Merrimack Plans Huntsville Mill and Stock Increase
Merrimack Manufacturing seeks a 1.65 million dollar capital raise to build a new cotton mill in Huntsville Alabama to supply Lowell print works with cloth. Directors say the move would boost profits and jobs, with an annual stockholders meeting in Boston on October 10 to vote amendments and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Boston
Merrimack
Huntsville
Alabama
Lowell
Sony
Southern Mills
Fall River
Exchange Building
State Street
Treasuer
John Wesley's quip and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy claim
A early 20th century anecdote attributes to John Wesley a line about repetition. The passage then extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for colds and grip, preventing pneumonia and being pleasant and safe, with druggists selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
Real estate sale and trolley plans shape Pelham growth
The Gates heirs land sale sold below recent auction norms due to dull advertising. A new trolley line to Pelham will connect Lowell and Nashua regions, promising tighter freight and passenger links. Local developments include mills, schools, police station brickwork, and multiple property permits reflecting a busy expansion in Lowell and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Gates
Pelham
Frank M. Woodbury
Lowell
Greeley
Windham
Derry
Manchester
Nashua
Haverhill
Merrimack
Haverhilll
Real estate transfers listed across multiple towns
A chain of property deeds records transfers of land and buildings for small sums, detailing buyers and sellers in Lowell Tyngsborough Westford Billerica and surrounding areas. Notable entries include the Lucinda Tufts estate in Billerica with $2000 and multiple parcels on Madison and Blodgett streets along with riverfront lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. King
Clara E. Sexton
Lucinda Tufts
George L. Rock
George C. Crosby
East Billerica
Rigby Shaw Et al
Sarah S. Sanders
Homestead
Real Estate Transfers From Dunstable and Boston Areas
Shepard and Fuller sold their 140 acre Dunstable farm to Seth T Gif ford of Woburn for 10000 dollars with stock tools and crops included. They also sold a two tenement house and a four tenement block on Thorndike Street to John Mc Auliffe and three parcels on the Gates estate to John L Farrell Dr Farrington and J J Cahill. Contractors anticipate higher brick prices next season due to costly timber. Fred Jenness has plans drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenness Street
Dolan
Andover
Concord
Whitter & McDonald
R. A. Griffiths
Chambers Street
C. M. Potter
Potter
Dix and Gorham Streets
John P. Quinn
Geo
Shepard & Fuller
Dunstable
Seth T. Gifford
Woburn
Thorndike Street
John McAuliffe
Gates
John L. Farrell
Dr. Farrington
J. J. Cahill
Fred Jenness
Armory Dance by G Company Hails Season Opening
The first complimentary dance of the season for G Company Sixth Regiment, M V M, drew about 1600 people to the armory last evening. Dancing ran from 8 pm to midnight with an intermission drill and guard mount. Capt. William Fairweather led as officer of the day, with Lieuts Durrell and Howard in key roles. A long list of officers and aides supervised scenes. a portrait of the late Sergt Ralph Walker by Frank McMenamin hangs in the company rooms, and funds seek to replace the burned rifle-range building in Dracut. The C Company rooms are being renovated with new draperies, carpets, and paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G Company
William Fairweather
Durrell
Lieut
Howard
Sergt
Ralph Walker
Frank McMenamin
C Company
Hon Alonzo W Boardman Dead in Boston Lawyer and Senator
Hon Alonzo W Boardman a Boston lawyer and former State Senator died Friday. native of Saugus born June 16 1828 Harvard 1850 graduate admitted Suffolk bar soon after. He chaired Boston board of health during the smallpox era and served six years on the health board. Survived by wife one son George G Boardman Boston and a daughter Mrs H B Whitney Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo W Boardihan
Boston
Saugus
Harvard
Suffolk
State Senate
Pierce
First Boston Board of Health
Health Board
Boardman
George G. Boardman
H. B. Whitney
Denver
Burdock Blood Bitters Aimed at Indigestion Relief
Advertisement claims Burdock Blood Bitters strengthen and tone the stomach and render indigestion impossible, presenting the product as a cure for common digestive ailments.
