Local Trade Notices in Lowell Daily Courier 1902
December 9 1902 advertisement roundup from Lowell shows offerings by multiple merchants. H. L. Bailey & Co lists soft hats and cigars while Geo. W. Raynes Merrill's store promotes cleaning services and books. Stove and oil heater sellers claim safety and odorless heat with prices starting around 4.75. Geared to shoppers seeking bargains and household goods in Merrimack and Central streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
H. L. Bailey & Co
Merrimack Street
Main Springs
Geo. W. Raynes
Central Street
Merrill's Book Store
H. B. Shattuck & Son
Engagement Notice for Flora Mianahan and Prescott Pirington
Miss Flora Amelia Mianahan and Mr. Prescott Moulton Pirington of Lowell announce their engagement. The couple plan marriage after a forthcoming ceremony in Lowell, inviting family and friends to share in the joyous occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Amelia Mianahan
Prescott Moulton Pirington
Lowell
Liberty Lunch Honors former Hood Co. manager Putnam
A Liberty Lunch at 22 Osgood Street celebrated George W. Putnam former manager of C. I. Hood & Co Traveler's Department. Evergreen decorations and a Liberty bell centered the table with bell menus. Miss Bertha George served as maid, Shakespeare quotations accompanied courses, and a toast to health and happiness closed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Putnam
Osgood Street
C. I. Hood & Co
Putnam
Bertha George
Mr Badger Returns As Acting Mayor Recovery
Hon William E Badger returned to the city with his family and under physician care He says he feels better but will resume duties as acting mayor only with medical permission He left to rest traveled 20 miles beyond rail line and planned to vote for Mr Howe tomorrow in the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Badger
Courier-Citizen
Lowell District Sunday School Association Meeting
The Lowell District Sunday School Association plans a program at First Primitive Methodist Church on Wednesday featuring greetings by Rev. SN W Matthews and others, devotional services, school talks, offerings, and addresses by Rev. A M Craig, Rev. J Addison Alexander, and Rev. George Edward Martin. The event includes lessons on Samuel, teacher training, social hour, and concluding praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell District Sunday School Association
Primitive Methodist
SN. W. Matthews
M. Smiley
D. D
IM. Locke
Tewksbury Centre
A Tiehaardsen
Pawtucket
A. M. Craig
Lowell
Devenster
Samuel
TI Samuel
Orville Coats
J. Addison Alexander
Cambridge
George Edward Martin
F. M. Pickles
H. O. Brooks
Central
M. E. Sunday School
R. BR. Thomas
Fifth Street Baptist Sunday School
J. J. Dunlop
Textile School Moves to New Pawtucketville Building
The Lowell Textile School begins moving machinery and equipment from its old quarters to the new large Pawtucketville facility. Work will continue gradually with an aim to open in the new year under improved surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Textile School
Pawtucketville
A Soldier's Foe Coffee and Postum Change Life
Lieut J G Talbott recalls coffee draining nerves during the Spanish American War at Chickamauga. He explains coffee harms health, leading to resignation, then tries Postum Coffee substitute on doctor and wife’s suggestion. He notes his nervous trouble faded and he regained strength after quitting coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickamauga
Lieut. J. G. Talbott
Springfield
Now for the Vote in the City Election
Voters faced extreme cold as campaigns urged turnout for the upcoming city election. Bets on mayoral outcomes were even money, with $1100 reportedly wagered, while Democrats expected five aldermen and Republicans bet freely. Both sides projected strong get-out-the-vote efforts and confident wins for Howe or Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Brady
Courier- Citizen
Republican Party
Westford Selectmen Approve Railway Petition Withdrawal
At a recent selectmen meeting Westford voters learned the Stony Brook Valley Street Railway petition for location was withdrawn after Fitchburg and Lowell Street Railway agreed to build via the town center. A $1000 deposit secures the main line, linking villages and offering a through route to Lowell and Ayer. The town foresees great electric railway potential and improved transport. Also, the Unitarian church hosts a song service next Sunday evening December 14 at 7 o'clock with violinists Mrs. Daisy Shaw Merritt Miss Margaret Carmichael and Miss Eleanor Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Brook Valley Street Railway Company
Westford
Fitchburg and Lowell Street Railway
Lowell
Ayer
Young People’s Religious Union
Unitarian Church
Daisy Shaw Merritt
Margaret Carmichael
Eleanor Lane
Diphtheria Alarm Spurs Health Criticism In Lowell
The town faces rising diphtheria as residents grow anxious about quarantines and contagious cases. Local board of health faces criticism for enforcement while Rev Thomas Haworth resigns after 35 years as jail chaplain. Deaths include seven year old William H McCarthy amid several high school cases and improving patients Mildred McKnight and Roland Hill.
