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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1900
Page
7
Rev Dr Bartlett’s travel lecture on a Sunday night in Kirk Street church invites reflection on life’s journey and Germany’s romance, history and legends. He shares Cologne cathedral scale, Rhine landscapes, Moravian mission towns, Heidelberg’s quiet Sabbath, and Luther’s legacy.
Mrs J Goole of Truro Nova Scotia narrates paralysis and speech loss from heart disease. After one dose of Dr Agnew’s Cure for Heart Disease she recovers and can work again. Sold by C K Carter Goodale Co and others.
In Middlesex County Miss Lillie Buckley celebrated twenty five years of marriage with a surprise party at her home Saturday night. A gold chain was given to her and her mother received a silver berry spoon and fork. Agnes Fairbrother presided at the piano as Mary Shallop Eva Buckley Nellie Hannon and Jennie Morris led the young ladies in charge. Also Mrs Fannie Broadbent was honored at Fordway Park with a surprise party Saturday evening. Lizzie Dutton presented a gold ring to Miss Broadbent after which supper and games followed. The town meeting to decide the electric light question was set for Monday evening October 15.
Robert Grant argues in October Woman’s Home Companion that fiction swung from daily life realism ten years ago to a resurgence of heroic romance. He notes Howells warned against high adventure yet readers now embrace nobles of arms and lovers, while fictional figures like Richard Carvel and Zenda echo a longing for dramatic, flawless puppets over plain reality.
In North Chelmsford, a petition seeks a continuous 8 30 to 1 30 high school day replacing current sessions. A trolley line petition to lay tracks from Westford boundary through Said road to Nashua road is set for public hearing at town hall October 31. Other items include staff changes at the town hall, fire ward appointments, and recent bicycle collisions near Adams library with one rider knocked unconscious briefly.
A baby boy is born to Mr. and Mrs. C. Frank Scott of Swain street. Two hounds belonging to F. Bassett attacked Claude Hamilton, a noted Lowell cyclist, injuring him above the knee but no serious harm was feared. John Watson, formerly of Dracut, returns from England and Plymouth in good health. Fruit-tree thefts by boys trouble farmers, while cows are milked into a large pail by three youngsters near a resident’s pasture. Navy Yard special officers lack a regular officer, and authorities promise action. Thomas Sherlock of the Lowell & Suburban street railroad has gone to the White Mountains for a few weeks.
A North Chelmsford Sunday school rally at Second Congregational church ran about two hours with welcome, prayer, songs, a pastor’s address to children, and closing benediction. Local items note hotel repairs by Joseph D. Ryan, Miss Bessie Moore’s European trip, St John’s T A society plans a town hall entertainment, George H. Foren’s move to New York, Edwin Davis’s England trip, a petition against fishing in Leache’s pond, and various community updates including ill health and memories of a Centre Harbor trip.
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