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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
1
A John Burroughs poem from June Century extols summer as fields and woods brighten to emerald and blue. It praises fresh landscapes, moonlit skies, blooming clover, bees in gardens, and rivers clear as dawn, mapping seasonal growth and renewal.
Quip heavy note from Coler on Independence as Croker echoes. Jokes center on the letter C with early appearance billed by the mosquito. Bits on girls as pinks of society and boys as sea flowers. Chelmsford and Billerica poised to reach 250th anniversaries in four years, described as well preserved ancient dames.
Annual fairs draw peasant girls who sell their hair to Parisian buyers while tobacco covers 2% of the world’s cultivated acres yielding 8,650,000 tons yearly. In South Africa British troops report 6,258 typhoid cases with 1,060 deaths in three months. Rangeleys see a spring influx of flies ruining artificial fly fishing as the real article outsells imitations.
Westford eighth grade exercises will be at the town hall Friday evening June 14 with an initial display of parents and educational supporters followed by brief literary tests led by Miss Ruth Fisher. Walter W. Sargent of Boston will entertain, then the academy graduation occurs Friday June 21 at the Unitarian church with a social reception and dance in the town hall.
Transacts a general banking business offering foreign exchange in English French German and Swedish money. Provides safety deposit boxes with private rooms and a savings department paying 4 percent per annum, compounded semi annually. Monthly interest and a ladies only reading room. Depository for United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Banking hours 8 AM to 4 PM weekdays, Saturday 8 AM to 1 PM, 7 to 9 PM banking rooms 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Avenue.
The international Y M C A jubilee convention in Boston enters its second day with focus on fifty years of work. Bruno Hobbs of Cripple Creek was elected secretary as Judge Selden P. Spencer and Herbert D. Ames spoke on lessons from fifty years work and contributions toward solving city problems. The international committee report was read.
In Salem on June 12 police raided a policy shop in the Perkins block behind Essex street and arrested Michael Coughlin Thomas Linehan as principals and John Sullivan and Howard Alden as participants. More than 100 slips were seized and police say a large business operated there with over 400 daily visitors. The raid unsettled other policy houses in the city.
Newport News Virginia June 12 a thousand men will be laid off at the Newport News Ship Building company yards because of the machinists strike bringing total idle to 2000. It is expected the plant will close Saturday as yards nationwide refuse to accede to the demands of the machinists.
Boston police arrested "Doc" Harris a burglar sneak thief and pickpocket on the street Chief Inspector Watts identified him as a possible suspect in the 1897 theft of diamonds worth 8000 from a Washington jeweler He recently completed a long term in Pennsylvania for a similar crime.
The battleship Illinois built by Newport News Shipbuilding left Boston harbor for her sea trial on the Cape Ann course. Admiral Robley D. Evans led the government test while President Calvin Orcutt spoke for the builders. Illinois must reach 16 knots.
The annual convention of the Grand Court of Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters opened in this city with a high mass at St. Jean Baptiste church. Delegates reviewed the year's work as committees were appointed, a banquet followed, and discussions on constitutional changes were planned ahead of this afternoon's officer elections.
Margaret Blondin is identified as the murdered woman whose body was found near Chelmsford. State police search for her husband Frank Blondin as details emerge from Lawrence Lowell and Boston connections. Detectives uncover overalls with blood and twine near the head, linking a logging camp and saw mill to the case.
At the New England Allied Printing Trades convention the morning program covered organized branches of graft and constitutional amendments on representation. Moffitt outlined work by New England organizers. Irwin of Manchester NH spoke on local conditions. Holyoke and Springfield label issues were discussed alongside union cohesion and the need to unite all three trades. The finance committee reported a balance of 840.82 dollars and 200 dollars held by North Adams trustees. reports and communications were adopted.
The Manning reunion at the Manse in North Billerica on June 17 marks the first meeting of the Manning Descendants Association as a corporation. The association aims to preserve the Manning homestead and relics, promote social ties, and celebrate with readings music and an elm planting to recall 1901. A noon lunch follows a 2 pm business meeting and an auld lang syne song.
London June 12 King Edward presented medals to 3000 officers and soldiers of the South African campaign at Horse Guards Parade. Recipients included Lord Roberts Lord Milner Buller Hamilton and the Duke of Marlborough in a ceremony marking the campaign’s honors.
Manila June 12 Gen Sumner receives note from Caillas Laguna province demanding amnesty for Caillas and Filipino terms. He warns negotiations will end if not agreed.
The body of 32 year old James V. McCann, missing since Friday from 17 Wentworth Avenue, was recovered this morning in the Merrimack river at Deer Jump near Hood farm opposite Varnum's landing. Undertaker Molloy, following relatives' directions, had dragged the river since Tuesday afternoon and brought the decomposed body to Market Street. McCann, a Lowell resident, had been ill two years and leaves a sister Loyola McCann, a public school teacher.
The ceremony kept quiet as a speaker thanked the company. A sword engraved with the recipient’s name, rank, and company was presented with a fine scabbard and a red embroidered belt, highlighting a formal honor.
Wn. C. Farrell, a milkman, told police that a valuable bay horse with a white forehead was taken from a pasture on Varnum avenue. Farrell had recently bought the animal for 175 dollars and cannot afford the loss to his business.
The homespen outing suits are presented as the swellest for golf and outings. Made in Scotch mixtures they feature unlined coats faced over the shoulders with shaped padded collars. Trousers are snug at the waist, full at hips and knees with a defined turn‑up and belt loops.
Victoria holds the nugget record with the Welcome Stranger found in 1869 weighing 190 pounds and the Welcome found in 1858 weighing 148 pounds 9 ounces.
A historical note asserts that cultivated land yields 1600 times more food per equal area than hunting land, highlighting agricultural efficiency. The claim contrasts farming with hunting as a means of sustenance, underscoring long standing views on land use and food production.
It describes mothers of large families choosing summer outings at popular beach resorts lacking shade yet offering daily band concerts and street performances. The piece contrasts this with the idea that poor children would benefit more from studying nature on a quiet farm, making them stronger and wiser.
During a spare hour this morning Company D of the High School regiment gathered at the annex and Corporal Sprague presented Lieutenant Léon McQuade with a sword scabbard and belt as thanks for drilling the company and winning first prize on field day. The company reported a rank of 96 percent from a possible 85 percent, and Sprague spoke briefly on the sentiment of the group.
Prorirox promotes nerve strength and blood health, claiming to restore red corpuscles and color to pale cheeks and lips. It asserts efficacy for anemia in any age and sex, with a prescriptive price of $1. Sold by all druggists, prepared by C. H. Hood Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The town of Dracut marks two centuries since incorporation with a dignified program. Festivities opened at sunrise with cannon salutes and bells, a morning concert by the American band, and a Centre church gathering featuring Mozart's Gloria. Calvin Richardson welcomed guests, praising Puritan heritage and martial service while inviting descendants and residents to honor past sacrifices and present unity.
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