June Sun Rise and Moon Set Times Announced
The report lists daylight length of day at 15.14 hours with sunset at a. m. and moon set at 2.46 a m. The details suggest a daily astronomical note reflecting sun rise and set patterns for June.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1900
Page
8
Weekend Weather Notes Show Clear Pattern Across Days
The report describes Saturday and Friday as ideal with deep blue skies and pleasant easterly breezes. It notes yesterday and today as similar but warmer, with slightly less clear skies, and provides barometer readings around 29.95, 29.86, 29.77 and temperatures of 71, 63, and 83 respectively.
Vital Statistics Report of Deaths for Week Ending June 9 1900
The city lists numerous deaths with ages and causes including pneumonia, nephritis, endocarditis, tuberculosis, meningitis, and other ailments. Notable entries include Epaminondas Stathopulos 19 accidental drowning and Rose Sullivan 3 inanition. City Clerk Girard P Dadman signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shannalan
Ellen Hickey
Reuben B. Durrell
Pliny Rollins
Mary Keating
Mary A. Roddy
Edward A. Welch
Epaminondas Stathopulos
Joseph J. Carriere
James W. Huntoon
Mary Toohey
Mary A. Dougherty
Sarah McCann
Mary I. Murphy
Rose Sullivan
Joseph A. Dube
Margaret T. Usher
Asa P. Manning
Lulu F. Lyon
H. Ballary Gray
John Cal.c
Theresa Rogers
Girard P. Dadman
Mortuary report for week ending June 9 1900
The Board of Health notes a population of 90 114 and 31 total deaths with 11 under five. Infectious diseases include scarlet fever diphtheria membranous croup measles and smallpox. The weekly death rate is 17.88, higher than the prior two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Health
Claffin Escapes Boston Detectives for Now
F. F. Claffin, the advertising solicitor who duped two Boston detectives, avoided arrest for weeks. He hid in Lowell with Dr. E. B. Holt’s help and kept to reading and cards. A Boston U.S. court order restraining arrest allowed him to reappear in public Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Claffin
Boston
United States Court
Claflin
Meat wagon collision on Merrimack street injures wagon
A man driving a meat wagon from Central to Merrimack street Saturday night struck a parked Democrat wagon owned by Bernard Hanson of Pleasant Street Dracut after dodging a woman and a street car. Three wheels on the Hanson wagon were smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Merrimack Street
Merchants’ Bank
Democrat
Bernard Hanson
Pleasant Street
Dracut
Postum Replaces Coffee, Improves Dyspepsia, Says Stringer
Jno Stringer reports years of coffee related dyspepsia improving after switching to Postum Coffee in place of coffee or tea. He notes his two children benefit, with a 4 year old boy and an 18 month old child thriving after seven months on Postum. He credits cream use and proper boiling advice from a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Rinking
Jno
Stringer
Children’s Day Observances Fill Churches With Youthful Hope
Special Services marked Children’s Day across numerous churches yesterday, with June Sunday dedicating time to the little ones. Fresh faces filled pews once dominant by older members as concerts and services unfolded, highlighting a season of summer blooms and youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
D. L. Page Co
Hibbard
Children Sing at First Presbyterian Church Concert
A large congregation attended a children’s concert at First Presbyterian Church last night. A floral cross decorated the auditorium as child performers presented a program including recitations, psalms, and concert numbers led by Mary Campbell, Florence Ramsey, Marion Gordon, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Lord Is
My Shepherd
Mary Campbell
Lizzie Spillane
Mamie Blakeley
Florence Ramsey
Marion Gordon
Wm. Nicol
Rob Jamieson
Bernice Rogers
Wm. Ready
Our Shepard
Grace Smith
Miss Leggett
Lena McEachran
Louisa Gammell
Jesus Calls the Children
Benj. F. Hodges
Jennie McFadyen
Jessie Grant
Edie M. Hebner
Elsie Cameron
Fannie
Children's Day Concert at El iot Church
