Sun Rises and Moon Rises Timings Noted in Brief
The record notes sunrise at 4.07 hours length of day 15.17 hours sunset at 7.24 p m and moon rises at 8.56 p m.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1902
Page
10
The record notes sunrise at 4.07 hours length of day 15.17 hours sunset at 7.24 p m and moon rises at 8.56 p m.
Lawler at 79 Merrimack Street highlights fine stationery pound papers and box goods. Cook Taylor & Co on Central Street promotes ladies colored lawn and white dressing sacques for hot months, plus sailor suits and dresses for girls and infants' goods. See ad today.
Dr and Mrs Edwin L Farrington and Misses Clara and Edna Blanchard attended Harvard class day exercises and President Eliot's reception in Cambridge. G T Knight of Tufts announces the engagement of daughter Gertrude to Josiah Butler of Lowell. Hubert M Potter departs for Lyndeboro VT to visit his daughter. Mollie Roane of Elm Street goes to Marblehead for summer. Roane brothers Paul John Frank James and George head to Barker farm in Tyngsboro for summer. Joseph Eagan returns to work after a vacation. Medor Denault spends weeks at his son Joseph Denault’s summer home in Revere Beach. Bertha Grace Wilcox marries J Gordon Lee on Tuesday evening June 24. An extract from special orders No 133, June 6, at Washington: Lt Col Philip Reade 25th Infantry to report to a department commander for assignment. travel for the public service.
A Clinton First National teller helped Lowell officers chase William Caldwell, a former Clinton resident who forged checks after obtaining a bogus checkbook in Salem. Caldwell fled to Phoenix after depositing fake checks, prompting police to pursue him for trial. Clinton Bank suffered no losses.
Five alarms from box 131 within 25 hours bombard the Old City hotel on East Merrimack street as incendiary fires erupt in rooms 14 and 19 and a rear shed. Police arrest Barnie McLaughlin and three women amid suspicions tied to room 14, with a stranger linked to the first blaze. Hotel owner W. A. Ingham and insurer Church face the catastrophe and ongoing inquiry.
Luiss Bertha Lefebvre a 12 year old girl was badly burned on Friday afternoon while handling a roasted pork on a stove at her sister Mrs Henry Couture 57 Ford street Neighbors aided her cries and saved her life She was taken home to Moody street and Dr Patenaude treated the burns though the physician warned the injuries may not prove fatal
Little May Bonhoridar aged six celebrated with about 25 friends last Thursday afternoon. Rain forced indoors activities including songs recitations and games, but the children enjoyed a happy party with refreshments and grove arrangements switched to the house.
The Gallagher house on William Street served sandwiches with beer while others refused beer when named first, as hotels contend with a Supreme Court ruling. Patrons left in indignation, some learning Boston’s approach to food and beer. Gallagher plans to keep boisterous customers out, police silent on the issue, inspectors Goodwin and Walsh on duty.
Saturday afternoon recital by Miss Eleanor Daggett's pupils at Mrs. W H H Brown's 91 Fourth Street featured solos by Dorothy Kinney Louise Moody Carrie Willett Clara Blood Grace Schermerhorn and Georgie Brimigion Adria was sung by Clara Blood Louise Moody and Grace Schermerhorn Mrs Fred L Roberts offered A Mother's Lullaby and Japanese Love Song Weather kept several distant pupils away marking the close of the year and Daggett to take a short vacation.
A Saturday afternoon fire at the Favor street schoolhouse around 5 30 destroyed a stairway. Officials say the blaze was caused by a melting pot left by plumbers at work inside the building. The alarm originated from box 172.
Heirs of the late Eugene Sullivan announce an absolute auction sale of farm real estate in East Chelmsford on Tuesday June 24 1902. The 19 acre lot opposite the homestead a 2 1/2 acre cranberry meadow a 12 acre Brady cranberry meadow and woodland and a 10 acre homestead with house stable and wagon shed will be offered at public auction on the premises without reserve. The property lies near Lowell Fair Grounds and is accessible by electric car lines from Gorham Street and Centre Streets.
