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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1901
Page
7
The opening on the exchanges was strong but prices eased as selling orders arrived. Amalgamated rose early then weakened, while Mass remained stronger later. Rail stocks fluctuated and favorites were sold. London market for Americans was solid. strike news had no special feature.
Traveling salesmen praise the well organized store, office, and workshop for optical work. We manufacture all eye glasses and spectacles to avoid delays and errors. Free examination and advice offered. Oculists prescriptions are a specialty.
C. T. Saul & Co. operates from the corner of Central and Prescott Streets, a noted local business location. The entry lists the firm’s street intersection as its primary contact point and hub of activity.
Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Baltimore aboard Union Station's crowd greeted him by about 10 000 people including Acting Mayor Henry Williams and Charles J. Bonapart. He spoke at the cathedral about labor in Europe and noted church plans in Cuba and Porto Rico and a conference of archbishops to be held in Baltimore. He also commented on the Philippines Cuba and Porto Rico administration and the Florida bishopric vacancy.
The obituary page reports the late Patrick J Hoar funeral at 4 PM from 93 Suffolk Street with relatives from Boston Dorchester and Cambridge and many floral offerings. Other funerals include Mary E Fallon from Sunels Place and Henry Ayotte buried at St Josephs Cemetery after a mass at St Josephs Church with choir and organ.
At the Corporation hospital on August 6 Margaret E Durkin aged 15 years died. The body was taken to her late home at 606 Market street by Undertaker Savage.
A six person party led by General Henry, then U S consul at Quebec, travels from Quebec to the Saguenay by boat after a stay in Newport and Sherbrooke. They praise Quebec mayor M S Parent, comment on street car jugs, and detail delays, tides, and meals aboard the ship amid a brisk Saguenay voyage. The piece promises more on their forthcoming trout outing.
A fire balloon descended on Joseph Bowers 150 Wood Street Lowell after starting at Mr. PM G Smith grounds on Thursday night. Arthur Aller and family moved to 26 Cleveland Avenue Everett. At Central Congregational Church a large crowd welcomed former pastor Rev. F M Sprague with a hymn by Miss Cora Sprague and a grove meeting with Rev N W Matthews of Lowell delivering an address. A cornet duet by Thomas Parkhurst and Arthur Adams accompanied songs. Mrs J A Bartlett returns from Cottage City this week.
Arlington report says a fire at the Boston Chrome company in a large brick building started by friction in a grinding tank. Chemicals and smoke hindered firefighters and a red hot boiler in a nearby wooden building added danger. Chief Gott sent a second alarm. damage estimated at six thousand dollars with partial insurance.
The story notes workers in cooling environments, especially cold storage and brewery vaults, enjoying relief from heat while others sweat in streets. It contrasts temps from 5 to 35 degrees above zero to a constant 49 degrees in beer vaults, and mentions health differences and long-serving workers in these chilly jobs.
The New York Mail and Express notes how downtown warehouses and tobacco cellars stay cool as elevated rails shade sidewalks. Breezes sweep from the Battery across New York Bay, with Battery Park, Frankfort Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge arches offering constant shade and refreshing gusts for pedestrians, truckmen, and nearby residents. The Battery corner and Grand Street junction are highlighted as key cool spots during the hot spell.
A customer requests Sunnyside Creamery Butter via the E M Slayton Co. but learns the firm does not retail. Clerk provides a lengthy list of wholesale sellers and addresses across Lowell and surrounding streets, naming multiple markets and companies as potential suppliers.
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