A Rural Encounter and News of Golf Honors
A former socialist meets a wandering writer by a country yard with a view of New Hampshire hills, revealing a change from agitator to landholder. Clippings from Accrington Gazette note Mrs Hindle’s golf victory over Miss Hezlet and a Ladies Day program at Vesper Country Club with tennis and whist events, a brass band concert, and an ordination in Grace Universalist church for George Henry Homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruskin
Griggs
New Hampshire Hills
Accrington Gazette
Lancashire
England
Hindle
Cleveleys
Nutter
Captain Slinger
May Hezlet
Ladies’ Golf Union
Union
Hesketh
Southport
St. Anne’s and Lytham
Port Rush Golf Club
Miss Hezlet
Vesper Country Club
Chas. W. Wilder
James Thorpe
C. S. Hood
C. R. Goddard
A. G. Pollard
Otis L. Humphrey
Frank S. Bean
Frank E. Dunbar
W. F. Wilder
E. B. Conant
American Brass Band
A Garden on the Outskirts A Labor of Harvest
A man shares pride in his city edge plot a half acre of cultivated land with peas radishes lettuce potatoes beets carrots corn squashes cucumbers and beans He tends the garden after regular hours and praises its abundance as if discussing a luxury vehicle or horse insights into his quiet success and joyful work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Agin
Common Council
Commencement Exercises at Lowell Training School June
The Lowell Training school commencement will be held Monday evening June 19 in Colonial hall. Dr. William Wallace Sisson Maine state superintendent will deliver the address. Graduating teachers include Mary Elizabeth Cassidy Ellen Florence Cull Margaret Louise Hagerty Annie Emma Irving Christine Mary Kane Edith Bartlett Kelley Mabel Augusta Metcalf Elizabeth Provencher Harriet Bancroft Whitaker teaching exercises cover reading number history iris penmanship and music among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Training School
Colonial Hall
William Wallace
Miss Metcalf
Miss Whitaker
Miss Kelley
Mary Elizabeth Cassidy
Lowell Normal School
Ellen Florence Cull
Margaret Louise Hagerty
Framingham Normal
Annie Emma Irving
Christine Mary Kane
Lowell Normal
Edith Bartlett Kelley
Boston University
Mabel Augusta Metcalf
Wellesley College
Elizabeth Provencher
Harriet Bancroft Whitaker
25th Wedding Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Jones
Mr and Mrs David H Jones of 37 Hastings street observed their silver anniversary with family, guests, and gifts. Assisting were Mina Butters of Winchester, Mass and Fred A Hemstead of New Haven, Conn. Out of town visitors included Mrs E D Bowers and Augustus Bowers among others. The dining room duties were noted as part of the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Jones
Hastings Street
Mina Butters
Winchester
Mass
Fred A. Hemstead
New Haven
Epworth League
Highland Methodist Church
Highland M. E. Choir
E. D. Bowers
East Norton
Augustus Bowers
Melrose
Fred Hemstead
Anniversary reception for Hobson couple in Lowell
Mr and Mrs George W Hobson of East Merrimack street marked their 26th wedding anniversary with a afternoon and evening reception at home. Guests included relatives and Lowell friends plus visitors from Cambridge Brookline Salem and Montreal. Numerous Vesper Country Club members attended the island Open Championship events nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hobson
East Merrimack Street
Montreal
Lowell
L. D. Dennett
Hobson
Adolph Kettembeil
Brookline
George L. Goodale
Cambridge
Alice Hobson
Vesper Country Club
C. S. Hood
B. H. Pillsbury
John W. Sherturne
George H. Pillsbury
W. F. Wilder
Leonard Huntress
A. G. Swapp
F. C. Church
A. M. Chadwick
Austin K. Chadwick
Ethel M. Baker
Franklin Nourse
Island
Summer Sojourns of Local Residents and Visitors
The record lists residents and guests in the area heading to seaside and summer retreats. Caroline Wright contributes a Radcliffe Magazine piece on French Canadian life. Several couples plan Sundays at Mount Vernon New Hampshire and open summer homes on Winter Island Salem and Rye Beach. Others travel to Toronto Europe and Centre Harbor while continuing seasonal leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Wright
Radcliffe Magazine
Bell Shoe & Clothing Co Launches Unprecedented Dept Sale
