Lowell Defeats Haverhill In Rough Basketball Bout
In Haverhill on December 30 Lowell defeated Haverhill 20 to 15 before a large crowd. Abbott led Lowell with a strong all around game while Tighe and Cairns contributed key scores. Referee John Tierney was praised for fair officiating amid crowd hostility and postgame notes hint at lingering Allard Tighe tensions.
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Haverhill
Lowell
Shoe Makers
John Tierney
Allard
Tighe
Field
Cairns
Abbott
Doyle
Lew
Holleran
Harrington
Kelliher
Lew Abbott
Ib Lynch Cairns
Tighe Holleron
Lowe
Lowell Field
Haverhill Tighe
Haverhill Cairns
Lowell Abbott
Saan Bee
Haverhill Doyle
Lowell Carne
Lowell Adore
Lowell Ie Ce Testeran Nk
Mavertall
Ighe
Doyle & Lynch
John Tierney Timers
James Gray
Con. Driscoll
Lowell and Concord Battle At Huntington Hall In 1903 Farewell Dance
Concord plays Lowell with Allard facing Tighe and Kane meeting Cairns after a prior contest in which Allard was outpointed by Tighe and Cairns was defeated by Kane. Lowell players Doyle Lynch and Devlin drawn to rough play while referees call fouls. The 1903 year will end with a Huntington hall event tonight at 8 15.
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Concord
Allard
Tighe
Kane
Cairns
Lowell Boys
Doyle
Lynch
Devlin
Lowell
Huntington Hall
Danc
Militia Tourney Faceoff Ends in 29-3 Victory for Co. G
Co. G of Lowell defeated Co. L of Lawrence 29 to 3 in a Militia basketball clash in Lawrence. Faucette led scoring with eight baskets as 400 spectators watched a rough game marked by frequent fouls. Lineup featured Faucette Maguire Hannigan Knowles Earley Mylott Judge Young Leclaire with Nesmith as sub. Referee Halloran.
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Co. G
Co. L
Lawrence
Lowell
Lowell Company
Faucett
Lawrence Faucette
McRobey Maguire
Hannigan Knowles
Murty's Collectors Defeat O'Briens In Close Alley Match
The Alleys report Murty's Collectors beating O'Briens E Z Marks in a tight game last evening. Mullin led scoring for the Collectors with 212 total points.
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MURTY
Murty Sullivan
Mick Casey
Mullin
Mick Mecusky
Fitzgerald
O’brien
D. O'Brien
Ice Trotting Meet Promised by Lowell Horsemen
Ice trotting will be enjoyed by Lowell horsemen within three days if cold weather holds. On the Merrimack River an 18 course is being prepared and should be ready by Saturday afternoon. The ice is good quality and ideal for racing. John Maguire, in charge of track preparation, invites all Lowell horsemen to participate.
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Lowell
Merrimack River
John Maguire
Point Breeze
Massabesh
George Gardner
Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Manchester
Gardner
Jimmie
Charlie Haghey
Haghey
Hughey
Jimmie Gardner
Jack Blackburn
Boston
Blackburn
Langford
Wonder
Kid Coffee
Marlboro
Dick O'Brien
Black Fitzsimmons
Billy Gardner
Manchester Union
Ballplayer Dennis Leahy Shot by Frank Ragan in Knoxville
Dennis Leahy a longtime Virginia league player and former Cincinnati member was shot and killed in Knoxville on December 30. Frank Ragan was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting.
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Ragan
Knoxville
Tenn
Dennis Leahy
Virginia Baseball League
Cincinnati
Frank Ragan
Travis Wins Gold Medal in Inauguration Tournament Qualifiers
Pinehurst North Carolina December 30 Walter J Travis amateur champion captured the gold medal for best gross score with two steady rounds of 78 each in the medal play qualification rounds of the Inauguration tournament. He outscored his nearest rival W C Fownes Jr of the Highland Golf Club Pittsburgh by eleven strokes.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Walter J. Travis
W. C. Fownes, Jr
Highland Golf Club
Pittsburg
Lowell High Falls to Melrose 72 24 on Road
Lowell Highs struggles continued as Melrose High defeated them 72 to 24 at Melrose. Lowell faced a size disadvantage and failed to match the home team's offense and rebounding throughout the game.
