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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
7
A sluggish session followed a poor bank statement with the market closing below the open. Missouri Pacific led gains while Sugar, Steel and Tobacco lagged. banks and bonds drew cautious interest as investors weighed collateral behind Union Pacific and a broad shift toward railroad securities.
Readable text lists 27 29 Pine Street and 65 State 3t Albany New York, suggesting a local street address cluster in Albany. The OCR fragment provides no event or named entities beyond locations and street numbers.
Stock market shows renewed vigor with prices near pre-crisis peaks, fueled by the Northern Pacific settlement and rumored rail system alliances. Cotton goods rise with warm weather aiding distribution. Amalgamated Copper stockholders approve increased capital amid pending absorption terms and court hearings. American Telephone and Telegraph approves issue of 207,090 new shares at 100 dollars each for eligible stockholders.
Elton Cummings, 37, of 9 Leverett Street Boston, was arrested Friday on a charge of stealing a horse valued at 100 from Isaiah Reed in South Acton. The alleged theft occurred August 28, 1899, and after months of searching Cummings returned to Boston and was taken to Acton for processing.
Better weather lifts retail in the East and Northwest as warm sunny days improve demand for wearing apparel and dry goods. Cotton remains speculatively higher amid crop reports, while wool and textiles show mixed strength. May trade activity, bank clearings, and exports rise. failures increase slightly in May in both the U S and Canada, with varying liabilities.
A syndicate led by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Thomas F. Ryan will provide 25 million dollars in cash to facilitate the Consolidated Tobacco Company deal. Nearly 70 million in bonds of the new company are tied up for the life of the syndicate, with American and Continental stockholders agreeing not to sell until operations conclude.
A Washington report cites Gen. John W. Foster on the usage of the phrase The United States is versus are. The piece notes earlier plural use, but from Lincoln onward presidents and courts have increasingly favored the singular, with many authorities and lawmakers supporting the single verb in official texts.
Oscar W Dearborn 41 of 21 Vine street Medford a Boston and Maine brakeman for 25 years was run over by a train at North Union station in Boston last night at 10 o clock. He suffered a severed left leg below the knee and a partially severed right foot. He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital by station 1 ambulance. His wife and family in Medford were notified of the accident.
In Boston on Congress street a basement raid seized 3000 magazines and 10 000 pictures. Julius Waldstein aged 16 and Harris Rubinovitsky aged 18 were arrested, one for selling and the other for possession and intent to distribute obscene literature connected to MacFadden's advertised Physical Culture lectures scheduled for next week at a theatre.
President Joseph R. Michaels of the International Bartenders' league has been ordered to Boston to settle rival Waiters' unions. He will also visit Lawrence, Massachusetts, to investigate why the Central Labor union there ignores the Bartenders' union card.
Harrisburg reports Gov Stone signed the Emery and Fecht rapid transit bills dated yesterday. The action formalizes approving measures for transit projects and marks a key administrative milestone for the administration.
H J Strickfaden of World Herald Fair Haven Washington credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with preventing pneumonia and several severe croup attacks in his son. The advertisement notes the product is for sale by all druggists.
George H. Wood purchased the Durant jewelry stock from assignee C. H. McIntire and plans a rapid closeout. The Wood store invites the public to select today with extra clerks to speed service. Durant, in business over 40 years, will stay on with Wood after the sale.
The bankrupt stock of C. W. Durant is on sale with bargains available today. Geo. H. Wood bought the entire stock from the assignee at a low price. Sale will last only a few days.
Bridget McCabe dies at city hospital at age 67. She leaves four daughters including Mrs. George M. Shields and Miss Bridget McCabe of this city and Miss Rosie and Miss Ella McNeil of Boston.
Funeral services were held yesterday and today for Isaac Lord at the House of Prayer with Rev. Fr. Ward. interment in Edson Cemetery. Margaret Hickey honored at St. Patrick's with Fr. Walsh. committal at St. Patrick's Cemetery. Alice Gerrish mourned at 154 Jewett Street with Rev. A E Wilson. burial in Lowell Cemetery. Mercy Sawyer Bull's funeral at her Billerica home. burial planned in Harvard. C M Young & Co managed arrangements.
Harrison Flint of Danbury Connecticut died June 6. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p m at Lowell Cemetery Chapel. Relatives and friends invited without further notice.
In a portrait of General Sheridan the article notes his martial energy and disdain for pomp while acknowledging a Celtic ancestor reverence for warriors. He welcomed the trumpet, loved charges, and admired courage but scorned garish uniforms and military display. The piece cites Costello’s Donehoe story about his modesty and a lyric critique.
Advice urges families to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now for summer needs. It is praised as the most effective medicine for bowel complaints for both children and adults and available at all druggists.
Pilgrim commandery K T expects about 200 sir knights to attend a June 24 reception for Templars from Laconia New Hampshire at Mountain Rock. The event promises a display of knightly hospitality and tradition.
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