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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
8
A compact December note lists daylight length at 7.04 hours, sunset at 4.12 and moonrise at 9.58 p m. The record preserves a period era timing style with precise fractions and a formal tone.
Yesterday afternoon was very cold. overall the day was the winter’s coldest so far. Night brought slight warmth. Today began milder with a dull gray forenoon. Temperatures at 7am 12m and 5pm show 30.04, 29.95, 29.85 with 19, 21, 32 readings. Massachusetts weather indicates snow, warmer tonight and Wednesday, variable winds in Boston.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Highland M. E. church fair at Odd Fellows hall tonight and supper served Wednesday 6 to 8. Classified listings advertise a Central street store for rent and a new mop style from Thompson Hardware at 1.45 dollars. An ad claims a better box coat for 8.98 at Boston Cloak and Suit store near City Hall block.
At a special Eliot Congregational meeting the church voted to extend a call to Rev. E Victor Bigelow of Cohasset to become pastor. If he accepts, the pastorate will not begin before February 1. Rev George R Hewitt remains as acting pastor until then. Bigelow, a Washington native, studied at Washington University Yale and Harvard and has led the Cohasset church for nine years.
Miss Loretta Carney of 5 Billica street received a pleasant surprise Saturday night when twenty friends visited and presented a handsome music stand on her sixteenth birthday. The evening featured supper, music by Etta Dowd Belle Dawson Loretta Carney Mamie Duffy Dante Duffy and George Jones and a Mary Ella Dawson recitation.
First Lieutenant H M Fales of Company C 26th Infantry U S V describes the June 28 1900 attack on Barotoc Neuve Panay P I in which Private Peter Durran from Lowell was fatally wounded. The narrative notes heavy fire from native forces the destruction of a convent building and 150 bullet holes including Krag rounds. Also praised are Dr Frye and Cook Gurney A Godfrey for aiding the wounded and leading a squad.
Boston speaker Samuel Cabot told Middlesex Women's club that Shakespeare was actually Francis Bacon. He backed charts and cipher work claiming Bacon concealed authorship while revealing it through coded puzzles and plays. Cabot cited a cipher book and argued rigorous analysis supports Bacon as the true author.
After leaving the platform he faced a crowd of Shakespeare enthusiasts eager to refute his arguments, turning a quiet departure into a lively, public exchange.
The Book a Month club of St Pauls church gathered at Miss Eliza Holgate on Crowley street for a reading night. Elizabeth in her German Garden proved most popular with readers. Lillian Holgate and M E Russell read pieces by Thaxter and Tennyson. Next month will cover Italian history and late literature with The Golden Book of Venice and A Friend of Caesar.
Post 185 G A R held its annual inspection at the hall with Comrade Augustus Lovejoy of Post 48 Ayer as inspecting officer. Middlesex A F ordered four new members, while City Laborers union welcomed two new applicants. A O H Division 8 initiated six and considered four more, planning a grand ball on December 21. Veterans Protective league discussed election turnout, Leather Workers union initiated twelve with twelve more applications. Citizen endorsement of the union label was unanimously approved.
The report outlines extending rural free delivery to about 1,000,000 square miles with an estimated annual net cost around 13.78 million dollars and potential savings from discontinuing fourth class offices and star routes. It argues serving 21,000,000 farm residents justifies broad national delivery over private publishers’ interests.
At East Cambridge courthouse yesterday morning the Middlesex County Bar Association elected officers for the year. Samuel K. Hamilton of Wakefield was chosen president, George F. Richardson of Lowell vice president, Robert P. Clapp of Lexington treasurer, and Frank M. Forbush of Newton secretary. Three-year council members are Selwyn Z. Bowman Somerville Samuel J. Elder Winchester Marcelus Coggan Malden James W. McDonald Marlboro Geo. E. Smith Everett. One-year council member fill vacancy Frederick N. Wier Lowell due to Frederick Lawton’s resignation to join the superior court bench.
Daniel J. Donahue, counsel for Thomas H. Muldoon, announced in Lowell that a suit for 69 dollars is filed for the remaining eight months of salary due for services in the purchasing agent's office. The suit joins with a pending Supreme Court case and seeks to fall within the statute of limitations.
At the Coburn mission on Vernum Avenue a Wednesday evening service will mark the receiving of a new bell donated by Mr. Ca Speeches by prominent men and pastors will occur and music will be provided by the Patucketville church choir All interested people are invited to attend
Santa Claus trusts Steinert's for musical gifts with 36 years of service. Steinway, Shoninger, Gabler, Mason & Hamlin, Standard, Singer, Hardman, Steger instruments plus accordions, drums, violins, guitars, banjos and pages of music rolls. Ely's Cream Balm and nasal spray also advertised. Basketball season begins as Normal School girls seek a win.
The report shows a rising money order business in 1900 with total transactions of 255.67 million dollars and 30 237 post offices handling money orders. It notes reductions in mail contract bidding, pending pneumatic tube extensions, vast traveling post office routes, and low loss rates in registered mail despite billions in value. It also highlights clerical casualties, calls for aid to families of fallen workers, and recommends a reply envelope and reply postal card.
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