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HENRY F. CATE FUNERAL DIRECTOR and EMBALMER EFFICIENT SERVICE
WEST NEWTON, MASS.
Newton NATIONAL Bank
n INDEPENDENT BANK for All the NEWTONS Checking Accounts Savings Accounts Safe Deposit Vaults 174 Centre St. See Page 60 Newton Corner
KERRIGAN BROTHERS
Garage - Service Store - Motor Clinic 7.9 Beacon St. Phone Centre Newton 4600 Exide Batteries - Road Service Goodyear and Firestone Tires Auto Electrical Specialists -"TRICO" Parts & Service
TEXACO SERVICE STATIONS 7.º Biacon St. Newt. Cen. 899 Washington St. N'ville Tol. Con. Nexton 4600-3736 Tel. Newton North 1634
SEE PAGE 57
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RODERICK MACLEAN
Builder General Contractor Carpenter
REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS .. ESTIMATES FURNISHED
Office and Shop 32 Centre Ave., Newton NEWton North 0725
Residence
38 Thornton Street
NEWton North 1354
COME AND SEE
the Blown Glass and Pottery IN ALL THE SOFT VARYING SHADES
Jewelry and Fabrics from the Orient Books and Games in the Children's Corner
Greeting Cards FAVORS, INVITATIONS AND BRIDGE ACCESSORIES
Telephone
NEWton North
6820
COME and
SEE SHOP
Stationery
318 Walnut St.
Supplies
Newtonville
Please mention this Directory when dealing with Advertisers
Newton Collecti
NEWTON FREE LIBRARY
3 1323 00535 664 6
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Hotel Beaconsfield
1731 Beacon St., Brookline
GILMAN M. LOUGEE, Manager
"The Hotel with a Home Atmosphere" 200 Rooms With Bath
Rooms Single or in Suite for Per- manent and Transient Guests with Ball Room and Parlors for Musicales, Receptions, Social Functions and Private Parties.
The ONLY Greater Boston Hotel with It's Own 100 Car Fireproof Garage
=
AMERICAN PLAN DINING ROOM
HOTEL BEACONSFIELD 1731 BEACON STREET, BROOKLINE, MASS.
Please mention this Directory when dealing with Advertisers
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"No Success Can be Attained without Some One Making Personal Sacrifices."
The Newton Chamber of Commerce
JAMES P. GALLAGHER President
RUPERT C. THOMPSON Secretary
Newton is a city of beautiful homes, high civic standards, steadily increasing in size and importance and because of its proximity to Boston, has unusual advantages as a place of residence.
The Newton Chamber of Commerce is an organized, cooperative agency to advance the civic, industrial, mercantile, and develop- ment interests of all the Newtons.
There are three types of Membership-Civic -Business-Sustaining.
This organization is only made possible through the wholehearted co-operation and support of the people of all the Newtons. Every Citizen should be a member. Join Your Chamber of Commerce.
It renders constant, practical and effective service and welcomes inquiries at its offices conveniently located at
277 Washington St., Newton, Mass.
Telephone NEWton North 4077
Please mention this Directory when dealing with Advertisers
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The Newton Directory MASSACHUSETTS
1936
Containing
Alphabetical Section (Page 145) Gives names, occupations and addresses of men and women, eighteen years old or over, and all business houses. The names of partners in firms are also given in this department. Wives' names are listed immediately after those of the husbands', enclosed in parentheses. Dates of deaths during the previous year are given, and, where possible, the addresses of people who have moved to other cities. Much other information is given that cannot be found else- where.
Business Directory (Page 805) All business houses, individuals in business for them- selves, and professional men are listed without charge under the heading that best describes them. The more progressive houses, realizing that it pays to be easily found, pay a nominal charge for special listings in heavy type, under every heading where a buyer might look for them, cross-indexed to a descriptive space in the "reference section."
Street, House and Home Owners Directory (Pink Section) (Page 601) A Complete list of Streets, showing location of intersecting streets, and enabling one to tell at once between what streets a given number lies, and the quickest way to get there. All Residents and Places of Business are arranged in numerical order upon their respective Streets.
With this edition we return to the unified arrangement of this section preferred by a majority of users, instead of the sectional form used in the last issue.
A Valuable Feature: Homes Owned by Occupants Indicated by Symbol 0
(Note: this information is as given to our canvassers, and is not guaranteed by us. It should be of value as an indication, but not taken as legal proof of title.)
Advertising Department (Page 49) Where more information than is possible to give under the headings is placed on file for buyer's and seller's reference. It is an index to the leading business interests of the city, and a logical place to look for specific information.
