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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
10
The May 12 1902 Lowell Daily Courier notes Horne's coal, Lawler stationer adds Catholic goods, and Adamson's Balsam touted as safer for coughs. Cook Taylor Co. advertises rare bargains this evening on Central street for Daughters of Toil, promising fair chances for all regardless of daytime access.
Reverend S. D. Millin of Mt. Vernon church is seriously ill at his home on 30 Second Avenue. Herbert Schofield, textile school student, returns to Rockville to take a lucrative design position at a woolen mill. Walter H. Gilman completes 25 years at the city library, serving under seven librarians.
Mary E Smith camp of the Daughters of Veterans held a whist party at the 120 hall Saturday evening with supper served. Prizes were awarded to winners including John Lyman, Mr Danahy, John Bram, Mrs Book, Lewis Fielding, and Miss Kelpet. organizers listed as Miss Jennie Staples and others.
A large crowd attended Huntington hall for the second local United Irish League demonstration in Lowell. Speakers, including Edward Cawley, John J. Hegan, John O Callaghan, and Fr. James J. Walsh, urged allied action for Irish independence and land reform, with songs “For Freedom and Ireland” and “The Wearing of the Green” amid celebratory irish colors and US symbols.
A Lowell gathering voiced strong anti absentee landlordism and defiant pride against Saxon oppressors, with Rev E C Bartlett sending regrets, a band playing, and Dr T O Keefe recounting Hon Joseph Devlin’s trip through Verona. Michael J Jordan praised the crowd’s undeniable enthusiasm and Wolfe’s spirit.
A convention of about 100 delegates from Newton Medford Woburn Cambridge and other localities met at Knights of Columbus hall to organize a Middlesex County Catholic Federation. Peter J Mullin was temporary chairman and John H Beaulieu secretary. A committee from each group was named and the next meeting set for Sunday May 25 in Cambridge or Woburn, with the final decision to be in this city.
The Lowell Opera house booking remains with Cahn and Grant for years, in cooperation with Klaw Erlanger and Frohman circuits. Julius Cahn and Charles Frohman direct the bookings with Fay Bros. Hosford approving, no policy change. Henry Dowd’s land remains unused for new theatres. Dowd states Grant negotiations are off. he has other building plans.
About 100 children aged 3 to 12 enjoyed a Saturday May party in the vestry of the Trinitarian Sunday school organized by the Maternal association. Older children assisted younger ones with games, May pole, dialogues and songs before a supper for parents and children. The event was overseen by Mrs George Ames Elsie Cragin and Miss Mary Martin.
The Trades and Labor council held a well attended meeting with President Convery in the chair. Unions reported and the shakers showed progress with only three men on strike. A bureau of statistics of labor communication was received and invitations extended for next Sunday. Secretaries Lieber and Haggart gave forcible speeches urging patrons to avoid Boston beer as scab beer while a settlement is sought. Cards printed to be displayed in city barrooms were to be issued with council sanction for a few days.
A stubborn fire of incendiary origin at Highland House in Middlesex Street drove occupants from lodging rooms on the upper floors. Michael Connors was rescued unconscious from smoke. the blaze damaged the building and laundry, with losses around $1500 to $2000. Mrs. John J. Gair and Mrs. James Phelan aided the survivors as fire crews fought the flames.
The Barbara Frietchie tale about Clyde Fitch’s mother unfolds on stage at the Opera house tonight with Mrs Fitch’s life inspiring the play. The Klaw and Erlanger troupe led by Gus and Max Rogers brings John McNally’s Washington vaudeville farce on Saturday night May 17. The Rogers Brothers in Washington features a nine-person company with many young women and promises record attendance and receipts.
A remark on fashionable antennae headwear for young women, noting how they can appear aggressive or droop, likening them to articulated organs of sensation and reflecting contemporary style anxieties.
Mrs. C C Morse announces an absolute auction sale on May 18 1902 for a premier Highland avenue residence in Lowell. The property includes a ten room house with baths steam heat stalls and a large lawn plus two adjacent lots 113 by 54 feet and 60 by 100 feet. A $750 deposit for the main residence and smaller deposits for the other lots are required with liberal terms.
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