George H Chandler Dies After Brief Illness in Lowell
George H Chandler died Saturday at his Lowell residence 61 Burtt Street aged 77 years 10 months and 21 days after a short illness. Born in Concord New Hampshire Feb 6 1825 he rose from apprentice to mill agent. he served in mills across New England and New Jersey. He was active in Universalist church and Freemasonry and was survived by wife Laura Orville Robinson and children George R Frank W John S plus siblings and grandchildren.
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George H. Chandler
Burtt Street
Mr. Chandler
George Herman Chandler
Concord
N. H
America
Lowell
Tremont Mills
Manchester
Bay State
Lawrence
Androscoggin
Lewiston
Chandler
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Millville Manufacturing Co
Millville
May's Landing
N. J
New England
Hamilton Woolen Co
Amesbury
Mass
God
Brotherhood of Man
Shattuck Street
Pentucket
A. F
A. M
Mt. Horeb R. A
Ahasuerus Council
S. M
Pilgrim Commandery
Massachusetts
Old Residents’ Association
Charlotte Wallis Averill
Mont Vernon
Ida L. Pollard
Dell Rapids
S. D
Charlotte E. Cook
Barre
Laura Orville Robinson
George R
Frank W
John S
Everett
James N. Chandler
Bangor
Obituary notices for Mary O Rourke and three funerals
Mrs Mary O Rourke of 259 Worthen Street died aged 58 leaving a sister Mrs Joseph Hamel and a son John in the city. Funeral for George S Hill from 263 Appleton Street officiated by Rev C E Fisher at 2 PM with singers Burns Sturtevant Paige and Wirt and bearers Fowler Scribner Hills Coburn. burial Edson Cemetery. Thomas P Fitzsimons funeral from 4 Willey Avenue with bearers Sheehan Desmarais Doherty Brogan and McCarthy. burial St Patrick’s Cemetery. undertaker Molloy.
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Mary O'Rourke
St. Patrick's Parish
Worthen Street
Joseph Hamel
John
George S. Hill
Appleton Street
C. E. Fisher
First Universalist Church
George Burns
George Sturtevant
Charles Paige
Edward Wirt
George L. Fowler
George Scribner
William F. Hills
Gates Coburn
Edson
Mr. Fisher
J. A. Westbeck
Thomas P. Fitzsimmons
Willey Avenue
Cornelius Sheehan
Philip Desmarais
John Doherty
Cornelius Brogan
Thomas
John McCarthy
St. Patrick's Cemetery
W. J. Culbert
Molloy
Mulvey and O Rourke Lunpointe Notices in City
In this city Dee, 28, at the home of his parents Joseph and Annie, 49 Fulton street. Edward Mulvey, 1 year 9 months. O Rourke, Dee, 27, at her home 2u Worthen street, Mary O'Rourke, 68. Lunpointe, Dee 27, at the home of Germaine and Celanie, 55 Spring street, Marie Blanche.
Obituary notices from Lowell and North Chelmsford births and deaths
Bertha Lapointe two months old dies in Lowell hospital along with infant Edesse McDonough and Marie Eugenie Balduc at ages under five. Angus Leroux and Mabel Sasseville die in city homes. Elie Lavergne dies at seventy. Hannah Wright dies in North Chelmsford. George H Chandler aged 77 funeral notices as Masons meet for service.
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Bertha Lapointe
McDonough
Lowell Hospital
Edesse McDonough
Lakeview Avenue
Balduc
Zetherin and
Clara
Fayette Street
Marie Eugenie Balduc
Leroux
Joseph and
Eulalie
Angus Leroux
Sasseville
Albert O
Ellen
Bridge Street
Mabel Philomene Sasseville
Lavergne
Perkins Street
Elie Lavergne
Wright
North Chelmsford
Hannah A. Wright
Chandler
George H. Chandler
Burtt Street
Pentucket Lodge of Masons
Deaths Report From City Records
A long list of death notices details individuals by name age and cause such as heart disease pneumonia tuberculosis and diphtheria. It includes numerous ages from infants to elderly and notes conditions like meningitis convulsions and debility along with a few nonmedical entries and a device of a city clerks remark. The fragment ends with Bath robes offered for sale by H L Bailey & Co at 9 Merrimack Street.
Fine Recital by Lowell Orchestra Attracts Large Audience
The Lowell Orchestra’s second recital drew a near full house with Miss Mary Howe as soloist. She offered three numbers and earned enthusiastic encores. Highlights included the Grand March from Carmen and the refined tone of her aria from La Traviata. The critics praised her flute like voice though ballads showed some overlong phrasing. The ensemble gave strong performances especially the Semiramide overture which prompted an encore and the Christmas Pictures and Hungarian Fantasia. Accompanist was Lucius Howe.
