This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
10
John Kenney, an employee at the U S armory in Springfield Massachusetts, fractured his arm while pitching in a game between married and single men of the armory yesterday afternoon. He delivered a drop bail and his arm collapsed. A surgeon confirmed the bone was broken.
Mr and Mrs T Kendel and Miss Ev eline Wilkingson of New Bedford spend two weeks at the McCavitt home in New Bedford. Maude Barber returns from a month in New York and Philadelphia. Brown family and Annie at Old Orchard Maine for August. Louise McLaughlin to Atlantic City for a month. Donahue family at Juniper Point hosting Keegan Foley Ray party for two weeks. Anastasia Connors home from Old Orchard after three weeks. Mrs Butters leaves for Corinth Vermont. Quinn family vacation at Providence beaches. Vera Wood to Nova Scotia for vacation. Dorothea Leach at Derry New Hampshire for August. Paradis couple go Montreal to Joliet two weeks.
Providence reports Associate Justice Blodgett refused to wed two couples due to underage brides. George Tuck, 22, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, sought to marry Bertha Mae Bryant, 18, Bangor, Maine, while George Henry Desmond, 27, Boston, aimed to wed Maude Vesta Tibbetts Trent, 19, New York. Parents of both brides stated dead.
Ralph Cote and Miss Nellie Moriarty were married Wednesday evening in St. Patrick's chapel on Suffolk Street by Rev Fr Callalan. After the ceremony the couple returned to the bride's home on Gage Street for well wishers.
At 8.40 this morning a small fire crew rushed to the Lakeview avenue dump to extinguish a brisk blaze. The damage was slight. The article notes Thursday night the dump was smoking heavily, suggesting a flare up could occur the next day.
A Canadian man recounts chronic digestion issues from November 1899 to October 1900. After switching to Postum Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food, his symptoms vanished after a single supper and he has remained healthy and productive since, praising the products.
Courier-Citizen reporters record Governor William H. Hunt of Porto Rico in Lowell at the Allen home. He praises American institutions, education, and economic prospects, noting one quarter of revenues for schooling and a growing commerce linked to Massachusetts mills and light industry.
A Lakeview Park theatre chorus girl fainted at Merrimac House after a morning paper allegedly slurred her in a story column. Friends condemn the insinuations, blaming the writer for causing the upset with his remarks.
Keith's Theatre notes a summer novelty act the Four Madcaps English girls who have stirred New York vaudeville and will headline the week of August 11 alongside Trovello and his ventriloquial figures Bicknell the clay modeller Dooley and Fowley the blackface performers Billy Clifford the monologist and the Exposition Four. The Fadettes will continue popular concerts and new tableaux vivants are promised.
Yesterday at Faulkner's Park Caesar Misch 18 defeated Putnam & Son 6 after nine innings. Faucher hit a home run for Misch while Sykes starred for Putnam. Referees Viancour and Kendall were praised for their work.
Lawrence Aug 7 John McIntyre pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny. Judge Stone bound him over in 500 for the Lawrence grand jury in September for larceny of a watch and suit of clothes belonging to John Adams. Joseph Kerr alias Wilson was found guilty of larceny of a coat and sentenced to four months in the house of correction. Kerr stole Henry Buchesne's hostler coat from Pillsbury's stable on May 2 and pawned it in Lowell. The pawn broker and Inspector Maher testified. Kerr was described as an older man with shaggy beard and dark complexion. Probation Officer Vose noted prior larceny and current eight-day drunkenness sentence.
A large appreciative crowd attended the municipal concert on the North Common last night. The Excelsior band under E. J. Borjes presented the planned programme, with popular selections that pleased the public taste.
The Labor Day outing committee held a meeting and will reconvene Sunday. The council prepares its own sou venir, asserting that J. F. Convery of the Trades and Labor Council lacks authority to collect funds or solicit ads for the effort.
The second grand water carnival by Iroquois and Mascuppic Canoe clubs plus cottagers and Bowers family drew a large crowd at Old Willow Dale. Lanterns outlined cottages, decorated canoes paraded with names like Mason and Moody, and prizes went to Carl Mason and Percy Moody. Fireworks followed, then Manila Bay replicas and dancing to Kittredge’s orchestra.
More than 300 children enjoyed mandolin solos by Miss Mary F Devine and vocal numbers by Miss Clotilda A Delaney at the Edson vacation school yesterday morning. Dominican nuns from St Francis de Sales Charlestown visited and showed interest in basketry for their schools.
An early advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as radically curing scrofula and a range of ailments from neck swellings to dyspepsia, claiming to expel humors and build up the system. It also touts Hood’s Pills as a liver remedy, a non irritant cathartic.
The Mountain Rock grove outing by the local order of Elks was a great success with a large turnout. Entertainment included a baseball game won by Stickneyites 18 to 2, wheelbarrow and sack races, whippet races, and a Rhode Island clam bake, followed by a pavilion gathering and final rides home after 7 pm. Notable attendees included Thomas Dowd, Bart Hargraves, and others from Nashua and Lawrence. committee chair W. S. Grady led the event.
A collision on East Merrimack street was narrowly avoided when car 3414 stopped and the following car, 431, failed to brake in time. The rear car halted within a foot after the signal. Passengers jumped, causing a brief panic before both vehicles resumed with repairs made and the trip completed.
Carl John Carlson, 85, of Swedish descent, fell from a car in Tewksbury yesterday afternoon. He sustained a head cut and bruised back but no bones were broken. He was brought to the square and then to St. John's hospital by ambulance for treatment.
B. J. Quimby of 58 Chestnut Street employed by F. J. Fleming caught his hand in a machine yesterday afternoon. Doctors at Emergency hospital amputated the index finger at the first joint and needed five stitches for the middle finger.
Doan's Kidney Pills gain public endorsement from Lowell residents through newspapers and other sources. Mrs. E W Harmon recounts her husband’s 1898 kidney pain relief after purchasing at Ellingwood Co’s drugstore. The pill reportedly corrected kidney secretions and relieved back pains. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.