Thompson Hardware Announces End of Summer Sale
Thompson Hardware company cuts prices on screens and screen doors all August to make room for fall goods. W T S Bartlett at the up town hardware store offers Mason’s and Lightning fruit jars as preserving season begins. The Babbitt Co opticians at 28 Dutton Street advertise eye care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Mason's
Thompson Hardware Company
W. T. S. Bartlett
Babbitt Co
Opticians
Dutton Street
Summer social notes from local families
Personal notices list travel plans and visits among Mammoth Road families and friends. Mr and Mrs Fred A Lamoureux plan two weeks in Newport and Fall River visiting relatives. T Franklyn Wood spends a week with Mrs Frank Guyette. Miss Susie Gifford and Misses Florence and Lilla Stanley vacation in Jackson Maine with Miss Madelyn Keavey in Bowers Street. Mildred Jewett Tinker celebrated her fifth birthday with friends and gifts including a diamond ring. Various others recall visits to Whitehall New York and Yarmouth Nova Scotia while Miss Minnie Connolly visits Mt Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Lamoureux
Mammoth Road
Newport
R. I
Fall River
T. Franklyn Wood
Meadowcroft Street
Frank Guyette
West Chelmsford
Susie Gifford
Hood’s Laboratory
Florence and
Lilla Stanley
Horn Street
Jackson
Maine
Madelyn E. Keavey
Bowers Street
Hazel Leonard
Fair Haven
Minnie Connolly
Washington, D. C
Martha Curtin
Mt. Washington Street
Sunday Afternoon Concert At Fort Hill Park
The National band led by R A Griffiths performs at Fort Hill park Sunday at 2 30 p m. The program includes Blaze Away Holzmann Overture The Bronze Horse Auber Popular Rags Coon Hollow Capers Creole Belles Lamper Waltz Venus Reigen Intermezzo Iris The Passing Regiment Reeves Operatic Medley Dalbey March The American Republic Selection Patience Sullivan Medley Overture The Merry Makers Von Tilzer Thief The Star Spangled Banner conducted by A Griffiths Leader
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National Band
R. A. Griffiths
Fort Hill Park
Bronze Horse
Venus Reigen
Iris
Reeves
Dalbey
American Republic
Patience
Sullivan
von Tilzer
Benefit Dance At Highland Hall Draws Crowd
A benefit and dance was held at Highland hall last evening with a fair sized crowd. Dancing began after 8 and continued to midnight. The Cadet orchestra led by Joseph E. Rock provided the music. Organizers included General manager John Mutecahy assistant George Collins floor director James McManus. aides John Maguire Henry Merritt and John Reardon.
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Highland Hall
Joseph E. Rock
John Mutecahy
George Collins
James McManus
Thomas Tobin
John Maguire
Henry Merritt
John Reardon
Evening High Alumni Meeting at Pilgrim Hall
The L. E. H. 8S. alumni held a regular meeting in Pilgrim hall last evening with large attendance. Mr John O'Donoghue was elected an honorary member. The evening concluded with dancing and social pleasures.
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Pilgrim Hall
John O'Donoghue
John Street Church Adjourns After No Business
There was no business at the adjourned meeting of the John Street church last night and the meeting was adjourned again to Friday evening September 5.
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John Street
Perkinses Welcome Daughter in Auburndale Birth
Sunday August 3 a daughter was born to Dr and Mrs Herbert Crawford Perkins of Auburndale in a family birth notice.
Coffee vs Postum Health Experiment in Wisconsin
A Clinton Wisconsin man reports health gains after a year switching from coffee and tea to Postum Food Coffee. He notes improved tongue coating, appetite, breath, and headaches ending, plus claimed cure of severe constipation. He later reintroduced cocoa and water and felt deteriorated, attributing benefits to Postum rather than coffee avoidance alone.
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Clinton
Wis
Real Estate Realities and Fireproof Demand in Lowell
The article discusses growing demand for fireproof buildings in Lowell as shoe manufacturers seek 15,000 square feet of well lit space. It notes fireproof construction gains, cites MIT influence, and cites limited fireproof local examples, urging education and development to prevent losses. It also reports court house improvements and a timber land sale to Champion International Paper for 40,000 dollars.
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Lowell
United Shoe Machinery Co
Board of Trade
New Hampshire
A. G
E. A. Titus
Joseph Balduc
St. Victor
P. Q
Bury
Newport
Ditton
Champion International Paper Company
Iills
Lawrence
Real Estate and Building Notes in Lowell
Real estate activity includes alterations to Rogers Hall school adding room for about 20 pupils and potential future growth. Bids are due today for the North Chelmsford county truant school addition. The Bacon estate at Bridge and Second streets sells to John F. Murphy for $8000. Shepard & Fuller sell a Birch street double, and land plots. The A B Woodworth house on Oakland Street sold to Mrs Edna Bennett through C M Potter. Dwyer’s house in High street has Batters pending. Architect Davis drew plans. Rumor of a Massachusetts cotton mill storehouse project, eleven stories high, may start this fall. Work on a new parochial school in High street. Architect Davis drawing plans.