Fortunes of Oliver Horn reviewed by a critic
A Kingston review of F Hopkinson Smith's novel Fortunes of Oliver Horn highlights two era portraits the Southern prewar Kennedy Square life and the bohemian New York art world. It praises Smiths delicacy in contrasting homes while noting the book omits the war and includes a gentle love story and humorous scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Horn
F. Hopkinson Smith
Kennedy Square
New York
Smith
Mr. Smith
Oliver
Governor Shaw
Mr. Grant
John Quincy Adams
F. Hopkinson-Smith
Charles Scribner's Sons
Told by the Deaths Head by Maurus Jokaj reviewed
A review notes Jokaj is known in European literature but little in America. His book Told by the Deaths Head translates a tale inspired by a skull in Ehrenbreitstein fortress. The skull’s owner bore twenty one sins, each confessed thrice. The constable in the Hungarian army tells the grim crimes in vivid folklore fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurus Jokaj
Ehrenbreitstein
Wetchse
Ganges
The Atlantic October number features varied essays and fiction
The October Atlantic opens with A Study of Local Option by Frank Foxcroft and includes H. H. D. Pierce on Russia Edward Atkinson on commercialism Scudder on Democracy and the Church Hendricks on skyscrapers Hollis Intercollegiate Athletics Sedgwick on Montaigne Pres ton on George Meredith and novels Browns essays Greenslet on Hawthorne Boynton reviews Books New and Old Mason memories of a hospital matron Von Hutten serial and short fictions Japanese sketches and Gardens and Garden Craft Poems by Nicholson Taylor Ireland and Boynton plus a Contributors Club in this vibrant autumn issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Foxcroft
Massachusetts
H. H. D. Pierce
Russia
Edward Atkinson
Miss Scudder
B. J. Hendricks
Ira N. Hollis
Henry D. Sedgwick, Jr
Montaigne
Harriet Waters Preston
George Meredith
Edith B. Brown
Mr. Greenslet
Woodberry
Hawthorne
Mr. Boynton
Emily V. Mason
Baroness von Hutten
Carleton
Emerson G. Taylor
Adachi Kinnosuke
Frances Duncan
M. Nicholson
J. Russell Taylor
E. A. Ireland
H. W. Boynton
Club
October Country Life in America features diverse outdoor essays
The October issue showcases Yachting by Thomas Dixon Jr on an eighty foot Southern schooner, plus Upbuilding of a Golf Course, Grapes on a Suburban House Lot, and Two Lizards of the Desert. Camping pieces by L H Bailey urge real camping, and Anson Phelps Stokes’ stockbridge estate is highlighted. The Outlook’s hundred pages include Birrell on England, naval maneuvers under With the Attacking Fleet, portraits, and various illustrated articles and fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Hfe
Southwest
Redwoods
California
L. H. Bailey
Anson Phelps Stokes
Stockbridge Mountain
Berkshires
Lenox
Outlook
England
Augustine Birrell
James Barnes
Farragut
Archbishop Farley
Professor Virchow
Ray Stannard Baker
Turkey
Virginia
H. H. Moore
John Morley
Justin McCarthy
Edward Everett Hale
Cesar Frank
Daniel G. Mason
Amercian
Ernest Hamlin Abbott
Harper's October fiction and poetry catalog notes
In its fiction and poetry the October Harper's is particularly strong. First of course should be mentioned Mrs. Ward's novel Lady Rose's Daughter, in which additional chapters complete the sixth installment. The short stories are The Healer from Far-Away Cove Norman Dun can Into Action Beulah Marie Dix The Price of the Past Participle Margaret Cameron A Successful Marriage L. H. Hammond The Madness of Nicoletta Margaret Hor ton Potter Angels Unawares Grace Lathrop Collin The Sea-Dog T Jenkins Halns. The poems are by Fredericka Knowles Jessica Hawley Lowell Harriet Prescott Spofford Mildred I. Mcc Neal Bret Harte Susie M. Best and Arthur Colton. The miscellaneous articles include Amana: A Study of Religious Communism Richard T. Ely Ph. D. Knickerbocker Era of American Letters Prof. George Edward Woodberry At Monte Carlo Andre Cas taigne In Autumn Mary Apple white Bacon Mother Roy Rolfe Gil son Plant Battles John J. Ward Perdita's Simple Cupboard The Ordination of Asoka Mrs. Everard Cotes Newest Definitions of Electricity Carl Snyder Some Letters of Bret Harte Mary Stuart Boyd Art
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October Harper's
Mrs. Ward
Lady Rose
Cove
Norman Duncan
Beulah Marie Dix
Margaret Cameron
L. H. Hammond
Nicoletta
Margaret Horton Potter
Grace Lathrop Collin
T. Jenkins Halns
Fredericka Knowles
Jessica Hawley Lowell
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Mildred I. Mcc- Neal
Bret Harte
Susie M. Best
Arthur Colton
Richard T. Ely
George Edward Woodberry
Monte Carlo
Andre Castaigne
Mary Applewhite Bacon
Roy Rolfe Gilson
John J. Ward
Perdita
Asoka
Everard Cotes
Carl Snyder
Mary Stuart Boyd
