Bargains in suits and local goods in Boston area
The January 25 1902 issue promotes Try Hornes and Burns Wilsons coal bargains at Alexander's Central street tailor with $35 suits for $30. It lists optician C C H Babbitt 28 Dutton Merrimack, Dr Thomas Electric Oil, M Steinert Sons 130 Merrimack piano sales on easy terms, Eliot chorale training at Eliot church January 27, polo interest and growing roller skating, skates from 50 cents to 6 dollars, Winslow hardware leader at Merrimack street sold by Bartlett 653-657 Merrimack uptown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horne
Wilson
Alexander’s
Central Street
Cc. H. Babbitt
Dutton Street
Merrimack Corp
Thomas
Electric Ci
M. Steinert & Sons Company
Merrimack Street
New Eliot Chorale
Herman P. Chelius
Boston
Eliot Church
Winslow
W. T. 5S
Bartlett
Uptown
Brooklyn library trio visits city buildings show praise
Mr Frank P Hill librarian of Brooklyn public library Dr John W Devoy director and architect R F Admiral toured our library building under Librarian Chase. They praised the facility and praised Mr Chase for his leadership while noting past visits to Boston Lynn Salem and other cities. Rev Robert F True has recovered from illness. Dr J B Lamoureux was honored at a banquet at Dr George E Caises home for a France award to his literary work. The event featured Dr Hurtubise toastmaster and speakers Dr Gagnon Rochette Delisle Schiller. Music and refreshments followed. Nearly a hundred guests attended Highland club dancing with Hibbards orchestra. Mrs J W Sherburne and Mrs M O Carter were matrons. managers included E C Libby A H Green Josiah Butler and G H Runels. A surprise party honored Mrs Emily Davis Peabody at the home of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hood of Derry New Hampshire with relatives John W and Nath Brown of Lowell among guests. Panzo Whist Club met at Emma Gilmans with Mrs Coburn winning first prize and Mrs Corner second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Hill
Brooklyn
N. Y
John W. Devoy
R. F. Admiral
Chase
Boston
Lynn
Salem
Robert F. True
Immanuel Baptist Church
J. B. Lamoureux
George E. Caisse
Merrimack Street
France
Hurtubise
J E. Lamoureux
Lamoureux
Highland Club
Hibbard
Page Company
J. W. Sherburne
Gilbert Hood
Derry N. H
Celebrated His Seventh Birthday at Redding Home
The residence of Mr and Mrs William Redding at 80 First Street hosted their son Master William seventh birthday Friday evening. The celebration featured games, phonograph selections by Master George Watson, fruit confections chocolate and cake, with a large group of friends and cousins in attendance. The young guests dispersed at 10 30 wishing many similar occasions for the birthday boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Redding
First Street
William
George Watson
Cantata of Eva at Wigginville schoolhouse
A Wigginville Friday cantata presentation of Eva from Uncle Tom’s Cabin drew a large crowd. A 30 voice chorus led by W J Beaven with Maude MacMillan as reader raised funds for a local destitute family, likely about 25 dollars. George Allan chaired the event. Separately, Chicago art institute classrooms now shelter about 2000 pupils with over 700000 annual visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigginville
Eva
W. J. Beaven
Maude MacMillan
Beaven
George Allan
The
Art Institute of Chicago
Straight Shot From Accident Invigorates Grape-Nuts User
A reader letter from J. Rewan of Codar Falla Ia describes how starting Grape-Nuts improved health and strength after overwork and nervousness. She notes consistent use with cream, no weight loss, and steady nerve power, claiming no other lifestyle changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rewan
Codar Falla
Stated Boston Clerk Charles Hogan Charged with Mail Letter Theft
Charles E Hogan, a Lowell post office mailing clerk aged 33 with ten years service, was arrested in Lowell after an inspector planted a decoy letter containing four dollars and Hogan allegedly took it. He was arraigned in Boston and held for the March grand jury, with colleagues shocked by the allegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulman
Post Office Department
Lowell
Charles E. Hogan
Hogan
Boston
United States
Evans
Richardson
Bullman
Post Office
Eaton Receives Final Orders to Leave Charlestown Yard
Captain Joseph Giles Eaton United States navy ordnance officer at Charlestown navy yard will be relieved January 29 by Commander Edward D Taussig. He has served since October 30 1899 and will depart for Seattle February 4 to take command of the Oregon on February 10. Mrs Eaton will accompany him to the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph Giles Eaton
United States Navy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Edward D. Taussig
Professor Taussig
Harvard University
Eaton
Charlestown
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Puget Sound
Merrimack Repair Shop Social at Elvin's Hall
Merrimack repair shop employees held a pleasant social and dancing party in Elvin's hall last night attended by managers Ira F. Walcott and J. J. Splaine with floor director Frank King and assistant Arthur Bourdon coordinating activities. Coronet selections by Mr. Chase Hennessey preceded dancing from 8.30 to midnight, with several numbers entertaining the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack
Elvin
Chase Hennessey
Ira F. Walcott
J. J. Splaine
Frank King
Arthur Bourdon
Patrick Donohue
Abraham Gilman
Robert Chase
Edward McDermott
Musical Reception For Mrs Wood Whitelaw Pupils
Thursday evening Mrs Mabel Wood Whitelaw hosted an informal reception for her piano students. A pleasing programme followed by social time and light refreshments. Mrs Whitelaw will leave the city for Philadelphia in a few weeks. Performers included Lena Talbert Eleanor Dows Mildred Favor Chester Dows Lola Talbert Mary Cover and others with pieces by Scharwenka Eilenberg Weigend and Meyerbeer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wood Whitelaw
