Review of Legislative Action in the Massachusetts House
Review of a busy week at the Massachusetts House with a 24 page calendar and a flood of unreported matters. The Metropolitan water board investigation awaits Attorney General Knowlton’s opinion on weekly payment and labor hours laws, while debates focus on the Worcester to Boston electric line and the Cape Cod canal, with gas tax questions and lease bills looming. The roster includes militia promotions and committee visits as hearings extend into next week.
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Boston
Fairhaven Bridge
Metropolitan Water Board
Post
Stone
Knowlton
Wachusett Reservoir
Senate
Worcester
Senator Atwill
Lynn
Gardner
Hamilton
Atwill
Boston Elevated
Soule
New Bedford
Cape Cod
Hanson
New England Gas and Coke Company
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Committee On Manufactures
Kruger
Bobs
Corporation Excise
Gas Commissioners
Porter
Saunders
Factory Slacking Sets 50 Workers Idle at Winchester Plant
At the United Shoe Machinery Company plant in Winchester about 50 employees were told their services were no longer required. The firm cites slack season while unions and petitions over hours spark unrest. Of 750 workers, roughly 200 were union members before. A partial strike and organizing drive followed, but overall mass quitting or general strike unlikely due to limited organization.
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Winchester
United Shoe Machinery Company
Boston
Machinists’ Union
Parker to file charges against Bristol County jail master
Boston May 13 The Post will say Parker of Boston will call on Governor Crane today to press charges against J Arthur Taylor master of Bristol County House of Correction New Bedford Parker accuses Taylor of withholding information from a legislative prisoner committee member and alleges inmates were placed in solitary confinement while insane He cites a case involving Benjamin Mayes and a letter from Taylor stating Mayes is believed to be insane
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Boston
W. C. Parker
Crane
J. Arthur Taylor
Bristol County ‘House of Correction
New Bedford
Parker
Benjamin Mayes
Master Taylor
Mayes
Paitor Palfray Dead Nestor of Essex County Press
The Salem based Essex County Press mourns Hon Charles Warwick Palfray who died tonight at age 86 after a long life of public service. He led the Salem Register from its start in 1838 until its transfer about six to seven years ago, earning broad respect as a civic leader.
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Salem
Chas. Warwick Palfray
Essex County
Salem Register
Lynn's Semi-Centennial Opens With Religious Services
The Lynn semi-centennial began with 10 30 morning services led by Bishop Lawrence at St Stephen's Memorial church. He preached on unity and civilization, stressing church home and school as foundations. In evening, Rev. Greene spoke to the G A R at First Methodist. The main celebration starts tomorrow with bells and salutes.
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Lynn
St. Stephen's Memorial Church
Episcopal
Bishop Lawrence
Massachusetts
J. H. van Buren
D. D
Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
First Methodist
R. L. Greene
Mr. Greene
Fall River Mills Declares Second Quarter Dividend
Fall River May 13 G M Haffords and company report quarterly dividends for 1900 with a total distribution of 401570 on a capital of 20641000. The rate is 1.94 percent, up from 1.76 percent in the previous quarter. The report lists each corporation's dividend amount and rate.
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Fall River
G. M. Haffords and Company
Arkwright Mills
American Linen Cosete
Bourne Manb
Barnard Mills
Ceeeeeesan
Border City Mfg
Barnaby Mfg
Chase Mills
Cornell Mills
Conanicut
Flint
Granite
Hargraves Mills
Bae
King Philip Mills
Laurel Lake Mills
Merchants Mfg. Co
Mechanics Mills
Matacomet Mfg. Co
Fall River Mfg. Co
Narragansett Mills
Osborn Mills
Parker Mills
Richard Borden Mfg. Co
Enee
Robison Mills
Sagamore Mfg Co
Seaconnet Mills
Shore Mills
Seco Ween Satie Slade Mills
Stafford Mills
Encase
Stevens Mfg. Co
Sana
Drowning at Jamaica Pond claims 22 year old Arthur Wyman
In Jamaica Pond near Perkins Street shore a canoe capsized injuring Arthur Wyman a 22 year old single man. Bystanders offered aid but he swam for shore and disappeared. Police recovered his body within an hour. he is the son of Patrolman Arthur Wyman and lived at 27 Paul Gore Street Jamaica Plain.
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Boston
Jamaica Pond
Arthur Wyman
Perkins Street
Wyman
Iin
Ramsdell
Station 18
Arthur W. Wyman
Paul Gore Street
Jamaica Plain
Going Gone Last Sermon on A Man For Sale
Rev. Smith T. Ford closed his sermon series on A Man For Sale with the topic Going Gone. He urged personal destiny choices, warned against future probation, and stressed now is the accepted time for repentance, forgiveness, and choosing Christ as Savior.
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Smith T. Ford
Ford
Jesus
Christ
God
Punishment Debate At Kirk Street Church Event
Rev W A Bartlett urged humane reform and revived interest in the whipping post as a punishment model. He argued current penalties bleed families, demoralize youths, and fail to deter crime, calling for a system that would shame criminals and protect innocent dependents.
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Sullivan
Bartlett
Connecticut
T. T. Munger
Illinois Humane Society
Park Commissioners
Lowell
Beating as Punishment Ignites Calls for Repentance
A Christian critique argues punishment should prompt repentance and draw people toward God. The author questions current methods and asks whether whipping would reveal the gravity of evil and deter wrongdoing. The piece reflects moral reform debates and seeks a harsher approach to curb vice.
