Universalist Church Marks 75th Anniversary In City
Rev. C E Fisher reviews the church history as First Universalist society observes its 75th anniversary with services, a diamond jubilee program, and a banquet. The church on Hurd Street was built in 1874 after organizing in 1827, with a list of pastors through the years and reflections on the early formation amid community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist
W. H. Rider
D. D
Gloucester
Universalist Society
Hurd Street
Eliphalet Case
Calvin Gardner
T. B. Thayer
E. G. Brooks
Uriah Clark
J. J. Twiss
G. T. Flanders
G. W. Bicknell
F. O. Hall
C. E. Fisher
Quartette
J. L. Sherburne
QO. A. Gelino
E. H. Barker
J. F. Spellman
Helen Cyler
Fisher
Universalist Church
Baptist Church
Lowell
Kirk Boott
Episcopal Church
Church and Society
Flanders
Peabody
Hosea Ballou
Father Edson
First Congregational Church
Thayer
Philadelphia
Thomas Starr King
Starr King
Unitarian Church
Sermon Denounces Atheism At First Baptist Church
Rev. S. T. Ford delivered a wide ranging sermon criticizing agnostics and unbelievers, asserting belief in God is evidenced by nature and history. He argued Christianity built universities and influenced law, contrasting it with other faiths and condemning infidelity and priestly vice.
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First Baptist Church
T. Ford
Ford
God
Earth
Noman
Without God Life Teaches Preparation for Afterlife
The speaker urges belief in God and an afterlife as essential, arguing that without religion a person wastes life’s limited time and undermines the standard of perfection. Christianity is described as a restraining power guiding behavior toward future life.
The True Desire Sermon at St Pauls Church
Rev A D Gilbert preached at St Pauls M E church about the desire for a better country drawn from Hebrews. He described pure and impure desires and urged preparing for the life to come by making Jesus Christ the central object of life.
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A. D. Gilbert
St. Paul’s M. E
New England
Jesus Christ
Immaculate Conception Observes 22d Anniversary Relics
At the Immaculate Conception church the 22d anniversary of the translation of St Verecunda relics was observed with high mass led by Very Rev Joseph Lefebvre. Rev Lawrence Gschwind and Rev Lawrence Tighe served as deacon and subdeacon. Fr A D Malley of the Boston Working Boys Home spoke on charity and the home’s work aiding 250 waifs, and urged subscriptions to The Working Boy. An evening vesper and a relic procession followed with Fr Walsh speaking on relic veneration.
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Boston
Working Boys’ Home
Working Boy
Fr. Malley
Jesus
Newton
Pillsbury
Kalliwoda
Fr. Fox
O. M.I
Fr. Mangin
Tewksbury
Eugene A. Dorgan
James A. Walsh
St. Patrick’s Church
Fr. Walsh
Mary
St. Verecunda
Gookin
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dies at Ninety Four
Elizabeth Cady Stanton renowned suffragist dies at her New York home aged ninety four after a long life as a tireless advocate for women’s rights. Conscious to the end, funeral set for Wednesday with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. survivors include several children and relatives.
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New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
West Ninety-fourth Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Politics Day by Day in Lowell Campaign Notes
The piece surveys state and congressional races in Lowell, noting demographic and church influence for Gaston and Bates, campaign money flows, and a wary mood. It cites the New York Herald poll on House control, identifies Lawrence as a battleground, and discusses local candidate dynamics and factional fights shaping the race.
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Lowell
Gaston
Bates
Senator Sparks
Sparks
Republican State Committee
New York
New York Herald
House of Representatives
Herald
Butler Ames
Butler
Deaths of Charles B Stevens and James Duffy
Charles B Stevens of 53 Jenness street died at a Boston hospital after a several month illness and two weeks as a patient. He was 56, born in New York, longtime Lowell resident, formerly in the stable business and lately with Merrimack Manufacturing. He leaves two sons C L and Frank O Stevens, two daughters Mattie Stevens and Mrs C T Rowland, and a widow. James Duffy, 44, died last night at 3 Corbett's Place off William Street.
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Charles B. Stevens
Jenness Street
Boston
Mr. Stevens
Lowell
New York State
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
C. L
Funeral Notices From Local Families
Funeral services were held for John Kelley at his parents’ home on Fulton Street with burial at St. Patrick’s Cemetery under Undertaker Molloy. Robert Winn’s burial followed a Mass at Sacred Heart with bearers named and Undertaker Rogers. George E. Peirce’s remains were interred at Edson Cemetery with Masons and other orders represented. extensive floral tributes were sent. The notices convey family sorrow and public sympathy for each honoree.
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John Kelley
Fulton Street
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Molloy
Robert Winn
Zy South Whipple Street
Ebel
Fr. Reynolds
William Beteit
Twitter O’callahan
John Fahey
William O'Loughlin
Rogers
George E. Peirce
Batman Road
C. E. Fisher
Jenkins
Floyd
Horace S. Page
Pentucket Lodge of Masons
Lowell Lodge
United Workmen
Lowell Council
Royal Arcanum
Edson Cemetery
Horace Ela
Obituaries and birth notices from local listings
St Lawrence infant Joseph aged 3 months dies at home 13 Westford street in Brockton William Brown 74 years died at residence Oct 23 Hayden Margaret died Oct 25 at 23 Pleasant street Brockton Frederick A Morey 56 years 8 months 23 days died Oct in Billerica Centre Rose McCusker 39 Summer Street city hospital Oct 25
Devoe Paint Advertises Heavy Bodied Gloss Coating
A newspaper ad touts No Gloss Carriage Paint Made to wear long, claiming Devoe products weigh 8 to 8.5 ounces more per pint than competitors. Sold by The Adams Hardware & Paint Co.
