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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1903
Page
3
Fall River reports the cotton mill scene to improve next week with 2300 more operatives, $17000 more wages, and 26000 more cloth produced. 535000 spindles will run versus 300000 this week as several mills shut for Labor Day. Some plants will delay resumption, while others invest in boiler plants and new machinery amid 10 percent total curtailment.
A new independent combine formed in Pittsburgh absorbs Marietta Sheet & Tin Plate Marietta Ohio Tin Dipping branch of American Tin & Terne Philadelphia Tuscora Steel Newcomerstown Byesville Cambridge-Byesville Sheet Byesville Coal Tucker Steel Roofing Newark Ohio. Annual output expected 40000 to 50000 tons billets sheet tin plate and 30000 tons black sheets plate galvanized iron plus corrugated conduit pipe and steel ceilings. M F Straus of Philadelphia serves as president.
Arthur Rhodes reports using your remedies for baldness over two months, noting his scalp now shows a thick growth of hair and expects further improvement with age. His wife, troubled by stomach issues, also began treatment and has seen substantial hair preservation, though not complete cessation of shedding. First Sergeant Frank Vannostrand of Co Hi 7th U S Infantry signs.
The CH Battery held its 14th annual reunion at Willow Dale park with many out of town guests. Officers were elected led by President R G Hoyt and vice president C H Frost with dinner served after the meeting. Resolutions honored Daniel D Caverly and James A Stackpole. letters of regret from absent members were read.
Secretary of the Navy Moody arrived by despatch boat Dolphin and was greeted by a 17 gun salute from the New York navy yard. Marines and band lined the pier as he toured the yard with Rear Admiral Bowles and Lt. Commander Poundstone, after a reception with department heads.
French American News reports the fancy table committee for the Carnaval de Fleurs met at Mrs. J. F. Hurley’s New Moody Street home to plan a garden fete set for Sept. 8. Officers chosen include Lucien Paradis general manager and Viola Laflamme assistant. other roles span candy table leadership, ice cream table, and various amusements. The fete will be on Geo. W. Cummings’s grounds in Varnum Avenue, with the next meeting at Mrs. Noe Champagne’s Aug. 25. Also noted are clerical movements from St. Joseph’s college and Iberville college, plus two decayed telegraph poles along Perkins Street near the canal Bridge.
Miss Mary Biden of New York donates 25 for Adams library books. Fr G Cann sells ice business to Sweetser and Day. Fr Spalding of Detroit visits relatives. William Fletcher returns home. Hutchins house now rented to Mr Fife and family. Lowell Gas pipes laid to J S Byam’s. Hay and milch cow sale at Stevens premises. next month another sale likely. Town well under construction with $200 appropriation to provide horse watering. Quiet wedding at Adams street for Gertrude Lewis and Charles Davis with ceremony by Rev E J Ayers. They plan a wedding tour then reside in Middleton New York. Mrs Lewis taught Provincetown grammar school. Mr Davis a civil engineer now with New York Ontario and Western. Obituaries and family notices follow with burial at St Patrick’s cemetery. mourners listed. Horse race at Wannalandt park features James Wotton’s horse beating Dilbert Mills’s by large margin. starter Joseph D Ryan assisted.
A birthday party for Georgie C. Lang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Judson F. Shaw, was held at their Hazlehurst North Westford residence on Aug. 19. Guests included Katherine Allen, Ger trude Hamlin, Evelyn Hamlin, Florence Whitcomb, May Shugrue, Eva Lawton, Harry Sherburne, Herman, and Madeline Crevier. Activities featured ring games, croquet, bean bag toss, and a large cake 37 inches around with 12 candles. pink frosting and candies highlighted the date August 19. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served under a lawn tent.
The Courier Citizen Bulletin reports a miniature reproduction of the big yacht race off Sandy Hook will be shown today. The scaled model promises a vivid preview of the event, with details expected to mirror the actual competition and fellow publications may cover the results later.
The original authorized biography by Rt. Rev. Bernard O'Reilly, D. D. is offered by Courier-Citizen to readers. Subscriptions require 25 cents down and 3 cents weekly for 52 weeks.
The Life of His Holiness Leo XIII has received Official Authorization from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Censor Right Rev. J F Loughlin grants Nihil obstat and Archbishop Patrick John approves Imprimatur to print the work.
The Right Rev Bernard OReilly D D D Lit Cunval Domestic Prelate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII and Protonotary Apostolic is one of the most distinguished historians of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He studied at Laval University and major European institutions and is fluent in six languages. He wrote the Life of Pope Pius IX and the Vatican describes his biography as the sole authentic work based on Leo XIII’s memoirs.
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