Whitelaw
Philadelphia
X. Scharwenka
Lena Talbert
Blumenlied
Lange
Mildred Favor
Mt Vernon F B Church Revival Begins Sunday
Revival services start Sunday January 27 at Mt Vernon F B Church with Rev H E Wilson from Dover New Hampshire assisting the pastor. Wilson is described as a strong speaker and his visit is hoped to help many. Go and be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Wilson
Dover, N. H
Wilson
Go and
Peo Bine
Advice to veterans in Lowell city employment
The mayor of Lowell informs G A R posts that ex soldiers have no city employment rights under the Preference Act unless registered with the civil service commission. Veterans must present discharge papers to Charles H. Conant at 53 Central Street and enroll to secure protected positions and steady work before others. The mayor pledges to defend veteran rights once procedures are followed. The Animal Rescue League of Boston cared for over 5000 homeless pets last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Supreme Court
Civil Service Commissioners
Lowell
Charles H. Conant
Civil Service Commission
Central Street
Mass
C. and
Chas. A. R. Dimon
The
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Wood's Bundle Sale Sets City Record Of Gifts
George H Wood held a 25 cent bundle sale that drew crowds from 9 am. By 11 am twelve hundred bundles were sold and every fiftieth buyer earned an extra prize. By 6 pm over 2300 bundles were sold and a long list of recipients received presents. The sale will continue today with better presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Wood
Wood
Ella Swift
Church Street
Margaret Fitzgerald
West 4Th Street
George E. Clarke
Middlesex Street
F. K. Haines
Franklin Street
J. F. Peavey
Summer Street
F. F. Hill
Central Street
George W. Kenrick
Westford
Stephen Burste
Coburn Street
Peresa Cohen
H. S. Pihl
Weed Street
Eva Clark
Cora Anderson
Liberty Street
Mrs. Quinlan
Abbott Street
H. C. Robinson
Hamilton Corporation
Leslie J. Hill
Aiken Avenue
John Howarth
Lyons Street
Wm. McCarter
South Street
J. W. Chase
Goodale's Drug Store
Grant Johnson
Beach Street
George F. Choate
Bedford Avenue
Bob” Gately
High Street
Mr. Racotte
Hancock Avenue
James F
Mr. Wood
Middlesex County Receipts Report Shows County Debt Details
Middlesex County Treasurer J O Hayden presents the 1901 receipts totaling 1 176 633 with expenditures of 45 476 including 38 000 for the dog fund. Main income from county taxes 561 500 and temporary loans 375 000 plus revenue from prisons and deeds. Debt amounts to 958 000 with additions for Cambridge house of correction and new registry of deeds building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Hayden
Middlesex
House of Correction
Cambridge
Lowell
Registry of Deeds
Southern
Clerk of Courts
Chelmsford
Southern Registry of Deeds
Trombone solo highlights Lowell Orchestra recital
The Lowell Orchestra Society will present a concert next Sunday featuring a grand trombone solo in Fackeltanz performed by Sturtevant Teel and Kinghorn. Harpist Heinrich Schuecker of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and soprano Helen Wetmore of Boston will also perform. The event benefits St Johns Hospital with reserved seats at Austin's music store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchestral Society
Sturtevant
Teel
Kinghorn
Heinrich Schuecker
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Helen Wetmore
Boston
Boston Daily Traveler
Schuecker
Norfolk
Miss Wetmore
St. John’s Hospital
Austin
Auction of Hayden estate stable contents in Boston sale
Special administrators advertise an absolute auction of the late Charles H. Hayden estate stable contents at 100 West Brookline Street near Tremont Street Shawmut Church Boston. The sale lists five horses various carriages sleighs and harnesses with detailed descriptions and provenance. Open days Thursday and Friday with cash terms. agents George F. Manning George A. Gibson and attorneys Tous & Hemminway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hayden
West Brookline Street
Tremont Street
Shawmut Congregational Church
Boston
Suffolk
Sir Walter Jr
Alcidilia
Glory
George Wilkes, Jr
Houghton’s
Smuggler
Belle
Daniel S. Ford
Dolly
Nellie
Sir Walter, Jr
Billee
B. Perry
Fred F. French Company
French Carriage Company
Goddard
J. T. Smith & Co
Hanlon & Co
E. Howard & Co
George F. Manning
George A. Gibson
Tous & Hemminway
Mid-Winter Picnic At Belle Grove Varnum's Landing
The Worthen Street Baptist Sunday school announces the season's first picnic to be held at Belle Grove in Varnum's Landing. The event features heated dining rooms and a comfortable hall, with transportation by ordinary half hour streetcars. A musical and literary program and a novel scheme will entertain attendees, with departure from the square at 2:30 PM Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Grove
Varnum’s Landing
Worthen Street Baptist Sunday School
Father John’s Medicine Endorsement by Cleophas Dupont
Seven years after a fall Cleophas Dupont of 112 Valley Street Lawrence Massachusetts reports lasting relief from right side soreness after using Father John’s Medicine. He asserts complete recovery and offers a testimonial endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
Cleophas Dupont
Valley Street
Lawrence, Mass
Real Estate Boom in Lowell Brightens Market
Real estate activity in Lowell surges with a record January, rising inquiries and full schedules for agents. Foreign buyers, mortgage demand, and high rents in areas like Little Canada push tenements to the forefront as developers plan new apartments and modernization projects.