Maps Sectional Maps covering the different parts of the City, preceded by a Key Map, will be found inside the Back Cover. A large Map covering the whole City on one sheet is on sale at bookstores and stationers, or may be ordered from the Publishers for twenty-five cents. The convenient sectional form is used in the Directory because of the difficulty of handling and refolding a large sheet.
Miscellaneous Information (Page 12) Organization of City Departments, giving officers-Post Office branches-Parcel Post zones and rates-Courts-Population tables-Calendar etc.
(For detailed Index to Contents, see page 7)
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COPYRIGHT, 1936, SAMPSON & MURDOCK CO., BOSTON, MASS. Printed in the U. S. A.
CALENDAR 1936
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JULY
JANUARY
JULY
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PUBLISHERS' NOTE
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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NOVEMBER
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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SEPTEMBER
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
OCTOBER
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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Su Mo Tu We Th Fr |Sa
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1 2345 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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SEPTEMBER
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INDEX TO CONTENTS
PAGE
PAGE
Abbreviations
146
Newton Free Library.
19
Advertisers Index.
9
Overseer of the Poor
18
Advertising Departments.
49
Parcel Post.
26
Aldermen
17
Police Court. 20
Alphabetical Section. 147
Police Department. 20
Apartment Buildings.
805
Population 14
13
Assessors
18
Post Offices
25
Association of North American Directory Publishers
X
Public Administrators.
22
Associations & Clubs-Commercial . 806
Public Welfare.
18
Board of Health. 19
Registrars of Voters.
18
Boston Business Directory.
846
Representatives
24
Buildings-Public & Office
810
School Committee
20
Business Directory.
805
School Holidays.
20
Calendar
6
Schools
20
Census
14
Senatorial Districts
24
Churches
812
Senators
23
Circuit Court of U S.
22
Sheriff and Deputies
22
City Government ..
17
Sinking Fund Commissioners
18
City Statistical Review
11
Societies
840
Clubs
814
State Officers.
23
Congressional District.
25
Street Commissioner
18
County Officers.
21
Street Directory
601
Courts
22
Street Index by Postal Districts.
557
District Court of Newton.
20
Street Lighting
21
Fire Department.
18
Superior Court
23
General Directory
145
Supreme Court.
22
Halls
822
Supreme Judicial Court of Mass.
23
Health Dept.
19
Tax Levy. 29
29
Homes & Asylums
823
United States Courts
22
House Directory
601
United States District Court.
22
Land Court.
23
United States Government. .
24
Libraries
19
Valuation
30
Maps
847
Voting Precincts.
28
Massachusetts State Government. 23
Ward Boundaries
27
Master in Chancery.
22
Medical Examiners. .
22
Middlesex County Officers.
21
Water Department. 21
Military 24
Wealth of Newton 29
Newton Chamber of Commerce 422
Population of Newton .
Appropriations for City Expenses.
30
Probate Court.
23
Auctioneers 18
Railroad Passenger Stations.
837
Hills
31
Trust Funds.
Warrants, State, County and Metropoli- tan 30
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8
Changes in the Newton Directory
1936
*Names in Directory of 1936
42,376
Names in Directory of 1934.
41,200
Increase of names.
1,176
*This number includes the names of 2226 persons who have died or removed from the city since the 1934 Directory was issued, with date of death, &c.
FROM 1868 TO 1934
DATE
VOLUME
PUBLISHERS
PAGES
NO. OF NAMES
INCREASE OF NAMES
PRICE
1868
I
Charles C. Drew
416
3,287
$1.00
1871
II
Charles C. Drew
370
3,637
350
1.00
1873
III
Drew, Allis & Company
376
4,492
855
1.00
1875
IV
Drew, Allis & Company
418
4,971
479
1.50
1877
V
Drew, Allis & Company
382
5,824
*853
1.50
1879
VI
Drew, Allis & Company
398
6,116
292
1,50
1881
VII
Drew, Allis & Company
424
6,865
749
1.50
1883
VIII
Drew, Allis & Company
466
7,453
578
1.50
1885
IX
Drew, Allis & Company
566
9,410
a1,957
1.50
1887
X
Drew, Allis & Company
604
9,462
52
1.50
1889
XI
Drew, Allis & Company
646
9,812
350
2.00
1801
XII
Drew, Allis & Company
688
11,051
1,239
2.00
1893
XIII
Drew, Allis & Company
728
12,089
1,038
2.50
1895
XIV
734
13,141
1,052
2.50
1897
XV
788
14,607
1,466
2.50
1899
XVI
780
15,226
619
2.50
1901
XVII
The Drew Allis Company
762
16,308
1,082
2.50
1903
XVIII
The Drew Allis Company
816
16,990
682
2.50
1905
XIX
The Drew Allis Company
848
17,319
329
3.00
1907
XX
The Drew Allis Company
804
18,035
716
3.00
1909
XXI
The Drew Allis Company
812
18,319
284
3.00
1911
XXII
Drew Allis Company
860
19,785
812
3.00
1915
XXIV
Drew Allis Company
639
20,503
718
4.00
1917
XXV
Drew Allis Company
674
21,233
730
5.00
1919
XXVI
Sampson & Murdock Co.
