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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
10
The item notes Burn Wilson's coal from D. W. Horne & Son, a testimonial for Dean's Ointment from C. W. Lenhart of Bowling Green, and a Berkshire area home search hint by the New England Home Buyers' Association with a local Boston rep in Merrimack House before 10 p.m.
Dr. Forster H. Smith begins interneship at Lowell hospital after Harvard Medical School graduation. Notables visiting include Dr C H Cosgrove, Willimantic, guest of Dr E B Holt. City residents travel abroad with Patrick Sullivan and Dennis Healey returning home from Europe and Newark respectively. A Chelmsford picnic features Miss Ethel Warley and friends. oldest guest Mrs Sarah Warley. Families sail to Pictou Nova Scotia for summer. Kitty Conway visiting Margaret Kemp in Quincy.
Frank Grenon and his family narrowly escaped asphyxiation from a gas leak at their Willie Avenue residence. Mrs. Grenon woke to the odor, and her husband, avoiding a lighted match, shut off the gas valve in the cellar where the meter is located. The hallway gas cock was found to be almost full on discovery.
Boston and suburbs flock to Keith's as Fadettes orchestra revival and tableaux vivants draw crowds. Petit concerts by female musicians grow in popularity and living pictures rival world exhibitions. Vaudeville offerings for July 14 include Herbert's trained dogs and Dink, Cole and Johnson, and Senator Frank Bell as a monologue comedian.
The funeral for Lilly E Kelley was held yesterday at 3 30 from 12 McGuirk s yard off Lakeview avenue with burial in St Patrick s cemetery. Undertaker C H Mol oy in charge. Joseph McLaughlin s service followed at 2 30 from 431 Lakeview avenue with many floral tributes. bearers included Joseph Dawson William Forbes Joseph Callagher Peter Kerrigan Ed ward and Patrick McLaughlin. burial in St Patrick s cemetery. Undertaker Savage. Rev J Mullin officiated at the grave.
An outdoor Bible class is planned for this evening at 7 30 at the residence of Miss Kitson located at the corner of Merrimack and Pawtucket streets All girls are warmly invited to attend.
In Brooklyn the counts show 20000 apartment houses, 11000 stores, 10000 stables, 5000 factories, 541 hotels or hotel saloons, 315 schools, 540 churches, 90 theatres, 91 lodging houses, 215 clubs, 46 station houses, 126 engine houses, 153 hospitals and asylums and 1300 warehouses.
In the heat yesterday the old drug store at 236 Merrimack Road by Carleton and Hovey stayed cool due to electric fans and good ventilation. The shop offers ice cream sodas considered superior and fresh fruit ice creams praised for quality.
The YWCA could acquire John Street church property through Deacon James G. Buttrick and his sister Miss Martha Buttrick. Remodeling plans estimated around 15000 dollars include baths, heating, an extended front, reception rooms, dining facilities, a gym, dormitories, and a 250 seat auditorium to house about 50 boarders. A previous adjourned meeting lacked a quorum, requiring another vote with seven days’ notice before action.
Labor notes review recent union activity with Loom Fixers and Textile council meetings. Talks on the Merrimack mills strike persist, and plans for a Labor Day parade are endorsed. The Woolen weavers conflict in Pawtucket Fitchburg and Plymouth is noted along with officer elections and fines for nonunion conduct in bricklayers.
William H. Bagley, long time Middlesex mills superintendent, resigns to take over general duties at the Cocheco mills in East Rochester New Hampshire. He will assume new duties in ten to fifteen days after departure from Middlesex where he served eighteen years. Bagley has overseen and supervised in various mills and comes from Norwich Connecticut and Westerly Rhode Island prior to Middlesex. He is noted as an accomplished musician and will be missed in local musical circles.
Wilbur C. Doty and Annie Irving wed at 6 30 in the evening in Rev J M Craig’s home 103 Westford St The bride wore white Swiss and the bridesmaid white over pink Swiss They carried bride roses A reception followed at Mrs George Weston 245 Salem St with music and luncheon Guests included Mrs J E Wilbur Coburn A McLean of Boston B Coburn of Tewksbury and others They plan to reside at 245 Salem St after a two month honeymoon in Canada.
