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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1901
Page
8
The report describes mixed skies with clear humid afternoon then overcast evening and a brief shower. It cites two days of varying conditions and a Boston forecast for Massachusetts with cloudy to fair skies and NE winds.
The city notes that on Monday August 1 1801 the Pawtucket bridge ironwork is being painted a dark red.
Report lists numerous infant and adult deaths with causes such as enteritis diarrheal diseases cholera infantum gastritis pneumonia tuberculosis and epilepsy among residents including Alfred Lavoie 4 months Patrick McGovern 11 months Mary Caswell 23 Thomas Calnin 1 John Shaughnessy 48 and many others. City Clerk Girard P Dadman notes official record.
City population 94,969 reports total deaths 39 with 24 under five and 2 infectious diseases. Acute lung disease 1 and diphtheria 2. Weekly death rate 21.35 versus 20.25 and 21.35 in prior weeks. Infectious diseases include typhoid fever 1 scarlet fever 1 and diphtheria 2. Board of Health.
Siting at Methuen a large party from the First Spirit Uualist society in this city joined Methuen locals for a picnic and ice cream party. Mr. Stearns provided ample grounds for games and a return baseball game ended 22 to 3 in favor of Methuen. The Lowell visitors returned home about 11 o'clock, pleased with the outing.
James Donovan was struck in the right leg by a heavy iron piece while at work on a staging at the new gasometer of the Lowell Gas Light Co in School Street. He was taken to Emergency hospital with a punctured wound and later returned home to the Highland house after treatment.
Rev Brown E Smith preached farewell at Immanuel Baptist on Sunday with a morning message on Backward and Forward and a hopeful note on unity and progress. The evening sermon titled Moral Amputation warned against giants of self and urged shedding hindrances to faith while affirming that truth and divine principles remain unchanged through time.
Union services at John Street church with High Street and First church participants featured Rev. Geo H. Johnson preaching on denying self and taking up the cross daily. He urged steadfast will power as key to Christian success and noted next week’s schedule including services at Eliot church and a preparatory lecture at John Street followed by communion.
Abstract of a Highland Congregational church sermon on New Era by Dr Josiah Strong. The speaker notes rapid changes in transportation, education, and religious methods, acknowledging calls for new views while defending the church. He urges fair, sincere critique and suggests there are undiscovered improvements in religious methods.
Rev J M Craigs sermon at First Presbyterian centers on conviction concentration and consecration as paths to a higher Christian life. He argues true conviction means fixed principled character, concentration means single minded effort, and consecration means doing the required one thing to live rightly.
The National band led by R A Griffiths delivered a varied programme to several thousand listeners on the South common. Openers included Meyerbeer’s Coronation March and Suppe’s Poet and Peasant, with Dolly Gray and other crowd-pleasers drawing encores. The rain held off despite dark clouds as the crowd hummed along to The Old Oaken Bucket and The Star Spangled Banner.
Puritan chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, 26 members, spent a Saturday afternoon at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cutter’s Dracut farm. They toured the grounds, admired produce and relics, enjoyed a supper served on the piazza, and praised the Cutters as entertainers with Mr. Cutter a past patron and Mrs. Cutter associate matron.
Mrs John Bosezk reports the death of her infant found smothered at about 4 a m yesterday in William Street. Police see the father John Boserk as the likely accidental smotherer during intoxication and place him under arrest for drunkenness. Parents sob over the loss with no prior warning.
George Morgan of Dracut lost a pocketbook containing forty to fifty dollars and papers with his name while arriving in Lowell from the Yellow Meeting house. He notified the police of the loss.
Lowell gears up for a Labor Day public parade, athletic events, and an open air rally to showcase worker aspirations. Over 100 union reps plan prizes for top trade features, and merchants are invited to join with three merchant prizes. The event on South common aims to attract crowds from Boston to Quebec, with a chief marshal and staff to wear a formal uniform.
The thirty fourth annual medical staff report for the year ending April 1 1901 lists 770 new admissions, total patients treated since opening 13929, 436 surgical patients and 389 operations. Ambulance brought 272 patients and 217 accident cases. 77 deaths, 22 within 24 hours. Outpatient care totals 1753 cases with 545 surgical, 480 medical, 351 eye, 127 ear, 194 gynecological, 60 dental. Training school averaged 15 students with four graduates Sabina Callahan Margaret McAfee Annie J Redmond all of Lowell and Gertrude Gorman of Fall River. Change in staff: retirement of Dr Stephen J Johnson, replacement by Dr J B OConnor. Staff list given. hospital founded 1867, run by Sisters of Charity, funded largely by donations.
The sixth annual reunion of the 1895 Superior Court Jury association was held at Willow Dale, attended by members and families. Guests included the 1900 September term jury. Activities included bowling and boating, followed by a turkey dinner and a business meeting. Officers elected: President J H Hunkins, first vice president J W Peabody, second vice president A H Torrey, secretary-treasurer Edward D Boyle. The 1900 jurors joined the 1895 association, enlarging membership by thirty five, with plans for further growth.
Pupils of Lowell High School hosted a sale at Miss Lee's home in Tewksbury Center directed by Miss Daisy C Farrell and Miss Marion Gray. The event raised 20 for the Candy table with Helen Stearns and a long list of table chairmen and workers for popcorn lemonade and ice cream duties.
A feature urging a New England beach outing to Old Orchard with bathing boating and shore dinners. Maine bands provide music and an ocean pier stroll is noted. On August 15 Boston and Maine runs a Lowell excursion from Middlesex Street at 8:15 a.m. and returns from Old Orchard at 5:00 p.m. for $1.50 round trip.
Friends of Warren Goodale mock the governor's duplicity as a hurdy gurdy performer plays a risqué tune. The evening scene underlines the saying that a prophet is not honored in his own land, especially among countrymen, as the incident unfolds with local humor and public chatter.
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