December Daylight and Moonrise Details
The note records sunrises at 7.06, day length 9.06, sun sets at 12, moon rises at 12.25 a.m. This terse data snippet preserves historical timekeeping of astronomical events for December.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
10
The note records sunrises at 7.06, day length 9.06, sun sets at 12, moon rises at 12.25 a.m. This terse data snippet preserves historical timekeeping of astronomical events for December.
Yesterday afternoon and night were cloudy with a threatening sky. The wind shifted to a strong northwest breeze, cooling rapidly. Today the wind remains, sky clear, and temperatures show a low mercury reading. Barometer readings were 29.50 yesterday 29.86 this morning and 30.00 this afternoon. Temperature values show 41 yesterday 20 at 7a.m. and 22 at 2p.m. Indications point to fair and colder weather tonight and Saturday with north winds for Massachusetts.
The City page highlights local stores including Horne's coat Co H Babbitt optician 28 Dutton Merrimack Corp and A W Dows Co. offering handskin vests from M Steinert Sons Co for the holiday season. A Dekko paper demonstration by Prof P H Smith of Eastman Kodak Co at Thompson Hardware runs this afternoon 2 to 5.
An evening program at St Pauls M E Church featured Solon W Stevens on organ, with the church choir joined by Lillian Holgate reader Eleanor Daggett pianist and Emil Borjes violinist. The choir included Summers Jenkins Kyle Roberts McKewin Davis Brooks Murphy and Kyle served as organist. solos duets and a quartet plus a trio highlighted the event which continued the season’s successful series.
Closing night of Kirk Street fair introduced a railway themed lunch room run by the Men’s League under John W. Cole. A large crowd attended as trains were announced before meals, and waiters wore white coats with a railroad style menu.
Samuel A. Chase treasurer announces receipts for the Galveston relief fund including $1083.62 previously acknowledged and smaller donations from George B. Drers, T. Frank Clark, A. G. Cummeehs, and the Willing Workers group led by Lillian Goodwin Hattie Lewis Clara Pendexter Alice Barton Catherine Delaney totaling modest amounts.
The Advent lecture at the House of Prayer will be given this Friday evening by Rev. Robert N. Turner Jr the rector of St Anne’s Church Dorchester Service starts at 7 99 in Washington Dec 14 Senator Hoar met with the President yesterday and urged a Massachusetts vacation visit next summer The President said he would be pleased to visit Massachusetts if his schedule allows
The Women's Club hosted Prof E Charlton Black for a second lecture focusing on Tennyson’s epic period. He traced influence from Keats and the transition from lyric to epic and dramatic modes, noting critical reception, works from 1833 to 1842, and the later acclaim that followed including a Peel pension and responses from Lytton.
The December Book World lists Christ in Fiction Hawaii and Hawaiians and other illustrated features by Farnell MacArthur Danziger and Simp son plus The Home Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes and The Man Behind the Hoe. Also praised are The 1901 Christian Year Kalendar and Town Topics Christmas number with wide range topics and notable contributors.
The Coburn and Company sale opens with a rush as ladies sort and price items. Rugs, bird cages, pianos, dictionaries, hymn books, bedsteads, cooking stoves and more fill the assortment. Church workers form a large, efficient sales force, aiming to keep the sale bustling while items arrive and patrons stay loyal.
The Westminster Presbyterian church annual fair began last evening at the YMCA hall and runs tonight. Supper and sales tables offer festive and useful items for Christmas or year round. Musical selections by Misses Whitcomb, Edith Whitcomb, Ethel Lawrence, and others entertained attendees. Various volunteer committees direct themed tables including Fancy, Mystery, Apron, Handkerchief, Domestic, and lemonade and popcorn stands, with dining and kitchen help coordinated by named volunteers.
The Bon Marche employees held their second annual assembly last evening in Prescott hall with Hibbard's orchestra providing music for twenty numbers and requested extras. Officers included General manager John J. Costello floor director Mrs J E Dusty assistant floor director Sydney Whitman and numerous aides and staff members.
The Lawrence machine shop in Lowell concluded a lengthy chapter as owner Mr. Lawrence retired after more than 40 years. The sale drew equal local and out-of-town buyers, many outbidding locals, as the Lowel Hosiery building on Broadway required the space. The shop’s tools and standards were well regarded.
The Talbot's mills classifiers will attend the Opera house this evening under Mr James Bradley with assistants Messrs John Higgins and Joseph Loft house. Dows corner store offers February sterling silver sets and fancy atomizers.
Two Christian Endeavor groups in Lowell schedule missionary rallies. Rev Ernest C Barrett preaches at Chelmsford Centre Congregational Church next Monday evening, and Rev Edward P Horton speaks at Pawtucket Church Tuesday evening. Horton will lecture on life and work in India with tty proceeds to support mission work.
Central M E church hosts another rummage sale starting at noon at its Market Street store, inviting community members to browse donated items and support church programs.
The notice highlights Gilbert Pennington now a lieutenant in the regular army and joining the Ninth Regiment in the Philippines. He helps in the rescue of the beleaguered British embassy at Pekin as part of international forces. The book blends thrilling plot with information on China and the Chinese, tied to the Old Glory Series. Price is $1.25.
The article catalogs eastern London figures who shaped literature, naming the Disraelis, Milton’s bride Catharine Woodcock in Hackney, Colonels Fleetwood and Cromwell connections in Stoke Newington, Isaac Watts, Daniel Defoe, and Samuel Wesley. It traces their residences, marriages, births, and ties to Bunhill Fields, Theobalds, and Stoke Newington, noting Defoe’s Cripplegate birth and Robinson Crusoe creation.
An Edward Stratemeyer work titled On to Pekin portrays Old Glory in China with characters from the Rue sell boys series. The 490 page cloth edition is promoted by Lee and Shepard with sale through G. C. Prince and Bon.
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