text: LOWELL CENTENNIAL EDITION JUNE 30, 1936. Page 41 a Ic-n=--=n-:-:.~~,,"~~l';-;;"~1=·f~I~I~r~_h~LJ~~~f~P~,o~Ft~n~ln~o~~.1i~j~ta1~~l!n r-t-()-f---=--r~/7"=j-t6~-'I--"'~~~T~Ji~of(J J 16 Agencies Benefit From ! Lowell Goes aHigh Hat" Annual CampaignforFunds ! Lowell's Imposing City Hall Building Whenever Occasion Calls hHlhidual "Drives" Eliminated.-Plan, ·'Topper "Have Been ~IanufactUl'edHere Effecti':e Here 12 Years, Has Pro~ed Since Early Days o£ City-Historical HighI)' Succes £ul Society Preserves Old Specimen th A \'i 1 pal1 ot P&."lt 12 Lowell'~ yl"8.l'ft ha I life in Chest campwgD are awaited hy the been the public \\ilh almollt a.iI gl't>at inter- MUCh bu appeared in the pa~ers the welJ known Bent &: BUM Co., Community Che~t. an agency forlU- e... t u tho. e of a city Ot' stale elec- recently about prominent men who then located in Middlesex ViIlab"C c<1 to CnnCe11trate the vartous monty tion. It the campaign ··gOt·~ over have dlscartJed certain headgear f01 A miniature i>eavcl' hat mad~ by ··l'irivE" ," tOl" local welfare charita- the top." as It U-'~ual1y doe~. there the "high hat," the inference being this firm fOl advel'tismg purposr:, " III blp and chal'acter·bul1din~ agen- is gPDeral rejoicing and the city's that these men w~re going "aris- in the possemiion of the ... )well riis- ci('~into one annual solicitation. morale is given decided impetus. tocratic," torical Society.rhis lirm later can- Sixteen agencies are members of The Community Che!t 'W8.8 ea· As a matter of fact in searching ducted a retail business in a store the Community Chest and each gett'i tabUshed in Lowen in 1924. Three data. in connectiOn with. Lowell's in Central street opposite Middle a ware of the funds raised. during hundred volunteer solicitorR give street ana later moved to the busi· each campaign. Generous·hearted their time and energy each year to centennial anniversary celebration it ness district at Boston, where in ad. men, women and children have colt~cting [unw, for the organiza.· was learned that in tho eal'ly days dition to making hats It specialized found thJ.8 mean.!' of financing such tion. of Lowell the "high hat" or, as it in the manufactuI'e of military uni. was better known then, the "silk forms, elabora~ely made with gold agencies popular and efficient. Six· teen individual calls tor funds, which would result it the Chest The 16 agencies which now make up the Chest organization are: Lowell Social Service League, Cath· topper," was not only U1e headgear of those 'n the higb station. but also Iand silver braid trimming, medals and caps and hats to match these were abolished, are eliminated. Ex· oIte Charitable Bureau, Society for of many men ot' ordinary means. uniforms. Many of the prominent tra overhead e."C:pense and waste are the Ph'venUon ot Cruelty to Chi)· Old timer!il with whom the writer fraternal organizations in the .state Ilone away with, Duplication of ef- dren, Florence Crlttenton Lffi~ue talked said that the "high hat" was secured their uniforms and other re- fort is pre"'ented by means of d. Goodwill Industrtes. Young Men's galia (rom this well known. .;;om· clearing house for the various 8g-en- ChIisUan Association. Young Wom· pany. des provided by the CheRt admrn· en'l Chl'iaUan AflsoClation, Inter· Othrr Hat ~raker... iltrative organization. The Chest national Institute, Lowell Boys Club, Lowell in its 100 ,)'ears had many idea builds community spirit and Girls City Club, tile Boy ~cout~. the other hat maker.. The predecessor Incre&8e8 the e1!ectiveness ot the Girl Scout8, Lowell Visiting Nurse ot the present firm of Dickerman & member agenCies. Indeed, the final Association, Lowell AssocIation for McQuaid at Market and Central returns at the annual Community the Blind, and Country Week Fund. street:&-Wllliam P. Brazier-spec· ONE OF lOWEll'S I iallZed in hats including the tOppel" are 1000 men and women employed made by the Beebe 0: Costar Co, In the modern Jaclulon sll'eet plant. This company also supplied hats to Proof that the utrolk Knitting Co. the Gilbert & TLL Co., located then Is one or Lowell', substanUaJ in- at 33 Central street.. SUBSTANTIAL FIRMS dustries of today is borne out by the fact that in 1935 the total pay. Other old-time hat manufactur ts include: E. H. Severy Inc., then 10-- cated at 133 Middle street: Stephen roll ot the company was $600.000. Based on the payrolls for the first :1. R:ran. formerly of 104 Central uJfolk KnittIng Co. pecial- five months of this year, which are street, but later located at 175 Gen· izes in Knitted running ahead of those for the trsl street. and :108e}lh A. Delorme, same period of a yt"3r ag'O. by the sUII in business at 15 Prescott street. Outerwear. end of this year the concern ",ill Mr. Delorme bas been making hats have paid out iOO.OOO ia \'\llges to for a great many )'earL He started With a record of M consecutive its employet'.. TO point .need be A his hat·maklnK bUsiness in Prescott . ,stretched to detenn1ne It 18 a go· street 46 years ago cl1le. is still oper- l'ears in buslneu,. moe of them I ing concern of great value to the ating at virtually the same old spent in Lowell where its grea.test cit)· stand. period ot expansion and grov.-tb de- The plant operates on a fivt:'·day -\ HllIgb lint" Wonl In the CitJ-·s In an interview with the 1; 'nter I Early Da~- .., .. '0\\ on Dis))lo.y at the Mr. Delorme, Whose charming I ed the Sutrolk Knitting Co. of week. \\'ith some of the departments . Lowell Hi...torlcnl 8oclet;r'~ Room.,,,,. dau=:;-hter, Mar~erite E., Is the wife ve op , working day and nlKht to keep pro- 217 Jack80n street is one of Low- ductlon equal Wlth the orderR. Many an essential part 01 the sppar!!1 of of Mayor Dewey G, Al'chambaul~ ell's most !rubstanllal indU8tri~ in most men. pal ticularly 101' Sunday said lhat he has made tall hats for 1936, the city's centennial )·ear. In ,. t 1 U many prominent men in this cit)', I an d h 0 11 (ay weal'. nO on y was Ie the most recent of which was that f.lct, this full-process knitting mill familiar black tall hat used. but also made for Mayor Archambault, for is one at the largest uni ts of its kind in the United States. fOr summer wear in those halycon the Inaugural exerCises. He said The Suffolk Knitting Co, is strict· days mat.y men wore white and that lte also has made tall hat.. for Iy a famil)' affair, Frank Cohe~ gra.y topper6. ,the mayor's father, Amedee Arch- the president ot the company, 1..01\ Headgear, Jlke other wearing ap· ambault, the well known undertak- one at the pioneers of the knltting parel. has gone through many er, In making the mayor's hat Mr. industry, having started in a small changes In Lowell's 100 yeal's but Delorme said the foundation is of way 35 years ago in East Baston mains on those until December and son, Earl R. Kimb:lIl. until smattering ,'If other subjects, Big the tol'pel' ha~ remained and today cotton cloth, then shellacked after and is atill actively engag-ed in the bURiness. As his two sons grew again. Nathan Cohell, the tl'e&surel', is COMMERCIAL COllEGE 1027, when t;l~ Instl~utlon w. • huslness and the developments of is gaining wide popul,lll;ty among chas{!d by Harry U. Quinn, who had the machine age have titted the re·ll}1j younger gf'neration, particuhlrly which it was covered with the fin· eat at' silk cloth, with a heavy black older. they were trained in the a coUege·trained man, a graduate be n one of the- ln3tructors, and qUirements until commercial con- aR part ;,f tht> attire at fOrl.lal par. ribbon band and felt brim. Other busineB8 and now carry on the more lahorious details at such an expan- sive bUfllnees. of Bo~ton university, with a tech· nica1 turn of mind. He hM Lntro- PIONEER IN FiElD cerns call for htghly·specialized of- ties. nce workers trained In every For manv Vearl h("fore the advent branch of business R.nd familiar of the automobilf", the "hl~h nat" high hats recently made by Mr. De· lorme incluue those mad€: for Frank Fay. prominent undertaker; mem· duced many inno\'ations to the knit· A. Paul Cohen, the elder of Prest- ting industry. 'fIe buys all the raw School FouOlled Herr in 1 H~(l with the m.wy machines that have enioyed wide favor as a part of the bers of the James F. O'Donnell & df"nt Cohen's two saM. is chairman wool for tbe Su.d'olk Knitting Co. becom~ lnt1i~pen~ahle to efficiency livery of hack drivers, In t~is con. Son undertaking firm; and Joseph of the board of tilrector'5 and gen- and is in charge of the transforma- Has Kept CurricululU lip and swiftne.:i'- nection because ot the fact that the A. Legare, president ot the Apple- eral manager of the business. ton National bank. tion of that raw wool Into the varn to Date. It is easy to underlltan d the con- hats were thp property of ltv un- which is used_ He is manied· and trast WIth the eal'ly days of the dertak"'r" amt drivers were picked Mr. Delorme said that in his 46 the father of two Klrls Lowell academy when one considers up in many ca~e" around the vari- yt>ars in business, styles have A. Paul Cohen. the general man- The Lowell Comm~rclAl coil ge that, despite some attempts to in- OUS slaol"'s, OttE'l1 &Orne of tbe driv- changed considerably. In the old aget'o is a graduate of Harvard um- located in the MelTimack Rver t tI I t 't Oed' h h day9. he said the high hat c~own yen a prac ca ypewrl er, n er8 appear \\,! "'t13 many times was lower and brims were narrowct'. versity and Harvard Law . ;choat. Savings Bank buUding, 22l:i C ntral rapid-writing machine was in com- too large or too small. However, He is an attorney but bas devoted street, founded in 1859, ,,1es with a mercial use UI the early days of th~ regardless o( what other apparel the Derby Lo~s Popularlt~·. all his time to busine:-s rather than school in Providence. R. I., f(,r Low("U school. It was not until hack driver wore he must have a However, the waterlal for the to the practice of law. He entered honors as the first businf'ss call ge alxmt 10 years after its founding tall hat. best hats haa reDl8Jned about the 4-. \.THA_ COIlE.". the service shortl" after America in 4- "ew England. The earl)' found· that typewrtters were introduced same. !-Ie also said that the soil Trf'asurer. entered the \\,tlr &:',1 for 17 months era. James :y, McCoy, and E. !oorc Into the business \\'orld I Thl" Oppra Hat. hat hall displaced the well-known wag a lieutenant pilot in the U. S. jr., started \\hat \Va:; th~n called An early account in the Citizen Anothel occasion tor ~e general derby in popularity, In the earlj' opet abon... are necessary for the army aviation corps. \"hen he was the Lowell Bu.sine~ academy. The of 1902 de\'oted much space to the use of the- hlgh hat was ill the ~Iy days the derby was the popular &C'. final production ot knitted outer- mustered out of sen-Ice he immedi· curriculum included such vaned demonstration of touch t)rping on day~ of grand Op('ra At that time lection (or well dressed men but in wear. The company ha3 a stitch- ately entered his father'. business, subjects as bookkeepmg, penman- th old doul>le-style keyhoard at an the headgear beeame kno~ 81 the recent years the soft hat has come ing room, dye house, "'001 carding having been trained along those shIp, anthmetic. t("legraphy. ph~ exhibition at the local school and' opera hat Unlike the &ilk of the into favor, In his early days in and spinning room, worstf'd spin· lines from an early a~e. nography, suzveying algC'bra, ~P- the then.considered sv,-ift typing more famUlal' headgear those used bUsiness he said, the ao-caJled pull· Ding department, knitting depart· Mr. Cohen is well known through. ; ometry and commercial law. This was thought remarkable; but, con-' in attending oprr& were made in a over hat was tn demand. It was mf'nt, cuttin2' room. pressing and out the knitted outerwear industry I school had its beginning in the trasted with the machine-gun oper- duH finIsh and many at them were made e:Im11ar to the topper, but was examining room, boxing depart- and L"J prominent In the national: Runels building. alion of a student on a modern ma~ collapsible. That wu the era. too, of soft fell ment. Ilhipping department and de- association, having been a vice There Is litUe rf'Conl of E. Ml"OI'C chine this would be considered when men escortmg their formally Since time immemorial men have signing f1epartment where the styl- slow: attired '!idies to the theatre would poked fun at women tor "being tus- president for a number at years. I jr., and the len~h of time he l'C- I.sts WOrk nut the desJgnR (or the During the lite·time of the . . :RA. mained \\itb the acauemy; but eally The graduate ot today in the wear the opera cape, still in use here sY," in selecting hats, but from in- he was a member of the knitted accounts .show that Le Doit E. Kim. HARRY L Ql;!l'; - Lowell Commercial college must by one of oUr prominent undertak~ formation recel\'ed in preparin. this outerwear code authority which ball entered the school in 1817 and have a th010Ugb knowledge of ac- ing firms. At th.e ')resent tim~ at article it was learned that men have wrote the code by which such mills remained as its head until his death' who i!! now the principal of the counting. ste:lography. typing, filing, 'BOrne of th~ fashiona.ble affairs the their little peculiarities about head· operated throughout the country. in 1915. In 1902 the then.caUed Lowell Commel'cial college. arithmetic, English, and the opera. tall hat 1$ conspICUOUS. Down gear, with most of them nursing an Mr. Cohen is married and is the Lowell Businests college moved Into Since the early founciinJt of tID! tlon of the latest machines, such as through all the years, however, the ambition occasionally to "go high father of three children, two boys new quarters over the street rail- institution. n:any changes ha\'e the compto~eter, calCUlator, ditto silk hat, though it haa changed in halo" machine, mimeograph. multigraph. style, always ha~ been an essential and a girl. way waiting room in the ero.wenor taken place 1Il the rurriculum to FR, :-<"K COHEN. Each year this company spends buJlding where the owneJ', .Mr. Kim· keep in step with thl: latest de- tlictaphone, B.ld other machines that part of formal dress, whether It be BLt:'E LAWS IN LOWELL, PI'f'~ldent. co~siderable money On new rna- ball, and Albert C. Blal!'«;lell were velopments in the bUSIDC,8s wOl'ld. have been installed to keep the col- for funerals, parades, state and so· chmery to keep ahead of the Urnes. joint principals, The eaJly re'.tuil"cments for a bu~ l£.'gc abreast of' the Urnes. Instruc- clal functions or governmenta.. in- Speaking of blue laws, Chevalier'! Nathan Cohen, the younger, is the It Is to that pl'oJt'l'e~slve policy that Following the death of Le Dolt ne!ffl carE'er were a knOWledge of tion in Court Reporting is given by augurs) exercises. Although re- account of Lowell records the fact treasurer ot the concern as weU as the omcials ot the Suffolk Knitting E. Kimball, the management was arithmetic, good penmanship. ~ome Alice F, Ban'le. an expert court re- served fo!" these "pecial occasions, in that in 1836 a man was tined for the production manager, and in Co. attribute its success. assiuned by his widow, Myrta M., knowledge {If bookkeeping, and a porter. Arl'arJgements are made for this section in the national capital, practicing the trade ot common tid- charge ot the manufacture of the students to ~it in to take court Washington, in New York and yarn used in the product at the cases, The needs of each individual other lar~e cities 01 the country the dler. which occupation was regarded company. are studied and personal assistance topper is a famiJlar sight on every as an outrage a~a1n8t public mor- The Suffolk Knitting Co. is en· Is given to develop the student to day of the year Particularly on also Times, it might be remarke<1. the highp~t degree of efficiency. gaged in the manufacture of knitted outerwear, primarily dealing in bathing Euits and sweaters. It --~~ Lowell's Oldest Catholic Church Easter Sunday does the sUk topper have chan-,g::.ed....,.'_-==,.-_ The latest development in the cur- come into its own In the fashion riculum has been the introduction ot parade. In the c rly 1820's Nathaniel \Vright was the postmaster, hls or. was In 1927 that the company de- a course in rhychology in whicb the I Delving back into history it is tiee bcin~ on the Dracut side, \\ith cided to move to this city, taking about 150,000 RqUafe feet of space I students are taught the psycho· found that one at the first hat man- a mail brought from Bilerica on logical princJples upon which mo~ ufacturing firms in this section was horseback once a week. -----'--=--:.::.:..:.-.::.....::-::.::.::----- in one of the bulldings in Law- rence street which at one time was occupied by the nOW defunct U. S. dern busine38 is conducted. This - - - - - course is given by Professor Her; il~ man H. BraRe of the State Teachers ••••••••••••• IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII• • • • • • • • • • • • • Cartl'id~e Co For the next si.'( colleRe. years the company bested the busi- The opportunlties offered by the I ncaa storm!! and depressions which prevailed during that period until 1933 when it was found necessary \, p.n;L CORE.-. Gt'neraJ Innng~r. advent of I he Civil Service tests. both State and Federal. have not been overlooked as th1s course is During The Growth of to expand. nO';\' conducted by ::Mr. Quinn, and All a result the company ftigned a lease fOl" 300.000 square feet of floor space in one of the units of the prodUCts. own stylists who work out the de- si~ The concern employs its Is one ot the features of the college curliculum. The college maintains an active Lowell Appleton Mills in Jackson street. Most of th,. com ny's goods &I'e employment department as a serv- It bas been in this location that shipped out of Lowell and all over Ict'" to local concern!! and graduates. WE R.l''E GROW T he companY has ahown lb largest the country by huge neeta of motor Lowt'll Commercial college is a ,-.rowth. Because of its large pro- tnlcks. The company h;u its own mem ber of the 4- T ew England Busi- TO BE RECOG -rZED :uctton. the gutrolk Knittmg Co. seUing agent~ in .' ew York and ness College Association-an asso- 110M not buy ita yarn already manu- Boston and Bells directly to whole- ciation which admits only schools .A IT LE.illIXG iactured. Rather docs it bUy the AI~t8, chain stores and mall order of recognized high 8tanding and JEWELER .... raw wool and spina ita own yarn. hou It manufactures medium subscribing to high code ot bum· both woolen and worsted It its and 10';\ -priced merchamUse.. The ne~s ethics. The principal of the what is known in the industry as season for the manufacture at bath- school Is !Uso a member of the The things you want at the prices a full-process milL ing .uits begins in December and Eastern CommercIal Teachers As- you want to pay .... Buy jewelry Back thcle tn 1427 this concern extends to June 1 when production sociation 'lod the Local Rotary employed GOO hands, Today there ift shifted over to v€"aters and re- club. with confidence and satisfaction. The LoWell Commercial college has helped to make history of ape· Diamonds Lamps • cia1ized education in New England. A diploma granted tn 1867 to :1. A, Watches Glassware ATTENTION, MANUFACTURERS Bailey, for many yean president of Clocks the Dracut Historical Society, is Silverware New and Used Machine Equil,meut, InclndillJ:( the followinf( now in the possession of Mr. Quinn. Handbags Leather Goods ELECTRIC MOTORS - GENER~TOR U any older diploma exists, you TRANSFORl\IERS and PUMPS should get In tOUch with Mr. Quinn who is anxious to secure the oldest COMPRESSORS and MACHINE SHOP EQFlP1UENT ShaftinJ:( - Hangers - Pulleys - Beltin2: one in existence. UXBRIDGE WORSTED CO. I Prince-Cotter Central Mills Supply INC. JEWELERS Diamond and Gift Specialists 2.;0 ,Jackson Street -:- Telephone 98S Lowell, l\fass. 104 MERRIMACK ST. OPP, JOHN ,------------------" Lowell, l\lass. Interior view of St. Patrick's, Lowell's oldest Catholic Church. I'-- ----J 1>. "" 49. -,,-a ~LOWELL CENTENNIAL EDITION - JUNE 30, 1!l36. Hundreds ~~~~~=~=--~~===~~==~~===-"'~ ecall Fond Memcr"es of High School --=" ufacturing Co., and, as I have Baid, ' w~at were my classmates. There cross the Atlantic in a new vessel ~ ever knew, and bis cutting sar- and particula~l~ those who bad ~ tern and other Apparatus sufficient Older l ~ City LowelllJi Than h()()l!Itself 1.. ~d.on, g h. A I. ,g~ had boea Ifl.talled therein. Mr. 1I00t tho el....We..tioo bol0l: m.l1e ..ceorl1, IUlI1 to 110UluIlBtr.t. Ita av..ll.blllty wrltillg. had bUllt for bimself a mansion not mg to apparent advancement 1n abroad as well as at home. far from It. He was a devout EpIS· scbolarshJp. The one alphabetically other going from this class to a copallan, and had a highly orna- I, ,Ill bl ~J mJ mHI ,J I UJJI11 " \11.1 An- at its head, whose education went medical school, fitted himself tot' ,!ll v" 8 e rattlesnake. He did not die tram ~. III hi. e..ly life be ha,). pcned to be bitten In the heel by 8 the bite, but those whurn he dId not joyedlh. leaohlng. ....nd 8' there end the.! Ifltel'88til1~ 1111..1011 will be Pllt at .. low PrlCC. sldeltghts of the Counding ot' Lowell high school. -- J~JUII th~ '0 " . I,".j Idepend on tilenumber atoflecture! will- I penses. The ~"ed de~:ree I ~jU& III barely sufficient to defray the ('K- encourag e meuted pew at large dimensions, no rUt·ther than in that one school, 1 n rl'li if n aq a surgeon and. like 88M the venom of the poison PRECURSOR OF THE ment. It a sufficient number of after the manner or the English became afterwards a Boston mer- before his unUmely death. becama remaJned in Wm. For some reason. PARKER LECTURES tickets should he 80ld to defray the l!JqUll'CS in parish churches. To sup- chant of high standing, and later OIlC uf the most successfUl and hest which a.q a boy I never knew. the :J e.xpen.qcR. Mr, Colburn will be assIst- Came Inlo Exislence in ]831 in Little port this cburch, Lhe operatives of the MerrJmack Manutacturing Co., still a merchant in the stat.e of \ler 4 known .surgeons of the country. mont. He is an enterprlslng maD Two others became reputa!)le and school was suspended when Mr Clark reUl'ed from the teachership Lectures on topJCS at popular scl 4 entitic interest began to be given ed by othE'r ~('nt1pmpn. 1nd lhp Lf"~4 tures wIll embrace other subjects. were taxed a small sum-I think and one of the weallh1est and best4 somewhat rH8tinguished citizen" to enter bis profession of tbe mini6 early in Lowell's history. iargely and will be continued lhll1ugnout. Wooden Building...First of Kind 30 cents each month-and this sum prized citizens of the state. Another The rem.