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There are some things looking toward a solution of the prob- lem which may be done without waiting for the state. I should like to repeat the statements in my report of last year in regard to sewing and sloyd. "To anyone who has seen class work in sewing no argument is necessary to prove its practical value and its great interest to the girls. I am in favor of introducing sew- ing as a part of regular school work in the upper Grammar Grades. A course of one hour a week for two or three years could be offered without great expense. If the girls furnished their own material, as is customary, the annual outlay need not exceed $200.
Some form of manual training for the boys is quite as necess- ary and should be provided. A room can be equipped with benches and all the tools necessary for accommodating a class of twenty for about $400. One such room might serve the whole town, for classes could go to it once a week from the several schools to take the lessons. If the lessons were offered to boys of as many as three grades, the annual expenses for an instructor would be about $600."
Last spring many of our teachers took special interest in making school gardens. At nearly every school building in
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
town something was attempted and much was accomplished. Vegetable and flower seeds were obtained from Washington, dressing was secured by purchase and by donation, and the work of preparing the ground, planting and caring for the gardens was done by the pupils. I am pleased to be placed on record in favor of every effort of this kind. The educational value of school gardens and home gardens is generally recognized. It would be well if every child as early as eight years of age had a home garden. Parents who are striving to train their children to become useful men and women must give attention to the problem of providing them with profitable employment when not in school. The home garden will help to solve the problem wisely and well.
Physical Education and Medical Inspection.
No argument is necessary to show that the first and most imperative need of education is the care and proper development of the body. Abounding health and a well-balanced nervous system is the very foundation of all education. If this is well laid it gives us hope that satisfactory results may be reached in the intellectual and moral phases of education.
One cannot begin too early to study the physical condition and needs of children, nor be too prompt to obtain necessary help and careful correction for every weakness and limitation of childhood. Without doubt many physical disasters of middle life might have been prevented had proper attention been received in childhood. The tendency has been for parents and teachers to treat with indifference the physical side of education, but recently the subject has received unusual attention. There is evidence that physicians, educators and law-makers as well as the more thoughtful parents are awakening to the real significance of the movement.
An act of the legislature of 1906 provides for the appoint- ment of school physicians in each city and town, and makes annual examinations of the school children by the teachers compulsory. The law serves an excellent purpose and its provisions have been very generally adopted. In Saugus no
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
provision has been made for paying a school physician and none has been appointed, but for two years the teachers have attended to the duties required by them by this law. Last year about 200 notices were sent to parents informing thein of defective eye- sight or hearing of their children. In some cases the parents took action by seeking professional aid and did all possible to remedy the defects, but in other cases no attention was paid to the notice. As nearly all notices sent referred to defects which could be cured or greatly helped, the importance of attending to the matter should be evident to every parent. This year 145 notices have been issued and it is hoped that in every instance the advice of a specialist will be obtained and followed.
Careful and continuous attention should be paid to the physi- cal needs of childhood. Healthy children are a valuable asset to any town or state. It is easier and more economical to give proper attention to the development of healthy bodies than to care for the diseased, deformed and insane of later years. Not all such cases are preventable, but many are when expert service begins in the earliest years. It is good policy for the town to employ a school physician and require of him careful examina- tion of every child of doubtful health at least once a year. In this way incipient disease is discovered early and properly treated. Weaknesses often unsuspected by parents are detected, and the necessary advice given. Teachers may learn from the school physician how to modify the usual schoolroom require- ments that every child may be treated according to its physical limitations. Both teachers and pupils need the advice which a competent school physician can give. Saugus should not be the last town in the state to make provision for his employment.
In this connection allow me to call your attention to the importance of having soap and clean towels systematically sup- plied to the several schools. In the interest of health and clean- liness it should be done. Children should never be allowed to take their seat unless face and hands are clean, and yet teachers are unable to insist upon this reasonable requirement when the buildings are not equipped with the necessary conveniences.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
The school books would wear longer and be much cleaner if this suggestion were adopted. Probably the gain made in this way would more than pay the soap, towel and laundry bill.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. STEVENS, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Summary of Sight and Hearing Tests.
