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SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL.
The publication of an article in the Somerville Journal, the city's leading paper, in the issue of November 24, 1890, at- tracted the attention of the late Miss Martha R. Hunt, a benevo- lent woman, to the need and advantages of a local hospital. She contributed the generous sum of $10,000, on condition that a like sum be raised. The Somerville Medical Society ap- pointed a committee to raise funds, and March 8, 1891, re- ported to Mayor Charles G. Pope that between $12,000 and $13,000 had been subscribed, and thus the gift of Miss Hunt was made available, A corporation was formed, and May 11,
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1891, a committee was appointed. October 22, 1891. the con- tract for the construction of the building was awarded. The building was practically completed February 12, 1893. Prior to this a gift of $5,000 was bequeathed to the hospital by the will of Rufus B. Stickney. The location is all that could be desired, situated as it is on Spring Hill, and surrounded by streets on three sides, the abrupt descent of the hill on the fourth side pre- cluding the possibility of obstruction by other buildings. There are ample grounds enough to permit of additional buildings as time demands. In accordance with the by-laws, the board of trustees consists of twenty-four members besides the presi- dent, vice-president, clerk, and treasurer, two members being selected from each ward by the corporation annually for a term of three years. The medical board consists of four physicians. two fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society and two members of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society. appointed for a term of two years. Every detail of work is of a high order, and the hospital ranks with any like institution in the state.
HOSPITAL LADIES' AID ASSOCIATION.
This association was formed May 18, 1892, and incorpo- rated in February of the following year. It was organized to put into operation systematic methods of securing necessary funds for carrying on the work of the hospital. It has con- tinuously fulfilled the purposes for which it was created in a manner to call for highest praise.
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
The Associated Charities of Somerville was formed De- cember 14, 1893, and was forced by the hard times of 1893. maintaining its existence of usefulness ever since. Its original objects, continuously and successfully worked out, are: "To secure the concurrent and harmonious action of the different charities in Somerville in order to raise the needy above the need of relief, prevent begging and imposition, and diminish pauperism; to encourage thrift, self-dependence, and industry through friendly intercourse, and to aid the poor to help them- selves ; to prevent children from growing up as paupers ; and to aid in the diffusion of knowledge on subjects connected with the relief of the poor." Its office is at 247 Pearl street.
SOMERVILLE SAMARITAN SOCIETY.
This society was organized November 13, 1871, for general ,
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charitable work. November 28, 1885, the society received a bequest from Mrs. George H. Crosby. Their expenditures for groceries, boots and shoes, wood and coal, rents, funeral ex- penses, clothing, etc., for the needy have amounted into the thousands of dollars.
WASHINGTON STREET DAY NURSERY.
The existence of this worthy institution was due to the de- sire of the Helen Hunt Circle of King's Daughters to protect children while their mothers are at work. Ladies interested organized in March, 1893, and the following June opened a home at 144 Washington street, with a matron, housekeeper, and five children. Recently the home has been closed, but the association has taken up work in the homes of children.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., was chartered August 16, 1870, and was mustered as a post October 20 of that year. The post was named to perpetuate the memory of one of the bravest and most popular men who ever led a company, a citizen of Somerville. From the ranks Mr. Kinsley received merited promotions until he became a captain. He served in many battles, and at almost the close of the war, on March 31, 1865, at Gravelly Run, Va., just prior to Lee's surrender, he fell, mortally wounded, and died the following day. The muster roll of the post during its organization contained the names of men prominent in business pursuits, high in the councils of city and state. The tenets of the order, Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty, are fully exemplified. Their teaching of loyalty to country and flag has promoted a healthy sentiment among the children who have attended our public schools during the post's existence. Its charitable work has extended beyond their own, and many worthy charities have received their generous gifts.
WOMEN'S CLUBS.
Somerville has the largest percentage of club women to the population of any city in the country. They are intelligent, progressive, wise, generous, home-loving, noble, and public- spirited.
