Fowell's 3 Suburbs Annual WCTU Meeting
The annual meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held at Centre church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
10
The annual meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held at Centre church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
Tewksbury Fairgrieve & Co place a gas lamp before their store and a Monday town meeting is expected to vote on whether the village should be lit by gas or electricity. Grange committee meets at Mrs. Joel F. Phelps home to plan next Friday’s gathering.
The Central Baptist church building now has gas piping with likely first use planned for next Sunday. A daughter was recently added to the family of Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Ellis.
The Father Mathew T A society held its first social of the season last evening at Thomas Talbot Memorial hall with about 50 couples dancing from 8 to midnight. Music by Kittredge’s orchestra of Lowell. Organizers include James J. Campbell as general manager and a long list of assistants and reception committee members. Blinds are being added to Talbot company tenement houses on Elm and Lowell streets. A new drinking fountain near Talbot avenue on Elm street, donated by Mrs Isabella W. Talbot, has been placed and painted. Mrs H B Ellis returns from a five weeks New York state vacation. A state game warden released pheasants at Billerica Centre.
STOW reports include Smith and family visiting Salisbury beach, Fannie Wetherbee spraining her toe on a wagon ride, and many from Stow at the Old Folks concert in Gleasondale. Mrs Murfee remains feeble while visiting Wilder Farm with her daughter.
Bedford reports Rev. Mr. Mc Allister will address The Masses and the Classes next Sabbath at Co E meeting. Webber and four delegates plan Woburn conference in Lexington October 27 with Hancock church. Four delegates named: Carrie P Webber Alden B Webber Mrs L B Smith. Fourth grade pupils moved to town hall for all day instruction. notice of Lowell Journal offer for 15 months of reading at $1.50 with New York Tribune Farmer at 25 cents extra.
Rubbish cleared from the burned Concord district at the junction as owners decide material for new buildings. Mon ument street teams macadam the road, improving a busy North bridge to town route. Middlesex school sends four barges to Centre churches weekly for scholars attending town societies. Miss Ethel Garfield books at Middlesex school. Representative convention held in lower town hall, Harvey Wheeler nominated by acclamation for General Court. Whiting's milk car removed from Boston and Maine line.
In Carlisle this Sunday evening the monthly musical vesper service at the Unitarian church is replaced by a general worship service featuring Rev. Frederic Gill of Arlington delivering the sermon. Nearby, Mrs. George B. Thompson and her daughters Beatrice and Helen of Plymouth visit Mrs. W. E. Lane this week. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Davis and six others attended the Middlesex Northwest Temperance union meeting in Groton, with Davis offering conveyance for those interested. Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Armes attend American Board meetings in Manchester, New Hampshire, this week. Sydney Davis harvested a half bushel of potatoes from a crop weighing just over a pound each, including 100 large and 60 smaller tubers. Neighbor Mr. Walker's tomato plants reach six feet, tied to stakes with spreading top branches. Christian Endeavor prayer meeting Friday evening October 16, led by Mrs. Minnie H. Duren, topic What Moses Teaches Us.
In Groton A B Farwell will move with family to Leominster where he runs a music class and will serve as organist for two more Sundays then continue lessons locally. Benjamin P Williams moves to the Baptist parsonage as repairs finish. Miss Ellen King of New York donated 250 for native butterflies for the library and grounds around the Unitarian church. Groton grange joins Tyngsboro grange for an evening, while Miss Friend expands Groton school to a private program with German and French.
A West Acton party including Pastor and Mrs. Mead Dea E H Hall and Dea George Burroughs attended the Wachusett Baptist association in West Fitchburg last Tuesday. On Mr Mead’s 80th birthday the Mead home hosted a lavish reception with relatives from Fitchburg Watertown and beyond. A harvest supper featured a grand baby show a ladies quartet and music by J H Thayer and Anna Thayer. Augustine Withington delivered goods to the Bolton fair from West and South Acton.
One of the town’ s most fashionable weddings took place at noon on Wednesday as Miss May Catherine Parker wed William Henry Latham of New Britain Connecticut. Rev George Easterbrook officiated at the Parker home with Emma J Hart as bridesmaid Edwin M Parker as best man. Florence Parker of New Britain was ring bearer. Ushers included J Clesson, Brooks Parker, Fred and George Latham. A reception and wedding supper followed and the couple will reside in New Britain after an extended trip.
The town glad hands a busy slate of civic activities and social gatherings. Mrs Annie E Fillebrown leads the Woman's club opening with nine new members. Miss Marion Brazier discusses the post office and rural delivery. entertaining acts by Shepard's company aid the Ayer fire department. Several houses change hands, dances start, and the gymnasium opens. Local clubs prepare fairs and lectures, while notable deaths and wills shape community affairs.
A 1903 sermon outlines David's sins and God's mercy, stressing that all Scripture is Spirit inspired and necessary for profit. It notes human sinfulness, the need for confession, cleansing, and restoration, and the role of Christ's atonement from Genesis to Calvary, urging inner truthfulness and open lips in praise.
Rev 8 H Doyle outlines Moses life in three stages from Egypt to Midian to Canaan as a guide for education faithfulness and Christ’s type. Emphasizes education preparation and obedience, Jesus’ superiority, and faithfulness with the Mount of Transfiguration as centerpiece. Bible readings listed from Exodus Joshua and Matthew.
A historic Maryland song echoes devotion to Christ and state pride as the Endeavor movement highlights evangelistic goals. The report from the Denver convention cites 175,000 new church members last year and urges practical expansion strategies over mere growth aims.
Several states are now employing field secretaries who largely title Working inaccessible parts of the state. New York state has a superintendent of all work in the person of Rev Foster Wilcox of Syracuse. Aggressive work was done along this line the past season.
A property offering 70 acres with water, house, barn, wind mill, two ponds, and potential summer home is offered for 2800 dollars for the land and buildings. The adjacent boarding and lodging house of 36 rooms with regular boarders is advertised at 850 dollars. Located at 64 Central street, contact T. H. Ell’s, 908-2.
A new lot of fountain pens has arrived at the Citizen office and is available there or at other coupon agencies for sixty nine cents and sixteen coupons. The offer remains open for a short time longer.
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