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James McCarthy.
William H. Winship.
Committee on Children's Entertainments.
NATHANIEL W. STARBIRD, Chairman. FREDERICK J. SMITH, Secretary.
Mrs. Frank J. Bartlett. Mrs. Peter J. McGuire.
Maurice Dinneen.
George Prouty.
George H. Fall.
G. Louis Richards.
George E. Gay.
William H. Ruston.
William J. Hobbs. Mrs. Rufus H. Sawyer.
Mrs. Alfred H. Jones.
Mrs. George W. Walker.
Mrs. Daniel P. Wise.
Committee on Observation Stands and Cents.
WALTER S. CUSHING, Chairman. WILLIAM H. JAMES, Secretary.
Charles N. Bishop. Nathan Newhall.
John Brodie. Joseph S. Rich.
William E. Dunn. George A. Runnells.
Nathan M. Hunnewell. Charles A. Stiles.
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Committee on Transportation and Carriages.
EDWARD H. EVANS, Chairman. JOHN H. HANNAN, Secretary.
Waldo B. Bowker.
John P. Holden.
Henry Gerrish.
George H. Johnson.
Edwin Hawkridge. Joseph C. Robinson.
Edgar A. Whittemore.
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Committee on Printing and Badges. SAMUEL TILDEN, Chairman. DAVID B. PITMAN, Secretary.
David M. Cosgrove.
Charles H. Paul.
Tristram Griffin. J. Arthur Pierce.
Oscar W. Walker.
Committee on Reception of the Dress. AARON C. DOWSE, Chairman. CHARLES T. HALL, Secretary.
Walter E. Adams. Arthur M. Cummings.
Frank A. Bayrd. Miss S. Isabelle Gray. .
Committee on Marking historic Spots.
JESSE CUDWORTH, Chairman. ALBERT F. SARGENT, Secretary.
Benjamin Faulkner. John A. Lindvall.
Abraham G. Hill. John W. Norton.
Seth C. Jones. Clarence A. Perkins.
Joseph C. Robinson.
Committee on Historic Loan Crhibition.
FRANK E. WOODWARD, Chairman. MRS. RICHARD W. SHEA, Secretary.
George T. Bailey. Miss Helen M. Hill.
Harry H. Barrett. Mrs. George S. Mansfield.
Mrs. Howard A. Carson.
Mrs. Ernest M. Newbegin.
Samuel G. Dexter.
Mrs. Thomas O. Nichols.
George H. Fall. Michael S. O'Donnell.
Mrs. Nathan French. Mrs. Daniel W. Ranlet.
George L. Gould. Mrs. Joseph S. Rich.
J. Tyler Shackford.
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HONORARY MEMBERS CHOSEN BY THE COMMITTEE.
From Malden. George D. B. Blanchard. John Langdon Sullivan.
From Eberett.
Dudley P. Bailey. Mrs. Elizabeth B. D. Whittemore.
Mrs. Mary O. Atwood. Reuben A. Rideout.
George F. Foster.
Miss Nellie E. Cannell.
From Melrose.
Elbridge H. Goss.
Miss Mary E. Upham.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. John Larrabee.
Levi S. Gould. Mrs. Harriett E. Page.
Committee on Police Regulations.
LYMAN H. RICHARDS, Chairman. CHARLES M. BRUCE, Secretary.
Patrick Cahill. Edward J. O'Connell.
Daniel J. Driscoll. J. Arthur Pierce.
Henry Gerke. Frederick J. Smith.
Ezra A. Stevens, Jr.
Bureau of Information.
WILLIAM D. SERRAT, Chairman.
GEORGE A. GARDNER, Secretary.
Waldo B. Bowker.
Jesse Cudworth.
Austin F. Crocker.
Walter M. Healey.
William N. Osgood.
Committee on Emergency.
CHARLES D. MCCARTHY, Chairman.
WILLIAM A. HASTINGS, Secretary.
Charles E. Bonning.
William D. Nutter.
Frank F. Clapp.
George A. Runnells.
Clarence P. Whitcomb.
Committee on Memorial Dolume. DELORAINE P. COREY, Chairman. ARTHUR M. CUMMINGS, Secretary.
