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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1905
Page
10
The article lists sun rise at 4.07, length of day 15.14 hours, sun sets at 7.21, and moon sets at 1.10 a.m. for June, reflecting common early summer daylight patterns and celestial timings.
Puritan chick food 25c per package and 25 lb bags for 1.00 feature in this page. Adams Hardware & Paint Co advertises chimney cleaning and repair services. Limburg at 1128 Bridge Street promotes cleaning products and cigars branded 7-20-4. Main springs guaranteed two years for 50c. Am. Jewelry Mfg. Co. lists 34 Prescott Street replies.
Mrs Lydia J Bartlett of St Johnsbury Vermont visits her brother Geo F Allen of Methuen street. Miss Edith Stott sails from New York to Antwerp on the Finland. Alonzo J Guild of Eighteenth street retires after forty years in Massachusetts. A chair and French clock are given with speech by Mr Buseill. E T Swan of Lowell police, in poor health, at the Royal with family. Blaisdell orchestra to perform at McCollum Institute commencements June 16 in Mont Vernon New Hampshire with Solon W Stevens delivering the address.
Mr Henry Marshall and Miss Susan Button united in marriage Saturday evening at Mrs T McMahon’s Watson street home The ceremony began at 730 pm conducted by Rev N W Matthews of Gorham Street Methodist church Bridesmaid Miss Mildred Estelle McMahon best man Mr Charles Laflamme Bride wore white silk carried roses attendants wore white crepe de chine with white pinks flower girl Lydia McMahon Music by Miss Gertrude MacFarland Boston A reception followed The couple left on the late train to spend summer in St Johns Newfoundland
Dorothy Driscoll nine year old at 45 Cedar Street cut by glass and sewn at Emergency hospital. Willie Higgins fell in Wor then Street after being pushed by the girl or friend, breaking his arm and treated at the hospital. A Lakeview farm horse ran away at twilight and was placed in a barn until owner claims. Frank Johnson of 500 Lawrence Street cut his hand with a butcher knife and received hospital treatment. Wilfred Plats age 19 caught his hand in machine gear at Foster's shoe shop, losing the top of his forefinger and treated at the hospital.
Twenty six young women from normal schools and colleges sat the entrance examinations this forenoon at the Lowell Training school and others were expected to arrive in the afternoon.
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Catherine T Fitzgerald wife of Daniel T Fitzgerald at her parents home 203 Moore street aged 384 years 11 months and note survivors including infant Marie Louise two sisters four brothers and husband formerly a liquor dealer in Market street Also mentioned are Mrs Mary E Boyle widow of Police Officer James H Boyle and Mrs Bridget McGuinness longtime Lowell resident with survivors James F John H and a daughter Lottie wife of Fred O Noyes aged 31 with two children and other relatives Funeral notices to follow
The obituary column lists funeral services for several residents. Alice Allaire's funeral from 1258 Middlesex Street was at St. Joseph's Church with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery, officiated by Rev. Fr. Desroches. Manuel Silva's funeral from 47 Davis Street with procession to St Anthony's and St. Patrick's cemetery was led by the Portuguese fraternity and Lowell Cadet band. Josephine Anderson's funeral from 42 Maple Street was followed by burial in Edson Cemetery with Rev. W. Hartman officiating. Mrs. Hannah Meehan's funeral from 126 Crosgrove Street and Sacred Heart Church included bearers Thomas and John Meehan and burial in St. Patrick's cemetery. Undertakers Amedee Archambault, J. F. O'Donnell & Son, J. A. Weinbeck, and T. J. McDermott assisted.
In this city notices report deaths of Bridget McGuinness 68 from 119 Agawam, Mary E Boyle 41 from 38 May, John A Pratt 62, David Scanlon 17 from 176 Crosby, Catherine T Fitzgerald 24, Samuel G Cooper 59 from 408 Middlesex, Lottie Noyes 31 from Wyngsboro, Mary H Foster 62 from Tewksbury Centre, with funeral details including times and church services and invited friends.
For the week ending June 10, 195- population 104,402 with total deaths 39, including 13 under five. Acute causes include infectious diseases 6 with typhoid 1 diphtheria 1 and cerebrospinal meningitis 1. Death rate compares 1942 10.44 and previous two weeks 10.96. Reported infectious diseases list smallpox 1 diphtheria 2 measles 9 and cerebrospinal meningitis 4.