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Lowell Orchestral Society
Mary Howe
Bizet
Rossini
Hilenberg
A. Herman
Miss Howe
Bishop
Walter Coburn
Brazil
Z. S. Bissonnette
Orchestral Society
Lucius Howe
Missing Man Hartwell Searched For In Littleton
Ayer December 28 400 searchers plus a Boston bloodhound hunted Seth W Hartwell an elderly Littleton resident missing for a week. The tracking dog followed a scent from the residence to ancient blood spots but lost the trail and the search continued without result.
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Ayer
Seth W. Hartwell
Littleton
Boston
Mr. Hartwell
Marconi Linked Glace Bay to Cornwall Amid Progress
Glace Bay daily Marconi communication with Cornwall continues with increasing efficiency. Plans indicate Marconi will move soon to the Cape Cod station as part of expanding coastal network.
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Glace Bay
N. S
Marconi
Cornwall
Cape Cod
How to Drink Milk Why it Disagrees With Some People
A vintage health note explains milk should be sipped slowly to avoid curdling in the stomach. It recommends Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals to boost digestion. Miss Anna Folger praises the tablets for convalescence and stomach support in children and adults with irregular meals.
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Stuart
Anna Folger
Burglars Captured In Lowell After North Attleboro Break-In
Lowell police arrested Robert L. Tilton and Frank Maloney for alleged burglary in North Attleboro where over $600 in jewelry was stolen. Capt. Ken and Officer Kilboy corralled them in Merrimack square after spotting Tilton from a detailed description. Both men confessed and Tilton implicated two others. the pair await arraignment in North Attleboro. Tilton's wife in Lowell reportedly informed on him.
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Robert L. Tilton
Frank Maloney
Lowell
Tilton
Maloney
North Attleboro
Kew
Killey
Merrimack Square
Ken
Attleboro Police
Kilboy
Pacific cable and the farmers in the west
The piece argues Pacific Coast efficiency in serving Asia with American farm products. It cites James J. Hill with Pacific railways promoting U S flour dairy goods and packing-house products to Asia, notes Canada as a rival, and contrasts a government cable at 50 cents a word with a private firm charging a dollar. It urges the National Grange to push Congress for favorable legislation as a farm lobby.
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Pacific Coast
Seattle
Tacoma
Orient
James J. Hill
Pacific Railways
Asia
Pacific
China
Japan
Philippines
Canada
United States
National Grange
Lansing
Congress
Cable Company
Detoit Tribune
Rhodes Hair Store at 73 Merrimack Street
Local business listing notes Rhodes Hair Store located at 73 Merrimack Street with a telephone line to be provided.
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Rhodes’ Hair Store
Merrimack Street
China’s Rise as a Trade Power and U S Interests
A San Francisco Call analysis argues that China’s 10 million dollar gold output signals a shift as China diversifies into minerals. It urges the United States to secure favorable trade terms, noting Wu Ting-fang’s imminent return to lead China’s commerce and the need to brief San Francisco’s Chinese banking and merchant community before his departure.
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China
Li Hung Chang
United States
Europe
John Barrett
Asia
Wu Ting-fang
Boston
Kansas City
Washington
San Francisco
San Francisco Custom House
Money First in Royal Infirmary Debate
Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary managers debated accepting concert proceeds amid religious concerns deeming them unholy gains for hospital use. After lengthy discussion they agreed to defer action until the check cleared, a moment of bureaucratic Scottish humor.
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Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh
Sunday Society
London
Moors Routed at Taza as Fez Prepares for Change
The Moors suffered a decisive defeat at Taza with imperial forces routing and fleeing toward Fez. Dec. 22 10,000 Sheretian troops moved to attack the pretender, who routed them and gained momentum. Fez Gate closed, shops shuttered, population tense and hostile to the Sultan, ready to welcome a change in rulers. 2000 sultan troops reported killed or wounded.
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London
Taza
Fez
Wedmaneb
Smallpox in Lynn Traced to Factory Foreman
Lynn reports exposure to smallpox with four new contagion hospital admissions. A shoe factory foreman contracted the disease in Boston three weeks prior and continued working and visiting, causing the four men to fall ill.
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Lynn
Dee
Board of Health
Contagion Hospital
Silsbre Street
Bedford — Street
Boston
Sixty Drowned in the Malacca Straits Disaster
Victoria B C dec 28 news reached by steamer Tartar of a Malacca straits disaster leaving sixty dead after a collision between the Bunsang and Kiang yan sinking the latter vessel. Despatches from Hakodate report a fire aboard Hokuun Maru off Su Ttsu on Dec 3 with 18 crew lost.
