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Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1902

Page

10

Weather Summary for March Day Length and Sun Rise

The record notes March sunrise at 1.41 a.m. and sunset at 5.36 p.m. Day length measured 11 hours 48 minutes. No additional context or location provided.

Thompson Hardware Co and Cook Taylor Co Sale Pitches

The Thompson Hardware Co offers a seed catalogue on request and promotes Prairie State incubators and brooders as better than a setting hen. Adamson's Balsam is touted for coughs and lung complaints. Cook, Taylor & Co announces a drive sale on nearly 100 dozens of cut work and embroidered shams and related textiles at half price, urging customers to see the ad for details.

Horne Thompson Hardware Co Adamson Cook, Taylor & Co Central Street

Local society notes and retirements from the week

Richard Lawton returns from Jamaica and William Livingston from a Cuba trip. Mr and Mrs T C Entwistle of Lowell arrive in Alexandria aboard the Dominion line steamer Commonwealth. Geo W Fiske, 246 Appleton Street, marks his 90th birthday from 3 to 6 PM with friends. Emma J Fuller resigns from the YWCA to return to High Street church. Inspector Frank Goodwin completes 30 years in service since 1884. Lewis E MacBrayne speaks on The Humorous Side of Foreign Travel at YWCA rooms.

Richard Lawton Jamaica William Livingston Cuba T. C. Entwistle Lowell Alexandria Dominion Line Commonwealth Geo. W. Fiske Appleton Street Emma J. Fuller Lewis E. MacBrayne

Mass house speaker to keynote board of trade dinner

Hon J J Myers speaker of Massachusetts House of Representatives will address the board of trade dinner at Odd Fellows temple next Wednesday evening. He will discuss strong and weak features in Massachusetts legislative procedure Capt John Bordman Jr of Concord also speaks on the Philippines Have We Made a Mistake in Being There George H Marston will chair the reception committee

J. J. Myers Massachusetts House of Representatives Board of Trade Odd Fellows Temple Massachusetts John Bordman, Jr Concord Philippines George H. Marston

Notre Dame Notes Weather Shrinks Reading Circle Meeting

Rain reduced attendance at the Notre Dame Reading Circle yesterday. A special meeting is set for next Sunday at 4 p m. Miss Bessie Murphy will read a paper on Savonarola. All interested in the whist party at Associate Hall next month are urged to attend.

Notre Dame Reading Circle

Mohair cricketers host whist party in Post 120

The Mohair cricketers held an enjoyable whist party in Post 120 ball Saturday night. About 25 tables were in play. Winners included ladies Mrs. John Harrison Mrs. Clara Smith and Mrs. C Jenkins and gentlemen Walter Whitworth H C Wadleigh and Walter Allen. The party started a series to be held at Odd Fellows temple.

John Harrison Clara Smith C. Jenkins Walter Whitworth H. C. Wadleigh Walter Allen Odd Fellows Temple

Merchants Heat and Power to Go Out of Business

The Merchants Heat and Power company with a plant on Parker block Middle street will close April 1. In operation for years the firm owns a valuable plant but cannot run feed wires across any street under Commonwealth law, limiting its operations to the square bounded by Merrimack Palm er Middle and Central streets.

Merchants Heat and Power Company Parker Block Middle Street The Commonwealth Merrimack, Palmer Middle Central Streets

St Johns Charity Ball Plans Move Forward With Events

A meeting at St John s hospital elected Dr. T F Carroll as floor director and approved hiring a first class orchestra for the charity ball. On April 12 the Burkes and P A Co play a hospital benefit basketball game and on April 13 a concert directed by Professor Bond will be held.

St. John’s St. John’s Hospital T. F. Carroll Burkes and P. A. Co Bond

Jés ano Aid Reported For Croup Cough And Cold

A bright boy benefited by Jés ano for croup and cold. A woman says Jés ano helped her cold. The family medicine closet stocks JisSano and Hood's Sarsaparilla. Claims of blood purification and warding off grip and pneumonia.

Hood

Tos Sano Druggist Sale Urges Coughs and Colds Treatment

A druggist touts TosSano as a breakthrough remedy for coughs and colds, urging customers to buy a bottle today. The advertisement promises relief and notes the price is 50 cents per bottle, available at all drugstores.

Christian Ideal Held Supreme by Lowell Preacher

Rev E Victor Bigelow at Eliot church argues the Christian ideal stands above Greek ethics and cannot be supplemented by Plato Aristotle or Epictetus. He emphasizes Jesus as Son of Man uniting all humanity and asserts salvation through the Jews and the universal reach of Christianity.

Griggs E. Victor Bigelow Eliot Church New England Lowell Star of Bethlehem Jesus Epictetus Jesus Christ

Christendom's Warrior Ideal Outshines Greek Weakness

A critique contrasts the Christian ideal with Greek thought. It argues Jesus and Christian soldiers surpass Aristotle and Plato in strength and resolve, condemns sentimental depictions of Jesus, and cites Cromwell and Gordon as models of militant faith. The piece defends a masculine, active Christendom over scholarly Greece.