HEPTOREAN CLUB is recognized the leader, because of the large number of prominent women connected with it. The club was organized November 23, 1894, and incorporated in January, 1895. It joined the General Federation of Women's Clubs the same year. It has a large membership of resident
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and non-resident women. Its philanthropic work consists of the maintenance of a free bed in the Somerville hospital, the support of two yearly scholarships for young women, besides contributions to other schools of interest to women. It meets the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, from October to April, in Unitarian hall, Highland avenue.
SOMERVILLE WOMAN'S CLUB came into existence as the Heptorean Club Auxiliary, and was organized May 6, 1901. In 1904 it became an independent body. It has done much charitable work. It furnished one of the dormitories in the Y. M. C. A. building, and has made donations to the Somerville Hospital, Day Nursery, Floating Hospital, etc.
DAUGHTERS OF MAINE CLUB is the oldest woman's club in the city, being organized in 1892 and incorporated in July, 1895. In December, 1895, it joined the State Federation, and in April, 1897, the General Federation. Only women born in Maine are eligible for membership. It makes liberal donations to all charitable causes.
FORTHIAN CLUB is the only one in the city having an age limit, and is composed of young women. It aids materially in all good work along charitable lines.
COENONIA CLUB is limited to fifty, and was organized Sep- tember 28, 1897. It is a social and literary club, meeting at homes of the members each month.
BROWNING CLUB is a literary and social organization. It was organized December 10, 1894, and has joined the Massa- chusetts Federation. Meetings are held at the homes of the members, and during each year several social affairs are held, to which they invite friends.
OLD POWDER HOUSE CLUB is composed of active business and professional women. Enrolled are the names of physicians, dentists, druggists, teachers, artists, journalists, designers, and about every other line of work done by educated. self-support- ing women. There is a limit to the membership, and there is a large waiting list. There is an associate membership list of women not in professional or business life. The club was organized in 1895.
VON BULOW CLUB is the outgrowth of mothers' meetings held in the Glines kindergarten. It was organized in 1900.
PROSPECT HILL CHAPTER, D. A. R., was organized March 14, 1898.
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ANNE ADAMS TUFTS CHAPTER, D. A. R., was organized March 10, 1897, approved by the national society January 6, 1898, and charter given February 17, 1899. Its philanthropic work is varied.
WILLARD C. KINSLEY RELIEF CORPS, No. 21, is one of the pioneer women's organizations of the city, and has performed splendid work in assisting the soldiers and the families of de- parted soldiers. It was organized May 17, 1878, and reorgan- ized in May, 1882, when it became a branch of the Massachu- setts department.
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. There are three unions of the W. C. T. U. in Somerville, and the tremen- dous no-license vote from year to year is due in a great measure to their energy and earnest efforts. The Somerville Union was organized in 1876; the West Somerville Union was organized in 1879; and the Winter Hill Union was organized in 188 ?.
Y. M. C. A. AUXILIARY is a body of efficient helpers to the Young Men's Christian Association, and was organized in De- cember, 1887. In April, 1893, they purchased the first building lot for the Y. M. C. A.
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE LEAGUE is for the advancement of the cause of women and to assist them in securing positions to which they are fitted. Its organization was the result of state legislation granting the right to women to vote for members of the school committee.
PATRIOTIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA has two thriving camps. Camp No. 1 meets the first Thursday afternoon and the third Saturday evening of each month in Flemming hall. Camp No. 3 meets the first Saturday and third Thursday of each month in Columbian hall.
MASONIC.
There are three Blue Lodges, a Royal Arch Chapter, a Council of Royal and Select Masters.
JOHN ABBOT LODGE was the first lodge of Free and Ac- cepted Masons in Somerville, and was opened under dispensa- tion October 23, 1857. The lodge received its charter and was formally constituted September 14, 1858. For two years they met in a small attic lodge room over Union hall, in a wooden building at the corner of Oak and Milk streets, now known as Beach street and Somerville avenue. Then for nine years they met on the second floor of the same building. March 18, 1869,
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they moved to Union Hall building in Union square, and Octo- ber 4, 1888, to the Stickney building in Gilman square. In re- cent years they have met in Endicott hall, Pearl street, corner of Marshall street, Winter Hill, the first Tuesday of each month.
