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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1900
Page
16
A dated OCR fragment lists January weekdays in a stylized format with sun and moon rise times and day length, noting January dates and routine references. The entry includes times like sun rises at 7.14 and moon rises at 5.15 a.m. and sunset at 4.21 with day length 9.07.
Saturday afternoon and night were extremely cold and the following morning July the Sunday became the coldest of the winter. The storm began quietly and raged like a blizzard for most of the forenoon. It was the first real snow storm of the season with signs of more before daybreak as thousands headed home from midnight mass. Temperature readings show a drop from 17 to 13 and then 29.25 inches of barometer.
The Lowell Daily Courier dated January 1, 1900, presents a first of the year issue with typical period coverage. It highlights local news, editorials, and notices likely reflecting civic affairs, commerce, and community events of Lowell.
The city page advertises coal from Horne and Pelham Cigar, Morse hacks, and Fay Bros. & Hosford offers with 100 sleighs. Thompson Hardware runs a two week cutlery plated ware sale. P F Devine launches January clearance on suit cases and trunks with $6 and $7 cases reduced to $5 and other goods discounted.
Pawtucketville squad dominated Co C at the P A C gym Saturday night. Lin Scott opened the scoring late in the first half to widen the gap, leading 22 to 2 at the break, and the second half saw Co C held to two points. Howe starred with ten floor goals as P A C won 36 to 4. team lists name Howe Hanson Riordan Tighe Linscott Kelly and Berry among scorers and fouls on Berry and Hanlon. Referees Dexter and Lyons timekeepers Carroll.
Mrs May Dunlap Leighton asks for separation in a divorce suit served by the Richardsons for Mrs Walter French Leighton against her husband. Leighton company lawyer McIntyre & Wilson will not comment. Papers returnable next term. alimony and child custody sought. divorce not contested by Mr Leighton.
A Detroit reader describes suffering bilious headaches from coffee, tries Postum Food Coffee after a hesitant start, and after about three months reports no headaches or illness. She cites friends and relatives who ceased coffee and began Postum with improved health and appetite.
Isa Ward Leblanc, 46, was saved from a hole in the ice near the Church Street bridge by Officers Blood and Coleman just before 2 a.m. on Sunday. He was frozen and drunk, treated at the station, and later placed in a cell after regaining consciousness.
Mr Joseph Smith of Lowell Mass appointed local treasurer to raise a fund in the United States to aid widows and orphans of Boers killed in the Transvaal war. A New York letter authorizes donations to the American Transvaal fund and to be remitted to Cape Town committee treasurer Mr de Villiers. A $20 donation has been received. a public meeting may be held soon.
The meeting will not reveal elected officers until after installation next Sunday afternoon in Burkes hall. Four hundred additional members will be initiated, bringing total membership to one thousand.
A wage rise of ten percent was posted at the Fifield Tool company workshop on Saturday and takes effect today. The plant, run by President and General Manager ex Mayor Fifield, reports heavy business but months behind on orders. The notice highlights new automatic tools, gear cutting and milling machines, two added planers, and a push to boost output despite season declines.
The Stationary Firemen postponed yesterday’s planned meeting at Building Laborers hall due to no news on a Supreme Court decision from Fall River. The case concerns compulsory licenses for firemen, with local officials awaiting authentication before proceeding. The Textile council will handle night work discretion.
Wool price rise lifts costs and prompts a large in stock sale. Beginning Monday January 1, J V Keyes & Co offer black and colored dresses at old prices with varieties like mohair, crepons, serges, and linings included. Fay Bros. & Hosford on Central Street provide 100 sleighs to select from.
The first regular meeting at Burkes hall elected officers and organized the association. John O'Hare named president with Michael Casey as recording secretary. Wage increase talk postponed to January 7 while mills show 2 to 5 percent gains. outcome remains uncertain. Joseph F. Convery urged union advantages.
Mr and Mrs N H Perkins celebrated their silver wedding with a surprise party in E Middlesex County attended by about 150 friends from Andover Tewksbury and local neighbors. Gifts included a silver service and silverware presented by residents from the three towns amid speeches and well wishes for a long life together.
Deputy Sheriff Young of Natick and Middlesex county constables raided the Merrill house in Tyngsboro between 8 and 9 on Saturday night. They found beer and whiskey, arrested clerk Richard Chandler who oversaw the business, and took him to Lowell police station where Mrs. Merrill later bailed him out. No Tyngsboro constables were involved.
Dracut's political scene swells with hopefuls ahead of caucuses. Peter Bolton of Hodge and Stevens’s Navy Yard is not seeking town auditor. Walter Hutchins of Lockhartville Nova Scotia visits brother John Hutchinson. Frank Teal, longtime Collinsville mill overseer, departs and is given a $50 purse by the weavers. Heine of Golf Falls to succeed him. Typhoid fever is reported breaking out in New Hampshire.
The Unitarian church sermon recalls Rev John Fiske Chelmsford's first minister and a recently erected granite shaft in his memory. Community events include second organ recital on Monday and dances at Odd Fellows hall. Local families, school reopenings, a midnight mass at St John’s, and nightly newspaper circulation updates.
A Harper's Bazar portrait of Mrs Clio Hinton Huneker, sculptor, detailing her fresh method of creating small bronze, silver, and ivory figurines from life models. The piece notes the poetical, nature fused form, her studio shared with Mr Perry, and the twilight salon of artists and musicians that gathers there.
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