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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
10
The City notes a Coburn Union mission picnic at Willow Dale on Wednesday July 16 with cars leaving Pawtucket bridge at 9 AM. The Babbitt Co opticians at 28 Dutton Street will be open 2 to 4 PM and Monday and Saturday evenings.
Personal items list residents visiting relatives and changing jobs, plus a church group gathering at Tyler Park. A house party at Lake Nabnasset hosts many Lowell and neighboring town guests, with a telescope viewing moon and Jupiter. August Fels nearly succumbs to heat while Prescott H. Jones remains critically ill after appendicitis surgery at Lowell General Hospital.
The Ladies Aid society of Camp Farragut auxiliary to Sons of Veterans visited Miss Janette Johnson at 94 Branch street Saturday evening for her 19th birthday and presented an emerald ring. Hosts Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson offered hospitality. A lawn party is planned for July 17 at 100 Wilder street to benefit a veteran’s daughter.
General Fiskelodge I O G T held an ice cream party in Highland hall last evening despite heat. About £ spent seats full for a program of piano solo readings songs and a sketch with Mr and Mrs W J Smith and others in principal parts. Chief Templar David Har low gave a brief address.
Carleton Liovey advertises perfumes at 25c an ounce equal to higher priced goods. Eleven odors available with free samples. Wholesale sales possible at 236 Merrimack St.
An informal meeting of the water board and joint committee considered supplying Dracut and Chelmsford with Lowell water. Estimates ranged from 20 000 to 50 000 dollars, with Dracut likely to patronize the line and North Chelmsford uncertain. projections of annual profit from a loan, rates, and limited house hookups were discussed, plus plans for a public hearing in Dracut on the 23rd inst.
Manager Gorman unveils new attraction at Hampton Beach Casino with afternoon and evening shows crowding houses. The program features the Quaker Cay quartet with varied instrumental music, comedians Martin and Quigg, Parker's trained dogs, the Floyds magic act, and performances by Smith and Keesner acr. bats and Marie De Rosetti. Two daily band concerts draw many visitors as Exeter Hampton Amesbury line adds cars to meet demand, boasting top New England service.
The Lowell Medford line conductor of car No 1124 was discharged after a near disaster at the North Woburn turnout Sunday evening. An unofficial excuse cites dispatcher warning that the Medford bound car from Lowell had derailed in the section and that the conductor was told to proceed.
A meeting of ward chairmen of the Republican city committee is set for Wednesday evening at headquarters. The notice requests attendance and coordination for party organizing and local campaign effort.
J E Conant and Co son advertise a single family home on Gibson Street Lowell to be sold at 5 PM Friday July 18 1902. The eight room modern house with furnace electricity and attic potential sits on a 50 by 4388 square foot lot near Westford Street and electric cars. A $500 deposit is required at sale with mortgage options available and the seller has moved to Boston.
Mayor Hurley presided at the Willows field day as Juniper Point grows into a popular shore retreat. Reported sights include harbor boats, two theatres, a dance hall, bowling, and colorful gardens on Atlantic avenue led by Mr. Simonds with a crimson rambler stretching fifteen feet. The Salem News and budget sheets keep locals informed while visitors enjoy rides, foods, and sun amid a casual healthful scene.
At a Central fire house meeting the New England Veteran Firemen's muster Alfred M. Chadwick was appointed marshal of the parade and Charles S. Proctor on Governor Crane's staff was named chief of staff.
Local loomworkers held their regular meeting in Welles hall with a smoke talk, songs by several members, a piano solo, and refreshments. A mass meeting of Lowell weavers is planned for Tuesday evening July 15 at 8 o'clock in Loomfixers hall Merrimack Street, with addresses by the Lowell Trades and Labor council president and others.
Mr and Mrs P M Gregoire depart Boston aboard the Commonwealth of the Dominioa line for an extended European tour visiting Florence Venice Milan Switzerland and southeastern France with Paris and London as stops on the return. They travel to promote their millinery business and Miss Margaret Curran will manage their affairs during their absence.
A committee in Merrimack Street aims to host a large picnic at Mountain Rock on August 6 for 3000 to 4000 French speaking Roman Catholic children. Camille Roussin chairs the event with broad parish participation and plans food, sports, and prizes, including 8000 doughnuts and 100 prizes. The effort attracts 16 local bakers and many parish volunteers coordinating food, supplies, and activities.
Patrick Carrick, a youth at St Johns hospital, suffers severe lockjaw with spasms hourly and now neck and jaw muscles stiffening. Doctors hold faint hope for recovery as they treat him for the condition. Eben Brennan, injured by a fall from a window at 137 Charles street, remains in very precarious condition at the same hospital with recovery hoped for.
A public auction features 500 landscape and marine paintings by Mr. A W Morrell and about 100 French plate mirrors to be sold on Thursday through Saturday after noons and evenings this week at 35 Prescott Street near Merrimack Square. The store opens Tuesday morning July 15 for display.
A curated eleven volume edition of John L. Stoddard's lectures promises a fireside globe tour with 4000 views and 400 pages of textual mastery. The set blends artful bindings, panoramic illustrations, and authoritative travel insight drawn from extensive study and travel.
Classified rental listing for Highlands and Centralville properties. Mentions 3 and 8 room tenements, prices from 5.50 to 7.00, steam heat and modern improvements, plus a residence on the Highlands offered at 25.00. Contact T. H. Elliott, 64 Central St.
An assortment ranges from 2 piece blue worsted suits to blue cotton with colored stripes and neat edges priced at 1.50 dollars. Alternate striped cotton trunks are advertised at one dollar and 25 cents for bathing trunks.
A fragment notes W. P. Blazer and Cox Hatters and Outfitters, listing a shop or partnership in menswear. The readable text centers on a local hatter and outfitter business, suggesting a storefront or catalog reference in a historical advertisement or notice.
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