Winning in God's Way Inspires Young Men Talk
Rev. Frank A. Warfield spoke to the Young Men's Christian Association about winning. He urged living in God's way, discipline, and perseverance, citing Jonah, Paul, Peter, Matthew, and Livingston. The talk emphasized character, influence, and service, ending with a call to surrender to Jesus as Lord and Master.
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Bethany Sunday School Leader Details Growth and Size
Miss Annie Harlow, former city resident and Bethany Sunday School superintendent in Philadelphia, spoke at First Congregational church recounting Bethany church’s rise from a shoe shop class to a 3500 seat main room and 80 additional rooms. She cited $40,000 in current improvements and noted large Sunday services with 1029 children in primary classes and hundreds of men and boys attending.
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Annie Harlow
Bethany Sunday School
Philadelphia
First Congregational Church
Bethany Church
Wanamaker
Harlow
Wanamak*y
Commercial Stationery Listed With Desk Pads and Pens
Commercial stationery items include desk pads trays letter scales rubber bands paper weights in stands rulers pens pencils waste bakers document files typewriters pins blank books minographs and pencil sharpeners. Thomas H Lawler 79 Merrimack 15 and 21 John streets Studying birds in the early morning is an ideal amusement under ideal conditions.
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Thomas H. Lawler
Merrimack
John Streets
Universal complaint prompts contact with property owners
A business message asserts the universal complaint about high costs and promises to help owners of this property class save money. It names solvent firms doing business in America, claims to offer soundest companies, and guarantees prompt liberal loss adjustments. Call, write, or telephone.
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America
Real estate ads mixed listings with offers and terms
Property listings by G B Coburn and F L Vance at 97 Central Street describe a 7 room cottage near Chelmsford Street with 4000 ft land and quick transit, priced at 2500 with quick sale option 2000 cash 200 down, trade possible, plus another 6 room cottage on 6 acres near electrics, priced 1430 to 800 and offering bank plan financing and near Free Chapel and schools, all from B L Vance & Co and 97 Central Street Room 2.
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Chelmsford St
Free Chapel
F. L. Vance
Central St
Co-operative Bank
Collins’ Mills
F.L. Vance & Co
B.L. Vance & CO
Central Street
Real estate listings mix with farm and shop for sale
L A on Claire street eight room house with pantry bath on easy terms price two thousand dollars Poultry farm one mile from Lowell on easy terms L B L modern Highlands house and eight thousand feet land or exchange for farm 35 to 100 acres B A S Centralville tenement house with land or exchange for Highlands land B S Centralville modern cottage on the Heights 200 down balance 5 percent interest price two thousand ninety Blacksmith shop with annual earnings five to six thousand dollars tools worth more than business can be bought first class location Price two thousand one hundred twenty hundred Farm on electric line twenty six acres nearly new house and stable six miles out price sixteen hundred nine O B Pawtuckellrville cozy cottage good lot land fruit easy terms price eight hundred fifty Summer residence ten room house ice house two acres land pond frontage near Lowell line price one hundred thirty W E Dodge fire insurance room 6 26 Central St
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L. A
Claire Street
Lowell
L. B L
Highlands
B.A. S. Centralville
B. A. S. Centralville
B. S. Centralville
O. B. Pawtuckelrville
W. E. Dodge
Central St
For Sale Two Homes in Pawtucketville and Mamoth Road
Real estate listing from A J and H W J Howe offers a seven room house with barn near Pawtucketville and the Pawtucket bridge at 1550 dollars with small down payment plus a newly built eight room residence on Mamoth Road with furnace and running water at 2600 dollars. Also mentions 00 good farms for sale and invites calls to view the list. Courier Citizen Bid listing.
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Pawtucketville
Pawtucket Bridge
Mammoth Road
A.J
H.W. J. Howe
Courier-Citizen
Rooms for rent in Belvidere at Home Comforts
To let in Belvidere, choice furnished rooms for desirable parties. Modern improvements include bath and Welbach lights. Rooms suitable for professionals or students, married couples without children and gentlemen preferred. Address Home Comforts at Citizen Office.
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Belvidere
Bath
Tate
Tron
Wanted a middle aged lady seeks care position
A middle aged lady with experience desires a position to take care of the sick or aged. Call at 21 West Adams Street, city.
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West Adams Street
City
Trains Revised for Lowell and South Framingham Route
New York New Haven and Hartford R R posts October 22 1899 schedule changes for Lowell Middlesex Street Depot with departures to Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations at 7 16 am and 6 2 pm Sundays 7 15 am. Connections at South Framingham with Boston and Albany R R to Worcester Springfield Albany and the west and at Concord Junction with Fitchburg R R. The 6 25 pm train links to the Stonington line for New York City the south and west. C Peter Clark General Supt A C Kendall General Pass Agent.
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Lowell
Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South Framingham
Way
Boston
Albany R. R
Worcester
Springfield
Albany
Concord Junction
Fitchburg
New York City
South Bramingham
Mansfield
Peter Clark
A. C. Kendall
Boston and Maine R R Timetable 1899 Lowell Lowell to Boston
Corrected timetable listing numerous departure and fare times for Boston and Maine routes from Lowell and surrounding towns to Boston and other cities, with daily and Sunday variations, including connections to Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Amesbury Portsmouth and more, detailing trains and express services.
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