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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
10
Yesterday afternoon brought clouds after sunset rain and many showers before midnight. Today was cloudy and cool with clearing signs late forenoon. Barometer ranged 29.86 to 30.05. Temperature reading 76 to 78.
Boston reports occasional showers tonight with Wednesday fair skies. East winds accompany the unsettled start to the period.
The August 20, 1901 issue of the Lowell Daily Courier covers city updates, with notices of business activity, public events, and happenings around Lowell and surrounding areas. Readers are informed of local concerns and brief community notices.
The Middlesex North Pomona Grange will hold its annual picnic at Willow Dale Friday, August 23. Dinner will be on the basket plan. Music will be provided and a good social time is expected.
A group of young men from the local YMCA departed by train for a two week camping trip on Moody Island near Friendship Maine. Under W H Meister the party will camp in tents enjoy fishing boating and lobster fishing with Mutch and Willmot in charge of cooking. The excursion runs until Labor Day September 2 with participants from Lowell Southbridge Salem and Newburyport among others.
The P A C plans to present Mrs Dion mother of the late John Dion with a bank book showing a 325 dollar credit. The club had previously filed suit to recover club property from fellow members, a case set for next month with Judge Pickman and D J Donahue as counsel. Mrs Dion did not know her son was a boxer, a fact kept secret between the deceased and his brother Joseph.
Friends of Charles Armstrong the pugilist held on a manslaughter charge with 5000 bonds aim to raise the amount for his release until the police court hearing in Sept. They plan loans to cover the sum by Sept 10 with about 2500 already pledged. Knickerbocker club has 1400 members to be approached by Armstrong solicitors.
The Lowell I O O F lodges report total members 2178 across Centralville Oberlin Mechanics Lowell Veritas Merrimack Highland Lincoln with potential rise to 2500 at Boston meeting Sept 5. District deputy grand masters listed for multiple lodges. special deputies named for Evening Star Highland Union Central Wille Rebekah lodges and others.
A visitor to the Morning Citizen’s offices argues that many hit songs reference real individuals. He tracks figures like Dolly Gray, Annie Rooney, Two Little Girls in Blue, and Sweet Marie through personal tales, divorce jokes, and stage drift, claiming modern tunes owe their existence to real lives.
Plans approved to expand the Y M C L building at St Patrick’s church with two extra stories atop the boys’ school. The roof will be removed, a flat roof added, and 9000 square feet of new floor space created. Top floor to house gym and baths, lower floor an exhibition hall. Project cost expected between 12000 and 15000 dollars, contract to be awarded this week.
A circulated tale that 60 school teachers on the voyage to the Philippines were married in Honolulu is false. Reginald Smith, aboard the transport Thomas, confirms just one wedding occurred, staged aboard the ship on July 25, with the bride unnamed and described as charming.
Supt Brady ordered steel braces and extra lateral supports to reinforce the stripped bridge. Despite reports, painting the understructure is to be completed, with top work planned if funds allow, and total repairs to stay within the appropriation. He asserts the rebuilt bridge will be stronger and safe for travel.
This Century article recounts Harman Blennerhassett born 1765 in Hampshire England, his English lineage, marriage to Margaret Agnew, and emigration to America. It covers his Scala estate La Cache, wealth, Burr's involvement, and his final years in Guernsey. It notes a separate art tale of Millet portraits linked to Constantine Ionides and Deschamps, plus a scarce etching by William Hole.
The Christian Hill electric car line will be extended toward Methuen street after work began yesterday. Residents on lower Beacon street pressed to reach Methuen, but the company limited the line to a point farther from there. The line has proven paying, and the company is content to extend it, despite last year’s refusal.
A short circuit on a Broadway route Boston and Northern car sparked a fire around 10:15. Officer Jack Donovan summoned the Palmer street engine house chemical, but locals and bystanders helped extinguish the flames before arrival. the blaze was brought under control.
During this month we set very low prices on a large selection of pictures and frames as we clear stock before fall arrivals. An excellent chance to secure a picture or portrait frame cheaply. We will continue offering low framing prices to keep our staff busy and business moving. George E. Maker at the corner of Merrimack and John Streets.
A Century article by Frederick Keppel praises Millet’s The Wood Sawyers as a premier work comparable to The Angelus. The piece notes Millet’s neglect in life, posthumous fame, and an anecdote where Wood Sawyers outranked Angelus in a sale to a wealthy Paris collector, with Millet selling Angelus for a large sum later.
Herbert W. Horwill argues that religious journalism sits between church and world, demanding both spiritual fervor and professional skill. Editors face isolation and neglect, yet the work offers deep satisfaction, with perils and rewards shaped by time, place, and audience.
Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson argues in the July Success that competition remains essential and beneficial when laws remove restrictions and special privileges. He contends that abolishing privileged advantages and enabling equal opportunity will curb evils attributed to combines and syndicates while allowing viable enterprises to form and grow.
The author argues that demonstrating clear benefits for a new corporation will speed its formation while suggesting that altering laws to prevent some men from securing such advantages could curb evils of trusts. The passage frames law changes as a remedy for trust abuses, contrasting ease of formation with regulatory fairness.
Professor Fryer cites Hui Shen journeying from Fusang to China in 499 502 AD describing Alaska Aleutians Fusang trees fibrous cloth and paper fields and people resembling Mexican culture and Pacific coast nations. The account argues strong links to Mexico and America. skeptics find it implausible yet insist he traveled and reported.
Louis C. Elson argues for an eclectic church music system free from prejudice. Congregations should welcome diverse forms, cultivate a dignified choral standard, and use organ guidance to unify large audiences.
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