The afternoon program featured wild flower decorations along the platform. The Sunday school presented a printed service titled Forward under E. E. Sargent with Miss Wakefield and Miss Barnes assisting. Recitations were given by Eva Ballard, Margaret Dow, Hattie Dixon, Hattie Kew, Frank Hull, several classes, and a duet by Jennie B. Lewis and Edna Craig. Rev Dr Green baptized four children in the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot Church
E. E. Sargent
Miss Wakefield
Miss Barnes
Eva Ballard
Margaret Dow
Hattie Dixon
Hattie Kew
Frank Hull
Miss Dow
Miss Wright
Miss Bamford
Jennie B. Lewis
Edna Craig
Dr. Green
Flower Sunday at First Trinitarian Church Observed
Flower Sunday observed at the First Trinitarian church with children in seats of honor. The service featured child singing and various department exercises, a Marion Gerry recitation, and a short address by Rev. Geo F Kenngett before baptisms and new member welcomes. Attendance totaled 513 in Sunday school with 30 in regular offerings and 355 for building fund, including 100 from the dramatic club directed by Mrs. George F Kenngett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Gerry
Geo. F. Kenngett
George F. Kenngett
J. M. Chadwick
First Trinitarian Congregational Church
George PF. Kenngett
American Orchestra
Alice L. Frothingham
Huntington Hall
Ats. P.M
Decorations Mark Children's Day at Kirk Street Church
Kirk Street Church observed Children's Day with profuse decorations and a platform banked with laurel spruce and flowers. Miss Belle F Batchelder led the primary department processional and sang, with recitations by Lucille Pike Gilmore North Gertrude Harvey Frederick Harvey and others. Rev W A Bartlett baptized four children and plants were distributed before the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Street
Belle F. Batchelder
Jesus
Lucille Pike
Gilmore North
Gertrude Harvey
Frederick Harvey
Dora Wragg
James North
Dorothy Edson
Thomas Buckley
Sunshine
Children’s Day honors at church with diplomas and plants
The morning service featured responsive Scripture by pastor and children, twenty diplomas awarded to nineteen children promoted from primary and junior departments, and plant distribution. Rev. Huntington preached from And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof, with lessons on proper play. An evening memorial service honored Dea C Chase Ephraim Brown J Benner and Joseph Brown for long church service. The flower committee organized tasteful arrangements enhancing a thoughtful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Huntington
Young People’s Society
Dea. C. C. Chase
Ephraim Brown
J. Benner
Joseph Brown
Fifth Street Baptist Children Sing At Sunday School Concert
Children of Fifth Street Baptist Church performed a Sunday evening concert for Children's Day. Superintendent Roscoe Thomas directed as Flora Stites Bessie Carpenter Hattie Allen Lydia Ishalwood Ova Ishabwood Edith Hutton Nellie Tate Jazzie Bennie Agnes Shaw Gertrude Merrill Jennie Shaw Cora Waterman Sarah Davis Maud Pratt Roy Fuller Sadie Ray Winnie Hoy offered recitations and songs amid flowers and plants decorating the pulpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street Baptist
Chidren
Roscoe Thomas
Flora Stites
Bessie Carpenter
Hattie Allen
Lydia Ishalwood
Ova Ishabwood
Edith Hutton
Nellie Tate
Jazzie Bennie
Agnes Shaw
Gertrude
Local names list hints at community roster in cycle of notices
A long line of personal names appears in a fragmented 19th or early 20th century newspaper snippet. The list includes George Cameron, Harry Stack, Walter Watt, Lena Fuller, Robert Prescott, Gladys Merrill, and others such as Lena Fielding, Myrtle Gordon, Etta Hodge, Grace Houston, Eva Thompson, Lote Ray, Esther Thomas, Laura Thomas, Lulu Thissell, Ada Jasper, Zoe Leighton, Lilla Mason, Maude Eastman, Florence Ingalls, Gertrude Stices, Jennie Shaw, Elizabeth Davis, Mabel Hai, Mabel French. The context remains unclear beyond being a roster-like sequence, likely a society or notice page fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cameron
Harry Stack
Walter Watt
Lena Fuller
Robert Prescott
Gladys Merrill
Ernest Lyon
Lena Fielding
Myrtle Gordon
Etta Hodge
Grace Houston
