Protests Won Key Vote On Collateral Loan Bill In Lowell
A Lowell police commission protest swayed a House committee to refer the Lowell Collateral Town association bill to the General Court. The measure would place pawnbrokers under bank supervision, a point police argued weakens police oversight and favors Thomas H. Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Banks and Banking
State House
Lowell Collateral Loan Association
Lowell Police Commission
Thomas H. Kelley
House
McMahon
Billerica
Police Commission of
Lowell
Savings Banks Commissioners
Frank
Kelleys
T. H. Kelley
Wesley
Kelley
Massachusetts
Dow
Police Department of
Smith
Police Board
Harry K. Noyes
O’brien
Noyes
Mr. Smith
W. H. S. Hayes
Police Commission
Hennessey
Tom” Kelley
Police Commissioners
Police Department
Lowell Police
The Degradation of the Pro Professorial Office
Professor George Trumbull Ladd argues that universities undervalue the professorial function amid rivalries for numbers and aesthetic displays. He critiques elective systems for degrading discipline, laments press contempt, and urges professors to guide public opinion and government bodies despite current appointment flaws. The essay cites Los Angeles pink roses and gray parasols as a stray aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Local Notes from Middlesex County and Nearby Towns
Middlesex County notes cover sermons at Tufts Divinity School Universalist church and upcoming Ladies Benevolent Society event. Reports describe Brookline readings, whist party rotations, and temperance union meetings. Agricultural updates note Baldwin apples and Early Sunrise potatoes with humorous local commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Myers
Tufts Divinity School
Universalist Church
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Gladys McGregor
Sherman
Brookline
Amherst Durkee
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Levi Stevens
Arlington Meeting Divides over Inspector Salary Debate
Less than 100 voters attend a special town meeting in Arlington where a $200 salary for an inspector of buildings is debated. The "committee of 21" backs no appointment, preferring experts paid from incidentals, while the selectmen push for funding. After multiple tie votes and clashes, the article passes with 48 to 38 in support of the appropriation and other finance measures including replacing embezzlement funds and tightening tax deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selectmen
Selectman
Doe
G. W. Perkins
Crosby
Robinson
Roland Swan
Real estate sale and town notices mix in Pepperell
The piece notes Alfred Boynton’s estate sale of 45 acres on River road and eight acres opposite James Gilson on Shirley street. It lists shrub varieties planted by Mrs. Roger Wolcott at Pepperell Centre and reports pest issues with tent caterpillars in cherry and apple trees. Additional items cover upcoming events, church talks, a Riley night at Prescott Grange, cemetery restrictions, club meetings, a minstrel show, and Old Home Week planning by the Warren engine company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Boynton
River Road
James Gilson
Shirley Street
Roger Wolcott
Pepperell Centre
Cornus Florida
Cydonia Japonia
Ligustrum Ibota
Rosa Rugosa
Barberis Thumbergii
Prescott Grange
James Whitcomb Riley
Francis Young
The
Grange
Riley
J. B. Thrall
Advertiser
Koehne
Centre Cemetery
East Village
Emery Woodward
Main Street
L. P. Causey
M. E. Church
Jesus
Groton
Pepperell Card Shop
Carrie Conant
Aldrich
W. E. Banfield Drug Store
Portland
Maine
Deware & Jordan
RB. E. Tarbell
Warren Engine Company
Carlisle notices and community updates May events
