City of Lynn, Massachusetts semi-centennial of incorporation. Events and exercises of the 50th anniversary celebration held May 13th, 14th and 15th, 1900
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Dedication .......... iii
Preface
Editor's Preface
Introductory
Origin of Celebration Movement, xiii ; Recommendation in Mayor's Address, xiv; Referred to Joint Special Committee, xiv ; Committee Appointed, xv ; Appropriation Order, xv.
The Preparations ........
Formation of Plan, i; Co-operation of Citizens, 3 ; Finance Committee Appointed, 5; Appeal for Contributions, 5; Collection Committees Appointed, 7; Public Subscription List, 9.
Appointments and Invitations. — Sub-Committees of City Committee and Chief Marshal Appointed, 17; Orator, Poet and Odist
Selected, 18; Survivors of 1850 Government Invited, iS; President of the United States (Mayor's Letter to), 19; Distinguished Persons Invited, 19; Letter to Mayor of King's Lynn, England, 20.
The Schools and Churches. — Co-operation of School Committee and Parochial School Authorities, 21; School Exercises, Observation Stands and Entertainments, 21-22; Mayor's Communication to Pastors, 22; Responses, with Invitations to City Government to Attend Services, 23.
The Procession and Other Features. — Chief Marshal's Invi-
tation to Organizations, etc., 24; Division Marshals Appointed,
25; Battery C and Second Corps Cadets Invited, 25;
Decoration of Buildings, 26;
City Hall Decoration, 27;
Athletic Sports Arranged, 27;
Fireworks, 28;
Hospitable Preparations, 28:
Official Badge Designed, 29;
Souvenir Programme Published, 29;
Completed General Programme of Celebration, 30.
Quotation from Sermon. Rev. Tillman B. Johnson . 3
The First Day .........
Church Services of Sunday, May 13. — City Government at
St. Stephen's, 33; First Universalist Church, Abstract of Sermon
by Rev. Dr. James M. Pullman, 34; Church of the Incarnation,
Abstract of Sermon by Rev. Albion H. Ross, 35; St. Joseph's
Roman Catholic Church, Notes on Sermon by Rev. Patrick Colman, 35; Highland Methodist Episcopal Church, Abstract of Sermon by Rev. Joseph Jackson, 36; High Street Free Baptist Church, Note on Sermon by Rev. Abbott P. Davis, 37; Essex Street Baptist Church, Abstract of Sermon by Rev. Frank M. Holt, 37; St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Notes on
Address by Rev. Jean B. Parent and Sermon by Rev. Father Holland, 38; South Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Abstract of Sermon by Rev. Charles W. Blackett, 38; Chestnut Street Congregational Church, Abstract of Sermon by Rev. George W. Osgood, 39; First Congregational Church, Note on Sermon by Rev. William C. Merrill, 39; Scandinavian Evangelical Church,
Notes on Morning and Evening Services, 39; First Baptist Church, Union Service, Abstract of Address by Rev. Tillman B. Johnson, 39; People's Church, Note on Sermon by Rev. A. A. Williams, 41 ; Maple Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Note on Sermon by Rev. Edward E. Small, 41 ; Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church, Note on Sermon by Rev. M. E. Wright, 41 ; First Methodist Church, Services for the Grand Army of the Republic, 41 ; First Presbyterian Church, Services for Odd Fellows'
Encampment, 42 ; Central Congregational Church, Young Men's
Christian Association Address, 42 ; Church of the Sacred Heart,
Notes on Sermon by Rev. Denis F. Sullivan, 42.
Anniversary Sermons. — Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, 43; Rev.
Arthur J. Teeling, 53; Rev. Arthur J. Covell, 58; Rev. Samuel
B. Stewart, 67; Rev. Dr. Edward T. Curnick, 69; Rev. Clayton
S. Cooper, 74; Rev. Neil Andrews, Jr., 78; Rev. A. N. Foster,
82 ; Rev. William Full, 83. Quotation from Poem. David N. Johnson ... 88
The Second Day ........ 89
I. Exercises in the Schools, Etc. .... 89
Salutes and Band Concerts, 89; Exercises in the Schools, 91 ; High
Schools, 92; Grammar Schools, 93; Primary Schools, First Dis-
trict, 100; Second District, loi ; Third District, 102; Fourth Dis-
trict, 103 ; Parochial Primary Schools, 104.
Addresses in the Schools. — Hon. Asa T. Newhall, 105; Hon.
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, 113; Howard Mudge Newhall, 126.
Literary Selections. — The Last of the Saugus Tribe, Alonzo
Levjis, 132; Tne Bells of Lynn, Henry W. Lotigfelloiv, 134;
Anthem, Alonzo Leivis, 134; Hannah at the Window Binding
Shoes, Lucy Larcom, 135.
Afternoon Events. — Children's Entertainments, 137; Athletic
Sports, Young Men's Christian Associations, 139; High Schools,
140; Grammar Schoolboys, 141.