SOLEY LODGE, instituted April 2, 1879, held its first meeting in Broadway hall, East Somerville. It was formally instituted April 9, 1880, in Franklin hall. Its present meeting place is the Masonic apartments, corner of Pearl and Marshall streets, on the third Monday of each month.
KING SOLOMON LODGE is one of the oldest lodges in the United States, and was for many years located in Charlestown, having moved to Somerville to accommodate its members. This lodge has many articles of antiquity, including silver jewels, the handiwork of Paul Revere, who belonged to the lodge. Meetings are held in the Masonic apartments the second Friday of each month except July and August.
SOMERVILLE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER held preliminary meet- ings in June and October, 1870, and opened December 27, 1870. The final constitution was under its charter October 10, 1871. Meetings are held Thursday evening of each month in Masonic apartments, Gilman square.
ORIENT COUNCIL OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS received its charter and was formally constituted January 16, 1890. Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at Masonic apartments, Gilman square.
HIGHLAND CHAPTER, No. 35, ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, is made up of Masons' wives, mothers, and sisters. It meets the first and third Friday evenings of each month at Newcomb hall, 84 Broadway.
ODD FELLOWS.
The fellows of the "three links" are numerous and pros- perous, as are, also, several lodges of the Daughters of Re- bekah, closely allied to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and like them founded on the immutable corner stone of Friendship, Love, and Truth.
OASIS LODGE, No. 146, was instituted September 17, 1868, in the Masonic apartments, Somerville avenue. In 1872 it re- moved to Odd Fellows hall, Union square, where it remained until the completion, in 1891, of its present home in the Stone building. Meetings are held every Thursday evening of each week.
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PAUL REVERE LODGE, No. 184, was instituted at Winter Hill on March 15, 1878, in what was at that time known as Brazillian hall, where it remained until 1885, when it went into Odd Fellows hall, 306 Broadway, Winter Hill, where it meets Tuesday evenings.
CALEB RAND LODGE, No. 197, was instituted in West Som- erville May 29, 1888. In the summer of 1892 the lodge room and paraphernalia were destroyed by fire, and the lodge ac- cepted the courteous offer of Oasis Lodge, and used their apartments until their present apartments, Fraternity hall, West Somerville, were fitted up. They meet every Tuesday evening.
SOMERVILLE ENCAMPMENT, No. 48, was instituted in Odd Fellows hall, Union square, April ?, 1843. It meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 50 Union square.
WINTER HILL ENCAMPMENT, No. 76, was instituted March 17, 1892. Meetings are held the first and second Thursdays of each month in Odd Fellows hall, Winter Hill.
ODD FELLOWS BUILDING ASSOCIATION, 306 Broadway, Winter Hill, was incorporated June 3, 1884, and its annual meeting is the second Wednesday in June.
THISTLE LODGE, No. 7,470, Manchester Unity, meets in Fraternity hall, 26 Union square, the first and third Fridays of each month.
OLD POWDER HOUSE LODGE, NO. 7,609, Manchester Unity, meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month in Unity hall, Studio building.
IVALOO LODGE, No. 7, D. of R., was organized January 28. 1870. This lodge has done much charitable work, one of its noted charities being the furnishing of a room in the Somer- ville Hospital. Meetings are held the second and fourth Fri- days of each month in Stone building, Union square.
ERMINIE LODGE, No. 76, D. of R., was instituted March 25, 1889. Among the many good works to their credit is a fur- nished room in the local hospital and at the Odd Fellows' Home at Worcester. Meetings are held the second and fourth Mondays in Odd Fellows hall, Winter Hill.
