Leather Workers Union Grows Fast in Newark Convention
President Dennis Healey spoke to Courier Citizen on the Amalgamated Leather Workers Union of America after Newark convention July 4 to 8. The union rose from 14,000 to about 32,000 members, with 45 delegates from states including California Michigan Massachusetts New York and New Jersey and Canada. They endorsed repealing a 15 percent ad valorem tax on raw hides and adopted a union label with clasped hands and an eagle. The body planned a journal named The Amalgamated Leather Workers Journal to be published in Olean New York, with 32,000 members each paying 30 cents yearly for subscriptions. The next convention will be held in Lynn Massachusetts on July 4, 1903.
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Dennis Healey
Amalgamated Leather Workers’ Union of America
Courier-Citizen
Newark
N. J
Organization of Labor
California
Michigan
Massachusetts
Lowell
Boston
Malden
Woburn
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Dominion of Canada
America
Gill
Olean
Federation of Labor
Amalgamated ‘Leather Workers’ Journal
Philadelphia
Canada
Washington
Lynn
Mags
Simon Knebel
Patrick Murphy
J. F. Kelley
Johnstown
N. Y
D. J. Ryan
John Lyon
Grand Rapids
M’ch
John Bray
Elizabeth
John Roach
Marcellus Waite
Healey
American Hide and Leather Company
Organization of
Leather Workers
the Federation of Labor
St. Louis
City notices and local ads from the era
The column lists coal dealers, medicine ads, and a DAR donation to lakeview and Mann vacation schools. It notes a gospel service at Chelmsford Stearns grove with Rev N W Matthews and Miss Rutherford as soloist. Also mentions picnic baskets and fruit baskets sold at an uptown hardware store. Bartlett at 653 and 659 Merrimack street signs off.
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Stearns Grove
Golden Cove
Chelmsford
N. W. Matthews
Miss Rutherford
Lowell
W. Ward
Noble Charlton
Uptown
W. T. S. Bartlett
Merrimack Street
Birthday notices and travel updates from West Chelmsford area
Miss Margaret Brown hosts a birthday mart for her sister Mrs. Thos. Brown at West Chelmsford. Several locals and visitors are noted: Miss Wolstenholme of Blackburn on tour. Charles E. Cooke on vacation in Provincetown. trips to Kingfield Me and San Francisco. various visits from Jamaica Plain to Cedar Street, and travelers returning from Canada and a wedding tour.
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Margaret Brown
Thos. Brown
West Chelmsford
Margaret Wolstenolme
Blackburn
England
America
Charles E. Cooke
Prescott National Bank
Provincetown
Frank R. Cross
Mt. Vernon Street
Mary E. Weeks
Wilmington
Mass
Kingfield
Berta H. Dickey
San Francisco
Cal
George Curley
Jamaica Plain
Rafferty
Cedar Street
Susie Neilson
Mary Carney
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
C. H. Clapp
Hartland
N. E
T. A. McMaster
Bangor
Kate Pirington
Calais
Arthur Simpson
Fifth Street
F. C. Jaeger
Philadelphia
Joseph Hicks
High Street
The Limits Of A Minister In Search Of Popularity
Rev D M Steele argues ministers should not pursue popularity or wealth through sensational sermons or flashy advertising. He condemns those who barter reverence for profit and cites clergy conferences and sermon gimmicks as evidence of shallow aims. He questions how churches stay filled without sincere, earnest pastors.
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Sodom
Samson
Ephraim
Wesley
Huss
Savonarola
D. M. Steele
United Irish League Meeting At Lowell Hall
The United Irish League will meet at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the hall of the Lowell Irish Benevolent Society at the corner of Palmer and Middle streets. Friends of the league are invited.
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United Irish League
The
Lowell, Irish Benevolent Society
Palmer and
Middle Streets
Friends of the League
Coffee Poison Fading From Life To Postum Power
A Baraboo woman shares how coffee harmed health and how switching to Postum Coffee restored strength. After months of improvement she and her husband report weight gain, headaches gone, and better digestion. The testimonial promotes Postum by the Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich.
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Baraboo
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Durant lands auctioned by Currier in Lawrence tract
J E Conant & Co of Lowell announce an absolute auction sale of forty Belmont Wilmot Avon Kendrick street lots in Lawrence to clear debt and raise funds. The Durant Tract lies near the Merrimack river with access to city hall sewer water and gas mains. Lots range around 50 by 100 feet with varied sizes and prices, deposits required, and mortgages available at four and five percent. A Currier agent will show land daily. deeds to Knox Coulson Currier.
