Fletcher Wins Easy Victory for Sixth Senatorial Nominee
Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford defeated James W. Grimes of Reading for the Republican nomination in the sixth Middlesex district at an Ayer convention. Fletcher won amid debate over delegates and district balance, with remarks praising Fletcher’s granite trade success and public service. The gathering elected a district committee and adjourned for lunch after awarding Fletcher the nomination.
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Herbert E. Fletcher
Westford
James W. Grimes
Reading
Ayer
Fletcher
Grimes
Lowell
Boston
Col. Barrett
Concord
Senator Patch
Patch
George W. Poore
Warren H. Atwood
Wallace P. Butterfield
Tyngsboro
Day
Poore
Whitney
Conant
Littleton
Clark
Tewksbury
Boxboro
Samuel L. Taylor
Wallace W. Davis
Captain Fletcher
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
Republican Party
Bryan
McKinley
Spain
China
F. P. Glazier
Hudson
Glazier
Elmer E. Shattuck
J. F. Sweeney
Maynard
Charles H. Miller
Pepperell
Arthur E. Roberts
Frank H. Farmer
Clarence Stickney
Townsend
George T. Day
Mr. Fletcher
Democratic conventions rescheduled with new calls issued
A miscall cancels tonight’s 26th district Democratic convention and sets no precinct or district meetings before October 12. A city committee will issue a new call. The councillor convention occurs Wednesday at 10 am in this city, with the senatorial gathering that evening and the Lawrence congress session on Thursday.
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Democratic City Committee
Lawrence
Inmate Keegan identified in Wakefield electric car death
The body of Michael Keegan, a six year Stoneham almshouse inmate, was identified by the almshouse superintendent. Keegan had 50 cents for the Reading fair but went to Walburn instead, five cents found on him at the morgue. Motorman Ernest Binton says Keegan crawled from bushes in front of the car. a wheel passed over him. Also note: First Unitarian church to close for annual parish meeting due to funds, and farewell sermon of Rev. C E Beals as he leaves for Greenfield.
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Wakefield
Albion Street
Michael Keegan
Stoneham Almshouse
Keegan
Reading Fair
Woburn
Lowell
First Unitarian Church
C. A. Henderson
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. Ward
C. E. Beals
First Congregational Society
Second Congregational Church
Greenfield
Mass
Woburn Leader Robert Phinney Dies After Illness
Robert J W Phinney of Woburn died Friday at 5 30 pm from apoplexy after a Wednesday attack. Born Barnstable April 10 1847 he lived in Woburn since 1878. A son of Maj Sylvanus B Phinney he worked in mercantile life after California railroad service. He married in 1878 to Dr John Clough’s daughter and declined mayoral nomination and a General Court bid. Survived by his wife.
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Robert J. W. Phinney
Phinney
Woburn
Barnstable
Maj
Sylvanus B. Phinney
Phillips Academy
Exeter
N. H
Union Pacific Railroad Engineering Corps
California
John Clough
Warren Avenue
General Court
Bryan Club Rally Highlights Democratic Spirit in Huntington
A Bryan club rally in Huntington hall drew about 300 attendees as Rev. Park A. Bradford opened the event. Speakers including H. F. Hersom and J. F. Nickerson criticized trusts and tariffs while urging support for William Jennings Bryan. Afterward, many joined the newly formed club.
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Huntington Hall
Bryan Club
Gamaliel Bradford
Joseph J. Flynn
Congress
Fifth
Park A. Bradford
Mr. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Boutwell
Hoar
Bradford
H. F. Hersom
Boston
Hersom
Whiting
Massachusetts
John F. Nickerson
McKinley
Armenia
Lincoln
Mark Hanna
Republic
Willliam Jennings Bryan
Wedding Guests Attend Service in North Billerica
Mrs Joseph Talbotte and Mrs Charles Glea are listed with other family members and ushers at a ceremony. Out of town guests include Mrs Minot Savage and Mr Max Savage of New York, Rev E E Scates of North Billerica Baptist Church, and families from Boston.
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Joseph Talbotte
Charles Gleason
John Richardson
Etta Stanton
C. A. Gleason
Grace Knowles
Lucy Foster
Fannie Parker
Natt Jones
Karl Davis
Dith Hawes
Alice Dodge
Mary Morey
Lottie Cowdrey
Minot Savage
Max Savage
Gertrude Savage
New York
Rev
E. E. Scates
The
Baptist Church of
North Billerica
J. Nelson Parker
Boston
J. B. Holden
Ten Nights in a Barroom and Related Opera House Bills
Amusements listing items from the Opera house and Music hall recount last night’s reception for Ten Nights in a Barroom with a temperance theme. Also notes James J Jeffries appearing tonight in A Man from the West a melodrama with athletic feats. Black Patti Troubadors and A A Village Postmaster are upcoming acts with Amy Lee headlining The Red Cat Inn at Music hall features Amy Lee May Wentworth Rita Harlan and others in a three act farce with songs by Raynore Culllison Wentworth and Lee. Nero the bull terrier credited. The Angel of the Alley set to begin at Music hall Thursday.
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James J. Jeffries
Opera House
Jeffries
Music Hall
Amy Lee
Mark FE
Swan
Red Cat Inn
William L. Raynore
W. Webster Cullison
Mary Wentworth
Mary Green
May Wentworth
Eggleston
Rita Harlan
Red Cat Inn Was Pleasing. Mr. Fenwick Leach As “Richard Chester
Webster Cullison
Nero
Losh and cuRe in clever jug gling act headline bill
A good sized audience last night witnessed Losh and cuRe in a clever jugging act with novel exhibitions. Sinclair and Carlisle offered a comedy wire routine that drew strong applause, while Charlie Banks and Defender and Breen added humor and artistry. The dog circus by Nelson Sinclair impressed with trained canines. The bill repeats nightly for the week with gallery seats at 10 cents and downstairs 20 30 50 cents.