Sylvester Baxter.
William B. de las Casas.
George E. Gay.
ELISHA W. COBB Concert and Ball WALTER S. CUSHING Stands and Tents
CHAIRMEN (1) COL. HARRY E. CONVERSE Chief Marshal AARON C. DOWSE Press
JESSE CUDWORTH Historic Spots HARRIE S. ABBOTT Sports
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RECEPTION COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
ELISHA S. CONVERSE, Chairman,
ROLAND W. TOPPAN, Vice- Chairman.
GEORGE A. GARDNER, Secretary.
Executive Committee. ROLAND W. TOPPAN, Chairman. HAROLD L. BOND, Secretary.
Mrs. Harvey L. Boutwell.
John W. Drake.
Charles M. Bruce.
Lynde Sullivan.
Mrs. Uriah B. Campbell. John J. Walsh.
Mrs. Henry Winn.
General Committee.
Ralph K. Abbott.
Peter Graffam.
Mrs. Albert Ammann.
George H. Graves.
William E. Barker.
Mrs. Matthew C. Grier.
Henry O. Barrett.
Arthur G. Griffin.
Frank J. Bartlett. William A. Hastings.
George H. Bates.
William D. Hawley.
James R. Boomer.
Mrs. Thomas W. Hough.
Edward S. Booth.
Mrs. William H. James.
James Breslin.
William O. Lovell.
William H. Burrows.
Charles R. Magee.
Mrs. Frank H. Carlisle.
Fred T. A. McLeod.
Mrs. Allan J. Chase.
Webster L. Melvin.
Edward J. Connell.
Mrs. Joshua H. Millett.
Mrs. Henry D. Corbett.
George A. Minott.
Deloraine P. Corey.
Mrs. C. Maria Nordstrom.
Mrs. Albert D. Crombie.
Mrs. Jabez P. Parker.
Mrs. Frank J. Perkins.
Herbert Damon.
Charles E. Ransom.
Mrs. Fred C. Davis.
Frederick A. Robinson.
Charles L. Dean.
Mrs. Willard E. Robinson.
Charles E. Dennett.
Mrs. Arthur L. Robinson.
Charles L. Eaton.
Godfrey Ryder.
Frederick W. Eaton. Mrs. Thomas A. Sawtell.
Mrs. Willard B. Ferguson. William Schofield.
Thomas J. Garrity.
Alvin L. Smith.
Warren F. Gould.
Louis D. Starbird.
Mrs. George L. Gould.
Mrs. Everett J. Stevens.
Frank F. Cutting.
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Odiorne Swain.
Edmund S. Wellington.
C. Morris Tredick.
Mrs. James H. Whitaker.
Mrs. Henry E. Turner.
Charles A. Whittemore.
Mrs. Eugene C. Upton.
William A. Wilde.
Edward M. Waite.
Charles H. Wise.
Howard P. Wise.
Celebration Committee from Melrose.
LEVI S. GOULD, Chairman.
Sidney H. Buttrick.
Elbridge H. Goss.
George R. Jones.
John Larrabee.
Charles H. Adams.
Stephen F. Keyes.
B. Marvin Fernald.
Willis C. Goss.
Celebration Committee from @berett.
CHARLES BRUCE, Chairman.
Charles Manser.
John J. Herne.
William J. Brickley.
Augustus S. Marshall.
Charles F. Washburn.
Eugene C. Ford.
Francis W. Dana, Jr.
John F. Homans.
Immediately upon the acceptance of the report and the passage of the order by the city council, the executive committee organized and began its preliminary work, holding its first meeting on the even- ing of August 10, 1898, and regular meetings on each Wednesday evening thereafter. Albert Ammann was elected clerk. On the even- ing of August 17, the chairmen of the sub-committees met with the executive committee for conference. The work which was to be done by the several committees, acting independently in their own departments but in harmony with all, was explained by the chairman and the necessary lines of concerted action were defined.
An appropriation of twenty-five hundred dollars from the treasury fund was made by the city council for immediate expenses, leaving the question of a final and adequate appropriation for consideration when the several committees could make their estimates with a clear understanding of what would be necessary.