RAMONA LODGE, No. 93, D. of R., was instituted December 9, 1890, in Society hall, Clarendon block, West Somerville. The lodge has been active in local relief work and generous to
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the Odd Fellows' Home. Meetings are held the second and fourth Thursdays in Fraternity hall, Davis square.
SOMERVILLE FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
Was organized May 9, 1870, and incorporated March 11, 1890. It distributes relief to its members who may be injured going to, working at, or returning from a fire. In case of death it pays funeral expenses. Its resources are annual dues and income of entertainments. The annual meeting is ten days after the first Monday in January at Central fire station.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS.
There are three prosperous divisions of this order and a ladies' auxiliary division. DIVISION No. 6 was instituted in 1876, and meets the first Thursday of each month at Unity hall, 5 Bow street. DIVISION No. 7 meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in Independence hall, Gilman square. DIVISION No. 40 meets the first Sunday of each month in Inde- pendence hall, Gilman square. LADIES' AUXILIARY DIVISION, No. 11, meets the second and fourth Tuesdays in Independence hall.
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.
PROVIDENT LODGE, No. 122, meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in Unity hall, Davis square. SOMER- VILLE LODGE, No. 48, meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in Fraternity hall, Union square. TERMINAL LODGE, No. 108, meets the second and fourth Wednesdays at 81 Broadway. WINTER HILL LODGE, No. 118, meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in Odd Fellows hall.
B. OF L. F. E.
PAUL REVERE LODGE, No. 485, meets the first and third Sundays of each month at Newcomb hall, 84 Broadway. The Ladies' Society meets the second Sunday evening of each month and fourth Tuesday afternoon.
B. P. O. ELKS.
SOMERVILLE LODGE, No. 917, B. P. O. E., was instituted in 1904, and is one of the largest lodges of this present- day popular and noted Benevolent and Protective order in this state. It is known throughout the commonwealth as one of the best lodges of the order. Its membership includes the mayor, ex-mayors, state and city officials, and many men
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prominent in all activities of our city. Its influence for good is marked. Meetings are held the second and fourth Fridays of each month, except June, July, August, and September, at 306 Broadway.
FORESTERS OF AMERICA.
There are two courts of this influential order. COURT MAINE, No. 41, meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month in Independence hall, Union square. COURT PAUL RE- VERE, No. 171, meets the second and fourth Wednesdays at 311 Broadway.
SONS OF VETERANS.
MAJOR JOHN A. CUMMINGS CAMP, No. 3, is of great assist- ance to the G. A. R., and has a most active membership. They meet the second and fourth Friday evenings in G. A. R. hall, Highland avenue.
DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.
There are two societies of Daughters of Veterans, the MRS. GEORGE O. BRASTOW TENT, No. 12, which meets the first and third Fridays of each month in G. A. R. hall, and CORPORAL CLARENCE STEWART AUXILIARY, No. 19, which meets in Berke- ley hall the first and third Mondays of each month.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.
SARANAC TRIBE, No. 66, holds a pow-wow the first and third Wednesdays of each month in Odd Fellows hall, Winter Hill.
IRISH NATIONAL FORESTERS.
BROTHER SHEARE'S BRANCH, No. 380, meets the second Tuesday and fourth Sunday of each month in Society hall, Union square.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
This influential order has a council with a membership of about 1,000 men, and is the largest society in the city. They have purchased a large and commanding lot of land at the cor- ner of Highland avenue and Central street, upon which they will erect a magnificent and substantial building to be exclu- sively devoted to their comfort and convenience.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Is represented by WARREN LODGE, No. 189, which meets the first and third Thursdays of each month in Flemming hall, 245 Pearl street.
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KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR.
This society is represented by three lodges. EVENING STAR LODGE, No. 792, meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in McKinley hall, Union square. NEWTOWNE LODGE meets in Studio building the second and fourth Fridays of each month. SUNFLOWER LODGE meets the first and third Mondays of each month in Goodwin hall, Marshall street.
KNIGHTS OF MALTA.
