YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 9002 06080 3468 M THE WHITMAN BOARD OF TRADE -3aL_ I* YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Gift of THE COLLECTOR'S SHOP MANUAL OF THE Town of Whitman^ MASSACHUSETTS, Showing its peculiar advantages as a manufacturing town and as a home for skilled mechanics and other law- abiding and industrious citizens. §0 /£ — -¦ — Av^ $^ * \ ^\ S INCORPORATFD ^ WV ^^^^ T^i Incorporated as a town under the name of South Abington, March 4, 1875, from parts of Abington and East Bridgewater. Part annexed to Brockton and a part of Brockton annexed April 24, 1875. Name changed to Whitman, May 3, 1886. PUBLISHED BY THE WHITMAN BOARD OF TRADE, 1901. Edited and Published by a Committee of The Whitman Board of Trade ¥J53 30 1 J. D. HALL & CO. PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I PURPOSE OF PUBLICATION. This book is published for the sole purpose of interesting people in our town and to call attention to the many advantages which this town possesses, far in excess of any other town in Plymouth County, for the location of manufacturing plants and as a pleasant and desir able home for their employees. Some of these advantages are enjoyed by surrounding towns, it is true, some towns possessing certain desir able features and other towns having advantages in other directions, but we believe that no one town in the county can show as many de sirable privileges as Whitman in location, healthfulness, good roads and sidewalks, excellent fire department, automatic fire alarm, mail, freight, telephone and telegraph facilities, steam and electric railway passenger service, etc., etc., as set forth in the following pages. PUBLISHING COMMITTEE. CONTENTS Whitman Board of Trade Whitman, Mass. Water Works . Electric Railways Manufactories . Whitman Manufacturing Co. Plant The Public Library .... The Whitman Fire Department Whitman Park The Public Schools . PAGE 57 101219 222427 28 Residences Highway Improvement . Church Societies .... History of the M. E. Church in Whitman First Congregational Church Advent Christian Church Church of the Holy Ghost . Unitarian Church . Baptist Church .... PAGE 333536 40444649 5152 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS Passenger Station and Freight House . ... . . 7 Walter Pearson & Co 8 Holbrook & Keene's Factory . 9 United States Shoe Co. . . . 10 Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Co., . . . . II, 12 L. C. Bliss & Co 13 Old Colony Boot and Shoe Co. . 14 D. B. Gurney Factory . . . . 15 Atwood Bros.' Plant . .16 Jenkins Bros. & Co 17 Whitman Paper Box Co. ... 18 Whitman Manufacturing Co. Plant 19 Washington St., East Side . . 20 Washington St., West Side . 21, 22 " Long Lines of Venerable Shade Trees " . . . . -23 Stetson St., West Side . . . Linden St., East Side . . Maples on Warren Ave. The Park from Whitman Ave. View in Whitman Park . 24 25 2627 28 Grand Army Hall High School Gurney School The Old Whitman Homestead Residence of David B. Gurney Residence of David A. Gurney Residence of George A. Reed Residence of Hiram H. Jenkins Residence of George O. Jenkins Residence of Albert Davis . Residence of Miller Cook, Jr. . Residence of Clarence D. Reed Residence of Mrs. C. E. Whidden Residence of George D. Soule Residence of Benjamin S. Atwood Residence of A. C. Brigham . Congregational Church . Baptist Church Advent Christian Church Methodist Episcopal Church Church of the Holy Ghost Bethany Free Baptist Church Unitarian Church .... PACK 29 303132333435363738 39 404142 43 444546474849 5051 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Atwood Brothers . . . Jenkins Bros. & Co. Old Colony Boot and Shoe Co Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co. .... Pfister & Vogel Leather Co The Regal Shoe . . O. H. Ellis . . . E. W. Noyes . . Holbrook & Keene . Whitman Paper Box Co. Howland & Faunce . 53 George A. Clift . 54 William Bliss . . 55 Whitman Insurance Agency George A. Reed & Co. 56 Barclay Brothers . S7 J. D. Hall, Jr. 58 B. F. Bowker & Cc . 59 Ernest C. Howard 59 Randall W. Cook 59 Charles R. Cox & Co. 60 Whitman Grain & Coal Co. 60 The E. P. Reed Lumber Yard PAGE 6161 , 61 , 62 62 62 63 ¦ 63 - 63 . 64 . 64 . 64 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. WHITMAN BOARD OF TRADE. ITS OBJECT AND ORGANIZATION. The Board was organized October 2, iSgp, by a group of citizens who believed that it was essential to the welfare of the town and neces sary in order to keep abreast of the times, that an organization of some kind be effected which should serve to bring together citizens of the town at stated intervals for the exchange of ideas and discus sion of topics of interest to the town. Fifty-six citizens responded to the call and enrolled their names as members. This roll, at the end of the first year (October i, 1900), showed a membership of 71, including business and professional men and mechanics, nearly every one ot whom owns a home in this town or is at least personally interested in its growth and prosperity. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. LIST OF OFFICERS, Whitman Board of Trade. Elected October 2, 1899. President, Benj. S. Atwood. 1st Vice-President, Geo. O. Jenkins. 2 d Vice-President, C. P. Faunce. Secretary, Geo. D. Soule. Treasurer, E. C. Howard. COMMITTEE OF FIVE. .\. C. Brigham, B. F. Bowker, Elmer W. Noyes, C. E. Lovell, Geo. a. Dorr. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. WHITMAN, MASS. There are National, Savings and Co-operative Banks all in flourish ing condition. The town is practically out of debt except for its water works which are self-supporting. The small area ot the town saves the ordi- PASSENGER STATION AND FREIGHT HOUSE. nary burden of roads and lights for a large outlying territory. Probably nine-tenths of the population is within a mile and a half of Whitman Post Office. The fire department is well equipped and organized tor a town of this size as is shown by the large proportion of fires checked at the outset by the prompt response of the department, making Whitman enjoy a most favorable fire record for a long series ot years. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. WATER WORKS. A town with a population of 6,167, which the town of Whitman at present enjoys, should have an ample water supply, and we feel that the following facts will convince any person that such a provision has been made for this town, not only to meet the present wants, but the water supply is sufficient to provide for a large growth without any further outlay except in the way ot laying new pipes. WALTER PEARSON & CO., MCKAY SEWING MACHINES. The works were constructed in 1883-4 and are owned entirely by the town. The standpipe, or water tower, which is one hundred and five feet high and twenty feet in diameter, is situated not far from the centre ot the settled portion of the town, and is one of the best and strongest towers that can be built. An ample supply is forced into the water tower by a pumping plant that has never failed to perform all the work that was required. There are about seventeen miles of water mains laid, with eighty-six gates, one hundred and twenty-nine public hydrants WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. and nineteen private hydrants, affording an ample supply tor the fire department in case ot a conflagration. The engines have pumped as high as 8,518,690 "gallons in a single month and in a single day 400,758 gallons. The total cost ot the works to January i, 1900, was $127,281.85. The water commissioners are W. E. Packard, George E. Hersey, J. C. Gilbert; superintendent, George E. Hersey; engineer, Myrick J. Briggs; treasurer, J. C. Gilbert. HOLBROOK & KEENE S FACTORY, WASHINGTON STREET, CALFSKIN VAMPS. 