Silverton Colorado reports Wesley Hannon and John Smith found dead at the mouth of the Cashier mine tunnel near Eureka. Authorities believe a snowslide two weeks earlier trapped them inside.
Birth notice from this city reports Mr and Mrs Alexander Williams of Lawrence Street welcome a baby boy born to their family.
The Herald cites Thomas F. Ryan Peter A B Widener and Edward J Berwind as the three capitalists forming a secret metropolitan syndicate to bid for construction of extensive Rapid Transit Commission subways in New York. The group would have 100 million dollars capital with each member contributing one third. Routes are set and total project cost is estimated at 150 million, with contract likely let not before November.
Cambridge June 12 In connection with grand jury indictments over illegal city registration Lawrence H Johnson a 31 year old butcher was arrested on a false oath charge. He is the fifth man arrested since Saturday and held on $1000 bail. All arrestees are Democrats accused of swearing to personal knowledge that candidates lived in the city on May 1 to aid Democratic registration for the city election.
Burlington Vermont reports the death of Mrs Hannah Wells widow of Civil War Maj Gen William Wells from heart disease at 66 years old. She leaves two children Frank R. Wells and Mrs H Nelson Jackson, both of Burlington. Boston announces Major James C Bush US Army artillery corps died at Fort Warren from apoplexy born 1850 in Connecticut survived by widow and daughter.
A city death report lists numerous individuals with ages and causes including pneumonia tuberculosis heart disease convulsions peritonitis and other illnesses. Notable ages range from newborns to octogenarians and entries include names such as Ellen Madel Ann Langton Mary Sexton and Catherine Tobin with varied fatal conditions. City Clerk Girard P Dawman signs off on the compiled roster.
In Chicago on June 12 an explosion at the Iroquois Iron Company furnace killed one worker believed to be Nicholas Rejoif and severely burned two others, M Tancoif and Jos Tojic. Rejoif vanished near the furnace, possibly buried in molten metal. Company losses estimated at $50,000.
Bliss Oklahoma June 11 a buffalo was shot on 101 ranch after a lengthy chase by 26 cowboys and a band of Indians led by Chief Geronimo. Dr H E Thomas a Chicago clubman hunted in an automobile due to injuries. Geronimo leaped from his horse fired twice into the dead animal and cut its throat with a hunting knife.
In police court Boxer Allen pleaded guilty to drunkenness and profane language and paid fines. James Beney admitted selling stolen hens and wheelbarrow from D L Page, with continued bail to September. Keating was found not guilty of larceny of a watch. several others received small fines or suspended sentences. Multiple defendants were released or continued.
Chicago June 11 bodies of Mrs Marian Kurtzman and her husband were found about 25 feet from the spot where the automobile went into the river. Wilson Bartley remains missing. William H. Hoops Jr. in charge of the car was arrested for criminal negligence. Hoops’s father posted 30000 dollar bond.
Harry McCormick, an escaped forger from Addison County jail, Middlebury Vermont, was recaptured in Franklin New Hampshire by City Marshal Buchannan Sheriff Murray and Officer Stafford with Landlord Gage of the Grafton Inn. He had traveled from Lebanon to Danbury by foot and train to Franklin Falls, working as a painter when seized. He agreed to return to Vermont without requisition papers.
Positively selling the fine residence at 403 Westford Street and 95 Dover Street. The 2 1-2 story corner lot offers 9 rooms plus attic, large parlors, dining room, kitchen, 5 chambers, pantry, laundry, ample closets, cemented cellar, steam boiler, and 10 000 square feet of land. Terms include $500 down when struck off and 60 percent may stay on mortgage at 7 1/2 percent interest.
Princeton N J June 11 President Woodrow Wilson gave the baccalaureate address for Princeton University's 158th commencement the only layman to do so His theme Health urged graduates to seek service over self advancement and to use life as a path of greater good rather than personal will.
Providence June 11 President Kenyon L Butterfield delivered the bac calaureate at Kingston Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with a theme The Open Windows His talk stressed ideals and literature Known temperance movement origins in Yokohama 1873 now 46 societies in a national league with 3617 members The agitation helped pass a bill banning tobacco for under 20 year olds
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