Remembering a Mayor and Lost Arts in Lowell Tales
The column recalls youthful pranks in Belvidere and Lowell reflecting on bygone days, from window bolts and wheel games to smuggling gigs, hares and hounds, and old dances. It honors a late mayor, details his kindness, library of rare books, and his funeral, then muses on Old Home Week and local life. It closes with wedding notices and community updates from Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvidere
Lowell
Gen. Butler
Huntington Hall
St. Anne’s Church
Dimon
Miss Abbott
Church Doings List Sunday Services and Societies
The notice lists multiple churches and their Sunday schedules including morning services at 10 30, Sunday schools at noon, and evening services at 7. It also lists associated church groups such as G A R units and Daughters of Veterans, plus memorial sermons and sermon topics for several congregations in Pawtucket Lowell Dracut and surrounding areas.
Parish Services List for local churches on Sunday
St Annes Merrimack and St Johns Gorham share morning services at 10.30 and 10.20 respectively with Sunday schools at noon. Trinity Sunday observances include holy communion and an evening sermon. All Saints Chelmsford offers a 10.45 am service with a noon Sunday school and 7 pm evening service. Communion occurs on the first and third Sundays and major festivals. Leander Manchester presides at St Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne’s
Merrimack Street
Anne Street
St. John Chambre
Trinity
St. John’s—Gorham Street
Court House
Leander C. Manchester
All Saints
Chelmsford
Sunday Church Services Timetable Noted
The schedule lists Holy communion at 7.30, Choral eucharist at 10.45, Choral evensong at 7, Sunday school at 12.15, Matins at 7.15 a.m., Holy Eucharist at 7.30 a.m., and Litany on Friday at 7.80 p.m.
Sunday Church Services and Pastors Listed
Sunday services announced for Congregational churches on First Merrimack Kirk and High Street with multiple pastors. Details include morning 10:30 services, Sunday schools at noon, and evening services with varied programs and Y P S C E or prayer meetings.
Massage methods for skin types and private consultations
The speaker describes massage as having both beneficial and harmful forms depending on skin type. Steaming suits oily skin but harms dry skin, for which different techniques are suggested. A lifelong study of the skin is claimed and readers are invited to visit for private treatment and pricing details.
Swedish Meadowcroft Street Church Schedule Notice
Rev. John W. Eckman serves as pastor with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and morning service at 10 30 a.m. on Swedish Meadowcroft Street near Moore Street.
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Meadowcroft Street
Moore Street
John W. Eckman
Church Services and Schedules Across City Venues
A list of Sunday morning and evening services across multiple churches. Rev Beane at St Pauls junction. Rev Allen at Worthen street. memorial services for Bishop Taylor. sermons by Rev Clark and Rev Roy. Highland central area services. Rev Smiley at Centralville. Rev Riggs at Wesley Pentecostal. First Primitive and Swedish churches. Berean Primitive. Includes Sunday schools and Epworth activities with times.
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St. Paul’s
Hurd
Warren Streets
Geo. B. Beane
Worthen Street
James F. Allen
William Teylor
John Street
Paige Street
George H. Clark
Tor
Epworth
Wm. Taylor
L. EB. Roy
Highland—Loring Street
Grove Street
George M. Smiley
Centralville
Bridge Street
Hildreth Street
Leon FE. Bell
Nathaniel W. Matthews
Moore Street
Bourne Street
Henry A. Hanson
Berean Primitive
Lawrence Street
W. H. Yarrow
Baptist Churches Schedule Of Morning And Evening Services
Local notices list church locations and pastors with service times across multiple Baptist and Presbyterian congregations. Each entry notes morning at 10.20 or 10.30, Sunday school at 12, evening services at 6.30, and various programs, baptisms, and speakers including Mrs William Scott and Mr J Bruce Gilman.
Pianos for sale on easy payments
No house is complete without one of our pianos. A sweet toned instrument upon which it is a pleasure to play, and to which it is an equal pleasure to listen. Both new and second hand pianos sold on easy monthly or weekly payments. Gall on us before purchasing elsewhere.
Freewill and Union Sermons Across Town Churches
The notice lists multiple sermons and services at First Freewill Paige Street Mount Vernon Chelmsford and Union Freewill halls. Rev. C. B. Frost Rev. Stephen B. Millin Rev. Albert E. Kenyon Rev. William A. Morang Rev. Scates and others lead morning and evening worship with Sunday schools and N.B.C.B. events noted in Hadley Street and North Billerica locations.