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Rogers Hall
North Chelmsford
Bacon
Bridge and
Second Streets
C. M. Potter
John F. Murphy
Shepard & Fuller
Birch Street
A. B. Woodworth
Oakland Street
Co. M. Potter
Edna Bennett
High Street
Patrolman
Dwyer
Davis
Massachusetts
Lowell
Real Estate Transactions for Lowell Week Ending Aug 9 1902
William H Wiggin transfers land with buildings on Crescent street to Hans Johnson for 1 dollar. Edward W Bruce documents transfer to R A Clifford in the Lowell real estate notices.
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Lowell and Vicinity
William H. Wiggin
Hans Johnson
Crescent Street
Edward W. Bruce
R. A. Clifford
Property transfers list across towns from Chelmsford to Billerica
Property records show numerous deeds transferring land and buildings for nominal sums across multiple towns including Chelmsford Tewksbury Dracut and Billerica. Names such as Mary O Roark Owen Cassidy James Lynch and Chas H Peard appear with plots on Worthen Bridge Lagrange and Riverside parks among others.
Welcome Visit After Death Leaves North Billerica Council
The late Bro Joseph F Fitzpatrick of 1081 Gorham street Lowell joined North Billerica council No 1323 R A on May 2 1900 as a second rate member. He died July 17 and on the 4th instant his widow received 2000 from the Royal Arcanum after proof of death. This is the eighth death in twelve years and the council has paid 20000 to deceased members families while reporting 101 members currently.
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Joseph F. Fitzpatrick
Gorham Street
Lowell
North Billerica
Supreme Secretary
Hampton Beach Music Day Shines With Dual Bands
Hampton Beach hosts a Sunday music day with a noon to 9 pm band concert by the concert solo band and the Manchester city band. A mid‑afternoon joint concert by both groups promises a treat of classic, popular, and sentimental pieces. easy rail access, daily concerts, balloon ascensions, surf bathing, and noted beach cuisine at the Casino highlight the seaside offerings.
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Hampton Beach
Manchester, N. H
Granite State
Hampton
Early Train Start Changes for Andover Moody Street Route
Supt Lees of Boston and Northern Street Railway orders a morning schedule shift to 6:00 a.m. from both ends on the Andover and Moody Street line to better serve Pawtucketville mill workers. The change, requested by patrons, takes effect this morning and adjusts the first car time from 6:15 a.m.
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Pawtucketville
Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co
Supt. Lees
Andover and
Moody Street
Passaconaway Tribe and Lodge Events Across December
Reports from Passaconaway I O R M on field day planning and a Huntington hall venue for December while Lowell lodge No 9% IAM hosts an open meeting with a banquet and speeches. A social Harvest festival aids youth volunteers and a debate over immigrant domestic labor frames a broader discussion on servant availability.
Bespoke servants and the Ellis Island dream
A column humorously examines domestic maid shortages as 43859 immigrants arrive at Ellis Island in May. It notes 700 Irish girls among them, all but 'bespoke' before voyage, with many destined for employment but insufficient ready-made help for housewives. The piece surveys immigration totals, gender splits, and local efforts to place servants.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Ellis Island
Immigration Office
New York
America
A tale of a stylish stenographer and a business husband
In Denver Post prose James Barton Adams describes a stylish stenographer in a tailor gown whose beauty earns admiration from a brusk business man. He finances her rise to mansion status while she once dictated to him. Now she commands, changing their power dynamic and tone.
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James Barton Adams
Denver Post
Gas Arc Lights Bring Cheaper Steady Lighting
The Lowell Gas Light company prepares to place sets for lighting stores halls and large areas. They offer a large light volume that is more diffused and steadier and cheaper than an electric arc system.
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Lowell Gas Light Company
Labor Day Plans and Budget Moves By Local Committees
Labor Day aims include a $150 allocation for event features by the sports committee and a $300 prize fund for the parade committee. The Cotton Spinners held a large meeting at 22 Middle Street, voting to skip the parade and instead sponsor a day outing at a nearby resort. The Trades and Labor Council sports group approved $150 for the program. A mile race and a tug of war among unions are planned, with the latter to be held on an elevated platform for visibility. Joseph F. Convery refutes soliciting for the Textile Council and confirms support for the Trades & Labor Council souvenir funds.
