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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1900
Page
8
Weather Through a Day Shifts From Humid to Pleasant
The day began warm and humid with an August feel, turning uncomfortable by night. By forenoon, a north wind arrived, bringing a delightful change. Readings show 5am 74, 12m 79, barometer around 29.8 throughout the period.
Weather forecast for Massachusetts on August first
Boston reports fair and cooler conditions with northwest winds across Massachusetts for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Lowell Daily Courier August 1 1900
The Lowell Daily Courier for Wednesday August 1 1900 presents the city's daily news and notices. The issue includes local events, public notices, and community items typical of a New England daily at the turn of the century.
Public Auction At Martha L. French Residence
The sale at Martha L. French’s home in Tewksbury is set for Saturday at 2 PM. Household furniture crockery and glassware and other personal property will be struck off to the highest bidder. The event begins promptly at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horne
Morse
Martha L. French
Tewksbury
Local Licenses Granted At Last Night's Meeting
The board of police issued several licenses including common victualler for Mary E Carrod 19 Franklin Court Aristophanes Ly touresces 450 Market Street Joseph Eeky 612 Middlesex Street Ella Parker 712 School Street Levi Carver 379 Bridge Street Georgianna Lantry 85 Austin Street Thomas Cunningham 182 Lakeview Avenue Prime Decoteau 157 Salem Street and Hawker and pedlar for John P Grady 5 West Third Street Arthur Baxter Dracut Dennis J Dewire North Billerica N C Nelson Littleton Andrew Benson Billerica Joseph Brodeur Dracut. A druggist license for Joseph Burkinshaw at 418 Middlesex Street to sell intoxicating liquors of the sixth class was granted while Charles Blanchard 418 Middlesex Street had his sixth class license revoked for going out of business. Leave to withdraw was granted for Charles Delaronde 475 Moody Street common victualler and Jake Stuleski 126 Howard Street junk collector. The common victualler license of John Primpas 450 Market Street was revoked for going out of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Es Night
Board of Olice
Common Victualler
Mary E. Carrod
Franklin Court
Aristophanes Lytouresces
Market Street
Joseph Eeky
Middlesex Street
Ella Farker
School Street
Levi E. Carver
Bridge Street
Georgianna Lantry
Austin Street
Job and Express
Joseph Lagasse
Lakeview Avenue
Thomas W. Cunningham
Prime Decoteau
Salem Street
Hawker
John P. Grady
West Third Street
Arthur Baxter
Dracut
Dennis J. Dewire
North Billerica
N. C. Nelson
Littleton
Andrew Benson
Billerica
Joseph Brodeur
Joseph Burkinshaw
Charles Blanchard
Charles Delaronde
Moody Street
Jake Stuleski
Howard Street
John Primpas
Subscriptions Grow for St John’s Hospital Fund
The Cotton Spinners union contributes 100 toward the debt fund along with gifts from the Pawtucketville Athletic club and the Painters and Decorators union. Sisters of Charity urge return of outstanding subscription books to close the appeal, with several recent gifts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Hospital
Cotton Spinners’ Union
PawtucketvilleAthletic Club
Painters and Decorators’ Union
Union Eee
Pawtucketville Athletic
M. Nestor
Thornton Fee
P. Lyons
A. Meehan
Miss M. Devlin
Mary Meehan Whee
J. Connors
John O'Toole
Coffee to Postum Reduces Ills, Man Says
A Wisconsin reader recounts resolving chronic constipation, biliousness, and stomach distress after switching from coffee to Postum Cereal Food Coffee. He credits health improvements to following directions and notes growing local use of Postum. He encloses a list of acquaintances using Postum but asks that his name not be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Box
Jefferson, Wis
Lynn Officers Defeat Lowell 9 8 In Tight Lakeview Ball Duel
Lynn police team edged Lowell by one run at Lakeview in a well contested game. Maher and Murphy starred for Lynn with strong pitching as Lynn rallied from a 3-3 tie to win 9-8, capturing the final out in the seventh inning behind tight defense and timely hitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Lowell
Lakeview
Maher
Murphy
Lyons
Mackessey
Moore
McCann
Hessian
Flannagan
Cogger
Swan
Fitzgerald
Kane
Boyle
Tyall
Short
Murray
Dutto
Fitz
Southwick
Burcke
Dogger
Berry
Little Mackessey
Murry
Li Hung Chang
Mackesseys
Bureke
Lyall
Burecke
Arlington Hotel
Capt
Ken
Carter Frene Mr. Saunders
Lynch
W. H. S. Hayes
Joseph Smith
Commission
J. Allen
Gun City Messenger
Sowell