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Y. P
C. BH
First Freewill
Paige Street
Frost
Mount Vernon Street
Freewill
Butterfield Street
Stephen B. Millin
Chelmsford Street
Plain Street
Albert E. Kenyon
Union Freewill
Barristers Hall
Central Street
Merrimack Street
William A. Morang
North Billerica
Scates
Hadley St
Mission and Sermons Across Two Churches
First Appleton at Vis street hosts Rev James M Craig pastor with morning service at 10 30 and evening sermon on The Mission of America by Rev W A Lang. Westminster United Tyler street led by Rev H P Foster offers morning service at 10 30, Sunday school at 12, and evening service at 7.
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Appleton Street
Davis Street
James M. Craig
The
Mission of America
W. A. Lang
Westminster United
Tyler Street
H. PB. Foster
Church Services and Sunday School Schedule Update
Morning service at 10 30 led by Rev Caleb EB Fisher with evening C E at 6 o clock. Sermon titled The Man From Glen garry. Grace Princeton Street corner South Canton Street Rev Ransom A Greene at 10 30 with Sunday school at noon. Sermon titled Qualifications for Life.
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Hurd Street
Caleb EB. Fisher
Glengarry
Grace
Princeton Street
South Canton Street
Ransom A. Greene
Church Services on First Merrimack and Middlesex Streets
Notices list two parish services with pastors Rev. Charles T. Billings and Rev. George C. Wright. Morning worship at 10:45 and 10:80 o'clock respectively, Sunday schools at 12 m. The Veil of Moses and The Loss of a Humane and Honored Mayor are the morning sermon topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack _ street
John Street
Charles T. Billings
Middlesex Street
Eliot
South Streets
George C. Wright
Catholic Mass Timings Across Local Churches Listing
A schedule details masses and services for St Patrick S Suffolk St St Peter Gorham Union St St Joseph Oblate Fathers Lee Kirk East Merrimack Immaculate Conception East Merrimack Blessed Sacrament at Michael’s Sixth St with multiple masses through morning and afternoon hours and vesper times for each parish.
Mass Schedules At Sacred Heart And Nearby Parishes
The Sacred Heart Church on Moore Street offers Masses from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. with first mass at 6 a.m. and a 10:30 a.m. high mass and sermon, followed by Sunday school at 1:80 p.m. and benediction at 3 p.m. Oblate Fathers lead. St Jean Baptiste on Merrimack Street lists masses starting at 7 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. with a 10 a.m. high mass. St Anthony's on Gorham Street provides an 8 a.m. first mass and 10:30 a.m. high mass with a 6:30 p.m. vesper service.
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St. Patrick’s
Suffolk Street
Jefferson Street
William O’brien
Rmanetn
St. Peter’s
Gorham Street
Union Street
Michael Ronan
St. Jean Baptiste
Oblate Fathers
Merrimack Street
Aiken Street
Joseph Mangin
St. Anthony’s
Congress Street
John Rosa
Union Mission and church services listed across city
Union Mission on Paige street near Kirk led by Elder W C Westcott offers services at 3 p m. Union Mission church Barristers hall hosts 3 p m service Sunday. Odd Fellows Hall Merrimack street holds 6 30 p m Sunday service. Central Mission First street opposite Read street has Sabbath exercises at 3 p m with West Sixth Street chapel French Baptist Rev Isaac Lafleur preaching at 10 30 a m Sunday school at noon and 7 p m preaching. Coburn Mission Varnum avenue offers Sabbath school at 3 p m and a prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m. Ayer City Lincoln street corner Tanner street has services at 3 and 6 20 p m with Sunday school at 2 p m. All are welcome.