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Losh & cuRe
Sinclair & Carlisle
Charlie Banks
All Presents
Defender & Breen
Sadie Hart
Leonard & Fuller
Mulligan
Genaro & Theol
Nelson Sinclair
Desirable Highlands cottage with eight rooms for sale
A fine Highlands cottage offers eight rooms plus a pantry and an attic. It includes a furnace, cemented cellar, and about 4500 feet of land. Priced at 2900 dollars, the house is described as exceptionally fine and well built.
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Highlands
For Sale Real Estate Catalog from Dracut and Pawtucketville
A dated real estate listing offers several properties near Merrimack square and Pawtucketville. Dracut Centre home built 1897 features four rooms pantry bath water gas and sewer priced at 1800. An eight room nearly new cottage on good land priced at 1100. A 32 acre farm with two tenement house barns and abundant fruit six miles from Merrimack square priced at 2500. A five mile from Merrimack square farm with 130 acres good land and wood priced as a profit farm. Additional new eight room cottages with modern finishes and gas water and cement cellar offered. Inquiries at 83 Mt Ope Street Pawtucketville or by mail to Real Matain an WwW. E DODUE Fire Insurance Room 6 26 Central St.
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Dracut Centre
L.S.N
L. S
Merrimack Square
Mt. Ope Street
Pawtucketville
Central St
Billerica Unitarian reception for Rev Weirs and wife
The Billerica Centre Unitarian vestry hosted a reception for Pastor Rev Edgar Weirs and his wife. Floral decorations, white dressed ushers, and await refreshments highlighted the event. Weirs, who began his pastorate in February after Rev Simons left for Cincinnati, was married August 30. The reception aimed to introduce the pastor's wife to the congregation with a large turnout from local churches.
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Billerica Centre
Edgar Weirs
Simons
Cincinnnati
Ohio
Weirs
J. Nelson Parker
Luther Faulkner
Frederic Morey
Joseph Jaquith
G. B. Stearns
Fred H. Parker
Gilbert Morey
L. ©. Bigelow
M. H. Kohlrausch
Charles Kohlrausch
Land transfers in Lowell and surrounding towns for week ending 1900
The Week Ending September 29 1900 lists multiple property transfers across Lowell Tyngsboro and Wilmington. Trustees Smith and Shedd grant land on High Street to Hannah Welch for $1 while others such as Grace F Paul to Alaric Mercier and Nellie Gray to Manuel Espalola note parcels on Harrison and Mildland streets respectively. Several deeds record land with buildings on Howard Main Gershom Pleasant and Avon Streets with nominal sums, including Alfred Kay to Edward Cawley and L R J and D H Varnum to Thia Geurin. Wilminton shows Peter E McMahon to Thomas H McMahon a wood lot for $1.
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Mary C. Benner
M. C. Collins
High Street
William H. Emery
Martin Farrell
Jang Op Avon Street
Nancy H. Ingha
T. G. Cote
Howard Street
Alfred Kay
Edward Cawley
Main Street
Moses S. Paige, Et al
Ann Wylie
Lowell ] Street
For Sale—Multiple Farms and a Residence in Lowell Area
Several properties advertised by Fish & Plummer outline a 46 acre Amherst farm near depot and schools priced at 1900, a 26 acre Lowell county farm with tools for 2800, and a Highland Club area residence with 11,250 sq ft land and 16 rooms priced at 8500. Also listed: a two story slated roof house with 8 rooms near Rogers Street at 3000.
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Amherst
N. H
Fish & Plummer
Central Street
Lowell
Ish & Plummer
Highland Club
Central 3
Rogers Street
Boston and Maine Train Schedule Revision 1909
Corrected timetable notes trains from Maree Street Depot Lowell and Middlesex Street Station Boston with numerous departures to Boston Lawrence Haverhill Salem Newburyport Hampton Exeter Rochester Somersworth Lewiston and more. Includes Sundays and special routes with multiple times and destinations.
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Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South Framingham
Way
Boston
New York City
Manafield
Peter Clark
A.O. Kendall
Pass
Maree Street
Orate Ows
Lawrence and Haverhill
Reading
Western Division
Salem
Mass
Newburyport
Amesbury
Portsmouth
Haverhill
Hampton
North Hampton
York Beach R. R
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
N. H
Saco
Old Orchard
Portland
Lewiston
Augusta
Bath
Waterville
Bangor
Belfast
Skowhegan
Rockland
St. John
N. B
Halifax
N.S
Montreal
Quebec
Eastport
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Frank Jones
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E. B. Conant
Melvin Hartwell
George L. Whitcomb
Murray Ballou
P. L. Locke
Burns
State Central Committee
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Stoneham
Dr. Agnew
C. E. Carter
F. C. Goodale & Co
Gray
Artruh Rhodes
Mortimac Street
Couvier-Citizen Building
Gamaliel Bradford and
Black Patti
Irving Jones
A&a
Angel of the Alley
Jean Kon
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Earth
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Andrew G. Stiles
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Mt. Pleasant
Anna Limburg
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Pleasant Street
Frank P. Lecourt
Waldo O. Cummifes
Flint
Jeanette P. Strong
A. P. Gilmore
Wilmington
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Thomas H. McMahon
Peavey
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Geo. B. Coburn
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EEF
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A. J. Ryan
Hildreth
Market ST
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C. F. Coburn
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Tr. H. Elliott
H. A. King
Wigginville
W. H. Wiggin & CO
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E. van Noorden Company
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