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promoted as Cough Cure
An advertisement warns that Foley's Honey and Tar is the best remedy for coughs and colds. It lists Grodales drug store at 217 Central Street Ellingwood & Co at corner Merrimack and Central and Carter Sherburne at corner Merrimack and Bridge, plus Falls & Burkinshaw at 418 Middlesex Street as suppliers.
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Foley
Grodales Drug Store
Central Street
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central
Carter Sherburne
Meriimack
Bridge Streets
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex St
Baseball prospects and signings flood New England clubs
Fall River's Al Weddige re signs for 1904. Bonner of the Boston Nationals may join Haverhill. Portland weighs baseball next season, with Willie Parsons possibly managing. St Louis trades O’Neill brothers to Chicago for Jack Taylor. Fall River re signs Happy Iott and vows to keep most of 1903 squad. New Bedford’s Doe hunts players for 1904 while rivalry with Fall River grows fierce.
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Bonner
Boston Nationals
Haverhill
Portland Argus
Willie Parsons
Brockton Enterprise
Portland
New England League
St. Louis
Brother” Battery
St. Louis Nationals
Jack O'Neill
Mike O'Neill
Robinson
Miner Brown
Chicago
Jack Taylor
O'Neill
McDermott
Fall River
Iott
New England
Cleveland Americans
Armour
Lott
al. Doe
New Bedford New England
New York
Doe
New Bedford
Roosevelt
Manchester
Concord
Dee
Polo Notes and Central league polo coverage
Tibbetts guards Lafayette in the Central league as Jimmy Canavan’s squad aims to win the title. Lafayette, famed as the league’s “swells,” boast a colored valet, bath robes, and corncob pipes while Polo legend Joe Fox of Marion emerges as a top manager amid polo’s rise in the Western circuit. Fox, a former Eastern league goalie who lost an eye, has become a popular figure guiding Marion’s fledgling polo push amid press battles with local theaters.
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Lafayette
Central League
Indianapolis
Lowell
Joe Fox
Marion Five
Marion
Fox
Burgess
Mears Talk Emerges In Moffat Poison Trial
In Bennington Vermont on December 30 witnesses described relations between Mrs. Alice Moffat and Joseph Mears amid the trial of Mrs. Moffat accused of poisoning her husband. Testimony noted seen together often and Mrs. Moffat leaving her husband. Joseph Mears to testify from Windsor state prison tomorrow.
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Bennington
Alice Moffat
Joseph Mears
Mr. Moffat
Lodgers Escaped Gas Poisoning in South End House
Boston on December 30 reports a lodger warning occupants of gas odor at a South End house. George Hanson woke others and alerted them. Andrew Anderson, 50, was badly affected and taken to City Hospital in critical condition. others recovered.
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Boston
South End
George Hanson
Andrew Anderson
City
Ring of the Dead: Kyane to Box O'Brien in a Grim Show
The article sketches a brutal boxing scene with Tommy Kyane, famed for no stomach and one leg, facing Jack O'Brien, noted for a resilient heart, amid a roster of planned bouts. It notes Sharkey and Munro’s mock pairing as hype, Gardner’s camp in Lowell preparing to fight Hart in Boston, and Gardner’s extended training regimen and siblings aiding in workouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Kyane
Jack O’brien
Kimball gets permanent place in post office system
Washington December 30 The postmaster general appoints Edward F Kimball of Massachusetts as superintendent of the money order system in the post office department He has led this branch since the Metcalf removal The appointment follows changes in the salary and allowance division with John F Sawyers named assistant superintendent and M H Flint linked to a Los Angeles postmaster post The postmaster general also weighs reorganizing the supplies division to streamline administration.