Eva Thompson
Lote Ray
Esther Thomas
Laura Thomas
Lulu Thissell
Ada Jasper
Zoe Leighton
Lilla Mason
Maude Eastman
Florence Ingalls
Gertrude Stices
Jennie Shaw
Elizabeth Davis
Mabel Hai
Mabel French
Common Origin and Opportunity Highlight Sunday Talk
Rev. Smith T. Ford of First Baptist spoke on Things that we have in common from Proverbs 22 2 describing a shared origin and opportunity. He cited Lincoln Garfield Rockefeller Henry Clay and urged imagination ambition and a common heritage including libraries parks and the skies, noting a future common destiny in the world to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith T. Ford
First Baptist Church
Lincoln
White House
Garfield
Wannamaker
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Henry Clay
Children Day Observed At Immanuel Baptist Church
Yesterday the Immanuel Baptist Church held a Children’s Day with a morning sermon on A Weed Talk. The 6:30 evening program featured a concert by the Sunday school including multiple readings, recitations, songs, and selections by the primary department and choir led by Maggie Jones and Miss Minnie Meade among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Baptist Church
Maggie Jones
Gertrude Esterbrooks
Minnie Meade
Lizzie Murphy
Child of Nazareth
Isabel Gillespie
Anna Emsley
Daisy Harris
Eunice
Mildred McEwan
Ethel Esterbrooks
Hazel Osborne
Master Magee
God Is Love
Minnie Mead
Pawtucket Church Children’s Day Service Recalls Pastor Hartman
The Children’s day service led by Supt. C. A. Richardson featured an evergreen arch, choir music, and cornetist Mr. Harry. A Bible was presented to Pastor Hartman, baptized on Children’s Day seven years ago, and diplomas were awarded to Esther Cutter and Florence G. Bol...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Richardson
Cotton
Harry
Hartman
Esther Cutter
Florence G. Bol
Macedonian Cry Calls Churches to Answer Help Request
Reverend Allen uses Acts sixteen to urge Christians to respond to the world’s cry for help. He argues that as the Macedonian beckoned Paul, so nations today seek support through prayer, money, and mission work, filling pews and aiding ministers and schools. The message: heed the call, send aid, and advance gospel work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Allen
Macedonia
St. Paul
Paul
Children’s Sunday at Central Methodist Church
Last evening the Central Methodist church hosted Children’s Sunday with a special program. Rev. G H Clark led a prayer and Sunday school children performed recitations including Emma Canning Mary Wade Vincent Clark Florence Bixby Haskel Clouch Clough Williamson Gray Agnes Dickerson Marion Lewis Silvia Noyes Enwright Anna True. The pastor gave an address titled The Work of the Sunday Schools and June flowers decorated the pulpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
G. H. Clark
Emma Canning
Mary Wade
Vincent Clark
Florence Bixby
Haskel Clouch
Clough and Williamson
Gray
Agnes Dickerson
Marion Lewis
Silvia Noyes
Enwright
Anna True
Forty Hours devotion closes at local church with high mass
The Forty Hours devotion ended yesterday at the church during the high mass with the usual ceremonies. Rev. William D Joyce O M I was celebrant assisted by Rev Fr Dorgan O M I deacon and Rev Fr Lawrence O M I sub deacon. A procession of Holy Angels Sacred Heart sodalities and children accompanied the clergy as the Pange Lingua was sung. The litany prayers benediction and blessed sacrament rites concluded the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
tVm
D. Joyce
Fr. Dorgan
Fr. Lawrence
O. M. IL
Holy Angels
Sacred Heart Sodalities
Sanctuary
First Communion Held at St Peter's Church
About 100 applicants received first communion in St. Peter's church yesterday morning with Rev. Fr. Rowan presiding. Rev. Fr. Saunders and Rev. Fr. Mullen assisted at the mass. In the afternoon Archbishop John J. Williams of Boston led the confirmation services at 3:20 PM and gave the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Church
Rowan
Saunders
Mullen
John J. Williams
Boston
Memorial Day Observed by Lowell Veteran Firemen
