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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1902
Page
10
Workmen have set up a canopy on the Merrimack street sidewalk to protect pedestrians while the Union National Bank undergoes repairs. The area is expected to shed brick and beard fragments onto the ground, posing potential hazards to passersby.
Dr and Mrs G Forrest Martin attend the American Institute of Homeopathy meeting in Cleveland this week. On Thursday Dr Martin will present a paper on Tonsillar Enlargements and Allied Conditions. They plan to return around the 24th. William Walmsley of New Bedford succeeds Overseer Knowles at Merrimack mills. Miss Ethel McKenney of 14 Olive Street will spend months in Pittsfield Me Rey. John Welsh and family visit their parents at 2 Stanley Avenue. he is now pastor of the Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Princeton Indiana.
A large Lowell area family reunion gathered 28 Merrill relatives across four generations at Benjamin A. Merrill’s Hudson New Hampshire home marking his 21st birthday. Attendees included Otis Merrill of Pepperell Henry Merrill of Chelmsford Centre and numerous Merrill spouses and children. The event featured readings by Louise Merrill, golf on farm links, and a gift to the father from seven sons before departures after six PM.
Dr A E Goddard office secretary after ten days overseeing Lowell lodge expansion expected to return today. Enlarge has improved convenience and beauty. Northfield summer registrations urged at the office. Midweek prayer service tonight at 7 30 with Goddard speaking. All girls and women invited. Annual association meeting Thursday June 19 with elections reports music and refreshments. Members and friends urged to attend.
A birthday gathering for Master Frank Lewis at No 1 Stanley avenue featured lawn games and races. Miss Mamie Boyle won the potato race, while Grace Randall and Edith West won running races. Refreshments were provided by Sadie and Jennie Welsh. Guest Miss Flora Lewis of Pelham attended.
A Vermont schoolteacher explains how Grape-Nuts vastly improved her strength, digestion, and memory after dietary changes. She credits better health to the cereal, recalling a California visitor and a summer teaching stint. Postum Co. promotes the product as a steady brain builder with recipes included.
The Lowell common council met briefly in a routine session. A joint order appropriated 300 for a painting of the late Mayor Dimon, rejected by Councilman Little for lack of committee review, with reconsideration notice given for next meeting. A 1000 health department smallpox appropriation passed.
The water board met last night and conducted standard agenda items. Officials reviewed operational matters and approved routine decisions impacting service delivery and maintenance.
The 37 member graduating class at the Normal school spent a tennis picnic afternoon then gathered in the math room decoratively set for a dainty repast. Miss Mary E. Tobin read the class history, Miss Almira F. Picard was poet, Miss Lena I. Harrington wrote a witty prophecy, and Miss M. Gertrude Seede drafted the last will. Principal Coburn received 87 bundles of love and respect, with bequests to juniors and faculty.
The annual examinations for admission to the High school opened yesterday at the annex and will continue through today. They are for students from parochial and other city and surrounding towns not admitted on grammar school certificates. Sixty nine attended and wrote, about the usual number.
Licenses issued include Common Victualler permits for Lora Hartwell 79 Branch James Rowan 47 Tyler Harriet A Walker 780 Gorham Mary Chouinard 225 Aiken and for Junk dealer Michael Rosenthal 30 Washington Michael Post 23 Washington John A Smith rear 468 Merrimack Owen Mulligan 467 Market to 226 Adams. Also Junk collector T J McCarthy 14 McIntire Isaac Kaplan 14 Daly Fish wagon Robert Maxwell 16 Carter Place Job and express George H Smith Chelmsford Centre Adelard Gervais 8 Garnet Hawker and Pedlar Abud Natan talla 5 Perrys court Joseph P Houle S Chelmsford Thomas Ferris 5 Perrys court C C Fadden S Chelmsford Pool and Billiards Peter Carangeus 418 Suffolk Granville A Morse appointed special police officer without pay for Bigelow Carpet Co.
J E CONANT & CO advertises an absolute auction on June 25 1902 at the Old Washington Tavern site at Central and Church Streets Lowell mass. Lot 1 offers 10 509 square feet near Tower's Corner with 78 ft on Central 112 ft on Church and 30 ft on Green Lot 2 fronts Church and Green with access via a Green Street passage. The sale promotes modern business block potential and mortgage options with deposits of 3500 or 2000 due at strike off. Annie E Clemence and Lizzie A Hall seek inquiries.
Fraternal lodge events announce sociable evenings and officer elections for A. O. F. H. and Loyal Wamesit lodge. Ballooning disasters, disappearances, and rescues are recalled from Hythe to Weymouth with dramatic reports from St James Gazette.
An English balloon pioneer, Col. Templer, famed for South Africa Army balloon work, narrowly survived a perilous ascent after his companion was blown free. He suffered a dramatic fall from over twenty thousand feet, leaving a lasting scar on his face as a testament to the extraordinary escape.
The Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circus drew large crowds with a polished parade and a lineup of exotic beasts, high‑skill feats, dancing elephants, perilous aerial acts, and Diavalo looping the loop. The show impressed with clean care, first‑rate equipment, and abundant novelty.
At a meeting in the union hall at 22 Middle Street last night O W Horton reported on progress toward joining the National Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Delegates prepared resolutions to pursue representation and honored William J Shields of Boston with a gold watch charm and chain. A special session is set for the 24th to address convention matters.
A Scranton miner describes the dangers of underground work, poor air and long hours. He cites chronic illness and early death despite inspector laws, endorsing Father John’s Medicine as a cure for miners’ asthma and offering a money‑back guarantee after fifty years of use.
The notice recalls funerals for John Conlon of 74 Fay street and Mrs Philomene Barry of 449 Moody street with masses led by Frs Tighe Am yot and Perron, choirs directed by H A Racicot, and burials at St Patrick and East Chelmsford Catholic cemeteries. Other services include Mathilde Berard, Fred Millett, William Breen, Ellen Green, Warren Foote, and more, with various bearers and undertakers overseeing arrangements. Additional delegates attended from local societies.
Anne Lynch of this city died at home on June 17 at 17 South Whipple Street. She is survived by relatives.
In this city June 17 Cora Pelletier of 30 Common street aged 33 years 3 months 3 days. Foster Nina Butler Foster in East Billerica aged 31 years 6 months. Chase Harry 8 Chase of Pelham N H aged 23 years 3 months. Funeral services Thursday at 10 am at Edson cemetery chapel. Friends invited.
An advertisement touts Devoe Lead and Zinc paint as delivering greater coverage using fewer gallons and claiming it will wear twice as long as lead and oil mixtures made by hand. The claim positions Devoe as a durable alternative for exterior surfaces and emphasizes efficiency and longevity.
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