10 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. Whitman is specially favored with good accommodations so far as electric travel is concerned. There is one line extending to Brockton, providing a half hourly service the year round, which is a great con venience to the workmen employed here in the shoe shops who live UNITED STATES SHOE COMPANY, SOUTH AVENUE. in Brockton, for at the time when they ordinarily go back and forth the company provide two cars that run at the same time. There is also a line extending through Abington to Rockland, half hourly in the summer months and once an hour during the winter. Also another line trom Bridgewater that passes through Whitman to WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 11 Rockland, which makes two lines by which the latter town can be reached every hour or half hour throughout the year. Another line from Plymouth makes Whitman one of its terminal points, connections being made once an hour with the line from Brockton. Few cities or towns in New England are equally well provided with electric car advantages. COMMONWEALTH SHOE AND LEATHER COMPANY, MARBLE STREET. 12 . WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. MANUFACTORIES. The Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company, one of the very largest establishments in the country manufacturing men's fine shoes tor the jobbing trade, owns and occupies three connected buildings on Marble. Street. Twenty years ago there was a single building COMMONWEALTH SHOE AND LEATHER COMPANY, MARBLE STREET. here turning cut not over fifty cases per day. From that small beginning extensive additions have been made from time to time, until now the plant has a capacity of five hundred cases per day, enough to furnish, in little more than a fortnight, a pair of shoes for every man in the United States army. The factory occupied by the United States Shoe Company and carried on by Edward F. Murphy, the resident manager of the WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 13 company, was enlarged from a building formerly occupied tor other manufacturing purposes. Here is done a steadily increasing busi ness in the manufacture of men's shoes for the New York and Western trade. The L. C. Bliss & Co. plant, situated opposite the passenger sta tion of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, is one of the L. C. BLISS & CO., south AVENUE, THE REGAL SHOE. best in the state, and is the place where the famous Regal shoe is made. Probably no special shoe made in America has won a greater reputation for quality and workmanship than the Regal. This com pany has recently begun the manufacture ot ladies' shoes that retail for the uniform price of $3.50, the same as their men's shoes. Their shoes are sold at their own stores that are located in the various cities throughout the country. 14 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. The Old Colony Boot and Shoe Company, under the manage ment of Miller Cook, Jr., is one of the pioneer shoe concerns ot the South Shore. They manufacture medium and high grade men's Good year welt and McKay sewed boots and shoes, the greater part of their output being sold through a New York agency, although some lines are sold direct to dealers. Their plant is extensive and well equipped with modern machinery. 111 mmn'i^- yM L a ''' . i.iii -111---^'^ ¥"• c 9 r s m 9 lif'M 15 " i? in H| 1^ ¦ ¦ "^9%, S^* C « ^. C~ S 11 I I i f I P 1^ lll'€ 1 i S ¦ RI i ! ! s «" zt^^trnt^x- .5**«JB«s^- >^^ i-iiZ- .! ^^ OLD COLONY BOOT AND SHOE COMPANY, WHITMAN AVENUE. Holbrook & Keene, whose factory is located on Washington Street, are the largest cutters of calfskins for shoe vamps of any simi lar concern in the country. Their products are used extensively among the manufacturers ot the better grades ot shoes throughout this entire shoe manufacturing centre. Walter Pearson & Co. manufacture shoe machinery in their re- <:ently enlarged plant on Vernon Street, their principal product being WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 15 McKay sewing machines. These machines find a ready sale in foreign countries. D. B. Gurney, manufacturer ot tacks and nails, began business as early as 1840, and was originally in the town ot Abington, moving to South Abington, now Whitman, about the year 1875, where he has developed an extensive trade, his plant being one of the best in this part of the country. Mr. Gurney at the age ot eighty-six years is in active business, and his counsel is sought in matters of importance GURNEY F.\CT0RY. OCCUPIED BY D. A. GURNEY & CO., TACKS AND NAILS; C. P. SLACK, ViTOODEN EO.KES; CLARK BROTHERS, WOODEN NOVELTIES. that relate to the welfare of the town. Mr. Gurney is the veteran manufacturer ot the town. His venerable form is seen daily upon the public streets, and his genial, kindly nature has made a warm place in the hearts ot all ot his townspeople. D. A. Gurney & Co., manufacturers of steel and leather-board shanks, are located in the D. B. Gurney factory, where they do an IG WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. extensive business, their products being used in all parts of the coun try where boots and shoes are made. Atwood Bros. Box Factory, situated on the west side of the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, is probably the most perfect plant ot its kind in the world. They manufacture wooden boxes of nearly every description, and they have an extensive printing plant, provided with extra heavy machinery, for printing on wood. The shavings from the dififerent departments are carried to the atwood brothers plant, wooden boxes, shoe racks, etc. furnaces by blowers, where they are consumed as fuel, there being enough to furnish all of the necessary steam tor the entire plant, besides an extra demand until recently trom the pumping station for the town water works, which amounts in all to 306 horse power. Shoe racks are among their specialties, supplied with the "Victor" ball bearing casters, which cannot clog. Thousands ot these racks, plain and with compartments, are sold throughout the United States and foreign countries among the shoe manufacturers. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 17 The shafting of this immense plant is all located beneath the floors, and every conceivable device is provided for the safety of the men employed and nearly all of them are inventions that Mr. B. S. Atwood, who is now the sole proprietor, has developed from time to time, as they were required, tor saws, belting, planers, etc. Mr. Atwood is president ot the Board of Trade and one of the most influential men of the town. Before the organization ot the Board of Trade, Mr. Atwood individually improved opportunities that promised business JENKINS brothers & CO.