The Lowell Veteran Firemen decorated 19 graves in Lowell cemeteries and 14 more graves of past chief engineers at memorial services. A joint service with Torrents at Grace Universalist church followed, with Rev. Ransom A. Greene’s address emphasizing belief in an afterlife and the living memory of departed comrades. The annual roll of the dead for 1899 and 1900 was read by T. G. Gerrish in Secretary Brick’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Veteran Firemen’s Association
Lowell Cemetery
Edson
Catholic
Tewksbury
New Hampshire
Salem
Windham
California
Torrent Veterans’ Association
Horace Howard
Horace Tilton
W. Clifford
George Weymouth
Samuel Taylor
George Hobson
Thomas Farrell
Grace Universalist Church
Butlers
Quartette
Ransom A. Greene
Philbrick
T. G. Gerrish
Edward B. Howe
John W. Wiggin
John P. Elliott
Strike Over Fine Rule At Lawrence Hosiery Mill
About fifty stitchers in the finishing room struck Friday over a rule imposing a fine for poor work. After an overseer refused to resolve the issue the rule was rescinded and work resumed. A new rule threatening discharge caused a second walkout, but that rule also was repealed and workers returned to finish Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hosiery
Painter Gau Thier Arrested for Breaking and Entering
Police inspectors Allen and Laflamme arrested Maxime Gau thier a painter at the boarding house 253 Appleton street after repeated entries and thefts of clothing and other items were reported. He faces charges of breaking and entering based on the yesterday forenoon police visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton Street
Allen and
Laflamme
Maxime Gauthier
Mulrey Commended for Capturing Highlands Burglar
At 12 30 am Capt Kew read a statement from Sgt Davis praising Officer Mulrey for capturing Kittredge, the young burglar who had terrorized the Highlands for months with repeated break ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew
Sapt
Davis
Mulrey
Kittredge
Highlands
Boutain Arrested for Illegal Liquor Sales at Lakeview
Joseph Boutain aged 35 of Cabot street was arrested at Lakeview last night by Officer Peter Donghue on charges of illegally selling intoxicating liquor from a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Boutain
Lakeview
Cabot Street
Peter Donghue
Aottle
Mihran Kalvoost Arrested In Brandy Drops Inquiry
A state inspector name McCaffrey arrested Mihran Kalvoost a Greek confectioner on Merrimack Street near Tremont Saturday noon in the first action linked to investigations into selling brandy drops. The report notes indigestion as a motive and burdock bitters are mentioned as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCaffrey
Mihran Kalvoost
Merrimack Street
Tremont
Transvaal Gold Mines Deep and Perilous Venture
George E. Welsh surveys Transvaal gold mines noting vertical ore veins force deep shafting past 5000 feet with potential to reach 15 000 feet and a plan to cool air by liquid air. warns of heat danger and volcanic risk as 1890s production nears 100 million with vast capital and 200 mines in Witwatersrand district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Voor
Kruger
Witwatersrand Reef
Australia
England
South Africa
George E. Welsh
New York
Christian Advocate
How He Bought Liberty from a Missouri Slave Master
Uncle Mark Davis born a slave in Macon Missouri earned his freedom by over eight years of extra labor and bonuses to pay $1500 for liberty his master ruined by the war. He later learned Lincoln’s emancipation coincided with his release a Kansas City Journal report notes his fame as the left handed sidler and his lifelong musical passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ttnele
Mark” Davis
Macon
Rick Aninny
Howard County
Mark
Missouri Prairies
Lincoln
Davis
Kansas City Journal
Prize Ring Misstatements and the Knockout Myth
A New Orleans surgeon debunks prize fight myths about breaking knuckles in bouts, noting true fractures would end a fighter's career. He explains dislocations are more plausible and warns exaggeration is common in boxing lore.
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New Orleans
Corbett
Jeffries
New Orleans Times- Democrat
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