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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
5
First in a series notes the sixth annual A P O A A convention in Horticultural Hall Boston on August 5 6 7 with a women’s auxiliary under Mrs Hall. It outlines aims to promote outdoor artistic work including streets parks waterways and public buildings, with 411 members and 231 auxiliary members, and highlights the partnership between public beauty and good government.
Delegates praised the evening and morning sessions on state forest reservations school garden movement and water as a factor in municipal art. Albert Kelsey showcased with stereopticon while Dr Charles W Eliot spoke on popular utilization of public reservations drawing large crowds. Exhibits of park maps photographs and literature filled halls and libraries. Excursions to Cambridge Revere beach Lexington and the Fels Reservation accompanied a urging for cooperation among societies toward a joint St Louis Exposition meeting and future Buffalo NY gathering. Officers from Philadelphia Grand Rapids Chicago Boston and Rochester were elected with committees on publication park census school grounds and auditing. The author laments Lowell turnout and notes lessons on beauty health and citizen education through school gardens and nature studies.
All boiler makers at Sterling Boiler company in Akron Ohio walked out today seeking higher wages forcing the plant to close. The walkout affects the entire operation and reflects ongoing labor tension in the industry.
John Martin of Somerville was fined $25 in Cambridge district court for an alleged assault on Mrs. Rose of Portsmouth Street. He appealed after the incident when he followed her into her flat to collect rent and offered a bribe of free rent for two years.
London reports the earlier notice of the Duke sailing for New York on the Kronprin Wilhelm was wrong. The Duke only went to Southampton to bid farewell to the Duchess who traveled with her mother Mrs Belmont and Mr Belmont, then returned to Blenheim.
Mrs. Mary J. Mullen of 85 Princeton street testifies that Dean’s Kidney Pills are valuable and reliable. She says her father was relieved from backache and many have been helped, leading her to recommend the product. Sold by Ellingwood & Co. and all dealers. Price 59 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
Boston August report: a deaf mute named Charles Langford, about 80 years old, 6 feet tall, 175 pounds, described with two badges and a clock, was detained in Roxbury after police sought a suspect in the Brookline assault. Langford claimed detective status and denied involvement, saying police are wrong and that Brookline’s attacker was a police officer. Brookline offers a $500 reward for the capture of the mysterious assailant. The Brookline police will review the man in Roxbury.
Brookline board of selectmen authorizes Chief Corey to offer 500 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant who attacked Miss Jeanette Marshall on August 8. Posters will be posted townwide. Miss Marshall remains at Massachusetts General Hospital, slowly improving and recalling a vague “shadow” in her memory.
New York authorities seized three large trunks from passenger S. Babiere of Sacramento California aboard the steamship La Touraine. Hidden inside old clothing were silk garters stockings lace shawls slippers undergarments cosmetics and other items. A belt concealed jewelry including diamond rings cameo brooches gold watches and pearl pendants. Total value believed around 2000 dollars.
Boston August 14 Master S K Hamilton in the Massachusetts Breweries suit against Frank McCarthy and others reports to Judge James B Richardson. He finds defendants tried to stop beer sales but did not sanction violence. Four assaults occurred during the strike but were not authorized by the defendants.
About 300 applications were made for free baby spoons advertised last week. The first order is en route from Chicago with each spoon engraved with the baby’s name. Mothers in the county with babies under one year qualify for a free spoon. no purchase is required.
Local retailer touts Golden Crown Flour as top bread maker and features Mr Flynn’s potatoes from Gorham street. Ads highlight prices 18c per peck for potatoes, various dairy like vinegar from Perham, and a selection of spices and preserves amid a sale of everyday grocery staples.
The court finds the defendants did not threaten violence but prepared labels to place on plaintiffs goods at a low cost for sale to manufacturers. It concludes the acts show a concerted effort to compel a satisfactory employment contract and, failing that, to protect or destroy the plaintiffs' business, with no obligation to make legal findings.
Washington August 14 An opinion in Treasury Decisions holds that Lourdes holy water is a dutiable commodity due to misdescription as natural mineral water. The board deems it a crude mineral under section 614, but since the importer did not claim that status, duties of twenty four cents per gallon apply.
Gloucester August 14 inquiry along Cape Ann found no evidence to confirm a Boston reported wreck off Eastern Point Tuesday morning. No sighting or wreckage near Dolliver’s Neck life saving station, while Dolliver’s crew did report rescuing a man and woman from a small launch at Dog Bar Breakwater Tuesday night.
The British steamer Delano capt. Gray from Rotterdam to Baltimore ran aground in dense fog at Sea Cove near Cape Race. Crew escaped with difficulty. ship likely a total wreck. Salvage steamers were sent at once. First wreck this year at Cape Race.
South Framingham Aug 14 Atty Henry Hogan retained for Joseph Le Brun will file papers at Middle sex county jail East Cambridge to obtain his release on personal recognizance until Aug 23. Le Brun arraigned yesterday on assault with a dangerous weapon charge against Clarence Haynes, who alleged a horse kick caused his injuries. He was held on $1000 bond or risked commitment to jail.
Mrs Florence Brown and her son escaped a blaze that engulfed their Pleasant Street cottage and adjoining barn in North Middleboro on August 14. The fire, likely incendiary, cut off almost all exits and the cottage and barn were destroyed. Mrs Brown’s losses total about 2500 with partial insurance.
Charlottesville August 14 Professor Ormond Stone of the University of Virginia is appointed by the Carnegie Institution executive committee as an advisor in original research in mathematics. The other two advisors are Professors Moore of the University of Chicago and Moriey of Johns Hopkins.
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