This order has a large commandery and a building associa- tion. SIGNET COMMANDERY, No. 188, was instituted March 23, 1896, and has a membership including many prominent men. Meetings are held the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in Odd Fellows hall, Winter Hill. The KNIGHTS OF MALTA BUILDING ASSOCIATION has a directors' meeting the first Tuesday in September at Knights of Malta building.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
This noted order has three lodges in this city. ARCADIA LODGE, No. 113, was first instituted January 30, 1895. They meet in Fraternity hall, Davis square, the first and third Wednesdays of each month. FRANKLIN LODGE, No. 41, meets the first and third Fridays of each month at 45 Union square. WINTER HILL LODGE, No. 135, meets every Monday evening at 311 Broadway, Winter Hill. The PYTHIAN SISTERS meet the second and fourth Mondays of each month in Unity hall, Studio building. The Uniform Rank, JOHN W. WIGGIN COMPANY, NO. 35, meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 311 Broadway, Winter Hill.
LOYAL KNIGHTS AND LADIES.
COURT ORIENT, No. 2, meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in Goodwin hall, Marshall street.
LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION.
MOUNT HOREB LODGE, No. 19, meets the first and third Mondays of each month in Pythian hall, Union square.
MASSACHUSETTS CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS.
This order has a worthy representative in BENEDICT COURT, No. 39, which holds meetings the second and fourth Wednes- days of each month in Fraternity hall, Union square.
MILITARY.
COMPANY K and COMPANY M, EIGHTH REGIMENT, M. V. M.,
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the two local military companies, are state institutions and are housed in a fine armory on Highland avenue. Their member- ship is made up of Somerville young men, and the companies are a credit to our city. The armory was built and supported by the city until the policy of the state was changed, when the city was paid the cost of the armory, and it became the prop- erty of the state and its care and expense assumed by the Com. monwealth.
THE NEW ENGLAND ORDER OF PROTECTION
This body is represented by three lodges. BUNKER HILL LODGE, No. 374, meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in Newcomb hall. MIDDLESEX LODGE, No. 207, meets the second and fourth Wednesdays in Unity hall. WINTER HILL LODGE, No. 227, meets the first and third Friday evenings of each month in Odd Fellows hall.
SCOTTISH CLANS.
CLAN MACDOUGALL, No. 146, meets the first and third Wednesdays in McKinley hall.
UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS.
BUNKER HILL COUNCIL, No. 2, was instituted in 1870, and meets the first and third Thursdays of each month in Goodwin hall.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
There are four councils of this well-known order. SOMER- VILLE COUNCIL, No. 8, was instituted November 28, 1877, and meetings are held the first and third Thursdays of each month in Society hall, Union square. ELM COUNCIL, No. 36, was in- stituted December 5, 1877. It meets the first and third Thurs- days in Fraternity hall, Davis square. UNITY COUNCIL, No. 59, was instituted March 13, 1828. It meets the first and third Mondays in each month in Odd Fellows hall. EXCELSIOR COUN- CIL, No. 3, meets the first and third Wednesdays in each month in Newcomb hall.
NEST OF OWLS.
SOMERVILLE NEST OF OWLS is rapidly growing in numbers, importance, and influence. Many of our leading citizens are on the roll of membership. Meetings are held in Fraternity hall.
INDEPENDENT ODD LADIES.
There are five lodges of the United Order of Independent
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Odd Ladies. CONSTELLATION LODGE, No. 34, meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month in the Studio building. FIDELITY LODGE, No. 6, meets the first and third Thursdays of each month in Newcomb hall. FRIENDSHIP LODGE, No. 2, meets the first and third Tuesdays .of each month in Newcomb hall. LONGFELLOW LODGE, No. 41, meets the second and fourth Fridays at 84 Broadway. ONWARD LODGE, No. 17, meets the first and third Thursdays at 84 Broadway.
GOLDEN CROSS.