687
21,651
418
5.00
1921
XXVII
Sampson & Murdock Co.
741
24,472
2.821
6.00
1923
XXVIII
Sampson & Murdock Co.
787
26,547
2,075
6.00
1925
XXIX
Sampson & Murdock Co.
872
28,930
2,383
6.00
1927
XXX
Sampson & Murdock Co.
928
30,494
1,564
6.00
1929
XXXI
Sampson & Murdock Co.
1014
34,255
3,761
6.00
1931
XXXII
Sampson & Murdock Co.
1043
34.555
300
8.00
1932
XXXIII
Sampson & Murdock Co.
600
37,801
3,246
8.00
1934
XXXIV
Sampson & Murdock Co.
784
41,200
3,399
8.00
1936
XXXV
Sampson & Murdock Co.
405
42,376
1,176
8.00
*Deaths and removals from city were first given in this number of the Directory.
a The more permanent servants were first given in this number of the Directory. In addition to the above, a Directory of Newton was published in 1871 by Samuel Chism, and another in 1884 by Henry M. and Frank H. Burt
RAILROAD STATIONS IN NEWTON (See Railroad Passenger Stations in Business Directory)
832
18,973
654
3.00
1913
XXIII
Drew Allis Company
The Drew Allis Company
The Drew Allis Company
The Drew Allis Company
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
PAGE
PAGE
A A Kennels.
75
Home Specialties Co., Inc. 59
Alvord Bros. 107 Hotel Beaconsfield. .back bone and 3
Atwood Irving M . top lines and 87
Howe Associates. 109
Barbour & Travis .. 111
Hubbard F. A. Co., Inc. 75
Barker George J. Lumber Company . 94
Joy Flower Shop The. 76
Bartlett Joseph W. 89
Karalekas Fruit Exchange Inc., The .. front edge and inside back cover
Beacon Garage. 55
Keith & McAdams 73
Beaconsfield Hotel. back bone and 3
Kellar Wm .. 73
Blakemore Arthur W
89
Kerrigan Brothers .front cover and 57
Blood Charles W 89
Kieser Charles D. 102
Bonnar Atwood. . 51
Leacy H. Maynard 113
Boston Consolidated Gas Co
111
Leavitt A. John. . 112 112
98
Brookline Trust Co.
64
Lyons Thomas J ..
80
Burnham Brothers ..
95
MacLean Roderick.
2
Burns John T. & Sons Inc. 106
50
Madden John C ... 90
Campbell C. H. Co., Inc.
84
Mandelstam Tire Co. 55
Carter Albert P. 89
Cate Henry F. . front cover and 78
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Co.
Chamber of Commerce.
4
Metropolitan Coal Company. top edge and
71
Collins C. S. Inc.
53
Modern Printing Co .. 103
Come and See Shop
2
Moore & Moore. 58
Crawford & Pulsifer Inc.
81
Muldoon Arthur & Son. 74
Cunniff P. Sarsfield.
90
Mullen Charles J. 102
Curtis & Pope Lumber Co. 95
54
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.
86 59 51
Edmands & Byfield Agency. top lines and 110 Elmwood Street Garage
55
Emery Sam T.
85
Newton Co-operative Bank.
Eustis & Joyce. 80
110
Fiske A. F. & Co
100
Newton Motor Sales Co .... top lines and
Fitzgerald Paul R.
79
Newton Motors Inc ...... bottom end and
FitzGerald Charles A. 109
Flood John. 79
Ford Cars. 53
Foresman Electric Contracting Co. 76
Fuller Alfred E.
85
Newton Storage Warehouse Co 113
Furbush Wesley J.
51
Garden City Garage Inc.
51
Garden City Press Inc.
104
Graphic Press The.
104
Hatch B. S. Co ...
70
Heffron Motor Car Co.
53
Hickman Leonard J Inc.
99
Perkins Fred E. Co. 101
96
Hill Donald Mackay Jr
90
Plymouth and DeSoto Cars
54
Pratt E. W. Co. 80
Hinckley & Woods.
