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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1902
Page
10
Auto race at Middlesex North fair crowns Bascom winner
The Middlesex North fair car race saw E C Bascom take first place, J E Lyle finish second, G H Wood third, and I E Wotton fourth. The five mile event completed in 11.20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
American House
Blatz Beer
Miss Hard
Lowell Gas Light Co
C. W. Eaton
Central Block
Grover’s
Boston & Northern Railroad
Merrimack Square
the Rabbit Co
Opticians
Dutton St
Local visitors honor Rev Dilts on 15th anniversary
Mr and Mrs Clarence H Holland returned from a week in New York. Mr Frank M Tupper of Loring Tolman and Tupper Boston and Mr C Sturgis editor of the Herald and wives were entertained at Mrs C B Shedds East Chelmsford home over Sunday. Rev Asa Reed Dilts pastor Branch Street Baptist Tabernacle and Mrs Dilts were visited last night at the parsonage 23 South Lpring Street by about 100 parish members who left cut glass and kind expressions the occasion marking the 15th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Holland
New York
Frank M. Tupper
Loring, Tolman and Tupper
Boston
C . Sturgis
The
Herald
C. B. Shedd
East Chelmsford
Asa Reed Dilts
Branch Street Baptist Tabernacle
Truth the Key to Women’s Reason, Says Helen Oldfield
Helen Oldfield argues in the Chicago Tribune that women’s unreason stems from men not telling the truth about finances and work prospects. She cites a widow who faced charity with courage once she learned her husband’s ruin, and condemns the ease with which men mislead women about faults and opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eusiness
Helen Oldfield
Chicago Tribune
Street Railway Changes For Lowell Nashua Line
Beginning September 24 1902 the winter schedule on the Lowell Nashua line goes into effect. Cars depart Lowell hourly from 6 45 a m to 9 45 p m and at 10 15 p m. Nashua departures start at 6 30 a m and run hourly to 10 30 p m. Saturday afternoon and evening and all day Sunday service is every 30 minutes as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Nashua
Working Belgian Women Share Wages Across Small Ranges
In Belgium, 30,000 working women earn under 30 cents daily, 9,000 make more than 50 cents, and 395 exceed 80 cents per day, illustrating wide wage disparity among female laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
A Cat's Intelligence and Postum Coffee Endorsement
Maywood resident Mrs. Alice Gould recounts choosing Postum Food Coffee over coffee after coffee drinking harmed her health. She reports weight gain and improved well being over six months, noting the entire family including their cat now favors Postum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Gould
Maywood
Giespions
Reverend Poor to resign from Pawtucketville church
Rumor says Rev W G Poor will resign as pastor of the Pawtucketville Congregational church by January 1, 1903 and likely enter life insurance. He may not return to pulpit in Lowell, with Bristol County agency in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Pawtucketville
Mr. Poor
Pawtucket
Bristol County
Protest Against the Coal Trust Meets in Huntington Hall
The Trades and Labor council organized a committee to plan a grand open meeting in Huntington hall Friday evening to protest the coal trust and discuss current coal conditions and actions. Acting Mayor Badger is expected to preside with speakers Edward D. McVey James F. Carey D. J. Donahue and Frank K. Foster among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Council
Huntington Hall
Coal Trust
Badger
Edward D. McVey
James F. Carey
Haverhill
Alderman Carmichael
D. J. Donahue
Frank K. Foster
Boston
Ceylon and India Tea Sold In Sealed Lead Packets
Premium quality tea offered in sealed lead packets at 50 60 and 70 cents per pound. Black mixed or green varieties. Wholesale agency listed as 206 State St Boston with sales through grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
India
Wholesale Agency
State St
Boston
Higgins Davis Wedding in City Home
Miss Vesta Viola Davis married Lieut Orrin Cheney Higgins of Chicago in a ceremony at 26 Tyler street attended by about 35 guests. Rev Smith T Ford officiated, with little Sadie Mansell playing the wedding march and a light reception following. The couple will go to Boston then Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where Higgins is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Viola Davis
Orrin Cheney Higgins
Chicago
Tyler Street
Smith T. Ford
Sadie Mansell
Pat
Boston
Fort Sheridan
Higgins
Marriage of David A. Mutch and Hannah Perkins at Wesley Church