\inin~ olle is the writer. try. In this profession our rever· through the Initiative ot Warren the se-uson. was d~ducted from their wages. fitted. for college in the Class, bC4 "Rev. MI" Edison was the fostel" E"nd teacher rose stea/lily, and I~ Colburn, author at the famed arlth· The Lectures will be on Thursday in State Outside of Boston. Uill Man ~ot lmllressed. "Mr. Boot, from bis traming, \Va.! came a graduate of Dartmouth, and father of thlR school, and brought died young, stam:l.llg very high 10 far Us aliI' new teacher, Thomas U now loved and honored by his de- nomination. a.' he Is by every for- meUcs that dUring the 19th century wenl through almost countless edi- eventng of each week. In the TOWN HALL. not as much impressed as Mr. Ed- l!;e profession as a surgeon. Anoth 4 Clark, a graduate of Yale. Mr. mer pupil. as the b.ishop of the dio- tions. As a temporary resident at First leclure on the 23rd Dec. Although the City ot Lowell 1..'1 [ much-discussed (and widely crit1 4 son with tbe necessity for the edu- er, whose education was ended Clark taught us fOr nearly twa cese of Rhode Island. Lowell, Mr. Colburn took great in- Tickets may bc had at the Book- observing ita lOOlh anniver8ary of clzed) volume offer most entertain 4 cation and welfare of the common there, became a civil engineer of the ye&1"B. and with him we went Into "During the suspension of tht: tercst in public expositions of the stores, at Mr. Jacob Robbins' in its incorporation as a city tn this ing reading of the history of the people, who were. of course, the op-- very highest standing, founded the the new schoolhouse. The numbers school. I spent the time tn readiug wonders of science. Central street and at Mr. G. H. year of Our Lord 1936, the Lowell Lowell high school: crati\.'es In the mUls. Almost allot manufactunng city of Manchester, ot the school increasing with the everything that I could command, An advertisement ot one at the Carlton's, also of RcveraJ gentlemen high school is observing lts 105th (;en. BuUer'H Tributt'. the land on which tbe town stood N. H., and was for several terms same rapidity as the new town, be finding myself again in a lawyer's forerunnere of the Parker lectures who have subscription papers. anniversary. For the Lowell high ''In 1825, there was fiprlnglng up was held by the Proprietors of the govemor ot the state. brought to his assistance a class· office, but without any thought of of these days has been noted in a Mr. Colbul'n hims('lt, it will be !'e4 scbool came Into existence in 1831. m Pawtucket Falls of the Merri· Locks and Canals on the Merrimack "Another, who left the school and mate !rom Yale, Mr. Clapp, \Vn" becoming a lawyer. Finally the copy of the Lowell Mercury tor 18 called, was an amateur astronomer while Lowell was still a town and mack river the second greatest man- river. They sold ott this land, became a midshipman in the navy, attclward~ I('ft our school to go to school was reorganized unuer tl:", December. 1830. It follows: at no 'nean attainments, It has been but five years alter the town was ufact:u1ng tc,,'n in Mnssachu!letts. and thE'Y also sold the water rose to be of the first class In ~ Charleston, S C, where he finallv leaching at Mr. Nicholas Hopping, SCIENTIFIC LECTURES. conjectured that hJs habit of devot- founded, tn a little wooden building ~Valtham on the Charles being the power furnished tram the Mer- profession and afterwal'ds was th- became lhe editor of tbe Chal"lestor. fin ('"tlm3hl~ ~entleman enou~h, uf Mr. Colburn log the night to his avocation in- a.t the junction of Elliot and Middle- Jlut. This town, afterwards Low· rimack rivcr by a dam. Thls active head of the navy, and th~1 Metcury. fine scholarship and usually gentl... Proposes to give a course of lectures stead at to sleep may have been. in .ex .treeta, The flrst principal at ell, w&." then known as East Chelms- dam was put across at the head of only efficient one it had during the "He was thEll most bitter pro- manners, but utterly without the on ASTRONOMY, accompanied part respoD8Jble tal' his untimely de- the IIchool wu Thomas M. Clark, tord It had a growUt une.xampled .Pawtucket talis, although the law War of the Rebellion. He lived t'l sla-very and states~rlght gentleman social capacity to traJ" young men with illustrations by the Magic Lan- mise. who later became Ute Episcopal in lhose days, and almost equalling said that there should be no dam, be- bUlhop ot Rhode Island. Mr. Clark the -nushroom gro\":lh of towns 10 cause it would affect the navigation doubled in bl'8Al!l for he al80 .supplied some of the western states at the at the river. The water was con· the pulpit in the church at the present day. The constitutional ducted through the new town of Pawtucket FaUs, the forerunner of convention at 1820, by a new sec 4 Lowell. at first by a canal, which the present Pawtucket Congrega· tion, made c::1ties poss.ible in M""assa- bad been established by the Propn- tiona! church, tor be was stUdying etors of the Locks and Canals about to enter the ministry at the Congre· the year 1792, tor the purpose of gational church while pursuing the takIng boat.q around the talls. vocation of pedagogy in the town "With a fore.!dgbt as sagaclous of Lowell. and remarkable as was the pel'slst- The Lowell high school hu a ency with WhlCh tbe scheme was dtatinctlve record tor 1t was the tll'lt Ch.rrlcd out, Mr. Ed~on, In connec- tugh .school in Ma.s.sachusetta out- tion v.1th a committee of the cit!· side of Boston and probably the zens of the new town, determineu first in New England outside at the tbat two squares or commons, the higher grade schools in the Hub. North and South commons, should The tollowing lines tram the pen be dedicated to the public use. It of BL!Jhop Clark. written long atter was done: and the commons remaln he had given up lrla pedagogical even to this: clay the breaLh1ng and career and waa well embarked on recreation polots at the citizens. the road to eminence in the That enterprise tor the benefit at Protestant church, teraely but com- the laboring man and woman and pl.tly plctur. the beginning of tho their children was not opposed by 105-yea.r-old education&11natltution: Mr. Boot, as the land was campara· lOIn the year 1831 I carne to Low· tively valueless. en and presented myself at the door "But Mr, Boot was al!Jtounded ot my venerable friend. the rector when the young clergyman proposed of 8t. Anne'. church, aa a candidate that two schoolhouses, costin« more for principal of the first high .school than 20,000, should be erected for in Massachusetts outalde ot Boston, grammar schools, one on the corner an.d perhaps tn New England; and of each park. A very considerabl. throU«A his lnftuence I obtained the number of buUdinl's for primary a.ppo11ttme.nt. I enterea: upon my schools, then termed Intant schools, dUtiM J.a & little wooden building bad been hired and put ill Use La Oll tho Hamilton Corporatlon-a HEJo;JtY H. HAlmIS. varlOU3 parts ol the town, but up bulld1..n« that might have COllt, I HeBdJna.ster. to that time, a.nythlnr like in3truC- .IIhould think, three or four hundred tiOD of the older classes of children dollal'll to erect. Forty boy. and chusetts, fixing the limit ot popula.. was not provided for. save tha.t twe rir1JJ, A lJix-plate stove and a amaH tion At which any town could be- or three small room! had been hired de.sk crowded the bu.ildin~. Occupy- come .. city at 12.000. for that pUI·pose. The taxation at inC' .uta were three boys who have "Th.I,:, wu the popUlation of Bos· that day for those new I'rammar .inee become f&moua.--Gen. B. F. ton. and that town became & city ill school bulldlnis of brick would DO .utler, Governor Straw of New 1822. But in 1836, LoweU'l!J popu· borne sub!Jtantlally 'Dy the ma.nu- Hampahire and Gustavua V. Fox, :aUon had lncrea.sed to 12.000, a.nd facturing companie.!J and lbe Proprt4 the able a&Si8tant secretary of the sbe became the second city. A elors of LOCks and Can&1s. :Mr. Boot navy durin« the CivD war." clernman, who had befriended my declared that this could not and Dr. Edson Pioneer. motht'r. built a hOWle in Lowell for woUld not be done. To the sainted tnemory of Rev. her to occupy, and by bLot advIce 1 "A town meeting was call" t. Theodore Edlon, first rector of St. came to lAwell from Exeter at the appropriate for such expenditure 'by .Ann.e'. Epiecopal church mU8t be end ot the winter term tn 1828, and the town. Mr. Boot apptared in. directed the credit tor the eventu- lIItudted my Latin at home during person ana opposed the proposition. .lity of the htgh achool trom an the spring and ~Ummer. Seth Ames, He was backed by the mana.Kin&' Jdea which developed In his mind, atterwards JUStiCA of the Supreme agent of the several mills. They court of Massachusetts, kintlly per4 made speechE"JI against It. The pl·Op. fostered and nourished by h.l8 atrong milted me lo read Virgil In htS H!A1 ~ oeltion aeemed not to have the delire to do aomething for hi. fel· ctftce. He amused himself In hear. slightest chance. when In one cor· low man. and to improve not only 1ng m~ recitation of the tl:xt, and nar ot the ball stood up a .lender, GULA10~ .. their spirltual but their physical taught me to scan the versifica.tion smooth-faced young gentleman of wellbeing. The young and militant ot the original. Later in the year wlnn1ng manner and graceful ease rector had to battle the moneyed it became necessary thal I should at speech, and declared to the meet. power of the potent Kirk Boott, one earn some money, and my mother ing that it was ne(~easary for the in- of the tnill ploneera at Lowell, to got -;:ne a place at Meecham & struction and trat.nl.ng at the chil- .....1lIl:l1lll lIIIII •• En,loM wOthc.. bring about the establishment ot 8. Math~wson'8, the Franklin book- dren of the people of the town that hil'h .choal here but Rev. Mr. Edson store, the only establishment of itll the appropriation shOUld be passed. ~ucceeded because he was made at klnd in the town. I remained with He was 8urprlsed and chagrined, h. the proper .tuff. So strong was h1a them until Dec, 18, when tbe Lowell .!aid. at the opposition ot the repre· desire to have & echool estabUshed high ~chool wa.s established, thlough sentatlves of the manutacturing cor- for the higher education of the the exertions of Re,... Theodore Ed- porattoll.!J. because It was necessary youth at the town at Lowell that son, rector of St, Anne's church. he dared to face the possibiUty of Mr. Er'80n. having come to Lowel1 (or the safety of their property and the Insurance of Its value that the Plan for the extra comfort and con- losing the support ot the powerful in 1825, remained as rector ot St. manUfacturing community which "oott for h1.l young church, Thla Anne's for over 80 years, most re- nellllsion of support became an ac- spected and most loved by his tel- they were drawing around them, e... venience of automatically con. peclally the younger portion. ahould tuality later but 80 did the school 'Ow·C1tjzeus. To hbn more than to be thoroughly trained and educated, From ita first location the school any other, Lowell owes its school trolled heat next Winter by install· w... removed to the Free Chapel 8yst~1D which. durIng itR whole eX· and from there to the Edson school lstenc~, has been one of the beat that they might know their duties as men and women. and their ris-hts as citizens and freemen. ing an Automatic NEW ENGLAND bUilding. Aftor a short inter-reg- established, most thoroughly carea His Ultimatum. num, caused by the resigna.tion of for. and most highly successful at tbe principal, the high school was kindt'ed Institutions in the state. Mr. "Hl.s speech at the Ume wu called radical in an almost unheard COKE Heat Regulator now. This re-ope.ned in what was known 88 Edson was a brave man as well as of degree. although it was accom. Concert hall in Merrimack street. a gooct man. When he perceived It was next located in the Bartlett the right thing to do. he did it, re- panI d by an appeal for religious in· device will maintain u n i for m, ~truction in connecti'ln with the eec~ _choat bUilding and alterward in the gardlea8 of the personaJ con8i.dera· brJck bullcUng in Sutl'olk street now Uon, olaf danger to himself. ular instruction, But it evidently was carl'Ying tbe meet :ng. The de~ healthful temperature at all times- used as a. parochial school. It wu "Klrh Boot. wbo dll~covered the bate was extended by several re4 in 1840 that the Lowell high school advai1tagea of this locality as a water power, was then the lcadlllg pIles. no man speal.mg in favor of regardle,s of outside weather con· waa t ransterred to Its present alte mind in Lowell. He had been an the proposition save the yOUDC' cler- In N Kirk .treet. Eng~h cavalry officer, and hts fam- gyman. Nevertheless jt was appar- ditions. It operates drafts and o more complete and interesting l1y had occupied what W&.s known ent that 1t the vote were to b. tak· .tory ot th. pregnant event.s lead- as the Bool estate in Boston. en then the appropl1atlon would pTe· InK to the founding ot the Lowell since changed lnto the Revere vail. Accordin~ly a motion to ad- checks automatically-reduces time h.tgh echool and gossipy Information Rouse. He wu a very positive man. j' urn to a day in another week for about the early days of the school and inclined to be ImperIous toward 118 consideration' 'as made and car4 and work required and gives better could be found than ln "Butler's everybody, especially toward those 1"1ed by itd opponents DUMS' the ad- Book," that controversial edItion who stood tn apparently dependent journment Mr. Boot informed Mr, lrom. the handa at Gen. Ben Butler relations to himself. Edson that any further advocacy use of fuel. The Automatic NEW one ot the standouts at Lowell'~ "'the edlflce ot St. Anne's chul"ch of this proposition would M far meet with his disapprobation that he early day.. and the parsonage attached, had should withdraw trom his church ENGLAND COKE Heat Regulator _T_h_._f_O_U_O_wln_=g_OX_c_._rp=-.:.t.:....:.':..ro:..m=-t::h::A::t--:b::.::<n=-.:bU:I:lt:..:bY the Merrimack Man- and from attendatlC upon his ad- mlnlstraUon: that he should C'ive is inexpensive to install, easy to his attendance and 1nfiuence to an- other reUgious society, and that aU support of St. Anne's in any way by move and is fully &,uaranteed. A Reputation Maintained the manuIacturin,K' companIu would be withdrawn. for Over "Few young pastors at the fuh 4 ionable cburches ot the town, and certainly very tew ot the not very 85 YEARS popular l·eUgious persuasJons, would have been tound at the next town meeting under such discouraging in- fiuenccs and surroundings. The day of the meeting came. The young Fifteen years after the township of Lowell became a pastor was there. With a firmneBB city we entel"ed the Plumbing and Heating BUSiness. equalled only by the eioquent appeal AU during thils time we have lived up to our reputation tor guaranteed work and today it is no different. made for nis tellow-citizens ot tbe coming generations, he answered every argument agaJnst the proposi- You can buy your plumbIng supplies hel'e at tion. and after a long debate the the lowest prices that are consistent with quality. vote wu taken and the proposition carried. The schoolhouses were built and occupied. In the upper story of Heating and Plulnbing the southernmost one a Lowell high school was taught. Here I received, It not the most part, the be8t of all my educational teaching in my prep· • aratlon for college. High School Established. l'In the year 1830 another contest Williams' wa..~ made, and, as its rewtt, the SerVel Lowen hjgh school was establl.!Jhed. Oil-O-Matic The school began In December, 1830, Electric in a little one-story wooden build- The Perfect Oil Burner Refrigeration ing about 40 feet square, rudely fitted up. Here were aseembled about (sO pupJla whom their parenti • claJmed to be suiDclently advanced lo come within the purvIew of ita teaching The scholars were drawn Hobson &1 Lawler Co, togethel' by the spirit at enterprise In thE"ir fathers, not one of them having been hOrD In Lowell. 158-170 MIDDLE STREET "At the risk of departing tram the true course of seit-narraUve. ( ....- - ...;~ I may be permitted to tell who and l.oUW.l!il.ol.o \jlH~T.l!ir;r;lAl.o .t.:JJl'l'lUr; - J UN.t.: 30, 1936. P nstill----=-S-p-r"\Tl r p H ~ ~ K pn t-t-n-----."H~i<1 h Col. Advertising Styles Show Great Change in Century Palenl Medicine Annoullccmenls Ga"e Fl'en('h Nohlcman Setlled Here Papers Bulk of Revenue in Early Sen-iug iu Revolulion··.New }~ol'('sl Davs···A Few Contl'a ls 31a\ Be Named for Him, P~'rbnp~ thele l!ll nn bette.r mpthorl makel' who fmpM ..ized hi~ colon Qt Lowell's first tlt'ed re.!ldE'nt wa1'i and tbe cannoll pro u as wei ot tlacm" the uevC'lopmt"nt of the reu. whIte ani blue the .Marqui~ Marle Louis Armand a to r Ve .~300 for cxp<,p (' In- n ed, tR."ltes and ftcti\"ltle:. ot a Tf'.. limnIl131~ 'olhln~ .sf'\\'• . nsatt de '1are!lquelles, a nephew cuned by .. onung to Am rica; lOtlO community o\'cr a ::Ipan of 'C'ar.<t Si;:;-nC'c) Btatement~ or testimonial" ,"('arlv until toe end of the war aDd than by compalin~ and contra~ting (or prodUCt... \\"fOrt" introduced about of th"" cpl("brated. liarquis Monta· .666 75 therea!t£'r a y,.,ar for th rf'· the a{hel"ti~('m~nt appea.ring- In the thlR time We always thou~ht that lambert and a 'oung French 811810- malod 1" ot his life The Houae f)t c mm\Jnltr'~ Journal.!! trom time practice wa. mOle or le!'ll'! n~\Y wit~ .crat who Wb inUmately acquainted Repr ntattves agreed to the pro- \\11h the MarquiIJ de Lafayette. This, posal and fnrnacE."" were built at BrIdgewater Tittleut, and Stou~h~ I to time, in the pa5t decade or so. Evidently Low('U'.!! chan~1ng intC'r('st,,!-l In hE'l not. A dru~~"t ~lIIng bronchial French nobleman was an officer J( lanham .accordmg to the ftcrount ot 100 year~ Il~ a city are accllrately trochl'.!1 announced to the ""'orld that r n('ctect in the paid announcements preacher", doctor.!!, pUblic speaker.s distinction in tbe R("voluUonary war ),fr" GrJffin. Some ot' his mortars and came to Lowell after the \\."31 and cannon are sUIl In existcnc . I appf'8I111~ In her pap(!r"l, The writ· and e\'en a colle~c president, rn- ('r a MtgnNI to thp task ot noUn~ dor:;ed the t1"oche~ as the only thtn~ rlue to hi. friendship, It is bcllc\'ed, I T.he state ~t Mlisachusetts alllO .gavp. a fe-\\' mil,".