II. Exercises in Lynn Theatre ..... 145
Invocation, Rev. Samuel B. Stewart, 146; Chorus, 'Native Land,
United Land," 147; Address of Welcome, Hon. William
Shepherd, 148; Anniversary Poem, Mabel Ward, 155; Chorus,
"O Land Beloved," 160; Oration, Benjamin Newhall Johnson,
i6i ; Chorus, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," 197; Anni-
versary Ode, Isabelle Dorothea O'Brien, 198.
High Rock Bonfire, 199.
Quotation from Oration. Cyi'us Mason Tracy , . 300
The Third Day ......... 201
Excessive Heat, 201; Battery C Fires Salute, 202; Governor Ar-
rives, 203 ; Formation of Procession, 203 ; Scenes in City Hall
Square, 204 ; Duties of Police, 204.
Chief Marshal's General Orders, 205.
On the March, 215.
(Detailed Movement of the Procession, Notes on Decorations and
Observation Stands, and the Review of the Column.)
Roster of the Procession. — Chief Marshal and Staff, 221 ; First
Division, 222 ; Second Division, 230 ; Third Division, 240 ; Fourth
Division, 251.
Hospitality, 259.
Evening. — Salute and Thunder-shower, 261; Reception in City
Hall, 261 ; Greeting from Maynard, 262.
Fireworks (Postponed to May 23) ..... 263
Editorial Expressions
Poem.
George Brickett
City Government of 1900
Revised City Charter
Financial Statement
Index . . . . .
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Portraits. —
Hon. Georsre Hood, First Mayor of Lynn
Fronticepiece
Hon. William Shepherd, Mayor of Lynn, 1899-1900
Members of Celebration Committee, including City Messenger and Clerk ............ xii
Mayors of Lynn from 1850 to 1861 . . . . . . .48
Mayors of Lynn from 1S62 to 18S4 ....... 64
Mayors of Lynn from 1885 to 1898 ... ... 80
Surviving Officials of First City Government . . . . .112
Governor Winthrop Murray Crane . . . . . . .128
Miss Mabel Ward, Poet |
Miss Isabelle Dorothea O'Brien, OdistJ •••••• t5
Benjamin Newhall Johnson, Orator ....... 161
General Charles C. Fry, Chief Marshal of Procession . . . 201
Captain George C. Houghton, Marshal First Division of Procession, 222
Henry W. Eastham, Marshal Second Division of Procession . 230
Captain Edward H. Smith, Marshal Third Division of Procession . 240
J. Clarence Wilson, Marshal Fourth Division of Procession . . 251
Fac Similes. —
Letter and Autograph of President William McKinley ... 18
Letter, Autograph and Seal of Letter from Major of King's Lynn, England 20
Official Celebration Badge ......... 29
Admission Ticket to the Theatre Exercises 14
Decorations. —
City Hall by Day and by Night xvi
Oxford Clubhouse 28
School Exercises. —
Ingalls School .
Salute. —
Battery C at Oceanside
Procession. —
Governor and Mayor in Carriage — General Lander Post, G. A. R.,
Stand in Market Square — Company D, 8th Regiment, M. V. M.
Right and Left of Grand Army Veterans — Float of Poquanum
Tribe, "The Sale of Nahant" — Float of St. Mary's Parochial
School ............
Tracy School Coach — The Red Men 232
Float of the Shepard School ........ 241
Master King's Schoolboys ......... 246
Displays in the Trades Division ........ 256
Reviewing Stand in City Hall Square — Children's Stand, Johnson
Street 258
Sketches and Designs from Souvenir Programme. —
Oldtime carriage of shoes to market ....... iv
Old Lyceum Hall .......... xvi
City Hall. Drawn by Miss Abbie J. Barry 32
Cover Design. Drawn by Charles A. Lawrence .... 87
High Schoolhouse. Drawn by Miss Kate R. Moulton ... 88
Sketch — Early Settlers. Drawn by Charles A. Dawrence . . 132
Sketch — Oldtime Shoe Shop and Implements. Drawn by Charles
A. Lawrence ........... 136
Titlepage. Designed by Fred B. Valpey . . . . . .143
Sketch — Modern Shoe Manufacturing. Draivn by Charles A. Law-
rence ............ 154
Sketch — Woods and Shore. Drazvn by Miss Abbie J. Barry . 155
Companion Sketch to Above ........ 159
Sketch — Old Townhouse and Antiquities. Drawn by Charles A.
Lawrence ............ 196
Public Library. Drawn by Miss Kate /?. Moulton .... 200
Sketches — Electrical Industry. Drawn by \V. L. Ramsdell . 267, 270
Mayor WILLIAM SHEPHERD
CHAIRMAN CELEBRATION COMMITTEE.
Gen. CHAS. C. FRY, ALDERMAN.
Capt. GEORGE C. HOUGHTON ALDERMAN.
HENRY W. EASTHAM PRESIDENT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
CELEBRATION COMMITTEE.
C. NEAL BARNEY COUNCILMAN.
EUGENE MARLOR COUNCILMAN.
JOHN A. WOODMAN COUNCILMAN.
CLARENCE I. ALLEN CITY MESSENGER.
CHAS. H. SPEAR CLERK OF COMMITTEES.
CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
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