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Union Mission
Paige Street
Kirk
W. C. Westcott
Union Mission Church
Barristers
Odd Fellows
Merrimack Street
Central Mission
First Street
Read Street
West Sixth Street
French Baptist
Isaac Lafleur
Coburn Mission
Varnum Avenue
Ayer City
Lincoln Street
Tanner Street
List of church services and events in Mead area
A compilation of worship schedules for Evangelical Lutheran Mead Owcroft Street Church of Scotland First Church of Christ Scientist Volunteers of America services at 3 pm gospel meeting at 8 pm Second Church of Christ, Scientist services at 10 45 am Sunday school at 12 pm Odd Fellows building Middlesex Street French Baptist Corner Ennell and West Sixth Grand Street Adventist Unity Guild People's Church Rea and Berwick Streets Praise and song service 3 pm led by W H Rousseau All Saints Trinity Chelmsford services 10 45 am and 7 pm Sunday school noon Unitarian sermon in evening guild attends Lowell morning Rev Edward Everett Hale will speak Rev J M Goldberg of Providence missionary to Jews speaks Sunday night at Advent church Grand Street First Spiritualist society Mrs Annie L Jones occupies platform Memorial services for Mayor Dimon by Booker T Washington club at Rea Street colored church tomorrow at 4 pm
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First Church of Christ, Scientist— Volunteers of America
Christian Fellowship
Church of Christ, Scientist
Odd Fellows
Middlesex Street
French Baptist Church
Ennell
West Sixth Streets
F. la Fleur
Grand Street Adventist Church
Unity Guild
Church Street
People’s Church
colored—Rea
Berwick Streets
First Spiritualist Society
Annie L. Jones
Dimon
Booker T. Washington Club
Colored People's Church
Rea Street
Unity Guild in Church Street Social Service
A social service will be held at 6 o clock on the last day of the season in Church Street. All friends are invited and tea will be served.
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Unity Guild
Church Street
Templeless City Sermon At Morning Service
George Edward Martin pastor will preach at 10 30 morning service with the subjects The Templeless City and Lit and Unlit Candles. Choir selections include Be Merciful God Be Aright and a Prodigal Son tenor aria. Recitative Come Ye Children and Behold Now. Quartette Behold Now Worship the Lord Jehovah. Cordial invitation to all to worship.
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God
Chadwick
Sullivan
Bialla
Jehovah
First Universalist Church Sermon Series On Christianity
The First Universalist Church on Hurd Street invites parishioners to a sermon in a series on Christianity in literature titled The Man from Glengarry. The service includes an organ voluntary and musical pieces by Merkel Watson Radford Liddle and Greig. Sunday school at 12 10 and a Young People meeting at 6. A cordial welcome to all.
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Glengarry
Merkel
Watson
Radford
Liddle
Gelino
Sermon, Anthem, and Choir at Morning Service
Morning worship features a sermon titled A POWERLESS SCEPTER and an organ piece Temptation. Price Mr A F French directs the choir in O Rest in the Lord and The Lord's Prayer. The event includes quartet and duet Love Divine from Daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
A. F. French
Shelley
Evening organ recital and patriotic program notes
A fragmented listing of musical pieces and lectures led by J. Avison Baker as musical director. The program includes Polonaise Militaire, Largo, A Patriotic Song Service with National Anthem and Our Beautiful Flag, Prelude Negro-Burning in the South, The Lord's My Shepherd, The Romance of the Book, and a lecture on the Book of Books followed by Baptism and a Triumphal March.
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Largo
Land of Liberty
Mt Vernon F B Church Services and Choir Events
The Mt Vernon First Baptist Church lists a morning service at 10 30 with the sermon The Mission of America and a performance by Barmby Schilling Quartette and Bennet choir. Evening service at 7 features Rev W A Long and a praise service with organist Miss M Louise Coburn and conductor Mr P Waldron Edmunds.
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The
Mission of America
Barmby . Schilling
W. A. Long
Sullivan
Schilling Quartette
M. Louise Coburn
P. Waldron Edmunds
Presbyterians Seek Evangelistic Push Report
The General Assembly of the United States Presbyterian Church created a special committee in May 1901 to boost evangelistic work and report recommendations to the next assembly. William F Hills attended the New York Fifth Avenue church meeting where the report was discussed. He will present an account at Branch Street Tabernacle Baptist Church tomorrow at 6 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In
United States
America
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York City
William F. Hills
Branch Street Tabernacle Baptist Church
Hills
Gospel Service and Twilight Song Service Schedule
Gospel service at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon with Rev. Charles R. MacNally, special music by the ladies' quartette. Twilight song service at 7 p m Sunday. Junior Sunshine club outing to Stearn's grave Chelmsford Centre Saturday. Social at 7 45 this evening with piano, songs and readings. Sunday week of self denial and prayer invites free will offering at the gospel service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. MacNally
Sunshine Club
Stearn
Chelmsford Centre
Riis Biographical Talk Slated at Y M C A
Tomorrow at four o clock Charles W Morey Highland grammar principal speaks at the Y M C A about life of Jacob A Riis as told in Becoming an American. This afternoon the baseball team travels to Tewksbury to play an opponent there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Morey
Highland Grammar School
Jacob A. Riis
Mr. Riis
Tewksbury
Cloudburst floods Iowa towns cause two deaths and heavy damage
A May cloudburst drenched northeastern Iowa washing out seven miles of railroad near Decorah and destroying sixteen iron bridges. Two lives, an infant and an elderly man, are reported lost as streams rose 80 minutes after the storm. Decorah damage estimated at $600,000 with extensive railroad and depot destruction.