Quint Harry. . back cover and 77
Hockridge William H
102
Reynolds Bros .top lines and 87
Holden Sydney B. 111
Rich Burt M. 79
Holden's Taxi & Baggage Service
58 Ross George D. 100
97 93 52 52 60 62 67
Newton National Bank. . front cover and Newton Savings Bank.
Newton South Co-operative Bank.
Newton Times and Sun. 96A
Newton Trust Company 61
Nordstrom H. M. & Co. 98
Orr Heating & Plumbing Co. 101
Paramount Market Inc.
82
Hill Donald Mackay Sr.
90
Pitbladdo Memorials.
69 65 4 66 84
Newton Centre Savings Bank.
Newton Chamber of Commerce
Newton Corner Hardware Co.
Newton Graphic Publishing Co., The ..
Newton Lumber Co., Inc ..
Dolan John Coal Co.
71
Downes Lumber Co.
92
Newton Awning Co.
Newton Buick Co ..
Newton Cemetery Corporation.
Eddy C. F. Co. . 72
Dunham Chevrolet Co
52
McKinnon Malcolm P.
82
Brisson Jacob.
68
86
Brewer Cyrus & Co
Leavitt W. P. Sons Co., The.
Leonard Edwin P. Jr
Brown W. Frank & Sons. 96 and 111
McMullin C. G. 83
Business Letter Shop.
Marie Antoinette Salon .. 67 70
Murray J. W. & Co. 99
DeSoto and Plymouth Cars.
Fellows Willis B
Paul Luther Co. 72
Hilliard's Good Candy 68 86
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Basley Lumber Company 94
10
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
PAGE
PAGE
Sampson & Murdock Co.
105
Veno Lumber Co.
92
Savage Henry W. Inc ..
108
Village Beverage Store Inc.
Sawyer Henry L. Company The.
83
Silver Lake Chevrolet Co
54
top lines and 67
Skelton C. & Sons.
82 86
Stefaney Anthony J.
76
Waltham News-Tribune.
97
Waltham Publishing Co
97
Washington Motors.
54
Stuart Garage. . bottom end and Suburban Home Laundry of Newton Inc. Suvalle David Inc.
88 101
back cover and 79
Texaco Service Stations. . front cover and
57
Watertown Savings Bank.
63
Wellcome F. D. & Son ..
84
Thomas Benjamin M.
102
West Newton Auto Body & Welding Co.
58
Thomas William H.
80
West Newton Co-operative Bank
66
Thompson G. Wilbur Inc.
99
West Newton Savings Bank 65
Tivey & Co.
75
White Richard Sons Inc
74
Tomlinson William E.
83
White S. A. & Son.
76
Turgeon's Garage.
56
White & Franke Inc. 113
Turner John H. H.
100
Whiting Milk Companies 96
Winn Sign Shop 112
Vachon R. A. & Sons Inc. .
73
91 Waltham Co-operative Bank ..
Waltham Lumber, Inc.
93
Snow Francis S. .
Waltham National Bank of Waltham The
64
Stone Mason H.
89
54
Waterman J. S. & Sons Inc.
Theurer Otto A. Contracting Co., Inc ...
74
Typewriter Service Shop.
50
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Adopted by Association of North American Directory Publishers
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
"The Garden City"
Form of Government: Mayor and Board of Aldermen; each of the seven wards repre- sented by three members: one alderman elected annually by the ward, and two al- dermen-at-large elected from the ward on a general ticket, one being chosen each year to serve two years.
Population: State Census 1935; 66,000
Area: 18 square miles.
Altitude: 15 to 320 feet.
Assessed Valuation: $164,422,850 with 26.80 tax per thousand.
Colored Population: 630 estimated.
White Population of Age: Males 29,404 es- timated. Females, 35,926 estimated.
Number of All Males: 29,648 estimated. And of All Females: 36,312 estimated.
Native Born Population: 76.9 per cent. of whole population
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native American; a few Canadians, Irish and Italians.
Parks: City, 379 acres; includes 91 acres play- grounds and 95 acres Water Works land; Metropolitan, 233 acres; includes 12 acres Quinobequin Road,
from Washington Street, Lower Falls to Boylston Street, Up- per Falls.
City's Bonded Debt: October 2, 1935, $6,280,- 110.91
Financial: One National bank, one trust com- pany and three savings banks.
Church Buildings: Forty-four.
Building and Construction: Value of building permits in 1934, $2,229,686 including 136 single dwellings at a cost of $1,167,900
Dwellings: Total number, 13,676
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 200,000 peo- ple within the trading area covering a ra- dius of fifteen miles.