Five Lowell department heads announce a unanimous plan to slash prices across garments, shoes, boys and children's gear, fur nishing goods, and menswear. Each manager seeks to maximize department gross with carte blanche concessions as the Bell store inaugurates a new customer driven sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Shoe & Clothing Co
Courier-Citizen
T. G. Driver
M. Kelly
Parker's lunch rooms install cooling and ventilating system
Truman Parker, owner of Parker's lunch rooms at 20 Prescott Street and 388 Middlesex Street, has added modern cooling and ventilating apparatus to keep the dining rooms comfortable on hot days. A drummer visiting the Prescott Street lunch room noted it as his pick during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Parker
Parker
Prescott Street
Middlesex Street
Boston's First Steam Fire Engine Exhibited in Baltimore
A 50 year old exhibit in Baltimore showcased the city of Boston's inaugural steam fire engine. The display highlighted the machine's design, era impact, and the progress of urban firefighting technology. Local spectators learned how Boston pioneered motorized fire response in its early years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Baltimore
Little Louise Payette Escapes Auto Run Over
Four year old Louise Payette narrowly escaped serious injury when a car driven by a Boston man named Eldridge rolled over her on Moody Street near the Spalding Merrimack intersection. She collapsed between the wheels but suffered only a bruise, and witnesses rushed her to Dr Patenaude for examination. Eldridge stopped and offered to cover medical costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Payette
Bibeault’s
Moody Street
Spalding and
Merrimack
Pawtucket Street
Pupil Pianoforte Recital Delights Audience at 64 Thirteenth Street
Mrs. M. Jennie Clifton Puffer led a large recital at 64 Thirteenth Street with piano pupils and Mrs. F L Roberts assisting. The program featured classical works and duets, marking careful study and strong performances by students and teachers, with Mrs. Roberts applauded for singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Jennie Clifton Puffer
Thirteenth Street
F. L. Roberts
Clifton Puffer
Barbara E. Walker
Tevene- Ware
Margaret F. Clifton
Hector Galop
Bartlett
Wngel Ralph Taylor
Miss Owinie
Mrs. Puffer
Wachs Helen M. Badger
Eooee Renard
John C. Puffer
Holst
Frances Knowles
Streabbog
Walter C. Wilson
Roberts
Inglemann
May Erdis
Charles Erdis
John Douglas McKinley
Love
Heindl
Lena A. Cloyd
Salvation Army Tent Meetings In Warren Street
The Salvation Army opens a gospel tent on the Poston and Maine railroad lot in Warren street with a Sunday service at 3 PM. Major Crawford of Portland will speak. City churches collaborate for summer tent services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poston & Maine
Warren Street
Corps
The
Salvation Army
Crawford
Portland
Emergency Hospital Cases From Local Workplaces
Fred Brin of 230 Cheever Street collapsed from heat while working at Boutwell's on School Street and was taken home by ambulance. Dolphus Joyal of 29 Hanover Street, a Lowell Machine Shop worker, caught his left hand in a press and had a finger amputated at the Emergency Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brin
Cheever Street
Boutwell’s
School Street
Dolphus Joyal
Hanover Street
Lowell
Proposer’s moment sparks surprised vow in Chicago Daily News
In a playful exchange, Tom proposes and is met with sudden excitement. The daughter recalls intending to propose herself, but confesses she forgot and exclaimed, At last. The dialogue captures a lighthearted, candid moment from the Chicago Daily News archive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Chicago Daily News
Local druggists tout Hindipo Kidney Cure with guarantee
Frye & Crawford and Ellingwood Co advertise Hindipo at multiple Merrimack and Middlesex Street outlets. The ad promises a full refund if Hindipo does not help, asserting it costs nothing if it harms you and urges customers to try it today.
Sterling Palmist Sees Mail Backlog End As Readings Proliferate
A note from the Sterling Palmist at 81 Merrimack Street announces a temporary pause to clear the flood of letters received after a free public offer. The column prints sample handwriting readings for many names, dating from May to August, including Augusta Violet and Penelope, forecasting fortunes, travel, and career outcomes with neutral, non-graphic phrasing.