Mr. David A. Mutch and Miss Hannah Perkins wed at 7 p.m. in the home of Thomas Perkins on Butterfield Street with Rev A B Riggs officiating. The bride, attended by sister Bertha Perkins, was given away by Mr. Perkins. best man John L. McLean. Guests from Dorchester and Boston. The reception featured music by Huxley, Perkins, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Mutch
Hannah Perkins
A. B. Riggs
Wesley Church
Thomas Perkins
Butterfield Street
Perkins
Bertha Perkins
John L. McLean
Moses Taylor
Stella Morrill
L. E. Barry
J. R. Smith
Amos Parker
Dorchester
Della Griffin
Boston
Special meeting on military affairs after Dracut fire
Alderman Barton calls a special committee on military affairs meeting this afternoon. The likely visit to the Dracut range follows a recent fire that damaged a city building, costing thousands and insured only for $1000. City must appropriate funds for a new building. Ordinance and legislation panel failed to form a quorum last night, with four or five ordinances planned for discussion. The committee will reconvene Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Barton
Committee On Military Affairs
Dracut Range
City Hall
Brown
Fraternal Lodge Sessions and Social Plans
The Fraternal Degree of Pocahontas and Improved Order of Red Men held a joint session in Odd Fellows temple with two members adopted and three applications received. A supper is planned for Oct. 1 and a whist party will be at Walker and Middlesex streets next Monday. Merrimack lodge I O O F reported routine business with minor initiations, while Mechanics lodge plans a meeting next Wednesday to initiate four candidates and observe the lodge’s 64th anniversary with a musical program and refreshments. Delegations from the local branch will visit the Nashua tribe in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degree of
Pocahontas
Red Men
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Walker and
Middlesex Streets
Nashua
Mechanics Lodge
Sail on the Beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee
The Boston and Maine Railroad promotes a popular Winnipesaukee excursion aboard the Mt Washing ton, offering a sixty mile lake sail with panoramic views. On Tuesday September 30 the Lowell to Lake Winnipesaukee trip is available for $1 round trip, with details via Boston and Maine posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad
Winnipesaukee
Mt. Washington
Boston &Maine Railroad
Lowell
Lake Winnipesaukee
Boston & Maine
Clearance Sale at Wood's Auction Prices Ahead
Wood the jeweler announces a Christmas clearance sale with 12 clerks acting as private auctioneers. Bidders may purchase items at near auction values and can take goods home for a week or two and return if unsatisfied. Prices touted as lower than typical auction rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood’s
Wood
Mr. Wood
Readstreet brakeman dies after freight wheel run over
James T. Whitehead of Readstreet Salem Mass formerly of this city died at St Johns hospital after being run over by a Boston and Maine freight train at Wilmington Junction. He was 23 and had previously been treated at St Johns after a prior accident near the Howard Street roundhouse. He leaves a wife and child, plus siblings and a mother in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Whitehead
Readstreet
Salem
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
St. John’s Hospital
Wilmington
Whitehead
Round House
Howard Street
Lowell
Elizabeth Clark
Hale Street
Woburn
Beverly
Blondin Trial Set for December in Boston Case
The Blondin murder case moves toward trial on December 1 in Boston. Joseph Wilfrid Blondin, charged with killing his wife, will plead not guilty. The body was found with the head severed in woods near Chelmsford Centre, with the head in a nearby brook. The attorney general plans to show Blondin killed her at their Green Street room and transported the body to Chelmsford in a trunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wilfrid Blondin
Boston
John H. Morrison
Blondin
Chelmsford Centre
Green Street
Chelmsford
Morrison
Politics Day by Day Heaviest Republican Caucus Attendance Yet
A featured late night in local politics with crowded assessors and registrars offices, heavy Republican turnout, and large crowds causing delays. The Democratic mayoral race between Carmichael and Brady looms, while party machinery files lists for precinct appointments. Delegates at Middlesex conventions favored Fletcher, with cross-town maneuvering and credential questions at Democratic headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
James H. Carmichael
Peter J. Brady
Billerica
Middlesex
Billerica Centre
Fletcher
Clark
Grimes
North Billerica
J. Nelson Parker
Joseph F. Talbot
Roger Barrington
Quiet Wedding in West Chelmsford for Margaret Quist