Most of the remainder of the year passed in consideration of the work which was to be done, and in perfecting the carefully formed scheme of details, which was actively taken up when the city appro- priation was made in January. In the meantime the various organi- zations of the city, outside of the committees, were actively planning their parts in the coming celebration. The chairman of the executive
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committee, as president of the Board of Trade, addressed the follow- ing communication to his associates in November : -
MALDEN, November 30, 1898. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MALDEN BOARD OF TRADE.
Gentlemen : Active and earnest work, in preparation for the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Malden, is being prosecuted by the various sub-committees ; and I would suggest that the Board of Trade can render efficient aid by interesting all of the firnis and cor- porations engaged in business in Malden, and inducing them to take an active part in this celebration, - by participating in the parade; by assisting in the entertainment of guests ; by decorations ; by placing in their advertisements and upon their stationery notices of this important event ; and in various other ways assisting the executive committee.
ALFRED E. Cox, President.
In reply to this communication a committee was appointed, which rendered efficient service in interesting business men and the inhabi- tants of the several wards in the matter. The committee was com- posed of the following gentlemen : -
Ward 1. WILLARD E. ROBINSON. Ward 4. ASHER F. BLACK.
2. JOHN J. KELLEY.
5. WEBSTER L. MELVIN.
3. C. MORRIS TREDICK. 6. FRANK A. THOMPSON.
Ward 7. ORIN A. FALCONER.
By the end of the year, the committees had perfected their plans so far as to render their estimates of the expenditures on which the final appropriation should be based ; and upon the organization of the new city government, the executive committee asked the city council for fifteen thousand dollars in addition to the appropriation of 1898. Mayor Dean in his inaugural, January 2, said : -
" On May 22 and 23 next, our city is to celebrate the two hun- dred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Malden as a town. This event is of great importance, and fully merits the attention which it is receiving. The arrangements for this celebration are in competent hands, and we may safely count upon its reflecting credit upon our city and adding to its renown. Ample provisions should be made to meet the expense necessary to make the affair a success, and I recommend immediate action upon this matter."
On the evening of January 17, both branches of the city council acting in concurrence, the required appropriation was granted from the treasury fund ; and the celebration being placed upon a firm financial basis, the further work of preparation was actively pushed.
Communication was had with the mayor of Everett and the select- men of Melrose, inviting the participation of those municipalities as portions of the old town. The city government of Everett appointed
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a special committee of its members, but no further official part was taken in the celebration. Many of the inhabitants of Everett, how- ever, took an active part and rendered active and valuable service, while others joined in the parade of May 23. A town meeting in Melrose voted to cooperate with the Malden committee, and a com- mittee of nine was chosen to effect arrangements; and later, by authority of a special act passed by the legislature for that purpose, an appropriation of five hundred dollars was made to meet the ex- penses. An entire division represented Melrose on the day of the parade.
An early difficulty presented itself in the absence of any building in Malden of a capacity sufficient to meet the needs of the celebration. This difficulty was solved by the offer of the Hon. Elisha S. Converse of the use of the lot on Pleasant Street near Washington Street, on which a music hall is now being built, on which a temporary building, officially known as the Anniversary Building, was erected. This
building, of which the main structure was one hundred and six feet by one hundred and twenty feet, with a lean-to at the rear of twenty-two feet by one hundred and twenty feet, and a kitchen adjoining, ten feet by eighty feet, provided in the auditorium and galleries chair- room for over thirty-two hundred persons, while the stage, which was furnished with graduated seats for the uses of a chorus, gave room for nearly three hundred more. It was designed by Tristram Griffin, under whose supervision it was erected ; and the material and labor were furnished by the firm of Clark & Melanson, the senior member of which built the timber frame of the pavilion used at the celebration in 1849. The building was wired and lighted during the celebration by the Malden Electric Co., without expense to the city. Here were held all the indoor exercises of the celebration, closing with the ban- quet on the evening of May 23. It was allowed to remain a few days, and was used by the Salvation Army for meetings on the evenings of Sunday and Monday, May 28-29, when Commander Booth-Tucker was present. It was then removed by the contractors.