Classification.
High
School.
Saugus
Centre.
Clifton-
dale.
East
Saugus.
Ungraded
Schools.
Total.
Number of pupils examined
135
370
590
205
91
1,39I
Number defective in right eye ..
20
55
92
31
18
216
Number defective in left eye ...
16
55
98
28
17
214
Number defective in both eyes . .
15
47
78
19
II
170
Number very defective in eyesight
9
II
20
8
7
55
Number wearing glasses.
16
16
29
9
3
73
Number defective in right ear.
12
13
II
8
3
47
Number defective in left ear
I2
15
8
3
49
Number defective in both ears ..
9
II
9
7
3
39
Number very defective in hearing
5
4
5
4
2
20
Number of parents notified
.
II
25
67
24
18
145
.
The following are not included in the figures given above :
I. Many children of grade one.
2. Pupils not in school in December.
3 . Eye tests of pupils wearing glasses.
Truant Officers' Report.
1
FOR THE YEAR 1907.
Mr. Joy.
Mr. Mansfield.
Total.
Number of cases investigated
52
85
I37
Number of cases of truancy .
8
23
31
Number absent for good cause
14
31
45
Number illegally absent
30
31
61
Number taken to court
7
2
9
Number sent to truant school.
I
O
I
Number parents summoned to court
O
2
2
Number taken from street to school
2
I
3
30
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
High School.
Saugus Center
Clifton- dale.
East Saugus
All Schools.
1898.
January. ..
86
274
417
163
939
September
98
256
420
197
1,024
1899.
January.
95
268
385
181
979
September
86
267
425
164
992
1900.
January ..
85
260
431
159
993
September
102
255
532
152
1,120
1901.
January. . .
98
261
510
146
1,089
September
I2I
273
502
157
1,130
1902.
January. .
II3
263
500
164
1,115
September
124
264
571
172
1,200
1903.
January ..
109
250
539
169
1,148
September
II2
276
624
185
1,277
1904
January.
99
273
622
180
1,250
September
108
298
610
198
1,300
1905.
January . . .
98
294
598
187
1,257
September
115
310
650
250
1,420
1906.
January .
IIO
315
629
239
1,374
September
I33
363
630
240
1,450
1907.
January. .
I34
356
604 620
254
1,440
September
142
370
294
1,522
ENROLMENT BY GRADE AND AGE, SEPTEMBER, 1907. -
AGE.
GRADES.
4
5
6
7
S
9
IO
II
12
13
14
15
16
17
IS or more.
I
4
131
90
II
2
3
241
2
·
2
73
83
3I
S
I
199
3
3
51
64
30
14
7
.
.
I
170
4
3
50
87
37
15
IO
I
·
203
5
167
6
2
47
40
48
19
7
I
164
7
II2
S
90
9
35
13
3
I
94
IO
·
·
.
I
58
Il
3
19
19
4
I
46
High School.
12
I
2
9
5
3
20
1
13
3
5
II
20
Totals
4
133
166
148
153
172
157
114
163
138
103
62
40
15
16
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
.
. .
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
31
1584
.
55
30
16
13
4
I
3
19
48
30
12
·
32
15
6
3
34
7
35
6
26
19
6
I
.
Totals.
I
.
6
12
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
ANNUAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADES.
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
Grades.