Aristotle Kant Hegel Jesus Republic Galilee Church Cromwell Tronsides Naseby Marston Moor Leonidas Howard Lord Roberts Gordon Tolstoi Assisi a’Kempts

Everlasting Ideal of Jesus Nazareth in Moral Strength

The speaker contrasts Jesus Christ with gentler awakening myths, noting His act in the temple and daily. he insists Jesus opposed injustice, challenging notions of femininity and stressing that God’s wrath and favor are radically distinct. The portrayal emphasizes Jesus as a profoundly masculine moral standard unmatched by other ancient cultures.

Temple Supreme Court of the Jews Sanhedrin Lord Jesus Christ Jesus Nazareth

Bible as literature critique of Billings sermon

The Unitarian sermon contrasted form and substance in the Bible and argued the Bible is more than literature. It praised Moulton’s work on biblical poetry and prose while warning against overemphasizing literary form at the expense of spiritual substance and the Bible’s devotional and historical uses.

Moulton C. T. Billings Unitarian Church Billings Job

Am I my brother's keeper sermon theme at St Pauls church

The Rev J H MacDonald preached last night on The Murderer's Question using the text Am I my brother's keeper He argued humans are interdependent and owe each other help urging the removal of open saloons and degrading influences while stressing that one cannot control another's conscience roundly asserting we are our brother's keeper under eternal obligation to aid and uplift others

St. Paul's M. EB J. H. MacDonald Jesus Christ

Discourse at Kirk Street on Matthew 12:12

The evening service at Kirk Street drew a large crowd despite rain as Dr. Martin preached on the verse How much then is a man better than a sheep. He noted the Gospel writer's usually exact style yet offered a vivid picture of hungry disciples eating corn and facing Pharisaic criticism.

Kirk Street Martin

Slivinski Recital at Colonial Hall Friday Evening

Josef Slivinski, of Polish lineage and a piano master, performs a recital under M Steinert Sons Co at Colonial Hall Friday evening. The program spans Bach to modern pianoforte works, showcasing his marvelous technique and vast memory of hundreds of compositions and concertos for piano and orchestra.

Josef Slivinski Colonial Hall M. Steinert & Sons Co Slivinski

When Reuben Comes to Town He Interprets Flirting

A narrator notes Reuben misreads a girl’s gesture, believing every girl who shakes a handkerchief folds is flirting with him. The line hints at vanity and social misreadings in town dynamics.

Reuben

Two Burglars Admit Guilt In Princeton Street Theft

James F. Holden of 447 Princeton Street was robbed last month of 315 dollars, two gold watches, a revolver, cartridges, a dress suitcase and other items. Ralph Moise and Isa Douchette, both 22, were arrested after officers traced the suspects across several cities from Nashua to Montreal. They admit guilt with conflicting accounts of who entered the house and how the robbery occurred.

James F. Holden Princeton Street Bureau of Criminal Inspection Laflamme Maher Ralph Moise Oak Avenue Isa Douchette Arch Street Bridge Street Middlesex Street Howard Street Douchette Moise Nashua St. Albans Montreal Boston Fall River

Man from Maine dies by gas in hotel room

James Callaghan of Moulton Maine died after asphyxiation from gas in a St Charles hotel room. The night clerk smelled gas, found him unconscious, and efforts to revive him failed. Death ruled accidental. He left behind four sisters and a brother in Merrimack Street.

James Callaghan Moulton St. Charles Callaghan John Callaghan Merrimack Street Irish Molloy Haley Norton Mills Hogan Dacey Agnes Callaghan

Father and Son Return From Horse Transport Trips

William Coleman and his father Cornelius Coleman, Lowell residents, just back from multiple trips between the United States and South Africa. William, a Spanish War veteran, led horse transport crews aboard chartered ships from New Orleans to Cape Town and Durban. They bought horses for the English army from Missouri and Arkansas, with pay for foremen at 50 dollars a month and crew at 15 dollars. Each voyage required about 75 sailors to run the transport and care for roughly 1050 horses, with a 34 day passage.

Lowell South Africa William Coleman Co. M Cornelius Coleman New Orleans Cape Town Durban Missouri Arkansas Coleman

St Patrick Day parade plans discussed by officials

The chief marshal and aides met at Hibernian hall to outline the St Patrick’s Day parade route and division make up. Irish Catholic societies were largely represented, with objections over the Mathews group and a pending invitation to join with the B T I. A special meeting is set for tonight at 8 o'clock to finalize arrangements.

St. Patrick's Day Hibernian Hall Haverhill Lawrence Nashua Irish Benevolents Mathews Institute

Presentation at Lamson Store Service Co event

The Four Hundred club of the Lamson Store Service Co presented D. C. Flack at his South Spring Street home with a Morris chair and Mrs. Flack with a silver fruit basket. C. Be Foot made the presentation. Vocal and phonograph selections were performed by local artists and Sergeant Scott gave remarks on his Philippine Island service. Refreshments followed.

