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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1900
Page
8
Weather Summary for Massachusetts and Boston
Massachusetts Generally fair tonight with local rains and cooler Tuesday. Fresh southerly winds expected as a contrast to today which was hot with a brisk breeze. Boston area notes show milder conditions after a hot spell with ongoing wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Men’s League Outing at Chelmsford Street Free Baptist Church
The Chelmsford Street Free Baptist church Men’s League held an outing at Mrs Spalding’s on Parker Ave drawing about 300. Events included a 1:30 pm married vs single game 7–6, a 3 pm league game 25–17, umpired by Joseph Duglass. Prizes went to Timothy Curtin, Elton Fane, and others. $46.50 netted for the Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelmsford Street Free Baptist Church
Joseph Duglass
Timothy Curtin
Elton Fane
BE. Babbington
T. Curtin
M. Patrick
M. Young
Annual Outing for Cotton Weavers at Belle Grove
The Cotton Weavers Protective union held its annual picnic at Belle Grove on Saturday. Attendees enjoyed boats and swings, a 5 3 ball game where Silent club beat Merrimacks, followed by postgame sports and prizes. Evening dancing featured Atwood's orchestra under general manager James Tong and dancer liaison Arthur Countess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Weavers’ Protective Union
Belle Grove
Merrimacks
Atwood
James Tong
Arthur Countess
Michael Soucy Taken From Cheever Street Tenement
Michael Soucy a laborer was removed from a Cheever Street tenement to the contagious hospital Saturday afternoon with a mild smallpox case. Dr Livingston arrived but could not cure the source of the disease. The patient moved to the hospital days ago is now recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Soucy
Cheever Street
Contagious Hospital
Livingston
Thorogh
Vital Statistics Report of Deaths Week Ending July 14 1900
City records list numerous deaths with ages from 1 month to 86 years. Causes include cholera infantum meningitis typhoid fever cancer pneumonia enteritis and debility among residents such as James G Fields Fred Haskins Mary Sullivan John Merrill and Elizabeth Lavallee. City Clerk Girard Dadman notes the weekly roundup of deaths and causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Fields
Bright
Fred Haskins
Mary Sullivan
John F. Merrill
Margaret E. Doherty
Josephine E. Sheehan
Wilfred Rivet
Seth Senior
Marasmus
Emerencienne Frenette
M. A
Bertha Bisaillon
Louis A. Vezina
Joseph Bellemore
Frank Prairie
Siri M. Johnson
Luiza Merais
Charles E. Clement
Hilaire Ducharme
Frederick Munn
Helen
Harris
James A. Giles
Herminigilde E. Migner
Joseph V. Bissonnette
Ann J. Woodward
George FP. Pgan
Regina Bedard
Joseph A. Rondeau
John W. Keefe
Edward Richard
Elizabeth EB. Lavallee
Eugene H. Vaillancourt
Walter Cahill
Joseph Plourde
Marie A. Tellier
Antonio M. Gonsalves
Girard P. Dadman
Mortuary report for week ending July 14 1900
Population 90114 total deaths 95 and 21 under five. Infectious diseases 1 typhoid fever 1. Death rate 20.19 per week compared with 22.54 and 17.88 previous two weeks. Scarlet fever 3 measles reported. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised for indigestion claims.
All Saints Chelmsford US fortieth anniversary service
All Saints Chelmsford marked the fortieth anniversary with morning and evening services. Rev C L Hutchins spoke on duties of the people to the preacher and Rev Wilson Waters traced parish history. The piece recalls founders like Judge Abbott and Proctor and notes early Bible classes and Emmanuel chapel. Ayer and Dr Edson figures mentioned along with church progress and future duties. Mr S R Fleet provided organ selections during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints
Chelmsford
C. L. Hutchins
Wilson Waters
Episcopal Church
Josiah Gardner Abbott
Thomas Parker Proctor
N. G. Allen
Wilkes Allen
George Packard
Hezekiah Packard
Episcopal
Dr. Datton
St. Anne’s Lowell
Geo. Fisher
Cresswell
Boston
Lambert
Charlestown
Hoppin
Cambridge
Henry Hovey
St. Anne’s
Edson
Hutchins
Emmanuel Chapel
St. John’s
St. Anne's
Benjamin Walker
Frederick Fanning Ayer
Clark
Rhode Island
Cooley
Paddock
Cressy
Davis
God
R. Fleet
The Choir Invisible and a London Diamond Club Tale
Rev. C E Fisher reflects on James Lane Allen’s Choir Invisible and its themes of religion and life. The piece contrasts literature’s reach with modern tastes and describes the Diamond Merchants Club in Hatton Garden, its rooms, lighted partitioned pens, and strict etiquette, as reported by the London Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Fisher
First Universalist
Dwight Hillis
Zola
Balzac
Carlyle
James Lane Allen
Church
Diamond Merchants’ Club
Hatton Garden
Diamond Club
Diamond Merchants’ and Jewelers’ Club
London Express
First Universalist Church to Close Until September
The article notes a religious reflection urging unity and obedience to God, stressing that individuals should not question minor personal matters. It states the First Universalist church will be closed until September, with wishes for joy, peace, and righteousness and a safe return at summer's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist
Sermon at Y M C A Meeting Expounds Self Improvement
About seventy men attended the meeting before the Y M C A building. Rev. G H Clark spoke on recognizing good in all men and striving for honesty in business. He outlined five classes of people and urged harmony with God to find greater pleasure and self improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Clark