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Middle Street
Committee On
Trades and Labor Council
Joseph F. Convery
Textile Council
Trades & Labor Council
Fairest Spot on Earth Halifax Public Gardens described
A description exalts Halifax Public Gardens as the fairest land under 17 acres in North America, noting Beecher influenced plantings, royal visitors, a fountain unveiled in 1897, and the music of waters and voices. The six day tour offering costs $30 with details via Mr. Durning at Parker Coal & Coke Co. in Prescott Street.
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North America
Halifax
Crystal Caves
Panama
Pacific
Golden Gate
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Mother Earth
Henry Ward Beecher
Power
Duke of York
Duke of Clarence
Princess Louise
Marquis of Lorne
Countess of Aberdeen
Evangeline
Durning
Parker Coal & Coke Co
Prescott Street
Funerals for Ellen Hanson and William Randlett Held
The two funeral services occurred yesterday afternoon. Ellen Hanson was laid to rest at Edson Cemetery with Rev. J. M. Craig officiating and bearers Payton Brackett Sutherland and Fairbanks. William H. Randlett died from blood poisoning from a fish bone cut. services at 25 Queen Street featured Rev. C. E. Fisher and bearers from Merrimack lodge I O O F and Red Men. Burial followed at Edson Cemetery with Undertaker Weinbeck in charge. delegations from Monomake Encampment and Passaconaway Red Men honors observed.
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Ellen Hanson
Main Street
J. M. Craig
Queen Street
C. E. Fisher
George B. Merrill
J. H. Britton
Merrimack Lodge
No. 7
J. Howarth
C. E. Dursthoff
Passaconaway Tribe of Red Men
Monomake
Obituary notices and death announcements from city columns
Davis in Los Angeles California August 7 Mary A Davis formerly of this city aged 42. Notice of funeral later. Glynn in this city August 8 at the home of her parents 24 Concord street Annie Glynn aged 4 months 22 days. Popplewell died in Tewksbury Washington August 6 Mrs Mary wife of George Popplewell aged 58 years funeral services at home Saturday afternoon 2 oclock Friends invited.
Hammock Sale Cut Prices At Pollard Co Store
Pollard & Co cuts prices on two best value hammocks from $1.00 to 69c each and valance hammocks from $1.50 to 92c each. Only four single hook hammock swings remain. Previously sold at $1.00, now 50e each. Don’t miss these seasonal bargains.
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Pollard & CO
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Bridge Street
Alice and
Elizabeth Smithies
Yarmouth
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A. Griffiths
Evening High
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Middlesex Trust Co
Merrimack and
Palmer Streets
Court House
Poe
Ogdensburg
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Bootblack
Uneeda Biscuit
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Soreno Park
Mary O’roark
Owen Cassidy
Worthen Street
James Lynch
Chas. H. Peard
Dennis J. Ring
Andrew C. Wheelock
Lagrange Street
Truman W. Greenslit
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Simeon Lagasse
Joseph Gilbert
Lakeview Avenue
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Cheever Street
Jesse H. Parker
Charles O. Wilson
Gorham
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John and
Bridget Rogers
Concord Street
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Washington Park
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Thomas Garrett
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Arthur M. Warren
Russell Mills
Tewksbury
Armine Teterault
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Riverside Park
William L. Lita
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Mott
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John Plante
Cassie Coburn
Boylston Park
Dracut
Helen L. Clement
Esther P. Simpson
Billerica
Elizabeth C. Baldwin
Frederic A. Morey
Gilson Hill
Royal Arcanum
Fitzpatrick
E. T. Goward
Field Day
C. N. Leach
Trading Post Committee
Huntington Hall
Bro
Wm. Randlett
Bros
Oliver A. Libby
Mathew Temperance Institute
Charles Defoe
Thomas Gallagher
James Rourke
Lowell Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Machinists’ Hall
Central Street
Richard Noonan
Daniel Leary
James Boyd
James Fielding
Edward Burke
Andrew McCarthy
Robert Take
Boston
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R. C. Murray
E. H. Burke
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Thomas Keefe
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Odd Fellows’ Temple
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Courier
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Maritime Provinces
Horace Ela
Rpurnaces
John Callaghan
Merrimack Street
Wm. P. Brazer & Co
Sporting Goods Dept
COR
Central and Market Sts
Mason and Lightning
W. T
Bartlett
D. P. Knowlton
Furniture Mover
Prescott ST Keert
Optician Geo
G. Rogers
Br. J. F. True & CO
Auburn
R. A. Ferris
Westville
Conn
Respiro
Chas.t. Saul
Benj. A. Gilbert
Optician
Colonial Building
Boylston St
Mass
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