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Board of Health of
Dracut
Board of Health
William H. McCarthy
Riverside Street
William
Mildred McKnight
Miss McKnight
Roland Hill
Gladys Shaw
The
Reading Chronicle
North Reading
McKnight
Hillside Congregational Church
Klub
J. A. McKnight
Sousa Concert Delights Lowell With 50 Member Band
John Philip Sousa and his 50 musician troupe returned after two years to Huntington Hall, drawing 1200 fans in cold weather. The program featured Sousa marches, Rubinstein pieces, and notable solos by Estelle Liebling and Grace Courtney Jenkins, with strong audience encores and praise for Sousa’s enduring grace and rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Sousa
Lowell
Huntington Hall
Sousa
Arthur Pryor
Mars
Venus
Brazil
David Miss Estelle Liebling
D. A. Lyon
Kammend Ostrow
Fraternal groups plan events and elections
Prosperity circle of F C of F discussed carnival plans for next month and a complimentary dance this week. Foresters hall committee set memorial services for December 21 and will finalize details later. Pocahontas Degree admitted two members. Merrimack Lodge IOOF reported no major business. Camp Adelbert Ames VFW elected officers for six months and welcomed two new members James F Connors and Jeremiah Leary. a smoke talk featured Casto theatre numbers and social hour. Officers elected include Captain Frank Dodge and lieutenants Frank Boyle and Frank Hotchkiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosperity Circle, C. of F
Adelbert Ames
Memorial Hall
James F. Connors
8Th Mass
U. 8S. V
Jeremiah Leary
Casto Theatre
Frank Dodge
Leutenant
Frank Boyle
Frank Hotchkiss
William H. Hart
Board of Trustees
Kittredge
Fairweather
Ping Pong club complimentary party at Associate hall
A lively complimentary party by the Ping Pong club at Associate hall drew a fair crowd and kept attendees entertained with 20 dance numbers until midnight. The Cadet orchestra led by Joseph E. Rock provided the music as organizers listed include A. E. Langtang and George Tyrell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associate Hall
Joseph E. Rock
A. EK. Langtang
George Tyrell
Bert Livermore
George Langtang
A. B. McCarthy
J. Bruce
James Singleton
George Swallow
Millinery Class Tonight and Hebrew Study Adjusted
The millinery class will meet this evening at 7 90. The class for the study of Hebrews will meet this afternoon at 4 oclock. On account of Mrs Christie illness, the special meetings will be postponed until February.
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Christie
Sparrows Brave Snowfalls Stir Quiet Garden Moments
A narrator ponders the bold English sparrow that darts through falling snow, choosing the ground at our feet over the quiet indoors. The little bird’s daring flutter embodies resilience amid winter hush.
Middy Reginald Carpenter Dies at Naval Academy
Annapolis dispatch reports Midshipman Reginald Thorne Carpenter from the 1904 class died at the naval academy hospital last night of typhoid fever. Son of the late Admiral C. Carpenter, he came from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the academy in 1900 and played left guard for the academic football team for the past two years. Remains will be sent to Portsmouth on Wednesday.
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Annapolis
Reginald Thorne Carpenter
Naval Academy Hospital
Carpenter
C. Carpenter
Academy
Portsmouth
N. H
Migration and postponed football game noted in town item
The piece mentions Miss Kate Madden’s house on Mam moth road and Peter Costello planning to migrate to Harrison New Hampshire for a second hand position in a mill. It also notes a football game postponed by rain and likely rescheduled for next Saturday.
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Kate Madden
Mammoth Road
Peter Costello
Harrison
N. H
Local visitors and community events noted in Huntington
Emil Carlson of Lawrence street visits East Longmeadow while Wm Ramsden Jr of Morton street visits friends in Providence. A group skated on Wm H Wiggin’s flooded field last Saturday as the Roadside polo team drew with Sorosis in Huntington hall. Boyd’s Roadsides work stood out and John Boutilier, fresh from Nova Scotia mines, shared stories with local youths.