Central Methodist
Jesus
God
Mrs Gladstone’s Devoted Role as Sir Robert’s Partner
The London Telegraph describes Mrs Gladstone as a devoted wife whose supreme influence and constant presence by her husband shaped public and private life. She acted as counsellor nurse and steadfast friend, merging her identity with his in a bond likened to a mother and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gladstone
London Telegraph
Dracut Night Row Ends with Axeknife Deterred Trouble
Dracut residents intervened as a street disturbance escalated near Lakeview avenue and Pleasant street when Collinsville men demanded to stop Camille’s wife beating. Camille seized an axe in a tempers flared clash, fled into the street, then retreated as neighbors and Officer Gallagher restrained him. Also reported are nuptials of James Igo and Annie Higgins at St Michael Church, a Collinville lawn party netting nearly $200 for St Mary’s church, and local notices including mill additions, street widening, births, and parish events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dracut
Lakeview Avenue
Pleasant Street
Collinsville
Charles Camille
Camille
Gallagher
James Igo
Lawrence
Annie Higgins
St. Michael’s Church
Richard S. Boland
Rose Higgins
Thomas Igo
Igo
Nantasket Beach
St. Mary's Church
Collins Mills
Patrick McKeon
Riverside Street
Charles Rivers
Merrimack Woolen Mills
Sladen Street
Frank Blackingtom
Victor Victors Defeated by Lowell Team 12 to 11 in Nine Innings
Saturday afternoon in Wan nalandt park the Victor village ball team lost to a Lowell baseball squad 12 to 11 after nine innings of play. The Victors lineup featured Davis Tole Lambert Shaw Larkin Ranger Pope Tobin and others. Other local items noted include Chelmsford Foundry chimney hoisting accident no injuries reported, Troop F cavalry planned practice shoots and new building, and visits by Rev. John J. Shaw Fr. Shaw and parish activities at St John’s Church Portsmouth?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Edward Davis
Edward Tole
George Lambert
George Shaw
Thomas Larkin
George Ranger
Charles Pope
William Tobin
Wannalandt Park
Chelmsford Foundry Company
Charles F. Scribner
Troop F Cavalry
John J. Monahan
Citizen
Edward F. Allen
Montreal
John J. Shaw
St. John’s Church
Naples
Fr. Shaw
New York
Shaw
Italy
Leo XIII
St. John's Church
Bedford Springs
Peter Lambert
Boston and Maine
Marblehead
Second Congregational Church
J. P. Richardson
Hillside Church
Dracut
Tim Adams Dies Suddenly in Billerica Street Home
Timothy Adams aged 69 died at his Billerica Street residence on Sunday night from apoplexy after collapsing while conversing on the lawn. A Carlisle native and former Chelmsford resident, he was a longtime wood trader with four children Eben T Adams and a daughter Mrs. plus a widow. He had lived in the town nearly 25 years and was known for firm convictions and a kind heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Adams
Billerica Street
Adams
Mr. Adams
Benjamin and
Abi Adams
Carlisle
Chelmsford
Eben T. Adams
Death Valley Sanity and Scenery in California
The text describes Death Valley in Inyo County California as a 75 mile long arid basin bordered by the Panamint and Funeral ranges. It notes extreme heat with summer highs up to 127 degrees, winter dips below zero, stark desolation, sparse vegetation, and legends of lost lives and gold prospecting efforts. It mentions borax marshes, dry climate, wandering winds from the Pacific, and early experiments by agriculturists that failed due to heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley
California
Incyco County
Funeral Range
Telescope Peak
Panamints
Pacific Ocean
Teelsmarsh
Nevada
Columbus
Monte Blanco
Scientific American
A Massachusetts Mandarin in China’s Civil War
Frederick Townsend Ward, born in Massachusetts, became a prominent mercenary leader in 1860 during the Taiping Rebellion. He organized a multi national force, captured Sungkiang, and rose to high rank as a Mandarin and admiral general, adopting Chinese nationality before dying from a battlefield wound near Tsekie. He was buried in Ningpo and succeeded by Major Charles G. Gordon, known as Chinese Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Townsend Ward
Massachusetts
Ward
Shanghai
Sungkiang
Hwa
Tsekie
Ningpo
Charles G. Gordon
Gordon
Boston Evening Transcript
Bargains at Oxford offer suits and shoes on sale
Two hundred pairs of tan and black Oxfords in fine soft quality with plain and resting tops are marked down from 1.50 to 9d per pair. All sizes available, but quantities are limited. Basement sale at A. G. Pollard & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Pollard & CO
Hood's Sarsaparilla Sign Called World Largest
In Lowell the Hood's Sarsaparilla campaign is celebrated for a giant sign on Gorham street. Spanning 1800 feet by 12 feet, plus other banners totaling about 40,000 square feet, the billboard on the Fair grounds fence showcases multi colored lettering by veteran sign painter Spencer. The piece draws crowds from Boston and marks Spencer as a leading figure in American sign painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Hood
Hood Company
Fair Grounds
Spencer
Maine
Mexico
S5un
Gorham Street
Boston
the Mills
For Sale Residences and Small Farm to Let
For sale we offer a few first class residences in the Highlands and other choice locations with favorable purchase terms. T H Elliott Central Street invites inquiries. Small farm to let located on line of electrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
T. H. Elliott
Central St
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