\itoncs in the communlCy'.!'I to kccp the throat in conditio'l for Gen, James Mitchell Varnum of him the lltle of e010nr1 of al'llllf'r,\i de"clopmf'nt as cbl'onlclNI In the \I'hen they were' on $peakln~ tour~. Dracut. There is a plnn now uneler and Inspr.C":tor general of foundrle2f, "atl~" ehos,"' the Lnwell Coutier and That thr ldra l~ ~ood may be Il~~ way to ha... e the propo~ed new ",tate (tUl..! he retained the tltlt'! until hill its dc oc"lldant p'lpCl'8 n.o.: his merlla cel'talncd b~' tI:e fact that advcrtilt- fore~t In Lowell, Dracut and T}'ngs. d('Ath. of nbsel\'atton 11l~ a~cncie9 toda\" 118(' pracuca.iiv boro namt'd aeter him. \\1"11 Uo,lon Girl, fn lS31i th(' L,Cl\vt'll COUI!N \Va.~ the sal11t" method In lScolllnK their It was on June 6 1i93, that lhe In 1ii"" nf' was ~ nt to th relief a . enl1.we('kh' p3p('r I i1ing on client:'!' produets The p.!'I 'cholo~y (;('neral Court of Massachuse'ts al· ot Admiral 1 EstaiD~ at Boston bar· Thlll!otd3.\'~ an'd Saturdav~ It eon- mu~t be sound. lowed him to become known there- bor to dlrE"ct anel o\'ersee tbe erect~ tampc'l f~ul' pages five column!ot wide after as Col. LoU1~ AnS&J t He had ing ot works In .. ~antasket road and of which 13 were devoted to adver- Up until and through thf' n'con· to 8ecure shlpa. In the B8.lUe ;).'ear . I t strucllon period the patent mf' I- t I.~i n~ an d the remam ng 5e\'('n 0 cine mRnufacturers 91:ere the heavi. he was ma aIde de camp to Ge'l. npws. Of the.qf;' one of which wa.~ SulUvan, l\'ho wa~ in command ot ~upposedly gl,'en onr to current est ad\'('rtL~('rs in the LoweU Cou- the Ame can fol'cE'~ at • "ewport. R- hllpp('nln~~. contamed a short :lttory rier with 1E'~al noUCe8 running M"f'- I, It .....as here that he met Maj Thl"'TC' wa... little att mpt made at ond and real estate announcements Gcn. Joseph Bradley \"aroum, tht"n lypographica.J excellence, Thf' head- contributing heavily to the re....enue colonel Col. Ans-art had many op~ Iln('.!'1 of the advertisements were set of the paper, Dlu~trations al$O be- portuniUes of meeting and contlnu- in t 'pe about !fix. point~ laq:cr than gan to y,;n favor around thi" Ume log his trt('ndship with Lata et·c tbe rcadin~ matter in the announce- when merchants began to realize the dur Ing the ",,.oar as well 8.s afterwards, ment. Thr text of the "ad" ran telUtjbtlity of UBin~ pictures at the . tiM Cathertnc \\·Imble. 8n Eng- the entJr(' length at t.h(> page set goods on sate. They were or tho lillh girl and the daughter ot Capt in solid reading type single column variety mostly, Now Wimble of Boston, who had a hJgh t\(tdiehtp "Ad~" Predominate. and a~ain a two-colun cut appeared, .sodal position. married Col. An~al·t Patent medicine announcements The front page at the medium con- at Bo~ton on Sept. 9, 1781, Col. and predominated, 8ecountni~ for more tinued to be over-burdened with ad- MrJII, AnsBl't U\'ed for tl time In Bol'l- than 75 pel' cent of the totaL Thpn vel'tlsing matter. ton but In 17801 they removed t·') th('l'f' WR.!'I 8 pew fol' 8AI(". plea::-ant- Barher shop.ill seemed to sense that 'The ~11I11strt"e:' tn Dracut which IS Iy Etituntl."'d In Rt:>v. 1111". Milf's'lil m('et~ "It pay" to ad\'eri~" by promlsln~ now II u t 'If Pawtuclu"'tvin The ill~ IHlU~t'. Ancl i( you wcre re· clcan ~h3.ve!'l curlin,!; and colorin!! 1J0wle hall Connerlv beron the rf's!- lij:;"lflU!Jly 1I1elln\"'11 you ('uulrl hu\' four h .. denc~ ot R('v "rhoinas ParkN. the sll:trel' In thr hOll."l'. Thf'n if the mustac ('!II and the promise or shar t, lesl minI. ler in Dracut, aDd i' sil,,· ated on the Old F ry road off \ lil- a 1m a\' JlUl'" It i.!ll b Uftved that be Lowell's New Postoffice Building in Ea,t Menimack glreel. Nifut n 1)(J~~ua~lt"r~ hilV ~ rv· Adam,. but when Gen. Jllck~on be- and wa~ . uccet'(jro bv Col. AllJf>l't Warren G lJ • g I Mf'1'l imnck decided to 1:0 on a ram- 18201. .. i " I Hl2'l \\ r~ !tuspen~jon bl id2e8 Q\'ailahll:' ro?ms for \\omen and children. Patrons were even A..IIIsured ps"'e. :I." it (lid la,t Malch, there o( clf'an tow.plg, There w~re apetial 8ele teU this hou~e ncar Ule Me-I'll· eel the to.... n and cit~· of Lowell calDe pt·e!'lident. Capt. 'VIlllam ,y.1 A. HR~gart, th~ lati~'r being the In Septelllbf'I, 1~l35', Pre.sid('nt at one Mr WillV's Fur the ladies fh(' undertakel" began to let thc mar t rlvt.'r bccaus ot hi.! fatbel'a 51nce April ~O. 1~26, when Jonathan Wwman was appointed POJiltOlL~ter, thJtt Lowell OJan to huld lhe PO~Il· Ro ::Ie\'elt appointf'd Han Chari Dr ~ ckelt had'his doc'k and pluerl pUblic know they wele deale I'll In cautionlng that when he .se Ued to During the admlni!ltration ot tion. H, SlowE'Y. a (ormer mayor ot Ihp. hell"\" Juice lotion to rernO\'e eos- com~~, ca~ket!ll, a~d all article. p~r~ chao a home nea" a ~ver ~o that Morrill recei\"ed tbp tir:-t appoint- Capt. \'~ymfln thf! nali'tol'fice was • Willi. P. Burbank \\'8" appointed CI'1 y, a~ pO!'tma~ter an d" Slowcy mc'les Ye~. the estimable ~f'ntle- tamm~ to tbe bUSlOesl". The bodies ..nf. he "ou al\\ays have p nly )t mrnt f 'Om Presldt"nt John QUlDCy moved '-"eral ';me•. He "'a. not the l'zth po~tmaJllter, and he Y,'d~ ha' "e-··d ctrlel-Ullv up 10 .. r- " ~>.' .: J 'he men promtFcd cven to l('mO\'e mi· 'w("re pre~ rved In Icf'. An adn'r- \\1:1.t and lish for food The Itu- Adam!" .... present time, Under hi" arlmlnistra- lad"''1 1"reckle~ tlScment appeann.t" in the loca.l (or.. 1.01'1- \ ......\HT aUon WBJI also a beautifUl one Rnd From a modr.st and unprpten- reappointed; but R,..... Elipbalet' ~ucceeded by Gardner W Pear.so:l. lion thrr has betn a 1JlCady 10' Durin; the. '('Ar 18·1; pubUc bath papc]' about 1 90 announced lhe fa'·t may hal c been sc t(' for Ulat tiou~ bu.lldtn 1n TUden !'itreet to ca."e was .named. who held office. During hlS adminish'atlon the pO!llt-1 Clca"e in the 8al(' of bonds ami hou"'('~ mUl"t ban bcen popular In that one could travel from Bo.!'tCin appUed for lhis c.han e in bu. na.me reason, the maJ:ll.lficent structure in Eal'lt unlll the clo!\lp) of the admlnistl'a.- office wa!ll r~mo\"ed from the HlI· monev ardent.. thil\ \'iclnity bc:au~e In Mall;:,~~ to Livcrpool for· 30 Shipping hy after the decapitation at Lows. ·\'1, Grand 1 ikur~ in .. -fj"'hhorhQud. 'd Me r run' ac k s I rec I on Iy recen II y op- I'Ion a ' PreSi en I V an B ul:en. On dreth. building to lhE" !cun<ll - '''hile Lowell'. fir~t poslmaster ~tleet there wa.~ Dr Beese's wh('re watcr wall: popUlar at this time, Ihe another of hI intimate friends. \ !'< ened, Ibe van·ou. 1-- ~.Im-·lcr. have Sepl '. '0 1 0't..I.,0b R 0 bb In.s wa., huJlddi ng 0.<:> _, 0 .. Jac II I A ppI e I on an d I lC."ceivcd annual comp('n~atioll vary· a ~entlcman or lad)" could bathc for "Ncptune" r-unnin~ twice daily he- R(''of in \\ oodlJille t'rmcfHy. \ 'hUe at the Minisltee, Col. An- carried on their important duties appomted by Premdcnt Tylpr and Gorham streel~. Albert G, in...~ from .73 to $362, the ~l"OWLh the Olunlfic~nt sum of 1~t~ cents twcen Lowe11 and Nashua.. Col. Amtal't WB-A born about 1742, MrL'. Fr~llch chef made his d1nner.a faithfUlly and e{{iciently. Today the postaffice was located in Mld- Thomp:son, the Hlh postmaglCr, In the busin.:» of lbe Lowell poat- the son ot Robert ,'avlrr Ansart lind famuus in the neighborhood and the Lowell cnjoy~ excellent postal ser- die slreet ior several years, Pres- was appointed by PrE"sident McKin- office has lesulted in a ,!;teady in- which Includcd warm. cold OL' ~how· ""orerunuer of Clas!!ilfled Puge. Catherine, bal'one~9 of Havre, ae.. colouel took active pal t in local VIce, thank,!; to the determination ident Polk named Stephen S. Seavy ley. Th(' 15th was Joseph A, Le· crea~e in the postmaflter's ~alary cr bn.thin:::-. Wrel,dnvl'l \Va~ th" The gl'catc3t advancement wc no- cording to records held by ),{Iss a~n~r!, Hi8 sulky, drawn by a span of the pres('nt personnel to cat'ry R.f11 the. flfth postmaster, While AI- gal'e, who was succeeded by Maj. unUi today PO,itm3,'!;tCl' Slo\....ey !'c- hest time to "sin~ In the bathh.lb" ticed In advcrtlsing layout around EIi7.abcth C. Coburn of Varnum 0 O. t'!-I, was the first vehicle ot on the traditions ot the Postolfic~ f.ren Gilman was the sixth. on the Robert Cro\....Jey. who has since died. cC'i.... eg approximat('ly S·1200 a. ycar. bCCRU"'C on Sundays the doctor h'lr:l the turn ot the century wa.s the can- 8\'enue who Is his great grand. ~s kInd in this part of da ghter. H WM born In Bru~rls, e was (Inc ot the thf w~rld, department. oun en lISt. Then follOWed Thomafll Good- Hon, John F_ Meehan wal'! appoin t - The revcnue of the postof'fice las~ to ~o to church nnd he con!llcqncntly centralion o( real cstate announce. Durin~ Postmaster Morrill's term, hue, Fisher A, Hildreth and Johu eel his succes..c;or by Pt'esldent \\'11· year was approx·mntcly :\350,000 clo"lcd at 11 a. m. ment't on one page. This we thln1< It is thought. while h s f th r ltv'!. ,of the church and !-Ichool aod al'!lo the postotfice wa!ot removed to Ccn- A. G()odwin, who W.;l,!-l appointed by SOIl and was thl!! 17th In tho hne 0: Connec~ II 'wllh til(' main po~tot· Tn tho~(' ot you who no\\' comh was the forl'l"unnrr ot the present th~' h d t I' one f the hrst proprietors ot the tral strC"et nf'ar what is now WIl- Presic'lent Lincoln and served ior po!(tmul('tlI The 18th Rppoln~ee lIce are !'Iix sub-stat Dna There arc )'OUI' hair \',ilh R. to\ve1 th~re W!UI Ai claMlfle(! p ge. Clothlnf;'" store ad.e raa. France where ht3 (8:nily nlived toll din Ige th Pay, tucket aIls, ae~ Illam ~Ir-I. Mr. '{om'll served dur- 13 :rear~. Maj. Edwald T, Row U wa3 Aa\'t 1 A. DelIslC', who \\a3 1~1 rmployC('~ In the local off"ic<, tnl tlng bllsjn('~! man wbo prom· began to appear with morp fre. tn renc army In no ...,.'t"- 1>ri at G M" And wbere hi broth ra and sist... nI cor g a e riffin accounti_D_!': .....I_h_e_a_d_m_i_nl_.I_t_·a_t_io_n_o_'_P_r_c_'_·d_e_n_t_\\_',_._I_h_e_1_0_l_b_bolder or the office. appointed hy tbe tate President. ad Hl'l Ilra'lche.8 I. d to re~torC' vour hatr at a price quency 8.J' did the amusement an. w re born. He dl in Dr cut on Lala~t"t1e \ i"'it('d Him. ll!:!r ed UJ'lO!'l be' w('en you and th~ nouncement",. The former usually May ~2. 1 04 at the age ot 62 \\1Jlle Col Ansart Il\"ed 1n LoW(,JI I man to tbis country but the young I achlevement~. In thc nature oC R miracle man Th<'n If trouble wa<:l announced th~lr newly arri\'ed stoet;: }eat'B a.n J was b rted in he Id h.1.!11 trien and compatnot. Lafayette man aot into diffiCUlties and W&:I Wooabtne c("raet('I"V in Dracut. wbJch \isited him on several occ8!'1ion I seot h~me. A letter from the youth's BROUGHT LIABILITY ploneer moveme-nt. waJ'l tbe jnlro- ductlon of liability insurance t{l DONOVAN HARNESS CO. experienced in chewing ~teak there of o\'ercoat,~ In a double column art \\" re utiflcial 1t;i~ In tho form of on Pa~e One Witb advent of cloth- :n ,~era~ teeth. To keE"p your Inter-cst 109 stOIr. ad! the size ot the paper became a par of Lnwe Ito 1 701 and one of them bclng in l'iR4. Col. \.n- parents dated May 10, 1782 tha'iJIiJI Lowell. This old c.stabli~hed til m hi now a part of Pa'\1rtuekctvDle. sart made three trfpll to France dU~- him tor his klndne. sand inquirnl DoubUe 8, had he returne to hLs ln~ his life in America to vimt about tbe progrel'l!ll their MtO IS INSURANCE TO CITY hu the distinction of being the fll'3t inl'!urance company to become tlu OLDER THAN CITY In mU!'llC at a hl~h pitch, there was b('gan to lOCl('a!'le trom (our pal't'''~ t~e piano tuner who \'iait.ed the sec- to ~ and ei~ht. Specialization "'Ih lion once each month, t81n or ~hine, bwnne.e~ wu practicallv unhe31d ., ruLthie F anr'c he "ould have been relattve8. His msters, Petlonf]le J08" making, a~t"nt 101' this type of insur3.nc(' In Ilc(")almed one of tho gr t charllc~ ephine Guutcl.oune, and Therese Jos- Another letter (rom Arras. He!"dlO. 18 7 the "Olcro~ company took ann a(liu.~terj the 1~~ '!'I to their pI'Op- as can be fieen by the fact that on" te.n ot' hi!'lton'. but a plain head- cphi.lle Benlludme. who la~cr became France from his luslers shows thf'lr J. f)r('ro ... ~ & IJPi~bton Lon!; O\'el' the t C'prescntation of thl': Em- COllcerll .t~'l:tbli,llfd in 18;~'~ er tune Charles NUdd, a broker witb pri\'a~e " nne- i!'t all that n.l1t k.tt his gra,,'e tn t.he Voif of Louis EdJne d Hommetz:, concern and con~ideration for hIm Identified \\ itlt Pro~es,ive plo~:eu,' Liability .lnsurance of Lon· Uas Kept Pace with Challl:· past, thc middle oC the centuly just wiles to dealingYork and oils.. pl'Q- 1n ~ 'ew Chical::'I), thl" city. lIVed in Atras an.d were quite inter- while at the same time infer~ thR.: don, This type of insurance WR!'\ there appearcd on the market, ~a~ al!tO in gnins, A portrait of thul iIlu~ltiOtls ested. in his a.tf~U1·S and the life ot he has ne~lccted to wrile ahout his J\lowments. new, and wag not easy lo w1"ite. III illl\' 1'1'a1l'llortation Modes. lar;-el\" ~xp10llcd in the Lowell Cou· VISIOI1!'1. Fr('nchman WRl'l prcsc-nt('d to the Amrrlc.ans,. .His brother, Josepn safe return and welfare, tho~e early days, accident ami licl', Howe'g sc\\ing machines for Around thJ.s time thcl'c appcaled l own 0 f 0 rReu I 1 Ih '" hJ !'fI I onca 1 in Francl:'.Xa\,u'rhad anoth('r brother lY . FranCOis He Ansart, aillo lIveu One letter on Oct. 12, 1783, from health insul'ance when fil'St wlilt~'11 Long' befol'(, the memory of Low- prices ranging from S7t.i lo 8125 for the sO,:('alled "t('aser ad~." You At the clo~e or the Ci\'il war, was so limited that it covcrcd only ell's oldNlt citiz('n nnd four ycare the miss at home to hcotp keep the know, WatCh tbis space for future r.ommi tee "f the Varnum chapter, and "I~tcr twins, Reno and Mary the. Isle St, DomJngo is from. a Daughter'!; ot the American Revotu- who are bp1ie~cd to have llicfl whlie busme,!;s acquamtance concerJUng I"\icbolas W, NorcroBS found his fi~ 12 named diBcas"~. Since that lime bcCol'e this community was a city famil~' properly clothed at a mini· announcemcnt ot great Import." lion, In 1906: and was r('ceiv('d hy ,nfanl•. Col. An".'-I look hi. I;tlo the p.ossib.i1ity or Marquis d'Rourral. nances in a pre<:arioul'l state, Cast- the pollcl(,'''' have enlo.l·gcd and m~ thel C' W3'J estnb1i:-hcd at Markct mum cost Thl:!'! method is seldom used no.\', the hi."itorian. Silas Coburn, in b('~ .-, , b d creased in coverage and now those and Palmel' strcets an establishment Jmlu'o'·E"ment :Soted. althOU~h not ~o long ago one or the hal! or th(' librar • trwtct"~ It bears from hlR grandOlother a tlga Icr 1;'('neral in the king',:; ing around tor some business in Issued today cover practically {'\'~ that specinlized in harncssrs and Ad\"('rti~rs durin~ the period leading' ci~aret companies used thiS ., army, settling in America and al!1O WhiCh to recoup some ot bis lo!ses, this in!'icripUon: After Louis decapitation. C;0J. An- ~peaks ot certain orders for potash, el'ythlng, from the loS!! of a dancer's saddlery for the carria~e and farm iust prior to the Civil war l'le-{'med to idea to Introduce its new brand on "Marie Louis Ausart de M:ues- 88rt applied for natural~lton and This man in his letter sa . he undertook the tounding of a million dollar le~s. to inJturancc hor~es of this vicinity. The founcJ~ take more pride in how lheir an- the market. uked to b('!o known as LoUlS Ansart. _ ys, against U1(" los.q 01 onc'~ hait· ('r, D(:1.eon Brahrook. bf'gan in 18~Z nou~ccment~ apprared qu('Urs, colon I of ar leI')'. in pcc- HI. -equ.sl. ,,_ 0e ranled "My tnend. thi,!-l letter \\-om find you firm ot inSUlance brokers which is in the A writers (or the department tOI'" g-eneral or the llM88.ChllSf.'tts ~ today in exi. tence, tbe l'econd oldp~ DUlin~ the ;)Q yeav( that ~ '{ll~ th(' upt'ladon of the concern that 1s me hum whlcb they chose to ~II stort's Rhowt"d ~l"eat improvement Col and _ir.!:. A !mrt wb were near a good rtrp., J hope ma.dam~ i~ <; • toundrle!'l In the \\ar of the Amf'ri- el'C»:~ & Lt'I~htf,n ta\"{o t, en In now t'r-own ao:. th(' 1> Do\an Hllrn('SIl tb('lr wales. Attempts. rathor>r about thl!'l time b\" segregatin'" cae Revolution: natnrahze n 1793 marrtt"d In Boston had 12 l:hildrl'r W 11 and al!«) the (amilj', I consider company 01 ganizE'tl in 1..0\\ ell. 01'- hu In ~ hst of inl"!th'utial nam ar. Auto SU}lpl\' (' atill locatefl ('lU If' a eomp31'{'11 with thC'! pr('~- the-it dl(ff'tent at't1cle"~ in boxe~ anrt by the nam of LoII.l~ A"1 t ,rn t\\O ot h m helng born n Bo ton JOU .on of my 40 he~t 1w'nds 8n I ~nizf't1 in 1887, ill IIIH" 100m of h(' imnllt'11 hy lhl~ cnmp:lny it'S os Ii In :h(' S II pbC~ nt , • i ('a 101 mal;.('up. were marIe panels. a eu tom which is still plac. Ie ....rance tn 17012 I I in Ora tn And the oth rl' In Dlacu a ftlend and man whrlln 1 ha\'e att huUding wh('r(' it now occupies an JO."th or LO\..cU's Whn \ ho In lhe ('ally d)' f1~ tbl" Hon' th to dl'CS-"" lip ads Wllh 1'I11~tratlons t1e<'d to<lay Tht" tront page ot the 1 04" 'rh f' ebll rcn wtre Roh rt, born P. teemed fl ('ndshlp hlr:' 'rh... .!"e c'lI nl • n'3.mC'3, appea, no::> 0:1 p' ctlc I t1(..l"on 0011 I wed that on 1 to J:'1\'(' nlOie ('on!li.d ration to ~ap«r \\as d(>\'ott>l'1 plactlcally f"1I. JI1D(" 23 1'i~2 and \\bo later ran a \ l.•.n , (·orrf'''llondt<nt. the book" In lh" y{'al. ot th e{ply hi!' chnic of ro~ltlon h:1d h n a th gC'ocral app arance What ts tll'ely to newlI, \'0 ilb fcw lat.,::"e ad. \ Skilled ( lllnnn M 1~4'r, .. 'ew York Ta\Crn and marr ed a A leller (r ,m his m.q:tcl.!'I, datt"tl O'~, ale !oitll1 on the lJool.s. 11 ppv one hec"use tile equestrian knnwn in the paliAnce of the ild verll empnt~ appearing there. r laU\'(!' I'It MarqUis M ntala.-n· vidow With children: Lewis, Oel, 5. Arra~. Oct. 30, 1785, upbral shim heTt. Col. l\ nsart ~tU(hcd tb bust~ 1873 who dlec'l In • '('w Orlf'&DS ut for his carc'lr. suess and tboughtl~ 1'I~ In the liMit days of the firm'" ('x- entrlpll:"C W88 loco'll'd In the vcry wnter" as white snaee, or daylight. From thill lime on there wu gpn- np of cannon·makin;;- and also at- yel10w fevpr: Fanny believ(!d to neS$; in not wJ'"itin~ 1t al~ slates l:!'itence, all thc work was dOlle b'" heaTt of t~r: matl,C't mecca. In this secmeu to ha\'e found (avol' Ko eral Impro\'cmt"nt noticed in the tf'l1dt"d A mHitarv acad('m,,' whic~ have b en born in 1781. died at I, that hi:!'! lAst INter took ~r\'en hand, nn t 'pewritelS hein~ u~cu. \\'a\' th(' tallnClfI "ho were bis best lon;('r wa~ the typE' jammed In la~outl'l of the ad~. more attention WaB npC'n nnl\' to Rons of titled, .lulu... bot'" Junc Ul 1785, manied months to r("uh thf'Ol. ThlR IpttE"r Thr records requireu 27 buok!ll to P10!<pcCts and the e.31ria;e c.Ili\,cl·!< ti~ht bemg patd to balance and to get. contain all 1 hC' ncccsi>al-y iO(OI"01;:1- who Hkf'wi " had occa ion to !:o to .\.!'\ 1'01' the ethlcR in the profl's- tmg th(' ~Ist of the ad at the opu- " {'althy 01('11, H,"' wu taught r Ilcin~, Bradley \"amum, bUl'INl In Dracut, ~I"eak!ot of scven bunks of .!'IlIk:!'i hntl'lrmAl1l'lhir ttnrl ~wollillman."hip. B tsy, hOlll Jun ~2, 1787, mal'ried which Col. Ansl1rt hought hoping to tion; " l'lepar:lte rcgl~tf'r (01' cR.r-h the m:;'II,('t pl,lCC could handIly h~ ~illl\ th("y ."lccnled to he 81 a mIni- cal eentre ot the spac(', 'rhe sl.zf" Al th ... a~(' If l' hi!l tathf'r bl'nug-ht .Jonathan Hilcht'th and l'l'IlIO\'('d LJ !l{'\l at an hundred PCI' cent pl·otit:. !'iel'VCd, mum with cop.\'wl'ltcl"s claiming'" fan- of th(' paprr bc:;an to Incl'eat::e and cumpany Tile dr-arull latcl' '·1 Iiuqnil'lhed hip. ta 'tlr thll1~~ Cnl' th('ir c1iC't1t!'l prod- then camf' the Rtandanl rt~hl-col· him a li('utrnaut"s ('nmOllsslon. \\"hlle Da~·ton, Ohio; .0JlhlC, hotll july 23. The~c I~ORtly .!'Iilk:!'i \wr{' bou.~bt IUt "It \\Ol.~ cJuitr a c'holl" til IHt duwn harncss shop and Ihl' fllmil~' oC the uct~ a thi!l 'hool ho made f ir.nd.q y,ith liSP. mRntel! Petcr Hazelton anef of money left by hi.!'l f~ther, it i~ ~r· 10"01' c-xamplr. a Rl"In in New Ull1n Journal allowin~ advertlRf'1"1I thq.:c hC'a\) loug"""I's and COil)" In 1I11 rH cnt uwnn .Jam C {)onovan, 'lUI k pronounced to lhe r('nuC'r~ ot 01111'(' le('way In dr('~sing lip their l.8fayt"'tte and LOllis .