Holiday shoppers fill city stores with gifts and specials
The city buzzes with offers from merchants on Central street and Merrimack corner. 7 20 4 10c cigars lead the best sellers while fancy hosiery and celluloid toilet sets attract holiday buyers. Pictures, hand painted china, and small gift articles fill stores at J E Shanley Co and Austin's music shop. A cooking class by the Women's branch of the People's club plans Christmas candies and cake menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burn Wilson
Wardell
Central Street
H. L. Bailey & Co
Merrimack Street
John
Merrimack Streets
Boston
J. E. Shanley & Co
Mrs Millin Relocates to 223 School Street
Personal notes report Rev. Mr. Millin moved from Manahan Street to 223 School Street. Miss Agnes Williams of Livingston Avenue hosted the Old Bay State chapter D A R on Tuesday evening. Miss Cutler spoke on The Boston Tea Party and Miss Williams delivered a talk on Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millin
Manahan Street
School Street
Agnes Williams
Livingston Avenue
Old Bay State
Funeral Notices and Obituaries Listing Local Deaths
The funerals of Mary A Mullarky Felix Tumulty Mrs Martha Bruce Fannie Desmond Edith Connell Henry McGrath William Mountain Mrs Julia J Allen and others are noted with service times at St Michael's St Peter's St John's and local churches in Lowell Peabody Tyngsboro and Chelmsford. Burials followed at St Patrick's cemetery Centre cemetery and Lowell cemetery with Undertakers O'Donnell Young McDermott Savage Weinbeck Molloy Locke and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Mullarky
Elmwood Avenue
St. Michael's Church
Fr. Carney
Thomas P. Boulger
Mr. Boulger
Nano M. Gallagher
Carter & Sherburne
Dennis Regan
New Bedford
North Adams
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
O'Donnell & Sons
Felix Tumulty
Winter Street
St. Peter's Church
Heffernan
James E. Donnelly
Schmidt
Mollie Ivers
Donnelly
C. R. McNally
John Robinson
William Matthews
J. A. Bartlett
Frank Brown
Lowell
McDermott
Edith G. Connell
Tyngsboro
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Savage
Henry McGrath
Merrimack Street
Weinbeck
William Mountain
Obituaries Noted for Richards Ratelle Fallon in City
In this city on December 16 Leocadie Richards aged 31 at 69 Branch Street. Nathalie Ratelle aged 67 died December 16 at 213 Cheever Street. Alfred G Fallon aged 4 years 6 months died December 17 at the home of his parents in North Chelmsford.
Difference Between Spring and Winter Wheat Flours
The article explains that many families know little about flour and that spring and winter wheats differ. It notes that flour is central in kitchens and that many buy ready made bread and pastry without understanding ingredients. Pillsbury's Best is cited as the standard hard spring wheat flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury’s
Christmas Carnvial in Vestry of First Trinitarian Church
About 250 young people staged a Christmas sale in the First Trinitarian church vestry last night turning it into an ice cave carnival. Attendants wore grotesque costumes while numerous sale tables bore festive names and committees listed include Ice cream Santa Claus’s Charm and many others. A church string ensemble of about 20 performed under Mrs. George Fr. Kennewoul's direction throughout the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trinitarian Church
Santa Claus
William A. Carter
Excell Teeson
Raymond Heenan
Arthur Gage
George Upton
Robert Tryon
Henry Shedd
Ruth Tryon
Vera Davis
Bertha Gilbert
Alice Neil
Leila Wilson
Alice Miller
Anna Bean
May Harvey
Edna Wentworth
Mildred Sturtevant
Gladys Pendexter
Annie Smith
Sarah Smith
Louise Locke
Rachel Falls
Hazel Ingalls
Florence Scarlet
Grace Farley
Hester Taylor
Mollie Cover
Blanche Hill
Sadie Smith
Blossom Mason
Gladys Peters
Gladys Sunbury
Jessie Hope
Miriam Murphy
Eddie Scoble
Ralph McKee
Roy Thurber
George Cooper
Herbert Taylor
Martin Pihl
Nathan Smith
Carly Monty
Everelda Webster
Elsie Grant
Bertha George
Mildred York
Mary Cover
Helen Edgerly
Ruth Hartwell
Eleanor Hope
Dorothy Hurd
Mabel Lee
Maude York
Ethel Williams
Ethel Hudson