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Devoe
Adams Hardware & Paint Co
Hair Switches and Front Pieces Sale at Rhodes Store
Short and long human hair switches offered at 69 cents and 1.00 for 22 inch gray varieties. Goods are made in the Rhodes store under Mr. Rhodes supervision. Each item emphasizes ready-made hair pieces and self made production.
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Rhodes
Deaths in City Hospital Batch List
A historic ledger lists names and ages across conditions from septicaemia to tuberculosis, including A Kittredge 33 septicaemia and Hattie McKeown 31 phthisis, with others such as Etta Sullivan 3 meningitis and Lucretia Meserve 95 old age. City Clerk Girard P Dadman signs the record.
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Ee A. Kittredge
Hattie McKeown
Etta Sullivan
Alice Williams
Lucretia C. Meserve
Betsey G. Morton
Mary Harrington
Alonzo Blake
Catherine O'Neil
Joseph Kelley
Eugene Coutu
Prem
Kate MecLone
Katie Soule
Bell Morasse
Margaret Draddy
Joseph F. Biron
Arthur B. Gormley
John M. Joyce
Marasmus
Obadiah R. Foster
la Grippe
Charles J. McCoy
John Hennessy
Robert Winn
Elizabeth J. Coppleman
Adelard Fontaine
Catherine Mulligan
Edmond Cote
Joseph Partham
George E. Pierce
Farewell Banquet for Middlesex Superintendent Bagley
Former Middlesex superintendent William H. Bagley bids farewell at a Rockingham hotel banquet attended by overseers and invited guests. He departs after 19 years, moving to the Cocheco Woolen company of East Rochester New Hampshire, expressing regret at leaving and gratitude for a competent, loyal staff including his two sons and many foremen and officials.
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Middlesex Mills
William H. Bagley
Rockingham Hotel
Bagley
Middlesex Company
Cocheco Woolen Company
East Rochester
N. H
Mr. Bagley
William and
Harold
Dr. Jones
Hermon Smith
Robbins
Messrs
Smithson
Daily
Jackson
Platin
Durant
Gilman
Butterworth
Pascal Juiin
Fairgrieves
Clockston
Comstock
Harris
McQuade
Pendergast
Douglas
Fox
Burns
Mortality of Lowell Week Ending October 25 1902
The Lowell mortality report shows a population of 99 574 with 33 total deaths including 12 under five and 4 due to acute lung diseases. The death rate for the week ending Oct 25 1902 was 17 238 per 100000, compared with 18 61 and 12 53 for the prior two weeks. Infectious diseases listed include scarlet fever 1 diphtheria 16 measles 1. Board of Health.
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Board OF Health
Mills Debts and Fire Strike McInnis Textile Newsette
The Moorhead Mississippi cotton mills owe Kitson and Whitin machine companies totaling about 238000 secured by machinery claims. The mill, built about a year and a half ago, suspended operations after stockholders failed to fund capital, and is in receivership under the International Trust Company. Repairs and new machinery valued near 45000 are ordered for Stonewall mills, with tank construction and improved fire protection planned. Numerous workers displaced by a fire have found work in other mills while repairs proceed.
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Moorehead
Miss
Kitson Machine Company
Lowell
Whitin Machine Works
Kitson Company
Cotton Manufacturers’ Journal
Moorhead (Miss
International Trust Company of Maryland
International Trust Company
Chester H. Pond
J. B. Baird
W. D. Robertshaw
M. E. Leary
Ihesh
Lowell Machine Shops
Atlantic Sheetings Remnants for Basement Dept
A. G. Pollard & Co offers basement remnants of Atlantic bleached sheeting in 8-4, 9-4, and 10-4 widths at 18, 19, and 20 cents per yard with regular prices higher. Also navight Anchor and Dwight unbleached remnants in similar sizes at 17 and 18 cents per yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Dwight
A. G. Pollard & CO
Rentals on Chelmsford Street and Centralville Cottage
To rent a well kept house with barn and five acres on Chelmsford street suitable for poultry at ten dollars monthly. A cottage in Centralville near mills ideal for a small family at six dollars monthly. A corner store with meat and groceries use and a meat refrigerator at fifteen dollars monthly. T S Elliott 64 Central Street.
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Chelmsford Street
Centralville
T. S. Elliott
Central Street
Deaths for Week Ending October 25 1902
Report of deaths for week ending Oct 25 1902 lists Julia Egan 37 nephritis Kateryna Maranteh 28 pneumonia Graziella Blain 22 phthisis Isabella McDonald 87 nephritis David L Hill 74 cer softening Mary J Leonard 62 suffocation by vas
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Julia Egan
Kateryna Maranteh
Graziella Blain
Isabella McDonald
David L. Hill
Mary J. Leonard
Vas
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First Universalist Church
C. EF. Fisher
Rev. S. T. Ford
St. Paul’s Church
Immaculate Conception
Kennedy's
Ao Packa
Choice
Santa Clara Prunes
DeLorey
Joe’ Flynn
Lawrence
Bruce
Democratic
J. T. Sparks
Lawrence American
Elgin
Vermont
Formosa
Oolong
Ginter Grocery CO
Merrimack ST
Rhodes’ New Hair Store
Jonal Street
Telepho
3Irard
Dadman
The
Telephone 580
Vuau
North
Malta
Juron
Uncle Jerry
Ginter’s
Regina
Southern Mill
Lowell Machine Shop
Mill News
Lowell Gas Light CO
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