\ I. He later later DI .sp uldlng; 1I.UTie. bo.n Ueveu, but there was 110 market in Oll. data hy hal1<.I," MI • • ~OlCIO.'I l'~suml,;d m:l118:.;cm nl &8, catly as th(' Lowen COllricr that all olhrr 8nnounc('rncnt.s bName a ta\"ollt at COtlrt hecau:ic March 12, ll!!t married ~am \\oOOs; the coloniC's fOI such luxul'ie~. MI$ mU!i'icd. "I think we WCl·e the t1lat 1~7ti. The small woodell structure hair dycs were mcre imitation~ and nf hl~ charming pe18onallty, at, at Fell.'t, born Jan. 26, 1793, married AnMrt had thcm made into dre~~ '!'I '. tnod('rn Praclit'f" . film to auopt the usc o[ the typo - that had I;cr\'cu the o\\:nerg since should be a\'oided If the prol'tpcetive JOday ad\'ertlsing agencie.s ord('r one time W;:IS a member of the king 8 Martha Lavinia Bro\\-n: Catherine it is said and had 18 or 20 at on~ wrlter fo:' writing poHcie!oi, That the modest fouDding ot the shop cllstomer wished to escl1pe ridicule. space .months in advance and plan body guard. born ~ ~ov, 20, 1794., married ",~iJUam time, Thl:'J'le trunks were vel)' at- first machine W8.8 an olft Ham- \l,as tom (Iown in lOll to make wav campaigns long before the ttrst ad ~8ra Swan GrIffin In her "Quaint Leighton. AtMs, born Dec, ~1, 179ti, tractive and were lined \\ith a pat· mond." He smiled at the r coHee· for the present lar~er building at Bits ot Lowell History' de"cIibes rna cd .Joanna Braun: Abel. born terned denim. Is to appear FJnaIJy came electro- tlon. "'Ye were also carly III the lO!l Market SLt'ct>t which i~ be'tter not only tiaodlery am! riding equlp- plating whlr.n guaranteed unitorm- him as tall, :-lenuer. having a nate Oct 2, 1798 married Marlha Brovm In a letter e\'idenlly from ni field to adopt the S)'stem of call! able to take care ot the growing m('ut: but Irather g()()(ll'I and lug· Ity In ad!l appearing throughout thp ('omplex1on Ind being v.eaUby, ban . an I Aline. born In 1 01, ,lied 8t 18 father, it says, . You 8~k me for illtlexin~. which today iR u~ed h).· eoncern's nt'C':!s ~~\' ran~inl'r (rom small handba:zs ('ountry on the sam(' day, ."0 lonl't'. BOrne and ta!'etnaliDg He ha very }~ s, ~t'ains, R cuillvator. etc. Certainly I Ranl1 Tht" numrn'r of boolif{ II ,I Wl to trutlk. (url' frOIl-, thC' markets er was makE"-up left to the disc~~ del ('8tt'" bands. shE" ltat but <::\":lB osa out Ived bpr bu band \\111 ne\·t"r takC' upon Illysef( to ('lL- hal'S hC('n leduced lo 11"ce, Ih,'n to ' leG OIW loclks b..1ck to lhl ye9r. u tE"d for nls personal bra\ cry. b 'fo'· Ih_ en' f tbe t of thf' \\.'01 id. fl.lltnmobilt" aeces· hon ot tht" ptinter by n artv IS ~"ears. tng at the 8 i" lice 8\\a\' .10 !1Une~t counll\'man 10 two Mlpplemf'ntaM.r card indicC'.!'l 80 mobil. th,' ,'n'p"l-"ce of au OIllO- ~uri('>!'l. nutomobili'" trmllmnrr~ ~('at mwg' 0 Pickin~ up the prc.ll:ent·day issue. <- .... ' C 1 Col An';;:&l't prlOl to his ~ommg to at 6 on Jan 2i 18p. expose him5('IC to the peril!4 ot th, you enn see tb""re ha." bt"t'n a eon~ ~, .. • xp I b Amenca in 17"iij a the time ot tbe ('orn' ponden('1f" From Fr,l Ill"'. SE'a. Do you J callze the sum it woul,J ~idel'able a<!\'ancc in melhod!'fl and hal'n('x8 nU\l\in~ ('3n ht"' undcr~tood cu\·t"r~, spot t equipment and ,c;pOl t o! the Couri('r-CiI17Rn. sucee.!tmlr of RevolutIon was 8!.90 fated "Uh Ius be nec{'~~lll)' to have to finance ..u('h ("R.Cfilv. Good h8rn('~~{"s called tel co~tum{'<;_ Instead of d\1.1ndlin~ the lAwell Courier, one notel a father and the Marquls Montalam· ~omethlng of the cltaracterll'tic9 a journeyY" Thill I('tter also detatls condensation. finished elaftsmam,hip b.... men who I 8way in the face of th(" IIUtr com- marked dincl'ence in the ~ize and ot Cot "Dulin~ the first week ot bu:>:l- had madp thl~ u~t"ful trade their pC'lilion the automobile ga\'e the number or advertlsementll. PartiC'- bel t In the ror~('s ot Frallce, Ht"! "as letten .A.nsart ma)" be gleaned fl'om t b e news 0 f t h (> family relationl'l, ~tc, WI ilt('n to him in }<"rench ~y • ICUOL.\ _ ·ORCRO~S. ness ot the firm, a ,2000 policy W8.'1 life's work, Hon'c.s were absolute. dcalrl's in !'iaddlery, Chis company ularly notJceable III the (act tba.t a 8killed miHtary en,giI1("C'r and a 81) Another leller dated St. Qu('nun. 9,. capable canta1n or infant.·)·. hu, Itillter~, 'lis fR her, val'ious tradC'~~ Jan. 1, 17Q2, {rom !i'oyer Chol(' imJ)Ol'ring suite or offi('('~, Ihp. firm wrltt('n covering thp pl'Opell~" oC Iy lndi!otpensable to lhc time~. The branched out to includ(' thr- new de- patent medtclnc't take up practical. C)((ertl S('f\ it,p to ('OIUlli('\;. n1('l1 Rnd by R. former ~w thrllt t. He ,lacqu"t & Co_ r('18tr,!; to a transR.c- dirt hll~in('~s unU( t' the namr of the Shuttle Co.• of this cit..... Th" snapping of ~n infnior harneM ve10pmenta in thr mC'anlil of tran~· ly no space \\'hr..t"R~ a century 8J::I'J mllst have be\-'n a lo\'ablc man and U ot-tler came in for the policy at 5 WB.!'I a calamity to a dtiv('I' mil('~ Jlol'tatlon. ThE' Donovan~ had tak('n they mad(' it po~slblf for lh(" 'paprr 1n 17i1) with Cl'('dpnl\als tlOlll htgn Incllnf'd tn h monllm!'ntal Ull h,. }l;f'r,:. 'on in ROmf' potash. Tl sa)'~: Nichol113 W 1\""orcro.q:". In 18P:J o~c.IOC'k Ollf' allt."l·noon, Lf'ttcl''I WC'I·c '10m honu 01 " fRII1HT ......ith hay to carp of thl~ Il('cd!ot of ,;nvC'r'!; or otht'r In 0Pf'l'Rtf' plfj('I:iI!!l Hf Fuwr('. he Jl.l1ne 1 Irl fl Idt('t f om Camlinf'. Ihl ~d "Fl"if'nd... In whom 'VI" have Rpok('n wlwn lhr. rlll('r NOI'('t·O~!'i J"t'tlrccJ he \\t1ttell ac}l;nowlf'dgln~ tilt, reccllll be 1J10U,l;hl III befolc 111(' l;llll 8('- ~I'I1("'l\lioM Rnd d('cifl('d that Ilw Ihe ~tlll:.:t:IA tlf the colonic! a am t whom It 1:'1, I ported hf' I('(t III }I"I ~Ill't" Rnd shown your !\l<unplerommi....':fttl plac II hil'i :'lon in thltl :.:-e. Thc til m of _the onll I d~~il'f' ynu tr: till th,' of rota 11 It \Va" too late 10 cau~c of lhf' calf' thaI thl~ ("O/lCl'lll tradition coull.! hf' ("I.I'1'H"\I nn d('- ';reat Brl aln. It I tint! rHtoofi that In or 11 r to gAm iftme. all hl.' '11.1 prompLi).'. n, \lttin~ to quantity you Ih('n was kno\O,:n Ali thf' NicbolR" G, wnle up the polley. but the It"tlers I put Into thr. buslllC!'l,q of hal"llC~ll spitf' an inventIOn. If the alrplAnt" rl'--------------" rlf'JlJllte hll'll noble hit th hI' WRS :l TherA wa.. no dang-er 0 any onc' el ~tron~ ad, ocate of tan ~en,1 u," we Jlnnt our!'f'lvf'~ to • '01 I'O~ Insurancft Co. In 1t1LO. were put In th~ mall, Al emoe acy HiS rcadmg tbe il tter which Volt df'cld- l'I3y that we can t"mploy much III tha ),f r. • "orcro~'" ::r.dmitt,,,l Jamf'~ H. that night the plant bUl·ned down. around. I o'clocl~ makin p It becanw famoul'l for miles ('\'rr I'('Rche~ thf' widE'Apl'ead u~e I Ulat lJlill predicted for it, then olle ThrotlA:h tht' Yrar... Srirncp Ita, perfect d Ilf'l'\'ict"~ \\f!re valuablf" to the r.ol n- ('(lIy ftmoUIOu.'1 oec;'lIJ ist" expeclally becaus ot hts ab I ty JO I r.l..1ch and CU one in thia country Leighton to p8l'lnel'xhip And the but t~,: .company accepted, ~ull re- 1t ""as 10 blt>acheries tn St. Quentin, Chatellv, firm i,!-l now o~anized under the I One of the more familiar marks can look to the MarkC'l strt"'C':t stOlP spomnbt1~ly 8lthou~h no pollctel'! had of early Lowell and Mmcthing to be (or a p&T1l.I?hute Their tradition I!; to rnpl;e can OIL He proposed to es· W'u able at that l~me to lead it He Cambial, \" lcuciennes, Beau...ais name ot KOl·crOgg and Lel~hton, GENEST'S HOME SCIENCE tablish furnaces tn this state to pro· was Inclined it 18 una"'mcd, to e and AmienN.'" The political situation in Fran... ~ vide cannon sufficlt'.nt to meet th rather g:1nn t pending muney free- follov.1ng the arrest Cit the kill~ i!'l I been wnttE"n, The lo~s \\'8.8 paid shown to one's \'i!41linrr cousins \\.'"8.8 !l'ueh that It t~ only a J't('p from a One of tbe company's outstanding tor in full." the large white horse '!hit stood for bU~:l::Y whip to the corrt~ct costume r Before the public became as tn- many 'yeJlrs in th ""indow of the that g'O{'s \\;th it and another to c lonisb' oeeds. pro\"lded th atate ly and also not gl"en to writing fre- described at length in a letter frOID , . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 8urance minded as it is today, in store. TWt:: lile·size reproduction automobi"~ accessorie.s or whatever J:'ave the lands, buildings, mach1ne-ry qucnlly or (,\'('0 copiously \\hen ne his sister "n Arras but this let,1 r the 1890's hearings were held In the of a horne som('how seemed a part the cban~ng timel" call for Such BREAD and materials rrqUll"ed Hls cannon dId wnte. This fact Is borne out by We desire to add our State House, Boston. to pass legls- of Lowell to ali hrought up here; alertness and adaptahiJity L<~ to be To our friends in Lowell ",,'ere more than satWactory and It remoo trances from wectheart, tR' bears no date, She also !;peakl'! )f Lafayette and it is gathered that. expression of Anniver· lation to pennn the sale Of. health so much so that alter it had disap- comme.n~ed and is in kCt'pin~ with W&!I agreed that Dee cano n wou d ters, fathcr and oth('r8 about lapsf'.3 this letter was ,..,itten after one 0 be produced every 24. hours. Col. An~ in correspond<mce. ti~~ Cobuln hrn Col. An~al"t'lJ vi!otit~ to France, sary Congratulations to lirnJurance in Massaehusettl'l At ~ared from the ....1 ndow some time the ~plnt ot modern Lowell, e\'cl' ODe ot those hearings, Mr. NOrcl'O:"S ago many mis...ed JL The horse, a'wake to modem improvements· we extend our Conl\'l'fltula- tions. sart '\\'a8 to con!ttruct the (urnac('s the::;e letters. which pro\'C to be All thr lE'tters showR a flowf'rv wa" asked to speak and the next however, had watcbed the arrival but ne....er relinqul..Clhln~ the tradi- and to Iluperint~nd their buildir:~ mo!ott IntercsUng reading, the citizens of Lowell. day the press accorded him credit ot the horself.'ss days, ot carriages lions of tb~ past, ~ty}e which 1:1 ~o essentially French tor influencing opinion favorably to that mo\'cd along with DO vi~iblc Tbe advel'llSer modestly referred tn • ~ENEST BROS" Inc. A letter from Carolinp. dllt'd Ff'b, HnrI all give the impression that Cot :i li1'i;2, incidenUy neady a y(':1I' An!'lal't \\'8!'1 a man of pl'ominence promote this fOl'm of insurance, The means of locomotion. After the ad- his own product as the "bt"~~t In the Established in 1R7, aftf'1" blR mOl rlage In thiN country and one w('11 r(,!'Ipf'cterl by his ne\" State ot New York was anowln~ ...ent ot the nivYel' and automobile world." to . rlss \'"lInlJlf>. shows fhat she ""as cnuntrym('n as well a~ by thoPtc ot \'cry 11l11Ch 'n love with him, In thm France HUB the writing ot such poUC1('S, ami on(' of the country's I('adlng auto. eustomt"fs flom Mal'l~achU!'lclls were mobile manuCacturcrR with a pench. It1 Ot1(' of the edltiomt An contf'r- There wa.tt a clever tieup nol!('('d Established 1924 J E. LYLE JEWELER t·" I ~olng to N, '" Ym" ,J:" ~o\'(·!·i\~e, ant ror collectln;:r pUl'cha~ed thl:' pd.ln~ ~alve maoufacUHel nnllltt-CI . , J tltl' lihe speak!! of bri!1~ l0to3 While it I!' !<lalpd In ~a.ra. SW8'l HOSIERY l\lJLLS Ii Ul Har"ard Sf. C 'J' It.·t. I f ·~VF.I.L, 'l..\:,\S. 1 I lo hint alld hCJlmg (or hll~ "eturn In Griffin'" hi.<ttol"y that he mal'tiP11 h Il('ar futurf'. She al80 lIIpeaks twi('I',. Ii~~ Coburn h£'lie\'f'R Iha thi al It the dilttanC" b t ...· 1 l'ltcrs is (,J loneOll, "lid lhAt hp w"" ~Iw~ .~ , L·ol. An a't had brnlJjtht a yUtln,:::: (aithful to Cath(!l'ilie W~_bl.ooo \.. LOWELL, MASS. The hl,stolY 'J~ t; .. 1. ~!;1 'n~IIIHUC" white hOI·;ie from Mr. Donovan. ft.l"IU placfO It In Itle !l'~"': rA' t> d out the fact that hl~ (lroduct harf l\{o\"in~ \\ith thl:' !'Iplrit of the fllO\'cd Vf'lY popular t"non~ the !'Iot- forward movelnent3 Ul the 1O."lur- timp~ the hamt'. .!'1 l:'upplv CampAn\' rlirl'" f'n~a.t::ed in the Civil war ..J I ancp. fleld. W&.."J ch$ln~f'd to a. Il:tore that l!Old the plltriotlc vem there WR.!! the lt~- In M,\]',CHJ<;Sn':R, !\. H. l WI prl--TS- oun on lVlany Important nooKs ---===-0-====--_-- -~==~' ro ro IWIIVln( or I wo al etches of LowclJ IV II Ana or L&mbdon D, otb Many Early Notables at Old Merrimack Hotell :'8. prints The Celestlal Ra!lroad. by Na· 1868 ----- Amon.... Lowell's numcrtlus clalID9 C. Edgart no tbaniel Hawth me A Review of "The Necess1ty of b Sa bat bL ' C Uzcn of Lowell. 0 Sklnn r. 'Map ot the City of Lowen. nlus- trated History of Lowell. revlseu sOOr' on COrpOl'3.UOnS by ediUon by Charles Crowley. B. C Publlsbed by Sa~"t and Joshua Morrill. . to celebritv 18 the fact that it W23 I v 4 the author '0- once .Q. th rhrlng c n rc The f llow· Ill,I5. lng l1St of Low I Impnnts dattn'" ,es. Rev He A Lo \en as tr lm IJ re the tn rporatl n or the It \\8.9 n 1 as It is: P W!'II nd Po Bro cltlz e. bv the cit Dmner to PreslJent auth r U of Lowen June 80, 1 7. :1(1 Diacourse CommemoraU""" Amos Blanch rd. D. D, by Pr 1870. f - of I c mmunlty as a t . n dO\"lD to Lhe Bag y an AI I. D ton. dayll of the \ValId w r. 18 a carefully 18t8. SOl' John .:. Tayl r, D. D., of dover. Pub by the Kirk Street AD'I complied summar)· of th more 1m. ISla Eddy. Rev. ilanJ I Clarke. Lee- Congregational church. PC'ltant v.:orka pUblished here: 'StU9. AnUl· lUres to ,roung ladJes on sub1ects 01' 1871. 18·~3. Pllrts. Dan el practiQl Importance. B. C. Sar~ Jda.sonlc Charter, by·la,\\·s and 110 I Ra.crcd COncert by the Beethoven gent. forth of Mt. Horeb R. A. Chapter Muslc:::t.l Bacl tv at East Chelmsf' rd. A full and impartIal account or 1872. th eV( ng or the con et"11ltlon of lb. trIBI of Rcv. James Hardy, pas. caverly. Robert Boedey. Poems S· Anne II church March 16. 1 25. lor of the First Wt" Ieyan church Ir. 2 vol. Stone &: Huse. E t eh Im!'tord• .Mass. Prmted by Ont" Pea I Lowe11, on a charge at lying, by 18iG. \\ Ullam Baldwin lIt2~. 1" t 1 precJoWl gift Kev \ ·l11lnm H 1:. ey, ater. Parker. Marla Hildreth Poem3 1"~7. Ferguaon, Anna. The Young and Stories. Stone &: Huse. !'he New festament of Our Lord La y Nathanle! 04. Uayton. l.owell, Mass., Charter and Ordl. and Savior, Jesus Chrlzt. Lowell. .. 'few England Offering, Aprtl. nancea. Mass. Printed by Tho~aa Billings 184 , to April. 1849 1877. 1927. La lea' Fletcher, 1. M., Ed. The Golden GoodwIn. Hon. Jobn A. The PU· 18~9. (Jilt, a t.oken ot the season . ~r1.m Fathet.!'l oraUon delivered be. Tavlor, Jane:, Memoirs ot the late The Fountajn ot Lt\';.n~ \V t r "r tore tbe City Council and Citizens Jane· Taylor. Lowell. MMS. Printed 1881. 100 Meditations of a pious 80ul of Lowell, Dec. 22. 1876. by Thomas Blillngs 1829. fhtratlng alter the waten of ct I nat Crosby, Nathan: Rulogy on Hon Taylor, Jane: Poetical Remains ot Pendleton: View ot Lowell. Mn~s.. life. MUton Bonney. Tappan Wentworth. A. M. the late Jano Taylor wJth extracts taken from the home ot Elts"~ Ful· Authentic narraUve of the shiP- 1870. from her corr·c8pon I nee. Printed ler, Esq. In Dr3.('ut by E A. Farrer. wrC'Ck 8uffer1ng!J ot Mrs. Eliza Cowley, Charles. Leaves trom 8 awl publish d by Tholl1t1S BU1lng'9 Pendleton's Lltho!!t'rtphy. BI',1dle-j". H. P. Huntoon Lawver'! Life Afloat a.ud Ashore. 1 ~9. 183 I, Thoug-htB on ~Iavery. Dame! Rlce Laura. Sunshine and Sb3.de 1831. Catalo~H~ of the offiCl'rs and pu· Bbby. Keegan, John Curran Rcf1cc- HIlliard Franc 8: An a'k1ress, de· pl1.3 ot C ntral nUn e Acnd my L"l Reply to the "Alamung Develop- tions on Muriage. Marden & livered befnre the Lowell Tcmp 4 r- mf"nt .. a.nd "Further lJevelopm ots" Rowen a:lC(1 ~oclf'ty, Jail. 2. 1831. Pnntet1 I 'Jt Rev. B F. Clark oC North Chelml- Twiss, James J. Discourse upon bv Thomas B 11Ing8 18J1. App to 1 7. ford, by A!8.hd Hl.:ntlngton. Print- the history of the estabtlshm nt of Journal of Health Vol. 1, 1830 Pierpont. .Io!"" fmln' tel' ot HaUls ed by the author the First Parish in C9.rllsla. MUft. 1~2. S . church B st n) Th address to I 18-tu. d!': Ivered Sunday. Feb 23. 1879 Bartlett. EII!h."\ Monthly Journal the people n l e d at the Instal· Sermon on the occasion of the Stone. Bacheller &:: Livingstone or Medical Ltterature. Vol. 1. No.3 latlon of P. v n nry A. Alii ! a!'l d th of John QUincy Adams by Cowley. Che.. les. n mlnlscence8 Printed by Mear.bam and Mathew· pas or of t sue ngrc alton'll R v Stedman W Hanks. W H of J81I. C. Ayer. son 1332. Socletv ot Low 1. Dec. 14 1B3f) Waldron. . • . In Memorlam. Rev. Bcnj F Bartlet.t. Elisha: With Peirson, Pub1lshed by the soc elY Norton'lI 1819 Clark, North Chelmstord. May 28. Abel L.. and Flint, Joshua B. lIedl· boo and b print ng otD.ce Milton John. t ~tical W t , . 2 I :879. Marden A:. Ro 'en. cal Ma~azlne. 3 ....ot. July 1832- A Po C n a nln,; II d~cant on •• orAat 1881. July 1835. the Universal I Ian by John Pack vo!., new ediUon wlth notes and a Cowley Gealcgy pubUsbed by Ed· I ~ of the author by John Mitford. Tbe Lowell Dtrec:tory: A new col- wi th B ser on by R v. J L. Haynes William J. Baker. ",in Cowley. f) , lectlon or aclectcd hymns. for war· of Rutlan V rm IIhlp and prayer, conference and camp moetln!:s. Complied by W1I· duo 1.Dut c ur r's Almana k: nnd S J V liam Wymn.n.. Publlshed at the New En Ian FiresIde Cor 1837 by . • arney. 135\1 Norton· Or Ughta and S ladea ot Diary ftbe) or Yeoman'. Cale~ a FllCtory \'U1age a Tale ~! Low I COOk, James 188.... A ~nea1ogy ()~ . FamUJes having the name of Coo or Cooke: princlplllv in ~asaacbu· I At Merrimack and Dutton streets, at the present site of the Mongeau building, one of Lowell's oldest hostelries, The Merrimack Hotel stood. I State Armory . Westf ord Street Franklin Bookstore, R. Meacham, Edward Symm Duncan Rt'y J The Mourner'1 etts anet Connecticut. Huse. Good- print r. 1832. 1833. Burtl3p. U c 1838Le ture on the Frlc d, or rec~gnIti Hea~en Day°ionOf fr I ends In "in & Co. Robert Booc!eY'TbDis· Caverley, the City of' Lowell JtB commerc1al : I '\ Bunyan. John: The Jerusalem Sin· Seventh Comm ndm t d livered In ncr S ved. Rand and outhmayd tho Cltv of [..ow I D 'U r, 1837. 1l1ustrateu Pnmer dcslgned for doy. Feh 9. 1882 Subject: ~rk~ 1 33 E. A. Rice and Co. 1 • ... . l851 • ch.fldren at home and at school. course tO'the Old Re!ldents. 1_ and Pro!!TeB and the Rogera am unt- an Unancial r urces ~1 moris' Services for lIlustrlou'!. Broth ~ Wlll m F. ~9.lm n. 33:-a' In The Catastrophe. a tale of' the Colby. John· The r~ f'e Expert nee ton E nne}. A~I "-"bitney. 1860 ny. HUsc. GOo~:; Ie Co. degrer. at the Mason1c Temple. May :..... ....: l~th century. Rand and Southmayd. and Travels of J "'0 CoJb,>'. 18 mo 18 Pl', 1833. The Res bud col 2 02 mos.) 18Z3 1 n. Report ot th Trial ot tbe Rev Lunt. 1I1r8, Forg t·Me·Not or the PbJ1osop~er. th T Hodgman Edw n' R. History of' Bunyan, John The Straight Ga.te: :Me i ownMa~1 Co 'f Westford 16li9.1883. 13, 1 90. 1891. Edson, Rev. Theodore, D, D., Ser- - Baltour, Rev~8S~Valter' Modern Dayid Brigham berore retnees or Great D1fflculty or Coing to ~r:s~~ Four pastorate9 gUmpSe5 mora. cM,rpd by the tru ee!I f' Framing· Heaven. Pub b) David tikinner. I'lf ad Th hta of Eden 189~. UnJversalism cxpos~l in an exam· ham Aea.drmy 'b f'alsehood and Eddy Daniel C. Adonoram Jud- of' the e a 4 oug O'Crol)·. Ita ( rgaI'f'tl Ru ch- matIon of' the wrltinga of' R v 'Val· dunUc1.tv Pn rf t nmce. son. D. D., The Burman Apostle. B. Foster, D. ~885 lnson, Eas ern Echoes with Western ter Baltour, A"a ..Rand,. 183·1. l [~(>marl[a of' C\l!et Justice Sh:1w 18,sZ. James' K. Rc rinted Ideas. Helbert, p.~v. GetJrgc. Lite and \\h n nasslng sentence at death Eddy, Daniel C. Europa. J. T. Fellows. p A Common Man by SmItb Baker wrltings ot Rev. George Herbert upon Nath S th f th Chesley LeUlClfs to the Press. n a tribute to the memory of Brother "'1th the Syn9.go~e In imltaUon of ot mu~rder.a~unG 7, lS3~. ~~~~ . 1855. Shaw. Ralph H. Poems. Lowe R~uben M Huteh1n8on~ . Herbert. George Woodward, 16 mo. Huntress, prInter 1834. ISl0 Varney, S. J. Celebration of tbe Man Co. 200th anniversary of the lncorpora. 18811 I Lynch, Patrick J .• Souvemr n(Sa tory ot St. John 8 hospital written Stowe, Harriet Esther Beeder: A Scott. Mrs. Amey: M('mol t tlon ot Bmerlca. Mas•., May 29, Sil R. AcroRs the I for the quarter-centennial celebra~ New En~land sketch. Alfred GIl· Mrs. Arney Scott. E. A. RicenJa:d ISM. CObllrn dCScs.;: rton ot a journey Uon of the roundtn~ of the lnstitu· m~~/a;o~nBOn' A narrative of the Co. A Hlstorical ColtecUon composing ~;:~'" the Atlanitc. IncludIng incl· I I Uon. MornIng ~:~1. ~~gU~~t;4 Daniel IDxby, 18 mo. pp Fa~~~~h~ d~~~~.~c ::,o~~~~. ~~~ i~:~~~~a~~~:e[,~~lendgSl::~: b~ ~~ng~an~f ~~~tl:~8:~d~~~~~~i\:ra~~ Parkct'. lo13rla' Hlldreth, The . . lR-IZ. EngUsh prose wIth notes by A. H. Henry Tuttle. ~o~.?ks and Pratt. d~en & Rowell. I co~ct~%te~o~~. nttss E mor StOry D ~ I L ana, • amue. ual (or farmers. A 1 muc ~ man· Divine I;rcathlngs: or a pio'll5 HRvwnrd D nlt."'1 D" Y 11 Mile H s. enry y~f IConcord, A 'Ii, A 1 ss, lIes Fam. Ol)U. An address on lho Ute character and writings ot PUS!u:~ Dartlett Atmnorlal s M D 1.1 M, S S by I I Hoyt, Ell Walt rvt Elisha Hunt' 1887- Mornlng Mail 1,,;0. In Memoriam. ' . S da Feb 20 of the C tv Hall Commlsston nc u • ces un y, . . . ing the ex l'ClsC8 at the lay n 01 the corner atone aQd the dedication "I d lIoul thintting for ChrIst in 108 sou) Vt~~~~tathn s:C or & pious ingto~ M. D. ·S. 'J. Varne)·.· Th 1887F The Tariff of the City Hall and M mortal HaIl mrrUtaUona. R. Fellows. n: t r hrLst In 100 1858 Byron, 0, t..,t1Zc::t. .I.