Dracut Fair Shows Heavy Horse Pulls and Baby Show
The Dracut grange hosted a village fair at Centre Congregational church with outdoor events at 2:30 including heavy horse pulling contests, a 1200 pound class, and a three ton sand wagon feat. Oliver Coburn topped several pulls while Frank Hill and Bernice Parker earned multiple runner-up spots. The baby show followed, with prizes awarded to Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Hanchett, and Mrs. Smith, and a large display of flowers and fancy work winning numerous prizes for Mrs. Foss, Miss Peabody, Mrs. Otley, Mrs. Carpenter, and others. Evening program featured songs, remarks, mandolin and piano solos. Edna Peabody is studying at Lowell Commercial College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dracut Grange
Centre Congregational Church
Edna Cutter
West Dracut
Frank Hill
Collinsville
Bert Cluff
Oliver Coburn
George Stevens
Norman Peavy
Bernice Parker
Prince Coburn
Frederick Kelley
Joe Varnum
R. Fox
Mrs. Hanchett
Smith
F. B. Foss
J. W. Peabody
FE. Peabody
J. F. Carpenter
G. R. Fox
Charles H. Cutter
Bessie J. Peabody
Lena Andrews
Fancy Work
Charles Taplin
Flora Otley
Ctver
Beak
Bryant
Cluff
Stickney
Eben Fox
Waldo Esterbrook
Helen Briggs
Bert Fox
N. L. Peavey
D. W. Coburn
J. K. Milliken
C. Smith
R. D. Coburn
Winnifred Symonds
Capt. Faton
Solon W. Steve
W. P. Hovey
Julia Fox
Lincoln Kirk Impersonator Set for Liberty Hall Show
South Chelmsford report notes A Lincoln Kirk impersonator will entertain at Liberty hall Wednesday evening September 24 under the Young People's union. David McGrath tours Plymouth briefly. Mrs. Georgette A. Chamberlin of Washington DC and Mrs. Augusta Foran of Dorchester visited Henry H. Emerson’s home this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lincoln Kirk
Liberty Hall
Young People’s Union
David McGrath
Plymouth
Georgette A. Chamberlin
Washington, D. C
Augusta Foran
Dorchester
Henry H. Emerson
Surprise Party For Miss Katherine Vernon In East Tewksbury
A Wednesday evening gathering at Mr. Joel Baldwin’s East Tewksbury residence honored Miss Katherine Vernon of New York, who has been visiting there. Evan Cameron of North Tewksbury presented a bracelet, and guests enjoyed games and refreshments before Mr. A. E. Carley departed for a week’s vacation in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Vernon
New York
Joel Baldwin
East Tewksbury
Vernon
Evan Cameron
North Tewksbury
A. E. Carley
New York City
North Chelmsford Students Journey to Lake Winnipesaukee
Pupils from North Chelmsford High School enjoyed a bus ride to Lake Winnipesaukee this week. W F Lewis departed for Nova Scotia for about two weeks. Work to install a new heating system in the town hall will soon begin, requiring several weeks of digging to place the heating apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Winnipesaukee
W. F. Lewis
Nova Bcotla
Bedford Celebrates Rural Mail Delivery Win
Abram F. Brown secured rural delivery for Bedford enabling mail to be delivered and gathered at doors every four days for residents outside the Centre. Frederick Davis, Civil War veteran, was appointed mail deliverer under the veterans' preference act, acknowledged for his service and injury. The town praises the appointment and anticipates broad benefits as the Republican caucus for delegate nominations proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram F. Brown
Bedford
Brown
Frederic Davis
Mall
Davis
Republican Caucus
Citizens Urged to Attend Local Primary on Wednesday
Verses call for civic duty as a primary election is scheduled for Wednesday the 24th at 7 30 p m. Citizens are urged to participate and perform their duties at the polls.
