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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1900
Page
8
The atmosphere felt comfortable yesterday with a heavy northerly wind and 15 minute rain storm in the evening. This morning the sky clouded with light rain before 11 o clock and barometer readings around 29.98 to 30.00. Fortunes for Massachusetts call for thunderstorms tonight followed by fair conditions Wednesday and south winds.
The August 7, 1900 issue promotes Burn Wilson's coal and Horne's coal and Pelham cigars. Washington Savings Bank announces Saturday quarter day with 4 percent interest at 273 Central Street. Thompson Hardware cuts prices on all hammocks.
Patrick J. Mooney, a Belvidere Y M C A member, was presented a box of Old Hundred Cigars at the Y M C A before leaving for a vacation at Hampton Beach. The gift was made by Owen McCluskey, a fellow Lowell Machine Shop employee and donor representative.
Joseph J Flynn's company led by German dialect comedian Harry Crandall opened a week at the Lakeview theatre presenting the comedy A Busy Day. Large capable cast, Crandall as Peter Schultz and Dick Crosius as Dennis O'Rafferty draw laughs. Knox and Gavin gypsy act returns as feature along with topical songs and illustrated numbers. Performances continue daily both matinee and evening.
Health officials report four members of the Hill household contracted diphtheria with the oldest child already ill. The latest case is at 105 Worthen Street, prompting local concern and precautionary measures.
The state tax for Lowell and adjacent towns this year lists Lowell at 39720 dollars, Chelmsford 1305, Dracut 1080, Billerica 1179, Tewksbury 885, Westford 795, Tyngsboro 225, and Carlisle 180. The data presents a regional tax distribution among Lowell area communities.
Theophile Paquin reported a wheel left on Tre ant street Monday evening was stolen. The wheel was later recovered and claimed by the owner.
Walter P Deery of 64 Lane Street, employed at Pratt and Forrests, badly cut his left thumb Monday afternoon. The wound was dressed at the Emergency hospital.
A Morrow coaster brake will be installed on bicycles for 5.75 dollars. The offer is a special bi e valid for this weekly period.
Mary Ryan suffered a severe arm laceration Monday afternoon while at work. The injuries were dressed at the emergency department and she is receiving treatment for the wound.
In August Rev O W Dunbar and family will vacation at cousins in Portland Maine then tour various places in Maine. On Monday Michael Harrington and wife with children Mary George Leo Louis and others left for Philadelphia after a two week stay with Mr and Mrs Michael Harrington in the village. Harrington formerly lived in North Chelmsford and now works at Philadelphia post office station C. He is held in high esteem by colleagues. A family reunion was held Sunday at the Harrington relatives’ home in the village with ice cream and cake.
James Cox aged 52, a lodger in Gorham Street, fell about 50 feet while descending a rope from an attic window. He suffered a compound fracture of the left thigh and was taken to St. John’s hospital, where amputation is not expected. Cox’s son William works for the Carpet Corporation.
Clifford Wheeler of North Clemsford was speeding on a Wanvalan park track when a handkerchief blew over his face. He adjusted it with one hand, lost control, and was thrown against a wooden fence, sustaining an abdominal wound. He was cared for at his boarding place by Dr Varney and stitches were applied. prognosis not dangerous unless infection develops. Wheeler is a wool sorter at Moore's mill and recently fined for fast riding on Princeton boulevard.
The Lowell Textile School board yesterday received and deposited Frederick F. Ayers 35000 check to fund site purchase and construction of a new building. Honorary trustee respected, Frank E Dunbar elected trustee. In the interim, building committee members plan layouts for the new loom equipped facility as two Lewiston Machine looms arrive.
Marine Joseph Pickor of the U S battleship Indiana was in Lowell Sunday visiting friends and sightseeing He reports for duty at Portland Wednesday where the Indiana is now stationed Pickor enlisted as a marine at Brooklyn two years ago and has circumnavigated the globe The vessel has been plying American waters stopping at Philadelphia Newport News Bar Harbor and Portland after a trip to the West Indies
Street railroad notes report progress on Centralville heights with rails to be laid this week on Beacon street to eleventh, Andover street work underway after tree clearance, and North Billerica bridge repairs on the Concord river requiring passenger transfers.
Salem Mass on August 6 1900 reports crowded hotels and cottages as the annual illumination nears. Visitors fill trains and electric cars with many booked at Ocean View Atlantic House and Central House. Local residents note good weather thriving business for the Point with concerts theatre and street attractions.
Local sporting notes report that the P A C will elect a basketball team manager this Wednesday night with Timothy O Sullivan and John Thomas as candidates. Two changes are expected to the P A C lineup for the coming season with McFarland and Wilson joining the squad and also booked for Company C Sixth Regiment. Allard weights about 170 and must train to regain old form. The Lowell B B A reorganizes with Jean Stillings as manager.
Martin Molloy, after an evening of drinking, attacked his wife at their Belvidere house, tossing her about and smashing furniture when she resisted. Neighbors alerted Others Neeley, who subdued him with a few blows and arrested him, locking him at the police station.
A horse ran loose on a street yesterday afternoon causing a brief scare but no injuries or property damage were reported. Local witnesses described the animal as spirited and officials assisted in corralling it without incident.
A dealer advertises free water color fac simile photogravures from eminent artists to customers who buy a frame this July and August. The items are framed attractively and priced from 50 to 75 cents. Visit George FE Maker at the corner of John and Merrimack streets to view the assortment by telephone.
Directors of Lowell Electric Light Co vote to raise capital from 300000 to 400000 and offer 100000 new shares to stockholders of record May 23, 1900 at par with subscriptions due September 1.
A Boston Sunday Herald piece highlights union oddities with Chicago leaders pressing that President McKinley join the masonry union to lay a corner stone. He did join but was later expelled. The article also notes limits on hiring by craft, forcing use of skilled workers for day jobs and strict apprenticeship rules that prevent fathers teaching sons their trade.
To Let offers for modern store space and multiple 3 to 5 room tenements near the Northern depot Centralville Belvidere and the Highlands. Prices range from four dollars fifty cents to eight dollars monthly with low rent and orderly condition. Also house and barn for summer rental. apply to.
Currants are scarce with prices from 5 to 8 cents, gooseberries 8 to 10 cents, black currants 10 cents, and blueberries at 10 to 13.8 cents. Georgia peaches plentiful at 15 cents or two dozen for 25 cents, new native apples 5 to 8 cents per quart, native green corn 20 to 25 cents per dozen, new potatoes scarce at 20 to 25 cents per peck, spring chicken 18 to 25 cents per pound, fowls 12 1 2 to 15 cents per pound. Complete meat, grocery, poultry and fish department offerings available.
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