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Durant
Belmont
Wilmot
Avon
Kendrick Streets
Erving Avenue
Lawrence
Merrimack
Prospect
Tower Hills
City Hall
Knox, Coulson & Currier
Gleason
Guy W. Currier
Auction sale of Highlands home in Lowell on July 18 1902
On Friday afternoon July 18 1902 at five o clock the auctioneers offer No 218 Gibson Street Lowell for sale to the highest bidder. The modern eight room Highlands residence features natural wood finish electricity wired, open tile fireplace, screened windows, bath and laundry, attic convertible to two or three rooms, and a 50 by 88 foot lot with lawn beds fruit trees and concrete walks. Located near Westford Street and electric cars, the property demands a $500 deposit upon striking off with mortgage option at 5 percent interest. A D Parent announces sale after leaving Lowell for Boston dependencies.
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Gibson Street
Highlands
Lowell
Westford Street
Boston
A. D. Parent
Josiah Gates & Sons
Massachusetts
Market Street
Chelmsford Street
Mass
Francis W. Kittredge
Court Street
Charles G. Lee
Essex Street
National Labor Union Seeks Leather Workers Union Growth
In Scranton on July 4, 1901, a motion carried to urge President Gompers to liaise with local unions to form a national body. The organization, now in its second year, aims to recruit about 80,000 of 120,000 leather workers, with Healey confident that 90 percent in New England will join.
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Gompers
Canada
Scranton
Healey
New England
Stones That Hinder at First Congregational Church
Attendees heard Rev. Ralph Gillam discuss stones that hinder a Christian life including wrong home and business influences and indifference. Miss Juna Sleeper sang There’s a Hand Held Out in Pity with guitar. Rev. Mr. Creford and former deacon Thomas A. McMaster of Bangor spoke for Christ. A large number testified to the church’s prosperity and ongoing meetings.
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First Congregational Church
Ralph Gillam
Juna Sleeper
Mr. Credeford
Thomas A .McMaster
Bangor
McMaster
First Church
Church Meeting Growth Praises Members and Leader
The text describes ongoing Friday night meetings that are growing and bringing happiness within the congregation. It credits Mr. Gillam and church members for a fruitful period of service and helpfulness to Christ.
Fifth Municipal Concert By American Band At Fort Hill Park
The fifth concert by conductor J. P. Burleigh will be held tomorrow afternoon at Fort Hill park from 3 to 5 o clock. Part I features Promenade The Strollers Le tS can rave a ca NTE Englander Overture The Count of Essex and other pieces by Mercadante Waldtenfel Sextette from Lucia Donizetti Latest Hits Von Tilzer An. Smith. Part II includes Trovatore Verdi Nasselmann 8 Ballet Music from Faust Hungarian Dance Czardas Paraphrase in the Deep Cellar Selection Foxy Quiller De Koven Finale American Republic Thiele.
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J. P. Burleigh
Fort Hill Park
Count of Essex
Ted Aerts Mercadante
Jenesse Doree
Nasselmann
McQuade Divorce Case Seeks New Trial in Boston
In behalf of Mrs. Margaret McQuade, Charles Cowley has filed a motion for a new trial in the divorce case in which Judge Waite granted a decree of divorce to James A. McQuade. The hearing is set to be held in Boston.
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Margaret McQuade
Charles Cowley
Waite
James A. McQuade
Boston
Gannon Thurston Births Noted in Roxbury and City
A son named Thurston was born in Roxbury on July 10 to Mr and Mrs Charles Thurston formerly of the city. Gannon birth announced in the city to Mr and Mrs J P B Gannon a son. Russia observes 86 public holidays yearly and Austria 76.
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Gannon
J. P. B. Gannon
Thurston
Roxbury
Charles Thurston
Russia
Austria
Assignee's Sale of Industrial Goods in Lowell
Assignee conducts sale of leather and rubber belting mill supplies tools machinery and office furniture from the factory and carrying shop of Josiah Gates and Sons manufacturers of leather selting strapping and related products in Lowell Massachusetts.
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Josiah Gates & Sons
Lowell
Massachusetts
A Good Move Growth of Central Savings Bank in 31 Years
The Central Savings Bank, long housed with Merchants' National, moved to the First National building after consolidation of three banks. The change added double floor space, dual entrances from Central and Prescott streets, and public seating split with bank work. Under Samuel A. Chase and then Clarence W. Whidden, deposits rose to 3,613,101.54 with near 8,000 active accounts and about 300,000 surplus. The board includes Daniel Swan and others. move favored depositors and trustees.