^ SHANKS AND COUNTERS, WARREN AVENUE. for the town, which was naturally the work that a business organization should take care of. Jenkins Bros. & Co., with one plant on Warren Avenue and an other in Bridgewater, do a large business in the manufacture of leather board, leather board counters, steel and leather board boot and shoe shanks. For many years this company was in the casket business. The largest business block in the town is owned by Jenkins Bros., which is situated on Washington Street, and the post office is located 18 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. in this building. Mr. George O. Jenkins of this firm is president of the Whitman Savings Bank. C. P. Slack, manufacturer of wooden boxes, is located in the D. B. Gurney factory, and does a large business in shoe cases, lumber and cordwood. Clark Manufacturing and Novelty Company, whose plant is located in the D. B. Gurney factory, do an extensive business in wooden novelties, and is an important industry. whitman paper box comp.\ny, south avenue. Whitman Paper Box Company, manufacturers of paper boxes, are located in East Whitman, and they have a plant capable of turning out many thousands ot boxes daily. They make mostly shoe boxes, and their trade is mostly among the local shoe manufacturers. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 19 WHITMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY PLANT. In such a town, so favorable in every way tor a successful manufac turing business and in the best location ot all, stands the vacant plant of the Whitman Manufacturing Company. There are nearly four acres of land enclosed by a high fence. Within this enclosure, besides nu merous outbuildings, stands the main factory ot solid brick construc- whitman manufacturing company plant, south avenue. tion. There are two separate steam plants, both in perfect running order, one with 150 H. P. boiler and 100 H. P. engine, the other with a battery ot boilers of 425 H. P. and 150 H. P. engine. A large Blake fire pump is connected with a special system of ten frost-proof hydrants with mains of ample size which are also connected with the town mains. With each hydrant is a small hose house and supply of hose. In connection with the main boilers is another double pump and valu able heater, inspirator, etc. 20 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. The main building, which has 65,000 square feet ot floor space, is fitted with elevators, watch clock with ten stations, speaking tubes, water closets, and long lines of shafting with a multitude of pulleys and valuable main belting. The offices are fitted with furniture and fire proof vault; a special private wire to Boston is included as a part of the plant. A system ot inside tracks and turntables is most conven iently arranged tor transferring either light or heavy material to any WASHINGTON STREET^ EAST SIDE. JENKINS BUILDING AND POST OFFICE IN FOREGROUND. part ot the plant. In the shipping room are track scales in connection with the side track from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail road, the crossing ot the public way having been authorized by a special act of the Legislature. Within the enclosure this side track has several spurs to add to the convenience of loading and unloading. Switching on these tracks is done by the station-yard men at least WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 21 three times daily. This convenient arrangement makes a saving ot at least forty cents per lon upon all raaterial received or shipped. With the plant goes also a water privilege which furnishes at all seasons abundnance ot water for making steam and for other pur poses and is of excellent quality for boilers. This privilege is also a source of $300 annual income to the owners under the present contract with the town. WASHINGTON STREET, WEST SIDE. BANK BUILDING IN FOREGROUND. The East Whitman Post Office and the Whitman passenger sta tion and freight house are all within a stone's throw. Considering the plant itself, with its proximity to every convenience and its loca tion in the centre of a busy industrial district, a manufacturer intend ing to locate would have to look a long time to find an idle plant -which combines the advantages found here. 22 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Whitman has a public library of which the town can well feel proud. Few towns in New England can boast of such a library tor the size of the town. Starting in 1879, mainly through the efforts of the late David B. Bates, who was a trustee tor twenty years, with only about two hundred books, which had been contributed by a few citizens, it now has about eleven thousand volumes on its shelves, and the quality WASHINGTON STREET, WEST SIDE, SHOWING ELLIS BUILDING AND BATES BUILDING. of the books is especially to be commended. In travel, biography, history and fiction some ot the finest books published can be found upon the shelves. That the citizens appreciate this blessing to the town is evidenced by the fact that the circulation tor this year will reach over thirty-two thousand volumes. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 23 In connection with the library is a finely appointed reading room, lighted in an excellent manner, provided with all the leading maga zines of the day, including scientific and educational subjects, and many find great pleasure and instruction from the use of the room. There are nearly six thousand card holders at the present time enjoy ing the privileges of the institution. The town appropriates $i,8oo each year to support this branch of Whitman's educational institutions. "long LINES OF VENERABLE SHADE TREES," WASHINGTON STREET. and the citizens have always been generous with the appropriations. The present board of trustees are Miss Deborah A. Partridge, presi dent; Edward J. Gaffney, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Charles E. Lovell, Miss Lizzie B. Bosworth, George A. Dorr and Dr. F. J. Hanley. 24 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. THE WHITMAN FIRE DEPARTMENT. The first Board of Engineers, appointed by the Selectmen, met tor organization January 7, 1884, with the following result: Chief En gineer, C. F. Allen; First Assistant Engineer, Rufus Cass; Second Assistant Engineer, B. C. Reed; Third Assistant Engineer, D. A. Walker; Secretary, M. C. French; Treasurer, B. S. Atwood. STETSON STREET, WEST SIDE. During the month of January the four fire companies were organ ized: Hook and Ladder Company No. i with William H. Dudley as foreman; twenty-five men. Hose Company No. i with Henry A. Knights as foreman; fifteen men. Hose Company No. 2 with J. H. Chamberlin as foreman; fifteen men. Hose Company No. 3, with E. L; Houston as foreman; fifteen men. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 25 The apparatus consisted ot the old Hook and Ladder Truck which had been in service in the town tor a number of years, and three two-wheeled jumpers, one for each hose company, each capable ot carrying 350 ft. ot hose. The signals tor fires were given by the factory whistles. In 1894 the Gamewell System ot Electric Fire Alarm was intro duced and as a rule has proved satisfactory. LINDEN STREET, EAST SIDE. From time to time the apparatus ot the department has been changed so that at the present time it consists of one Hook and Ladder Truck, carrying about 400 ft. ot ladders, together with life saving apparatus, two chemical tanks, etc. ; two hose wagons, and one hose reel, carrying about 3000 ft. of hose. The Fire Department force consists at the present time ot three 26 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. engineers: Chief Engineer, A. C. Clark; First Assistant Engineer, V. D. Lincoln; Second Assistant Engineer, J. H. Chamberlin. Hook and Ladder Company No. i, Geo. F. Gibbs, captain; sixteen men. Hose Company No. i, Chas. Conant, captain; fourteen men.- Hose Company No. 2, Frank Davis, captain; fourteen men. Hose Company No. 3, A. D. B. Butler, captain; fourteen men. MAPLES ON WARREN AVENUE. The department has been very successful in the saving of property trom fire since the or.ganization and in its efficiency at the present time has the reputation ot standing second to none in the state. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 27 WHITMAN PARK. There are but few towns in Plymouth County that can claim so much for a public park as the town of Whitman. Twenty years ago Augustus Whitman, a native of the town but not living here at the time, offered to give the town a valuable piece of land for a public park, and the town accepted the offer. Mr. Whitman would have done much towards improving the same if he had not been removed by death. He was killed by accident within THE PARK FROM WHITMAN AVENUE. about a year after he gave the land. The park grounds consist of about fifteen acres ot lana situated in the centre of the town and well adapted for such a purpose. And when the town does the work re quired to put the grounds in shape Whitman will have a fine park. Since Mr. Whitman's death his sister. Miss Caroline H. Whitman, has given the town twenty-seven hundred dollars for improvements, which sum the town has on hand now tor such work. When the park is completed with trees, shrubbery, and other work done. Whitman will have as fine a park as can be found in this vicinity. 28 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The education of the children ot Whitman is provided for in seven buildings. Nearly all ot these are attractive in appearance and have well-kept lawns besides ample playgrounds. With the exception ot a small one-room building, all but two of the buildings are adequately furnished with modern conveniences and appliances for heating, ven- VIEW IN WHITMAN PARK. tilation, and sanitation. Not many towns in the Commonwealth could boast ot such fine looking schoolhouses as those of Whitman. The valuation of the school property is estimated to be $83,000, over two per cent of the entire valuation of the town. During the last school year 1213 children were enrolled in the schools, and there was an average membership of iioi. About 93 per cent of this membership attended school every day of the year, a good WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 29 indication ot the interest of the children in the educational advantages which the town affords. In the seven buildings there are twenty-one schools and thirty teachers, including the two supervisors ot music and drawing. There are nine grades below the High School. In the ninth grade, the work is enriched by the elementary study ot several high school subjects, such as algebra, physical geography, and civil government. GRAND ARMY HALL, HAYDEN AVENUE, FACING THE PARK. In the High School, three courses are offered to the pupils— the classical course, the Latin-scientific course, each ot four years, and the English course of three years. By taking the classical or the Latin- scientific course, students are prepared to enter any of the New Eng land colleges or normal schools. The English course has about all the English branches offered in the Latin-scientific course, but has book-keeping and commercial arithmetic in place ot Latin. This school has a library and two well equipped laboratories for chemistry and 30 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. physics, in which the students have excellent opportunities for indi vidual experiment and investigation. The teachers in the elementary grades have nearly all been trained in the best normal schools, and, as a result, are skillful in the in struction and considerate in the treatment ot the children. There is a high standard of professional enthusiasm among them, their methods are up-to-date, and these qualities are reflected in the high character of the work done by the pupils. HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH AVENUE, ERECTED 1893. Many teachers' meetings are held during the year and are of three kinds, viz., general meetings and grade meetings, both under the leadership ot the superintendent, and grade meetings held by the teachers themselves. The general meetings are attended by all the teachers and are held about once a month. The main work ot these meetings is usually the continuous study of a single subject for the year. The present course, however, has covered two years, one year devoted to principles of WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 31 psychology and pedagogy, and one year to methods of teaching' sub jects of the curriculum. Incidentally at these meetings, educational topics of all sorts are discussed. The grade meetings are attended by all the teachers of a grade. Those with the superintendent include a consideration of special methods and devices for teaching the various branches of study. This series affords opportunity for more informal discussion than can obtain at the general meetings. GURNEY SCHOOL, WARREN AVENUE, ERECTED IC At the grade meetings held exclusively by the teachers, the work for a month ahead is definitely planned. They are valuable in promot ing the unity of the work throughout the town and establishing also uniformity of standard in schools ot the same grade, so far as that is desirable and consistent with the individuality of both teachers and schools. The teachers' meetings yield important results. They inspire the 32 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. teachers with higher professional aims and ideals, they contribute to a common knowledge of live educational topics, and provide means for tree interchange of ideas. The members of the School Committee have given exceptionally long and efficient service to the town. The policy of the town has been a wise one: it has retained its good men in office until they have ac quired an unusual familiarity with the details of school administration. THE OLD WHITMAN HOMESTEAD, WASHINGTON STREET. The