Concord News Snippet: Osgood Death and Local Happenings
James M. Osgood died at his brother Dr H D Osgood's home in Concord after a lingering illness. Deer are seen near Egg Rock and Hoar and Pritchard lands, with a fine of 100 dollars for killing or detaining a deer. A Boston project contemplates converting idle fair grounds into a summer theatre, trotting races, canoeing, and a pleasure resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Osgood
H. D. Osgood
Mr. Osgood
Concord
Egg Rock
Samuel Hoar
Pritchards
Lowell Road
Herbert Hosmer
George N. Atlas
Alexandria
Egypt
Boston
Reformatory
Stock Company of
St Andrews parish picnic and local political caucus results
St. Andrews church held its annual picnic at Forge Pond on Saturday September 18 with field sports and boat races and prizes. A Democratic caucus on September 10 elected delegates to state and congressional conventions and local party appointments. Lucius Wheeler, Melvin Dudley and Miss Mabel White attend Fitchburg commercial school. Mrs. Alice Mead and Miss Bessie Gates bought two house lots in Haggett estate. Geo B Turner and Son store extension fills with new goods for the season. Women’s Educational association lent about a hundred views of Australia and New Zealand to the library. An automobile owned by John Allison of Washington has appeared locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Church
Forge Pond
Thomas F. Mullin
Peter B. Murphy
W. N. Cowles
Frank J. Maloney
Peter Tarbell
Charles W. Mason
Edward S. Dwyer
George M. Crawford
Haggett
Geo. B. Turner & Son
Australia
New Zealand
Woman’s Educational Association
John Allison
Washington
Chelmsford Social Notes and Local Happenings
Residents in Billerica street hosted a reception for Albert Wilson and his wife upon their return from a wedding tour, with gifts and a music program. Rev. E. C. Bartlett and Wm. Mitchell take a two week vacation in New Brunswick. A NH Mt Washington excursion is planned for visiting ladies. An electric railway petition hearing was moved to October due to notice irregularities. Frank A. Lane recovers after a horse incident. Odd Fellows announce an entertainment on October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace R. Knowlton
Billerica Street
Guild of
St. John's Church
Lowell
Albert Wilson
E. C. Bartlett
Wm. Mitchell
New Brunswick
A. F. Crosby
M. E. Cadman
M. E. Warren
Jas. T. Smith
New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
North Village
Frank A. Lane
Odd Fellows Lodge
Carlisle Elder Ambrose Heald Dies At 86 In Carlisle
Carlisle oldest resident Ambrose Heald died Tuesday at the family homestead where he was born and lived nearly two centuries. He was 86 years, 7 months, 26 days. Funeral Friday at 2 pm led by Rev. W A Lane of the Unitarian church. Bearers were four nephews. Interment in Acton. Survived by a sister Mrs Charlotte Page. Flowers included wheat sheaf and various sprays from family friends. Funeral details note hymn singing by Mrs Minnie Duren, Mrs Lizzie Robbins, and Mrs M A Reynolds. Christian Endeavor topic Friday Sept 19 and local sermon by Rev A H Armes. Continuous references to community members and local church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Heald
Carlisle
W. A. Lane
Unitarian Church
Heald
Charlotte Page
Minnie Duren
Lizzie Robbins
M. A. Reynolds
Frank Page
Dr. Hosmer
Ernest Hosmer
Frank E. Wilkins
Fa Acton
George
Frank
Fred Page
Christian Endeavor
Sarah L. Davis
A. H. Armes
Acton
Edwin P. Hoyt
Lowell
George Bartlett
South Framingham
Acton Centre Sermons and Local News Highlight Congregational Church
Rev A H Armes of Carlisle gave a strong sermon in Acton Centre last Sunday morning, with Rev F P Wood preaching in the evening. Wood also preached at Littleton Congregational Church last Sunday and will supply both services next Sunday. H F Oxnard and family of Littleton visit Mrs Sophia Tuttle. Miss Sophia Tuttle and Flora Reed start Mt Holyoke College this week. William J Coons of East Acton was found dead, likely from an epileptic fit. funeral held at his home last Wednesday with Rev F P Wood officiating. George Dusseault moved into James Hill’s former house. Mrs Scene Tuttle has a new porch built by Phalen & Wood. About sixty Old Colonial Tour guests from Waltham dined at the Monument House last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Armes
Carlisle
F. P. Wood
Littleton
H. FE. Oxnard
Sophia Tuttle
Flora Reed
Mt. Holyoke College
Wm. J. Coons
East Acton
George Dusseault
Jamea Hill
Scene Tuttle
Phalen & Wood
Waltham
Monument House
Lowell
Walter O. Foss
Brockton
Foss & Pevey
Hill & Proctor
South Billerica
Massachusetts Regiment
Andover Street
Lowell Cemetery
Edgar S. Wiers
Billerica Unitarian Church
Edward Bartlett
The
Billerica Historical Society
William W. Warren
Eveline R. Baldwin
Fellows
Albert E. Wurst
Eveline (Richardson) Baldwin
Stevens Street
Eveline Richardson
Capt
Francis and
Martha Richardson
Billerica
Eva
John F. Baldwin
George W. Fifield
Baldwin
First (Unitarian
Rails arrive for new electric road at South Acton
Historical notes say rails for the new electric road have arrived at South Acton and construction may begin soon. M. E. Taylor and H. F. Tuttle took a trolley trip from Concord Junction to Worcester last Wednesday, enjoying the ride. Bernard Copping Jr returns to Williams College this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Acton
M. E. Taylor
H. F. Tuttle
Concord Junction
Worcester
Bernard Copping, Jr
Williams College
Groton fair and community events in September
The Groton Farmers and Mechanics club hosts a fair on Hazel Grove grounds Tuesday September 23 with dinner tents exhibits a new well and a race course nearby the Groton Corner band will perform and the event closes with a town hall concert and ball The article also notes local church activities school openings staff changes flower show winners and nearby social visits including Misses Needham Gay Higley and Caryl and the Book and Thimble club meeting context includes real estate sales and a surgical operation for John Reed all reflecting town life in early September 1902.