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
I
147
120
184
194
I59
2II
212
24I
2
II3
II7
I14
I37
158
140
157
199
3
118
II4
115
127
152
174
162
170
4
118
129
128
123
122
153
171
203
5
125
I2I
119
141
121
130
147
167
6
IO3
99
108
I20
140
I42
125
164
7
IOI
IO4
113
108
115
116
117
II2
8
70
92
93
103
93
107
109
90
9
68
58
75
77
88
87
92
94
L
IO
44
48
45
45
48
48
60
58
High School
II
34
37
34
23
27
38
35
46
I2
18
28
31
24
19
17
32
20
13
5
IO
17
20
16
II
IO
20
Ungraded
75
93
84
79
93
100
99
-
Totals
1139
1170
1260
1321
1351
1474
1528
1584
-
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Annual Statistics for Twenty Years.
Year
Total Enrollment
Average Whole Number
Average Attendance
Per cent. of Attendance
1888
620
512
463
90
1889.
767
554
492
90
1890
856
584
536
92
I891
758
637
565
88
1892
872
677
608
89
1863
908
708
629
89
1894 .
903
705
644
91.3
1895
960
743
681
92
1896
1,037
811
747
92
1897
1,196
913
850
93
1898
1,284
972
897
92.2
1899
1,207
1,004
924
92
1900
1,123
994
910
91.5
1901
1,247
1,099
1,016
92.4
1902
1,224
1,127
1,030
91.3
1903
1,330
1,170
1,044
89.2
1904 .
1,339
1,235
1,112
90
1905
1,495
1,294
1,173
90
1906
1,568
1,367
1,265
92.6
1907
1,659
1,433
1,310
91.4
1
3
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Teachers and Schools-
Ward
Grade
Teachers
Year of Elec- tion
Present Salary
High School.
Leland A. Ross, Principal
. .
1902
$1,600
Helen L. Bacheller
1895
800
x, xiii .
..
Edith M. Ellsbree
1905
600
Rebecca Moore.
1904
600
Myrtie E. Nute.
1904
600
ix,
Clara B. Holden.
1906
550
I
North Saugus
Mixed
Florence M. Little
1907
450
Roby School
Edith R. Day
1907
450
viii_
Ethel W. Coker, Principal.
1903
650
vii
Mary W. Hall.
1907
450
vi
Sarah A. Biffin
1904
500
v .
Lena Schenk
1907
450
iv
Lilla G. Parker.
1898
500
iii
G. A. Walton
1873
500
ii.
Florence L. Black
1905
500
i.
M. L. Walton.
1881
500
3
Cliftondale
Felton School
ix
Mabel E. Bemis, Principal ....
1905
650
2
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
35
Teachers and Schools-Continued.
Ward
Grade
Teachers
Year of Elec- tion
Present Salary
3
viii
Mabel E. Nowell.
1900
$500
vi, vii
Edith A. Chellis
1906
500
iv, v
Grace P. Bartlett
1898
500
ii, iii
Fannie M. Allen
1907
4.50
i
Nellie M. Peabody.
1907
450
Lincoln Avenue
vi, vii.
Gertrude Lowe
1903
500
iv, v
Ida B. Macdonald
1907
450
ii, iii.
Florence M. Brooks
..
1907
450
Brick School
vi, vii
Maria E. Smith, Principal ....
1892
550
iv, v
Annie E. Rhodes
1905
500
ii, iii
Edith K. Moore
1903
500
i
Clara Trowbridge
1892
500
Essex Street
iii, iv
Irene F. Thompson
1906
500
i, ii
Laura F. Armitage, Principal
IS85
525
1
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Teachers and Schools-Continued.
Ward
Grade
Teachers
Year of Elec- tion
Present Salary
4
East Saugus
vi, vii.
Elizabeth W. Crowell, Prin ...
1903
$550
iv, v.
Edna C. Purvis
1907
500
ii, iii
Marah Stebbins
1907
450
i ..
Lucy A. Walsh
1904
500
New School
vii, viii.
Mabel A. Bacon, Principal .
1906
55
v, vi.
Emily McFadden
1907
450
iii, iv
Ella F. Robinson.
1901
500
i, ii
Gertrude R. Sherman
1907
500
Lynnhurst
Mixed
M. Ellinor Forsyth
1905
500
5
Oaklandvale
Mixed
Effie E. Campbell
1907
425
Music
Helen M. Page.
