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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
8
Directors announce a dividend of one dollar and fifty cents per share at the July 23 1902 meeting. Payment will be made August 15 1902 to stockholders of record July 31 1902. Transfer books close August 1 to August 14 1902.
Mrs Elizabeth Duffee Morrison and Miss Katherine Duffee visit their parents in Albany while Miss Sarah Sugden visits Mrs Carle in this city. Rev John Welsh returns to Princeton Indiana after a six week vacation. Miss Clara Hemingway visits Miss Lillian Wood in Wilder Street. Ella Marshall enjoys a two week vacation at home and friends in Cliftondale. A group of seven young ladies heads to three months in San Francisco led by Thomas McGuirk. Dr John T Donahue returns from a Southern trip. Lillian E Phelps summers at Walden. Michael Burns, post office clerk, goes to Beverly Farms. Marcellus H Fletcher reported slightly better.
Bay Line steamboat excursions from Boston to Provincetown draw more crowds this season than ever with the Cape Cod filling on fair days. The fast, well maintained vessel runs weekdays at 9.30 and Sundays at 10, delivering about four hours to Provincetown and similar return time. Passengers enjoy a 1.5 to 2 hour layover for dinner and sightseeing, while the Bay Line band provides the voyage’s musical companion.
A fragmented program listing pieces arranged by A Mirault including My Old Kentucky Home Fantasia Chilian Dance and My Pretty Minnie with various directors and performers. Mentions Wayside Chapel Idyl and March pieces conducted by E Bigelow G D Wilson and L Laurendeau amid scattered captions.
Popular Saturday trip from Lowell, Chelmsford and Concord Junction on July 26 by special train to New Haven rail and steamer to New Bedford. Four hours at Cottage City for marine attractions and bathing. Sail across Vineyard Sound adds value. Round trip priced at $1.50, limited number.
The Lowell Gas Light company plans to place these lights for lighting stores halls and large areas. They emit a large volume of light with better diffusion and steadiness and at lower cost than electric arc lighting.
C W Lenhart of Bowling Green records relief after using Dean's Ointment for a persistent leg sore. He reports burning and itching pains vanished and a permanent cure achieved.
The Lowell Gas Light Co offers the new Vulcan Gas Water Heater that attaches to the kitchen boiler. A 20 to 30 minute burn provides hot water for a bathroom bath while a 5 minute burn covers the sink or wash bowl. it does not interfere with coal stove water heaters.
A public hearing at Dracut city hall debated Lowell supplying water for domestic use and fire protection. Dracut officials argued the town must extend Lowell water, with 62 residents and 93 faucets ready to receive service. A remonstrance dispute arose when Lowell Alderman Barton refused to allow Lowell critics to speak, prompting Mr. Manning to protest.
Miss Mary Andrews and Mr. Thomas Nelson wed at 7 30 p m in the bride’s home on Dutton street with Rev George E Martin officiating The couple faces a wedding tour to Providence New York City and Petersburg before settling in West Raleigh NC Guests included relatives from New Bedford Providence Three Rivers Nashua and Taftville among others Attendants were Fannie Needham Jessie Ferns and Margaret Elvin Best man was William Nelson Follow up reception hosted for friends and relatives
Miss Julia N Worthen and Mr Ama sa A Brown united in marriage on Wednesday at the parsonage of the Chelmsford Street Free Baptist church. Rev A E Kenyon performed the ceremony. After a wedding tour the couple will be at home on Inland street.
Yesterday at the executor sale of Elizabeth E. Dugdale residence 48 Marlborough street Edward Gallagher bought the property for 4010 dollars. The pleasant afternoon drew a large crowd and many bidders. J. E. Conant & Co. notes steady demand for well located homes selling 3500 to 5000 dollars.
A Dracut Parker avenue incident near the Navy Yard village reports a young resident woman was assaulted by a neighbor from the adjoining house. She screamed, her brother came to aid, and the suspect, a local youth, fled and remains at large as police search.
Timothy Kingman, a 14 year old Canadian-bound boy, traveled from Whittenton to Taunton seeking help to reach St Johns Quebec. Police officers and Nashua cigar maker T J Dowd aided him with a total of $5 for a fare to Montreal, a supper, and kind farewell as he boarded the 8 10 p m train.
Mrs Librecque was moved with her ten day old baby to the contagious hospital and is reported in critical condition. The Avenny woman is rapidly improving.
Devoe Lead and Zinc promises fewer gallons needed and longer wear than mixed lead and oil paints. The claim states the product covers more area and lasts twice as long, suggesting efficiency and durability for building exteriors.
Lambert Leary of the 25th Battery Field Artillery writes from Mindanao to his mother recounting the brutal May 2 battle, rescuing wounded under fire, heavy casualties including Lieut. Vickers, and the harsh conditions. He notes a camp named Camp Vicker near the fort, upcoming moves, and his evolving pride in being a gunner while cooking doughnuts and awaiting return home.
A shirt waist party under the auspices of the Ping Pong club was held at Belle Grove last evening. About 150 couples attended and the Cadet orchestra provided the music.
The Ladies' Industrial Society of the French Congregational Church will enjoy a lawn party at Earnscliffe Grove on Chelmsford Street today.
