August Calendar Data Card
The snippet shows a partial August calendar with days of the week and times for sun rise and set. It lists sun rise at 4.35 and moon set at 11.42 p.m. with day length 14.30 hours.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
10
The snippet shows a partial August calendar with days of the week and times for sun rise and set. It lists sun rise at 4.35 and moon set at 11.42 p.m. with day length 14.30 hours.
Various 1903 advertisements include construction materials from E A Wilson & Co, summer suit values at Alexander on Central Street, chimney draft contact via Limberg, a Canobie Lake Park concert by an American band, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claims, 7-20-4 10c cigars leader status in New England, Aqualite paint for cottages, Coburn Co features on Market Street, Merrimack River Savings Bank notices, Ocean Pier at Old Orchard trip offer, Miss C M Saunders buys chiropody business and moves to 90 Prescott Street, inviting patronage.
A roundup of local residents announcing upcoming vacations and travels. Mrs. Charles E. Munn and daughter will spend a month at Frenchman's Bay. Mrs. E. A. Cox returns from three weeks at South Wellfleet. Mrs. George A. Skinner plans August with friends in Chelsea Vermont. Mrs. C. W. Pendell visits Westford Street relatives in Cleburne Texas. Simon Rock travels to Chazy New York. Mrs. Bert Tabor extends vacation to Bangor and Charleston Maine. Miss Mabel Lathrop vacations at Rand and Fairview House in Canaan New Hampshire. Miss Month Lake heads to City Point Boston for two weeks with grandmother. Rev. and Mrs. Orville Coats take a three week trip through New York state. Mrs. C. E. Willet and George L. Willet tour Quebec. Prof. Penniman from Berea College will speak at Highland Congregational Church. his remarks are described as unique and instructive.
Members of John Ericsson council Royal Arcanum gathered at Chelmsford to honor the 100th birthday of John Ericsson. Hosts Ivar and Mrs Borg provided a garden setting with lanterns while toasts and songs marked the event. Speakers Pihl and Platin praised Ericsson's services to the United States and the Swedish colony in Lowell noted his role as pioneer of Scandinavian Americans.
Yas. H. Chaffee, a horse linked to Bret Harte’s Tennessee’s farmer tale, died in Oakland at age 80. He and his partner Chamberlain mined together 54 years with unclouded friendship and chivalrous affection. Chaffee lived years at Second Garret near Yosemite. born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
John Stocks an employee of the Lowell Machine Shop hurt his hand yesterday when it was crushed under a heavy casting. He was taken to Emergency hospital and treated.
Riverside Park becomes a military post as Col Darling arrives with troops from the Sixth Regiment. Explosives scare fades after a grease can mistaken for dynamite is found, more body parts are recovered, and sickness prompts a surgeon’s presence. The park is cordoned, guards heightened, and regular routines set with officers named and a new tele phone line installed for command.
Mrs G A Goodwin reports her son’s severe stomach trouble and cough vanished after starting Father John’s Medicine. He weighed 65 pounds, now 85, with a restored appetite and energy to ride bicycle and horseback. She endorses the tonic as a grand medicine for weakness.
District Attorney Sanderson Judge Hadley and deputies inspected the blast aftermath. They toured three acres of destruction near the Six Arch bridge, noted buried wagons and water-pumped crater holes, and discussed dynamite effects with no public comments. Local families began moving belongings as police and militia enforce access limits while relief aid from United States Cartridge Co. plans arrives. A grieving family discovered a tam o’shanter and bonnet among debris, with a scarred tin plate depicting a family.
Officials decide to retain troops for duty until Monday morning. Some young soldiers accustomed to rest find sleep difficult on the battlefield and are fatigued by the ongoing assignment.
Mangled horse carcasses litter yards and fields as fires blaze around the remains. A committee should immediately collect and destroy rapidly wasting flesh. L. D. Robinson, a sliceman, stood on a railroad bridge near the powder magazines observing the scene.
Remains of James Leo Grady found mostly arm and shoulder buried in St Patrick’s cemetery. Undertaker J F O’Donnell & Sons directed. A collar bone and spinal column found nearby tied to Grady. Meanwhile grieving families buried in Edson cemetery as more victims from the Riverside Park disaster are laid to rest in a series of ceremonies. Interments conducted by Undertaker C M Young & Co with services by Rev N W Matthews Rev J M Craig and Rev W D Morang. Go to Old Orchard on Thursday August 13th for a day trip.
Durning's annual seven day tour from Lowell travels via Plant line to the Straits of Canso Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island. The voyage offers changing shore scenery likened to the Hudson Highlands, targets Cape Breton and PEI as main attractions, and promises rest health and value with early booking urged at Patten's flower store 8 and 10 Merrimack square.
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