1895
400
Drawing
C. Edward Newell
1903
450
Tabular Statement for the Year Ending June 30, 1907.
TEACHERS.
Enrollment.
Boys.
Girls.
Less than 5.
Over 15.
Between 7
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Dismissals.
Visitors.
Leland A. Ross .
141
50
91
0
108
4
130.
120.6
92.5
280
380
124
Clara B. Holden.
50
25
25
0
9
27
47.4
45.2
95.2
32
93
24
Ethel W. Coker
41
16
25
0
6
35
35.4
31.6
92.1
22
12
47
Edith M. Clark
39
23
16
0
0
35
30.2
27.8
92.
49
31
30
Sarah A. Biffin
40
20
20
0
1
38
35.6
33.5
94.5
22
11
35
Eva May Brewer
45
18
27
0
0
38
39.5
37.1
93.
12
9
87
Lilla G. Parker .
51
31
20
0
0
50
43.2
40.8
93.
43
14
55
Georgiana Walton
47
26
21
0
0
46
40.5
37.6
92.6
44
4
12
Florence L. Black
50
27
23
0
0
24
44.5
41.
92.2
38
4
72.
M. L. Walton
47
24
23
0
0
5
41.9
38.
93.
79
5
72
Mabel E. Bemis
44
17
27
0
18
14
39.2
36.8
93.8
43
31
145
Mabel E. Nowell
57
24
33
0
1
45
53.5
48.7
91.
49
30
100
Edith A. Chellis.
41
28
13
0
1
37
32.2
28.1
87.1
65
23
87
Grace P. Bartlett
50
30
20
0
0
50
44.4
41.4
93.3
54
11
114
Elizabeth B. Sawyer
47
21
26
0
0
33
43.1
40.3
93.5
56
8
114
Elizabeth P. Lefavour
50
31
19
0
0
5
44.
39.
90.
51
10
100
M. E. Smith. .
52
36
16
0
1
47
46.8
40.8
87.
66
22
57
Annie E. Rhodes
58
27
31
0
0
57
47.7
41.9
88.
57
29
65
Edith K. Moore
53
22
31
0
0
38
44.4
40.3
90.
53
8
67
Clara Trowbridge
38
17
21
3
0
4
29.6
26.6
90.
42
2
123
Gertrude Lowe .
36
14
22
0
0
32
32.6
30.4
93.1
22
29
44
Grace M. Stone .
45
22
23
0
0
38
35.9
33.7
93.8
42
15
50
Lucy M. Hayes .
31
16
15
0
0
28
26.8
24.1
89.
57
16
54
Irene F. Thompson
51
26
25
0
0
51
44.6
40.7
91.1
51
19
104
Laura F. Armitage
43
20
23
0
0
9
40.5
35.3
87.6
69
5
119
Mabel A. Bacon.
30
14
16
0
3
24
26.
24.
92.
106
101
59
Elizabeth W. Crowell
55
25
30
0
1
48
45.3
41.8
92.1
47
65
45
Ina E. Hildreth .
52
23
29
0
0
52
44.7
40.9
91 4
76
37
63
Lucy A. Walsh .
80
29
31
1
0
28
48.5
42.5
88.2
160
22
88
Ella F. Robinson
19
28
21
0
0
49
43.5
38.7
88.3
360
15
9
Lucille C. Morse.
51
30
21
0
0
23
39.7
36.6
91.
326
12
33
M. Ellinor Forsyth
35
12
23
1
0
28
25.1
23.2
92.5
127
47
35
Maude L. Plummer
62
28
34
0
4
45
47.9
44.
91.7
245
37
91
Effie E. Campbell .
18
14
4
0
0
17
18.4
17.
92.2
13
8
44
.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
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Membership.
SUMMARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1907.