Charlotte Pearson
Zenaide Staples
Lottie Allen
Irene Smith
Anna Gould
Boys
Rough Riders
Walter Gunston
Willie Neil
Royal Tryon
Percy Robinson
Ralph Morse
Maddison Clifford
Harold Taylor
Harry Hume
Walter Somers
Ralph Dole
Roy Montgomery
Herbert Montgomery
Walter Smith
Alfred Hudson
Harry Smith
Perley Bixby
Glen Caswell
Harry Girard
Ralph Locke
Arthur Richardson
Daniel Wilson
Clarence Berry
George Mixer
Dustin Hamblett
Dolls
Nettie Studley
Fannie Crowther
Edith Cheney
Hazel Dearth
Clara Gilman
Hattie Lewis
Florence Taylor
Grace Haslam
Elsie Taylor
Ethel Pendexter
Alice Mansur
Grace Mochnie
Mamie Smith
Ethel Fraser
Lillian Hines
Annie Peters
Grace Crawford
Emma Crawford
Mary Smith
Hattie Mansur
Marion Clogston
Eva Cruikshank
Bernice Frye
Beatrice Hibbard
Mabel Hill
Lois Kittredge
Guy Hunt
Earl Locke
Edward Stanley
Albert Bates
Preston Stapleford
Oscar Kelsey
Raymond Small
Chester Wheeler
Carl McLeod
Harry Bean
Malcolm Edson
George Bleakley
James Shay
Isaac Maker
Bert Fernley
John Fernley
H. Gordon
William Whitney
Frederick Howes
Lou Burroughs
Walter Slater
John Harrigan
Eddie Freeman
Thomas Hintze
Earl Farnham
Walter Robinson
Ernest Taylor
Albert Ludwig
Herbert Gage
Willard Turner
Charles Blood
Sumner Holt
Harry Buxton
Fred Campbell
Raymond Coffin
William Farley
Everett Merrill
Mortimer Pearson
Harold Sherman
Alexander McKee
Harry McKee
James Hartwell
Frank Reed
Harry Wordan
Fancy Table
Tce Palace
Mabel Cragin
Mabel Blood
Lizzie Estes
Mamie McCready
Mabel Shepard
Blanche Pead
Carrie Dent
Inspection at the Armory Beholds Mixed Attendance
Major Sweetsir inspected Company C at the armory. Fifty of sixty members attended with all officers present. Four privates were examined for corporals and a report will follow. A battalion drill for Companies C G and M is planned tonight. Captain McNulty of Company M may serve as major. Noncommissioned officers of Company M attended a meeting in East Armory, Boston, last night led by Lieut. Gillow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetsir
Stoneham
Cer
Kittredge
Sweetsh
McNulty
Company M
East Armory
Boston
Lieut
Gillow
McCready Laycock wed at Primitive Methodist Gorham Street
At the First Primitive Methodist church in Gorham street on Wednesday afternoon 3 30 Wilbur J Mc Cready formerly of New York wed Sarah Laycock of Wigginville Rev N W Matthews performed the ceremony Miss Sarah Butterworth played the wedding march The bride wore white landsdowne attended by her sister Hilda as bridesmaid The groom was supported by Geo P B Bowring Ushers included Jas Everett Geo H Brown Ira Lane and David Allen A wedding supper followed at the bride’s Lawrence street home The couple left on the 9 25 train and will reside at 280 Appleton Street on their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primitive Methodist
Gorham Street
Wilbur J. McCready
New York
Sarah Laycock
Wigginville
N. W. Matthews
Sarah Butterworth
Harry Killerby
Nellie England
Hilda
Geo. P. B. Bowring
Jas. Everett
Geo. H. Brown
Ira Lane
David Allen
Lawrence Street
McCready
Appleton Street
Supper and Social at Immanuel Baptist Church
The Ladies Aid society hosted another social and supper last evening with committee members Mrs Isabell Miller Mrs Jane Keddie and Mrs Mary Wilkinson in charge of kitchen and dining room. After dining a social hour followed by a musical and liturgical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Immanuel Baptist Church
Isabell Miller
Jane Keddie
Mary Wilkinson
Men's Holiday Hats Parade From Stetson to Silk Styles
The Derby Model crowns rise and brim widths vary in a holiday hat lineup from Stetson Dunlap and Crofut Knapp. Prices range from 2.00 to 8.09 dollars with El Cid and Collins models highlighted. Opera hats stay steady at 7.00 dollars while Dunlap Silk Hats reach 8.09.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stetson
Dunlap
Crofut & Knapp
Old Corner Hat Store Ad at Central Market Corner
Brazer W. P. Co. operates at the Old Corner Hat Store located at the central market street corner. The notice indicates a storefront address for the business and implies a focus on retail hat sales in a busy market area.