The committee on invitations sent out over one thousand engraved circular letters inviting " all sons and daughters of Malden, former residents, and those interested in its history " to be present on the days of the celebration. Over one hundred persons, prominent by their participation in public affairs and otherwise, were invited to become the special guests of the city.
EDWARD H. EVANS Transportation and Carriages CHARLES SCHUMAKER Salutes, etc.
CHAIRMEN (2) JOHN H. FARNHAM Invitations EUGENE NELSON Banquet
CHARLES D. MCCARTHY, M.D. Emergency LYMAN H. RICHARDS Police Regulations
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INVITED GUESTS
INVITED GUESTS.
ROGER WOLCOTT, Governor of Massachusetts. W. MURRAY CRANE, Lt .- Governor of Massachusetts.
THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF.
Samuel Dalton, A. G.
Robert A. Blood, S. G.
Francis H. Appleton, C. G.
James L. Carter, I. G.
Rockwood Hoar, J. A. G.
James T. Soutter, A. I. G.
Fred W. Wellington, A. I. G.
Richard D. Sears, A. A. G.
William C. Capelle, A. A. G.
James A. Frye, A. I. G.
Richard H. Morgan, A. I. G.
John D. Billings, A. D. C.
Gordon Dexter, A. I. G.
William D. Sohier, A. D. C.
Harry E. Converse, A. Q. G.
George R. Jewett, A. D. C.
Frank B. Stevens, A. D. C.
NATIONAL AND STATE OFFICERS.
John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy, Washington.
George F. Hoar, U. S. Senate.
Henry Cabot Lodge, U. S. Senate.
Ernest W. Roberts, U. S. House of Representatives.
William M. Olin, Secretary of State, Muss.
Edward P. Shaw, State Treasurer, Mass.
John W. Kimball, State Auditor, Mass.
Hosea M. Knowlton, Attorney-General, Mass.
George E. Smith, President Mass. Senate.
John L. Bates, Speaker Mass. House of Representatives.
MAYORS.
Edward A. Fitch,
Maldon, Co. Essex, England.
William J. Cronin,
Pawtucket, R. I.
Benjamin D. Webber,
Beverly, Mass.
Josiah Quincy,
Boston, 66
Emery M. Low, Brockton, 66
Edgar R. Champlin,
Cambridge, 66
Seth J. Littlefield,
Chelsea, 66
Dennis Murphy,
Chicopee, 66
Arthur W. Hatch, 2
Everett,
Roger Morgan, A. Q. G.
Edward B. Robins, A. A. G. J. Payson Bradley, A. A. G. Frank L. Locke, A. I. G.
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Amos W. Jackson,
Fall River,
Mass.
Samuel Anderson,
Fitchburg,
66
William W. French,
Gloucester,
John C. Chase,
Haverhill, 66
Arthur B. Chapin,
Holyoke, 66
James H. Eaton,
Lawrence,
Jeremiah Crowley,
Lowell,
William Shepherd,
Lynn,
Edward J. Plunkett,
Marlborough, 66
Lewis H. Lovering,
Medford,
66
Charles S. Ashley,
New Bedford,
66
Thomas Huse,
Newburyport,
66
Edward B. Wilson,
Newton,
66
H. Torrey Cady,
No. Adams,
66
John L. Mather,
Northampton,
William W. Whiting,
Pittsfield,
66
Harrison A. Keith,
Quincy,
James H. Turner,
Salem,
George O. Proctor,
Somerville,
Dwight O. Gilmore,
Springfield,
Nathaniel J. W. Fish,
Taunton, 66
Geo. L. Mayberry,
Waltham,
66
William F. Davis,
Woburn,
66
Rufus B. Dodge, Jr.,
Worcester,
66
CITY OFFICERS.
Charles Bruce, President Board of Aldermen, Everett.
Francis W. Dana, Jr., President Common Council, Everett. Fulton H. Parker, Chairman Board of Aldermen, Medford. William I. Parker, President Common Council, Medford.
SELECTMEN.
Sidney H. Buttrick,
Melrose,
Mass.
L. Frank Hinckley,
66
Jonathan C. Howes,
Charles J. Barton,
66
William A. Carrie,
Alfred S. Hall,
Revere,
66
B. Frank De Butts,
Michael Sullivan,
Joseph G. Stowers,
George M. Ingalls,
Walter S. Keene,
Stoneham,
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Sidney A. Hill,
Stoneham, Mass.
