E B Currier Celebrates 90th Birthday in Lawrence
E B Currier reached 90 at his Lawrence home with many friends and relatives attending. Born May 8 1812 near Amesbury now Merrimac, he moved to Lowell as a youth and ran a boot and shoe business before shifting to real estate. He served in the Legislature and held multiple local posts, aiding the Lawrence courthouse project and state institutions. His daughter Mrs John Gile resides in Melrose Highlands.
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E. B. Currier
Lawrence
Currier
Lawrence Superior Court House
Bullock
State Institution
Tewksbury
House of Correction
Unitarian Church
Remonstrance Against Sunday Openings and Luxuries Bill
A public remonstrance argues against expanding Sunday commerce to include fruits, party supplies, and sports goods. It warns of lost Sunday rest for workers and the moral risk of temptations, urging legislators to reject the measure and preserve the Sabbath.
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Springfield
Springfield Republican
Lowell
Firm Foundation for Doan's Kidney Pills Cited by Lowell Resident
Lowell residents report Doan's Kidney Pills backed by real merit with public endorsements. Mrs. E W Harmon of 145 Andover Street recalls her husband’s 1898 kidney trouble and how an Ellingwood Co advertisement led him to use the remedy.
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Lowell
Dean
E. W. Harmon
Andover Street
Doan's Pills Marketing Reminder by Foster Milburn Co
For sale by all dealers 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's and make no other.
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
United States
Doan’s
Friendship and faith guiding a church welcome service
The morning service welcomed new members led by Rev. George Edward Martin D D The sermon titled Friendship cited biblical links between Jesus disciples and friendships emphasizing constant vigilance in choosing friends within the Christly sphere The message urged living by a common good purpose and following God’s will to become true friends of Christ
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George Edward Martin
Johnny
David
Israel
Jonathan
Jesus
Galilee
Earth
Christ
Growth of God's Kingdom Sermon and Baptism Highlight Easter Service
A morning service featured a short sermon on ambassadors for Christ and the Lord's Supper with a baptism of a small child. Easter lilies and carnations honored Deacon and Mrs. Barnes. Evening preaching centered on the mustard seed parable, noting the kingdom's small start and vast growth, yet still potential remains.
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Barnes
Mass at St Marys Collinsville Addressed Devout Labor
Rev John J Shaw pastor of St Michaels Centralville celebrated mass at St Marys Collinsville yesterday morning with a large devout congregation and spoke on labor topics after Mass
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John J. Shaw
St. Michael’s Church
Centralville
St. Mary's Church
Collinsville
Bever Brook mill dispute framed by archbishop speech
The article notes Fr Shaw quoting Archbishop Ireland on justified strikes for reform while stressing individual rights and worker responsibility. He urged Beaver Brook mill workers to act conservatively, consider dependents, and avoid imprudent action. The pastor spoke warmly, earning positive reactions from the congregation.
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Ireland
St. Paul, Minn
Fr. Shaw
Beaver Brook Mills
Sr. Shaw
Lowell
Religious Services Highlight May Devotions And Holy Day Masses
Rev Fr Callahan celebrated a high mass at St Patrick s church with Rev Fr Walsh delivering the day s sermon from St John xvi 23 30. May devotions will run nightly through May except Sundays with morning masses at 6 30 and 8. Ascension Day next Thursday brings masses at 5 7 and 9 am and 7 30 pm. At St Peter s church Rev Fr Mullin officiated at 10 30 am mass with Rev Fr McDermott s sermon on Prayer. The forty hours devotion ended at St Michael s with Rev Fr Shaw presiding and Haydn s mass No 2 sung by the choir directed by James E Murphy, including a procession by parish children. Large crowds attended Saturday services and Sacred Heart observances were held.
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Fr. Callahan
St. Patrick’s Church
Fr. Walsh
Fred G. Bond
Helen Hosea
Bond
McCarthy
D. J. O’brien
St. Peter’s Church
Mullin
Fr. McDermott
Fr. Heffernan
St. Michael’s Church
Fr. Shaw
James E. Murphy
Haydn
Fighting Female Creates Disturbance Across Lowell Streets
A drunken ~25 year old woman from Manchester New Hampshire caused chaos on Middlesex and South Streets. She attacked a Italian and a girl, drew a crowd of about 300 near the post office, and fought officers in a patrol box before being jailed at the station. Agent Richardson and Officer Crowley assisted.