Church Entertainment Wings Praise At Blossom Street
A church auditorium program featured songs recitals readings and trios by guests including Miss Eva Wedge Miss Beatrice Drewett Miss Cora Mowatt and the Pihl sisters. The event was organized by Laura Gillespie and Etta Wedge. The Blossom Street Baptist Ladies Aid elected officers: President Curtis McEwan Vice President Edward Jones Secretary Etta Estabrook Treasurer W J Beavin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erary
Robert F. True
Eva Wedge
W. J. Beaven
Beatrice Drewett
Cora Mowatt
Isabell
Laura Gillespie
Lizzie Murphy
Lillian Hanscomb
Pihl
Etta Wedge
Ladies’ Aid Society
Blossom Street Baptist Church
Curtis McEwan
Edward Jones
Etta Estabrook
W. J. Beavin
Worth chapter Epworth League holds monthly meeting
The regular monthly business meeting was held in the Worthen Street church vestry. Reports showed the league in good working condition with November devotional meetings well attended. The annual banquet and husking bee yielded small sums for the treasury, expenses paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth
Epworth League
Worthen Street
Treasury
Husking Bee
Social Department
Firelight on Central Street Blaze Near Telegraph Pole
A telephone alarm summoned Central fire station just after 2 PM for a small fire near Cos tello's building on Central street. Crews directed water from a window to extinguish the flames. no serious damage reported.
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Central Fire Station
Costello
Central Street
Evening classes schedule for millinery and literature
The millinery, dressmaking, embroidery, English Literature and physical culture classes convene this evening at 7.30. The Junior branch and the High school physical culture group meet this afternoon. The Sunday School lesson study class meets Friday at 6.15.
Oil stove explosion ends with quick firemen stop
A small oil stove burst in a cobbler's shop at Market and Palmer streets at 7 30 yesterday. The blaze rose briefly but firefighters acted fast and contained the fire before serious damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market
Palmer Streets
Greek arrestee held after alleged attack in colony
A Greek man, name variously read Scopozalous or Socazopa los, was arrested in the Greek colony last night for alleged incident and battery against a woman residing there. The woman is expecting a child and the alleged attack is described as serious. Bail set at two dollars published by HH L Bailey & Co of Merrimack Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scopozalous
Socazopalos
Cattle Cremated in Hudson Over Foot and Mouth Case
Dr. William S. Eaton and Dr. Maloney culled a dozen Andrews brothers cattle in Hudson New Hampshire suspected of foot and mouth disease. One cow traced to Brighton. Government reimburses owners at fifty dollars per head. Cattle shot burned and hay destroyed. lime spread to curb contagion. Nearby Lowell cattle will be watched for symptoms and killed if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Eaton
Maloney
Brookline
Mass
Hudson
N. H
Andrews Brothers
Brighton
Uncle Sam
Lowell
Benj Frainfln Debating Club Meeting Highlights
The regular meeting of the Benj Frainfln Debating Club was conducted last evening at the Vincent building quarters. Programs included essays on The Advantages of the Young Men of Today by John H Murphy and The Membership by P Begley, plus recitations of Brutus's Speech to the Romans by James F Riley and Lincoln's Speech by Michael O'Donoghue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Building
John H. Murphy
P. Begley
Brutus
James F. Riley
Lincoln
Michael O'Donoghue
Fire destroys Kil lingly shoddy mill in Danielson area
Fire at the six story Kil lingly shoddy mill owned by B C Young near Danielson, Conn, caused by friction from a picking machine. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars for building and 5000 for machinery and stock, with partial insurance coverage.
A Sensible Christmas Gift at Carleton & Hovey’s
A practical gift idea at Carleton & Hovey's 236 Merrimack Street features a useful set of toilet articles. Lavender water violet powder shaving stick tooth powder tar cap and a neat case form the bundle priced at 147. Add a rag or strap from twenty five cents to a dollar fifty. Great gift suggestion to visit the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton & Hovey's
Merrimack Street
Costa
Carleton & Hovey'’s
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Lowell Daily CourIer
Major Sweetsir
Lowell One Price Clothing CO
London
Paris
Eberfeldt
Ireland
Allen’s
Adler
Oe Cove
Chicago
B. Kuppenheimer & Co
W. P. Brazer & Co
Central Cor
HH. L. Bailey & Co
Dr. Eaton
Benj. Fraiwatln Debating Club
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Central St
C. H. Hanson & Co., Auctioneers Mart
Rock ST
C. H. Hanson
Rock Street
Lady Lewis
Wilkie Knox
Miss Lewis
Se Ling
Richard Murphy
After
Sharburna's Bao Sre
Merrimack, Cor
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