George H. Allen,
George W. Walker,
Malden, 1881.
John W. Allen,
66
John M. Devir,
66
John P. Holden,
Tristram Griffin,
66
CITIZENS OF MELROSE Who have been Selectmen of Malden.
OFFICERS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Levi S. Gould,
County Commissioner.
Samuel O. Upham,
Francis Bigelow, 66
Henry G. Cushing,
Sheriff.
Joseph O. Hayden,
Treasurer.
Theodore C. Hurd, Clerk of Courts.
Charles W. Eliot, President Harvard University. Rev. Elmer H. Capen, President Tufts College.
Charles Francis Adams, President Massachusetts Historical So.
Samuel A. Green, Librarian Massachusetts Historical So. Edward G. Porter, President New England Historic-Genealogical So. John Ward Dean, Librarian New England Historic- Genealogical So. Lucius Tuttle, President Boston und Maine Railroad. John H. Burdakin, Register of Deeds, Norfolk Co.
Col. J. McE. Hyde, U. S. A., Boston. Carroll D. Wright, Washington, D. C. Rev. William I. Haven, New York, N. Y. Rev. Edward Judson, D.D., New York, N. Y.
Rev. W. H. P. Faunce, D.D., New York, N. Y. Marvin Lincoln, Washington, D. C. Bernard R. Green, Washington, D. C. Rev. John Coleman Adams, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev. Daniel W. Faunce, D.D., Pawtucket, R. I. Howard M. Holden, Kansas City, Mo. Rev. Daniel P. Livermore, D.D., Melrose, Mass. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Melrose, Mass. George Emerson, Melrose, Mass. Alonzo H. Evans, Everett, Mass. Wilson Quint, Everett, Mass. Mrs. Charles Carleton Coffin, Boston, Mass. Elisha D. Eldridge, Lynn, Mass.
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Upon the reception committee devolved the duty of giving welcome and attendance to the guests of the city during the celebration. Sub- committees were appointed to perfect the details, which were carried out with complete success. Invited guests, who were designated by small bow-badges of white ribbon with blue knots, were met at the railroad stations and elsewhere by members of the committee and conveyed in carriages to the city hall, where they were received by the mayor. Here the headquarters of the committee were established, lunch was served, and carriages were in readiness to take guests to the various points of interest. Tickets were furnished for the several functions of the celebration ; and entertainment was provided for those who remained in the city over night.
A sub-committee was in session at the public library, where guests and visitors were requested to register. Suitable blanks were pro- vided for each person ; and the collection of autographs and personal information resulting is one of much present interest. These sheets, alphabetically arranged and elegantly bound in eight thick volumes, are now preserved in the public library, where they will remain as a permanent reminder of the celebration, ever increasing in historical value.
For the convenience of visitors and others, the bureau of informa- tion established stations at three central points : on Florence Street near the railroad station, on Ferry Street near the railroad station, and in Central Square. These stations were open from eight A. M. until nine P. M. on Monday and Tuesday. Tents were located as stations on Monday, during the continnance of the sports, at Ferry- way Green, Webster Park, Cradock Field, and at the reservoir in Fellsmere Park. All the stations were supplied with directories, programs, time-tables, lists of restaurants and boarding-houses, and other printed matter for imparting information to the public; and well-informed attendants were on duty, who gave general satisfaction by their painstaking and courtesy. While the games were in progress on Monday, the tents were open to the representatives of the Red Cross Corps, and valuable assistance was given in several cases of minor injuries. This committee says in its report : -
" It is an admitted fact that Malden cared for a greater number of people during its celebration than was ever gathered together in a suburban city in this vicinity. When it is considered that a large proportion were strangers, and that few if any complaints were heard, the committee feels justified in believing that its efforts were to a great extent successful, and added to the success of the celebration."