Four Hundred Club Lamson Store Service Co D. C. Flack South Spring Street Morris

Meetings To Continue At First Baptist Church

Due to strong interest in Mr. Greenwood's work at the First Baptist church daily meetings at 3 p.m. will run for another week.

Greenwood First Baptist Church

Grape-Nuts and Postum Aid Greenfield man's recovery

Mr T K Durboran of Greenfield Ohio recounts severe illness with weight loss and digestion failure. After three months he credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with restoring appetite strength and health in about a month, noting repeated relapses when changing diet and lasting improvement upon returning to the products.

T. K. Durboran Greenfield

Wakefield sewer suit spurs taxpayer alarm over costs

The town faces a $75,000 suit filed by Conway Contracting, assignee of Minahan & Costa, whose sewer contract was canceled by sewer commissioners for nonperformance. Commissioner William B. Daniel said the public need not fear the outcome, noting the firm quit and work has been reassigned to a new contractor. The suit targets Town Treasurer T J Skinner and Selectman Bowser.

Conway Contracting Company T. J. Skinner Selectman Bowser Conway Company Minahan & Costa William B. Daniel

Flowing Water Fills Salt Lake City Streets and Yards

Citizens report water flowing in all Salt Lake City streets with many yards hosting creeks and rivulets. Fountains stand at nearly every street corner as the city’s water supply descends from snow capped mountains to crystal, cold streams.

Salt Lake City

HOT CAKES SPECIAL SALE AT CARLETON AND HOVEY

Saturday’s sale highlights value on brushes and grooming items. Whisk brooms, fresh brushes, bonnets, nails, and pocket lavender salts are offered well below usual prices at 25 Merrimack Street by Carleton and Hovey.

Carleton & Hovey Merrimack Street

Father John's Medicine Cures Colds and Lung Ailments

A warning against arsenic and poisonous drugs in medicines argues that arsenic lingers for 19 days and remains from earlier doses, while promoting Father John's Medicine as safe and effective for colds bronchitis and throat and lung troubles with a fifty year track record and money back guarantee.

Father John

Obituary of Timothy Murray Aged 47 Passes Away

Timothy Murray died yesterday at 47, an longtime resident of the city. He is survived by two brothers, James and John, and two sisters, Mrs. Patrick Quinn and Miss Mary Murray.

Timothy Murray James John Patrick Quinn Mary Murray

Funeral Notices Describe Townsfolk Losses and Burials

The community observed funeral services for Mrs Helen L Holmes at Horace Ela & Son. Rev J F Allen officiated with bearers Geo A Tupper Wm Andrews John Gilson W W Wyman. Burial followed in Edson cemetery. Others honored included Clarence Boothby mourned after railroad injuries at Wakefield, with services at 12 Midland street and Free Baptist church in Chelmsford Street. Burial in Edson cemetery. Maria Flynn, John Gargan, William Fanning and Joseph Sullivan also noted, with various church services and burials. Funeral for J Chester L Bowers held at Willow Dale with Alpha quartette. burial in Lowell cemetery with C M Young & Co in charge. Floral tributes from many friends and family listed.

Helen L. Holmes Horace Ela & Son Hurd Street J. F. Allen Worthen Street M. E Geo. A. Tupper Wm. Andrews John Gilson W. Wyman Edson Clarence Boothby Wakefield Midland Street Free Baptist Church Chelmsford St A. E. Kenyon Mr. Fisher Somerville Boston Columbian Council American Mechanics Railroad Edson Cemetery Weinbeck Maria Flynn Cady Street St. Peter's Cemetery Molloy St. Peter’s Church Heffernan Patrick James Michael Eugene Charles Flynn Thomas Mulvey John Gargan Church Street William Fanning John Clara Fanning North Che L. F. Sherman A. Fells F. W. Clark Frank Hall Hattie Best H. F. Whiting John McNabb Walter S.parker and Claus Carl Mason Eva Young Bernard McNabb John Lyman Geo. Bowers George Canney Jewett Family Amabel Hamilton Philip Cohen Nellie Kitty McNabb Lawson Thos. Varnum Anna Gould Carpenter Ella Howes J. Herbert Tebbetts Hiram Vining Alonzo Vinin Blanche J. Savatsken Mrs. Wolcott Miss Kitty Bowers Miss Maud Hutton Geo. McNabb O. K. Dexter Jas. McKinley Miss Spalding F. F. Hoban Emma Vining M. A. White

Deaths in City and Hudson Centre Family Notices

Obituaries announce Marzina Payen 40, Ann Doherty 61, Timothy Murray 47 at City Hospital, James McDermott 74, Frederick Wood 1 month 9 days, Margaret Condon 44 in Hudson Centre, Miss M Elia Russell 50. Notices list homes in Bartlett Street Chestnut Street Worthen Street Front Street Merrimack Street and 763 Merrimack Street.

Payen Bartlett Street Marzina Payen Doherty Chestnut Street Ann Doherty Julia Doherty Murray City Hospital Timothy Murray McDermott Patrick Meehan Worthen Street James McDermott Wood Front Street Frederick Wood Condon Hudson Centre Margaret Condon Russell Merrimack Street M. Elia Russell

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