Y. W. C. A. Notes A Home for Girls in Prospect
The Young Women's Christian Association plans a home for young women in the Bowditch building after Sept. 1. Rooms will be parlor and sleeping spaces to be self supporting for modest fees, welcoming strangers and local self support staff. Information at 27 Central Street and juvenile department. Eight smaller windows to be filled by church groups. Easter building fund offering reached $1000, reducing church debt. Since January 1, 76 new members joined the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women’s Christian Association
Bowditch
Central Street
Y M C A Notes Farewell to Dr Deitz at Reception
Enthusiastic Y M C A reception honored retiring physical director Dr Deitz hosted by the Cycle club. Remarks praised his work and a purse gift was presented. Music by John and Richard Noonan and others, with Blest Be the Tie That Binds. Meister named new director to start Sept 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deitz
Association
Farrell
John Noonan
Snyder
Robert Lindsay
John
Richard Noonan
Francis Bestwell
Fisher
Warren Conock
D. W. Farrell
Dr. Dietz
Physical Department
Williams
H. V. Meister
Salem Y. M. C. A
Gov Allen yacht Mayflower defended as prudent war asset
The Mayflower, used to ferry Gov. Allen near Porto Rico, is described as a versatile asset, not a luxury. Its $430,000 cost compares favorably with other government purchases, and critics are urged to consider the broader wartime savings and purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Allen
Porto Rico
Penelope
H. FE. Converse
Wasp
Columbia
J. H. Laden
Josephine
T. A. Widener
H. M. Heinna
Alicia
H. M. Flagler
J. Pierpont Morgan
Dorothea
Dorthea
Thomas King
Scorpion
Sovereign
Borden
Fall River
Henry Watterson
Boston
Long
Seven Memorial Windows for First Trinitarian Church
The First Trinitarian church will install seven large memorial windows this summer, funded largely by individual gifts. One window honors Cyrus A. Haskell, a Civil War Navy veteran born 1840 who died in 1870 in Yokohama, funded by Mrs. John Adams. Other benefactors include Charles H. Richardson, Martha E. Cook, Deacon C. A. Brigham, George L. Huntoon, and Mary J. Mar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutton Street
Music Hall
John Adams
Merrimack Street
Cyrus A. Haskell
Yokohama
U. S. Navy
Adams
Yeaterte
Lowell
Charles H. Richardson
Lancaster Mills
Clinton
Martha E. Cook
C. A. Brigham
George L. Huntoon
Mary J
Odor Complaint Near Concord River Rendering Works
Residents along Gorham street and near the Concord river charge Lowell Rendering Company with a foul pipe discharging waste into the river. They claim a strong stench and fish dying from pollution, while company officials say the odor is negligible beyond 100 yards and the water remains largely unaffected beyond half a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Gorham Street
Lowell Rendering Company
Concord River
Citizen
Rendering Company
Lowell
Lawrence
Merrimack
Allen Reception Committee Closes Accounts With Small Balance
The Allen reception committee led by Mayor Crowley and including Alderman Paige and Councilmen Casey Saunders and Mullaney met to audit expenses for the welcome event. Total spending 287.65 matched the appropriation, leaving a 12.35 balance. The group thanked Chief Marshal Proc tor, secretary Fred Prescott, and Arthur F. Salmon, and praised the Mayflower yacht trip to Boston as among the happiest experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Crowley
Paige
Casey
Saunders
Mullaney
Charles S. Proctor
Fred Prescott
Arthur F. Salmon
Boston
Name correction in Pawtucket canal death case
The Pawtucket canal victim identified as Daley at first is now confirmed as John Gearin. He leaves a wife two daughters and a son in Fall River and a brother Mark Gearin in this city. Body at Undertaker Savage's rooms. burial arrangements expected today with Mrs Gearin arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket Canal
John Gearin
Daley
Fall River
Mark Gearin
Massachusetts Corporation
Savage
Beach excursion via First Trinitarian church leaves for Newburyport
About 60 people travel by a jumbo special car from the square at 8 a m to Newburyport via Lawrence and Haverhill. They will return from Hampton Beach around 5 p m after five hours of leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trinitarian Church
Hampton Beach
Newburyport
Lawrence
Haverhill
Burdock Blood Bitters Aids Digestion Claims
An advertisement asserts half of human ailments stem from indigestion and promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy that strengthens and tones the stomach and makes indigestion impossible.