City Served by: Boston & Albany railroad.
Amusements: There is one theatre and one amusement park. Theatre seats 1,268 peo- ple.
Hospitals: One with 290 beds.
Education: Andover Newton Theological School, Boston College, Lasell Junior Col- lege, Mount Ida School for Girls. Number of schools, thirty-two, including five high schools, five parochial and diocesan schools. Number of pupils in public schools 12,472; in private schools 837 (estimated) ; in paro- chial schools 1,849. Total of all teachers in public schools is 473.
Libraries: There are 171,033 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage 261; 188 miles of accepted streets, 73 miles private ways and 4.17 miles State Highway. Miles of sewers laid 189.22. Capacity of water works (state and municipal) 10,000,000 gal- lons, daily average pump of 4,654,262 gal- lons, with 214.97 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $4,000,000. Fire de- partment employs one hundred and two men with following motor equipment: six autos, nine motor engines, four motor combination machines, two hook and ladder trucks, one lighting plant motor, two trucks, one aerial truck, in eleven station houses. Police department has 130 men with seven- teen pieces of motor equipment.
NEWTON Interesting Facts Regarding the City
It is interesting to note just what Newton stands for to residents in other parts of the country. With its beautiful long avenues, its long lanes leading into beautiful wide parks, its streams and hills, its lovely gardens and artistic residences, it stands for prosperity and success. It signifies elegance and beauty, rather than fashion and display.
Although the march of time has brought changes to Newton in every part, though much of its barren land has been transformed into house lots and streets, though many of its old farm houses have been turned into modern dwellings, still Newton maintains an abundance of its natural beauty which has given it the name of the Garden City-wide- spread recognition as a city of beauty-a city of homes.
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The Charles River winds its course along the northern and western boundaries for more than sixteen miles, adding utilized water power at its upper and lower falls and much beauty to the scenery for miles around. New- ton has that same New England atmosphere which characterizes so many other Massa- chusetts cities, with its stable type of people whose interests are centered in their homes and the finer things of life. Each and every part of Newton typifies the modern "home city," a source of admiration to all visitors and of pride to its citizens.
A Few Historical Facts
As early as 1631 Newton was settled and fortified, less than a year after the founda- tion of Boston. In those days, Newton con- sisted of a large tract of land with a dwelling here and there-a modest settlement, but the foundation, nevertheless, upon which rests the beautiful progressive city of today. King's hand-book of Newton states "the domain northward of the Charles was acquired from the Indian queen, the squaw-sachem, Nane- pashemet's daughter, one of her perquisites being a new coat each winter as long as she lived."
Newton was incorporated a town in 1688, being called New Cambridge until 1692; and having outgrown town government by 1873, was chartered a city in that year.
During the war with the Indians the men of Newton left their homes and families and fought with the rest of the settlers. There is a stone in Nonantum, known as the Eliot memorial, which bears this inscription: "Here at Nonantum, October 28, 1646, in Waban's Wigwam near this spot, John Eliot began to preach the gospel to the Indians. Here he founded the first Christian community of In- dians within the English colonies."
During the period of the Revolutionary War, the men of Newton rose with the other men of Massachusetts and shared the hard- ships that the crude army led by the great George Washington endured. And so, history repeats itself down through the ages. There are many beautiful monuments and ancient landmarks, silent tributes to the men who so nobly answered the call to arms, from the early days when the settlers fought with the Indians, to the World War.
Population
The best estimates of the present popula- tion of Newton indicates that it is over the sixty-five thousand mark today. This shows a tremendous increase within the past decade. The steady stream of people who come to Newton yearly to make their homes here are of the thrifty, desirable sort-good citizens who soon blend into the social and civic life and share the pride of their neighbors in their adopted city.
Administration
The administration of Newton's city gov- ernment is in the hands of safe and con- servative executives, honest public-spirited citizens who have the best interests of the people at heart and in their minds. This is manifested by the high standards of admini- stration which this city has always experi- enced.
Newton has a police force of 130 men, giv- ing it protection at all hours of the day and night. Within recent years, all new modern fire apparatus has been installed. The fire
department with 102 permanent men is al- ways ready at hand to meet every emergency.
Educational Opportunities
One factor which has always given Newton a high standing in the estimation of those looking for a good "home city" is its superb system of schools. Since the early days of 1699, when the first little schoolhouse was built and John Staples became teacher, hold- ing his scholastic sessions four days in each week for a stipend of two shillings a day, the school system of Newton has grown nobly.
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