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Groton
Flannagan
Orchestra
Marlboro
Duncan M. McPhail
Baptist Church
McPhail
Newton
D. M. Lowell
Amesbury
M. W. Parkhurst
S. E. Williams
James Rowe
Hollis Street
James A. Dumphy
Rowe
Alice BE. Need
Village Improvement Society
Marian Green
Constance Wharton
Isabelle Woods
Elizabeth Hill
Gladys A. Mason
Nellie Sargent
Julius Newell
Harry P. Taintor
Howard W. Bowles
Wollaston
Lawrence Brooks
Japan
Chestnut Hills
Boutwell
Brooks
John Reed
Dr. Warren
Mark Shattuck
Book and Thimble Club
Eva A. Clark
Fair to aid vestry debt at Unitarian church
In Billerica the industrial branch of the Women's Alliance announces a fair in the vestry of the Unitarian church on Thursday October 2 with proceeds toward the church debt. Reflecting on local events Rev Edgard S Wiers preached on The Great Coal Strike and a rally is planned for Sunday school next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Alliance
Unitarian Church
Edgards. Wiers
Minot J. Savage
Maxwell] Savage
Savage
Watertown
William H. Savage
Lydia Ann George
Edgar 8. Wiers
Bartlett
Billerica
North Cemetery
John F. Foss
About the House column invitation from Lowell Journal
The About the House department invites readers to send household recipes hints and thoughts for the Lowell Weekly Journal. Readers may mail suggestions to the About the House Department in Lowell.
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Lowell Weekly Journal
Behold the Garden Becomes My Glorified Bean Bloom
The speaker prefers practical garden delights over floral frills praising onions radishes and beans. Spring brings real produce like the tomato and notably the bean bloom shines brightest while lilacs violets and other flowers fade in comparison. The verse from Baltimore American celebrates vegetables over ornamental blooms.
Editorial Reflections On Vegetables And Home Cooking
The piece extols tender vegetable marrow as a newer favorite, praises cold cantaloupe served icy, and lauds gas stoves for quick, convenient cooking. It offers kitchen tips from scraping beef for invalids to fresh corn grilling, husk boiling, and careful pear ripening to avoid mushy waste.
Idealized Stewed Pears and Choca Drinks From Table Talk
Recipes describe idealized stewed pears with maca roons and vanilla syrup served with rice croquettes and whipped cream. Also explains how to prepare Choca a drink blending coffee and chocolate with milk and sugar, finished with vanilla and whipped cream for tea or luncheon.
Apple Sauce Pudding With Bread Crumbs and Meringue
A recipe notes mixing tart apples with bread-crumbs and butter, adding egg yolks, mace, and nutmeg, then baking in a buttered dish for twenty minutes. Whip egg whites into a meringue to crown the top and lightly brown in the oven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Domestics in Africa and life on a Kaffir-run estate
A New York Tribune excerpt recounts life on a South African estate with Kaffir workers. It describes names adopted by house boys such as Knife and Rice, the racial dynamics, and the extreme terraced gardens with two hundred banana trees, tea plants, and elaborate irrigation works carried out by Kaffir labor.
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Kraals
Is the Mushroom Nutritious in Dietetics View
The London Lancet notes mushrooms resemble beef in water content but differ in dry solids and protein, finding little support for mushrooms as a vegetable beefsteak. It says ten pounds of mushrooms equal about one pound of beef, but acknowledges mushrooms are digestible, provide carbohydrates and potassium salts, and add value as a dish adjunct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Lancet
Balfour and Disraeli Discuss English Statesmen
A visiting Englishman reflects on Balfour as today’s premier and Chamberlain as a strong current political figure. He notes Balfour’s intellect but critiques leadership traits and recalls Balfour’s Oxford chair episode, shaped by Gladstone and Salisbury. He highlights George Wyndham and George Curzon as the era’s rising figures with differing strengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
England
Disraeli
Balfour
Great Britain
Oxford
Gladstone
Marquis of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
British Empire
George Wyndham
George Curzon
Mr. Wyndham
Curzon
Beaconsfield and Curzon in Colonial Age Rivalry
A column compares Wyndham and Curzon as political figures and praises Disraeli as a towering 19th century force. It recounts Curzon’s image, the projected India viceroy role, and Disraeli’s rise from a London linen draper’s alliance with social climbing to the Beaconsfield title through the Viscountess, ending with Disraeli’s ascent to Earl of Beaconsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curzon
House of Commons
India
Finis
Earl of Beaconsfield
Disraeli
Gladstone
Dizzy
London
Lewis
England
Countess of
Blessington
Benjamin Disraeli
Maidstone
Viscountess of
Beaconsfield
Earl of
New York Tribune
Veteran in Politics Scheme Criticized by Press
The St Paul Pioneer Press questions General Dyer Roths plan to back veterans' pension demands with a political organization. It contends universal pensions should reflect needs, not disability alone, and doubts the scheme would strengthen the old soldiers' claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyrenforth
St. Paul
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Dracut Fair
Grange
Edna Peabody
Parker Avenue
Lowell Commercial College
South Chelmsford
Tewksbury
North Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Acton Centre
Charles T. Billings
Temple Quartette
Fox Hill Cemetery
William W
Walter Richardson
Frederick Dickinson
Edward F. Dickinson
Lyons
Post Office Department
St. Augustine
Fla
America
Eper
Baltimore
Africa
Wyndham
George Nathaniel Curzon
Blenheim
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