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Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1903

Page

5

Memoir of East Chelmsford 1802 and Lowell history

A lengthy reminiscence by R S N Wood chronicles early Lowell life, railways and mills, the Middlesex canal, water rights, and the 1802 era in East Chelmsford with named houses, families, and store openings. It recalls farmers, shops, churches, and the first cotton and satinette ventures, plus a personal timeline from 1802 to 1821 and Lowell mill development.

Middlesex Canal Boston East Chelmsford Chelmsford Neck Middlesex Vilage Silas Hoar McFarlin Jee John Putnam J. Bowers Amos Whitney Jona. Bowers Archibald McFarlin John Ford Mr. Corliss Joel Spalding Doct. Spalding Phineas Whiting Fred Ayer Luke Bowers Pawtucket Bridge Ashael Stearns Gerrish Jona Fiske Red School Benj. Melvin Pawtucket Falls Moses Cheever Melvin Josiah Fletcher Bailey Joseph Tyler Concord River Joseph Warren Middlesex William Brigham Nathan Ames John Fisher Johnson Davis Sidney Davis Moses Hale Mr. Carlton A. F. Dyer Peter Marshall Heirs A Marshall Mr. Sprague Mr. Pierce Benj. Butterfield Levi Fletcher Zebulon Parker Jonathan Parker Ephraim Osgood Sarah Marshall Noah Spaulding Alanson Crane Major Joseph Fletcher Cutter & Walker Andrew Fletcher Gas Co Henry Coburn Dracut Chelmsford Josiah Wood Faneuil Hall Quincy India Joseph Varnum Centre Meeting House Congregationalist Society Beckworth Cookson Freeman Corporation Appleton Wm. Twining Central Street Job Webber Elm Central William Wyman Prescott Street St. Paul's House Chapel Street Eliphalet Case Lowell Stone House J. C. Ayer Ford Bowers Hurd Appleton Bank Putnam & Currier Samuel Wood Tewksbury

Sunday church services list across multiple towns

A long schedule lists morning and evening worships at numerous churches. Rev. Ralph Gillam, Rev. T Clayton Welles, Rev. Charles W Huntington, Rev. E Victor Bigelow, Rev. J A McKnight, Rev. Sarah A Dixon and others lead services in towns including Merrimack, Westford, Dracut, Pawtucket, Eliot, Tewksbury, Pelham, Hadley Street, North Tewksbury, and Swedish Baptist. Details cover service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, and special programs.

Highland Westford Street South Canton Street T. Clayton Welles Alice Leith Mildred Favor High Street East Merrimack Street Charles W. Huntington Wm. E. Wolcott Lawrence Kirk Street French Street George BE. Martin D. D Dutton Street Music Hall Avenue George F. Kenngett The Beatitudes United Order of Independent Odd Ladies Dracut Fredk. J. Kelley Pawtucket Mammoth Road Pawtucketville Edwin R. Smith Farmington Eliot Summer Street Iavor Street E. Victor Bigelow John M. Greene C. E Bunker Hill Zion's London Street C. Bjornbom Bowers Street Fletcher Street T. G. A. Cote Hillside J. A. McKnight Distank S.C. E Tyngsboro Sarah A. Dixon Tewksbury Pelham J. L. Hoyle Christian Endeavor Ennell West Sixth Streets Isaac la Fleur Hadley Street Freewill Baptist Jesus North Tewksbury

Y. W. C. A. Gospel Service and Activities

The usual gospel service will be held at the Young Women's Christian Association Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Miss Josephine Fiske of the New England Deaconess house Boston to speak. Twilight song service Sunday at 7 p.m. The Junior Sunshine club meets Saturday at 3, Girls' Bible class at 4, and the regular social is this evening at 7:30. All girls and women invited.

Young Women’s Christian Association Josephine Fiske New England Deaconess House Boston Sunshine Club

Wesley Bi Centennal Celebration Planned Across Churches

The Wesley bi centennial will be celebrated at Worthen Street Methodist Church tomorrow with several other churches joining in the service. An open air service is planned on the South Common in the afternoon conducted by the youth group.

Wesley Worthen Street Pworth League

Baccalaureate Sermon Set for Bligh School Graduates

Rev. 31. Clayton Welles will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Bligh school graduates and students at the Highland Congregational Church Sunday morning. His topic is The Place and Potter of educated Young People.

Bligh School Clayton Welles Highland Gongrolé National Church

Bible Class to Be Led by Rev. A. R. Dilts

The YMCA notes that the Bible class tomorrow at 4 PM will be led by Rev. A. R. Dilts and will discuss the Conversion of Paul.

Y. M. C. A. Notes A. RL Dilts Paul

Kidney health urged with Joley cure and stores named

Summer kidney irregularities are linked to excess aiming or overheating. Attend to the kidneys at once using Jol y s Kidney Cure. Local druggists Gnoodale’s Ellingwood Co. Carter & Sherburne Falla & Burkinshaw are listed with street corners and addresses in Ellingwood Middlesex Street.

