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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1902
Page
5
A persuasive promotion extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a modern ideal cure for catarrh, arguing internal delivery via tablets beats inhalers and sprays. A Pittsburg lawyer testifies the remedy cleared years of head and throat catarrh, with 50 cent packages sold by druggists and no harmful ingredients.
Pelham gains links to four cities as streetcar lines redefine the town. A historical sketch details Pelham’s birth from John Butler and early families, growth through education, churches, and civic life, and current development with new library and town buildings.
Miss Margaret T. Fox, aged 92, celebrated at her home on Sladen Street. She is the oldest resident in Dracut, active with housework, quilting, poultry care, and a few outings to Lowell. Born October 24, 1810, she recalls a family of eight and early farm life before moving through Tyngsboro and Dracut.
Patrick H. Wholly visits James B. McQuaid as 19 new voters added to the registration list. Scribner and McManomin foresee GOP strength, Sparks favored in congressional contest, with Ames and Sparks heating up politics. Morning Citizen carrier and Daily Courier editions will be sold at local stores.
Jesse Carleton plans to return today to West Concord Vermont after months with sister Mrs Z P Foster. Deacon Enoch Foster returns from wedding tour. Dr Rollins reports patient Louis Farmer improving. Tewksbury Grange 207 held meeting and conferred fourth degree on a candidate. Highway steam roller at work on macadam road between Wamesit station and state highway end. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as remedy for indigestion.
The Florodora company returned for a second local run with an updated cast led by Charles DeLand and Madeline L. Mattox. Notable turns included Leandro by George B. Jackson and Angela Gilfain by Eugenie Flagg. The chorus dazzled, with six standout chorus girls and several numbers drawing encores. Florodora plays again today for matinee and night shows before Sullivan Harris and Woods present The Fatal Wedding at the Opera House Monday and Tuesday.
The Sons of Ham drew large audiences at the Academy of Music in Lowell for both afternoon and evening performances yesterday. A matinee marks the end of their run with a final show tonight, as burlesque and vaudeville continue to attract favor. The next act, High Rollers Extravaganza, is billed for next Thursday at the same venue with a Paris trip opening number by A. H. Woodhull and music by Max Ardell, featuring high-class olio specialties.
Manager Haynes plans a Monday matinee and a fresh vaudeville bill likely to please Casto patrons. The set features May Duryea and John L. Kearney in The Impostor with witty dialogue, The Three Murray Brothers, Cunningham and Smith in In Paradise, and top acts Howley and Leslie Colline Cole Will Thompson Davis. Seats already scarce, phone 815-3. box office 9 am to 10 pm.
J C Mount of Three Mile Bay New York drove a ten penny nail through the fleshy part of his hand. He applied Chamberlain s Pain Balm and after using it at intervals the pain subsided and the wounds healed quickly. Available at all druggists.
A discussion of marital duties in American life argues that men bear hard work and responsibilities while women gain rights and privileges. Tradition shapes male independence in external life and female independence in social and domestic interests, reflecting a creed about gender roles.
A good house and barn and 5 acres of land on Chelmeford street offered at $1400 per month. A cottage in Centralville suitable for a small family at $6 per month. Corner store with meat refrigeration in a great location listed by T. Elliott at 64 Central Street.
A brief item notes a new cook and a lighted fire attempt by a neighbor in Philadelphia. The exchange suggests cautious optimism about the cook’s abilities after a failed lighting with a "bengine" yesterday.
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