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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1900
Page
8
Indications show light showers in the afternoon with a sultry night and extremely hot day. Barometer readings hovered around 29.85 to 29.87 inches as temperatures rose from 76 to 86. Forecast: fair tonight and Sunday with northwest winds.
The edition of the Lowell Daily Courier dated Saturday August 25 1900 presents the usual local notices and civic items. Readers find brief updates on community events, public announcements, and period news of the day in a compact newspaper card format.
The ad touts Try Horne's coal and a Pelham cigar with Burn Wilson's coal. It questions why Talbot Mfg Co installed nine Harvard furnaces in new houses, claims durability and absence of sheet iron domes, and notes sales at 463 Merrimack Street with furnace and stove repairs by John Callaghan.
The column lists new subscriptions received for St Johns hospital debt fund including D L Page Co George H Broadbent and Joseph F Corcoran, Florence Robinson and Jennie McAlleer among others, plus notes on police arrests for drunkenness larceny and a Lowell Cadet Band concert in Centralville park.
Secretary James T. Smith and architect Charles Reynolds of Lockwood Greene Boston surveyed the proposed Lowell Textile school site. They will submit sketches as preliminary concepts while trustees compare foreign and domestic designs. The committee weighs options for a growth ready, cost effective building, aiming for a careful, unhurried decision.
A 77 year old Colfax California man, Warren Johnson, suffered general weakness until advised to quit coffee and start Postum Cereal Food Coffee with Grape-Nuts breakfast. After a few months he gained 12 pounds, feels as well as ever, and can undertake long mountain trips again. The article touts the nourishing, rebuilding properties of Postum and Grape-Nuts.
A list of sermons at local churches for tomorrow includes Fifth Street Baptist Rev L J B House of Boston and Rev F M Sprague at Kirk Street, multiple morning and evening talks on topics from Absalom to Christianity, with additional services at First Primitive Methodist, Westminster Presbyterian, Immanuel Baptist, Trinitarian Congregational and others. Rev J Herbert Yeoman, Rev L Norman Leith, Rev L W Staples and Rev T J B House are among speakers.
After years of toil I sell by absolute auction due to a long England stay. On Thursday August 30 1900 at 5 PM the neat cottage on Rogers street near the Lowell line in Tewksbury will be offered to the highest bidder. The property includes a ten room cottage with bath and pantry, a large stable, a well lighted workshop, a hennery for 300 hens, a one acre fenced lot with fruit trees and shade trees, with water from an elegant spring. Improvements are in prime repair and the place is near electric car lines and a future Rogers street upgrade. Two thirds may remain on mortgage, $300 deposit at strike. Personal property listed. Alfred Kay.
Lowell prepares for a crowded theatrical season starting Labor Day at the Opera House. Hoyt’s A Milk White Flag opens with a top company, followed by Frohman and Murray acts, Jeffries, Denman Thompson, and many others including Becket Sharpe, the Rays, Black Patti, and the Kendals. A house-cleaning and new scenery are underway as preparations continue for two Labor Day performances and a strong lineup for the coming weeks.
The Dazzler company headlines Sab batia Park this week in Taunton with a comedy praised as one of the funniest ever written. The same troupe drew 14,000 for a single performance last year and kept audiences despite light rain, finishing to a standing crowd.
At the city hall water board meeting bids for driven well system improvements were opened. Patrick Conlon won the first contract at 1415 with sub bids by W H Fuller and E G Twonhey. Scannell and Whaley secured two boilers for 2390. Knowles pump priced at 1500 after Boston visit. Excavation to start next Monday and continue until completion.
The usual gospel services will be held Sunday at 4 15 pm at the Young Women's Christian Association. Mrs A E Wilson of Paige Street Baptist church will speak and Miss Pierson will conduct. The meeting promises to be full of interest and helpfulness. All girls and women are invited.
Tomorrow the Tabernacle holds the final of four Special Sundays with Rev. Henry B. Gibbud from Springfield Mass as speaker. He speaks on Points for Christian Work in the morning and Crowds at the Life of Absalom in the evening. Choir offerings accompany both services.
The campers enjoyed a complimentary sociable last night at Ver num's Landing with a three piece orchestra led by Downing. Dancing began around 8 o'clock and continued to a late hour as friends in attendance joined the lively entertainment.
Smoldering references imply missionaries in love with China face challenges to their piety and restraint, hinting at a conflict between affection and the ideal of turning the other cheek within a historical religious setting.
The father of Margaret Curran, a 16 year old from Manchester New Hampshire, thinks his daughter has come to Lowell after disappearing weeks ago. He wrote to the Citizen with a description of her appearance including dark brown hair and a very attractive, developed figure.
An ongoing exhibit at the city library showcases 180 color photographs of Japan. Highlights include Fuji mountain, Yokohama, Tokyo, Nikko shrines, Kyoto and Osaka landmarks, rice and silk production imagery, and scenes of daily life, weddings, funerals, doll festival, and Nagasaki harbor.
A tale of a powerful merchant famed in his town for sweeping county trade. He boasted in ads yet neglects details, overvalued his fame, and distrusted rivals as he loses interest in organized promotion and mailing lists.
The merchant faced ad costs cutting into profits and considered quitting advertising. After slow business and observing a rival, he realized he needed to attract new, younger customers. He refreshed his stock, modernized displays, and targeted young men with updated styles, catalogs, and direct outreach, building lasting goodwill and securing his future with Hart, Schaffner & Marx goods.
Albert W. Buel notes in The Engineering Magazine that Porto Rico offers limited transport. Principal towns accessible by carretera and camino cost 30 pesos for 130 kilometres, about 18 dollars. Much of the interior relies on rough mountain trails ridden by ponies, with travel presenting risk for pedestrians.
Pupils may now enter for Fall term. The announcement signals updated facilities and admission open for the upcoming academic term.
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