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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
8
The fragment lists times for sunrises sunsets moon rises and day length across several dates. It appears as a calendar style almanac entry with supportive values like sunrise 7.13 and length of day 9.97 hours.
Yesterday afternoon and night remained frigid as the expected snowfall failed to arrive. Temperatures stayed below freezing with clear skies. In Boston weather notes, Massachusetts forecast fair tonight and Saturday with continued cold and north winds.
The fragmentary item appears in the Lowell Daily Courier dated Friday December 29 1899. It provides limited readable details suitable for a brief newspaper card.
The hour of the funeral of the late Mrs George C Prince has been changed from 2 oclock to 1 oclock Saturday afternoon. D Steele & Cos dissolution sale urges readers to buy a suit or overcoat at less than wholesale prices. New Year’s open house planned at Y M C A rooms with a reception for new offices.
Mark Brown, a Hedley wood dealer employee, was thrown from his wagon during a collision near the Boston and Maine freight yard. He was taken to St John’s Hospital with a scalp wound and a right ear hemorrhage, later reported as improving. He lives at 19 Brooks Street.
The Lowell Orchestral Society schedules a centurial program to mark the 20th Century debate on its start date. The audience of about one thousand will hear national airs after which they sing America. Peer Gynt in four parts, with Adamowsky and Lane performing, is featured. Reserves at Austin's, 25 cents.
John Street Congregational and Central Methodist join for watch night from 9:15 p.m. Sunday to 12:10 a.m. Monday January 1 1900. Evangelist Telford of London and Reverends Johnson Judge lead, under Pastor Meredith. Worshippers may come and go. not all must stay to the end. Citywide unity among Lowell Christians shown. old intolerance past in Lowell.
Thomas H. Boyle of Lowell is confined to his Lakeview avenue home with serious injuries from a Lawrence incident on the Lowell line. He says the conductor started the car while his foot was on the running board, throwing him into the street. He already had election day injuries causing partial paralysis. A remark suggests matinee crowds grow as fewer women keep hats on at matinees.
Fraternal orders across the area elected officers for the coming year. Loyal Victoria lodge No 1 I O O F M A named WN G M A Pass V G J Mowatt and others. A new Loyal Cambridge lodge is planned for January 12 1900. Other lodges including Oberlin Court and Passaconaway held elections and set installations for early January.
Large Building Laborers union meeting discussed a push for an eight hour workday replacing nine hours and wage advances aligned with mill workers. Invitations went to bricklayers printers plasterers slaters carpenters plumbers steam fitters iron moulders lathers to form a building trades council.
St Pauls church held its third quarterly conference with Rev Dr Joseph H Mansfield presiding. The pastor reported debts paid and strong finances. Seven members were received on probation and six into full membership. Watch night services begin with a sermon by Rev S T Ford after a night of refreshments.
The article outlines a national Methodist Episcopal drive to raise 20 million dollars by December 31 1901, combining the last two years of the old century and the first year of the new. It includes a 450 dollar music appropriation, a Twentieth Century offering committee of Glidden Stowell and Staples, and aims for two million converts with Edmund Mills as general secretary. The St Paul debt cancellation counts toward the offering.
Yesterday the feast of the Holy Innocents was celebrated in three Episcopal churches with Christmas trees and gifts for Sunday school children. At St John’s the tree stood in the church, carols were sung, prayers said, and gifts distributed after a brief rector’s address. St Anne’s held its annual Christmas tree event in the parish house with many presents, refreshments, and candy distribution by local helpers.
The House of Prayer Parish held its annual Christmas tree in Highland hall last evening. The tree, heavily festooned, delighted the young and old as Mr. Ward and Mr. George Mansfield read names for gift distribution. After gifts were handed out, night refreshments followed, and the parish presented a purse of gold to the pastor with a brief speech by Mansfield and a gracious reply from Ward.
One hundred happy children from the summer playground gathered at the Women's branch of the People's club last evening. They enjoyed carols, a doll given to each child, and refreshments under Mrs. A. M. Paxson's supervision. Helpers included Mrs. H. P. Groves, Mrs. A. H. Smith, Mrs. F. R. Falls, Miss Alice Smith, Miss Bessie Colby, Miss Henrietta Prescott, Miss Minnie Wyman, and Miss Agnes Libby.
A Lowell man visiting Nashua on Christmas morning carried a grip with wearables of a bank deposit, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias cards indicating Maine affiliations. He added a bottle of liquor and his hat later, and youths found the grip contents by the Nashua River bank.
Police traced a man found in a hotel intoxicated after an event at the new storehouse of the Jackson company. Initially ruled a self inflicted death, further inquiry showed he was brought to a local hotel around 1 AM Tuesday in a heavy state of drunkenness and returned to Lowell Tuesday morning.
Lowell Massachusetts December 23 1899 Daniel N Pickering announces withdrawal from the race for president of the common council for 1900 in favor of James F Walker of ward 6. Walker replies thanking Pickering and accepting the support with a note of friendship and cooperation for the coming term.
City Council and Senate sessions are called for tonight to address papers not in proper form from Tuesday’s action. Appropriations were approved without specified expenditure accounts, prompting the mayor to withhold approval. Both branches plan Saturday night sessions to draw seats for the next year.
Bids for plumbing and gas fixtures at the high school annex were opened in the superintendent of public buildings office. H. H. Wilder & Co. won the contract as the lowest bidder at 4900 dollars, followed by Thomas Mather 4922 and Drury & Green 4949.
The prettiest calendar we have seen features two little girls in blue and pink robes, bearing Hood's Sarsaparilla proverb calendar for 1900. Printed in large plain type, it can stand alone or hang on a wall. Available from your druggist or by sending 6 cents in stamps to Hood and Co. Lowell, Massachusetts.
Accidents on the farm bring frequent distress with cuts bruises and sprains. Dr Thomas's Electric Oil promises instant pain relief and is marketed as a must for safety on rural farms.
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