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Washington
Edward F. Kimball
Massachusetts
Post Office Department
Kimball
J. T. Metcalf
Post Office
John F. Sawyers
Minnesota
The
Wes
C. M. Waters
George W. Beavers
M. H. Flint
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Calif
Payne
High Alumni Reunion Forges Plan for Permanent Association
At Lowell High School annex last night nearly eight hundred graduates gathered for the fourth annual reunion. The event sparked broad support for forming a Lowell High alumni association to sustain school spirit beyond yearly gatherings. A constitutional draft is expected later this week.
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Lowell High School
W. C. MacBrayne
Hadley
Winfred C. MacBrayne
Marion M. Bill
William A. Driscoll
Robert Goodell
Mary H. Coburn
Ethel Whitcomb
Elsie Puffer
Fred Leahey
Stanley I. Qua
Josiah Butler
William H. Howard
Alice Bacheller
Alice Duckworth
Katherine Coggeshall
Alice Richardson
Ida Woodies
Leola Pierce
Maude Young
Linda Stearns
Ardell Roper
Robert Elliott
Thomas O'Donnell
Edith Richardson
Dana B. Whipple
E. Florence Gray
John J. Rogers
Ralph Bean
Madeleine Crevier
Arthur Lovejoy
Marion Hovey
Lester Russell
Alice Rowell
Arnold S. Halstead
Edna Thompson
Willard Parker
Bertha Abbott
Grace Pearson
Catherine Whittaker
Orrin Wing
Amy G. Bent
Burton Carey
Cecil L. Adams
Harold Caverly
Miss Webster
Draper
Chase
Watson
Miss Baker
Allen
Miss Bradley
Miss Redliff
Miss Cassidy
Miss Vinton
Miss Goodhue
Miss Huntoon
Miss Ward
O'Connor
Lambert
Miss Buttrick
Miss Day
Killpartrick
Sweetsir
Spear
Ryder
Milner
Cyrus W. Irish
Carl D. Burtt
Charlotte Cheney
Annie Paul
Percy Moody
Arthur Phelan
John Seede
Geo. Spear
Edith Dempsey
Arden Roper
Fred Gorman
Dennis Murphy
Florence Gray
Frederick N. Russell
Joshua Herrick
Leslie Adams 2
Anna Coughlin
Frank O'Sullivan
Carlton Staples
William Spaulding
Lucia Johnson
Francis Jantzen
Harry McCue
Burnette Sweatt
Townsend Hill
Stephen Kearney
Merry Crawford Family Christmas Reunion in New Hampshire
A long clan of 87 descendants from Ruel W. Crawford gathered at William J. Scott’s Frye Street home for a Christmas reunion. The event featured music, gifts, a Christmas tree with about 200 presents, and a turkey feast. I P Crawford led the gathering, with plans to meet again at F P Crawford’s School Street home and to publish a notice in the Courier Citizen.
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Crawford
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Ruel W. Crawford
Lowell
Maine
William J. Scott
Frye Street
Scott
New England
M.d.s
Taylor & Draper
Eve
I’. P. Crawford
Immanuel Baptist Rubber Social Draws Large Bags of Rubbers
A rubber social at Immanuel Baptist Church pitted red and blue teams to accumulate rubber. The crimson side won with 235 pounds to blue's 165. Red team captains were George B. Williams and Miss Wedge led the blues. Entertainment included several soloists and a male quartet. Refreshments were served by members of both committees.
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George B. Williams
Isabel Gillespie
Laura Gillespie
Norman Williams
John Pauly
Etta Wedge
T. G. Lyons, Jr
Etta Estabrook
Henry Thatcher
Vernon Davis
Williams
Reds
Miss Wedge
Blues
Eva Pickles
Elsie Rollins
Maggie Jones
Martha Swanwick
Ella Hayes
Gertrude Estabrook
Messrs. Beaven
Thatcher
Jones
Isabel
Christmas Festivities at Kirk Street Sunday School
The Kirk Street Sunday school held Christmas festivities yesterday with a decorated tree and Santa Claus impersonated by Kenneth Bruce. The boys choir sang carols, and recitations were given by Marie Lloyd, Margaret Thompson, and Florence Richardson. Rev. Dr. Martin read an original Christmas story as 68 youngest children enjoyed supper.
