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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1903
Page
5
James E. Donnelly seeks election as Lowell purchasing agent, pledging full time service, disinterest in outside business, and proven ability from 1904 endorsements by local businessmen to manage city affairs without complaint.
The Planter's Wife from E. V. Phelan Stock Company opens a week at the Opera house tonight with 25 in the cast led by Miss Helen Courtney and Frank Armstrong. The production, praised nationwide, features South country architecture and woodlands set pieces and recalls the Civil War era. Also tonight Viscount Henri d Hauterive presents Dream World a sensational novelty praised in European vaudeville.
The notice advertises a production at the Academy of Music featuring Robert Fulton’s Jolly Grass Widows, highlighted as a premier show. It emphasizes the entertainment value and places the performance within the venue's program.
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape-Nuts for reversing severe indigestion and stomach issues after failed food, noting improved digestion, clearer mind, restored energy, and weight gain. The testimonial from Postum Co. of Battle Creek invites readers to seek the brand and the Road to Wellville booklet.
The Academy of Music hosts a brilliant burlesque show this week with a new format, clever comedians, pretty performers, fresh songs and dialogue, and elaborate stage settings. Star features include One Night and Gone, Joseph Howard, Nat Fields, Alex Carr, Guy Rawson, Marie Theresa, Mae Hilliard, Ruth Everett, Butler and Montrose, and the San Francisco Four.
Nelson and Milledge lead a strong Casto Theatre bill this week with Officer Grogan a top vaudeville act. The Todd Judge acrobats, Barry and Wolford in The Polyscope, Gardner and Arnold in The Broadway Swells, Chris Lane, Henry and Young, Little Leonie impressions, and Smith and Bowman singing and talking complete the lineup. Green trading stamps accompany all orchestra tickets, two with matinees and five with evenings.
A sharp drop is shown in liquor imports, totaling 652,410 gallons in the latest reporting period, marking a notable shift in trade. The report highlights implications for local markets and supplier dynamics amid changing demand.
Police blotter notes ten arrests up to late hours with Ephraim Manney the sole standout for excessive drinking. Manney, previously fined for overindulgence, caused a cell disturbance tearing plumbing from his unit before officers could restrain him. Census lists several locals and out-of-town guests among those apprehended. A minor beer raid at 1104 Gorham Street reported near Edson cemetery, with overall alcohol volume down from prior week.
Rev J A McKnight spoke to large crowds at First Congregational Hillside church on Wisdoms Beginning and Lessons From Gods Heroes. Next Sunday he will swap pulpits with Rev Minchin of Tewksbury. Pneumonia illness limits Calvin Richardson. A Hobbs horse injured by a car track catch basin. Sladen street illness and Hillside Sunday school changes noted. Field sliding by youth on Sladen street.
Paris edition reports the Stars and Stripes carried for the first time across the Arctic Circle by automobile. Charles J. Glidden recounts 13,795 miles of driving through 15 European countries with 150 illustrations. St Pauls M E church holds event on December 16.
Next Sunday the Huntington hall hosts the second annual concert by the well known Lowell musical organization. The event is expected to be a major season highlight with added Boston celebrity collaborators to strengthen the program. Details are in another column.
Lowell Aerie of Eagles met yesterday to plan a Nashua aerie installation next Sunday with many Lowell members expected to assist. Officers were elected: W P James T Doyle W VP James Barry W Chap Thomas H Kennedy W Fin Sec John M Hogan W Ree Sec Daniel J O Connell W Trustee Ed Connors W Conductor Geo Tompkins W Inner Guard Joseph Fennette W Outer Guard Geo Doyle Trustees J Loganhan Thomas Butler Thomas Corcoran. Doctors Sullivan and O'Hearn named as physicians. 1904 Standard Diaries advertised at Lawler's.
Dyspepsia is blamed for gloom and social withdrawal and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are marketed as relief. The ad argues tablets use natural digestives like aseptic pepsin and malt diastase to aid the stomach, enabling work and proper nutrition. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents a box with a warning against substitutes.