Christian Endeavor topic Friday May 9 Jesus the Living Bread led by W A Prescott. D W Robbins resigns as Unitarian church janitor. replaced by George Gilbert Wilkins. Rev W E Lane installation planned. date to be announced. Unitarian vesper service two weeks from Sunday. Arbor day work postponed to May 1 due to weather. Taylor house served bountiful dinner and supper. Mrs Fannie Manning of Reading to live with Misses Emma and Mary Taylor. Mrs W A Prescott making home improvements. Hart Brothers dissolve partnership. auction for Bartlett place farm tools stock hay and household effects. Miss Josephine M Macdonald to Howard Austin Davis married April 30 in Cambridge. Home newly finished in Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Jesus
W. A. Prescott
D. W. Robbins
Unitarian Church
George Gilbert Wilkins
W.E. Lane
Unitarian Society
Taylor
Fannie Manning
Reading
Carlisle
Emma
Mary Taylor
Hart Brothers
Bartlett Place
Cambridge
William Kelsey
Berkeley Temple
Josephine M. Macdonald
Howard Austin Davis
Death of Mrs. Mary Seymour in West Graniteville
Mary Seymour wife of Pliny Seymour died at home in West Graniteville after a short illness on May 4. Funeral held May 6 at St. Catherine's church with a Requiem Mass. Mary Hanley sang at offertory. Interment in local Catholic cemetery. Undertaker J. A. Healy in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Seymour
Pliny Seymour
West Graniteville
St. Catherine's Church
Sexton
Mary F. Hanley
Fred Langlois
Louis Champagne
Arthur Brisson
Charles Baker
J. A. Healy
North Chelmsford
North
Graniteville Cornet
Fr. Callahan
St. Catherine’s Church
Funeral of James Gilson Held at Home in Ayer
The funeral for the late James Gilson was conducted Friday at his home. Rev. A. S. Hudson led services, with Rev. Wayland Spaulding sharing memories of Uncle Jem. Family members, neighbors, and friends spoke of his kindness and care for his invalid wife as floral tributes filled the room. The body was sent by noon train to Townsend for burial in the family plot. In a separate note, Miss Bertha May Goding enjoyed a surprise party with friends Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gilson
A. S. Hudson
Wayland Spaulding
Mr. Spaulding
Jem
Nancy
Red
Mr. Hudson
Mr. Gilson
Mrs. Carley
Migs Dunbrack
Charles
Gilson
Mansfield
Townsend
Bertha May Goding
al- In
Birthday party honors hostess with eighteenth celebration
The article recalls a late night birthday gathering for an 18th birthday, with guests signing a guest book and best wishes shared. It notes Mr. George B. Pierce suffered a weeklong swollen foot from painting and rheumatism, keeping him housebound. It also covers church events, Arbor Day programs, and a death, with community notices from Billerica.
Littleton Common Notes and Local Changes
Children's night at the grange was held. During Baptist church remodeling services will be at the old North school house. Baptist C. E. meeting met at the parsonage with the lesson Prayer a Necessity led by Mrs. Angus J. Smith. Linwood Newell is working in Boston. Miss Ethel Wright has taken a position in the city after attending a business college in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grange
Baptist Church
Old North School
C. E
Baptist Society
Angus J. Smith
Linwood Newell
Boston
Ethel Wright
Death of Mr George E Carter Reported in April
Our people were saddened by the death of Mr George E Carter who died at his home on Monday April 28 after a ten day bout with pneumonia. Funeral services were held at his home on Wednesday by Rev Herbert S Dow. Willie Boynton lies ill with typhoid fever and measles are spreading but improving. Deacon Sheldon visited Mr John Sargent of Dunstable aged 83. A Congregational church concert pleased attendees and Walker lodge I O G T held its regular meeting with officers installed by deputy D H Poor of Ballardvale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Carter
Herbert S. Dow
Carter
Willie Boynton
Deacon Sheldon
John Sargent
Dunstable
Congregational
Walker Lodge
D. H. Poor
Ballardvale
Darius K. Bean
C. T
Nettie M. Boynton
