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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1901
Page
5
The opening showed broad selling led by steel and sugar shares as the market lacked firmness. Steel preferred opened 2% lower, common down 2% with noon trading, while sugar fell 3 points and railroads eased. Analysts expect a better tone after the initial shock, with Morgan and Shaffer backing the stance.
Fragmentary OCR entry shows Tezous brand notation with numbers and references to gas and coke. No clear event or outcome present.
Spasm of virtue as seven raids yield a large haul of beer and spirits. Mayor Leonard scolds officers for past laxity, orders strict enforcement, warns of suspensions, and urges no fraternizing with illicit liquor operators.
Miss Mary Rafferty of Amesbury, 25, wandered into Lynn with a man who later deserted her. Police, aided by Mas Fegley, care for her as she recovers from severe nervous strain. She recalls a romance in HavERhill and New Jersey before returning toward Amesbury, with gaps in memory suggesting possible assault along the journey.
Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina addressed a Mariiett Wisconsin audience on the race question urging lynching, praising Southern white governance, attacking Booker Washington, and claiming whites will rule despite opposition. He cited counts of Black and white populations and invoked Southern household sanctity.
Steamers from Eastport to Boston carry record sardine loads as herring along the Maine coast flood markets. Boston firms profit from oil for sardines and tin plate in boxes, with Eastport factories receiving up to 1009 hogs heads of herring daily while ships Cumberland and St Croix return laden with sardines.
Lieut Fred Lindsey Nicholson and bride Mrs May Boley Nichol son narrowly escaped a fire when a discarded match set her summer gown alight near the Dunlop hotel. Two Philadelphians, Ralph Bingham and William Massey, saved her by wrapping coats around the blaze until it was smothered. She previously toured with the Alice Nielsen Opera company in London and New York Church of the Transfiguration witnessed their nuptials.
In Watertown New York August fifth a lineman William Birginal found the megena line inoperative and opened a fuse box on a high pole releasing a swarm of honey bees that covered him. Five pounds of fine comb honey hung inside the box and Birginal received the honey as balm for stings.
Conservative investors offered an opportunity to acquire stock in a property with daily returns of silver and copper equivalent to 1000 dollars and a 36 percent capitalization. A limited stock offering at 25 cents per share in blocks of 109 shares or more. Interest allowed until development. Details and maps on application to J. M. Battersby & Co. 11 Broadway New York.
Delegates from 54 temperance societies in eastern Massachusetts gathered at the Cathedral Total Abstinence Society hall in Boston to establish the Boston Archdiocesan Athletic Association. The league mirrors the Springfield diocesan union and plans a field day at Combination Park, Medford, on Aug 24 with committees for hurling, football, baseball, bicycle races, and more. Governors, clergy, and civic leaders are among those invited for the event.
The Universalists hold a twelve day summer assembly at Ferry Beach Park Maine near Saco Bay with easy access via the Boston and Maine railroad. Rev Q H Shinn and Rev H F Moulton lead the program with sermons by Rev Henry Blanchard and others. Excursions to White Mountains and Casco Bay are planned at modest cost, drawing growing attendance from Lowell and nearby communities.
A tramp steamer Ferdine reports on April 14 in Tokio harbor five men left the ship without leave. On return at 11:30 pm the boat capsized. Three men were rescued by the Toyeo Maru crew. James Ledeler, a fireman, is missing after crying out for help in the dark.
The Rev. George B. Hancock pastor of the West Park Methodist Episcopal church in Asbury Park New Jersey collapsed during a Sunday morning service and died at 2 30 pm after suffering paralysis. He had felt unwell before preaching and spoke for less than five minutes.
A local dealer offers about 100 dozen aprons in varied styles at one third off regular prices. Some are tucked or hemstitched or trimmed with hamburg or lace. muslins are fine quality and mostly fresh from laundry though some samples are rumpled. Special values at 25c 29c 39c and 59c each. Also ladies muslin night robes in styles priced at 98c, 1.25 and 1.49 each.
We are well prepared for the preserving season with every kind of jar and a large stock of jelly tumblers. Mason jars priced at pints 69c per dozen, quarts 79c per dozen, and two-quarts 89c per dozen.
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