Joley Gnoodale’s Drug Store Central Street Ellingwood & Co Merrimack Central Streets Carter & Sherburne Bridge Streets Falla & Burkingshaw Middlesex Street

Morning Services At First Merrimack And Free Middlesex

Morning worship at First Merrimack Street opposite John Street led by Rev Chas T Billings at 10 45 with Sunday school at noon. Nearby Free Middlesex Street between Eliot and South Streets features Rev George C Wright at 10 30 with Sunday school at noon and a 10 45 morning service. Rev M S Buckingham to preach in exchange with Unity Guild minister.

Worthen Street C. B. Smith Herkimer N. Y Branch Street Middlesex Street Branch Middlesex Streets Asa Reed Dilts Christ Merrimack Street John Street Chas T. Billings Eliot South Streets George C. Wright M. S. Buckingham Unity Guild

Church Schedule Describes Multiple Parish Services

In St Anne Merrimack and St Johns Gorham St churches clergy list Holy Communion at 1030 a.m. Trinity Sunday sermons, Sunday schools at noon, evening prayers at 7 p.m. Other houses include House of Prayer Walker and All Saints Chelmsford with morning services 1030 a.m. and evening rites 7 p.m. with first Sunday Holy Communion at 10 a.m.

St. Anne’s Merrimack Street Anne Street A. St. John Chambre I. D Holy Communion G. T. Morse Boston Trinity St. John’s Gorham Street Court House Leander C. Manchester House of Prayer Walker Grove Street R. G. Osborne All Saints Chelmsford

Swedish Meadowcroft Street Church Service Schedule

Rev P B Auler pastor schedules Sunday school at 9 a m morning service at 10 30 a m and evening service at 7 p m on Swedish Meadowcroft Street near Moore Street.

Meadowcroft Street Moore Street P. B. Auler

Morning and Evening Services Across Local Churches observe Wesley centennial

A consolidated church notices listing multiple congregations. Rev. Matthews at First Primitive Gorham and Ellsworth streets conducts morning services and Sunday school with a children's day sermon. St Paul’s and Centralville M E present sermons and Sunday schools, with observances for John Wesley bi centennial. Various churches share morning and evening services, Epworth leagues, and special talks, with John Wesley birth anniversary highlighted.

Gorham Street Ellsworth Street Nathaniel W. Matthews St. Paul’s Hurd Warren Streets Geo. B. Dean John Wesley Josephine Fish Boston Centralville M. E Bridge and Hildreth F. M. Pickles Epworth League B. F. Butler Relief Corps Worthen Street Methodist Highland—Loring Street Grove Street B. F. Kingsley Worthen Street James F. Allen Wesley E. R. Thorndike D. D Berean Moore Street Lawrence Street W. H. Yarrow David Paul Wesley Church Merrimack Square J. H. Irvine

Church Services and Speakers at Local Pews

The First Appleton Davis Street corner hosts Rev James M Craig with school at 12 and evening service at 7 Morning program Masquerading and Miss Edith D Craig speaks on Cuba Miss Edith D Craig. Westminster United Tyler Street led by Rev H B Foster with morning service at 10 30 Sunday school at 12 Rev E A Whittier evangelist to preach morning and evening

Appleton Street Davis Street James M. Craig Edith D. Craig Cuba Westminster United Tyler Street H. B. Foster E. A. Whittier

Sunday church services and preaching announcements

Morning services at 10 30, Sunday schools at noon, and evening meetings listed for First Hurd and Grace Princeton streets. Rev Caleb E Fisher and Rev Ransom A Greene are the pastors. Preaching by Rev F L Payson of Provincetown in the morning and Young People’s meetings in the evening. The Grace-Princeton block also notes a sermon titled At the Pool by the Sheep Gate at 6.

Hurd Street Caleb E. Fisher F. L. Payson Provincetown Grace Princeton Street South Canton Street Ransom A. Greene

Catholic parish masses and schedules around several streets

A list of churches with addresses and parish schedules detailing first masses, second masses, high masses with sermons, children's masses, Sunday schools, and vespers at various times across St Patrick’s Suff olk St Joseph’s Lee and Kirk St St Peter’s Gorham Merrimack and Aiken Sts Sacred Heart Moore St Immaculate Conception East Merrimack St Jean Baptiste Merrimack St Michael’s Sixth St and St Anthony’s Gorham Congress streets.

St. Patrick’s Suffolk Street Jefferson Street William O'Brien St. Joseph's Oblate Fathers Lee Street Kirk Street Joseph A. Fournier St. Peter's Gorham Street Michael Rowan Church of the Sacred Heart Moore Street Andrews Street John P. Reynolds Immaculate Conception Oblate T Fathers Eeast Merrimack Street Brown and High Streets EB. A. Dorgan O. M St. Michael’s Sixth Street John J. Shaw St. Anthony's Congress Street John Rosa

Sunday church services listed for multiple congregations in city

The notice enumerates several churches with pastors and service times. Rev. Smith Ford leads services at First-George Church, Rev. Stephen Millin at Mount Vernon Freewill, Rev. C. S. Frost at a third church, Rev. DRB Martin at First Freewill, Rev. Albert J. Kenyon at Chelmsford Street Freewill, Rev. Robert F. True at Immanuel Blossom, and Rev. Orville Coats at Fifth Street West Fifth Street, with morning, evening, and Sunday school times noted.

