June Calendar Notes on Sun Moon and Day Length
A compact calendar snippet lists June with weekday headers and date markings. It notes sunrise and moonrise times, sunset, and total daylight duration, indicating a 15 hour 15 minute day length.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1901
Page
10
A compact calendar snippet lists June with weekday headers and date markings. It notes sunrise and moonrise times, sunset, and total daylight duration, indicating a 15 hour 15 minute day length.
The day shifted from sultry and cloudy to bright, followed by a sharp nighttime fall in temperature as the mercury declined and the barometer rose, with a dull cool forenoon.
Boston reports a fair night and Sunday for Massachusetts with fresh northeasterly winds.
Saturday edition of the Lowell Daily Courier dated June 15 1901 reports the day's news in brief form with local notices, events, and market notes typical of a New England paper of the era. The item conveys concise updates and community information integral to the paper’s period coverage.
In Friday's fire Gookin Brothers' stock furniture was slightly damaged by smoke. Insurance carried by T. C. Lee. Uptown hardware store W. T. S. Bartlett offers rubber hose, hammocks, screens, screen doors in assorted sizes and price ranges from 15 cents to 5 dollars.
Companies C and G of the Sixth regiment prepare for their annual camp at South Framingham. Advance squads depart Lowell next Thursday to pitch tents and coordinate reception for the units. The full detachment leaves Friday afternoon with pay for eight days. Governor's day marks the camp’s end. Company C rifle team will shoot in Lexington today against Company B First regiment. Company M of the Ninth regiment has not yet received official orders but expects to depart on July 19.
The executive committee of the Democratic city committee held a lengthy session last night to consider party matters. No report was given to the press as discussions were informal and included most city council members present at some time. The Pawtucket bridge issue did not appear on the agenda.
The Alpha club at Belle Grove held a shirt waist party last night with about 100 couples attending. Hibbard's orchestra provided music for dancing and the officers listed included General manager David S. Gregoire and floor director Charles P. Larkin among others.
J. B. Conant & Co closed their week by selling the Cummings estate at 96 Jefferson Street in a guardian sale for Jeremiah Crowley as guardian to Peter A. Fay for 1500 dollars.
A Kirksville man reports severe gastralgia, constipation, and weight loss, then credits Grape-Nuts with rapid relief, improved sleep, and weight gain to 165 pounds. He praises the product as scientifically made from field grains and says recovery supports nervous system rebuilding.
A city committee on streets, led by Alderman Carmichael, held a public hearing on four petitions including defining Central street lines from Hosford square to Chapel street and paving Mammoth road with sidewalks on both sides. Debates covered Coburn avenue land, street car sprinkler costs, and new sidewalk needs near the high school annex.
The appropriations committee deadlocks on an 81.00 extra request while discussing public burial grounds and pauper allotments. Alderman Pearson likens the tabled bids to a morgue as an expert accountant criticizes the books. An adjournment is set for Monday evening amid a licenses meeting with no solicitor present.
Letters from many cities explain the new money lender regulations. A meeting is scheduled for next week contingent on the city solicitor's attendance.
The will of Odanathus Simpson of Lowell filed in Cambridge leaves all remaining estate to his wife Esther P. Simpson as executrix. Dated May 28, 1901, the will cites $50,000 in real estate and $15,000 in personal property and provides for daughters grandchildren and in laws. The case follows prior probate and equity actions involving Verazano Simpson and others.
The Women's Missionary society of Branch Street church hosted a Thursday tea at Mrs Christopher Baron’s Middlesex street home with invited guests from Farther Light society. Mrs Dilts led the meeting with scripture from Luke ten, prayers by Mrs Angie Gray and Miss Abbie Batson, and reports from the secretary and treasurer. Mrs Dilts shared reflections on Springfield May meetings. A social hour followed with Laura Secord, Lillian Stevens, and Eloise Hills assisting with refreshments.
An alarm at 6 20 reported a blaze in Charles Hayward's barn on 23 Coburn Avenue Ayer City. The fire caused total loss with no insurance. Hayward had spent nights and mornings building the barn.
Mr Austin Morrill returns from Amherst Agricultural College and is home for the summer vacation as the town grammar and primary schools close for the break. Mr William Farmer completes first year exams at Harvard Medical. Miss Anna and Miss Amy F Coggin, former residents, visit Mr A C Tingley in Centre village after two years traveling in the South and West.
The town hall hosted a shirt waist dance with about 40 couples, mainly locals and several from Lowell. Griffith's orchestra provided music while C. E. Bartlett directed the dancing assisted by E. W. Sweetser Paul Dutton H. O. Karlson Dr. G. P. Madden and Edward B. Redman. Ice cream kept guests cool as dancing risked rising temperatures.
Mrs Margaret Blondin once Emma Riley who is tied to a murder case now attracts attention as the North Chelmsford mill tale unfolds. The high school ends at 1 pm daily replacing 3 30 pm. Blondin left the mill February 14 to marry. Randall the sealer examined all scales in the Moore mill and nearby plants.
Mr and Mrs F Perry hosted friends for an evening of music with ice cream and cake after. The M E church Children’s Day concert featured a brief church history recited by Miss Helen Carter and a poem about Wilmington’s Chureh. Susie B Carter married Thomas Ripley in Melrose and sails for Europe for the summer.
The Andover Mins club held its annual show in the town hall before a large audience on Friday evening, June 7. The baccalaureate sermon for the theological seminary seniors was preached Sunday afternoon, June 9 by Prof. Smyth. The schedule included exams on Tuesday and part of Wednesday, a talk by President Capen on foreign missions, a necrology and discussion on the church and community, and the alumni reception on Wednesday, June 12 in Bartlett chapel.
Early 20th century advert promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for family use before summer. Claims wide success for bowel complaints in both children and adults. Sold by all druggists and to be kept at home to avoid late trips to town.
GEO E MAKER offers a wide range of portrait frames in wholesale and retail lots. Customers are urged to view stock and compare prices before buying, with finest to cheapest grades available. Located at John and Merrimack Streets.
By J. E. Conant & Co. Office Lowell Massachusetts. Auctioneers listing details and offerings from the firm.
A mixed set of notices announces auctions for residential and investment properties. One ad plans a June 17 1901 sale of a Read Street home in Centralville with 50 by 84 foot lot and four shade trees, while another advertises June 18 1901 deed sale of multiple Kinsman Street properties with store and tenements, detailing rents and improvements. Additional notices from S R Knights Co Boston and J E Conant Co Lowell list sale commissions and property packages in Beacon Causeway Beverly and Boston urging buyers to inspect plans.
Legatees of the late Gilman G. Cook announce an absolute auction sale of all Cook estate real estate on Thursday afternoon June 20 1901. Preview after 10 am. Properties include two Quebec street lots near 160 Quebec and near Plain streets, a four tenement block on Maple Street near Gorham, a two tenement on Adams Street with cottage rear, and a five house block on Fletcher Street and Brooks Street with 5582 square feet. Deposits due as lots are struck off.
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