Local Advertisements and Offers Run in The City
The page lists sales pitches for coal from Horne and Wilson, floor wax and glues, musings on books by Lawler and Kennedy biscuits, Alpine safes and New England distribution, and machinery like pianos from Ring’s. It notes Thompson Hardware staying open evenings and Hanson Co. offering Holstein cows at reasonable prices. A broad parade of consumer goods, livestock, and musical instruments fills the section.
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Horne
Wilson
C. B. Coburn & Co
Co. B. Coburn & Co
Thompson Hardware Company
Lawler
Ben. Holt
New England
Broadway
Kennedy’s
Kennedy's
Co. H. Hanson & Co
Rock Street
Ring's
Memorial Day Case Hearing in Equity Suit in Boston
The hearing on the equity bill against the city over Memorial Day expenditures and the injunction outcome is expected in Boston this week. Jerome F. Manning will move to default the mayor for failing to answer interrogatories seeking a voluntary court order if not responded to.
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Boston
Jerome F. Manning
Mohair Cricketers Start New Club House Project
The Mohairs awarded the contract to Thomas Johnson who has driven in the posts for the clubhouse. The club room is set to be ready for occupancy next month.
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Mohairs
Thomas Johnson
Wood’s Low Priced Goods via Wholesale Agent Network
Geo H Wood sells standard watches diamonds and silverware at unusually low prices by acting as agent for many wholesale houses. He travels from New England to California, supplying jobbers and retailers and buying for a score of big jobbers to stock the Low Price store with top market cream. shoppers who skip Wood’s will miss the bargains.
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Geo. H. Wood
Mr. Wood
New England
California
Wood
Evangelical series by W H Hunter at 1015 Central Street
W H Hunter of New Bedford leads evangelical meetings at the Christian Brethren mission. The series began Sunday with an address on new converts and continues through tonight with a final sermon. Meetings start at 7.45 and last an hour. attendance has been gratifying to organizers.
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W. H. Hunter
New Bedford
Mission of the Christian Brethren
Central Street
Mr. Hunter
Silver Wedding Observed at 394 Bridge Street
Mr and Mrs Osmond D Starkey celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary on Saturday evening December 14 at their home 394 Bridge street. Friends attended and left handsome gifts. Recitations readings by Miss Starkey with Miss Mabel Dix at piano and graphophone by Mr Fred Starkey accompanied refreshments.
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Osmond D. Starkey
Bridge Street
Starkey
Mabel Dix
Fred Starkey
Change of Base by Boston Broker Walsh
Mr A G Walsh formerly with Webster F Putnam Co Boston resigns to start independent brokerage at 2 Kilby Street Boston specializing in investment securities He will not carry stocks on margin but can negotiate loans at current rates
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A. G. Walsh
Webster F. Putnam & Co
Boston
Kilby Street
Walsh
County Commissioners Inspect Truant School Visit
County commissioners visited the city on a routine trip yesterday. No business was before them so they toured the north Chelmsford truant school for inspection after leaving the courthouse.
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Court House
North Chelmsford
The Volunteer Organist at the Opera House
A ten year old orphan found shelter with a New York farmer who later died. The boy Willie Nelson grew into a sweet voiced singer. He joins Trinity Church choir and is cast by William B. Gray in the drama The Volunteer Organist, produced tonight with high expectations.
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New York State
Willie Nelson
New York
Trinity Church
William B. Gray
Martell
Audiences Enjoy Wide Variety of Acts This Week
A large crowd last evening applauded a strong bill with Ozar and Delmo juggling, Wallie Clark the German comedian, Melani Bros grotesque comedy musical act, Brockys Temptation by O T Fiske and Nellie McDonough, Winnifred Stewart hampered by a cold, Burton and Brooks clever comedians and singers, the Neuvilles one act drama How It Ended, all presented with strong comic and dramatic appeal. Afternoon and evening shows continue through the week.
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Ozar
Delmo
Wallie Clark
Melani Bros
O. T. Fiske
Nellie McDonough
Brocky
Winnifred Stewart
Burton
Brooks
Neuvilles
New York
Fraternal supper and anniversary events at Post 120 hall
Mary E Smith Tent Daughters of Veterans hosted a supper and program with piano, songs, readings, and dances led by Agnes Mullahan Oscar Walsh Faith Duty Elcie Ampleby Hazel Chamberlain Annie Babb Isaac Cox and William Seavey. The anniversary of Court Garin Foresters of America featured a whist party with diverse prize winners and a late dance by Hibbard's orchestra.