Real estate and building notes report local upgrades and sales
The Merrimack house property undergoes extensive alterations by buyer D J Murphy with Farrell and Conaton installing steam heat. W E Potter Jr sells four tenement blocks to Bleachery Co. Hanchett and McFadgen expand with four furnaces in Pine Street, plus plumbing and boilers in multiple homes. Additional projects include a hot air heater in Officer Palmer’s Centralville house and new additions on Middlesex Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack House
D. J. Murphy
Farrell & Conaton
Music Hall
W. E. Potter, Jr
Hanchett & McFadgen
Pine Street
Grey
Highlands
W. H. Wiggin
Miss Dexter
Foster Street
Mrs. Walsh
Lundburg Street
Miss Kittredge
Kirk Street
Officer Palmer
Centralville
A. C. Wheelock
Middlesex Street
S. F. R. Woodward
Sixth Street
Horace Clements
Bridge and Ludlam Streets
Whitter & McDonald
Land transfers listed in Lowell and Westford notices
A sequence of property deeds transfers fund with prices ranging from $1 to $2575. Entries cover Lowell streets including Gershom Moody Cora Beaver Bleachery Chelmsford Soreno State Sixth Adams Fairgrounds and Puffer, plus a Westford entry Duane H. Waller to Alec Fisher. Names include Ludger Genest Cordelia Lambert Emery Flaherty Boisvert Lam bert Morse Rollins Provost Wilkstrom Lambert Brown Sullivan O Neil Bagshaw Skinner and Dimon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Ludger Genest
Cordelia M. Lambert
Gershom Avenue
William H. Emery
Martin Flaherty
Moody Street
William H.emery
Cora Street
Jacques Boisvert
Prosper Lambert
Beaver Street
Harry B. Sewall
Land transfers record in Billerica and Burlington area
A note lists conveyances with Alvan Fisher transferring a lot of land to Oscar R. Spalding for $1 in Billerica and A H Burdett transferring a lot of land on the road to Burlington to Massachusetts Engineering Company for $1. The entries reflect small token sums in property deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvan Fisher
Oscar R. Spalding
Billerica
A. H. Burdett
Massachusetts Engineering Company
Burlington
Highland Congregational Church Adjourned Meeting
The adjourned annual meeting of Highland Congregational church met in the small vestry with Dr. J. B. Field as moderator. Officers sworn in, M. S. Amy resigning as assistant superintendent of the Sunday school, Miss J. A. Wallingford elected in his place. Reports of Ladies' Charitable association and Woman's Prayer Meeting society read. sympathy resolutions for Deacon J. G. Buttrick and family and Miss Martha Buttrick adopted. Meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Congregational Church
J. B. Field
M. S. Amy
J. A. Wallingford
Ladies’ Charitable Association
Woman's Prayer Meeting Society
J. G. Buttrick
Martha Buttrick
John H. Buttrick
Fresh assortments of homemade candies offered by Carleton & Hovey
Fresh today a fine assortment of pure wholesome candies including assorted caramels at 30 cents a pound, molasses chips 19 cents, butter and chocolate wafers 19 cents, pecan creams 29 cents, new chocolate chips 29 cents, and fresh chocolate cream 19, 33, and 50 cents a pound. Fancy candy boxes 1 to 5 pounds. Merrimack street store name Carleton & Hovey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Carleton & Hovey
Merrimack Street
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Sos
Sun
Lower Daily Courier
Grand Jury
Association of
Post Office Clerks
MT. Vernon
Gleveland Baking Powder CO
New York
Dimon
Wood’s
Lowell Orchestral Society
J. E. Conant & CO
Lowell, Mass
Court House
Russell
Market Street
Marathon
Thermopylae
Canada
Thomas Costello
Nesmith Street
Costello
Fort Hill Park
Davis
Wellman Block
Howe
Railroad Bank
Boston Safe
Lowell Gas Light Co
Shattuck Street
Colwell
Duane H. Waller
Alec Fisher
Land
New York Optical Co
Harry Watts
Bridge Street
Merrimack Square
Effie L. Palmer
Voice Culture
Sbriglia Method
Swan Bitz
Edgar A. Barrell
Tremont St
Edison Records
Edison
Talking Machine Headquarters
W. P. Brazer & CO
Central, Cor. Market ST
Home Rule Family Oil
C. B. Coburn & CO
W. C. Hinckley
Seebee
Snyder Bros
Nes
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