·eW8paDt."'T Co. Huntington, Willi m: God, the m~dj~~ fons. Published by Holmes Appleton. Natha~. Introduction and the Law. MornIng. ~allB~ ot I 1897. Guardian of the Poor and the bank an per. of the Power Loom and Origin of Ayer. J C. &. Co 4) e a Courier--CiUzen Co. Publishers. or f'aith; or a dlsplay of the Previa 1841. Lowell t£mergencles. Sk tch f the Hlstory of' Lowell dence ot God which have at sundry trhetl'a Boy" School Billerica las n I \Valker. Benjamin. e 0 1898. times attended the author. P. D. and '\VeekJv Journal Print. Marven and Parker. Daniel. "'Phrenology and Jamell Tw~ ia.m~~~~l~~~~~, Shaw. Ralph W.• Legend of the S. S. Edmands. Rowell Other Poems S W Hu d C taM. ma e a & TraU1ng Arbutu.!!l and other pcems The Re1lgious Songater: Being a \"ox: I'opull Vot 1. ·0. 1. Mav 2.5 • 1862' re an o. F~ter's Pond. Andover, Mass. June, 1899. choice collection of hymns compUed 18-41. A vln cation of the cbar· COWley. Chari So 'Memorlea o(tbe 17. 1887, Mani:s.and Rowell Ba.!s, C ra C H dey by several m.1nstcra. E. A. Riee acur' and: c ndiUon of the lema! Indiana and Pioneers of tbe Rcg10n d Put P ms \\ Ier Bnd ('0 Memorfals 0 Ule Departed. \\·U· empl0 ed in th Low tl 1IUls of Lowell. Stone and HUH. Ltve-rmore" ~~~el AbbCr~v~~ N· Ho~e. Henry Warr n, Passa es Uam Schonl r. printer. aga n t the charg contained In the :M.M A. Catalogue. nam Sewall nLIIlItory 0 on. from t c Life of Henry Wan n Gregory Dr. A father's legacy to Boston Times an the Boston Quar- " 1863. H, with a gen alogical regtater Howe. (': nststmg of' diary and let. h~ daughters or a gUt f'OT young terlv Review by ha ~rUctt. Backus. J. W P&.!tor of' the .John Marden ~O'ROW~llthe 2:5th annual terti wnttcn durLng the ('f.vll W ... ladlC3. Pov. us and Bag ey. M. D. Leonard Huntress. Street Con!':TcgaUonal church. Ser. Procee f t"bS ~ England DentaJ 18 1-1::i5. Cou ·Cillzt."D Co. 18-1!. 1St=!. mon upon the princJples and result:J me t ng 0 e w 0 l In O. ~mart. Mo a M. Br.et view of ()("castonal I!i rm s by a lover ot of' CoIln"Tegation llsm dellv*red Dec. Society held at Boston. Mass.. I c Bartle t Wm. ADD Ober Am- ChrlsUan Doctrine. '\V. L. Dayton.. truth. P. A. 0' ll, p ::nt r. ..1. 19:62. J. J. Ju kb1S 6. 6 and 7, 1881 Lowell Cour er· mlllrgau and other places. AnnWlJ Report ot Board at M' o~ 18 7. A sermon preach~ at the f'uneral CttLzen Co. Livln s one Cbar!e Frank, Sou- agers of' the Lowell sabbath School The OUve B ~ or Fri ndshlp·. of Capt. Salenl :0. Marsh J4.ny 19 Varnum. Atkinson Clayton. Hls- ve ir ot the ·aU nal Hlghlan . UnIon. JUly'" 1843. Gift. Nathan 1 D vtcn 1863 by Rev. G..... Webber. J. J: tory of t~e Pawtucket Church and l..owell ius. ISH, w.th sketches Tbe Low I Almanac: Business key and Pocket Memorandum r r 1843. OUver March, Pow-ere and Bagley. A Diction '!"Y of t gu ~ Atfm" II It Heywooa Flora's Dial e ntainlng dec! cs.tecJ to Er.gItsh l.oa.n a cb d:y in the ear nower JUdkins. Society ~ ( b remlniaecncea ~f p!lS- of lucb m ml)ers as have be-..n ob- Stc ens.. Solon '\V'lutheu Tr1 to tora and tounden and a brl f out~ tainab e Pub bv C. F. Levingston Richmond or notea by the ~Y line. of Congrpgatlona.Usm. Morning Stone and Huse. . Mall Co. l~ 1. Baas. Cora. C, S nO's at the Sea· - Constitution anif By-Lew! ot the b)' 'V ley n n. Jonathan Allen Eulogy on the death or Abrto.ham RippeyS Inde,lt Map and Bustness eoDS and other poems. ompany, thl.l buUd1nr now hou... er8 sanctioned by the Massachu. of' the Lockll Ie canal.lI. Indian Or· Tyngsboro Grammar School Aaso- Ed n. Rev Th ore D. D. Chris Lincoln del.ver before the City Guide of' LoWe! 190J. he Cour er-Citizen prlntinr plant, lIett. Board of Real Estate Ap· tun,;.]g Associate•• U. S. Bobbin 6 elation. ,Steams anei T3ytor. URn Nurture a Amon1tion CouncU and Citizens ot Lowell at ~agan.~Patrlck, A cachet of mem· Cre ne, John Morton. Genealogy l.he larg t commercial prmUng prafeers In Lowell. S me o! th~ char 1 Company, Ludlow Manufac· Ladles Vase: or PoIiUcal M.1n- Adanu, l<'red r c AUgustu~. Key Hun"in~ton Hall April 19 186:5 by orte."1 sel cted trom the wrttlng 4')f' of the Famtlv of Tlmothv and Eun. Iant In l"ew England; the Laganu firm's larger accompl1shm n!t of Shuttle Company. uat tor Young Ladles Onginal and to Examples for Practice in Written Hon.~ A. S. Boutwell. Stone and Patrick F.aga:t Harrington Bl s. Icf" 1F:lls,\\'orlh) Gre n. Union Prlnta 'ho Co, the larre.t shoe manu- th1a nature, LncludJnr In aome In· The firm has also dealt In .1ea sel cted by an AmerlcD.n Lady. Ar1thmetlc 0 el Six y Huse. r.ardner, ,>;,Imam Sewatl, Mem· Ing Co. ctu ng unit in LoweU; the Lowel. of texb1e machln ry and has made iSU. Cummings, A J. Fal"torv Girl or J8GG. orial Service Masonic Temple. May 1907. Ice Co., occupying one ot the build· various appraisals of' te.xU1e ma- The lo-olower Va.' e: The language I Gardez 1& Coeur. J, E r.hort &. Co. Argument of Benjamin F. Butler. U5, 1888. A. \V Huse. Shaw, Ralph H, Tho First Plym- ngs (.In Middlesex IItreet, and lha chinery, among wblch m.IR"ht be of Flowers and their Poeuc Senll. The Magnol a tor 18-17 contalns in behalt of the govel nment In the Grifftn. Charles, A partial bJ.!!Itory outh Marriage nnrt other poems. Lowell Motor Salell, on Middlesex mentioned the plants of: The Mer- of tbe Griffin family In M!l!'ll'lachu· 1910. and Jackson streets. Thl. property rimack Manufacturing Co., The setts: being a genealogy ot the de· Umpleby, Fenw,ck, Destgn Texts. also houles Star Blflcult. ot Amen<::a. Hoott MlI13, BIgelow.Hartford Car.. flcE'ndants of' Lt. Joseph GrUHn of lOIS. producing '·Cra."C" and manutactur· pet Co., Lawrence Manutactudnl" Methuen. CampbpU and Hansoom. Board of' rra Ie Year Book. lng a line ot biscwt products. Star Co., Hamilton Mo.nutacturlne Co., Hedrick. Mary A., Incldt."nts ot the BlSCu.itS Co. utilizes 200,000 f'eet of l'epperell Maoufa.ctunng CO' I Ly· Middlesex County Court House CtvU \'\'ar durlnl{ tour years ot its Rnn collatoral linea with history and pro"'reD, 19:G1.1865. S. W. Hu.,e notes. 8< Co Molr, Alex. L., Molr Genealogy floor space. The \\ at r power In connection man Mitis of' Holyoke, Mas!., Chi· copee Manufactul'lnr Co., of Chlc~ pee, Mus., The Ludlow Manufac· GrUHn, Sara Swan, QUa1nt B1ts with the Hamilton property hal LeMolcp.. James McPherson, LCJII of Lowell History also been dey loped, and varloUi In- turinr Auoclatea ot Ludlow. heroines de la Nouvelle France tea· IUI7. '.\1 t tea are being .erved by th16 In add1Uon to thelle specialties, valt de l'AnJrlals par Raoul Renault. Waters. WUs n, History of power. the llrm alao deals extena1vely in Pllb. Raoul Renault Chelmsford. Coulter-Citizen Co. In line with thil aervey of in· downtown mercanUle property, amd Little. \V1tllam, History of Weare- dus rial development, II the .tory has rna e aales on 1Ierrimac1( N. H, 17315-18 q ~ W. Huse 8< Co. of the Blge!ow Hartford carpet Co. II reet exc edlng $2,000,000 The Bale IR89. Shaw. Ralph W., In Idan,., 1tooda MARDeN &, MURPHY Ha:-d Um s came upon this Jarge , of rea1d nUal property la the Ipe- cla1ty of one dcp rtment of the com... or mlBcel1aneous poems. S W. Huse &: Co. Walker. Benjamin, Abroad and local Ind stry. Ann tbe mill was forced to c 08e down, remalnlng EXPERT REALTORS Ildl;"f":nl \ rt. enterprises of the I pany: and this department :1&1 101d anj appraised many hundreds of' in· dh1 ual homes and eoStates LD Low· Abroad Marden and Rowell Marden &: Murphy Co., the former ell. Le Guide Francais de Ia Nouvelle B!g 10w·Hartlord MiU now houses a John H. Murphy, the head of tho Angle Terre et de l'etat de New finn, has been certified by the York, second edition La Societe de Wen Known Firm Ha. Deve!- v of flourlshln!: lndustrles, amon!: MauachusettB Board of Real ~•• whIch are the Lowell silk M.llla u~ Publ1ca.t1ons Francalscs des Etats· opE"d nmpr01J'i lndus- the Newmarket J,fanutactur1n~ Co tate Apprall:erl, after a ""ritten Vnla. trial Properties tho Abbot Wnroted Co., the Ux· t t g!~en In the State Houlle, U Hayward, William WUlLs, Hiatal'" I bridge 'Vorated Co., Aneta ReaUza.- a ce Wled pUblic appraiser. HI ha8 ot Hancock. N. H. 1784·1889. 8. W tion Co.. EvertasUk. Inc., and a completed the couree In Real estate Huse & Co, U one were to list the buslct"SI number of &mailer indultnell. t1 apprais g at the HarvarJ lM90. coneert1!l which are of' major lm. I The complete plant ot the Law· .wce. real e8tate &II welt as ma· Unlveratty Gm uate School of BUIa Dows, Azra MUton Comp.• The ren e anuf'Acturlng Co. was sav· ehlnery, are the rollow1nr= lnen Ai1mJnJstraUoD.. VOWB or DoWSf' Family In Amertca.. parlance to the welfare ot Lowell ed from UquldaUon throuKh :Marden Merrlmaek Manutacturlnc Co. Mr. AIurphy has quaIltled as an 1642·1 90. S. W. HoSe '" CO. the name at Marden Ie Yurpby, re· A: .Murphy. Local capital ~'as In United Stat.. C&rtrldio Co.. Boott expert be'f ,re the Mauaehu.setta Bakf".s. Thomaa The Great Com~ altOr8 and appraisera. would not be te ted. &cd the mill whe JII we:e MUl., Hamilton KUla, Chicopee State Board of Tax Appeals, the U. m1BSioIl, a plea for foreIgn mtsaions far trom the top. Thls firm has kept tUm1ng. The Lawrence com- Manuracturln!: Co., Lowell Real Es· S. Internal R venue Department, prize essay. C. W HIU pany, largest undtrv.·ear manu!ac· tate Trust. Wameslt Power 'Co the au lor C rtll of the Co.n· .M morlal of Dantel S. Rlcharllson. been In busincas mnce 1917, ",hen a tUring unit 1n New Enrland at Lowell Electric L1iht Corp., Lowell monw altho .Jd the UnJted State• presented to the Supreme Judicial partne.l ahlp 'Was tormed by John H times employa 3:500 people. ' Gu LJrht Co.• Dartmouth Conege Circuit Court. court, Apnl 1~. 1890. iurphy. and the late Robert F. The firm of Marden &; :Murphy propert)·, Tremont & SU:l'!olk )f IS. The firm maintains oftlces In the Lowell Morn.mg .M3JI. Souvenir or Marden. and haB been instrumental also Spec.lal1.zCll In appralsala be J. CAyer Company, Barbfr Manu· ClJur er-CiU= n bu1h1ing, In Kearney In obtaining' many Industries or log tbe only cel'Wled pubUo appral.l. factUM,. Co., IpSWich MUl., Law- Square. Lowell. as '" ell u belng the LnlltrU· rene. Manutacturlne Co., Lowell In· mentalitY' thrau h which many 1 sulated \V1.re Co" Mauachu"eUI CHIN LEE CO. duatrlea have remalDerl in this r.ItV Mohalr Plush Co., Middlesex Com- CO.1P ETE ELECTRIC ) a~ MERRDL\CK ST. There is also a )fasaachusett" corpora Ion. known J,I 1":lr Murphy. Inc., which deals ext('u- HURD ST. GARAGE pany, Lowell Industrial Develop. ment Co., New England Southern Corporation, Balmon Falls Manu- SER\1CE DINE and DANCE lIvely in Industrial properties. 1'h 58 HURD ST. t&cturing Co., Smith &: Dove Co. ~lotor Rebullt moat recent undertaking of' thls No Cover Charge ftrm t! the purchase of the assets of the Ham.J1ton ManUfacturing Co. • SPECIALIZING Southwell Wool Combine CO" Unit~ ed Statell Worated Co., Proprietor, Bought and Sold SPECIAL DINNERS 30c with Its extenmve plant located on Motor Bearings 11-2.80 Jackson street, This large building In For half a century the State Armory in Westford street has served the needs of Lowell's ~·8 has about 1 000 000 square feet at ftoor apace, anu houses a 150.000 WlillEL ALIGNER Guy H. Whitney gallant sons who have given their ti e to the nation's armed forces, both in peace and war. From this building went forth Lowe1i's troops who served in the Spallish.Amercan SPECIAL SUPPERS 3Sc .plndle unit for textile manufactur· lng. complete with dye house nd and 827-328 HUdreth Building CaldwelI Electric Co. and World wars, some of them never to return. 'l'he armory has also served a variety of CHL'I YOU, Mgr. fln1shJng plant. As an example t General Insurance Agenc~· Telephone 592,;-W the manner 10 which property is Ie-- BRAKES civic purposes, the mo t recent as headquarters for flood refugees last March. FRANK KL 'G, Asst. Mgr. and Real Estate 179 I \RlillT STREET veloped by the !lard 11 .. Murphy • LOWELL CENTENNIAL EDITION - JUNE 30, 1936. Page 4:> a • Rogers Hall School Stands In Setting of Beauty -- -.- MERRIMACK SQUARE • Sears, Roebuck and Co. Has Grown From Little AND STRAND POPULAR Rogers Hall School for GIrls Office in Railroad Station to Gigantic Concern Is One of Lowell's Institutions Movie Houses Have Played Important Pm in Enter· talnment IDstory. Two at Lowell'. most prominent theatres, the Strand and the Mer-- rlmack Square. have written them- selves loto the entertainment h1s~ tory at the city, earlier as individuaJ. amusement centres, and more re.- cently under the aegis of the M. &. P. chain. Lowen's midway generation, as it might be called, remembers the time when nearly every dramatic or mu· sical 8uccess ot the speaking stage played ita engagement here, and Lowell W8!I one ot the principal cit~ lee on many a circul t. In that heyday the Merrlmack Square Theatre was under the con· trol of the Black syndicate, present· ing stock compa.nies in all the hits of the day. Only a scattered few at the actors who trod the Merri- mack boards are alive and reminis- cing today; but their recollections are colorful p1ctures ot a not~so-far away Lowell. Movies had rise1l. from the nick~ elodeon days to a strong position in public favor when the Merrimack became a movie house, Since then 1t has been successively connected with the Gray, Paramount~PubUx, and M. & P. companies. The list at Main building of Rogers Hall School for Girls. tbose who have managed it during Rogers Hall was tounded in 1892 years associate principal ot Rogers tory and academic courses; ad· its long career Is made up of prom!· by Miss Elizabeth Rogers, who gave Hall, became principal. Under Miss vanced courses 1n liberal arts, and nent Lowell men, enher native to her fa.rn1ly home &! the nucleus of a Parsons' administration, the phy- secretarial trainlng; and opportu- this city or cItizens by adoption. Of school for girls. and who, at her sical plant of the school was great- niUes in musiC, dramatic art, and these the most recent have been death, bequeathed her entlre pro- ly enlarged: a modern gymnaslum, home economics. David Perkins, Cha.rlea WillJams, perty as an endowment to the in- containing a swimming pool, was The old Colonial home, in a de- Nat Silver, Arthur Ruiter, Arthur stitution. At the request of M1.ss bunt; houses adjacent to the schoot Ugh Uul New England setting, serves Main .General .FIea.dq uarters in Chicago. S. Murch jr. and the present man· Rogers, Mrs. Eliza Parker Under· were acquired as dormitories; and a as the main donnitory. Ita a.ttrac~ Back In 1888 when the clty of ly alter, they incorporated under merchandise distribution system. Of prepared to play a full part In thl. ager, Arthur J. Keenan, who suc- hill, head of & preparatory school new Mng, providing a beauti!ul Uve interiors, with charming \lId the name ot A. C. Roebuck Co. I.e these, 89 arc complete department ceeded Mr. Murch In the a.utumn of already In existence in Lowell. be- din1ng hall and a well-equipped In· portraits. antique furniture, qualnt Lowell was already halt a century year's huge Golden Jubilee cele~ 1934. old, an incident occurring in a little 1893 thil name was chanred to stores, whUe the rest vary in size bration, in which the company came associated with Rogers Hall tlrmary, was added to the main shuttered windows, fire-places and Sears, Roebuck and Co. and do not h!1...'1dle complete linea." The Strand Theatre has had a as principal. To the task of school building. many books, ald the girl, often town in far-olf MInnesota. re~ulte..l plans to increase its mercbaudi8· somewhat sborter history. da.ting builcUng, Mrs. Underhill brought a In the formation of a merchandis- "In 1894 the two partner. began Mr. Rosenberg added in conclUsion. In 1932 when Miss Parsons re- away trom home for the first time, to expa.nd their business, adding The Lowell store, originally on Ing e.'tpenditure by about $60,000,- tram tta opening about two decades broad and genuine culture, & fruIt· tired from active service to become to adjUst hersel! easUy to boarding ing concern which now spends ove: bicycles, c1olhlng, sporting goods, Market street and now situated at 000, Its payroll! by about $7.000.000. ago. It is one of the iargest and ful experience lo teaching, and ex- principal emeritus and a member )f school life. Pleasant events are $16.000.000 yearly In Ma,aachu, harness-and in fact a. general Une Central and Warren streels, 1l!I a and its newspaper advertJstng- most beautifUlly decorated theatres ecutive ability at rare order that the board at trustees, Mrs. Kath- planned to develop normal social setts alone. ot heavIer merchandise. The prevJ· comparatively recent addiUon to with 8H papers In « ltate....-to in the city, and 18 managed by Nat latd the foundation at the school' a arine Whitten McGay, a former contacts. That concern I. now Mown to OU8 need for a central location this clly's busine85 section, but ia $9.500.000. Silver, tormer manager of the Mer- growth and development. teacher and dean of Rogers Hall, A comprehensive health program mJ1UomJ of Americans as Sears again occurring to them, they rimack Square. Thia theatre also stimulates 1nterest in all sports: Roebuck and Co.: and H. B. Rosen- withdrawal head of the school. 11 & member of the M. & P. chain, Underhill, on the Parsons, forof Mrs. became in its 44th year Rogers Hall riding, swimming, tenni.8, hockey In 1910. berg. manager ot the local Sears store, reveals that it POUTS these milUoDa tnto the carreTa of severa.! moved the company to Cbicago. "Mr. Roebuck sold We interest In 1895. and soon after retired trom McEVOY OPTICAL HIGHLAND DAIRY cU.atributing features :;ecured by that management. Miss many Advent of the talkles and conse- the city. From there the list ranges , Now offers its sludent! college prepara- and basketball. .. FIRM WELL KNOWN SERVES 1500 HOMES hundred Massachusetts concerns the firm. ,Julius Rosenwald acqUir- quent revolution in the movie world In all directions. The beautiful each year. ad a. share, the compa.ny was in- corporated with a capital ot $1150,~ found Lowell prepared. The Merri- llCaravan," beloved Will Rogers' j'Fitty years ago a shIpment at watches arrived at North Redwood Wnn., and was not accepted by the local jeweler," said Mr. Rosenberg recounting the history of hi. com- pany. and its connection with Low- 000. Sears was elected president, and R08enwald pice president, Rapid Expansion. "By 1905 the buainesB had e-rown almost too rapidly, and occupied all Has Been Givln,lt Service to Lowell Public for 33 Old Established Milk Concern Recently Added Ice Crea.m Department. mack Square was the first in the clever delineations. "Dante·s In- city to boast Bound equipmcnt~ "The ferno," Shirley Tempte's successIve Uon and the Mouse" was the first captures of the American pub1jc, talkie shown in Lowell! and shortly the recent nostalgIc "Ah, WUder- after other houses were likewise neas," all have played a part in the equipped. Since that time, through carefully built reputation ot these PLAZA LUNCH ell In thle city'. centennial year. the space available in many ot the Years. these theatreB, this city haa enjoyed. two theatres for presenting the best Real Home Cooking l'The station agent at North bUlldlngo neighboring It! own. Un· An average annual increase ot the productions of Metro, Columbia., PlctUl'eB. A1J they have been in the Redwood was young Richard W. Sears. The watches looked like a der the wsUng conctitions, recelv~ ing and sbJpping became almost Catering every day to the opU· about 100 quarta of milk since 1923 Fox., Warner, Paramount, Firet past, the Strand and Mcrl'1maclt National and a host of other movie- Square Theatres continue to be the Quality, Service, Cleanliness good thing to him. 00 he galned imposslbty difficult. and the com- cal neede ot a large cHentele ot is the boast of the ffighland Da.try, makers. advance-guard of Lowell entertain- permission from the wholesaler to pany was obliged to leek larger Lowell and suburban people, the which, with a change at ownership Recordl ot past performances ment, offering delightfUl programs dispose ot them. SInce the local quarters. In this year the bus1n(lsa concern at John A. McEvoy, opti~ lo 1923, has served Lowell and read like the bonor roll of the mo- whose own merits are enhanced by Cozy Booths 19 ltIERRDIACK ST. marJ(et was none too good. he de~ amounted to almost $400,000,000 an- clans, observed the 33rd year of itl suburban towns stead1.ly during the UOD picture industry. "The Singing the most recent developments In Open Day and Night Tel. 4965 ctded upon the scheme of trying to nually. past 30 years. Under the direction Fool," with Al Jotson, drew the sound, color and methods or pres- BeU the watches by mall to railway service in Lowell this spring. ==========~~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;::;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;r~~~~::::=! the steveml JJa~r~g~~t~a~t~te~n~d~a~n~ce~e~v~e~r=k~no~wn~=!l~'~e~n~ta~tl~o~n~. liThe company secured .. site alonl men up and down the line. the r:Irbt-of-way of the Belt line Berride. being one of the most Douglas and and of John Kydd Dav1d,his two 8OMI, If .. "HJs first 'by mail' solicitations railroad, and built a merchandi't modern and fUUy equipped shops ot .treet dalry he! attalned In .... were effective, and the watches sol'J building comprlmnc almost 1,000,- its kind in or ncar Lowell, the Mer· cent years a daily output at be- rapidly. Finding bimsel! witb a 000 equare feet of space, an otl1ce rimack street concern 15 also one tween 1800 and 2000 quam of Dlllk merchandising idea of untold pOIJ· bulldlng occupyln&, half a city block. and has come to serve nea.rly 1600 aiblllUes, the 20 year old lad beran a tOUr-ltOry prlntlnr buildln" and Lowell people. to develop it. and was loon hlUld· lin, an extensive amount at mail· a power-houl.. Enlarl"ementl have increutd thil .lit&bli.ro:nent to au Thoroughly renovated durin£, the past four years With the latest and As Governor of the Commonweal th of Massachusetts, ~rder bualness in blJll spa.re timf'. area of 3,500.000 .quare fNt of most modern eqUipment, the Hi,h· IIIn a r ew mant.hs, this apa.rl!