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Mary E. Smith
Daughters of Veterans
Audienc Chamber
Agnes Mullahan
Oscar Walsh
Faith Duty
Elcie Ampleby
Hazel Chamberlain
Annie Babb
Isaac Cox
Court Garin
Foresters of America
Forester
Mr. Demers
F. J. Leblanc
Alfred Leblanc
Edward Tremblay
O. Beaupre
Miss Thompson
Caisse
Elise Germain
Mae Phillips
Arthur A. Racicot
Hibbard
Joseph A. Dion
Charles Richards
Victor Audy
Louis Lanoix
Lucien Lizotte
Aids
Lex Layer
George Lebrun
Azarie Thibeault
Ovila Barbeau
Joseph A. Mailleaux
Narcisse Lachance
George E. Caisse
Joel St. Hilaire
Pierre N. Ber
Government Report Rates Roya Baking Powder Superior
The government report declares Roya Baking Powder stronger purer and better than any competing brands. It highlights its superior leavening power and purity compared with other baking powders on the market.
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United States
Semi annual lodge officers elected at Manchester Unity
Theophile Parent and others named as election officers for the lodge with President N G Mills and other officers. Installation set for January in Elks hall, with additional officers elected for Liberty and an upcoming installation on January 13 including notable attendees from Worcester and Medford.
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Namesit Lodge
Manchester Unity
N. G
J. Mills
E. C
Y. A. Bartlett
P. C
John Odell
I. Tinker
William Mack
J. S. Jackson
Dr. Sweetser
Carleton & Hovey
J. H. Mills
J. Femley
G. H. Bailey
G. Clayton
W. Clayton
G. Everett
J. Usher
J. Marsden
Elks’ Hall
Mary E. Smith
Daughters of Liberty
Mary G. C. Kennedy
Jennie Staples
Julia McKee
Ada Knox
Ella S. Blaisdell
Effie Blackington
George Prentiss
Julia Worthen
Addie Sopers
Stella Smith
Labor unions organize meetings and elections in Lowell
Labor notes report a large Sheet and Metal Workers meeting in Lowell reorganizing temporarily with a temporary chairman and secretary. Barbers union holds a strong session approving a Christmas closing with a $2 fine for working members. officers elected and Worcester convention delegates chosen. Leather Workers initiate five and Federation of Labor delegates attend in Scranton. treasury stands at $1800 as officers to be installed January 5 and December 22 elections.
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Lowell
Brother Barrett
International Stationary
Firemen's Union
J. F. Convery
Barbers’ Union
Henry Smith
Clarence Cox
N. H. Neville
A. N. Gingras
Arthur J. Farmer
A. H. Grivan
Worcester
Healey
Scranton
The
Federation of Labor
Ahearn
Lowell Orchestral Society concert supports Lowell General Hospital
The Lowell Orchestral Society plans a Sunday afternoon concert in Huntington Hall on December 22 to benefit Lowell General Hospital. The program features the Orchestral ensemble with Temple Quartet, and star contralto Miss Adah C Hussey from Boston. Tickets are urged for a likely crowded, successful benefit.
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Lowell Orchestral Society
Huntington Hall
Lowell General Hospital
Orchestral Society
Orchetta
Temple Quartettte of
Lowell
Adah C. Hussey
Boston
Trials and Tribulations of the Social Committee Play
The young ladies of High Street church plan an evening event with supper on Wednesday. The entertainment titled The Play Which Didn t Come Off, or The Trials and Tribulations of the Social Committee, is an original sketch based on the committee s efforts in arranging the program.
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High Street Church
Don’t Read This War Ranted Drug Ad Short Note
A curiously phrased public health alert promotes Cafebria for headaches. The snippet hints at wartime style urgency and urges readers to buy from druggists. The fragment hints at wartime marketing without detailing the product beyond its headach relief claim.
Multiple funerals at city churches and Catholic cemeteries
A sequence of funeral rites for Anna Marie Bickford infant, Stella G. Howard, John Shanahan, Mary Agnes Morrison, Thelesphore Dufresne, William Buckmaster, Ann Mary Keyes and other services are detailed. Clergy include Rev. Charles R. McNally, Rev. J. M. Wilson, Rev. Fr. Colbert, Rev. Fr. Lewis, and Rev. Fr. Perron. Burials follow at Edson and St. Joseph's cemeteries and others, with undertakers Weinbeck, Young, Molloy, Rogers, and Gormley handling arrangements. Bearers and floral offerings noted. Burke Temperance Institute represented.
