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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
4
A visitor recalls a Lakeview avenue vacation school day with 100 children singing in circles, a white-dressed teacher at the piano, and a cobbler song that echoed the workers on nearby streets. The scene merges rural window views with urban relief as children of all backgrounds learn music and joy in a democratic, happy setting.
A Paris journal report about the Crown Prince of Germany’s infatuation with Miss Gladys Deacon overstates a romance. A local acquaintance asserts many statements are erroneous and notes Deacon was educated in a local school rather than abroad.
A listing of worship services at multiple churches with addresses, pastors, and schedules. Includes morning services at 10:30, Sunday schools at noon, youth groups in the late afternoon, and evening services across Second Street, Eliot Street, High Street, and other locales. Names include Rev Ralph Gillam, Rev E Victor Bigelow, Rev George M Ward, Rev Charles W Huntington, Rev T Clayton Welles, Rev William G Poor, Rev Charles E Poole, Rev John A McKnight, Rev Fredk I Kelley, Rev Sarah A Dixon, and Rev T G A Cote among others.
On St Anne's Merrimack Street near Anne Street A St John Chambre D D rector leads holy communion at 7 15 a m with full service and sermon at 10 30 a m and evening prayers in the church setting.
Multiple congregations announce morning and evening services across Swedish Meadowcroft Highland Centralville and other streets with Sundays schools at 12 m and Epworth and Y P leagues. Pastors include Eckman Deza Smiley Roy Riggs and Yarrow with varied service times and special themes.
Multiple churches list Sunday morning services at 10 30 with Sunday school and evening services noted. Westminster Tyler street hosts morning and evening services and August union meetings with First Presbyterian. Grace Princeton street spans Canton street with morning service and Sunday school. Rev. James M Craig Rev H B Foster Rev Caleb E Fisher Rev Ransom A Greene lead the congregations with Steps to the Throne Servants and C E at 6 pm noted.
Morning services conducted at two churches under pastors Rev. Charles T. Billings and Rev. George C. Wright. Services begin at 10.45 o'clock and 10.30 respectively with Sunday school at noon for the Middlesex Street location. Rev. Herbert H. Mott of Nashua leads the liberal union service.
A list ofMass schedules for St Patrick's Suffolk Street opposite Jefferson street St Joseph's Obijate Fathers Lee Street Kirk Street First Mass 7 am second 8 30 am high mass 10 am Vespers 3 pm St Peter's Gorham Street Union Street Masses 6 30 7 30 9 am high mass 10 30 am Sunday school 2 pm Vespers 4 pm Sacred Heart Moore Street Andrews Street Rev John Reynolds Immaculate Conception East Merrimack Street Rev H B A Dorgan First mass 6 am second 7 30 am children's mass 9 2 o'clock p m vespers 6 30 p m St Michael's Sixth Street Rev John
J Shaw parish lists multiple masses beginning at 6 am with children and high masses throughout the morning. St Jean Baptiste at Merrimack and Aiken features Masses at 7 am 830 am and 10 am with vespers at 6 30 pm. St Anthony's on Gorham and Congress streets offers masses at 8 am 10 30 am with vespers at 6 30 pm.
Union Mission on Paige street near Kirk led by Elder W C Westcott with services at 3. Union Mission church Barristers hall holds 8 p m Sunday service. Odd Fellows Hall Merrimack street 6 30 Sunday Central Mission First street opposite Read street Sabbath exercises 3 West Sixth Street chapel French Baptist Rev Isaac Lafleur sermon 10 30 Sunday school noon preaching 7 Coburn Mission Varnum avenue Sabbath school 3 p m prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 All welcome Ayer City Lincoln and Tanner services 3 and 6 0 p m Sunday school 2 p m Gospel meeting Stearns grove Chelmsford 3 p m Rev A E Kenyon address singing by male quartet and chorus G T Parkhurst cornetist
A roundup of church activities lists services across First Church of Christ, Scientist on Grand Street and others in Meadowcroft, Rea and Berwick streets, with pastors J V Soderman W H Rousseau I La Fleur and events including a 2 30 pm platform talk by H L Clough of Lynn and a morning lecture by W Pinel of Quincy on Christ’s earthly kingdom.
Rev Geo M Ward D D president of Rollins College Florida will occupy the pulpit at Kirk Street Congregational Church in both services. He is a former church boy and beloved by many in the city. Evening sermon at 7 00 titled Other Sheep I Have Which.
The usual gospel service will be held at the Young Women’s Christian Association Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock with Miss Emily Simpson as speaker. Miss Bennett will conduct the praise service. Twilight song service is Sunday at 7 p.m. All girls and women are invited. The usual Saturday social is tonight at 7:30 with Miss Bennett returning after an absence.
Miss Lizzie Larkin visits friends in Watertown while Mr and Mrs W F Lewis and daughter Maggie Lewis stay several days in West Somerville. Local readers eagerly follow the Citizen’s daily baseball reports from the various leagues.
Dracut reports a Hillside church picnic set for today at Mountain Rock park. A Thursday moonlight excursion drew many attendees from Pawtucketville and near the Navy Yard. Miss Amelia Leffvenboam of Dorchester has returned home after staying with her sister Mrs Gustave Eklund on Clark Street. Mr W Carpenter of New York who visited Miss M T Fox on Sladen Street with his wife and three children has returned home.
Carleton and Hovey at 236 Merrimack street announce a heavy stock unload today. Handifold Paper 1000 sheets drops from 10 cents to 3 cents per package, two for 5 cents. Ralston perforated roll 10 cents to 4 cents, four for 15 cents. 12,000 sheets A P W paper 87 cents with a metal fixture per customer. Queen Bess 1500 sheets 15 cents per package, two for 25 cents. Rex Toilet paper extra heavy 10 cents per package, three for 25 cents.
Sixteen pairs of boys and misses shoes in sizes from 2 1 2 to 5 1 2 sold at deep discounts. Vici kid oxfords, patent leather and heavy soles priced well below retail, with children’s sizes offered at 49c to 69c a pair. Basement bargain department at Pollard & Co. Also advertised Burdock Blood Bitters claim to aid digestion.
A warning against lacking soap accompanies a list of prices from Carleton and Hovey at 236 Merrimack Street. Pure Olive Oil soap ranges from 7 cents per cake to 20 cents for three. Glycerine soaps, perfumed boxes, and Munyon's Witch Hazel show varied deals. The ad urges readers to check the window for bargains and presents a barrage of price points including Colgate and Turkish Bath soaps.
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