· time- job had attained a tal' great- fioor .pace. In 1908 the company wa. ofi'a.nized with & total capital land Ds.1ry product has had a low bacteria average, according to both I Am Pleased to Extend to the People of Lowell er importance tban that attach~J of ~40.oo0.000-$30.oo0.oo0 com- city and state teats. In addition to to b~e duties with the railroad. In the fs.u ot that year he moved to mon, and $10,000,000 preferred stock. the customary examinaUona by the city and stat. offlclalo. the Kydd My Sincere Greetings on the Eve of Their Celebration Minneapoua, and tounded. hla tlr/!lt "That year the first mail-order company SUbjects its milk to tesUi mail-order enterprise. Business Growl with Advertls1nc, branch wu built in Dallas, Tex.: and another followed In tour yea.rs at least once a month. Successful in the milk business, of the l00th' Anniversary of the City "Feeling the need of & more cen- at Seattle. W.... h. In 1921 and 192H the daJ.ry last winter entered the tral location aa h1B trade began Lo respectivety, branene.s were in~ lee cream field and, achievlni en- increase surprisingly. R)chard augurated In PhUa.delphia and Bos~ counaging BUCCeu during the win.. Sears moved to Chlcago late In ton. In that interim alao were be-- ter month8, opened an ice cream 1187, and went Jnto business as R. W. Seau Watch Co. By this time BUD the branchea .ituated In At- lanta, Kansu City, Los ADZ"IH, Btand on Chelm.s!ord etreet near Cholmoford Centre thle oprlng. Bwlt "Through the columns of the Courier-Citizen-Eve- he was advertising tn newspapen Memphis and Minneapolis. and periodicals ot nation-wide cir. I1etall Unite OpeDed. t.n two weeks entirely by the own"' er and b1!J two sons, the Chelrnl 4 ning Leader I add to this official salutation my own per- eulation, and the business was "Followin~ establishment ot these crowing at a tremendous rate. branches, Sears' next Important tord street stand lotd 300 gaUon. ot ice cream in ita tim two dayS' sonal greeting. Because of a mandate of the legislature, IThen be advertised. at about fltep was the openlnr ot retl.il unils. of business. that time, tor a watchmaker to The first of theae WU begun In the To insure the beat quality lc8 it was my duty in the drab days that succeeded the disas- care tor hi. watch adjustments and timing. A. a. Roebuck, later a '0 Chicaio plant, and was lnatantan- cream. the Highland Da.1ry use. ita trous flood to issue a proclamation designating as Lowell eously auccuatul u to conftrm th(' own Guernsey milk and cream and partner, applled tor the po!l.t1on company'. long·.tudied plan for a mixes its own tee cream sotution. and was accepted. Then Sears sold coaet-to-cout aystem ot rltaU Since last October more than $10,· Centennial Week the week commencing March 29. It hi' watch bUsiness. early in 1889, stores. The id.a waa tollowed-up WlLLLUl E. PORTER. 000 worth of ice cream making he had already made a tortune of in three more Chlcaro location•• lo equipment haa been lnatalled. A was obViously no hour for celebration and the people had ~100,OOOt and planned to enter the thos. ciUes alre&dy po.ened ot $1~00 direct exp~on freezer used banking business in Iowa. How~ ever, after he had had a complete mail-order unit.; and the company ot the oldest and most widely by the dalry will be capable thle more imperative business at hand. Lowell was indeed a meanwhile beran to build depart· known concernl in the city. It was summer ot turnIng out 10 pIlons ren. his old interest in merchand1l1- inl' drew him back to that game. ment .torea in other larr' cltiel. founded nearly 00 years ago as the of Jee cream in six minutes. mix· serious sufferer because of that disaster. We have tried flOuring the put 10 yeara, 488 New England Optical Co. and was ing the crea.m u well u freezinl" "Witb A. C. Roebuck. he otarted a mall-order jewelry and watch reWl atorN have been opened in taken over several years later by It. to repair the damage and we are planning, and will con- nearly overy .tat. of the Union, Mr. McEvoy who owned and mao· In addition to be!n&' sold at the buslne8!l in Minneapolis; and short- and all are part at Sears' great aged it until his dealh a few years Chelmsfolu street stand, which is tinue to plan, to the end that such a calamity may not ago at which time \VilUam E. Por~ lurrounded by more than an acre of ter, the present owner and man' parklng space, the ice cream pro. come to us again. We are concentrating flood control. ~n ager, became the active head of duced at the Stevena street plant l.8 the concern. sold for parties, anniversaries and Establisbed originally by Mr. Mc- Evoy at 232 Merrimack street, the weddings, "Although but three months have passed since the Although of oteadlly Increa.slng optical shop has had three different locations since lts founcl1.ng In this tmportance. the ice cream depart.. flood days, Lowell is now ready to celebrate her birthday. ment of the Highland Dairy .. still city. After doing business for near- maintained as a subsl.d1ary branch She has regained her stride. She is ready to recall the Leading Centre for 22 Years ly 20 years at its upper Merrimack street location. it was moved to 143 MelT.-nack stt'eet and finally, about of the dairy ..elf. By far the great· er portion of the efforts ot the con~ illustrious men and women which she produced, to read '. . Where All Smartly Dressed Women Outfit four years ago, Jt was moved to Us cern are spent in building up the ever-expanding milk routes relev- again the bright page of history they wrote, and to hear present location at 68 Merrimack opcd during the past 18 year!. The 1 6ik street where It ia situated adjacent to Kearney Square and in the heart at the busIness district. The McEvoy shop has continued milk, partially Guernsey and pa.r- tially Jersey, 18 procured from in~ dependent farmers located in Pel.. again the story of achievement that sent the fame of the great textile city across our country and across the seas. ham and Wlodham and brought to 8 to rive service at a very high type and to keep Us eqUipment and lhe Stevens street plan by speeial method. up to the tninute. Two trucks. DeliverJes to almMt every part of the clty and moat of the "May your centennial observance be a most happy one. I can close 3 registered optometrists are at pres- suburban toW1Ul are made trom the this brief greeting no more sincerely and no more appropriately than ent employed at the Merrimack plant by three teams and two 6 street store and a total ot eight trucks between 1 and 6 o'clock in workers trained lo the sale and re~ the morning. I closed my proclamation of March with the tender prayer of the illus- pair at glasses are included among The milk of the Highland Dairy the personnel. During the last year is delivered sealed In specJally trious Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge on the occasion of your fifti- the faclllties of the shop tor aecu· sterlUzed bottles which are not 1 rate and competent service have handled by human banda at any eth anniversary. been materially added to by the In- tLme after they enter the plant till .tallation ot an opthalmometer, an they leave fined with milk. Add!· 9 ultra~modern device tor testing and tindtng stigmatism in the eye, and tlonal assurance ot the purtty at "That under the prOVidence of Almighty God, this city of ours, the milk il provided by two huge 3 a phorometer, a deUcate machine used only recently to determine pasteurizing mac.oinea and other founded upon the noble thought of Francis Cabot Lowell, will stand equipment used by the company. muscular errors and unbalance. Every part, of machinery which against every storm, the example and the admiration of all coming 6 Both of these machines are at com· comes 1n contact with the mUk is paraUve recent invenUon and have not vet been introduced into many thoroughly cleaned every day. Already employing about 12 local times." smaller optical shops, personse the Dairy plana to hire an The "Prim Lady" The "Glorified 0Ir1" In addition to giVing tirst class additional 10 thiIJ summer to take service in testing eyea, tbe McEvoy care of the summer nII!Ih in ice l\larch of Time In Fashlons and Pictures Now Beln,lt Shown in Our Window Display Our Contribntlon to Lowell's Centennial Anniversary concern also grinds all its own lenses and thu8 assures its custom- ers of the best personal and expert attention possible. The fitting of glasses to the eyes ot the customer 1a regarded as being ot &8 much im~ cream both at the Cheimsford road~ side stand and at the Stevens street plant. At present about 1500 per- sons are served by the Highland Dairy directly while hundrede at others purchase the milk of the Jatnes M. Curley portance 8S tbe preliminary testing Highland concem from stores 10-- of the eyes. CDted throughout the city. 'l'=================================================, J.JV VY .r...LJ.LI I SnortS "tvlps H~ve '-~h~nrfeiL _~rQ~ II Sports Development Here I PilLING SHOE CO. A Map of Lowell when It Was Part of~Chelmsford Came After Civil War HERE SINGE 1887 ---- No\~ Has Largest Factory in Basehall Always :Most Popular Diversion Cit~-ElllpJo~'ees Intensely Loyal. APLAN --Aquatics Had Vogue in 80's···Fire- men's Musters Still Recalled Fl'OJU the production of a tew pairs at women's shoes per day in 1867 to a daily output oC 4000 pairs ./ Back there in the days of 1836 bad a vogue in Lowcll about 1880 at boys' and gil'ls' welts and Me~ , .. . the bleacheJ.'S did not rock with cries jllUCIl as they bave not enjoyed smce. Kaye m 1936 Is the euvlable record --..!!:~ ......- - - " - - at "kUl the umpil·e," lltake tbat big Throughout the summer 13eason, .the ot the Jobn Pilling Shoe Co. in a paJooka out," "we want a touch- J'eaches 01 the Merrlme:ck river I nuLshell. down," or "come on, glUlg. only onc above the fllns were ahve with more basket now." It wasn't that Abells and worktng boats. In those John PillinJir [oundf'J" of the com- lumber was "cat'ce with which to halycon day" of oarsmanshlp good pan}", emlKraLed ftom Halitax, Eng· .' I build bl(>A.cherA, for plenty of it laces WC'tC rowed by 'Big Pat' Mc- land, to Wilmington, Del., in 1857. could be had rJg'ht in the ba.ck yard IIDem y , former-Councilman Dnscoll, \\'Ubin JO years he W8!J manufac-I 11 anyone wanted to Rrparate It janitor of the Vesper Boat ClUb; I urin~ ladies' 1'IhOl?R in a suburh of tram the tree. But what was Lhe John '!'weed, W. S. Stevcn.s, Jack Hav('l"hill In 1871 h(' mo\'ed to liRe of bleachers when there were Barry, Tom Butler, .Ralph Brazer no baseball, football. ba!'l\<etball, and many another. Above all, 'Ed' hoekrv or other hindred teams La I Hanlon, the world's champion, liked cheer:' the Lowel1 course and used to train BU!liy Building. on Jt. One of tbe present historian's Young Lowell was too bUSy build- prOUd recollections Js to have helped Ing itself Into the Jirreates't cotton put Hanlon's shell Into the water at manula('tm'ing centre ot the world ICSJlt twice and to have received a to dabble much In the sports field. nod of acknOWledgment from the Tho!'lc who worked 1n tho mfJis eith. sturdy oal·sman. No Fourth at July e.r didn't have enouKh sunlight or amUHements or later years c~n have ambition to do much other tban! equaled In general populanty the hrowl'lc around a!l.er the day was re~attas of those years, when for clone. There was hunting, fishing, rriiles upstream on both Sides of the boaUnK and horseshO('s 1.0 he sure rlvcr every avattable vantage "pot but our Carl'bears dId not go at WMI densely thronged. ::Iport8 with tbe intense enthusiasm SelllllnJir POIJulnr Sport. we do today. "The Vesper Boat Club was char~ Somo of thil'l wlit<.-r',!J aRsoclates tereel April 9, 1875. It at first had who have spent many years delving Its headquartel's at Corbett's boat- throuKh the archives and who can house in Pawtucket street, Jater tt'l1 you otIhand jUflt where so-and~ moving to its own clubhouse at the so lived a centu.ry ago, admItted, head of the Pawtucket canal. In thpmsclves more or less stumped the first decade of ib! eXiStence scuI- when he asl{ed what they did for Jing' was a very popular sport ot Bports in those days. Olle volun- aquatic intet'est in New England. teered the information that he The picasure of canoeing began to guessed drinking rum and t.raining be apprccJated about 1880, Two or for the militia. were the chict forms tIll'eO or the members brought birch F. A. PILLING. of sport. canoes in Canada. These craft were Prc..ldf.'nt and Treasurer. Without #;"oing Joto It at all this not altogether satisfactory. The reporter always tbou~hL that be- cedar and canvas canoes were just Haverhill proper so as to be closer caUSe at the ance$try of people male- beginnIng to be known and soon to the source at supplies. The con- tng up thIs and neighboring commu- there wa.'! a. little fleet of these. struclion ot his own tactory took nitJes such sport$! as ~oceE'r, rJ Ic1rf't Ganoe sailing came Into vogue to- plaCe in later years. but it was des- and tennis would bo among the ward 1890 and, Jargely through Paul troyed by the Haverhill flre of 1882. leadel·s. Yet a sl'arch through rec- Butler's example and precept, the Within 90 days he had reconstruct- orda provea such not to be the case. Vesper Club took a leading place at ed the factory and was again manu- Bll!'St'bali Leads, 1 all-Amenca canoe meet.s. facturinJ::" shoes. He. ~ben established When you come right down to it, "Local bascball was never per~ a branch plant in Ipswich. it was the good old game of base· bapl!l, In the blstory ot Lowell 'main~ The movin,l{ at the Pilling ~lant ball th~t first took the tancy ot our tained at a greater height at public to Lowell took place in 1887. It wall t:oundel s as an organized sport. I frenzy than in 1887 and thereabout. then located on Worthen sLreet, In find that such forms at play 8!f one In Fcbl'uary of that year the Low- one of the Kitflon Machine Co. nltl cat. two old cat, thrrc old cat, ell BasehalJ corporauon was organ- buildings. rour old cat. l'ounders and to'WI1 ball, Ized wItb F W Howe president. The present fIItructU1'8 at the firm wcre in some evidence. The Olym- Edwards Chene~v sec~eta and was erected In 1893 when the PUling pJc town ball clut) was prOminl"nt treasurer and E~I\~a~d Gallar:he J plant in Ipswich was tl·ana!el·.red to In Philadelphia back &IS far as 1833. F. caJlahan and H. E_ Shaw. d[.;ce: Lowell. The firm then took the cor- 0' But three years af~('r Lowell was tors . . . In the summer at 1888, porate name of John Pilling Shoe Jneorporated as a CJty Col. Abner dUring a spirited contest with Port. Co. 1 [)n lhleday devised lhr first set at land for the championship popular In 1903 John Pilllng died, leaving S('A LE. hn,Ol('hall rul('s. It was he Who de- excitement reached an tnte~Sity that a fine record of achtevf'ment and t - r...... _ ;;;""... .&..or clfJel! ~pon ba.acs and the ~ol"maUon probably never since has been Bur- citizenship commenlmrate witb his .... . . /.. 1i'J'~,. ~ ",~~ tN,......·rI:..~ /~•• ..q, . .'".... ,...l"". ' .....", ) of ~ dlamond. White passmg years I paElsed, and Lowell at tha.t time had stedlDg charactE'r and outstandIng hr).\ c. necC's~ltated. many changclS in no morc popular citizen than the ability. the lules, hiS ol;,:pnal idea has been heavy-l:itting shoJ,tstop, Hugh Duf- Auditions were constructed _n The mother town of Chelmsford extends at this time to its lusty child, Lowell, congratulations and good wishes on attainiug its 100th anniversary. The preLty w('11 pre~e~cd. fy, afterwards a d.i8tinguiahed :flg- 1908 and 1916 until now the John above map gives the modern Lowell resident a general idea of how the city was divided up into farms back in 1821, 15 years before the City of Lowell . In 1845 the Kll1Ck~rbO~ker base- u:e among the teams at the major Pilling Shoe Co. haa the largest beeame a reality. Note how even the land at the confluence of the Concord and Merrimack rivers, now occupied by the Memorial Auditorium and other ball club nourished 10 ~ew York, leagues shoe factory in the city ot Lowell. hut it was not until 1860 that UH~re "MUd t h The fine spJrit ot loyalty and co- modern buildings, was dotted with farms. l~ mention of an organized team In f fl er spor s lJuc. as. tlshing operation oC the flrm 1s evident from Lowell. Spac(' cioes not permit the rom at bo~ts, swJmmmg m tresb writing' ot Lowell's baseball ad- water and ndlng 'flying horses' were I carry. These local stores arc not vRnc«ment. It suffices to say that cul.tlVateci at t2e several picnIc re- .....(' had a championship club and ROI ts at the nughborhood: At WU. that thlti city has done its part In low Dale. Long Pona, Nabnasl'et WEBSTER GO. RUNS I to be contused with Lhe out·ul-town natIOnal chain of dtug stores. The WAll INSULATION rooms and Lhe offices of the com· cause of the importance of home pany as well as the constructiun of insulation great study was given a ncw mill and storage yards. To- to that factor by Pratt & V.:mest :>halcholdetB in this concern ale all \\ ..iUnK the glOl'JouS history at the and Tyng's Jsland." nntlonA.1 ,l;"ame. \Ve have sent sev~ 'I.'be word sport 1s pretty broad FIVE DRUG STORES Lowell people Cor thls '::' an all _..ow- ell company, NEW SPECIALTV day the Pratt & Forrcst Co. boa918 wiLh the result the company is a oC onc of the most modern plantl\ recognized expert in the line. of lls kind in New England and f"ral players to the major teague's, and it is riltficult to draw ItII boun- Most drug SlOI·c.s have long becn RTnOnJ:\ UtP more pt"omillent bcln~ dary JInes. The dictionary defines the largest north of Boston. \\'lIliam Mf'rrltt, WIlliam Hawes, It aR follow.!': DJverslon, pastime, EmlJloys 10 Re~isterpfl Pbarm.1 places fOl' emergency tit-at aid, a tel- Pratt &; FOrl'pst Co., Lwnber The officers at the present time A W.lliolder rcsidents l'"ecaU Peal- A few PICTUlIE IN LOWELL, , ' ephone call, the use ot a L11rcctory, MarUn SUllivan, Boh Ganh'y, Dick partleula.rly game, play or outdoor acists--ColUl)an~' in Btlsi~ and many oLhel' BCrvices tor which EXpl'rts, in Business are as follows: Pl'C8ident, Willal"d Ron's Mirror ot the War, with lt~ C'onway, Frank Whitney, Barney diversion; p(e8Rantry, raillery, etc. nf'SS 2R YE"ars. Lhe pUbbc pays nothing and t~ese D. Pratt; vice president, Leon D. lurid pictures of Civil war happen· anrl Frank McLa.ug-hHn, Jim Present day fans have a tendency iocal stores continue to be all thJS to SilU'e 1847. Abbott; treasurer, Charles G. l"~or ing. which was exhibited in Low· Knowlf'l'1 and FrAnkio Skaff. to look upon the comp tlUve games, aU people. There haa been an Ln- J'est; general manag-el'. C. Marsball ('11 in the spring of 1862. The Daily or course crJckrt anel soccer did althoug-Il I BUppO, e It one gets dl. About 28 years ago. the first of ternal and external Change, how- One of the most progressive lum- Forrcst. Jo.'!eph E, Hollingworth CJUzen advlRed il'! readers to RU r\"entllally come In and then foot- \ ver.Ollon out ot rOWing a boat alone, the Webster drug stores WalJ estab- ever, which called lor a more thor- bcr tirms north at Boston is that of is stili the supe;:intendent or the "this RUCCE"8S paInUn~" and allded: elegant ball, but these sports followed rath- it 18 then sport. "Its in Lowen haa bp£,n el' tha.n lPd the way. Tennis was Firemen's ~Iuster. Hshed in Ceutralville at 401 Bridge ough training In pharmacy to insure Pratt & Forrest Co., located at 391 mill. very great, Mechanics Hall being popular v..1tb a certain class. butl ., street, its present location. Since the public thaL these men were School street, at the head of West- pJ'att & Forrest boasts of being crowded," nntil comparatively recent years I Ihere was one torm of dIversIon that time the Webster Drug Co., thoroughly competent to perform ern avenue, which has becn in busi- local agent tor the Kyanye brand did not flourish. ' wbleh sprang out b! necessity which Inc., has ~pread its actJviUes so their responsi.ble work. A more va.