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Anna Marie
D. P. Knowlton
W. E. Hatch
Mr. Kable
M. F. Wright
Colbert
Frederick Cronin
William Quinlan
Charlies McCarthy
James Murphy
James Hyde
James McLaughlin
Molloy
Mary Agnes Morrison
Floyd Strees
Rogers
Thelesphore Dufresne
Collinsville
Watson Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
Lewis
Amyotte
O. M
Boston
Lawrence
Woburn
Burke Institute
James H. Miskella
John Regan
John J. Shea
Frederick Moore
Sacred Heart Church
Fr. Tighe
Schmidt
Thomas H. Muldoon
John Kerwin
James A. Murphy
Burke Temperance Institute
Nellie Buckmaster
J. H. Gormley
Greenwood Bros
Misses Whelan
Kate Hayes
John Devlin
Richard Cuff
James Lyons
William Burrows
J. Connell
John Linehan
James Tighe
Billerica
Desroches
Michael Harrington
Timothy Rogers
Peter Dolan
Owen Murighan
Catholic funeral rites at Immaculate Conception church
Peter Cogan and Lizzie Johnston figures feature in a local obituary row. services were led by Rev Fr Lawrence and Rev Fr Desroches with orchestral and choral efforts by P P Haggerty and Miss Margaret McCaffrey. Burials occurred at the Catholic cemetery with undertakers Mull and Savage. Relatives of Lizzie Johnston are sought in Maine or Nova Scotia.
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Margaret McCaffrey
Haggerty
Himmel
P. P. Haggerty
Hugh Duggan
Thomas McDonald
James Duffy
Patrick Crowe
Anthony McCarron
John Moran
Fr. Lawrence
M. I
Peter H. Savage
Lizzie Johnston
Paige Street
Maine
Nova Scotia
O'Donnell
Obituary notices list local deaths on Dec 15 16
In this city on December 16 7 month old Hormadas Lavoie died at 98 Tucker Street. Gedeon Courteau aged 58 years died at 9 Markhams Avenue. Catherine Buckley listed at 233 Dutton Street. Anastasia V McLarney aged 18 died in Chelmsford on December 15. Bodies referred to undertaker rooms.
Real estate transfers recorded in Gorham Court House week of Dec 14 1901
Listings show transfers in Lowell Wilmington Billerica and Tewksbury with prices from 1 to 2631 dollars. Spalding estate parcels on Middlesex Walker and Witton avenues appear repeatedly with various buyers including Wiggin Russell Kerr Loman and Hornby among others.
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Court House
Gorham Street
Lowell
Fred H. Woodward
Shepard & Fuller
South Loring Street
Harriet M. Spalding
William H. Wiggin
Middlesex Street
Myron H. Wightman
Oliver W. Fiske
Princeton Street
Eugene G. Russell
Walker Street
F. B. Shedd
Patrick Gilbride
Witton Avenue
James T. Hornby
Spring Street
Julia
James H. Briscoe
Robert G. Bartlett
River Street
Mary A. Needham
Anna F. Johnson
Plain
Houghton Streets
William V. Thompson
Leonard Dalstrom
Bowden Street
Elizabeth M. Kerr
Edward S. Loman
Blaze in Winter Street lounge causes slight damage
Alarm from box 24 at 5 31 yesterday afternoon reported a blazing lounge in a Winter street house at the corner of Davis street. The Doyle family occupied the building and George F Willey owned it.
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Winter Street
Davis Street
Doyle
George F. Willey
A Large Variety Of Doll Carriages For Christmas Trade
Over 300 doll carriages in small medium and large sizes with hard wood axles parasols and prices from 2c to 7c each Better models have steel axles springs and parasols priced from 1 to 10 dollars Some as high as ten dollars Toy department at A G Pollard Co Also visit the Chinese store at 171 Middlesex street for novelty items silk shawls scarfs china ware fans toys knickknacks and airtight tea Remember to tell advertisers you saw the Courier ad.
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Toy Department
A. G. Pollard & CO
Middlesex Street
Orient
China
Lowell property sale offers diverse Lakeview lots and antiques
An auction promotes Lakeview avenue parcels from 3,556 to 10,805 square feet with frontages 45 to 105 feet. Corner lots exist on 4 9 12 15 20. Lot 19 houses 917 Lakeview with 4465 square feet. Rail lines, paving, sewers and electric cars nearby. Boarding house and multiple dwellings cross Riverside and Beaverbrook areas. large acre tract offers market gardening potential and rapid subdivision. Deposits required at strike for multiple lots and buildings. inquiries at auction office ETHAN A SMITH AUGUST FELL PATRICK KELLEY.
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Mary F. Skinner
County of
Middlesex
Puffer Street
James Dow
Skinner
Puffer
Wilder
Lydia M. Merrill
Lakeview Avenue
Sladen Street
Fred Street
Lowell
Ottawa
Campaw Streets
Riverside Street
Moody and
Riverside Streets
Lowell Textiles
Loul
Dracut
Joseph Butterfield Varnum
Beaverbrook
New York
Bachman Street
Merrimack Square
Ethan A. Smith
August
Patrick Kelley
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