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Perley
R. L
Augusta
Violet
Pansy
Noroth
Thersa
Boadici
Janie
Mamie
Roxie Dill
Beth
Steno Steno
Hayseed James
Hawk
Gerna
Sunnysides
Nate Ily
Izzy G
Evelyn
Penelope
Nancy Gill
Martina
Jetter
Marvelous Revelations Palmistry Expert at Merrimack St
Sterling Palmist claims palmistry as science and advertises readings at 81 Merrimack street from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily including Sunday. He cites dozens of recommendations from governors, mayors, sheriffs, judges, lawyers, and officials and promises dates, forecasts, and advice on marriage, business, health, love, and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack Street
Psychic advisor promotes temple of palmistry in city
The Oriental Temple of Palmistry announces Sterling Valmist as a renowned psychic whose guidance is said to aid business social and domestic life. Readers are invited to have their hands read for 25 or 50 cents at 1 Merrimack Street with daily hours from 9 am to 9 pm and Sunday service. Telephone 1380.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Angle
Welsh Run
Warner’s Safe Care Co
Rochester N.Y
Warner
Piazza
Sterling Palmist
Courier-Citizen
Merrimack Street
Oriental Temple of Palmistry
Oriental ‘Temple of Palmistry
Sterling Valmist
Merrimaclk Street
Horoscope Excerpt Foretells Mixed Futures For Several Names
The snippet presents personality readings for JOHNSON SKYETEMIER M. H. X X MILLETV J. W. G. SCIENCE CRYSTALLINE MISS PRIM and QUEEN QUALITY. Predictions mention success in business, long life, sorrow and separation, travel to the East, and personal traits like shrewdness cheerfulness and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE Il. T
Johnson
Skyetemier
Hi. M. H
Prim
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Radicals
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Tufts Divinity School
Grace Universalist Church
C. Elwood Nash
D. D
Ransom A. Greene
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C. E. Fisher
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Amos Kendall
Elsie Sanders
A. E. Brooks
Rogers Hall Girls
Nance O’neil
Queen Elizabeth
Nance O'Neil
Enoch Foster
Tewksbury
Sigma Sigma Club
First Baptist Church
Willow Dale
Mildred Meader
Nellie Whittaker
Alice R. Barclay
Marion Ruth
Alice Magoon
Philippine Islands
Lowell School Board
Lady Parsons
London
Charles P. Parsons
His Majesty
Canada
F. C. Plunkett
Co. J. Dyke
Halifax
Sisters of St. Peter’s Orphan Asylum
Elizabeth Duffe Morrison
Oxford Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Miss Morrison
Milan
Italy
Lamperti
Winifred Powell
A. BE. Prescott
Central Street
William F. Wilson
W. F. Wilson Plumbing Company
San Francisco
J. Leary
Broadway
Wilson
Master Plumbers
Atlanta
John Ellsworth
South Bend
Ind
Helena
J. L. Chalifoux
Wilderstreet
Jessie Ames
Europe
Spencer Borden, Jr
Fall River
H. V. Huse
Cottage Park Hotel
Winthrop, Mass
Ruth Wilder
Huntington
Street
Vassar College
Solon W. Stevens
George A. Marden
Mount Vernon, N. H
Alice F. Young
Dorchester
Harry Needham
Greenwood Street
Perry D. Thompson
Winter Island
Salem
Percy Parker
Rye Beach
Hermon J. ‘Smith
Bass Rocks
E. D. Holden
Wilder Street
Toronto
Paul Butler
E. M. Taylor
Centre Harbor, N. H
Little Louise Payette
Carl Marion
Queckenberg
Erdis
March
Harold Marion
Tone Blossoms
Sartorio Margaret
Park
MacClymont
Nettie Johnson
Puffer
Wvassette
Mollsion
Arthur L, Brown
Ralph Badger
Rathbun
Ida Blood
Bohm
Gladys Melloon
Poldini
Borowski
Mary L. Gowing
Tarantelle
Clifton
Adams
Appleton Bank
Central St
Oriental Temple
St Merrimack St
Lowell, Mass
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