Whole number enrolled in all schools
1,659
Number of boys
794
Number of girls
865
Number under five (5)
5
Number over fifteen (15)
153
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14) 1, 104
Average membership
1,433
Average attendance
.
.
1,310
Per cent. of attendance
.
91.4
Number of teachers employed, including specials (2),
41
Increase during the year ·
.
I
Number of teachers withdrawn for the year 1907 .
I2
Number of new teachers for the year 1907 13 .
Number of different schools
34
Increase during the year .
.
3
Number of tardinesses
2,804
Number of dismissals 1,168
Number of visits, not including those of Committee and Superintendent
2,368
FOR THE FALL TERM, 1907.
Average membership 1,5II
Average attendance
1,415
Per cent. of attendance
93.6
Number of teachers, including specials (2). 43
Number who have attended Normal School
27
Number who have graduated from Normal School 24
Number of children in Town, September, 1907, from
5 to 15 years of age 1,393
Number of boys
·
692
Number of girls . ·
701
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14) 987
.
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Graduating Exercises OF THE Class of '07 Saugus High School Tuesday, June 25, 1907.
PROGRAM.
MUSIC (a) March - " The Free Lance "
(6) Overture - " The Silver Bell"
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
PRAYER
REV. DONALD H. GERRISH
MUSIC - " Gloria " - Mozart's "Twelfth Mass" CHORUS
ESSAY - " An Ideal Hero"
*ROY AUGUSTUS HATCH (Second Honor)
ESSAY -" The Banishment of the Acadians" INEZ VICTORIA NOWELL
MUSIC - Piano Solo Selected EDNA MARGUERITE SUTHERST
CLASS ORATION - "Out of Darkness, Light" · *WALTER ROBBINS (Second Honor)
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GRADUATING EXERCISES.
ESSAY - " The New San Francisco" . .
CLARA MYRTLE FREEMAN
MUSIC -" Good Night, Good Night, Beloved ". Pinsuti CHORUS
ESSAY - " The Saugus Public Library " .
MARY CATHERINE TOBEY
CLASS HISTORY . .
RENA MERCHANT CHAMBERLAIN
MUSIC
Selected HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
CLASS PROPHECY
ALICE ADELIA HATCH
ESSAY - " The Nation and the School " . BERTRAM DYER HULEN (First Honor)
MUSIC - "Soldier's Chorus " .
CHORUS
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT . .
JAMES WATSON WATERS
ACCEPTANCE FOR THE SCHOOL .
BERTHA BARRAR, '08
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
SINGING OF CLASS ODE.
*Tied for second honor.
Graduates.
Classical Course.
Rena Merchant Chamberlain, Alice Adelia Hatch,
Beulah Rose Fuller, Roy Augustus Hatch, Walter Robbins. Four Years English.
Bertram Dyer Hulen, James Watson Waters,
Marguerite Noble Knight, Harry Franklin Wentworth. 4
Three Years English.
John Thomas Brady,
Clara Myrtle Freeman,
Ernest Maxwell Hatch,
Edward Albert Kinley,
Bessie Cecelia Mccullough, Inez Victoria Nowell,
Ethel Mae Sewell, Edna Marguerite Sutherst,
Mary Catherine Tobey.
Associate Members. Three Years Certificate. Howard Ellsworth Chapman, Carleton Bourne Gammons, Minnie Conolly,
Gideon Matthew Libby, Charles Edward Parker.
ANNUAL PUBLIC RECITAL BY THE PUPILS OF THE Saugus High School TOWN HALL SAUGUS
Thursday Evening, June 27, 1907
PROGRAM.
MUSIC March
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
I Her Test Anon LUELLA EDMANDS.
2 The New South Grady
C. F. NELSON PRATT.
3 Their Innocent Diversions . Jean Webster
RUTH A. HATCH.
4 Christmas Greens
Anon IDA BLOSSOMS.
5 The New Church Carpet
Hall
BERTHA BARRAR.