former residence of the family from which the town was named. The educational interests of the town have become an essential part of their lives. By such an uninterrupted regime the progress of the schools has been more stable than it could have been otherwise. The committee have always been progressive, they have ever been susceptible to new ideas in the evolution of educational history. The improvements in the schools are an embodiment of their liberal views and attest also the liberality, interest, and appreciation of the citizens. Indeed the final and fundamental explanation of the good standing WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 33 of the public schools in this town is found in the intelligent and liberal support they have received by the citizens of the town. The reputa tion of the schools is such that many families have taken residence here rather than in the surrounding towns and cities even. The schools as they exist to-day are a worthy monument to the public spirit of the' citizens of Whitman, and will be a rich legacy to their posterity. RESIDENCE OF DAVID B. GURNEY, WASHINGTON STREET. RESIDENCES. The trim appearance ot the ordinary dwellings in Whitman is a sub ject of frequent remark by strangers. Dilapidated and "run down" property is practically unknown in this town and an unusually large proportion of the dwellings occupied by the operatives are owned by them, indicating the superior class of men who make the working forces of the manufactories here. Views of several streets are shown on the accompanying pages. All 34 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. the dwellings have been built within a tew years and three-fourths of them are owned by the occupants. While this is purely a manufacturing town, it has none of the air of a "mill village." It is a comfortable and pleasant place tor a resi dence. For many years it has been a strong no-license town and cases ot drunkenness or rowdyism on the streets are rarely seen.' The public library has constantly increasing use and appreciation. The public park is located at the very centre, where it may be most easily reached by the people. RESIDE.NCL OF DA\1U A. GURNEY, WASHINGTON STREET. At all seasons the compactness of the town makes everything easy to reach, while in summer, the lines of shade trees (long rows ot ven erable ones on the main street), the green lawns and general air ot neatness about the homes are a pleasure to the eye. Then short rides iu various directions bring one to fresh water ponds, so attractive and so easy of access that every summer season finds more and more shar ing in the exodus. A little farther away is the open sea itself on the shore of which many of our people own cottages. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 35 HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS. Whitman has excellent roads and sidewalks. A permanent grade has been established by the town, furnished by Simson C. Heald, civil engineer, giving plans, profile and grade ot all the streets. They have been worked in accordance with said grade, giving builders and archi tects a uniform grade for their guidance. A drainage system has been adopted; ninety-five catch-basins are constructed to drain the RESIDENCE OF GEORGE A. REED, WASHINGTON STREET. Storm water immediately from the streets, which keep them clean and healthy and make the surroundings desirable for residences an(^ all other purposes; five and a half miles of macadam and Telford roads, that are smooth, hard and durable tor all kinds of traffic. Good wide sidewalks are built on all the streets, of clear gravel, a portion of them of concrete. Granite flaggings are laid for crossings at the intersection ot streets, giving dry walking throughout the year. 36 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. The excellent surface of the streets and the beautiful shade trees planted adjacent to them give comfort and attraction to the people, economy in transportation of their products, saving the wear and tear of vehicles and animals. RESIDENCE OF HIRAM H. JENKINS^ SOUTH AVENUE. CHURCH SOCIETIES. Numerous denominations are represented in the church edifices of the town. The Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Unitarian, Free Baptist and Advent churches erected buildings in the order named. In addition to these, the Episcopalians and Christian Scientists hold regular services. The Young Men's Christian Association has commodious quarters in one ot the principal business buildings and has a membership ex ceeded by only one town in the state. The Bethany Free Baptist Church in Whitman is the outgrowth. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 37 in a measure, ot a Sunday-school which was started in Ellis Hall the first Sunday in January, 1889. The first sermon was preached by Rev. E. N. Fernald of Boston to a congregation of about thirty. The meet ings continued through January, February and March, Revs. E. N. Fernald, H. Lockhart, B. F. Hayes and C. S. Perkins supplying the pulpit. In March Rev. A. L. Gerrish was invited to fill the pulpit with the view ot becoming pastor it it seemed best. The result was that he residence of GEORGE O. JENKINS, WARREN AVENUE. received a unanimous call, which he accepted, and began his labors May I, i88g. The first meeting showed a congregation of about one hundred, with a Sunday-school of thirty-eight present and more than thirty others enrolled. During the month ot May nine were baptized, and these, with a number of others, united in requesting a council trom the Massachusetts Association ot Free Baptist Churches to visit Whitman, and, if it seemed best, to organize a Free Baptist Church. The council met in Ellis Hall, June 5, 1889. It was composed of Rev. 38 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. C. A. Hilton, Rev. E. N. Fernald, Rev. H. Lockhart, Rev. Thomas Spooner and Rev. E. W. Ricker. Twenty-four persons presented themselves, desiring to be organized into a Free Baptist Church. After a thorough examination as to their views of doctrine and church polity, it was voted to grant the request for organization. The prayer of consecration was by Rev. E. W. Ricker, the hand of fellowship was extended by Rev. E. N. Fernald. In the evening Rev. A. L. Gerrish was installed as pastor, the services being held in the Congregational RESIDENCE OF ALBERT DAVIS, SOUTH AVENUE. Church. The meetings increased in interest and attendance and in less than a year a move was made towards buying a lot of land on which to build a church, as it seemed probable that the hall would not be large enough to accommodate the audiences. The church was incorporated in June, 1890, under the name of the Bethany Free Baptist Church in Whitman, Mass. A church building was erected at the> corner of Washington and West Streets in 1893, and was dedicated January 24, 1894. After seven years of faithful service Rev. A. L. Gerrish re- WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 39 signed. During his pastorate ninety-five persons had united with the church, fifty-one by baptism. He was succeeded by Rev. A. R. Paull, who became pastor August 2, 1896. During his pastorate thirty-nine were added to the church, twenty-two by baptism. Mr. PauU closed his labors May 27, 1899. Since that time the pulpit has been filled by Rev. H. G. Corliss of Rockland, who is expected to continue with us for the present. O. H. Ellis was the first deacon and treasurer, and RESIDENCE OF MILLER COOK, JR., SOUTH AVENUE. has always been a leading spirit in the church. The officers at present are: Deacons, O. H. Ellis. J. H. Fullerton, J. I. Reid; treasurer, Arthur W. Hall; standing committee, O. H. Ellis, J. I. Reid, H. C. Locke, H. A. Barton, F. C. Emerson; auditor, F. C. Emerson; clerk, H. M. Gilman. 