V. T
Mary A. Kidder
Eugene Shaw
Zilpha
Beane
Eola Fortis
James Bean
Norman R. Purves
Winfield Bedell
P. M
Arthur G. Kidder
Local notices and society updates from Stow Massachusetts
Miss Mary O Reilly attends the General Federation of Women’s Clubs biennial congress in Los Angeles. Hans Hanson builds an addition on Crescent street. Mrs Hattie Chamberlain sells her farm in the west town to Charles H Cutler of Malden who will occupy it. Mr and Mrs Chamberlin plan to live in Hudson. Mrs John Wheeler and daughter May visit J K Wheeler’s family in Woburn. Col J G Salisbury of Dorchester visits his old home for a few weeks. A fire damages ten acres of Edmund Stowe’s pasture and woodland, caused by boys at play with matches. loss about $200. D s F s and G s of the Unitarian society host vestry supper and entertainment on Wednesday May 14 featuring Mrs Tarbell and a Hudson talent farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O'Reilly
Los Angeles
Cal
General Federation of the Women’s Clubs of America
Hans Hanson
Crescent Street
Hattie Chamberlain
Charles H. Cutler
Malden
Chamberlin
Hudson
John Wheeler
May
Woburn
J. K. Wheeler
J. G. Salisbury
Dorchester
Edmund Stowe
Unitarian Society
Tarbell
J. Edwin Gilson
Ayer
John Lawrence
Town Hall
George Hodges
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
P. W. Sprague
St. John’s Church
Charlestown
Leighton Parks
Emanuel Church
Boston
William Lawrence
D. D
Massachusetts
Groton School
Dean
M. H. Shattuck
Hollis Street
Belmont
Caroline Wright Nutting
Boston Road
Ephraim
Mary (Woods) Nutting
Silent Land
Miss Nutting
Groton
Congregational Church
George M. Howe
Dr. Young
Old Burying Ground
A. M. Crane
West Boylston
A. A. Hines
Charles Park
Millbury
Ministers’ Union
Louise K. Miller
Miss Miller
James Lawrence
William A. Lawrence
C. E. Bigelow
M. J. Blood
Groton Fire Destroys Gilson Farm and Hay Barn
Fire in Groton during the early hours consumed the Gilson house barn and sheds, along with a horse and cow and farming tools. Insurance on the structures is listed at 2500 dollars. Nearby residents face ongoing illness with scarlet fever and measles among children as town events and religious services are announced for May.
Matter with Courier Citizen Want Ads
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Collateral Loan Association
National Congress
George Trumbull Ladd
Middlesex County
West Acton
Westford
Stony Brook Valley
Amherst Agricultural College
George H. Hartford
Samuel L
J. W. Fletcher
Fred L. Fletcher
W. J. Merritt
L. W. Wheeler
EL. G. Boynton
Florence
St. Catherine’s
B. W
Arlington
Hodges
TEAL
CORRE
Dakotas
Dakota
Pillsbury
OLD B. & M
Central ST
Cereals
Ross
Quincy
Harvard
East Pepperell
Graniteville
George B. Pierce
Pierce
Donovan
Newton Theological Seminary
Warren Preble
Julius Ward
Washington Street
Women's Club
Nellie Brown
Wallace
District Court
Miss Welch
Page
Stoneham
George Harrington
West Groton
Emery Fletcher
Parsons
Christ
Unitarian Parsonage
Edgar S. Wiers
Miss Clemens
Sidney A. Bull
California
Browning
Wiers
Mach
Charles Wright
Charles A. Dinsmore
Phillips Church
South Boston
Dante
Mary H. Clemens
Mary FE. Whitford
Mr. Wiers
Women’s Alliance
Edgar 8. Wiers
Fannie S. Paige
Frederic A. Morey
C. H. Eames
Abby Jaquith
Gilbert Morey
George Smith
Edward F. Dickinson
Marcus Cowdry
Clara Sexton
Charles H. Kohlrausch
Carrie M. Knowles
Joseph Talbot
Natt. R. Jones, Jr
Brooks
Johnson
John A. Richardson
Charles Wild
Harlow
Fitch
G. Crosby
Clarence Bowman
Frederic Casey
Hos
Pitality Committee
George E. Stearns
Warren Holden
John B. Tyler
Rebecca Bennett Warren
Washington, D. C
Charlotte
N C
Rebecca Warren
Tinkham) Cramer
C. C. Hussey
Nantucket
Arthur Elwell Jenks
Charles E. St. John of
Bedford
Chelmsford
Concord
East Lexington
Lexington
Winchester
Wakefield Lodge
Littleton Common
Wilmington
STOW
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