The United Order of the Golden Cross is represented by four commanderies. CRYSTAL WAVE COMMANDERY, No. 264. meets the first Thursday of each month at 117 Cross street. HARMONY COMMANDERY, No. 901, meets the second and fourth Fridays of each month in Goodwin hall, Marshall street. PUT- NAM COMMANDERY, No. 38, meets the second and fourth Mon- days of each month in Hill building. WINTER HILL COM- MANDERY, No. 395, meets the first and third Monday evenings of each month in Newcomb hall.
PILGRIM FATHERS.
The United Order of Pilgrim Fathers has four flourishing colonies. CLARENDON COLONY, No. 73, meets in Fraternity hall on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. DELFT HAVEN COLONY, No. 27, meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month in Fraternity hall. EMORY L. WHITE COLONY. No. 207, meets the second and fourth Thursdays at 311 Broad- way. WAVERLEY COLONY meets the first and third Saturdays of each month in Newcomb hall.
CENTRAL CLUB ASSOCIATION.
In December, 1886, several prominent and influential citi- zens, believing it desirable to have a club house in the city, signed articles of agreement for a corporation under the title of CENTRAL CLUB ASSOCIATES. The charter was secured the same month, the site, corner of Highland avenue and Central street, was selected, and the erection of a suitable club house was com- menced. The building was completed and formally opened Monday, October 19, 1887, and the occasion was a most bril- liant and social event. The membership increased until it in- cluded all the representative men of the city. Their club house
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was the first suburban club house built especially for club pur- poses in the neighborhood of Boston.
SONS OF MAINE CLUB.
A spirit of fellowship characterizes men born in the great state of Maine. Somerville has many residents natives of Maine, and those who were here in 1890 organized, that ac- quaintances could be increased, old times recalled, and the good name of their native state be honored. Its membership has greatly increased, and includes many of our prominent citizens. A meeting is held the third Wednesday of each month in Unitarian hall.
SOMERVILLE HOME FOR THE AGED.
On June 16, 1900, the Somerville Home for the Aged at 9 Grand View avenue opened its doors with simple dedicatory exercises conducted by several clergymen of the city. This home had its beginnings as the result of a sale held at the home of Mrs. George D. Haven on Washington street, the proceeds of which served as the nucleus of the fund.
At the opening of the home twelve years ago five inmates were admitted, and since then additions have been made to the home circle from time to time, there being always a long list of applicants awaiting entrance. Two years ago the trustees purchased the adjoining house and estate at 11 Grand View avenue.
The present matron is Miss Lillie Hubbard, who, after an absence of several years from the home, returned to the work a few years ago, she having been the matron at its opening ten years ago. She now has two assistants. A visit to this com- fortable home will always repay the visitor, for the inmates de- . light in receiving callers in their cheery rooms. After hard efforts to place the home on a financial basis, the trustees were greatly rejoiced recently to receive substantial bequests in the wills of the late David Cummings and the late Miss Martha R. Hunt, whose original gift of $5,000 at its founding was a great help.
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS.
CALL FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION meets the third Thursday of each month in the Hill building.
SOMERVILLE VETERAN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION meets the first Monday of each month at corner of Somerville avenue and Prospect street.
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FEDERATION OF MEN'S BIBLE CLASSES AND CHURCH CLUBS meets in the Y. M. C. A. building.
WINTER HILL BOAT CLUB meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 608 Mystic avenue.
FELLSWAY DRIVING CLUB meets every Wednesday at 2 Franklin street.
HOME FOR AGED POOR, instituted December 16, 1880, and located at 186 Highland avenue. This worthy institution is under the Little Sisters of the Poor, a branch of the great so- ciety of the same name founded in Europe. Aged people of both sexes, without respect to their religious opinions, find there a haven from life's storms.
MASTER HOUSE PAINTERS AND DECORATORS meet every Monday evening at 14 Broadway.
THE MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, Southern Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad, has its headquarters here.
NEW ENGLAND EDUCATION LEAGUE has headquarters at 40 Dover street. West Somerville.