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Emil Carlson
Lawrence Street
East Longmeadow
Mass
Wm. Ramsden, Jr
Morton Street
Providence
R. I
Wm. H. Wiggin
Huntington Hall
Boyd
John Boutilier
Mr. Boutilier
Nova Scotia
North Chelmsford climate notes and homecomings
Frank G. Hall returns from Lubec Maine after months away. Ellen and Maggie Herson come back from Riceville Montana after seven months. The piece compares Massachusetts heat on July 4 to Riceville cool weather, noting heavier clothing worn there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Hall
Lubec
Riceville
Mon
Ellen
Maggie Herson
Massachusetts
Montana
Rev Bartlett Leaves For North Dakota Visit
Chelmsford notes Rev E C Bartlett started last week for North Dakota to visit a brother and will be away two or three weeks. Mrs Hannah H Perham, long seriously ill, is not improving and her condition has affected her mind within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Bartlett
North Dakota
Hannah H. Perham
Collinsville Local Notices and Community Snippets
Isaac Hill visits friends in town from Warner, N.H. Martin Meade takes a second hand position in a New York factory. The Piccalilli club forms a basketball team and will play any Lowell team weighing around 120 pounds. Members of the Young Men's Catholic Institute of Collinsville to receive holy communion next Sunday with Rev. Father Shaw officiating. A German resident on Mill Street injured recently is reported in less pain but still hurt. John Marley lays a water pipe from his house to connect with the mill. sp hd Langton has moved into the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Thomas Haworth
Haworth
Moody Street
Courier- Citizen
England
Manchester
Springfield
Bishop Jones
Bishop Simpson
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Charles Kimball
Kimball
Cushing
Fairburn
Cambridge
Old Tavern Hall
North
Billerica
Graniteville
Sargent
Mr. Haworth
Cardinal Newman
Church of England
Dr. Pusey
London
Spurgeon
Mr. Crossett
The
Advent Church
Baker
Tsaac Hill
Warner N. H
Martin Meade
New York
Piccalilli Club
Catholic Institute of
John Marley
Sp Hd Langton
Auction Sale Postponed in North Andover
Postponement of the cattle auction at A M Robinsons premises North Andover by C H Hanson Co due to cattle quarantine. Sale originally scheduled for Wednesday December 10 postponed until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hanson & Co
North Andover
Funerals Bid Farewell to Local Residents in December Dates
Funeral notices list Mildred Kearnes Lorin Aldrich Sarah Hickey Charles Flannery Bridget Carroll Ella Martin and others with services held at St Patrick's Lowell cemetery St Patrick's or local chapels. Undertakers Davey Young & Co C H Molloy officiated and bearers named followed burial at local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Kearnes
Central Street
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Davey
Lorin Aldrich
Lowell Cemetery
R. A. Green
Grace Church Quartette
W. K. Aldrich
James Stearns
W. R
Charles Grover
St. Patrick's Cemetery
C. H. Molloy
Charles Flannery
Lakeview Avenue
John Shaw
Peter Holy
William Blankley
Michael Hayes
John Norcroft
Peter
William Flannery
Bridget Carroll
Monahan
West Chelmsford
Fr. Callahan
John Healey
Dennis O'Brien
James O'Brien
John Flynn
Ella Martin
Keene Street
Slaughter Program Moves Forward Against Disease
Boston reports Dr. Austin Peters chief of the State cattle bureau preparing to slay diseased animals with Dr. Salmon of the national bureau directing. Peters has 22 of Salmon’s men as state agents and Salmon may deploy about 40 more. Some outbreaks may be spared if cattle recovered show discretion. A strict plan and vouchers will funnel funds to owners after red tape. A circular explains hoof and mouth disease spread, recognition, and owner protections, urging prompt reports of suspected cases under Massachusetts law with a $100 fine for failure.
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Boston
Austin Peters
State Cattle Bureau
Salmon
National Bureau
Peters
Salon
J. Henry
Washington
Massachusetts
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Lowell Daily Courier
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Cleveland
Kate E.whittaker
Public Schools
San Francisco
Stony Brook Company
Fitchburg & Lowell Company
Graino Grain Coffee
Sess
William Preston Phelps
Monadnock
New Hampshire
Grosvenor Block
D. P. Knowlton
Prescott Street
Carter & Sherburna
bkUc
Merrimack, Cor
Bridge Strest
DR. Benoit
Tschaikowsky
Rubinstein
Miss Jenkins
Miss Liebling
Alex Alabieff
Saltarella
Papini
Simoniella
le Bailey & Co
Foresters’ Hall
Degree of Pocahontas
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Merrimack Lodge
Ping Pong Club
Pearson’s Drug Store
Opera House
Wigginville
North Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Collinsville
Courier
A. M. Robinson
O'Donnell
Lowell Corporation Hospital
Mary O'Donnell
St. Patrick's Parish
Virtue
Suffolk Street
Everett C. Virtue
New England
A. F. Sweet
Woburn, Mass
C. B. Coburn & CO
Market St
Madras
W.P. Brazer & Co
Cor
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