Real Estate Growth in Lowell Massachusetts Pushes Mill Plans
W H Wiggin was the lowest bidder for the Bigelow Carpet mill addition in Lowell. Boston interests seek space in local mills as plans for a new large Appleton mill near 150000 dollars move forward. Massachusetts firms push for big plant expansions with Boston architects drafting new mill and storehouse buildings.
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Lowell
Appleton Company
Cumnock
Appleton
Massachusetts
Boston
Bigelow Carpet Company
W. H. Wiggin
Real Estate and Building Notes in Chelmsford Street Block
Bids close Monday for a nine tenement block to rise on Chelmsford Street under J A Brien with Har ry P Graves as architect. A Polish Catholic church in High Street faces no start this year. A J Ryan sold 130000 ft in Seventh Avenue to W A Mack and 30000 ft in time section to Nathaniel Peabody for 1200. John F Murphy plans a four story brick block at Second and Bridge with street stores and upper suites. tenants told to vacate. New England Brick Co offices at Builders' Exchange use 70000 cords of wood yearly. manager says prices likely rise next year due to strike. F D Russell to build a modern house at Laurel Street corner.
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Chelmsford Street
J. A. Brien
Harry P. Graves
High Street
A. J. Ryan
Seventh Avenue
W. A. Mack
Nathaniel Peabody
John F. Murphy
Second and Bridge Streets
New England Brick Company
Builders’ Exchange
F. D. Russell
Laurel Street
Real estate sales update on Wentworth and Tilden streets
George L. Hubbard offers bargains in rent properties and cottages on Central street. A five tenement block on Tilden street, owned by C. W. Johnson, sold to John Higgins for $6009 through Charles M. Potter’s office.
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Wentworth Avenue
George L. Hubbard
Barristers’ Hall
Tilden Street
C. W. Johson
John Higgins
Charles M. Potter
Land transfers recorded across multiple towns in Massachusetts
A series of land deals listed across Lowell Dracut Tewksbury Tyngsborough Chelmsford and Billerica. Grantees include Geo E Shepard Lizzie Cullen Kate Bailey and Kate Jeff cock among others with parcels on Corey Essex Gibson Ford Tilden and Mammoth roads streets such as Evergreen Maple Lowell and Bell avenues. Consideration is noted as 1 dollar in each case.
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Jacques Boisvert
Lizzie H. Cullen
Essex Street
Mary E. Welch
Frank Lacourt
Ford Street
Charles W. Johnson
John J. Higgins
Tilden Street
Emery F. Blodgett
Kate Bailey
Emery Street
William G. Bass
Elizabeth G. Bass
Alice M. Hasey
Bell Avenue
Dracut
Edwyn W. Lovejoy
John T. Green
Elsmere
Simon Tehshraney
Roger Shantirey
Kalil M. Salibaetux
Pelham
James J. McManmon
Kate Jeffcock
Haverhill Street
Albert G. Flower
Oscar F. Prentiss
Gayton M. Hall
George B. Brown
Edward Prevost
Mammoth Road
Tewksbury
Theophile Janpier
Marie Louise Chartier
Reverend Fisher to Preach in Dunstable Town Hall
Rev C B Fisher of Lowell will preach in the town hall Sunday September 7 at 2 30 p m. Sunday school will meet and hold services at 1 o clock p m in Dunstable Middlesex County.
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C. B. Fisher
Lowell
New voters added at North Chelmsford meeting
At a town hall session the board of registrars added three names to the voting list. Present were John F. McManamin as chairman, clerk George A. Parkhurst, and George Ripley with Dan iel Healy. In North Chelmsford the Success Worsted company halted its thirty two looms for over a week to switch from heavy to light weight goods.
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Board of Registrars
John F. McManamin
George A. Parkhurst
George Ripley
Daniel Healy
Funeral services for Mrs B J Spaulding at South Chelmsford
In South Chelmsford the village church hosted Thursday afternoon services for Mrs. B J Spaulding, with Rev. C W Williams and Rev. T G Lyons officiating. Three songs were performed by Harry Stocks and D A Floyd of Lowell as relatives and friends gathered to pay tribute to the long-time First Baptist member. Flowers were numerous and beautiful. L
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B. J. Spaulding
Co. W. Williams
T. G. Lyons
Harry Stocks
D. A. Floyd
Lowell
First Baptist Church
Wreck at Pond and Main as electric car hits wagon
A Lowell-bound electric car struck a two-horse wagon driven by Abner Goodwin at the Pond and Main streets corner yesterday afternoon, throwing Goodwin to the ground and badly bruising him. The wagon fractured into two parts, and the incident raises concern over cross-street safety as trains pass at high speed. Miss Ella Stuart of Portland is visiting Mrs. Alonzo Marshall on Main street, and work began on extending the state highway yesterday.