NORFOLK ASSOCIATES meet every Sunday at 37 Union square.
NURSES' CLUB, 76 Willow avenue, meets first Saturday of - each month.
NURSES' ASSOCIATION meets the third Wednesday of each month in Y. M. C. A. building.
OLYMPIC CLUB, ? Franklin street, meets first and third Fridays of each month.
PROSPECT CLUB meets fourth Sunday of each month at 9 Shawmut street.
SOMERVILLE ASSOCIATES have headquarters at 19 Pearson road.
SOMERVILLE BAPTIST SOCIAL UNION, Frank A. Teele, presi- dent, Israel F. Pierce, secretary.
SOMERVILLE BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS meets last Monday of each month at 221 Highland avenue.
SOMERVILLE BOYS' CLUB was incorporated in 1906, and is all the name implies. Its headquarters are in the Prospect Hill schoolhouse. It does excellent work among the boys en- rolled.
SOMERVILLE CARPENTERS' UNION, No. 629, meets every Monday evening in the Studio building.
SOMERVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY meets in the old Tufts
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house, 78 Sycamore street, the second and fourth Tuesdays in February, April, October, and December.
SOMERVILLE PLAYGROUNDS ASSOCIATION meets in the Y. M. C. A. building.
SOMERVILLE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION meets the first Friday of each month in the Y. M. C. A. building.
SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION meets the second Wednesdays in February, April, October, and December.
OLD LANDMARKS.
Of much interest to our visitors are old landmarks. From most of our hills have disappeared all traces of the Revolu- tionary War. The city has erected memorial tablets as follows :-
On Abner Blaisdell's house, Somerville avenue: "Head- quarters of Brigadier-General Nathaniel Greene, in command 1 of the Rhode Island troops during siege of Boston, 1175-6."
On the Oliver Tufts house, Sycamore street: "Head- quarters of Major-General Charles Lee, commanding left wing of the American army during the siege of Boston, 1:25-6."
On the stonework of the battery, Central Hill park : "This battery was erected by the city in 1885, and is within the lines of the 'French Redoubt,' built by the Revolutionary army in 1275, as a part of the besieged line of Boston. The guns were donated by Congress, and were in service during the late Civil War."
On Prospect Hill: "On this hill the Union flag. with its thirteen stripes-the emblem of the Union Colonies-first bade defiance to an enemy January 1, 1776. Here was the citadel, the most formidable work in the American lines during the siege of Boston, June 17, 1775, to March 1, 1776."
On Elm street, corner of Willow avenue: "A sharp fight occurred here, between the Patriots and the British April 19, 1775. This marks British soldiers' graves."
On Washington street, corner of Dane street: "John Wool- rich, Indian trader, built near this place in 1630,-the first white settler on Somerville soil."
At junction of Broadway and Main street: "Paul Revere passed over this road in his midnight ride to Lexington and Concord April 18, 1775 .- Site of the 'Winter Hill fort,' a stronghold built by the American forces while besieging Boston, 1775-6."
On Washington street, opposite Rossmore street: "On this hillside James Miller, minuteman, aged sixty-five, was slain by the British April 19, 1775." "I am too old to run."
INDEX
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Ajax Electrical Manufacturing Company
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American Metal Polish Company .
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Bean, J. Arthur
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Board of Trade, Constitution, Officers, etc.
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Boulevard Automobile Company
106
Bryant, Charles F.
152
Burns, Hon. Charles A.
126
Cambridge Gas Light Company
75
Card, F. L.
109
Chandler, Hon. Leonard B.
137
Charlestown Gas Light Company
Churches
Citizenship, Our
123
Clark, Charles S .
154
Cliff, Zebedee E. .
134
Coffin, Edward
107
Conwell, Leon M.
135
Dearborn, Hiram N. .
109
Derby Desk Company
89
Dolleris, Neils A., & Son
111
Donovan, W. R.