- B t Ih ot paints which Is recognized a~ one that it now maintains five stores in ried and complete line ot merchan- ness since 1847. ecause 0 e of the outstanding prodUCts on tile A company ot Dracut men, under Expansion After Civil War. many bave over-looked. That was Capt. Peter COlburn, served with Outdoor sports had an extraord1- the holding or musters by voJun- that many di1ferent sections of the disc was carned in attractive store" progressive policy at this company nary ('xpansion In Lowell alter the teer firemen. To those of you not city. Mrs. Lillian Webster, treas- with effective displays. it has been forced to expand anum- market today. Of late this com- wRtinction at Bunker Hill. As the pany has been specializing In home American amu.niUon was exhausted CIvil war, according to F. W. Co- old enough to have been ambulant urer ot the company. has been ac- The Webster Drug Co, has grown; bel' of times untU its present p18n l burn'R admirable HJstory of Lowell. I at the time a word ot explanation tive In the management of the con- but it has been a stcady gJ.ov'th is Olle of the most modern to b e insuJalion for this is the newfst field a British officer mounted the breast- "This was the periOd," Mr. Co- is due. There had to be some meth- ccrn tor many years: but the gen- and night trained pharmaCists have found In New England. The. com· Into wbich lumber companies have sword and, with a"Now, my of hla works exclaimed. ftourisit era.! managership or the five stores been at the call of all who needcd pany all'l() handles one of the best ventured with the perfection of such we have YOU." \Vbel'eupon Cant. boyA, burn writeR, "In which baseball be- ad at quenching flameR once they came the national American ~Bme' startcd eating away at wooden Js enlrusted to Albert G. Pare, a them and have contributed greatly paint lines obtainable, Kyanize. as service. This insulation is designcd Colburn picked up a stone about trnnis, the characteristic athleti~ homes. and buildings. registered pharmacist who has been well as being experts in the latc.'tt to keep out the heat in thc 9um- amus('ment of the wen-to~do (With So In came the hand-tub which connected with drug business In to the well being at the people of borne improvement field. insulation mer time and t'etain it in the win- the size of an egg and threw it G. C. 1\l(·Th'Tl'HF.. Lowell fOl' over 20 years. Lowell. It I~ to 1)e hoped that they ot the wall:"_ Ler time, It is a wide and fast with unE"rrin~ aim, hitUnt; Lbe on'i- ~nlf RR 8 IIvelv competItor from llIquutCd a ~tream at water as the Geuer1ll l\[a.lloger. Ahout 18$15 onwal'd); rU~by football ]"C'~ult ot pressure applied hy Ii han- Th W b I e D e s er rug s t 01' es en, p 10Y will continue thif! good work for Pratt. &; Forrest CO. nl~tory :;Ol'S grOWing field because of the ':;Teat eel' on the !orcheact and .knockmg him down backwardR. tln AutumnAl dlvf'r:~lon of eolleg-e ~lIe f~ pump f~hlOn, These were th~ fact that 12 persons have been 10 regIstered pharmacJsts who have many years to comt'. hack to 1847 when the firm or A. popularJty of oil burnerl'l: for house ~tudl"nta and hl~h Achool boys, Low- I m ~xl8tence before Lowl"ll b caml' cOllllectNl. with Lhe company C(II- the been carJng for the needs of the peo· L. St'ooks Co. was eslablif'hed With heating purposes. Thp office Of city phy~iclalt. who ~II. throug-h its comdrlerahlc BI'JtI.sh a. city. hut HI IC~8 than :':0 years pal'lL quarter centUty ami that It combined experience when totaled I LO\\"ELL nOMANT BUIL'f pi£' of Lowell 80 long that theIr , , The installation of Itululal ion In a location in Dutton street. ln 1 96 tht' hou~e gives the ulmost in com- Jft chRl"~c-d with the care of the Ami Canadian I1OpulaUon Jikewisc a1terwQJ'ds 1mpl'ovC'mt'ntR had been was unRlfeclf'd by the city~\\'itl(' goes back 100 y£'ars before Lowell ]\aT". Y.'S Ji"INt;ST 1I0{lS"~ tbe COllCNn became known a~ tb<, fort and ad~ ~T£'ItL efficiency to ~ick pOOl". wae rl'l.tA.bIlahed in 18;:Ui, h rame celebrRtf'ci In N('~ P.:ng-lnml malle on tht'm so that _lal'gC groups ~hoe wlll'kcrs' strike o( ReW'J al was incorpora.ted as a city. Thll'l i~ Pratt & Forrest Co.. taklll;.t over the operation of oil burnerE'. Be- when the riLy H!'('lf was Incorporat- for' tt!'1 devotion to crfck('t anli R$~O- of men cOllhJ be usrd m thc pump~ years aRo. a truly impressive rccord at s~l"vlce the Bl·ooks bU.!'linel'ls at that time ed. efatlon football. bll'{. A~ time WOI"C on the pump The hU1'linc:l8 iJ;I now bl'ing ':on- to OUt" community and brings dis~ Fo/"ly·nlnc l'l'nrH Bg"O, apl'c1ficaly R~ well a~ abl'l'orhing William Kelley "Aquatic sports in particular, handlt's wet"(' changcd from one to lluch-u by F. A. PUling, son of lhe i i in tht.' summcr of IS, a Lowell & Son. one of the oldest firms in '_______ two amI the:-;c Ian parallel to the: founder, as pre-Ndent anll trcs~un:r; tinct on to the local prescr pUon woman, Mrs. Parall StE'vens. wa" 0<---___________ ---- - ba.se at the tUb. As many as tiO G. C. McIntyre, vice president aJvl stores. In addition to this, 15 clel'ks building on Fifth avenue, New York Lowell; Hibbard & Smith, manu- £) men could be used at once on what general manager; and A. R. Kirk- are needed to attend lo the wants near Central Pal'k what was ac- facturers of doors, sasbes and I CONGRATULATIONS, I 1 LOWELL, ON YOUR werc called the "brakes" and tram land, ~ecretary. The board of direc- ot the Webster customers. whJeh came the famous muster cry tal's consists ot F. A. Pilling, G. C. claimed as "the bandsomest private blinds, and the Lowell House Furn- The tive Webster stores have been l·esidence tn the city of New York. Ishing Co. ot which C. M. Dupont at the foreman "Braker-er~down; McIntyre, A. R. Kirkland and J. w. established keepin~ the pcc:Jliar The frescoes are to be unsurpassed was tbe proprietor. boys." WhUe Lowell had several Pilling. at th.e!fe companies in competition, geographical divisions at the city in in quality. even by those of the i"a- Tbe product l~ marketed dJrect at 255 High strep.t, onc in Ute High. Th~ cost ot the turnlture Is to :"x- laLe Rev, Michael Ronan, pastor ot The first big contract awarded mind. One is located in Belvidere mous Opear House in Paris . . . . to the new Orm was given by the Established CRIPTURE'S LAUNDRY is the oldest laundr~' estab- 1 76 I ('Inly one was in the cbampiom~hip to the retail trade under the re- lands at 337 We.stford street, one at class. gJstered J. P. S. brand t.J:ade mark flO Middlesex strcet, still another cee d $50000" ,. St. Peter's church, wbich was then S lishment in the Cit~ of Lowell, and for manr years IlllS MIghty ,t'lsbcrmen. anll there is a consistent demand In the business centl:c at 747 Mer. The story of Mrs. stevena's ad- bcJng buUt. The exquIsite carving been engal:ed in servicing the ritizens with the last word 1OOTH BIRTHDAY! Back in 1836 the fishermen were for footwear at such long.recogni- rimack street, and the fLrst ot them vance to social leadet·ship and ot 8le on the front ot the church and the jUst as mighty as they are today zed merit as the Pilling shoe. all at 401 Bridge street. This make!l marnage of her daughter Into ~he interior finish, including the pews, in Laundr~' service. and they snared most of their vic- Thc J. P. S, boys' and girls' shoe it possible tor the company to be ot English nobility, belo~g.s to the his~ has always been one of thc boasts We specialize in e"err tYile of LaWldry work whirb is 11mB y,.ith fancy ftie~, The good old- Is a bous('hold word today in boys' scI'vice to the residents or the vad- tory of Amelican society. ot this company. The organizers • fasbloned garden worm occupied the and girls' welt shoeR. The rccord <Jt OU1'I sections at the city from eight $potll~ht. Perhaps thcre was a lit· achievem('nt huilt up in this fin£' old In the mornin~ until mldni~hl and I of the company in 1896 were Capt. The prl'sl:llt Anl('l-icflTl HOIl.~e C()v- 0, M. Pratt and C. M. FOl"rest. For giwn special attention by our 48 hi!(ldy trainpd and px- prrienred workers. tl mOl'e hunting then than thcre Is enncel n ShllW8 what can he done by conveniently enough locatcrl (or ('f'S thp site of Frye's Tavern. one of 17 yeat·g Capt. Prall had be('n as- . . . We have sprl'ed you tnrlay [O'l'equrntly It was a cAse ::tpt'cl!Jz.ation. E\"ery /lay the llg- plompl deli\"f'ry in answ('r to a tcl- Lowell'R t'al"ly ho~Lcll'Jf'!', l'Ioclall'r1 with AmaRa f'r8-l.t Co. l\lay \\6 solidt. )'our Jmh'mHt~r'! A trial "ill ('oll\'ill~'e for a quarter of YOU!' ~en of nrressJly to amhle oft' Jnt~1 lhu fActOry in TYI1~ Sll'f'l~t ~('nlll\ J"otth ephone call. wanrl,· and ht'u~h Lo !'Ihnot the ~"Jn- itM quota of 1'Ihol'!'l. built tn glVE' com· whilE' MI', 1"()1!"cst had heen w1th )Oll that Scril)turrlji, Lnullclr)- S... r,·k.- ilOO lht> h,,;( wur,-l III The Wr.bl'ltct Dru:;: Slores have f Rumham, J:o'orl'('~t 8~ DAVis of which Lanndr~ PerrrdioJl. tut'y . , . GiVing you first day dlnn('r. f(H·t Anrl stul'dy w('ar 10 a nation tlt gone (ar ~incE" Lheil' inception. In 1l0\\T MANY OF' YOUR tlnn hi" fa.thcr \VQS Il m(Omber. the greatest stars the hoys RIHI WII~ who!'!t father~ and "('ntralvU1C' In HlUg :lne! l1avc kept A PROF \, E PH"~SJJ)I!::"r mothl:'l'l'l WOI'€' with pl'idro thr PilIlnJt abreast of th(' changmg Umrl'l that nOLLAnS G-O UP TID~ pJ·atl 8,. FOlrcst CO. WM Incor- SHIRT and COLLAR WORK stage could offer .. , And !'1hnf' whrn thE"Y W('!-C younJ:", and marked thC' paMt C'poch by tll.klllg CH[l\tN}~Y AS-hUNUSED pOl'atcll jn 1~10 with the following' Gl~nt't'al Andrew JRckson, helO of pa~sed aloll~ the ~1t'1l101'Y of foot~ pains Lo estabU~h the laL('st and best officers: Willard D. Pratt, pl'(>si- oow the linest of srreen ;N"rw Orleans: but vel'y Ilttlc ot a wrQI' that baR glV"en such pleQ.'!lng in their line. This wal'l pal'ticulal'l~' llEA1.'?" dent, in charge of planL: Eugene C. FLAT WORK, WET WASH II ttractions . . . Always hf'l"o to the dominant politlcal patty satisfaction tor two generations, true In the p1.·cscrlpllon depattment Dunbar, vice president, in cbarge at taking advantage of the of L.owell's fIrst yes!', wa., a camll- where the leadIng- brands lit mech- StOll ·l·hi~ Ull~ell 'l'hie! . . , the lumber yard; C. Marshall For- CLEANSING SERVICE date for pt'c~lll('"L in the autumn of Cine from the United States and :;tol) l£'ttilllt unclean, III1",e· rCl'lt, treasurer and general mana- 1832 when the Lowen Journal, lJf leeted ('oal throw your monl'~' latest developJllents for your comfort ... We are date 26 September, pUblished 8 long and reasoned editortal about the A. A. SMITH COMPANY foreIgn countries were always kept in stock. And what a sensation any of the five gleaming and spotless :lWU) IlleraU,)' robbing you of the heat, heRtth and comfort :rou hlwe paid fOr. gel'. In 1919 it was necessary to take in new officials because of the pbysical e..xpanaion ot the business. proud to be YOUR MOST doughty candidate's political career Established 1906 soda tountains would bave been in Joseph E. Hollingworth became su~ and personal characterJstics. The 277 Middlesex St. Tel. 8190 the earlier and stealer days of "he Step heing nursemaid to a perintendent of the mill and Leon MODERN THEATRE.•. final ch81'acterizatJon was: sluggish furnace, due to the "Of the moral character of Han. mor ta r an d pes IIe, wh en II wou Id clogging 111) of coal waste. D. Abbott a,.,sumed charge of the Jackson it is hardly necessary to TYPEWRITERS have been impossible to have con- lumber yard, Three years later ad- ce1ved at the ultimate art of l1~e Start right now to enjoy bet-. dltional space was taken in School • speak. ~'b('n excited by passion, which Is not infrequent, be break8 and OFFICE EQUIPlIIENT fountain which ebanges coolswelter- Into the most disgusting profanity- ADDING lIlACHlNES Ing summer day lnlr a shadows. a one ' .. tel', more regular heat bS or- street for storage purposes and tor derlnO'" ."our winter's fuel needs from '" U~. the druing hou!ie~. J' and has been know to utter a string The union ot the Webster stores In 1931 the decision was reached KII. Hieoa1 & eke o. or oaths Ihat would confound a -All Makes Repaired- pcrmits thcm to offer quality mer- to move from the location in Du!- pirate. With thp E'xception of pm- chandist' at R. r('asonable cost, and ea y e 0 ton street. at Fletcher ~treet to I (I\nity tht': prIvate chflrA.('trr of Geu. .If\rkp:nn if! now, we br!1('\'e without rl""proRch." rUE BONi', CARBON and PAPER k l bl t rna es I po.'l~lI e 0 catTy near y pvel·ything in slock 01' ~eCU1"e qUlck- I :\0. f'hf"tm'iCord, IUa... ~. Tf"l. 7lOl 616 Gorham-Tel. 5216 School Rlrcel, at the head of Wrllt- pm avenue. A mod_l'n Rtructure Iy drug'S that most ston's do not , . -JI walt ('I'ecte<! to house the show T ... y ....y"l:' "" 1 ------------ (\t)1! • I~=== City' History Reflecte In Names of Its treets v Centennial of Lowell's Township Noted 11:.-1 Ayer Home Originally Old Stone Tavern _ -~----------------------------1 The AyeI' Home in Pawt.ucket street was once a flourishillg tavern, where. historians say, Lowell folk made merry till the wee hours of the morn' long before the city started its mush room growth. e \What-Lowell Looked Like to Settlers In 18251 Th. pl..tfol"lll of the Mem.rial Auditorium is ShOWll here, pre pared for the .bservance ill 1926 of the incorporation of the - ~ Town of Lowell. Crowds Celebrating Century of Progress -l • • This view, apparently from what is now upper First street or thereabouts, shows what is now the centre of Lowell. - -------------------------------- ell had a River street-the present Lawrence street WhencQ St.acl{pc.le street got ltd name is not kIlown althoug-h a mill worker did live there. but not in lts L_L_a_d~d_-Wh~i_tn_e_y_M_on_u_m_en~t_D~ed_i_ca_t~ed_~! earher day" The Abbott house thel'e Is said to be 02 years old and in all probabIlity the street was bUlIt on as ~arly as 1835. The present Park street was Washlngton street. NesmIth street, nam~1 tor the ~ Tcsmith (or Nail. I'Imith) family b('ld to its present lines, Chesnut street was on ~l1c northerly sIde at a rectangular park. and Andover atreet--or road -on the southerly. And that park plot was k own as \"VMain,;-tonn par· Crowds are shown in the Memorial Auditonum in 1926 for the formal exercises of the centennial of the town. :MOl street was probably the con- nectfag link between Howe and Da· vidson streets. Fayette street con- say. made Lowell: Warrell Dutton. Sutrolk mills. for It was a short tinued eoutherly from East MO;!rn- Names of Lowell Streets the late Frank E. Dunbar u~ed to thoroughfare leading to the mUl en~ ot !!oston. who put his money into trance, just aa Tremont street t. named for s. mill. mack street as far 88 Andover street. Bevond that It was known as Water street The present Wil- tounding the Merrimack Mfg. Co., In the older sectlon ot the Old low street was known u Elm Had Interesting Origins unquesuonably gave his name to Lowell is one street. FenW1c:k, which Dutton street. while ~'orthen (or was not called tor a mill man. It street The HIghlands of toda)' were \Vorthing) street "1la named tor ",as named for Bishop Fenwick••to· farmlands in the earller times. ElI!;ha Worthmg. one at the earlier man Catholic prelate. ~bo conse· "l'"estlord street was one of the first Pion~~r Te. tile :\Ien Conunemorated-- mill men ot this city. The Bosbn crated the first Cathollc church GOtbams gave their name to Gor- here. on be alte of the present thoroughfares there. so-called pro- bably because a rough road bor'! ocr ham ~treet. as tbey did to Gorham. St. Patrick'! church. Many of the Chelmsford road tn the general di- Ilmel'OIl Indian. amc ~lill Re- Me, and DUll mer street was named parishioners lived in the immediate tor John Dummer, of Old Newbury, RetioD. and when a new .Rtreet was rection of Westford. The prelle.:lt Broadway W88 known who built waterwheels and pen_ cut throu~b they named it in han Ir tor many years as Pleasant atreet. tailled-E"en Joffre Is Honored. stocks for the mms bere. It W88 at the bishop. It connected w1th School street, which waa sometimes called Sale:n another branch of his tamIly which Fletcher street iJ; obviously calteJ. gave its name to Dummer academy, tor the Fletchers-Chelmsford and road and whlcb led to a settlement ncar Newburyport. \Vestlord families. much of whose at Pawtucket falla. Have you ever consi<1ered where roughlv paralleled. Central Btre t Middle: ex .street was tor many work In on~ way or another W8J!l A few Indian names have been the name. t man)' ot the streets waa literally the bl~ae(Ung tho- years only Middlesex. road. a C("T._ I concerned With Lowell. retatned tn the street lIst at Lowen, in Lowell came tram or A little roughfare 'Jt the earUer town a neeting thoroughfare between Sa. Early mayors have lett their Wannalanclt street, for the cbief at work will quickly prove to you that Lowell. and Bridge street carried to lem and the settlement now known names on Btreets. Lawrence street the Pawtuckets, was laid out in the names of many of the street5 go the old Bradley ferry. where later 8S Middlesex Vlllage. Later, when was named for Hon. Samuel Law~ late' '60's by Jonathan Bowers. back to the men, families, responsi- a bridge was erected acrosa the the Hamilton MlUs brought interest renee, Huntington street for Han, \Vames1t street, tor the Wamesit ble tor ma.king Lowell essentially Merrimack river to Centralvtlle-- to the section. the street trom Cen. Ellsba Huntington and Bartlett Indians, was a thoroughtare cut in & textile city. tben Dracut. tral street 8.8 far as Branch street street for Hon. EUsha Bartlett. the '50's from Central street to Just 75 years ago this month, after the bodies of Luther C. Ladd wd Addison O. Whitney, To be sure a few streets are obvi· And ~Iarket street was so-calIi'd was called Hamilton street. The Since those days a few mayors have Lawrence street, and Pawtucket ously named lIot tor families, but boo because at Its lntenectlon v.ilh Cen- mUls-·and the street-were named had their names placed 011 Rtrcets, street. from Merrtmack .etreet be- mortally wounded at the Baltimore Massacre while marchinl:" through with "The Old cause they occup! d certain Mtrate- yond School street, obvlously named g:1c pomtl In the city. Merrimack tral street there was Cammer-dill for Alexander Hamilton. It 1s such 8S Palmer street, for Hon. C. for the Pa.wtucket Indians. Sixth," had been brought to Lowell and buried at Monument Square, all residents of the city .treet-orIg1na.lly Merrimac - WB.8 Square, a gathellng polut tor thuljl3l 8a1d that many of the backers at D. Palmer. Brown street tor Han. Jlamed after the river which it who sold goods at many kinds. and the Hamilton M1l1s were Federalisu G. H. Brown and Bennett street for Mansur .treet, in Belvidere. was out to participate in the dedication of the magnificent monument, at which on each Memo- which extended to the area DOW oc~ who revered the name of HamUton. Han. James C, Bennett. narned tor Stephen l1anBurt mer· cupied by the police etation. In Ita PatrIck Tracy Jackson and Paul In the Belvidere section-in Us chant; Hank_ street for an early rial day, members of the G. A. R., gather to pay tribute to departed comrades. On the earlier days, however, this street Moody have left their namel on early days a portion of the town ot Lowen clergman. and Durant street day of the dedication, June 17, 1865, a huge parade of 13 divisioDll, with approximately BRADY BOYS was called Lowell 8treet. There ap· peal'll to have bfoen aome dUference streets to remind us of tbeir early Tewksbury-there were few streets. mill lntluence, Both were very Merrimack street ran easterly to for the founder ot Wellesdey col. lege. Presldent' names are given 4500 persoDll in line, opened the ceremonies. Principal address, given by Governor An- of opinion about caHlng thia street prominently connected wIth the the Concord river, and on the Eaet to the following struta: WUhJngton, Lowell str et. for a portion ot it early mill life here. Kirk Boott, an~ Blde ot the bridge it came to be AdamI, Madi.'IOn. Tyler. Harrison, drews, lasted for more than an hour. The exercises, included prayers by prominent cler- TR(;(;KI. G Roosevelt and Ha.rd.tn~. W1UI named. Salem street. and that other 8talwart ot the mill days, has known aa East Merrimack street. I j .ccllon be-anJ the name to thJ day. given Ws name to KIrk street-and 'nit. '90'&8 U far as Nemnith .treet. And there ta It Jotrre street of re- gymen; an ode IJunl by the Otto Club, and music by the American Brass Band of Provi- 165 Chul'<'h St. 7,.1. D7S-W Ii and backers of the mtllll wWch, a.a But to the namf'.8 of the founder8 to the Boott mills. Suffolk street From there on it was called River cent vlnt&g..