Review of Reviews October Issue Highlights Era Grand Editorials
The October Review of Reviews offers clear analysis of the fall campaign issues, Henderson’s retirement, tariff politics in the Midwest, and Roosevelt’s stance on trusts. It surveys State politics across regions, notes Quincy's Massachusetts leadership and Johnson’s Ohio Democrat rise, and adds to its History of Our Times. Prof J W Jenks profiles Capt Henry T Allen in the Philippines. Virchow’s career is covered by Villard and Williams with portraits. Talcott Williams reviews global literary output for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Review of Reviews
Henderson
Middle West
Roosevelt
Josiah Quincy
Massachusetts
Tom Johnson
Ohio Democratic Organization
Anothe Chhapter
Philippine Constabulary
J. W. Jenks
Archipelago
Henry T. Allen
Rudolf Virchow
Berlin
Oswald Villard
Virchow
Henry Smith Williams
Talcott Williams
Five October Black Cat stories listed
The October Black Cat issue presents five pieces including According to Omar by Eve Brodrigue Summers Deadman's Hook by Eliot Walker A Brilliant Co Incidence by Anne Rankin Osborne Made to Order by Robert Whitaker and The Delegates from Dulverton by E De Grey Fogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar
Eve Brodrigue Summers
Eliot Walker
Anne Rankin Osborne
Robert Whitaker
Dulverton
E. de Grey Fogg
Literary Collector September edition features new look and key pieces
The September issue presents EB Kunz's A Collector's Portrait from the French, A. H. J.s The Reflections of a Book Lover Part VII, Alfred W. Pollards London Biographical Letter, and sections on Book Reviews and Collector's Guide to the Magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. F. Kunz
London
Alfred W. Pollard
Unpublished Stringtown Chapter Highlighted in Woman's Home Companion
The October issue presents the final, previously omitted chapter of Stringtown on the Pike detailing Cupe and Dinah's fate. It also features short stories, a women’s interest article on How Mrs. Roosevelt Keeps House, and pieces on city children and old fiddlers. A photo double page shows Our New Possessions in the West Indies and Philippines, and a fashion special for fall and winter dress and millinery. Published by The oe Publishing Co., Springfield, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Companion
Stringtown On the Pike
Cupe
Dinah
United States
West Indies
Philippines
Oe Publishing Co
Springfield
Ohio
Everybody's October issue offers varied tales and essays
The issue features Kipling's The Comprehension of Private Copper and Old Steamboat Days on the Mississippi by G. W. Ogden, Monstery, Soldier of Fortune by H. S. Canfield, What is Luck by Paul Latzke, A Croesus of South Africa by Chal mers Roberts, The Big Bonanza Four by FE. A. Hamilton, The Woman That Toils by Miss Marie Van Vorst, Vassill Verestchagin by C. Bryson Taylor, and A Woman's Victory for Schools on Miss Margaret Haley's tax campaign for Chicago schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Mississippi
G. W. Ogden
H. S. Canfield
Chicago
D'Artagnan
Paul Latzke
C. Bryson Taylor
Vassill Verestchagin
Margaret Haley
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Ala
North Chelmsford
Bigelow Carpet Co
Patrick Conlan
State Hospital
Tewksbury
Geo. F. Penniman
Warwick Street
Shaw
Dennis Murphy
Front Street
Chas. O. Wilson
Central
Gorham Streets
Peter Mollahan
Gorham Street
James Dwyer
High Street
Donabed and Murgerdick Kajanjian
East Merrimack Street
A. Scripture
Central Street
Lowell Gas Light Co
Shattuck
Middle Streets
Philip Dwyer
Pleasant Street
Elizabeth McGill
Bellevue Street
Frances W. Whithead
Patrick J. Riley
Parker Street
Annie Frawley
Bridget T. Carmody
Madison Street
Elizabeth F. Kerrigan
Et al
Carl Thomson
Wood Street
Rose McQuade
Margaret A. Griffiths
Ida E. Bowen
Samuel Greenough
Blodgett Street
Elewyn W. Lovejoy
Dracut
John J. Donovan
William H. Rigby
Gerrish Avenue
Martha M. Barker
Napoleon Jodoin
Greenmont Park
D. L. Page
Albert Wedge
Elsmere
Emma L. Dow
Jerome F. Gison
Gilson’s Corner
Tyngsborough
Martha J. Merrill
William R. Tolson
Merrimack River
Alberta Goldthwaite
Martin V. Davis
John Browns
Samuel Kershaw
Chester Avenue
James W. Bennett
E. J. McSorley
Tpwesbury
Jacob W. Wilbur
E. CC, Blaisdell
Alpine Avenue
Westford
Ida E. Leighton
George W. Nesmith
Woodlot
Billerica
Ma’frs
Intervale Mills
Quinebaug
Conn
Company G
Glasgow Woolen Mills CO. V. M. S. Pro
Hopkinson Smith
Maurus Jokal
S. E. Boggs
Saalfield Publishing Company
Akron
Charles Mulford Robinson
Pictorial Department
Harper's
Howell
Haly
the Atlantic
Country Life In
the Outlook
Woman’s Home Companion
Everybody’s
Gardner Bros
Pine Street
Highlands
Ganger
P.w.a.dergengren
M.D
Chatham Hootite Lynn
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