Walter Taylor visited relatives in town yesterday. Baptist church drew a large crowd for Rev Ralph Gillam of Lowell's final address in the meetings. Miss Alice Leith sang and gained praise. An extra Baptist service will be held Tuesday evening led by Rev Co L Pierce. A son arrived for Mr and Mrs Walter Pillsbury. Congregational pastor Rev J W Minchin to exchange pulpits with Rev J McKnight of Dracut next Sunday. Twentieth Century club council meets tonight at H M Billings' home to prepare for the next meeting. J Edward Riley, teaching in Bellows Falls Vermont, spent Sunday here with relatives.
James Stead moves into Mr England’s Whitehead tenement as repair work continues after an explosion. Children ride along Epping and Morton streets while the chapel at Penetage 3 hosts a large attendance for a Hell sermon. David Bruce replaces the burned barn on Billerica street as Thomas England and Warner Bancroft relocate there and Santa Claus prepares for the Christmas mission event led by Mrs Wilde and Mrs Wilde.
Friends hosted a Saturday night party for Miss Helen Knowles at Marshall's hall, with music by Miss Emma Woodard, games and dancing. Mr Ben Brown expects a Worcester, Mass. position. Amos Billson and family moved into the Edwards cottage. John Burn and family occupy the vacated tenement. Thanksgiving visit noted for Tom Dunn. Dr Virgin and Mrs Virgin and Miss Miriam Virgin leave for New York. Young Men's Social Club opened with forty members. dues 50 cents monthly. singing school planned by January first under a Low ell teacher. ladies night planned. First basketball game of the season slated for Marshall's hall between Westford and West Chelmsford. Charlie Jordan spent Sunday with mother and grandparents.
From New York where stationed since returning from the Philippines in October, a serviceman looks well and says army life agrees with him. He returned to New York Monday and expects to be home again Christmas. The Hiawatha club plans to attend a supper and church entertainment in Littleton Friday with Miss Clara Baird Miss Emma Woodard and Mrs Oscar Naylor participating. Fletcher quarry is closed until March leaving many workers unemployed. Mrs Charles Spaulding and son Paul of Fitchburg visited Mrs Emma Spaulding Sunday.
Large attendance at Sunday night town hall as St. John’s Total Abstinence society hosted a sacred concert with Lowell delegates. William McAloon of Sowell played a piano solo and the Winds Are All Hushed, by the Mozart quartet, featured J H McMahon and others with McAloon as accompanist. A list of performers followed, and the program ended around 10. Evangelist George Washington Coon of Lowell preached both services at Second Congregational. Walter Tinch returned from New York after several months away. Sleighing conditions varied with ideal weather for some routes and fair on back roads in Lowell.
A surprise party was held Saturday evening at Samuel Campbell's home in North Billerica. The event was arranged by North Billerica council No. 1323, R. A., with about 35 members in attendance. William Fair presented a pall stand to the Campbells, and Mr. Campbell delivered a graceful acceptance speech. Refreshments followed.
The Bellevue club in Lowell hosts a musical and literary program featuring the Bingville quartet, Fairbrother, Gannon, Buckley, Mahoney, Emmett, Os Spencer, and John Brown with Edgar Twombley back from a Vermont hunting vacation. Masses at St. Andrews, and a campaign urging William T. Patten for Purchasing Agent with a twenty year business record.
Five men including Corey P. Bissell ex board member John T. Donovan Clarke E. Slocum John Mc Lachlan and Reyner Stonehouse pleaded guilty in Grand Rapids Michigan Superior Court to accepting bribes from Lant K Salsbury for supporting a Lake Michigan water supply project. Bissell faced 500 dollar bribe and the aldermen 350 dollars each. Sentence deferred until next week ex Alderman Spyzels also pled guilty. Ellen’s police court examination resumed with Salsbury on the stand.
An advertisement declares the Purchasing Agent post needs a successful business man. It praises William T. Patten as the best qualified Republican candidate to run the office and to treat visitors with courtesy. The piece urges voters to support him on election day.
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