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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
10
The card lists sunrise at 7.12, length of day 9.06, sunset at 4.18, and moonset at 6.14 p m for December. It reads like a brief local time table with exact hour and minute figures for daily celestial events.
Local notice bundle urges alumni prom tonight and a track meet Saturday. Various ads promote Sylmar Olive Oil, Goodale's drug store, opening a Five Cent Savings Bank account, 7-29-4 cigars, and chimney repairs by Lirsburg at 1128 Bridge Street.
Berlin reports from the Tageblatt that Emperor William thanked Emperor Nicholas for his name Gay telegram and referenced Russia’s crisis. Nicholas is said to agree with Count Witte on universal suffrage but will decide on the form of suffrage.
Joseph A Emidy a renowned circus bandmaster and Cornwall native died at his Woonsocket Rhode Island home aged about seventy after service in the British army he led bands for travels in Putnam Connecticut Uxbridge Massachusetts and other places and was prolific in composing and arranging circus music.
Mr Perry L Paige and Mrs Charlotte Harris of Lynn were married there by Rev C W Blackett on Dec 12 The bride formerly resided in this city where she has many friends
Monday noon Mr Harry Duncan and Miss May Carolyn Kimball daughter of Mr and Mrs Po M Kimball were married. Rev R Cochran of Antrim officiated with a double ring service. Master Gar G Upton was ring bearer. The couple will reside at 96 Grove Street after Feb 1, to receive friends.
A large crowd attended the monthly meeting in the upper church as part of the month’s retreat. Rev. T Wade Smith C M L led a short instruction after the recitation and singing of the office of the Blessed Virgin, followed by Benediction. Mrs Adelaide Muldoon presided at the organ. Communion Sunday for the sodality is the fourth Sunday each month, with the meeting on the preceding Tuesday.
Friends gathered at the Theodore Edson Orphan Age to hear the resident boys sing Christmas carols. A large adorned tree stood in the play room, loaded with presents for the orphans. After a brief service by the rector of St Anne's, gifts were distributed with assistance from Rev Mr Jenkins and Mr White.
The Sunday schools of St Anne's Church plan a Christmas festival on Thursday evening Holy Innocents Day at seven o'clock in the chapel and parish rooms.
D Zerta Perfect Jelly Dessert promises a superior jelly from one package plus boiling water. Describes five flavors and many fruit add ins, with decorative serving ideas. Sold by grocers for 10 cents.
Aldis Lowell Waite died at 85 in Everett Massachusetts. He was born in Weston Virgin Islands and lived in Chelmsford Lowell and served on the Lowell board of aldermen. His wife predeceased him. The body will be buried in Lowell Cemetery at 1.30 pm. Henry Moore aged 26 died at 669 Rogers Street. He leaves two brothers Joan and Samuel and four sisters Susie Mrs W R McKenzie Mrs William McGee and Mrs John Moore.
The funerals of Anthony McDonald Octave Levesque and Thomas Gallagher were conducted in Lowell with services at St Patrick's St Joseph's and Sacred Heart churches. Bearers included Kelley Mc Shea Emond Bechard Chagnon Eklund Garrigan Powers and floral tributes noted. Burial took place at St Patrick's or St Joseph's cemeteries with undertakers McDermott Joseph Albert and Rogers in charge.
In this city December 25 Alonzo D Rogers and Laura Rogers celebrate a one year old daughter Laura aged 1 year 1 month 24 days. Henry Moore age 26 died December 26 at his home 669 Rogers street funeral Thursday at 2 pm. Mary E Bachelder wife of Frank E Bachelder died December 25 at Chelmsford aged 5 years.
A list of deaths names decedents ranging from infants to seniors. Causes include pneumonia heart disease meningitis phthisis and drowning with several entries noting prenatal or neonatal deaths and chronic conditions. Notable ages include 73 72 and children under one.
The board reports population 4840, total deaths 4, under five 13, infectious diseases 3, acute lung diseases 10. Death rate 21.53 versus 17.00 and 20.28 in prior periods. Diseases listed include fever 6, fever 1, diphtheria 3, measles 3, cerebrospinal meningitis 1. Board of Health H. H. Knapp, Agent.
Portland Maine December 27 The National Collieries Company has been organized in the city with a capital stock of 1 million dollars. Organizers include Charles Howard Weston Wm G Burns and Fred C Ainsworth of Boston. The company aims to acquire coal and mineral lands and to produce and transport coal coke gas oil wood and related products and to construct railways and power plants.