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Pond and
Main Streets
Abner Goodwin
Goodwin
Street
Ella Stuart
Portland
Alonzo Marshall
Main Street
Chap man Family reunion marks 24th annual gathering
Pepperell notes report the 24th Chapman Family Association reunion at Grangehall on the 29th with about 50 descendants of three Chapman brothers. Activities include greetings, a bountiful noon dinner, speeches, recitations, music, and election of officers W H C Lawrence Ashby president William A Chapman Pepperell vice president Mrs Marshall Swallow Groton secretary Miss Ethel M Wells treasurer. Four members died in the past year: Mrs T R Shattuck Pepperell Mrs Elizabeth Chapman Mace Dorchester Mrs Edward Chapman West Townsend Elijah A Butterfield Pepperell. Butterfield died on the 28th.
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Chapman Family Association
Grangehall
Chapman Brothers
England
Edward L. Tarbell
W. H. C. Lawrence
Ashby
Wm. A. Chapman
Pepperell
Marshall Swallow
Groton
Ethel M. Wells
T. R. Shattuck
Elizabeth (Chapman) Mace
Dorchester
Edward Chapman
West Townsend
Elijah A. Butterfield
Butterfield
Bedford church notes and town updates
Pastor McAllister to return home this week and resume duties next Sabbath. C E class topic for Sept 7 is Ready for His Coming led by Miss Carrie P Webber. Mrs Edwin H Blake very ill and unrecognized by family Wednesday afternoon. Deacon and Mrs M E Rowe enjoyed Old Home Week trip to Candia New Hampshire. Dr Hamblen continues exterior house painting improving appearance. Concord High opened Sept 2 with Bedford attendees. Eight new Bedford high school pupils added eight to last year total remain up by four overall.
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McAllister
C. E
Carrie P. Webber
Edwin H. Blake
Ane
Deacon
M. E. Rowe
Candia
N. H
Rowe
Hamblen
Concord High School
Bedford
Concord
Billerica
Union School Set to Open Next Monday
Four students completed high school last year and Union school will open on Monday September 8. The same teachers return for various rooms and the outlook is strong for full classes.
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Union School
Wakefield Reopens Schools For Fall Term With High Attendance
The Wakefield public schools reopen for the fall term and report large attendance gains in most buildings. The Franklin School will begin with a one week delay due to ground grading and blasting. The eight room structure costs 35000 dollars with T Frank Shea of Bath Maine named principal and a list of new teachers across several schools.
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Junction
New Franklin
T. Frank Shea
Bath
R. B. Monroe
North Reading
M. Lula Whitney
Katherine L. Kelley
Hannah J. Ardill
Greenwood
Grace E. Nelson
Helen Eldridge
Sarah L. Staples
West Auburn
E. P. Bailey
Hinsdale
N. H
Sarah L. Benson
Ware
Elizabeth F. Ingram
I. E. Dwyer
M. Alice Ryan
Jessie Dyer
Helen B. Stevens
Lincoln
Jessie E. West
Maude L. Arnold
Hamilton
Louise M. Wilk
Woodville
Alice Ricker
Mildred M. Moses
Montrose
Mabel A. Kernan
Westward
Sarah M. Aldrich
Acton Centre Church Notices and Middlesex Union Event
Rev Hoyt of Lowell supplied our church last Sunday to general satisfaction. Rev F P Wood preached in Littleton Congregational church. Middlesex C E Union meetings here Monday were well attended with a program on The Future of Christian Endeavor and Good Citizenship. Includes notices of speakers, reports, and social hour. Also mentions Miss Susie Wood and Miss Sadie Wood and a cereus exhibition at Mrs Carleton Taylor's home.
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Harry S. Marshall
Newton Theological Seminary
John F. Cowan
United Society Christian Endeavor
Edgar WH. Hall
West Acton
Susie Wood
Concord Junction
Junior Christian Endeavor
William Washburn Sleeper
Mrs. Cloud
Pittsfield
Carleton Taylor
May R. Potter
Howard B. Souther
Groton
J. Brainard Thrall
Pepperell
Nutting Bros
Souther
George W. Kinney
Providence
R. I
Baptist Church
Ready for His Coming Topic Reveals February Readiness
A Sunday School lesson from 1902 prints commentary on Deuteronomy and prophecies of a coming prophet, linking Moses to Christ. It stresses God’s guidance, obedience, and reliance on divine speech, then shifts to a weekly topic urging perpetual readiness for Christ’s second coming with parables of the virgins and described eschatological verses.