At a Tex tile council meeting delegates urged unions to skip the Labor Day parade. An excursion to Nan tasket beach was proposed for affiliated unions. A committee including Michael Duggan Joseph Ashton Patrick Kane and M K Neary was named to arrange the event and a souvenir program. A Sunday meeting will elect a textile school trustee and council secretary.
The Bewjamin Franklin club debated government control of public utilities with the affirmative led by Murphy McCann and Begey and the negative by O Donoghue Higgins and Mack. judges ruled for the negative. Centralville Odd Fellows planned an outing at Hampton Beach. Emulus Thompson Commandery installed officers including Charles Soderberg and Lady Thompson with installation by Bedford grand officers. Lowell lodge of United Workmen hosted about 60 out of town visitors from Boston Medford Winchester and Woburn. A J Gilbert installed as overseer. the night featured light refreshments and a banquet.
A disturbance at the Cafe De Musee de Cluny terrace in Paris at 10:30 pm led to police intervention. Several people were injured and 25 arrests were made as Catholics held disorderly meetings, causing scuffles and further detentions.
Paris reports anti clerical meetings in the Latin Quarter with minor disruption as students and a rough crowd paraded along boulevard St Michael chanting against priests and the Pope before fleeing mounted guards. Brittany sees major excitement as peasants block a nun’s school and vow to resist expulsions.
The War Department released a cable reporting missing school teachers from Cebu since June 10. John E Wells and Louis A Thomas of Providence Rhode Island are named along with Ernest Heger of Cincinnati and Clyde A France of Berea Ohio as murdered by Ladrones. bodies were recovered and leaders killed with others captured. Ernest Heger had left Cincinnati February 26 1902 to teach in the Philippines. his death is confirmed to his father Carl Heger.
Plymouth July 23 Sheriff Collingwood served a writ of contempt on Michael Bagna James Patent James Delaney and George Mc Norton to appear before the Boston equity session tomorrow morning to answer charges of interfering with assaulting and intimidating other employees of the American Woolen Company in its Puritan mills in violation of a prior injunction by Chief Justice Mason. The acts are alleged to have been committed on July 4 12 and.
District officials report incendiaries set timber in an old drift, oil poured and set ablaze late Monday. A rich coal seam ignited and efforts to extinguish the fire have thus far failed as arrests were made last night for violating an injunction. bond posted for a Friday hearing.
Tacoma July 23 Harry Tracey the outlaw appeared at Millers logging camp four miles from Cansas t yesterday and ate dinner He is not wounded and looks fresh and rested He wears a Derby hat though a slouch hat is in his pocket He still has his rifle two revolvers and a good supply of ammunition
A native steamer capsized in the West river near Hong Kong on July 23, leaving about two hundred passengers and crew drowned. Survivors reported chaotic scenes as boats and lifeboats struggled to reach the stranded. Local authorities initiated rescue operations and dispatched ships to the scene.
The Citizen-Courier notes Sawyer Carriage Co. now offers automobile sundries and equipment. Advertising alone won’t sell goods. backing by quality repair work matters. Local motorists can find top buys without leaving town, the paper says.
Clothing pitches two piece suits in soft flannels and wool crashen for versatile wear. Describes grades nine and ten dollars, noting cooler style with minimal pieces and variety to wardrobe.
The Massachusetts district Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity held its annual meeting at Good Samaritan hall Taunton. This afternoon's elections named E L Colgan Boston as provincial grand master Joseph H Bandford New Bedford as deputy grand master James W Gregg Lowell as grand corresponding secretary George W Rockett as grand treasurer and Stewart McKay North Chelmsford as auditor for two years.
A fashionable London crowd gathered at St George's church for the marriage of Major Charles Hall of the Oxfordshire light infantry to Mrs C Albert Stevens widow of C Albert Stevens of New York. Ambassador Joseph H. Choate gave away the bride in a ceremony this afternoon.
London July 23 James McNeill Whistler telegraphed publisher William Heinemann that he was progressing and there was no reason for anxiety about his health. He was annoyed by reports of his death and said he was far from dying.
Rochester July 23 Frank the eight year old son of Joseph Liberty of this city was killed when he was caught in a hoist while playing under the mill of Co F Trask and Co this afternoon in Rochester New Hampshire.
On the Highlands near Westford street a 3-room tenement is for rent in good repair with steam heat options at $6.50 or $7.00. In Centralville near the mills a 3-room unit costs $5.60. Newly papered and painted 5-room tenements priced at $6.50 and $7.00. Also a Highlands residence with steam heat and modern improvements at $25.00. Contact T. H. Elliott, 64 Central St.
An old farm advisory claims accidents are frequent and lists cuts stings bruises and sprains as common injuries. The advertisement promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as relieving pain instantly and warns to never be without it.
Generals Botha and De Larey arrived in Cape Town from Pretoria on Monday and were greeted by large crowds. At a Dutch Reformed church meeting the leaders urged unity with the British, While Botha emphasized South Africa as the home of all. De LaRey stated the Boers had buried their Mausers and the flag but not their traditions.
In Charleston West Virginia on July 23 strikers around Glen Jean marched as authorities reported that thirteen individuals were involved in the incident and the mine was set ablaze. Additional details on casualties or outcomes were not provided in the accessible text.
Blazer and Co Hatters and Outfitters advertises a shop specializing in men’s hats and accessories. Prominent offerings include casual and dress headwear with a focus on style and quality for local customers.
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