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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1900
Page
8
The fragment lists days and dates across a calendar sequence with scattered figures 23 4 7 9 10 11 4 15 16 17 118 ai 2a 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 12 19 26. It notes sunrise and sunset times around 7.01 am and 4.54 pm, with length of day 9 hours 53 minutes. The text appears unrelated to a single event, likely a calendar or almanac snippet.
A Saturday afternoon storm brought fast falling moist snow for three hours, later turning to rain. The night saw heavy showers dissolving the snow and flooding streets, making walking sloshy. By noon wind cleared. temperatures ranged from 36 to 81 with barometer readings 30.05 to 29.27.
Boston January 29 indicates a fair night and Tuesday with a cold wave tonight and continued cold Tuesday. A high northwest wind will diminish in force tonight.
The Lowell Daily Courier reports a January 29 1900 edition with local notices and brief news items centered on Lowell Massachusetts events, politics, and society notices typical of the era.
The Lowell Co operative association held its annual meeting in the Odd Fellows temple on Saturday night. Officers re elected include President George L. Fowler, directors William H. Penn and Mr. Cornock, treasurer George E. Metcalf, and clerk Mr. Hartley. A six month report shows cash on hand and detailed receipts and expenditures for groceries coal wages freight and dividends. Profit for six months totaled 12285.58 with allocations to sinking funds and various stockholder and merchandise checks.
A Taunton reader notes a local man solving a problem, while praising the Bon Marche for perpetual hustling. The store continues to push new deals, offering fancy furniture and linoleum as featured in today’s page 2 advertisement.
The canvass for the new city directory is complete and publishers ask all who have changed business or address since the canvasser called to inform local agents J Merrill and Son at 124 Central Street. Corrections will be made before printing.
On Wednesday evening January 31 the Young Men's Christian Association will host a reception for the city’s male clerks from 7 to 10 o clock. Organizers promise a very pleasant time and a friendly social of professionals.
A coffee lover recounts ditching coffee after a doctor warned of its harms. He tried Postum at a friend's house and, after learning proper brewing, found it palatable and life changing. He notes headaches eased and the morning ritual shifted to Postum, never returning to coffee.
Gen Adelbert Ames cites slow, frontal assaults as fatal in South Africa. He criticizes Buller for being trapped, urges flank strategies akin to Grant and Sherman, and warns of costly, protracted sieges if British nerves and cavalry fail to match Boer mobility. He argues English leaders misjudge terrain and rifle era warfare.
Crowds swarmed the Merrimack and nearby ponds with skates as the ice froze hard after recent rain and cold. Long skates stretched toward Nashua while Tyngs Island drew some back for treacherous sections. Youthful crowds, sunwatchers, hockey players, and street vendors filled the scene on ideal weather, smooth, firm ice and light winds.
The Lowell Liberal association held a memorial meeting at Pilgrim Hall. John Perkins spoke on The Religious Side of Paine's Character and John Stratton praised his political character and career. John P. Guild delivered a radical poem and address titled Thomas Paine, the Radical.
B J Williams praised a man of deep religion saying The world is my country and to do good is my religion. G L Massey, recent Wesleyan emigrant, spoke on religious oppression with remarks by Brown Newman Wood and others. Mrs Wm Greeley and Mr Severance sang several selections.
Miss Martha Wilson, 25, suffered severe burns when a kerosene lamp exploded at 46 Linden Street as she prepared to go to work at Pillings' shoe shop. William H. Tobey, nearby, smothered the flames with bed clothes but was badly burned. She was taken to St. John's hospital with only faint hopes of recovery. her condition remained unchanged the following day.
The alarm from box 39 about 8 oclock Saturday night was for a chimney fire in a house on Cross street avenue. The damage was trivial.
Chief Hosmer called Fire Marshal Scott to Lowell to probe a early Saturday morning fire in the Lakeview avenue tenement block. The blaze damaged Wilfred Paquette’s shoe and rubber stock in the rear store. Paquette initially doubted insurance, then confirmed coverage. A stove stood away from the affected area, and a prior summer blaze in the same block also started in the basement, with several tenement inmates narrowly escaping suffocation.
Frank McEvoy was found by Officer Hessian with a severe head wound in a doorway on Lawrence street last night. The wound bled heavily despite a handkerchief tourniquet and four stitches were applied at St. John's hospital before he was sent home. Authorities believe he fell on an icy sidewalk and cannot recall the incident.
Patrick Cullen of 332 Middlesex street fell near his home at 120 Sunday afternoon and fractured his right wrist. He was transported to St. John's hospital by ambulance.
Workers at Danvers and Lowell tanneries press wage increases and better conditions in a detailed wage scale dispute. They cite pay per hundred and per dozen on multiple stock grades, demand abolition of fines, and accuse management of delaying or ignoring negotiations led by Mr. White amid ongoing factory friction since April.
A Danvers facility belonging to a company member has prompted the formation of a committee to consider a Boston men’s plan for a cooperative leather factory. The item reflects mid 19th century industrial efforts to organize leather production through cooperative ventures.
A large, enthusiastic Trades and Labor Council gathering approved cooperation with the Building Trades council to organize construction trades. The state AFL quarterly report showed rising membership. President Jonas Weiner and Secretary D D Driscoll urged unions to join and aid the leather and shaver workers in the White Bros. strike. A five member committee was empowered to act, and police protection discussions were referred to officials. Masons are called to meet next Friday at Building Laborers hall with speakers planned.
The Print Workers protective union held a very largely attended meeting in Burkes hall on Sunday. About 50 admitted to membership, half of them women, with an arbitration committee formed from Merrimack Hamilton and Bleachery. Leaders from the State A F of L praised the union and stressed organizational benefits.
The Bigelow Carpet Company, including Low ell and the old Clinton firms, will sue the Metropolitan Water Board in superior and supreme courts to recover damages for loss of water power and mill privileges caused by the Wachusett reservoir. It claims waters of Sandy Pond and 29 acres of land flowed from Coachface Pond were taken, reducing its operations to a 50 horsepower turbine.
Liquor inspectors visited 138 Fenwick street Saturday and seized two half barrels and a keg of beer. At 161 Suffolk street another Greek tenement yielded a half barrel with ten gallons of ale and an empty half barrel on Sunday. In Wilfred Ducharme’s 288 Moody street house several men were found drinking and whiskey was seized.
Police report Patrick Daley a Charlestown freight yard brakeman was seriously injured between two rail cars and transported to Massachusetts General Hospital. He is said to be from Lowell with relatives on Fifth Street.
Basement sale by A. G. Pollard & Co offers stable horse blankets slightly damaged at two thirds regular price, fitted and strapped. Heavy stock and warm blankets priced 75, 98 cents, and 1.25 each, with most having 2 patent rein rings. Street blankets from low to 4.50, leader: odd lots 9 lb weight at 1.75 each, worth 3.
A man with chronic pain self treats with costly 2 percent cough remedies and morphine. He later finds relief after using Father John’s Medicine, leading to a lasting endorsement by Carleton & Hovey and grateful Merrimack Street residents.
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