The duties of the committee on emergency were of much impor- tance, although no serious accident occurred. Invitations were ex- tended to about twenty resident physicians to act in conjunction with
NATHANIEL W. STARBIRD Children's Entertainments WILLIAM D. SERRAT Bureau of Information
CHAIRMEN (3)
FRANK E. WOODWARD Historic Loan Exhibition
ROLAND W. TOPPAN V. C. Reception Committee SAMUEL TILDEN Printing and Badges
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the committee, which were all cheerfully accepted. Members of this volunteer corps were assigned to various sections ; and during the entire celebration a constant vigilance was maintained by them throughout the city. During the field and water sports, there were seventeen accidents, and on the second day three more, which came under the care of this emergency corps. During the passage of the procession on Tuesday, a private observation-stand became over- crowded and collapsed, but no serious results ensued. The commit- tee says in its report : "We wish to express publicly our heartiest thanks and appreciation to those physicians who rendered such kind and efficient service during the celebration."
The admirable manner in which the city was policed during the celebration has been the subject of much praise. This department was in the hands of the mayor and the standing aldermanic police committee, to whom was added a sub-committee of the celebration committee on police regulations. The celebration practically began on Saturday, May 20, and for the first two days the police service was performed by the local force of twenty-nine regulars and ten specials, to which was added on the subsequent days a force of eighty-five men drawn from the neighboring cities and towns. The detective force was composed of Boston inspectors, men from the state force, and Pinkerton men. The extra force, not including the regular Malden police and Malden specials, was on duty day and night for the last two days, equal to an additional force of two hun- dred and twenty-four men. The immediate command was in Chief Samuel M. Emerton of the Malden force. The committee in its final report says : -
" Chief Emerton is deserving of much praise in the manner in which all details were carried out; and praise should also be accorded to each man of the regular. force, the specials, and all visit- ing police for the intelligent manner in dealing with the vast crowd which thronged our streets, and for the cheerful way in which they attended to all their duties."
The work of the mounted and unmounted police on the day of the procession was superb and elicited many remarks of praise. Military men who were present stated that in all their experience with proces- sions they had never seen policing equal it. The entire procession was kept clear of small-boy followings, the streets were free from teams and other obstructions, and Central Square, at the time of the review, was kept absolutely clear of sight-seers from curb to curb.
In view of the large crowds of people which were gathered here, estimated by conservative authorities as not less than one hundred and fifty thousand on the day of the parade, and by others made much larger, it speaks well for the general good order of the city that
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during the last two days but fifteen arrests were made. A number of supposed crooks were warned to leave the city and obeyed the warning. One case of entering and two of pocket-picking were reported to the police, the total value of the property so lost being less than one hundred dollars.
An important factor in the preparation and final success of the celebration was the work of the press committee, which, though officially known as a reception committee, extended its labors over a wide and fertile field. Realizing that the greatest possible publicity would inure to the benefit of the city and increase the effect of the celebration, it was determined to afford to the representatives of the press, both before and during the celebration, every facility for the performance of their difficult and highly important work ; and the com- mittee carefully shaped its course with that end in view. The energy of its chairman, Aaron C. Dowse, and his long experience in everything connected with the public press, seconded by its indefati- gable secretary, Charles T. Hall, and the hearty cooperation of its members, were productive of the best results both in the progress and conclusion of its work.
The representatives of the Boston papers were called together, and many valuable suggestions were made by the working-members of the press, which were subsequently acted upon. Later, the local and suburban newspaper men were convened and the plans of the committee were carefully outlined. An illustrated seven-column article, prepared by Arthur M. Cummings of the committee, was stereotyped and was used by about fifty representative papers of New England. Additional items were given out from time to time, and several of the Boston papers published profusely illustrated articles relating to Malden and its history.
Pending the celebration, everything that could be obtained in advance, as the oration, addresses, poem, order of parade, etc., was printed and sent in slips to the different papers, and was in type ready for prompt publication at the close of the several exercises, without the intervention of the reporters. The result was that these reports in a complete and reliable form were given a space much larger than would have been possible had each reporter been com- pelled, in the confusion and haste of affairs, to search out and obtain this matter for himself.
Headquarters were established at the Board of Trade rooms on Pleasant Street, where ample accommodations were provided for the visiting representatives of the press, both ladies and gentlemen. These rooms were open during the week preceding and during the celebration, members of the committee and attendants being present to render any assistance that might be desired. By the courtesy of
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