George Street Church Street Smith T. Ford D. D Young People’s Society Mount Vernon Freewill Butterflein Street Mount Vernon Street Stephen D. Millin C. S. Frost First Freewill Paige Street Drb. Martin Chelmsford Street Freewill Plain Street Albert J. Kenyon Jonah Fifth Street West Fifth Street Row Orville Coats Bridge Street Bibie

Religious services listed at churches around town

A column lists multiple faith gatherings including Grand Street Adventist morning and evening sessions, Christadelphian Ecclesia lectures at Middlesex Street, Church of Scotland service at People's Church, Evangelical Lutheran and Mead owcroft Street pastors with 10 30 and 7 schedules, First Pentecostal at Engineers Hall with 10 30 and 2 and 6 20 times, Volunteers of America meetings, First Church of Christ Scientist morning service, Salvation Army Coburn Mission Sabbath school, St Anne's Mission 3 pm, and Union Freeze Mission at Q A R hall near Merrimack and Central streets.

Grand Street King David Jesus Christadelphian Ecclesia Odd Fellows Temple Middlesex Street God Church of Scotland People’s Church colored—Rea Berwien W. H. H. Rousseau Evangelical Lutheran Church Meadowcroft Street J. V. Soderman First Pentecostal Church Engineer's Hall Wyman's Exchange A. B. Riggs Volunteers of America

Religious Missions Reach Out To City Congregations

Elder W A Morang and Westcott lead Union Mission on Paige Street near Kiser with Central Mission on First Street opposite Read Street and West Sixth Street chapel. Services on Sabbath 3 pm and 7 pm. Wigginville and A M E Zion missions announce sermons and Sunday services with free seating and welcoming all.

W. A. Morang Ee Union Mission Paige Street Kiser W. C. Westcott Central Mission First Street Read Street West Sixth Street Isaac Lafleur Wigginville A. M. E. Zion Mission J. H. Young

Kirk Street Congregational Morning and Evening Services

Rev George E Martin will lead morning worship at 10 30 with Rev Cyrus Richardson of Nashua NH preaching. Anthems include Oh Long Wilt Thou Forget Me Oh Plains of Peace Bow Down Thine Ear The Gospel of a Bruised Head and Heel in the evening service at 7 with the pastor preaching.

Cyrus Richardson Nashua N. H Plains of Peace

Preaching at First Universalist Church on Hurd Street

Rev F L Payson of Provincetown preaches at First Universalist Church Hurd Street hoping for a large turnout The service features a full musical program including organ voluntary Magnificat in B flat and anthems by Brown Mrs Sherbrune Mr Barker and Mr Spellman. A postlude and a 6 o clock Sunday school and people’s meeting are planned.

F. L. Payson Provincetown Payson Warren Offertory Fasasa Dhae Ceveyestbivass Cosbtbe Sasch Tebe Brown Sherbrune Barker Spellman

Morning Service at Pool by the Sheep Gate

Morning service sermon titled At the Pool by the Sheep Gate. Musical program includes Organ Prelude Berceuse by Spinney Mrs Sturtevant, Quartette We Would See Joshua, Anthem Our King by Augusto Rotoli, Offertory Solo Organ Soaireyat hag, Hymns Come Kingdom of Our God and Through Him Who All Our Sickness Felt. Evening Y P C U service at 6 pm.

Berceuse Spinney Sturtevant Josue Brackett King Augusto Rotoli Paceia

First Baptist Church Service Note

Morning service at 10 30 features a sermon by Rev C A Reese of Newton with organ and communion and special music by the choir including Come Holy Spirit and Sweet Hour of Prayer. Evening service at 6 30 with sermon by Rev Reese and Organ pieces led by the chorus with Greatly to be Praised and Behold I Stand at the Door.

C. A. Reese Newton Batiste A. F. French Duncan Irwin Jessie M. Smith Harry A. Hopkins the Holy Temple Lewis Chorus Ndaltaelapee Esaschet Warren T. Reid Silas

Pawtucket Congregational Evening Service Music

A historical listing notes organ intermezzo and various choral anthems including Praise the Lord Jesus Lover of My Soul and In Heavenly Love Abiding. Rev Edward W. Smith preaches at Farmington Maine with quartette sections and soloists Miss Millner Miss Whitman Mr Mason Mrs Wood. Evening service at 6 45 features Gavotte and The Lord is My Shepherd sung by choir and quartette under F B Hill. Sparkling Mohair lawn party dancing advertised.

Mascagni Duncan Gavotte Miss Whitman Jesus Son of God Salter Wood Mason McLaren

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