
Westford whist party hosts plans for April minstrel show
Misses Gertrude and Julia Fletcher entertained about 30 guests at whist. Prizes were won by Miss Esther Taylor and Edward Fisher. A musical romance entertained after cards. Minstrel show plans for April 11 are progressing with Emma Bates Gancer and banjoist Mr Gravell secured. Seats go on sale April 4 at Westford and Graniteville post offices.
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Gertrude
Julia Fletcher
Esther Taylor
Edward Fisher
Emma Bates
Gancer
Gravell
Westford
Graniteville
Chelmsford Church Services and Easter Events
Willie Robbins, son of Mr and Mrs Martin Robbins, is ill with diphtheria. Unitarian church holds Sunday morning sermon by the pastor and an Easter concert at 4 pm with a large choir and guest musicians. All Saints has 10 45 am service and sermon. Good Friday service with address and story of the cross at 4 pm. Easter evening service at 4 pm.
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Willie Robbins
Martin Robbins
Unitarian Church
All Saints
All Saints Church
Easter Mass Times At St John’s Church North Chelmsford
In North Chelmsford two Easter Masses will be held at St. John’s church at 8 and 9 o'clock. Fire damaged grass and nearby land at Riverside cemetery Tuesday, started by sparks from a passing Boston and Maine engine. St John’s T A society will display portraits of Rev John J Shaw of St Michael’s Lowell and Rev Richard S Burke of St John’s in the village hall.
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St. John’s Church
Riverside Cemetery
Bostom and Maine Railroad
St. John’s T. A. Society
John J. Shaw
St. Michael’s Church
Lowell
Richard S. Burke
Fr. Shaw
Society
Str. John’s Church
Fr. Burke
Arlington Town Meeting Adopts Light, Water Rules, Reports
Arlington adjourned town meeting held in town hall Monday night. Moderator Walter A. Robinson and clerk Harvey S. Sears presided. The electric lighting report was adopted and new hand hose rules were approved. Peter Schwamb reported on Cutter school building and Swann case investigations progressed.
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Town Hall
Walter A. Robinson
Harvey S. Sears
Peter Schwamb
Cutter
E. S. Farmer
Board of Selectmen
Metropolitan Water Commission
Arlington Symmes Hospital
B. Delmont Locke
Swan
WAYLAND NAMES INDEPENDENTS TO BOARD PROMINENT RESULTS
In Wayland the annual meeting yielded a surprise with two independents elected to the board of selectmen and an independent voted onto the school board. North end voters secured two selectmen seats. Officers include Elijah H. Atwood and William Lovell as selectmen, Danial Brackett town clerk, Fred P. Draper tax collector, Frank Be Yeager treasurer, plus multiple appointments. License vote 190 yes 235 no. Memorial Day and lighting proposals under study with committees named for arrangements and potential electric lights in the north town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Elijah H. Atwood
William §. Lovell
Albion F. Parmenter
Daniel Brackett
Fred P. Draper
Frank BE. Yeager
Charles F. Whittier
William C. Neal
Henry D. Parmenter
Board of Health
Marshall C. Baldwin
Thomas Bryant
Isaac Damon
Frank I. Cooper
David P. W. Loker
Nathaniel R. Gerald
Fleury G. Dudley
Chester
Henry G. Dudley
Finance Committee
A. C. Bryant
BE. W. Sliecher
W. S. Lovell
A. W. Parmenter
D. W. Brackett
E. W. Marston
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Harvard University
A. W. Burnham
C. E
Thomas Fillersrown
Harvard
A. W. Bernhan
New Hospital
Editorial
Lowe Ell
Waugh
Vermont
Maine
Middlesex North Pomona Orange
ORTS
Bartlett & Dow
Nubbins
New Yorker
Chicago
Pioughman
Concord
Mass
Emerson
Hawthorne
Thoreau
Alcotts
Lexington Road
Ephraim Bull
Cc. Cc. Abbott
New Jersey
Worden
Brighton
Pocklington
Moore's
Col
Loammi Baldwin
Washington
Count Rumford
Wilmington
Woburn
Baldwin
North Woburn
Geo
LL Brown
Chelmsford
North Chelmsford
Arlington
Wayland
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