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Kirk Street
Santa Claus
Kenneth Bruce
Marie Lloyd
Margaret Thompson
Florence Richardson
Dr. Martin
High Street Christmas Festival Tonight at School
The High Street Christmas Tree enterprise hosts a festival this evening with two large trees to be decorated with gifts for all students and teachers. A supper is served at 6 30 for attendees and friends of the school. Santa Claus will be announced at the event.
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High Street
Santa Claus
Arrest of Burlington larceny suspect at Tewksbury farm
Captain Kew and Inspector Walsh arrested 22 year old Charles A Cross on a Burlington Vermont larceny warrant for stealing watches. Cross was working on a Tewksbury farm when seized and Burlington authorities were notified.
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Captain Kew
Walsh
Tewksbury
Charles A. Cross
Cross
Burlington
Bogus Ad Pair Arrested Over Fake Directory Scheme
Thomas Roach and George Kennedy, both about 25, were jailed after allegedly soliciting ads for a Richardson house directory and taking payments before showing proof. Police traced receipts and a prospectus, with victims including a horse shoer, a coal dealer, and a bakery, totaling about $20 to $30. Kennedy worked with Roach for five years, with both from New York City prior to coming to this town.
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Thomas Roach
George C. Kennedy
Welch
Walsh
Richardson House
C. B. Pool
H. White
Roach
Dward T. Cushing
Arlington Hotel
Lis
Inspector Walsh
Matthews
Henry Reynolds
Henry J. O'Dowd
William Griffin
Fred Oster
Hout
St. Patrick's Parish
St. Patrick's Church
Frank Clarke
Broadway
Belle Donohoe
Mr. McKenzie
St. Peter's Parish
St. Peter's
Thomas Steele
Back Central Street
Bridget Freeman
Auburn and
Gorham Street
Freeman
Off
Union Printing Company
Middle Street
Edward T. Cushing
Kennedy
Poston
New York
Bowery
South
Appleton
Lakeview Theatre
White Ribbon Remedy Promised Cure for Drunkenness
An advertisement proclaims an absolute cure for drunkenness via White Ribbon Remedy. It claims women can secretly dose husbands or others with no taste or odor, producing permanent abstinence. Endorsed by Woman's Christian Union members, it offers cures for any alcoholic drink problems and guarantees results. Mrs A M Townsend is listed as contact.
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Woman 8 Christian Union
A. M. Townsend
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Tremont St
Boston
Mass
Lowell
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimac
Central Sts
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Wonders
Les Miserables
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Eenees
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Combines
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Polo Notes
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Jimmy Canavan
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Mears
Moffat
Sailor Sharkey
Miner Munro
Sharkey
Munro
Jack
Hart
Philadelphia
Memphis
Hot Springs
Brooklyn
New York City
Jack Monroe
Tom Sharkey
Mariner
Jeffries
Pee
Shorey
E. F. Kimball
Annex A
George Coburn
Annabel McKenzie
Brookline
E. E. Cole
Alice L. Ricker
St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury Academy
Dottie Gee
William H. Wightman
Lillian Wightman
South Lawrence
R. J. Barnard
Cambridge
Laura B. Chadwick
Holyoke
W. O. Teague
Phil, Pa
W. F. Moynihan
O. H. Perkins
Salem
H. R. Pierce
Melrose
Arthur Marriot
Dorchester Mass
R. H. Bradford
Kansas City
Denver
Colorado
C. M. Plowman
Talladega
Ala
Stanley Roberts
Detroit
Mich
J. N. W. Cutler
Immanuel Baptist Church
High ST
Thomas Matthews and
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