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St. Paul
Minn
Iowa
Decorah
Conover
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Austin
Preston
Minnesota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Hanged for Murder in Whatcom County
Whatcom Washington May 23 Alfred Hamilton also known as Alfred Hawkins was hanged today for the murder of D M Woodbury at Anacortes on September 7 1899 He cursed the sheriff when the death warrant was read and rushed up the scaffold stairs two steps at a time.
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Whatcom
Wash
Alfred Hamilton
Alfred Hawkins
D. M. Woodbury
Anacortes
Foley's Kidney Cure Claim and Promoter Names
The text states the remedy is made from a prescription of a leading Chicago physician, described as one of the nation’s eminent experts. It claims the ingredients are of the purest quality and scientifically combined for maximum efficacy, naming F. C. Goodale and C. B. Carter as promoters.
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Chicago
F. C. Goodale
C. B. Carter
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Artemas B. Woodworth
Arthur Andrew Stewart
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the Ledges
Littleton
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Amy Belle Greenwood
Arthur Tennyson Munn
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D. Millin
Bath
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Compton
Canada
Charles Bowen
Geo. E. Garity
Brenda Tweed
F.S. Bartlett
Huntington Street
Herbert Willmott
Corporation Hospital
Itus
James A. Garfield Best
Union Veterans Union
Wauhatchie
Sons of Veterans
Admiral Farragut Camp
James A. Garfield Women’s Relief Corps
Liberty and
Union
Pawtucket
Mammoth Road
Pawtucketville
William G. Poor
London Street
Charles H W. Poole
Hillside
Dracut
John A. McKnight
Star
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Fredr. I. Kelley
F. L. Bennett
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House OF Prayer
Public
Christ
Kirk Street
French Street
George E. Martin
D. D
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East Merrimack Street
Charles W. Huntington
George H. Johnson
Highland
Westford Street
T. Clayton Welles
Eliot—Summer Street
Favor Street
E. Victor Bigelow
John M. Greene
Emer
Arthur Rhodes
Spa
Rhodes’ New Hair Store
Methodist
Baptist
George Street
Smith T. Ford
South
Charles R. McNally
Young People’s Day
Young People’s Society
William Scott
Branch Street
Branch
Middlesex Streets
Asa Reed Dilts
W. F. Hills
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Fifth Street
Henry W. O. Millington
J. Bruce Gilman
M. Steinert & Sons CO
Presbyterian
Unitarian
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Lee Street
Joseph A. Fournier
Immaculate Conception
Brown and
High Streets
Michael’ S
Sixth Street
John J. Shaw
Ue A
Aw.dows & 60, Cor
Central and
Merrimack St
Temple Confection CO
Philadelphia
Evangelical Lutheran Church
J. V. Soderman
Church of Scotland
Congregational
George Edward Martin
First Universalist Church
C. E. Fisher
First Baptist Church
Church and
George Streets
Smith Thomas Ford
Averion
Jomtus
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Pepin
Mr. Walch
Polonaise Militaire
Chopin
First Presbyterian
J. M. Craig
Anthem
God Is A Spirit
Seapets Bennett
MT. Vernon
H. E. Wilson
Presbyterian Assembly
Foley
Redfern
N. L. Wheeler
Sore
Lons
C. B. Coburn & CO
Market Street
J. F. True & CO
Auburn
DERBY
Adams Hardware & Paint Co
Middlesex St
Young’s
Hildreth
Nantucket
Mast
Respiro
W._C. HINCKLEY
Telephone
John McAskie
Spencer & Co
McAskie
Middle Street
Optician Geo
G. Rogers
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