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Victoria
B. C
Tartar
Malacca Straits
Tokio Ashi
Hong Kong
Bunsang
Hakodate
Iwanai Steamship Company
Su Ttsu
Lewiston Pastor Purchases Local Church for School
Lewiston Missouri December 28 Fr T H Wallace pastor of St Patrick s church announced he had bought the Bates Street Universalist church and site for 8000. In spring the building will be remodelled into a modern school for parish children. Father Wallace has served seventeen years and is noted for benevolence.
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Lewiston
T. H. Wallace
St. Patrick's Church
Bates Street
Mrs. Jesse Benton Fremont Dies at 79 in Los Angeles
Mrs. Jesse Benton Fremont widow of General Fremont died at her Los Angeles home after Christmas illness. She was 79, daughter of Thomas H. Benton who served as United States senator for thirty years.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jesse Benton Fremont
General Fremont
Boston Coal Receipts and Prices Hold Steady
In Boston today the coal distribution continued as on recent Sundays with no price change. Bituminous coal sold at $10 per ton and anthracite at $12 per ton for 100 pound bags. Total receipts reached 23,198 tons, with a bit over half being the hard variety.
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Boston
Evening Star Lodge Elects Daughters of Rebekah Officers
Evening Star lodge of Daughters of Rebekah held their annual election on Saturday night naming Noble grand Lizzie M. Adams Vice grand Viola Farmer Recording secretary Minnie M. Samuels Financial secretary Georgie I. Emery Treasurer Nancy M. Wilker and Trustee Florence M. Prescott for the coming year.
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Evening Star Lodge
Daughters of Rebekah
Noble Grand
Lizzie M. Adams
Viola Farmer
Minnie M. Samuels
Georgie I. Emery
Nancy M. Wilker
Florence M. Prescott
Woman Dead by Gas in Seventh Avenue Hotel Mystery
A young woman named Mary Stack from Whitinsville Massachusetts was found dead from gas asphyxiation in a Seventh Avenue hotel. An unconscious man, unnamed, was rushed to a hospital and remains unidentified. The woman had reportedly arrived from Whitinsville about a month ago.
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New York
Mary Stack
Whilinsville
Mass
Seventh Avent
Whitinsville
Vanderbilt Improves as Temperature Drops at Home
New York on December 28 reports Cornelius Van derbilt continuing to improve with his temperature steadily falling toward normal. Attending physician Dr. Austin Flint Jr. expresses satisfaction with the patient’s progress and steady recovery.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Austin Flint, Jr
Death by exposure found near Great Barrington
The body of Roger Casey a farm hand from North Agremont was found in snow beside a highway in Great Barrington. He had died from exposure after visiting a nearby farm house on Christmas night and was missing since.
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Great Barrington
Roger Casey
Mine Fire Claims Many Miners in Ekaterinostoy
A coal mine fire at Neachmut in Ekaterinostoy province trapped about a hundred miners underground. Twenty were rescued, but it is feared the rest may have perished.
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St. Petersburg
Neachmut
Ekaterinostoy
Body Identified of Railroad Victim in Attleboro
Attleboro December 28 identified the man killed on the railroad Friday as August Janessen of Pawtucket. The fatality was reported after the incident with no further details provided.
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Attleboro
August Janessen
Pawtucket
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Horace Ela
Telephone 580
Decky George
Marion Wu
Brunelle
Samuel Lewis
Abigail J. Boynton
John Sheehan
Ellen M. Sands
William McAloon
Elon J. Mountain
Johanna Groves
John T. McCloskey
William Moran
Mario V. Girard
Mary Sullivan
Albert KE. Hill
George Donald
Gus Joseph LH. Jer
Anna B. Kennedy
Mary Flynn
Rufus L. Wilson
Thomas McManus
Mary EK
O'Sullivan
Lillian Jones
James Dalton
Pierre Gobin
Terrence Farley
Hannah Whittake
Mary A. Gallagher
Margaret Franklin
Joseph Poo McCallen
Lene KE. Richardson
Paul LeBelle
Alice Drury
Bertha Martin
Joseph C. Riopol
Walter P. Needham
Della Andry
Joseph Ducharme
Joseph Lajoie
Girard PL Cadman
Bath
H. L. Bailey & Co
Marconigrams
Crooks
Admit
Mnasmuch
Pacific Cable and
the Farmers
California
Hermann
the Pretender
Lowell Commercial College
Merrimack St
LeDoit E. Kimball
Gen. Fremont
Evening Star
Prescott Hall
Runels
Effie L. Palmer
Tukdio
Room
Swan
Viass
Edward Everett Adams
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Middlesex Street
Thompson
Hardware Company
Caleb L. Smith
Boston Grange Grocery
Middlesex St
P. F. Devine
Yankee
W. T. $. Bartlett
Napoleon D. Lafleur
East Merrimack St
W. E. Hicks
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