August Daylight and Moon Rise Details
The record notes the sun rises at 4.37 length of day 14.27 sun sets at 7.04 moon rises at 3.16 a m.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
10
The record notes the sun rises at 4.37 length of day 14.27 sun sets at 7.04 moon rises at 3.16 a m.
The Babbitt Co opticians at 28 Dutton St advertise services with hours 2 to 4 pm and evenings. Conway Transfer Co is mentioned. A sales pitch urges avoiding baggage mishaps and starting purchases right. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are recommended for bilious mess, claimed to cleanse the stomach regulate liver and bowels with a quick permanent cure. Sold by all druggists.
Misses Irene and Elsie Nittredge plan August in New Hampshire hills while Katie Bennie Tina Bennie and Sadie MacDonald begin a six week White Mountains vacation. Home visits, bishop rumors, and local church moves accompany a day trip to Provincetown with Rev. Fisher’s Universalist party.
Bay State Colony No 71 UOPF and Passaconaway Tribe 32 IORM held meetings last night with several new applications. Plans were made for an Aug 15 ice cream party, a festival run by Mathew Temperance Institute, and a Trading Post bazaar. A Nashua visit was proposed for the Red Men field day in Lowell, with Willow Dale chosen as site and committees named for arrangements. About 100 young ladies offered to help with book-taking and chances, and a 10-dance program followed the entertainment by the Columbian Orchestra.
Today and Sunday mark the last chances to see the renowned diving horses King and Queen at Willow Dale, drawing crowds for the historic act.
Cahill announces a daughter born August 1 to Mr and Mrs Charles T Cahill at 23 Oak Street. Bowker reports a son born August 2 in Graniteville to Mr and Mrs John W Bowker of this city.
Advertisement-style note urging continued use of Father John's Medicine through summer to aid weak lungs and bronchial troubles. Claims the product feeds nerves and tissues and cures consumption while rebuilding run-down systems.
At the Ayer Home Mrs A G Rouviere marked 15 years as matron with a playroom entertainment by resident children led by Miss Rachel McElroy. The program featured songs recitations and a closing chorus of America amid decorations and ice cream treats for guests.
Citywide repairs report extensive work across multiple school buildings. Kalsomining Lincoln Butler Ames Charles Training Chapel Cottage Elliott Varnum Green Worthen Oaklands and more receive rooms, halls, and stair updates. Interior woodwork varnished. new hardwood floors laid at several campuses. new rooms attics steps bulkheads furniture scraped varnished replaced and general stove boiler furnace maintenance noted.
A Lakeview Avenue trolley narrowly avoided fatal damage when a baby carriage rolled onto the tracks just as the car rounded a sharp incline. The car’s reverse brake and fender contact spared the child, who emerged unharmed, though the mother fainted with relief and the crowd expressed horror.
At joint meetings of the John Street Congregational church and its society, votes approved selling church property to the trustees of the Young Women's Christian Association. Deacon Butrick and sister proposed the purchase. A thousand years' lease was assigned to the society, with Deacons Osgood Haywood Reed and Morey named to finalize transfers. Society treasurer Bancroft authorized to deed. Meetings adjourned to Friday August 8.
Cincinnati leaders press for an American League franchise with legal backing from John E. Bruce of the league and President Hew Johnson. The application was filed weeks ago by prominent local financiers, though names are withheld awaiting the league fall vote. Bruce expects a club in Cincinnati next summer.
Vonn Hobbs aged 26 a resident of 64 Franklin Street was attacked with a fit last night around 10 o'clock on Dutton Street and fell on the sidewalk in front of Farrell and Conaton’s plumbing shop. He was taken home by ambulance.
A midsummer prayer meeting at First Congregational church drew about ninety attendees. Rev. Ralph Gillam led the talk using a black beard to illustrate the exposition on studying the Bible. Miss Julia Sleeper sang and accompanied, with another selection. Next Friday he will discuss the Result of a Prayer Meeting.
The Colonial Opera company brings Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance to Lakeview Theatre for a fourth week starting Monday August 4. James Gilbert promises a splendid production with a well suited company of performers.
The lakeview theatre presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance with Mabel sung by Miss Hallam and Ruth by Miss Baxter. Joseph Smith as Frederic and James Gilbert as Major General Hanley headline a strong cast with a lively chorus and summer costumes aimed to pack the house.
John Kane of this city was reported killed in the Philippines by The Associated Press last March, but the war department had no official record of death or whereabouts. Despite inquiries to Congressman Knox, the family remained convinced of Kane's death until a letter arrived from the soldier himself, stating he is alive and well.
Henry F. Coe former treasurer of Bowker Fertilizer and Dudley Hosiery mills in Newton Upper Falls faced an arrest in Jamaica Plain on a warrant accusing him of larceny of a promissory note and funds dated June 3 1902. He was taken to the city prison and without bondsmen by nightfall.
In East Boston two fatal accidents occurred when two Boston and Maine freight trains struck a child and a second man. A six year old boy named Haffey was fatally injured after his legs were severed by a train while playing on the tracks and died at the hospital. A man named George Ames, residence unknown, suffered both legs amputated by a passing train while lying on the track in the early evening.
An oil stove exploded in the kitchen of Isaac Pere sky s tenement on Howard Street yesterday at about 5 17 o clock causing roughly 300 in damage. The incident damaged the kitchen and adjoining rooms but no injuries were reported. Firemen quickly controlled the blaze and confined the damage to the unit. Isaac Pere sky s name appears in the report as the tenant though the spelling may vary in the scanned text.
The Coburn lot sold at mortgagee sale carries limits that hinder private ownership and could force the Locks & Canals to use it as a dumping ground for canal repairs. Officials note regulators have repeatedly attached restrictions on land along the Moody street canal fronting Anne street.
Week ending August 2 lists transfers in Lowell including Geo P Gale to Mary A Quigley on Chelmsford Powell corners. Patrick Curry to Margaret J Curry on Whipple and Andrews streets. Margaret J Curry to Sarah J Curry on Whipple and Andrews streets. James W Ellis to Oswald Turcott on Conduit avenue. Fred L Vance to Mary E Kittredge on Boylston street. Joseph H Riley to Wm H Healey on Middlesex street. Annie E Clemence to Wm H Healey on Church and Green streets.
In Dracut Centre one and a half miles from Merrimack square a sanitarium announces a department for confinement cases. It admits all classes except contagious and insane. Any physician can attend. Address O A Flint MD Dracut Centre Mass Telephone 825-2.
A long list of real estate transfers across Chelmsford Billerica Dracut Tewksbury Tyngsboro and Wilmington shows numerous grantors grantees and property lines including streets avenues and lots. Notable exchanges include Charles A Brennan via Frank M Pierce and Orin C Frye on land parcels as well as multiple pairs of transfers involving Warren avenue Maple street and the North Chelmsford road area.
The Lowell Gas Light company plans to place gas arc lights for lighting stores halls and large areas. They offer high brightness with better diffusion steadier illumination and lower cost than electric arc lighting.
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