This Sept. 14, 1872, Lowell Star article was found on page 5, column 3:
-- The following licenses were issued to teachers on Saturday last by the Examiner, J.H. Ball: Mr. M.B. Arnold, 24 months; Mr. T. Brenker, 24 months; Misses F. McDonald and Laura Hale, 24 months; Miss Julia Brannon, 18 months; Miss C. Chapman, 12 months -- Register