Vineyard Haven reports Seaman John Carlson of Sweden died after a fall from a loft aboard the five masted schooner Margaret Haskell off Cape Cod on the 24th. Carlson, 37, shipped at Boston. the body was viewed by Medical Examiner Worth and taken ashore for burial. The Haskell was bound from Boston to Newport News.
At a joint Arlington meeting the Beaton Lowell Interurban Street Railway Crone was granted leave to withdraw its petition for track location. About seventy five residents attended the hearing. Remington represented the company while Claflin and Garfield opposed the rival line.
Mr F A Lewis of Elsmere and his grandson Alsey Lewis Long of Lynn visit North Stockhold N Y. Lowell Automobile Corp changes hands with N D Goff retiring and Harry Noyes and William H Greene joining H H J Read. Capt and Mrs Joseph Paine Thompson celebrate 60th wedding anniversary at 229 Pine St. Patrick Ryan hired as timekeeper for Boston Construction Co. Miss Lena H Donaldson winds up. Miss Ethel Burns ill. Florence Plunkett to wed J Edward Ditson of Philadelphia. Wilde Chaput and Beatrice Laflamme greet birth of a son in Portland Me.
Boston notes the twenty fifth anniversary of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor on February 2, 1906. The movement has nearly 70,000 societies and about 3.5 million members worldwide with major growth across the United States, Canada, and overseas in Hawaii, the Philippines, Cuba, Spain, China, and Brazil. The next all European convention runs July 28 to August 1 at Geneva, with a regional review noting millions enlisted and literature translated into many languages.
The Oregon state commission notified the Lewis and Clark exposition that officers and directors may be held responsible for distributing about 25 percent of stockholders’ original investment, potentially $100,000, after liabilities. It also demands a full accounting of expenditures, acting under the attorney general’s directions.
National Commercial Teachers Federation begins its tenth annual convention in Chicago with nearly 150 delegates present and many more expected. Private school managers discuss position guarantees, with secretaries decrying the policy as improper and unreliable.
An agenda notes a noon meeting at 12.15 followed by a prayer and praise service at 7.45 pm. It mentions Bright Singing, an inviting meeting for all women and girls, a Saturday evening social, and a Sunday afternoon service. Praise and promise meeting led by Miss Bennet and Miss Rutherford with a soloist.
Byron Scott an 18 year old son of C B Scott a West Virginia legislator lies in critical condition after an assault by John and Charles Whitsett during a serenade by Bethany college students. The Whitsetts were arrested charged with felonious assault and carrying concealed weapons and held on bail for trial.
New York reports that Howard K. Stokes third vice president of Bankers Life Insurance Company clarified testimony given to a legislative investigating committee. He stated 1904 premium income was 785000 while expenses were 282000, with about 360000 paid to policy holders and 220000 added to assets.
Maine's 192? lobster catch totaled 7,425,208 over the year ending November 30, with 3,562 fishermen using 169,250 traps earning 1,594,556 dollars. Average per man 544 dollars, per trap 44. Previous 12 months yielded 6,904,588 catch value 1,060,879 dollars. 164,720 trips were made, averaging 485 dollars per man.
Boston dispatch reports Post Office Inspectors Owings and Pendleton of the New England division arrested Adelbert Sisson of Westerly Rhode Island after a months long chase. Sisson pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Cross in Providence and was held in 2500 for the Rhode Island federal grand jury. He is charged with passing two raised money orders in Lynn and one each in Lowell Attleboro Fall River New Bedford Taunton Woonsocket Providence Newport Westerly Stonington and more. He worked as a cook and previously attempted to cash $25 orders raised to 25 dollars from small amounts. The case links to a Lowell One Price Company fraud and follows new blank order forms by the post office to deter this scheme. Deputy Marshal Stone of Providence arrested him.
Washington reports the agriculture department is compressing tea into tablets to fit in spaces the size of a safety match box. Each box has 20 dark green tablets about the size of a penny, containing no adulterants, with the taste unchanged though the form saves room for military and civilian use.
Cleveland Leader quotes praise for a new star whose act drew big crowds at the track meet held Saturday. The paper notes the showmanship and energy, saying the performance brought the audience from eight hundred to ten in one week, an astonished response from ushers.
The Turkish bath is described as both a luxury and a medical aid. It soothes nerves and imparts exhilaration while aiding certain diseases when other treatments fail. Dr Maddena in Middle Street runs a well equipped establishment attracting locals and visitors for relief and cures.
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