98
Dresser, George H.
138
Durell, J. A. .
106
Dusseault, John H.
139 73
Edison Electric Company
154
Fitzgerald, Edwin P.
152
Flemming, W. F.
110
Folsom, Henry H.
131
Forg, Peter
100
Fresh Pond Ice Company
117
Frye, Daniel M.
136
Gardner, Gerald A
113
Giles, Joseph J. .
144
Glidden, Hon. Walter S.
128
Gordon, Arthur C.
103 7
Hall, A. D., & Son
103
Harper, James & Co.
114
Haskell, Albert L.
8 140
Hayes, Herbert E.
111
Hemingway, H. S.
102
Hicks, Edward F.
108 108
Hinckley Rendering Company
109
History of Somerville
21
Home for the Aged .
196
Industries
87
Jackson & Newton Company
116
Jones. William Preble
143
Kaan, Frank W. .
132
Kendall, Charles A.
148
Kiley, J. A. .
112
Larsen, William L.
101
Lee, Dr. Wesley T.
146
Libby, Maurice F.
114
Light, Power, and Heating
73
Lovejoy, George S.
133
Lovering, John S.
145
Luce, Hon. Robert
124
Maguire, John H.
102
Manufacturers
87
March, Walter T.
114
Martin, Alphonso
142
Miers, C. J., & Son
94
Mixer, J. Frank
130
Moulton, C. W. H., Co.
96
Municipal Organization
52
North Packing Company
90
Norton, George W.
98
Grimmons, Hon. Charles À
Hayden, Joseph O.
Hill-Michie Company
Educational Facilities
80 165
200
INDEX.
PAGE
O'Brion, Fulton
100
Old Landmarks
198
Pearson, Arthur G.
107
Post Office Department
81
Pride, Edwin L.
136
Proctor, Hon. George O.
138
Raymond, T. H. .
116
Rich, Sewall M.
150
Robertson Preserving Company
116
Roberts Manufacturing Company
Rochussen, Edward L.
Snow, Walter H. .
113
Societies, Clubs, Associations
176 to 198
Somerville as a City of Homes
118
Somerville Automobile Company
95
Somerville Coal Company
99
Somerville Hospital
180
Somerville Journal
97
Somerville National Bank
92
Somerville Trust Company
94
Story, O. L., Scenic Company
96
Teele, Frank A. .
147
Thompson, W. J., & Co.
112
Transportation Facilities
82
Walker, Arthur W.
102
Waterhouse, Clarence D.
147
Waugh, William L. .
153
Whitney, J. W. .
113
Williams, Clarence W.
146
Woodberry, William H.
151
Woods, G. H.
110
York, James M.
144
Youlden, Smith, & Hopkins
104 - 105
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Automobile Fire Truck
72
Bath House and Beach
17
Central Club House
195
Central Fire Station
70
Children's Home .
193
City Hall
53
City Hospital
193
Citizens for Whom Somerville Schools Were Named
155
Class in Dressmaking
161
Davis Square
39
Elevated Railroad Terminal Station
85
Flint Street Methodist Church
181
Forster School
33
Gilman Square
55
Highland Railroad Station
83
Home for the Aged
41
Machine Room, Industrial School
163
Masonic Apartments .
186
North Packing Company Plant
91
Old Powder House
4
Perkins Street Baptist Church
166
Police Station ·
69
Prospect Hill Tower
28
Public Library
58
School Buildings
156, 160, 164
Site of Governor Winthrop House
23
Soldiers' Monument
35
Soldiers' Monument, Central Park
37
Somerville National Bank
93
Somerville Parks
30
Tufts House
25
Union Square
20
Union Square Baptist Church
179
View Looking Down Broadway
64
West Somerville Baptist Church
171
West Somerville Branch Library
45
Where "Blessing of the Bay" Was Launched
22
Winter Hill Congregational Church .
168
Wood-Working Room, Industrial School
162
Y. M. C. A. Building .
177
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101
115
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