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Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1898

Page

5

Cut in Pay of Police Board and the Assessors Advised

A city budget committee meeting prescribed revised salaries for city officials at city hall. Reductions hit the police board members and water board president, with increases for lieutenants to match captains. Salaries for mayor, clerk, treasurer, and others mostly held, while assessors and state aid staff saw changes and weekly fee remittance was mandated.

Police Board Aldermanic Committee City Hall City Council Leighton McCluskey Rivet Water Board Board of Police General Treasury Fund River Common Council Water ‘Board Superintendent of Police Alderman River Howe City Farm State Aid Eee - Seree Seas Neccesecics Board of Health Tate Ee Ee Ee

Fraternal Fair Strengthens Benevolent Cause in Highland Hall

Temperance fair opened last night to raise funds for General Fiskelodge I O G T in Highland hall. Entertainment featured orchestral selections readings and songs with committees handling mystery table peanut bar lemonade ice cream and more. Court Gen Shields Fr of A elected officers and accepted initiations and propositions amid the lively event.

Highland Hall Edith McDonald Locke Grace Maxfield Paul Ladd Adam Shields Martin Flaherty Cub Thomas Roark John A. O’hearn James R. Sullivan Francis J. Mullen Woodward Felix McPartland

Fraternal officers named at last night’s meetings

Full board of deputies attended the evening session. Loyal Victoria lodge elected officers including Noble Grand Mrs Lucy Fernley and Vice Grand Miss Margaret Ferguson. Highland council Royal Arcanum named officers such as Past Regent George A. Barnes and Regent Frank Dodge. Bay State colony Pilgrim Fathers announced Governor James Taylor and other officers. Monomake encampment also elected officers at its meeting. Installations will be public, with Ladies’ Night planned January 12.

Jennie Scoble Charles L. Sweetsir Highland Council Royal Arcanum George A. Barnes Frank Dodge Eugene G. Crockett Erwin McKee A. M. Huntoon Wallace P. Butterfield Frank B. Murphy James W. Jackson Charles E. Stillings Thomas Fox Charles E. Blaisdell Alonzo G. Walsh

Birth of the Child King poem to be sung in churches

A Boston writer Mr. P. J. Lynch from Lowell fame has penned The Birth of the Child King a Christmas poem to be sung on Christmas Day in St. Patrick's St. Peter's and the Immaculate Conception churches here and in Boston. The piece extols the Nativity with biblical imagery and praises to the Virgin Mother.

P. J. Lynch Boston St. Patrick's St. Peter's Immaculate Conception Galilee Mnd

Mobilization of Bailey Guards the Constitution

The article satirically portrays Congressman Bailey as defending the Constitution against Gen. Wheeler, urging a House inquiry into whether any member holds an office under the United States. It mocks Bailey’s self-appointed roles and vows to protect the nation's founding document until his body lies, with sharp notes on political posturing.

Bailey Gen Wheeler Congress Congressman Bailey Texas House United States Western Hemisphere Rosette Chicago Daily News

Holiday Mail Shows Quiet Post Office Rush

The annual holiday period at the post office brings immense yet quiet activity. Foreign gifts to relatives abroad total five to six thousand dollars this year while domestic registry work and stamp sales surge, aided by sub-carriers as many workers stay busy through New Year. Delays from New York mail connections add strain on clerks, carriers, and customers alike.

Uncle Sam Gorham Street Post Office Grandmamma Scrooge Duns Santa Claus Charles Dickens Tiny Tim America New York Boston

Ambiguous historical market listing of railroads and stocks

A fragmented OCR style page lists numerous railroad companies and stocks with odd symbols and percentages, including B&O, Brooklyn, Union Pacific, National Lead, and several others, interspersed with mining and miscellaneous entries, resembling a financial or ticker section. The readable parts indicate a wall of abbreviated figures, company names, and price-like digits without complete context.

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