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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1905
Page
2
Advert creates a vivid sale roundup of women’s garments and undergarments. Featured items include mer cerized shirt waists in several colored styles, flannelette night gowns, Hermsdorf black lisle stockings, Chic and Chic muslin underwear sets, corset covers, and lace trimmed aprons. Prices range from 25c to $5, with emphasis on quality and gift-box presentation.
John C Farris died at 27 Fremont Street from heart disease after a long illness. He was 39, worked 20 years at Merrimack Manufacturing as purchasing agent, leaving a wife, a daughter, a brother Leonard T. Farris, and a sister Mrs. W H Pratt. Mary J Shattuck of 102 First Street, 76, longtime Lowell resident, died Sunday. Born in Fitchburg, she taught, sang in churches, led Sunday school, served at Fifth Street Baptist, supervised primary and home departments, wrote odes and poems, survived by husband Sewell and three daughters, six grandchildren.
The Christian Endeavor Society led last evening’s rally service at the North Billerica Baptist church with a large crowd. A sermon on "Christian Endeavorers" was delivered, and the church was decorated in C E colors with a special choir program including the "Glory Song." The Cricket Club holds a three point league lead over the Republican Club, while I C O F has strengthened and won several strings. Next games feature Cricket Club versus Finishing Room, I O O F vs Mathews, and Republican Club vs Philadeans. Street crews cleared snow for morning services. Patrick Money resigns as coachman to take a Boston position. Men’s Social Union to meet Thursday in the Baptist vestry.
The Lowell area records multiple funerals with large family and community turnouts. Lloyd Sawyer, Jessye Hutchinson, Addie Charles, Ernest Hussey, Zenaide Michaud, Henry Russell, James Smith and others are honored with services at homes and churches, burial at local cemeteries, and extensive floral tributes from relatives, friends, and local firms. The notices note pastors, attendees, and undertakers assisting in arrangements.
A varied local roundup notes the engagement of budget gossin from one suburb, William Keefe and son and the Navy Yard barbers. Shaw and Hutchinson bakers welcome a bouncing baby. Patrick Cassidy greets a daughter born last Thursday. Robert Shanis returns from six weeks in New Hampshire to Collinsville. Paul Scott takes a job at Merrimack Woolen Co finishing dept. Costello family moves from Hampton to School street for a large farming operation. A barn and several acres suit farming. the woolen mill plans 40 new looms and a new floor in weaving. The note ends with a quip about rolling stones and polishing with travel.
The advertisement promotes Utal perfumes offered in Lowell at 26 per ounce with bulk sales and no bottling charges. It markets brands Woodworth, Laselia, Gallet, French Core Co, and others, plus new lines Howbigant's Ideal Violet's Rou wet Faruces and Pivers Aurea from leading makers.
An old advertisement extols Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets as a substitute to rest a worn stomach. It claims the tablets digest food like healthy gastric juice, allow the stomach to recuperate, and cites a Chicago lawyer's endorsement about relief from sour stomach, headaches, and sluggishness during stress. The piece uses testimonial style to promote a vacation concept for digestion.
An unreadable local OCR fragment lists partial names and numbers with unclear context. The readable text mentions a place, a person, and a date-like string but lacks complete facts to determine event or outcome. This brief item appears to be an isolated snippet from a larger notice or report.
Stockholders of this bank are notified that the annual meeting for the choice of directors and other business will be held at the banking rooms on Wednesday January 19085 at 10 o clock a m F Bawyer cashier Lowell Mass Dec 4 16.
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