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Central Savings Bank
Bank
Merchants’ National Bank
Merchants
Railroad
First National
Consolidated Company
Merchants’ Bank
First National Bank
Nelson
Central Street
Prescott Street
Samuel A. Chase
Old Mann School
Clarence W. Whidden
Chase
Whidden
Board of Investment
Daniel Swan
J. W. C. Pickering
A. G. Pollard
Amasa Pratt
Charles W. Wilder
Lowell Echoes of Poems and Shortening Hours in City Life
The article recalls a Boston Transcript poetry mystery solved after long years and notes Lowell workers gain a weekly half holiday. It cites clerks and mills totaling 25,000 to 30,000 workers, with four fifths of wage earners enjoying one afternoon free weekly. It argues shorter hours boost health and productivity, ending with various local notices and a belated reminiscence of the Belvidere and Pawtucket Falls Omnibus company and a social outing at Hampton Beach.
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Lowell
Boston Transcript
Transcript
The
Belvidere
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Stephen Girard
Mr Stephen Girard of 65 Austin street and his wife Mrs Girard celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with relatives and friends at home. The couple married in Whitehall New York fifty years ago and were joined by out of town guest A W Girard of Quebec. He was born in Oberville and she in L Assumption Canada. Stephen is 75 and Margar et 68. They have five children present with the family.
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Augusta Ward Burrows
Commonwealth
Boston
Bert Smithson
Dracut Centre
Hampton Beach
Lowell
Willis Morse
J. W. Anderson
Charles Starbird
Alfred Ware
N. W. Peabody
Orville Peabody
Elizabeth G. Shepard
Stephen Girard
Austin Street
A. W. Girard
Quebec
Can
Margaret Wright
Whitehall
N. Y
Mr. Girard
Oberville
L’assumption
Canada
Converted Jewish Rabbi to Speak in Lowell Churches
Rev. Isaac Selman, a converted Jew and noted rabbi, will visit Lowell next Sunday. He will address Rev. Robert F. True at Immanuel Baptist on Blossom Street at 10:30 a.m. and Rev. N. W. Matthews at Gorham Street Methodist at 6:30 p.m. He speaks of his experiences and current work among Jewish people.
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Isaac Selman
Lowell
Robert F. True
Immanuel Baptist Church
Blossom Street
N. W. Matthews
Gorham Street Methodist Church
Selman
Bargains in Gas Ranges Offered by Bowell Gas Light Co
Bowell Gas Light company offers for a few days only first class gas cooking ranges below cost due to a contemplated office building change. Call early to secure a bargain.
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Bowell Gas Light Company
Diplomas Framed at Mak er's with Free Picture Offer
Mak er's offers special framing prices for diplomas brought in over the next weeks. A large stock of moulding and first class work promises a free beautiful picture to every customer presenting a diploma. Also promotes Burdock Blood Bitters to aid digestion and strengthen the stomach.
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Maker’s
Geo
John and
Merrimack Streets
Do You Know These Curious Historical Questions
A set of trivia prompts asks about a roof dwelling workforce in a famous building, a European capital with more deaths than births, a cross gesture to ward off the devil, a blind but eminent astronomer, a poet’s England line, a single London street name from 127, a trout-boiling hot lake, a "Rocky Mountain Canary," why London is silent, a US region allowing wife eviction, Europe’s playground country, Czar multilingual reach, and a people with mixed language and ritual quirks.
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Europe
England
City of
London
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G. C. Brock
Lakeview Avenue
Mann Vacation
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J. E. Conant & CO
Lowell, Mass
Lawrence, Mass
George H. Abbott
Washington Street
James S. Russell
Belvidere and Pawtucket Falls Omnibus Company
James S. Tussell
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Franklin Forbes
George W. Shattuck
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Pawtucket
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Czar
Stoddard
Bartlett
Ww. P. Brazer & Co. Hatters and Outfitters
Central, Cor. Market
Anchor Line
United States Mail
Glasgow
Londonderry
Henderson Brothers
Broadway
Denis Murphy
Appleton ,Street, Lowell
Chas. T. Saul
Benj. A. Gilbert
Colonial Building
Boylston St
F. J. Timmons
Hanley’s
Harvard
Jane’s
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