-aned for the J'rencll .... I wu undoubtedly called alter the street, although in early days Low- hero of the Marne, dence, R. I. LOWELL CENTENNIAL EDITION - JUNE 30, 1936. -1 ( )lci Strnrt~lrp~ rr~Stor'T ill~Ci±'T''S lilgr]~'T n~ T~~=_ uzldzngs :::SUll :::standing lillt I liU. ~ !l OLU Traceable to Indian Days ESTABLISHED FIRM I Lo~ell's ~.!rpo~t ·and ~ying Field~in South Lowell Carbouiziug Company Pro\"ides Sites of Old Bowers House, Garrison Indispensable Service to Textile IndlLstry. House and Ford Residence Arouse InteIWoven with the history ot in~ Memories of Early Town dust.rial Lowell and the history of carbonizing in New England Is the By WARREN ~l. POWER. is now the intersection of School career of James Gilet, the founder Out of the descdptlve beauties and Westford streets, we cannot and present owner of the Gilet Car. of long ago I draw that gripping but contrast our palatial school bonizing Co., Inc.. in Warren street. SlOl'y at "Historic Points and Byw houses of today with their very \Vhen the preRident of the company ways" by Sara S. Griffin appearing obscut,p and humble parentage; for ill The Lowell Book. Evel')' line the little school house that ~tood that bears hi~ name landed in New thrills with memol'i('8 of long ago there in 1767 was the fiut school York on Sept. 18. 1897, he came and they &1'e m) beautifully set forth building erected in what is now with a. broad experience in the te.x~ that we would not tOUch it at an Lowell. One of tile pupns in the tile indu!ttries of Verners, Belgium, for the purpose for which it is in- school house WQ.q Benjamin Pierce, the textile centre of that country. tended, lest we might b1'eak the after'ward governor of New Hamp- It was thenl that he had begun pearls that conatitute the chain of shtre. and father at Fl'&llkUIl Pierce, learnhlg the trade 01 scouring and evenbl t(!lling the story of the Low- prt:sident ot' the United StateR. carbonlzmg wool. Hoping to gain ell of long ago, and while I am con- better business School street. which takes its broader and emigraled to this oppor- scious of the fact that many ot name from this "ancient seat of tunities, he coun- our readers Rre acquainted with it, learning," winds along by the old try. I cnnnot forego the plea."'Iurt" of pre- cemetery, over the hill to Pawlucket After seven yean" e.xpel"ience tn- senting the treMure again to be street, new: where once stood the res- stalling and managing scouring 8.Dd reviewed by the early and late his- idence of Capt. Ford, famous in our torian and now to the beautiful Revolutionary struggle, \Vhen the :.tory: alarm gun sounded April 19, 1775, The spot on which Uu' city of Capt. Ford was at work in his saw IJOwell 110W ~tnll{l~ i~ not without mill which was near his home. histOl'lc interest; the wi~ns of Hastening to his house for the DPC~ IncUans or the scattered homes of eSl'lary eqUipment!", he Btarted at the early EngliElh settlers at one once for the centre of the tOWD, to time Btood where now ate almos:t join the company that went from mnumerable industries or ~pacjoU8 there, Capt Ford acrved at Bunker l'Itreets and residences. We mU$t Hill, Ticonderoga, and marched not think of this chal'ming plac6 against BU1'goyne, After the war as once a solitUde; for our beautiful had eloRed he resumed his nusiness strl'ama havE" ever mirrored human and residt"c! during the subsequent forms tbat glided softly along their years of hi1 life at the house In bank~, and human voices have ever Pawtucket street whcJ'e he ended mingled with their waterfalls. his days. 'f}{i~hwa~rs to the Merrimack," Ne."t below the Ford house is the Carlyle has said, HW'e cannot old Spa.lding homestead. purchased study, however imperfectly, a great in 1790 by Mr. Joel Spalding. a man without gaining something member ot one of lhe most influcnw from him." So perhaps a few les- tial families in thill section. and who MOS may be gainpd for treading had served with bravery in Lhe R(:'v- for a brief space in the nea.tly o~Ut olutionary war. The old house ia a E'rated footsteps of some of the pleaBant reminder of the genUe eartier white settler~ tn Lowell, and flight of time. It wa.q the birth- with the "Old Highways to lhe Mer- place and home ot Dr, Joel Spald~ rimack" aft a starting point, let us mg, one ')f Lowell's most eminent , .-;.;. make in fancy the circuit of our physicians. cily, b1'ushing cobwel)s from old JA1UE!i; GILET forgotten doorways and wreath- Following the Menimack along President ing thereon gadands of fragrant itft restless way for about a mile. memories, we reach the mouUl of the Concord carbonizing plants for firml'l in Nor- In 1659 we find thp term "High- dver, near which tor many years wood, SL Louis and Las Vegas, wav to the Merrimack" 8r8t men- walJ maintained a. ferl'Y, known as N, M., and after a retum trip to tioned In certain old Chelmsford Bradly's Ferry, and in usc as early Belglum to acquaint himself with deeds, It was no dou bt the old &..1 1737 and probably many years Ule improvements that had been road to Golden Cove, but the Low- previous to that The ancient high- made 1n thl: business, Ml'. GtJet re- ell end is now caUed Steadman way Cram what is now Bridge street turned to America in 1906 to help street, About 1655 we find the first to Clark's Fert')' can be easily traced form the Woonsocket Scouring & record of any English inhabi taut! today, but WP must turn aside from Carbollizing Co, in Woonsocket, of what is now the city of Lowell, the beaten paths to vialt some old R. I. seven or eight families have settled hearthstones upon which the moss in this vicinity, attracted to the at forgetfulness has thickly gaUl- Founded ill 1909. ~pot by its pro),,1m.ity to the liver ered, The GUet Carbonizing Co. was More than 100 years ago, a few founded in July 1909, when he start- and the fact that land had been cleared here by the Indians. Rude steps tram what is now Kearney ed in business alone. At first he as were the surroundings of these Square, stood the Nathan Tyler leased the scouring and carbonizing first settlers and as adverse as were hom~e, surrounded by far spreading department ot the River Spinning I and. 15,000 citi£'s and tOlh"ll!", TIle list of communities !OlO long and r.O of them in :l year of continuous from Cape Cod to Burlington, Vet II Kimball System alone bOa.1tS a widely cxtendcli lhnt grandad could traVf~-l. The Cl.'ntcrs Ilerved by the mont, and frnm the Connecticl1\ tbe circumstances under which they and ferUle fields, The farm was a Co. in Woonaocket, but in 1911 the coverage ot 1:-\ cilie8 and towns, a not have hitched his "hoss" at an Kimball compllny extend toltf{nly vallpj' to Bangor. Maine. labored, they yet foun,d time to l'e w large extent, embT11.cing land occu- business was moved to its present member "tbe beginnmga of wis- pied by the Carpet mitis and reach- location in Warren au'eet where the dam" for as eal'ly as 1699 we find ing beyond Palmer street It is Gtlet Carbonizing Co" Inc" was 01'- that' the wife ot John Wright, liVing diWcult to transform the Reene ot ganized to do a commission business in thi1'1 neighborhood, was author- Lowell's greatest activity today, in scourIng, carbonizing and de- Han~ Bet"n in Busiuf"!"is ized to hold at her house a "d81ne into the quiet of the "green pas- painting WOOl and noUs, scbool," to "learne young persons lures and still wat 1'l'1" that the In the early days this company Outdoor Acl\'ertlsin/:; to Reed and write," same sun shone down upon a cen- occupied far less flpace than it does A 5ho1't distance from the "Old tury ago, The hou~e, which was now and employed but 13 people. 38 YeaN< Highway" is the Sewall Bowers one ot the mo....t pretentious of its whet'eal'l it now employs 140 people house, whiCh is doubtless the old- time. WB8 built by Mr. Nathan Tyler and occupi£'s most of the Middlesex pst buIlding in our city, The farm from lumber prepared by him in yard. Toward the end of 1931 the When gral1l1l'H-l walll<~1 sigll~ he has been in possession of the Bowers hiEl l'Iaw-mill at Pawtucket Falls, Gilet Co. had added to its operations hitched his "hoss" to the hitChillb'1 family since the first settlement of Here Mr. Tyler, with his goodly the garnettlng o( 'Wools, worsted post at the door of the Kimball Sys- Chclml'!fol'd, and is mentioned in the family of seven !iOOl'! and three threlld~ and cUps, blending, pick- tem at 194 },:Hddle ~tr'eet. Today, on I old records as having been & rendez- daughters, dwelt tor a number of ering carding:. batting, cutting off the 38th anniVel'l'lal'Y of the fOWld~ VOU8 for the eal'ly :;;ettlel's in time years; anJ today his numerous de- tops. and other operations. It now of danger, Bnd for neighborly con- scendants aloe among LoweU's most occupi.es some 10 buildings of the iog at the firm, the cilizens 0,( four ference. Also as eady as 1686 a honored citizens, " , Aiter the Middlesex Co, bp!ddE'."4 the new mill New En~land Mtatt"!' hitch their "still" was lIceD8ed at. this place purchase of the Nathan Tyler houae number On(' in the Middlesex yard gasoline "buggies" at that same for the making of "lrtrong·watel's" by the Merrimack Company. the old which the Gilet Co. t'ecently pur- door. that "may be sold to Christian~, but home was converted Into a hotft], ehased and now occupies, with the not to InCuans." Perhap3 the many and known as the "Old Mansion I E'xception of two floors, So 8ucccs3,fui and cumpletli" a ser- ancient footpaths that can be traced House," The firm was reincorporated on vice has been given by the Kimball to the old Bowers house an due The Lil't'rmore !\-l1lIl!')ioll April 10, 1922 and Mr', Gilet has company during the 38 yenr~ of its to the klndly wish of our fOl'etathers Farther up the hill, on the site mnce lJeen president lUld treasurer. existence that it bas outlast('d or to preserve the Indians from the which St, John's bospital now occu- 1'hl!if Lowell firm is a recognized bought out at one time or another banerul influence of the "Rtrong- piel'l, was a slatply structure in the leader in turning out work of the duting its long carE'er more than 25 wate11l." early days of L.o\\-ell, which at ctifw highest 'tl:ade and is patronized by rival sign-painting concerns. While Ga.rri~n Bouhe. ferent epochs 1n its history, \Va., the leading wool companieR in the others have fallen by the wayBiile, Opposite the fool of V\'ood sheet, called tlt(' "Gedney House," the "Old eonnt.t'y. the Kimball Sy~tem has constantly on the bank of thl?' river, was erect- Yellow House," and the "Livermore Mr. Gllct married M.il'lS Hortense extended its area of business, Toua.., pd in 1675, by Maj. Hinchman, a Mansion." The land on which it Bauer. of Vivier~. Belmum, who died hundreds of billboards and outdoor "Garrison House," which was used stood was pm't Of the original grant I recently, F'our children, three of advertisementl'l in the four northern as 0. place of safety tor the fa.milies to Madame Winthl0p. wife of Gov- ,which have ltnportant pomtlonlt in New England states are the worK til this sectioll during King Philip'S ernor \V~nU1rop of MIlSSllChlisetts, I the firm, were born of the union. of the Low(>l1 concr'l'll founded way war and the later skirmishes with Retracmg our stepR aCt'oss the Albert GilE"t. who Is a graduate of back in 1898 by Ernest L. Kimball, the Indians, Not a trace Is left or COJ.'l.cord, woe stop a. moment to gaze, the Lowell high Nchool a.nd the Low- the pr~Rellt head of the company, the old log et,,'ucture; bul memory on lis plaCid .!'furface, trying to pic- ell Textile lORttlute, Rtudied in Bel- Eve1'.vthing from "Safety FirRL" still retains tile sto)'~' of how the ~ure to oU1'selves the period when giUlll lo I'rain a more compre1lenw signs, eJ:ected for the state, to race neighboring fanners, with their tts .banks were the rendezvous of givE" kJlowle-dge of the trade and is tl'ack bulletins on highway~ leading wives and lit.tle ones, hastened to Indtans, who came in trib{'R to gath- now a.~~ociated wIth his father. My- to Salem N. H" is al'1loltg the handi~ the old house for sheltet, when ('or fish from it.., generouR bosom. riam, a grnduatr of the Lowen hiJ{h wOl'k of the 40 or more expe1't sIgn rumo~ of the attacks of Indians tn Not only the [mUn.ns, but the Eng- foWhool. t~ now Recretary, and the paintel s who work under the colors the adjoining towns filled thE'ir llsh settlers, found in the \vater~ youngf'Rt of th(' CHets. Ed~ar, t~ of the K.tmball System. GrRndad, heal:ts with horrOl' and dismay. Re~ of Ule Conconl and Memmaclt an {'mplo\'f"c] f\~ lll'l!'li"tani liunerintend- and even thoRe ot' j<·oung-er g-enel'Q.- maim, of an old well have been abundant supply of fi~1t. the rivers' ent. tions. can remember thl" great open lound nelLl' this site. am.I tl'Q.l"lition at the timp t~£"UlinJ:{ with sa.lmon, Tht' oldest daughter, Irene. now book siglUJ that dotted the high .. connects them with the old "Garli· shad and aJeWlve~ Ule wife of Attorney Paul R. Foisy, ways a decadl" or !'IO ago announ- son House." Farther tlown on. the Nearly a roUe Jt'Olll the old Con- former assistant diAlrict attol"'1ev cing' "You Are Entering Such and bank of the Merrimack, with it!'4 cord Fprry. fotlOwing the line of for Middle-sex counh.. was bet' fath'- Such a 'fown," On the opposite page grounds gently sloping to the l'ive1".s what is now Central stl'eet. waR an er's thst a.sml'ltant'ln thl' office ot were presenled R fe-w hrief noles E'dge (not forgetting that this stOl'.V anclrnt watenvay now known as the company, After her classes at about the hi.<rt.ory llnd significance wa.~ written over 40 years ago), Hale's brOOk. On its banks in 1790 : the LowpU high school. Ahe did the of the town about to be entered, ~tands whal if4 called thE' "Middle- was erected by Mosel'! Hale the first stenography and t:vpewl:Iting work This novel mannpr of advertising, sex Hotel," but in the early Colonial woolen mill ev('r Joltnrted JIl Middle- of the conCN'n amI did her school not only the cities and tOWD.'i so (lays bore the title of "C1al'k'S l'ex county. Tl'iil'l small building was work at night, ShE" graduated in served, but also a wen known auto- 'ravel"n." ~he nU~lew~ ~t lw:gft and Pl'OSPE"f'OUS second placl" in a class of 400 stu- moblle producl which ~ubMidized the The tave1n was neat' CltL1'k'R mclustrlea, mclUcling the wooien dE"ll.ts, \'o-inning one of the Carney advel'li"emetttll. was a creation of Congratulations to Lowell Ferry. and was a. popular resort mills, a lumbel' bn&ne.!"l.!"l and thE' nledal:-; ~he wa>l the 8rRt stut:lent the Kimball System and fUlly a :Oor the !uhionahle and diRtinguished manUfacture of gunpowdPl'. people of the day. , .. Neal' "Clark's to r('('('ivt' a medal awarded annu~ bundl'Oi:I such gigm; etoo(} at the The Ruthol men Cleals with Par- ally to an olltntanding pupil In the gates at an equal number of citie.s Tavem" was the head of the "Old ker street, one of thp- olde!it high- American hiRtOt'Y coursf'. and towns in New Enp;l3-ntL Today from the Market on the Square }.Utldlese.x CanaI." For its time ways within tb~ bOl1nrlalit"'N or Low- "od(~rJl :l-ftl('bin('x:r l'~d the late!'lt thing ill outdoor a.dver- this enterpriRe wa~ 8. wOlluel'rul ell aud the "Olel Mal',o:;hall T~l\'ern." TIH' ma.chinely uSf>u'ln this cou- tising. e\·tm to neon lights, iM carried AlthOIll1;h we luu'e been here olll~ a (ew ~'ears compared c'itizclIs they haw learued to depend on us for "Quality" I teat of engineellng, and 'Y."8.S the She vlsuatize.q tlll' ('ounlJ'~' ll-ams cern il'l modern and the best of it.~ by Ule Middlt> stl'f'et company. first canal in the Ullileu SlateR landed \yiUl produce and dl'iven by kim.1. Thp depaintE'l', for example, The Kimball System for many with the ci~·,s 100 Jears, we too, feel that we should join witb tho"" who haw faith in the continned growth of our at prices that are alwa~·s consistent with their purse. Proor of tbis statement has attested it elf many times openeo. for the b'ansportation of atw'dy Jarmer8, who bad ieet th~il' a machin~ that is uRed to remove years ha" been an outstanding citro In fact, ollly this year, we announced to tlle public and we pledl1;e onr""I\'es a~ain to continue to offer tlle travelers. Not far from t.ht" hf"acl New Hampshirto bom",s wt'ary hours paint and pilch from ihe fleece fl'Om membpl' ot the Outdoor Adverti~erEl ot the canal the "Old Highway" before, stopping a.t thE' bospltable I !'{1t{'ep il't Olll' at the two depainters Inc" an olganization of 888 profes- a bill'ger and liner "Brockelmau's." This was further best in "Food Products" that bas been respon,Ul1e for touches Middle~ex street. enU'811ce fa,· "l'f;'f1'eAlunent for man in tht' ~ountry, Thp machine used Rlonal adverUaer~ coveting 48 stateR evidence of our confideuce in the future progress of our many expaD.'>ions durin~ our bu~ille~, in our great On anothf"l' old road now known ~nd beast," ere tbey continue- theoir Iin neutl'aJizin'g l~ the largN't one in this brRllch of the textile iUdus- Lowell. city. 88 Pine street is seen the Henry Journey to Boston. Her bl.'antiful ever macJe m t11(" United Stab's and Parker hou!"le, opposite the Charlps story, con~lude!" a'" follows: of much intel'eRt to those who mlke and kept Ul step with imp1'ovements \V. Morey !'lchoo!. No other family but As we- follow the old, Y.-indJng a tOlll' or the industry, That the Gild Co. is one of the This great store is Lowell's Food Heaclqu(lrters because In short at this time we desire to express our tbanks for the Parkers have been in pDll:'iession Che-lmRlord road, we can almost Bee To understn.nd tlle indush~' it 1s valuable industriel( of Lowell can through the Jears of our business relations with the I ot thts estate since the 'Indians sold the "("mbattlecl farmers" al'l they necessary to have somE' idea of its scarcely be dOUbted; that it will go their claims to 'Vamesit. yet it Is ~l~rrted ,alo":g its grassy way to rea~on fot' being. When wool bas do\m in tex-We history is strongly your generous patronage. impo"siblf" to decide when the fu'st Jam theu' frIends and neighborl'l i been w~bed it still contains burrs indicated by the fact that they have Parker set up his home there, But the great struggle for Jibe-rty; but and bils of vegetable matter which kept reasonably bUsy dUring the de- one Benjamin Parker, the recol'd only for a short l'Ipace aN' we al- lll~ed to be removed by hand until a pression and e."'panded in a. prudent ('If whose bitlh !:;) given as 1663, is iowed to trace the track of their Belgian named Romain discove1'ed hupposed to be the first member of histOric foot-pl'ints, fat o.~ we reach quite by accident wHile working future at Lowell it.c; confidence tn the way, exprel'lsing the family to locate hel e. In the Golden Brook, tJw "Old Highway to with 9,/001 aud chemicals a method early Indian sttug~le!f and also in the Merrimack" again glides across by which th{' burrs cou'ld be car- the Revolutionary war, young men our path, and like a sentinel guard- bonized so that pl'e~sure would have gone (otth from the hOme- ing tho f3t'Crets of the pa~t, l'Iileully CI'umble them to dust that could ~tead to perform theil' part with wl\l'n~ us that "'e mu~t ceal'tC our easily be I'emoved, v8101' and brave!')', Lfttlt" Rt"d ~hool 1I01l:-.t"'. WAR PRICE>; lJIi LOWIi.'LL. Complaints of the high pl'ices This was the caused in Loweli by the Civil war Joul'ney, Old thin~8 inllt.'ed have birth of carboniZing, an indispensl. were frequent and plaintive, In No- passed away. yet ·'they cannot he bll' proce~s at the preparinO' of wool vember, 1862, a wrtter for the Vox Following tilt" old lane over which quite forgotten: for, thou~h they for manufacture, Since then many PopUli bewailed the high cost of BROCKELMAN'S Kearney Square Lowell, Ma511. c-hil(Jll'lb f!.let pal'l!"lerl and l'E'pasl'If>d have no spe«'h nor lan~ag(', yrt inno\'attons have been introduced Thanksglvin~ dinner. You COUldn't ~o many yearl" a~o to the littl(' rcd are their voiceR hfOnHI In the Aml t1w Gilpt CArbonizing Co hn.~ t hen get a. turkey Co[' less than 12 s('hl"lol hUlIRe that !ltood 1lC',ll what l'Ih'pet!'" hrllf'htN) by thl:' advance of scicnce 1-2 c('nt~ a pnun(ll

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