Groton town notes report concert ends in tragedy
Groton residents marked the dedication of a new $1000 town hall floor with a concert and dance. Midfest, Clarence Spaulding of Dunstable collapsed from Bright's disease. doctors say he remains in critical condition. The town also notes a marriage, local sermons, visitors, and a long profile of Col. Richardson, a Winchester settler and public servant with Civil War service and extensive genealogical work.
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Clarence Spaulding
Dunstable
Mr. Spauldine
Maplewood House
Dr. Warren
Bright
Warren
Winchester veteran Col Nathaniel A Richardson Birthday
Col Nathaniel A Richardson observed his 82d birthday at his Washington street home Winchester on the 29th. A committee including Postmaster J Winslow Richardson and Arthur E Whitney presented him with a purse raised by local citizens. Born August 29, 1820, on the same spot, his story traces back to his father Jesse Richardson and mother Lora Stevens.
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Col
Nathaniel A. Richardson
Washington Street
Winchester
J. Winslow Richardson
Arthur E. Whitney
Col. Richardson
Mr. Richardson
Jesse Richardson
Lora Stevens
John H. Stevens
Stoneham
Haverhill
Darius
New York Four Hundred Attacked as Unclean Socialites
Louisville editorial rebukes New York Society of the Four Hundred calling them unclean birds. It condemns their virtue as a feminine accomplishment and accuses them of debauched travels and decadent culture from London to Monte Carlo, insisting virtuous citizens are relegated to middle class.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
New York
London
Paris
Monte Carlo
Trouville
Aix
D’annunzio
Bourget
Mecca
Sherry
Lowell woman asks about durable floor paint
A Lowell woman inquires if a floor paint lasts two weeks. The response cites Devoe's paint as durable with a glossy finish and two years wear when properly applied. Adams Hardware and Paint Co.
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Devoe
Adams Hardware and Paint Ca
My Family Doctor Cream Balm Ad 1901
A Blue Island 1901 letter extols Ely Brothers Cream Balm as a family remedy for colds in the head, used freely on children for nine years. It invites trial sizes for 10 cents and full size 50 cents, supplied by druggists or mailed from New York.
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Blue Island
Ely Bros
J. Kimball
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Secretary Baer's Resignation From Christian Endeavor
John Willis Baer to resign as secretary of the Christian Endeavor board. He will become assistant secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions starting Oct. 1. He cites belief in Endeavor's principles and a desire to devote himself to home missions and evangelism in a broader field.
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Baer
Christian Endeavor
John Willis Baer
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Christ
America
One Way of Treating a Rogue
A Sunday School Times reflection on trust and its impact. The piece argues that believing in a person and entrusting them with responsibility can elevate behavior, while labeling someone a rogue can affirm negative traits. It stresses that our judgments shape others, encouraging a better conduct through faith and opportunity.
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Sunday School Times
Fellowship with God as end and source of blessing
A concise reflection by Rev. A. T. Pierson arguing that fellowship with God should not be pursued merely as a means but as the ultimate end. When fellowship is cultivated for its own sake, the believer becomes a fountain of blessing to the church and world.
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Israel
Ezek
Abram
Moses
Jeremiah
John
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
A. T. Pierson
D. D
Trusting God Through a Glass Pane of Purpose
A reflection on providence and faith urging daily living. It notes that while one pane offers clarity, ten panes reveal limits to human sight and understanding of divine plans. The message emphasizes patience, trust, and moving forward one day at a time without full comprehension of God’s purposes.
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Bigelow Carpet Co
Board of Trade
W. T
Bartlett
Merrimack Street
Harvard Ale
T. H Boyle & Co- Proprietor
Wy. T. Gfiffin
Appleton Street
Meadowcroft Street
Olive Bertrand
Geo. E. Shepard
Corey Street
Clarence G. Coburn Et al
Severin N. Paquette
Lexington Avenue
Carrie S. Sawyer
Geo. H. Runels
Gibson Street
Geo. F. Colson
Talbot Mills
Lowell Street
Florian D. Record
Patrick J. Sexton
Maple Street
Middlesex County
North Chelmsford
South Chelmsford
Wakefield
Acton Centre
Eetiu
D. M. Stearns
American Press Association
God of the Babel Builders
Mesopotamia
H. Doyle
Luke Christ
Ilim
Jesus
John ix
A. G
Pollard & CO
Eoe
Tee
Palmer Street
A. G Pollard
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Sts
Bunker Hill
Samuel Richardson
Woburn
Woburn Academy
George S. Boutwell
Boutwell
South Woburn
Polk
Lexington
Gen
Butler
Army of the Potomac
Red River Territory
Louisiana
Middlesex Fells
Hannah
David
Alice Hall
Barrington
Viola Alice
George W. Richardson
William Henry Harrison
John Quincy Adams
Roosevelt
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