The steamer Governor Allen under Captain Prouty completed its maiden Nashua run last night. About 200 passengers from the Christian Endeavor society of the First Baptist church enjoyed music from a hurdy gurdy and bought ice cream and refreshments aboard. The trip was well received by all on the river voyage.
Joseph Boucher, 17, of 6 Cartier place off Coolidge street, was taken to the contagious hospital after doctors diagnosed smallpox yesterday afternoon. Drs Migneault and Livingstone confirmed the diagnosis. Seven in the Boucher family, including the father Julien and mother with five children, remain healthy at home. This marks the seventh smallpox case of the week.
The New Jersey Central launches hourly trains between New York and Philadelphia with modern equipment. Trains run every hour on the hour, covering ninety miles in about two hours, featuring buffet parlor cars, gas-lit, vestibuled coaches, and new high speed locomotives. The line also operates the Royal Blue Line to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, touted as the finest day train. The railbed uses trap rock ballast and heavy rails for speed and safety.
The Parker Coal and Wood company promotes abundant coal and urges early winter supply. Officials warn of another possible rise before a drop, citing their clean coal quality. Lowell coke is advertised at $2.25 per half chaldron as a summer-burning option.
The Lexington and Boston street railway company reports the Fourth of July trolley explorer to Boston as the heaviest turnout, with Patriots Day celebrations drawing large crowds in Lexington Concord and Merrimack Square. Passengers may visit Cary Library and Memorial Hall, viewing Henry Sanham’s painting The Dawn of Liberty and Pitcairn pistols. Lexington park opening postponed a week, and two white fallow deer arrived at the park zoo, one with a fawn born on the Fourth of July.
Geo E Maker offers a limited time deal for diploma framing. Bring a diploma to his shop at John and Merrimack streets for first class moulding and a free beautiful picture with every framed diploma. Large stock of moulding and craftsmanship highlighted.
Fraternal groups in Lowell and surrounding towns held last night meetings. A. O. U. W reported all flourishing as officers plan a July 23 visitation from Medford Winchester and others. I O O F Mechanics Lodge kept up degrees. Knights of Sherwood Forest revised by laws to add sick benefit, with progress report due August 2. Clan Grant planned Rocky Point gathering July 17 with Kitties band and Gordon Highlanders of Canada. Industry Council R A initiated three candidates. Elks schedule Mountain Rock outing August 7 with clam bake and aquatic events.
The Century editor pays tribute to the late Frank A. Stockton. The life of the beloved humorist is praised as complete and enviable, with classic writings, a uniform edition published, a dignified home, and enduring friendships. The piece asserts there can never be another Stockton.
Latimer B. Hall, 18, son of Lemuel Hall of Gorham street, drowned at Island pond Pelham New Hampshire yesterday noon. He and a group swam from a camp near a Merrimack street fish dealer’s site, rowing a mud scow to the lake centre. Hall cramp struck 30 feet from shore. boat sunk on return. he disappeared beneath the surface and was recovered later from about 12 feet depth. Hall was a Lowell High School student respected by peers, with surviving family at 135 Hildreth street.
Rome reports the Vatican’s formal reply to Judge Taft’s note on Philippine religious affairs. It details a 12‑article contract covering land purchase from four orders, arbitration rules, title transfers, payments in Mexican dollars, and church influence toward pacification, with notes on recalls, clergy nationality, and education questions.
A London wine firm received from the Court of Chancery a £95 check for wine supplies to a customer in 1816, closing an eighty eight year litigation.
Richard Linthicum surveys the Great Lakes region highlighting Chicago as a global food market and inland hub, Buffalo as a major rail water exchange center, Cleveland as an iron center, Detroit as a growing commercial city, Milwaukee as a brewing and manufacturing center, and Duluth as a dominant Lake Superior port with shipyards. It notes West Superior building whaleback ships and cites regional prominence across Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Milwaukee, Bay City and Saginaw Bay.
The piece notes Mary supervising fifty students as she grades exercises filled with misspellings and malaprops. Teachers copy amusing errors from a workbook, listing odd definitions and misstatements about classical figures and history, echoing the magazine World’s Work.
A Merrimack street display promotes a Friday sale by G Pollard & Co offering 2009 pairs of Irish Points Brussels and Renaissance lace curtains at 39, 49, 52, 7ic, and 9$8c values. Patrons urged to view windows and visit the drapery department for discounted patterns and better ones priced up to $1.59.
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