40 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. HISTORY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WHITMAN. Eft'orts prior to January i, 1874, had been made to establish a Metho dist preaching service in Union Hall, South Abington. On Wednes day evening, December 31, 1873, a prayer meeting was held in the office of Mr. H. H. Brigham, who opened the meeting by reading the Scriptures and offering prayer. RESIDENCE OF CLARENCE D. REEP. SOUTH AVENUE. At a meeting held in Union Hall, Thursday evening, January i, 1874, it was reported that $600 had been subscribed for the support of Methodist preaching, which was considered a sum sufficient Accord ingly a finance committee, consisting of the following named persons, Ambrose Bosworth, Isaac F. Thayer, Albert M. Thayer, Miss Davis, Mrs. Nathaniel Pratt. Isaac F. Bosworth, Nathaniel Pratt, Mrs. H. H. Brigham and Mr. H. H. Brigham, was elected, "with authority to man age all business connected with Methodist preaching in Union Hall for WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 41 the year." Mr. H. H. Brigham generously agreed to furnish the hall, heat and light tor one year, and continued until the end ot his lite to support the church. The first preaching service was held Sunday, January 4, 1874, and was conducted by Rev. G. H. Gregory of the School of Theology, Bos ton. Afterwards Rev. G. H. Baker of the same school was secured to supply the pulpit until the meeting of the Providence Conference. RESIDENCE OF MRS. C. E. WHIDDEN, SOUTH AVENUE. February 26, 1874, Rev. S. C. Brown, presiding elder, met the finance committee at Mr. Brigham's office, and it was decided to secure, it possible, a conference preacher, at the ensuing session ot the Provi dence Conference. Rev. E. L. Hyde was appointed by Bishop Peck preacher in charge of South Abington, March 30, 1874. The first quar terly conference. Rev. W. V. Morrison, D. D., presiding elder, was held May 8, 1874. Ambrose Bosworth was appointed the first class leader. Isaac F. Bosworth was elected secretary, and Ambrose Bos- 42 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. worth, Isaac F. Bosworth and James H. Fullerton were elected stew ards. The following were reported as members ot the church: Am brose Bosworth, James H. Fullerton, Laura A. Thayer, John H. Har ris, Emily M. Pratt, Abby L. Stetson, Isaac F. Bosworth, Maria C. Bosworth, Bessie S. Bosworth, Malvina L. Brown, Imogene A. Hyde and Mary S. Munroe. Ambrose Bosworth, Nathaniel Pratt, James H. Fullerton, I. F. Bosworth, I. F. Thayer, J. H. Harris and Orange Wilkes were elected trustees at an adjourned meeting of the, fourth quarterly conference. RESIDENCE OF GEORGE D. SOULE, SOUTH AVENUE. During Rev. E. L. Hyde's term the church building was erected, ground being broken Thursday, July 27, 1876. Mr. Hyde conducted the ceremony, assisted by N. Pratt, A. Bosworth, I. F. Bosworth, H. H. Brigham and Dr. Copeland. The building was completed and dedicated February 24, 1877, Bishop Randolph Foster preaching the sermon. A good work was accomplished during the pastorate of Rev. E. L. Hyde. He laid the foundation upon which other men have builded. The following ministers have served this charge: W. H. Starr, J. G. WHITMAN. MASSACHUSETTS. 43 Switzer, G. A. Reeder, S. Hamilton Day, Silas Sprowls, Webster Mil lar, J. I. Bartholomew, L. M. Flocken, O. A. Farley, O. E. Johnson and G. E. Brightman. These men ot God labored faithfully with the hearty cooperation of the church, until to-day the Sunday-school is the largest in its history, the Epworth League enters upon its twelfth year in excellent condition, the Junior League is flourishing and the con gregations are large. RESIDENCE OF BENJAMIN S. ATWOOD, PLEASANT STREET. A large part of the financial success of the church is due to the vigor ous efforts of the Ladies' Social Circle. During the past three years Mr. J. E. Tibbetts and family have been an inspiration to our work. But the ill health of Mr. Tibbetts has compelled the removal of the family to New Hampshire. But their interest in the church abides. The outlook for Methodism in Whitman is good. With up-to-date methods and God's blessings it proposes to swing into the twentieth century expecting greater victories and a higher degree of usefulness than in all its heroic past. 44 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, WHITMAN, MASS. Centrally located upon an ample lot at the corner of Washington and Broad Streets, surrounded by a well-kept lawn and shaded in summer by the feathery elms that are one of the beauties ot Whitman, the build ing in which the First Congregational Church worships is a silent wit ness of much of the past and present life of the town. The church was organized as the Second Congregational Church of Abington on August 19, 1807, and the parish was set off and incorporated by a special act of RESIDENCE OF A. C. BRIGHAM, SOUTH AVENUE. the Legislature in February, 1808. The sixteen original members came from the Third Congregational Church (Unitarian) in East Bridgewater, with which they were not in doctrinal agreement. They were soon joined by a number of the members of the First Congrega tional Church in Abington, who had desired, on account of conven ience, to join with them at the outset, but were at that time refused dis mission from their church. The first meetings were held in the Eleazer Whitman homestead, still standing on Harvard Street. The determination and zeal of these people are shown in the fact that in May before the church was organ- WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 45 ized they raised the frame of a meeting house, which cost, when com pleted, - $6,500. This building had two spires and was dedicated in June, 1808. In 1844 the two spires were replaced by one. In 1868 the building was rededicated, after an outlay ot over $23,000 spent in re building, and in 1886 it was again enlarged at an expense of $4,800. The original frame is said to be embodied in the present structure. The first pastor of the church. Rev. Daniel Thomas, was ordained and installed on the same day that the original building was dedicated. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, WASHINGTON STREET. and served the church for thirty-four years. This is the longest pas torate. The present pastor. Rev. Edward C. Camp, is the twelfth min ister who has served this church. The sixteen original members have become two hundred and sixty-five. Various .organizations within the church have come into being from time to time, until it now has con nected with it a Sunday-school of nearly six hundred members. Ladies' Sewing Circle, Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, Women's Auxiliary Missionary Society, Men's League, Women's League and Junior Endeavor Society. The present officers ot the 46 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. church, in a'ddition to the pastor, are: Clerk, Benjamin F. Peterson; deacons, Andrew H. Gurney, Benjamin F. Hastings, M. D., Ezra V. Clift, Charles H. Crocker; treasurer, Bela Alden; superintendent of Sunday-school, I. Lewis Tillson; church committee, the foregoing of ficers, Mrs. Sarah P. Smith, Mrs. E. G. Winslow, Mrs. H. E. Swift; auditor, Horace Reed. The church is supported by voluntary pledges and all seats are free. New residents in town are cordially invited to BAPTIST CHURCH, CORNER WASHINGTON STREET AND SOUTH AVENUE. make this church their church home, and strangers are always wel come. The services tor worship are held at 10.30 A. M. and 7 P. M. (7.30 P. M. May to September) Sunday and 7.30 P. M. (7.45 P. M. May to September) Friday. ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The Advent Christian Church has a short but interesting history. In 1884, Deacon and Mrs. W. E. H. Vaughan, in company with a few others, began holding cottage prayer meetings. The results were so WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 47 encouraging that it was decided to hold regular services and Conant's Hall was engaged. Here the church was organized May 9, 1888, with ten charter members. Meetings were continued at this place for about one year, when they were obliged to vacate. Being unable to secure another hall this heroic band of Christians drove in a coach to North- ville, where services were held in the schoolhouse tor several months. Pressing circumstances compelled them to move from place to place, so that in less than five years they had occupied six different halls. ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WEST STREET. From the first this society has been actively engaged in home mission work, tent meetings and tract distribution being the principal methods employed in this line ot endeavor. In August, 1892, Rev. William A. Burch became their pastor, and the church entered upon an era of prosperity. Land was purchased for the erection ot a house ot worship in April, 1893, and a few months later the work ot building began. October 30 the church was incorporated. The first service was held in the vestry of the new edifice May 13. 1894. Rev. Mr. Burch severed his relations 48 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. with the church as pastor December 30 of the same year, and tor more than two years the pulpit was supplied by different clergymen of the denomination. Rev. A. G. Lyon serving in that capacity tor several months. The present pastor, Rev. Allan H. Bissell, began his labors October I, 1897. The auditorium, which had not been completed, was soon afterward furnished at an expense of several hundred dollars, making one ot the coziest and neatest audience rooms in town. The dedicatorial service occurred April 13, 1898, Rev. W. A. Burch preach- METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH AVENUE. ing the sermon. On April 27 the new pastor was duly installed, sev eral of the local ministers participating in the service. The past few years have been the brightest and most prosperous period in the history of the church. It has a flourishing Sunday-school under the able leadership of Mrs. W. E. H. Vaughan and a Young People's Society ot Loyal Workers. The services of the church are as follows: Sunday, preaching at 10.30 A. M. and 7 P. M.; Sunday-school at 11.45 A. M.; Loyal Workers' meeting Tuesday evening, and general prayer and conference meeting Friday evening at 7.30. WHITMAN. MASSACHUSETTS. 49 CHURCH OF THE HOLY GHOST, WHITMAN. REV. JAMES F. HAMILTON, PASTOR; REV. JOHN J. CRONIN, ASSISTANT. Twenty years ago the Catholics of this town were obliged to go to Abington to church. On account of the inconvenience of going such a distance it was very desirable to have a church of their own at home. The first steps in this direction were taken as early as 1878. On March 10 of that year several men met at the residence of James Fitzgibbons CHURCH OF THE HOLY GHOST, SCHOOL STREET. to take some action about buying land for a church. A committee of six was appointed to collect funds for this purpose. Soon after this was organized the South Abington Church Fund Society. The of ficers were: Timothy Meany, president; Patrick Spellman, vice-presi dent; Patrick J. Callanan, secretary, and Callahan McCarthy, treasurer. Board of directors, Jeremiah Donovan, John Burnett, John Cody, Michael Conway and William Ahearn. In April of that year the land was bought on which the church now stands. The next step was to 50 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. raise money to build,' and this was done by subscriptions and a fair held in 1879. In the spring ot 1880, under the direction of the pastor. Father McQuaid, ground was broken and work on the church commenced. It was finished in December of that year, and the first services held in the basement on Christmas Day. Since then services have been held regularly every week. Six years later the upper church was finished and dedicated November 14, 1886. The following year Father McQuaid was transferred to Boston and Rev. John F. Mundy came to Abington. BETHANY FREE BAPTIST CHURCH, WASHINGTON STREET. After remaining about a year. Father Mundy returned to Cambridge and Rev. George J. Patterson came to succeed him. During the nine years of Father Patterson's administration the debt was paid on the church, the land on which stood the old school was bought, and also the Vining estate purchased tor a residence. In March, 1897, Father Patterson was transferred to South Boston and Whitman was made a separate parish. The first resident pastor is Rev. James F. Hamilton, who is now in charge, with the Rev. John J. Cronin assistant. Since WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 51 his advent to the parish. Father Hamilton had only to keep up the work of his predecessors. In May, 1898, land was bought for a ceme tery, which is being improved. During the past twenty years few par ishes can show a greater improvement than Whitman. From about eighty families in 1880, it has increased to upwards of eighteen hundred members. There are more than three hundred and fifty children in the Sunday-school. It has as fine a church property as any town in the state, and as the town is destined to grow and flourish, so also we trust the Catholic Church will continue to increase in prosperity. UNITARIAN CHURCH, SOUTH AVENUE. UNITARIAN CHURCH. Interest in the Unitarian religion in the town of Whitman was first aroused in the early "eighties." During those years ministers who were settled in Unitarian churches in near-by towns came on different Sunday afternoons and evenings