Good Style Second Hand Carriages Offerings
Fay Bros. and Hosford Carriage Builders advertise a large selection of second hand carriages in perfect repair and at very low prices. Listed are surreys, buggies, Waggons, phaetons, rockaways, speed carts, and other conveyances with various features and configurations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
Concord
Meadowbrook
Rockaway
Stevens’ Goddard
FAY Bros. & Hos‘ord
Central S$t
Lowell
Fair Grounds Get Major Improvements for Middlesex North Exhibition
Middlesex North society grounds at Gorham Street in Gorham are undergoing extensive upgrades guided by the lands and buildings committee led by Sidney Drewett P P Perham and John Peabody with a special building committee under H S Perham Joshua Clark and Jason Fuller. Improvements include new cattle and trotting horse facilities expanded fencing a redesigned track and upgraded exhibition spaces ahead of the September 13 15 fair with plans for extended evening hours and a possible free children’s day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Middlesex North Society
Gorham Street
Sidney Drewett
P. P. Perham
John Peabody
H. 8. Perham
Joshua Clark
Jason Fuller
Lowell
Perham
Middlesex North
Jerrard Removed From Fish and Game posts
Deputy G. J. Jerrard of the fish and game commission has lost his job after a commission notice. Known in Lowell for enforcing lobster laws, he reportedly jailed dealers without warrants and shared fines with himself. He admitted often cuffing suspects. Capt. Collins chaired the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Jerrard
Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Jerrard
Lowell
Hadley
Gloucester
O. Brown
Brown
Capt. Collins
Jerrard Resignation Accepted After Law Violation Probe
Jerrard offered his resignation which was accepted after a brief Lowell visit seeking dealers violating laws. He is unlikely to pursue actions against them further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrard
Lowell
Boston express gains attached coach at Concord
The B and M railway improves the 7 27 a m Boston express by adding a passenger coach at Concord so travelers from Concord Manchester Nashua and Lowell will have a clean comfortable car. The Montreal bound train often arrives untidy as it has no time to clean at stops, but the new coach should be appreciated by these passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Concord
Manchester
Nashua
Lowell
Montreal
National Band To Play Fourth Highland Club Concert
The National Band presents the fourth municipal series concert at Highland club house this evening at 7 45. Leader Griffiths conducts a program including Queen of the Antilles Love's Dream After the Ball Comique Medley Overture A Merry Go Round Poet and Peasant Suppe Medley The Blue and the March The Fortune Teller Soldiers in the Park The Kicker and more with the Cuban National Hymn finale featuring Monckton and Laurendeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Club
Griffiths
ST Perierrriet
Oseccaseecseverssmeyer
Suppe
Fortune Teller
Hubert Selection
Superba
Walbey
Fe Ee Monckton
the Kicker
Laurendeau
Escaped Inmates Captured Near Bridgewater
Officer Gregg tracked inmates to Bridgewater on Monday. Hastings and Connolly remained at large while Kirrane Lynch Scully and Jennings were captured near Brockton the woods and the state farm. The group made a dormitory door key and slipped out at night toward the north gate while the guard was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg
Bridgewater
John F. Hastings
Connolly
Kirrane
Lynch
Brockton
Scully
Jennings
State Farm
Civil service list names passing civil service exam
At the recent civil service examination the following young ladies passed and are eligible for typewriter and stenographer positions. Rose Mulane y Emma V. Vining Mary E. Freeman. Vining will be employed in the office of Supt. of Police Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Mul’aney
Emma V. Vining
Mary E. Freeman
Miss Vining
Supt. of Police
Davis
Lakeview children's entertainment by Joe Hibbard today
Joe Hibbard will manage an annual Lakeview outing for children this afternoon at 3 including Em erson's marionettes Hubbard's Punch and Judy and dances by Baby Tyrrell Edith Cull and Clida Carle. After the show there will be free dancing and ample electric car service to transport all children wishing to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hibbard
Lakeview
Emerson
Hubbard
Baby Tyrrell
Edith Cull
Clida Carle
Lowell street railway workers hold Wakefield outing
Motormen and conductors from the Lowell and Suburban street railway are at Wakefield for an outing. Their baseball team will play the Lynn and Boston employee team. The large Lowell crowd left Merrimack Square at 9 30 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell & Suburban Street Railway
Wakefield
Lynn & Boston
Lowell
Merrimack Square
Cyclist McArden Rescues After Sandy Road Crash
Collinsville cyclist identified as McArden was struck by an inward bound Lakeview car around 10 15 last night. He rode too near the car and into a sandy place causing his wheel to wobble and hit the vehicle. Passengers feared serious injuries but he escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
McArden
Lakeview
Man Seeks Trouble on Lakeview Car
A man boarding a Lakeview car at 6 30 last night sought trouble and was struck in the left eye by a fellow passenger who resented his insults. He was heard from only briefly for the rest of the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeview
Satin Glass Stove Polish praised by longtime user
An experienced lady demonstrates the satin glass stove polish highlighting its many good points and general improvements. The product is described as clearly superior yet not more costly than competing polishes. Kitchen ware department. A. G. Pollard & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Pollard & CO
To Let Modern Store with Low Monthly Rent
To Let fine modern store with rent $30 per month the lowest in the city. Also To Let three and four room tenements near the Northern depot in perfect order at low rent. Tenements in Belvidere Centralville and on the Highlands three four and five rooms offered at $4.50 $0.50 $7 $7.50 and $8 per month. Also To Lot house and barn in the countryside for the summer. Low rent. Apply to T H Elliott 64 Central street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvidere
Centralville
Highlands
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
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