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Manchester
N. H
Middlesex
South Streets
Lowell
South Street
Donohue Couple Welcomes Daughter in City
In the city on May 3, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Donohue welcomed a daughter. The birth adds a new member to the Donohue family and marks a joyful milestone for the couple.
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Donohue
Edward Donohue
Grape-Nuts Proves Nourishing for Children and Family
A Brooklyn mother shares how Grape-Nuts improved her weak digestion child who would only eat little cereal. She notes her husband also improved, a friend’s rickets-affected children recovered, and she and others gain strength from the cereal. The recommendation ends with the family now healthy and confident in Grape-Nuts by Postum Co. Battle Creek.
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Brooklyn
Postum Co
Battle
Eulogy for Gen Butler at Booker Washington Club Service
Special service in memory of Gen B F Butler held at the colored chapel on Rea Street. J B Raymond and Rev W H H Rousseau praised Butler as a defender of the oppressed, noting his justice at Fortress Monroe and in the Virginia legislature. The Booker Washington club plans a new literary magazine and weekly paper with Rousseau as editor. Egypt has a desert railway. the longest straight rail segment is 126 miles from Nyngan to Bourke in New South Wales.
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Gen
B. F. Butler
Colored People's Chapel
Rea Street
Booker Washington Literary Club
W. H. H. Rousseau
J. B. Raymond
America
Raymond
General Butler
Virginia
Fortress Monroe
Butler
South
Norfolk
Rousseau
Back Bay
Perry
Bunker Hill
Booker Washington Club
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Ore Magazine
J. D. Raymond
Charles Raymond
Jacob Edmunds
Egypt
Nyngan
Bourke
New South Wales
Water cure torture in Philippines linked to Greig's unit
Boston private L. E. Hallock testified before the Senate Philippines committee about the water cure used on a dozen natives at Leon Panay to extract information on the murder and torture of Private O Herne. He described the夏 events under Captain Greig's command, noting orders from 1st Sergeant Januarius Manning and widespread knowledge of the abuse. The testimony includes details of prisoners packed in a 20 by 25 foot guardhouse, deaths from attempted escapes, and a village burnings with residents unable to save their belongings.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Boston
L. E. Hallock
26Th Volunteer Infantry
Philippine Islands
Glenn
Leon
Greig
Company I
Januarius Manning
Halleck
Senator Rawlins
Hallock
A Question of Method in a Curious Exchange
A shopper asks for a drugger while a clerk and a dog observe the moment. The clerk reframes the request as a shooting action, highlighting a comic misunderstanding between customer and clerk.
Special bargain on serpentine lace and edge trimmings
Monday night and Tuesday offer two hundred pieces of serpentine and edge laces at 9c per yard, valued from 12c to 19c. Black white and cream. One at 6 o'clock Monday night. Also a note on passport traditions in China where palm oil paint impressions become official travel documents.
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China
Carleton and Hovey Ad Promises Low Prices in Lowell
Sure to suit. If it's anything in hair cloth nail hand tooth or bath brushes, Carleton & Hovey can suit you both as to price and quality. Our assortment is the largest in Lowell. Whisk Brooms hair brushes and bristle brushes priced low. Your money's worth. 236 Merrimack Street. Rosita Perfumes eleven odors two cents an ounce. We give free samples to prove this.
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Carleton & Hovey
Lowell
Merrimack Street
Rosita
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Firm Foundation
Kirk Street
High Street
ST. Mary’s, Collinsville
Catholic Church News
Rev. W. H. H. Rousseau
A. G. Pollard & CO
Aed
Brunswick Remnant Co
Brunswick
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Sts
O’herne
Thomason Hardware Co
Lowell, Mass
A. C. Weston
Lowell and Vicinity
Cloak and Fur House
Messrs
Stickney & Smith
Tremont St
J. W. Keyes & CO
Marsell
YOUNG
Hildreth
Imperial
Clubhouse
Neufchatell
Young America
G. G. Read
Wm. Nichols & Co
Ake
KY. Taylor
K. A. Myte & Co
P. Eee & Peague
John McAskie
Spencer & Co
McAskie
Middle Street
Lowell Opera House
Julien Daoust
Valere Remy
Louis Labelle
House’s
Moody Street
Entertainment
Biltmore
Caleb L. Smith
Middlesex St
Devine
Merrimack St
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co
SG Central
J. C. Abbott
Jos. Peabody
Bartlett
BCH
Eam
Optician
Geo. G. Rogers
John Cross
Dutton ST
Conway
Conway Transfer CO
Northern Depot
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