and held liberal religious services in the Grand Army Hall which was then in Village Block. Some of this pioneer preaching was done by the Rev. James De Normandie of Kingston, Rev. J. W. Quimby of East Bridgewater and Rev. John Graham Brooks, then ot Brockton, but now professor of economics at Harvard. In the summer of 1886 a petition, signed by seventy-eight persons, 52 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. was presented, praying that a warrant be issued for the purpose of organizing "The First Unitarian Society of Whit man." By the latter part of November ot the same year the church was organized and incorporated. At a meeting of the society held in the early part of the foregoing month, the members chose and elected the following board of trustees and clerk: C. D. Nash, A. C. Brigham and M. L. Harlow; for the clerical office, J. C. Gilbert. Under the leadership of Rev. S. A. Whitcomb, who was then the minister of the society, the church received by gift a parcel of land sit uated on the corner ot South Avenue and Marble Street. By this munificent gift, for which the society was indebted to Messrs. Baylies Wood, C. D. Reed and A. E. Stetson, together with the efforts put forth by a committee elected to solicit funds for a church building, was the infant liberal organization placed on an enduring basis. The close of the year 1888 saw upon the foregoing gift of land a church build ing, neat without, beautiful within, and admirably arranged for relig ious and social purposes. During the fourteen years ot the life ot this church it was served by tour ministers, not including the present incumbent. After Rev. S. A. Whitcomb, who was the first settled minister, resigned to take up the work in a larger field. Rev. J. J. Twiss was called. He remained with the church until his health bade him surrender the work. Rev. J. J. Twiss's successor was the well-known poet and litterateur. Rev. William Brunton. When he resigned the work, which was in 1895, Rev. H. D. Stevens took up the task. His resignation was given during the year 1899. In a short time after Rev. Mr. Stevens left his successor was chosen. Rev. Edward H. Keens. Mr. Keens is the present minister of the church. During the year 1900 the society has purchased a new church organ, added a kindergarten to its Sunday-school and received from kind friends a gift of cushions for the pews, besides some lesser furnishings which the interior needed to complete it. BAPTIST CHURCH. The first Baptist Church of Abington was started in South Abington (now Whitman) October 30, 1822, with the following members: Josiah C. Ranstord, Jonathan R. Gurney, Robert Cook, Nathan Alden, Thaxter Reed, William Packard, Sarah Ranstord, Anna Dunbar, Molly Gurney, Mary Hobart and Deborah Gurney. Rev. Thomas Conant was associated with these early movements, but the first settled minister was Rev. William Kimball, who was ordained June 30, 1824. Deacon Robert Cook was the first person baptized and Deacon Jonathan R. Gurney was baptized the same day. Nine more were baptized during Mr. Kimball's pastorate which closed in May, 1826. Rev. David Curtis was the second pastor, and previous to July i, i860, there were fourteen settled ministers. The present house of worship, standing at the corner of Washington Street and South Avenue, is a handsome building as shown by the engraving in this volume. Rev. S. Knowles is the present pastor. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 53 ESTABLISHED 1866. ATWOOD BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF Wooden Boxes, also Bail-Bearing " 'Victor " Casters and Shoe Sacks, B. S. ATWOOD, Proprietor, EAST WHITMAN, MASS. Some people call this a ball-bearing caster, Is there any reason why this should not clog ? This i.s whatiwe call i ball-bearing: caster. See any difference in the two ? Is there any reason why this one should clog? On January 1, 1899, there were 10,000 sets in use in the best shoe lactones. II our sales continue through the year as they have lor the first six months, there will be 25,000 sets in use January 1, 1900. And they were all solrt on their merits. If we believe what we are told by the best factories in the coun try, there is no better investment in machinery than what you have to pay for Ball Bearing Victor Casters. No modern shoe factory is per fectly equipped without up-to- date racks, fitted with casters that will not clog. No shoe fac tory in the world has litter enough to clog Ball-Bearing Victor Casters. Compartment Rack for 24 Pairs Men's Siioes. We manufacture, and have on hand for iminedlate shipment, a large variety of shoe racks. We wonld call your special atten tion to our compartment racks. They soon save their cost in a fine shoe factory. Second-hand Racks For Sa/e. X "¦ H H H JENKINS G O JENKINS. " . L^^^ERBOARD Counters, ^STBEJ. & LflATHERBOARD^' ,, '" "a Bmfiiuniiii—mMniin ¦ ¦Ill «»WM«IIMllll|MllM|»««IIIIIIW«lllia^M 7) w^r WHIT/HAN, MASS. U. S. A. 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They represent the choicest ma terials, the most expert and caieful workmanship, and all the freshness and exclusiveness which Regal methods stand for. They are obtainable in our stores for the exclusive sale of women's shoes, or can be obtained by mail direct from our Boston office. REGAL" Last) L. C. BLISS &. CO , Boston Hen's Store, 113 Summer St.:: Women's Store, 109 Summer St. REGAL. Made in Rus. set King CaU, Black Vicl Kid, Imported Enamel, Patent Calf and Black Waxed Calf. Sen d for Ca ta log lies of RfciCs and Women^s Shoes. STORES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 59 O. H. ELLIS^ HAS THE LARGEST STORE, HAS THE LARGEST STOCK, HAS THE LARGEST VARIETY, HAS THE BEST QUALITIES, And the LOWEST PRICES of any Clothing Store in Whitman and vicinity. E. W. NOYKS, DEALER IN Choice and Fancy Groceries^ 546 WASHINGTON STREET, BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1857. WHITMAN, MASS. Buy Tour CALF VAMPS of HOLBROOK & KEENE, Whitman, Mass., The Largest Cutters of Calf Skins in the United States. ALSO, DEALERS IN Remnant Leather, Satin Vamps and Tops. 60 WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. Whitman Paper Box Co., MANUFACTURERS » K OF cALL KINDS OF PAPER BOXES. WHITMAN, MASS. INSURE WITH HOWLAND & FAUNCE, Jenkins 'Building, Whitman, Mass. AGENCY ESTABLISHED 1851. WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. 61 COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED! AT THE Finest Appointed Grocery Store In Plymouth County. BANK BLOCK, 6E0RGE A. CLIFT. WHITMAN. WILLIAM BLISS, DEALER IN BEEF, PORK, LARD, HAII, TRIPE, SAUSAGES, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Canned Goods, Bread and Pastry. Also Vegetables of All Kinds. CENTRAL MARKET, South Ave., Whitman, Mass. Whitman Insurancc Agency ESTABLISHED 1883. One of the institutions of Whitman which has grown with its growth and prospered with its prosperity. INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS EFFECTED. REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD. TENEMENTS CARED .FOR. 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