MUSIC
(Selected)
DOUBLE QUARTET
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ANNUAL PUBLIC RECITAL.
6
Mollie's Quest
Doty
RUTH EDMANDS.
7 Hulda's Prophecies Wiggin
ALICE SURRIDGE.
8 The Two Dan Ransomes . Hill
LAURA WALKER.
9 Captain January Richards
*MADALENE PAIGE.
IO The Man Without a County . Hale
WALTER ROBBINS
MUSIC The Dreamers
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
*Excused on account of illness.
List of Pictures and Casts
IN THE
Public Schools, their Value and How Obtained.
High School. Value $160.
NAME.
HOW OBTAINED.
Bas Relief, Aurora
Class gift 1903
Bas Relief, Triumph of Alexander
"' 1904
Statute of Minerva
1905
Bust of Longfellow
66 1906
Bust of Lincoln
66 1907
Chariot Race, Wagner
Art Exhibit
Choosing of Caskets, Barth
A Reading from Homer, Alma-Tadema
66 66
Joan of Arc, Bestien-Lepage
66
End of Day, Adan .
Avenue of Trees, Hobbema
Windmill, Ruysdael
Grade IX, Class gift, 1907.
Felton School. Value, $135.
NAME. HOW OBTAINED.
Sistine Madonna, Raphael
. Selling soap.
Head of Christ, Hoffman .
. Selling rubbers.
In one frame
. Subscription.
Signing Declaration of Independence .
Washington
Lincoln
Aurora, Gido Reni .
. Entertainment.
Statue of David, Mercié
Michael Angelo in Youth
. Class gift, 1906. . Class gift, 1907.
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Bas Relief, Paul Revere
Sir Galahad, Watts .
The Mill, Ruysdael .
George Washington, Copley
The Roman Forum .
. Candy sale.
. Candy sale. . Candy sale. . Candy sale.
. Subscription.
Temperance Society, Herring
. Subscription.
. Subscription.
. Gift.
George Washington, Copley
Thoroughbreds, Hardy
. Gift.
. Sale of old rubbers.
. Sale of old rubbers.
Roby School. Value $75.00.
NAME.
Castle of St. Angelo .
Sir Galahad, Watts .
Christ and the Doctors, Hoffman
. Subscription.
The Angelus, Millé .
. Candy sale.
The Gleaners, Millé .
Modern Madonna
. Candy sale. . Candy sale. . Art exhibit.
Spirit of '76, Willard
66
Pilgrim Exiles, Boughton .
66 .
Pilgrims Going to Church, Boughton
.
Arrival of the Shepherds, Lerolle 66
The Train, Birney
66
Hiawatha, Norris
Three Friends, Gardner
.
East Saugus. Value $37.
NAME. Sir Galahad, Watts .
HOW OBTAINED.
. Subscription . G. A. R. gift
Mount Vernon
Della Robbia Frieze, "Harvesters"
. Entertainment.
. Subscription. . Entertainment. . Gift.
Black and White Beauties, Le Roy Departure of the Mayflower, Bayes Sir Galahad, Watts .
Stag at Bay, Landseer
Sistine Madonna, Raphael
Watering Trough, Dagnan-Bouveret
. Gift.
The Angel Singing Cherubs
.
HOW OBTAINED.
. Candy sale. . Subscription.
Bugler, Hunt
66 66
. Subscription
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LIST OF PICTURES AND CASTS.
Essex Street. Value $10.
Sir Galahad, Watts
. Subscription
On the Farm
. Selling coupons
George Washington, Stewart . Subscription
Thoroughbred . Subscription
The Temperance Society
· Gift
Old Lincoln Avenue. Value $3.
A Stern Chase
·
. Subscription
North Saugus. Value $II.
Pharaoh's Horses
. Entertainment
Bodenhausen's Madonna
.
. Entertainment.
Oaklandvale. Value $3.
By the Riverside, Leroth .
.
.
. Subscription.
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