Convent of the Grey Nuns opens new Bartlett Street building
The Grey Nuns now occupy a modern red brick convent in Bartlett street Lowell after moving from a prior wooden house. Architect Davis and Raynes designed the Colonial Gothic structure with a chapel parlor office and six dormitories, steam heat, electric lighting, fire exits and a roof garden. Built for hygienic efficiency, the brickwork, plastering and fixtures were supplied by local firms with extensive detailing and a quiet, disciplined interior for religious life.
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Immaculate Conception
Bartlett Street
Lowell
William D. Joyce
O. M
Dolan
Boston
Murillo
James J. Dolan
Sackett
Messrs. Davis & Raynes
Lowell Contractors
Connors Bros
Patrick Conlon
C. P. Conant
Joe Knapp & Son
Literary Union Meeting Postponed in Middlesex County
The Middlesex County Literary Union meeting at D. H. Fletcher's house, scheduled for Thursday evening, has been postponed due to sickness in the community. Fresh recruits for Gen. Grip's army include Mrs. Mary A. Hildreth and Miss Velma I. Hildreth, Mrs. Charles B. Parkhurst. Captain Bartlett's condition worsens, now scarcely stronger, sustained only by great vitality.
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Literary Union
D. H. Fletcher
Grip
Mary A. Hildreth
Velma
Hildreth
Charles BE. Parkhurst
Dracut School Talks And Local News From Town Meeting
Town discusses storm day school closings and weather hardship for students. Rumors of a Warrant flaw at Collinsville School surface amid license talks and mill hours eyed for adjustment. Two inmates at the town farm died last week. Mr D J Goodhue, longtime Dracut resident, lately of Cambridge, visited town yesterday. Mr Bacas O Malley of Hodge Stevens grocery store sick at home. Dracut votes license but no applications filed, rumor that home will apply at Collinsville. Some seek a Navy Yard license. Collinsville mill hours under review with noon to 12 45 schedule seen as inconvenient. A meeting of festival committees discussed two consecutive evenings for Afril festival at C L Nedas home. After two weeks March Vacation Dracut schools will reopen following New Berton closing.
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Collinsville
D. J. Goodhue
Dracut
Cambridge
Bacas
Malley
Hodge & Stevens
Etrapg
Yobexly
Tx Exsid
Navy Yard
Ana
New
C. L. Nedae
Berton
School Had One Week Extra Session For Makeup Time
Last Friday the school remained in session one week longer than other town schools. During the fall term a measles epidemic caused a one week closure, and the school was required to make up the lost time.
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Ume
Obituary and Local Notices from Billerica Village
John Edward Bottomley longtime Billerica resident dies at 62 at his High Street home after illness. Born in Elland England in 1848 he arrived in 1869 and married Adelaide Kitchen in 1872. He leaves a widow a daughter Mary L and a brother Allen. The infant son of Mr and Mrs O Neil dies. A teachers association forms with officers B C Davis secretary Miss Chapin treasurer Miss Livingstone executive committee Morrell Miss Shea and Miss Casey. Pillerica Grange holds a dance with 15 couples. orchestra Charles Beck prompter. Rev Mr Welre visits Cleveland returns later this week. Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised for easing illness in the household. Ads urge local rural readers to try patent remedies with claims of saving time and money.
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John Edward Bottomley
Billerica
Mr. Bottomley
Elland
Yorkshire
England
Adelaide Kitchen
B. C. Davis
Howe School
Mise Chapin
Mixe Livingstone
Morrell
Charlee Beck
Fred Mason
John Maker
Wealey Dutten
William Beck
Welre
W Whitarian Church
Cleveland
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp at Opera House
The Lowell article previews Sousa's Chris and the Wonderful Lamp a three act extravaganza at the Opera House with Louis Mann and Clara Lipman in lead roles. It blends Aladdin myth with a modern tale and a 50 000 franc charity wager by Lipman in Paris. The Missouri Girl is also praised as a top comedy. Tenderloin Burlesquers play Music Hall April 2 to 4.
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Amusement World
Klaw & Erlanger
John Philip Sousa
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp
Glen MacDonough
Chris
Lowell Daily Courier
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Teller
Louis Mann
Clara Lipman
Mr. Mann
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Miss Lipman
Paris
Transvaal
Music Hall
State House
Boston
Jeremiah Crowley
Lowell
Lowell Gas Light Company
R. G. Tobey
R.G. Tobey
Chris and Aladdin Extravagan za Comes to Opera House
A mixed review of the musical revue Chris featuring Jerome Sykes and Edna Wallace Hopper at the Opera House. The reviewer lauds Sykes for his seamless humor and highlights Hopper as the charming lead in a spirited, well staged performance with strong supporting numbers and striking visual scenes including the electric butterfly dance. The production runs again tonight to a hopeful crowd.
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Pacific Ocean
Chris
Opera
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Sykes
Evor
Bhdna Wallace-Hopper
Humber
Alexia Bassian
Fanny Wiggins
Emily Beaupre
Aladdin
Johnny Page
Scotty Jones
Nellie Lynch
Aminie
Page
Miss Page
Rie
Edith Barr
Nan Hawley
Adele Knott
Stella Madison
Notson
Aladdin's Palace
Savoy presents varied Keita holiday bill with Marion Manola
The Savoy showcases a strong Keita holiday program led by Marion Manola, a lyrical vaudeville headliner who has returned many times and is drawing big crowds. Performers display above average ability and the acts are varied to please demanding tastes, while the cinema pictures this week are excellent.
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Savoy
Marion Manola
Lowell
Cinemnate
Keiths presents finest Naudeville bill headlined by Camille Arville
A multi act Keiths week starting April 2 features Camille Arville in a premier vaudeville program. Also on stage Mara Kendall the king of monologuists, the 40 piece United States Carlisle Indian band, and acts by Arthur Sidman, Josephine Gasmann and her Pickaninies, Little Fred, Afterturner, Florent Moore, Del Zarics, the Crouch Baxter musical trio, and Edward Lagell among others. The show earns praise as unmatched in Boston vaudeville history.
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Monay
Camille Arville
Mara Kendall
United States
Carlisle Indian Band
Arthur Sidman
Josephine Gas&man
Little Fred
Florent Moore
del Zarics
Crouch-Baxter
Edward Lagell
Boston
Wolf and Goat Entangle in Wild Woodland Encounter
A widow Sigalard works in a field near Talbot when a wolf attacks her goat. The goat’s head strikes the wolf’s head, causing a tug of war that ends with a neighbor killing the wolf. The goat survives but shows a twitching St. Vitus like movement afterward. The tale closes with a reflection on geographic metaphors.
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New England
Himelf
Talbot
Sigalard
Mme. Sigalard
St. Vitus
Philadelphia
Boston and Lowell Rail Schedule Fragments 1899
Fragmented timetable lists Sunday and weekday departures from Middlesex Street Station to Boston Lawrence Salem Newburyport and other destinations. Contains times, routes and notes, with numerous garbled OCR items and stray letters.
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Merrimack Street
Lowell
Middlesex Street
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Pia
Lawrence
A. m
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Wats
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Will
P. Sunats
Vel
A.m
Salem
Newburyport
Ameaway
Portsmouth
Ester
Dover
Bixee
Aio
Pbunbay YS
Rochester
Alton Mn
Necaworth N. H
Orine
N. Chard
Augusta
Rockland
St. Johns
Povereays
John
Se Ee
Monta
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