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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1899
Page
8
The excerpt reports daily sunrises and day length, moon and sun timings, followed by a dull Saturday afternoon, then improving forenoon weather. It notes snow and colder conditions forecast for Massachusetts with fair skies and northwest winds overnight into Tuesday.
Ambulance attended a woman who fainted on Merrimack Street Saturday night at 6.45. She was taken to her former home on Lee Street. The brief notice appears in the December 4 1899 edition of the Che Lowell Matin Courier.
The P A C defeated Everett 42 to 6 at the Pawtucketville Athletic Club gym. Cummings tallied ten baskets for the winners while Allard’s dodging kept Everett off balance. Referee Hugh Thomas and timekeeper John Carroll oversaw two 20 minute halves.
A large crowd watched the Big Seven Ponies beat the Beachmonts on Saturday at Atherton grounds. Birtwhistle sealed the win in the second half with a splendid drop kick from the 25-yard line.
City clerk Girard P. Cadman reports 26 deaths in the week ending December 2, with 10 under five years. Listed causes include pneumonia, diphtheria, consumption, convulsions, infantile issues, fibroid phthisis, tuberculosis, heart disease, brain edema, cancer, eclampsia, meningitis, and gas suffocation among others. Population 90,114. death rate 15.00. infectious diseases include typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and diphtheria.
A customer letter extols Postum Food Coffee citing relief from ringing in the ears and nervousness after giving up coffee. The writer suggests proper boiling time improves taste and notes a friend’s child now drinks Postum, claiming it improves red blood. Author Jno Ch Chambers, Dayton Ohio.
Under the auspices of the W C T U a no license rally was held last night at the Highland Congregational church. Speakers were James Dunn and Rev. George H. Johnson. Dunn urged abstinence and prevention, urging closing the saloon to save families and children. Johnson lauded Lowell’s no license progress, citing police gains, reduced open saloons, and financial benefits from closing saloons.
Chaplain R R Rose of the Valleyship Town opened a new Timely Topics series at the First Congregational Church with a 4 pm service. The address recalled the Maine explosion and the Spanish–American War, praising Admiral Sampson and the blockade at Santiago and recounting battles, rescues, and the courage of Spanish sailors.
A Bos ton Transcript note recounts Harriet Farley as editor of the Lowell Offering, the first women’s magazine in the United States, and describes the Improvement Club's role in fostering literary societies. It surveys Lowell mill girls’ education, mobility, church life, and social ascent, noting the boarding-house culture, religious discipline, and the contribution of Irish migrants to the workforce.
Liquor inspectors conducted a raid with a dozen warrants at the Wentworth block at Shattuck and Merrimack streets. They seized a case of beer and six bottles of whiskey, failing to arrest the target roomer not found in the building. The janitor claimed no record of the man. The liquor was taken to the police station.
A large group of friends gathered Saturday night at 101 Chapel Street to honor Miss Cora Barris with a party. James Chisholm presented a gold turquoise ring. games and refreshments followed with comic songs and piano solos by Miss Young. Attending were Mamie Barris Mamie Hadley Jessie Ferris Grace Barris Ella Hines Minnie Finnigan Maggie Finnigan Nellie Rodgers Alice Young Ella McComb Agnes Mec Comb Alden Barris John Stephen James Chisholm Albert Ramsay Edmund Ramsay George McElroy George Crow Arthur Pearl Gideon Spencer Irvin Wood John Chalmers. Some velvet waistlines in purple shades drew comment as if meant to be eaten.
Alarm from box 76 shortly after 5 pm last night indicated a brush fire on Emery land at New Moody Street and Old Meadow Road. The fire was quickly put out with no damage reported.
The reminiscence recalls Lowell mill workers and boarding houses run by corporations. It notes wages long ago for spinners, weavers, stitchers and teachers, comparing them with modern pay, and describes boarding conditions, room overcrowding, and sanitation issues that accompanied early industrial life.
Joseph A Mailoux, who resigned as second hand at a Merrimack weave room for a higher paying post, was surprised by friends at his home on Aiken and Ludlam streets. Emile Claus presented a gold watch and spoke of the strong relations between worker and employer. Mailoux thanked them and the evening featured a brief musical program by Fred Howard, William Fielding and Mrs Mailoux with Thomas Walch at the piano.
Leon Vanheck was arrested by Officer Bumps on a drunkenness charge after a Saturday night incident with his organ and was taken to the police station. An organ exhibition and a later musical drew a notable audience including Supt. Davis and Deputy Moffatt. Separately, John W. McEvoy seeks heirs to the estate of James Currane, who died recently, with about $1700 to be claimed.
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