In West Chelmsford, a quiet wedding is planned for Wednesday September 24 at high noon for Margaret Quist and Carl Quist at the home of James Brown. Rev Hiller to perform the ceremony. Afterward the couple will reside in the village. Burns and social notes include Carl Quist’s Alabama grape gift and James Brown’s upcoming winter in England, with community tributes to Robert Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quist
Carl
Fruithurst
Ala
Mr. Johnson
H. E. Fletcher & Co
Alabama
Massachusetts
James Brown
Margaret
Carl Quist
Mr. Hiller
England
Bertha Morrison
Lawrence
Amos Billson
Robert Fletcher
Third Annual Immaculate Conception Parish Reunion
Tomorrow night in Huntington and Jackson halls the third annual reunion of Immaculate Conception parish members will feature a talent program led by Emil J. Borjes with P. P. Haggerty in charge. A 9 o'clock promenade, 20-dance program, and refreshments follow, with proceeds aiding the parish school fund and a possible kindergarten department addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Jackson Halls
Immaculate Conception
Orchester
Emil J. Borjes
P. P. Haggerty
Young Men's Catholic Institute
Jackson Hall
Dorgan
Fire damages bakery on Lewis Street after oil stove upset
Fire alarm box 125 reported a blaze in Andrew Strapejes's bakery on Lewis street. The rear shed fire caused about 200 dollars in damage and was sparked by an overturned oil stove. Building owner is Robert C. Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Strapejes
Lewis Street
Robert C. Bartlett
Life of J C Swan Ended After Seventy Years of Charity
The obituary recalls J C Swan born in Dracut who lived 70 years and imbued his life with charity and community service. He was a respected employer and loyal church attendant whose orderly nature and hospitality left a lasting impression on family and friends. His loss leaves a desolate home while his spirit remains in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Swan
Mr. Swan
Dracut
Lowell Commercial College Angles for Office Career Success
The ambition of our young people is to secure well paid salaries by preparing in private schools. Lowell Commercial College has long proven practical, with grads in many offices. Miss Jessie I. Frost became stenographer at New York Mutual Life and Miss Florence Parker a book-keeper for E. Parker at 1081 Gorham Street. Free catalog available. see ad elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Commercial College
Lowell
Jessie I. Frost
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
Florence Parker
E. Parker
Gorham Street
Ady
Man Receives Six Stitches After Fall on Sidewalk
Gus Carson was carried from 243 Worthen Street to St. John’s Hospital yesterday at 4 30 PM with a head cut from a fall on the sidewalk. The wound required six stitches to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Carson
Worthen Street
St. John's Hospital
Removal During Building Repairs Shattuck Street Move
During repairs the gas office has been moved to 87 Shattuck Street at the corner of Market, noting the relocation of service operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shattuck Street
Corner of
Market
Resolute Woman Hounds Conductor On Bus Fare Street
An elderly passenger in a youthful straw hat presses a conductor for directions to Mrs Rebecca Isinglass's street. She describes a two brick house near a corner with a drugstore owner named Johnson and a Ker shaw school sister, but the conductor cannot identify the location. She refuses to yield and exits at the next crossing after a dispute over fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Isinglass
Johnson
Kershaw School
Chicago Tribune
Through the Sound by Daylight Joy Line Steamers
The Joy Line steamers run Boston to New York every Wednesday and Saturday at 5 p m carrying full capacity due to low fares of 3 dollars one way or 5 50 round trip with a stateroom berth. The trip sails through Long Island Sound by daylight offering views of shores and ships, a sought after tourist route. Tickets and information available from Geo F Tilton at 214 Washington street Boston Telephone 2022 Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Line
Boston
New York
Long Island Sound
Atlantic
Geo. F. Tilton
Washington Street
Devoe’s Gloss Carriage Paint for Buggies
Adams Hardware and Paint Co sells Devoe gloss carriage paint for 75 cents to one dollar per pint. The coating weighs 3 to 8 ounces more per pint than competing brands, lasts longer, and yields a finish as glossy as fresh work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
Adams Hardware and Paint Co
Street-car traffic soars after fare cut in 1900
A notable rise in Beviin street-car usage followed a fare reduction in 1900 to 24% cents, reflecting increased public transit demand and affordability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beviin
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