Lot 1 offers nineteen acres upland with 2000 feet frontage and four acres wood. About 15 acres cultivated, suitable for market gardening and farming. Includes barn and wagon shed. Cranberry meadow nearby and meadowland opposite Shinkwin place with six acres meadow and six acres woodland. Potential to split into two parcels for profitable vegetable and poultry farms.
The 10 acre homestead plots include tillage mowing and orchard land with a ten room square house a horse barn cartage house and hennery. A new schoolhouse funded for nearby site adds value. Bond deposits required for Lots 1 2 3 4 when struck off. Administratrix Margaret J Sullivan represents the heirs Eugene Sullivan and Julia B Howard.
An informal ballot at the First Unitarian society adjourned meeting Friday night showed sixteen in favor and twenty six against proposing to exchange the society’s interest in the South Congregational meeting house property for the John Street church. Walter Coburn presided as debate lasted about ninety minutes with Frank E. Dunbar supporting the exchange and Levi Sprague presenting alteration costs totaling seven thousand five hundred dollars.
The Fraternal, Court Gen Butler Fraternal Association held a semi annual meeting at Hibernian hall. Five applications were received and three candidates initiated. Officers for six months were elected and a series of entertainment acts and addresses were announced. Grand Lodge committee appointments were issued covering judiciary printing fraternal correspondence necrology finance credentials and mileage with members from Lowell Springfield Lynn Boston Taunton Medford Brockton Weymouth Fall River Webster Worcester spinefield and other cities.
The Royal Arcanum fraternity, chartered in Massachusetts, marked its silver jubilee after 25 years of operation. Founded by nine men in Boston on June 23 1877 and incorporated Oct 5 1877, its graded age based rates claim fairness and 25 years of uninterrupted service. The order shows nearly 250000 members nationwide, with over 20000 in Massachusetts and Lowell hosting multiple councils totaling about 1300 members. 71.5 million in death benefits have been paid to 25000 beneficiaries since February 1878.
Of 37 applicants who passed the educational examination for the police force 30 succeeded in the physician and strength tests. Alexander McCloughry had the highest average rank, with 29 others named as successful, including James E. Burke Daniel F. Murphy Michael J. Couathan Daniel C. Donovan Samuel J. Bigelow John J. Linane Gilbert W. Sheridan Adelard Cossette Francis Moore Bradley A. Messer Patrick J. Conroy John Gillis Patrick Sullivan Edward S. Richards John H. Prempas Burton E. Stockford Edward F. Purcell Martin B. Crowe Joseph C. Scribner Thomas M. Welch James H. Madden Edward J. Lyden Daniel M. Lynch Charles A. Foye Patrick H. Bagley Joseph A. Clark John C. O'Neil Leroy P. Burns Joseph M. G. Burns.
Mary A Murray aged woman dropped dead shortly after noon Saturday at 127 High Street from disease of the heart. She was sweeping the entry when a child nearby saw her collapse in the grass. Medical Examiner Irish signed the death return. A son of the deceased was killed about a year ago by a freight train.
On Tuesday afternoon June 24 at 2 30 I will sell a splendid selection of fine framed pictures mirrors and statuary to the highest bidder without reserve. These are the pick of my high grade stock and no one who has use for these goods should fail to attend the sale at Rugg building 121 Merrimack street.
A quiet wedding occurred at the groom's residence 268 Westford street on Saturday at noon. Dr William L Rombough dentist and Miss Nellie M Kittredge of Kirk street were the contracting parties with L C Manchester D D of St Johns Episcopal Church officiating. No cards.
In the city records an array of deaths is listed with ages from new born to 85. Names include Michael Long 67 Warren Foote 67 Mary Quigley 76 Catherine Hagan 738 Mary R. Patterson 73 Philomene Barry 57 John E. Conlin 35 Everett A. Noble 3 Ellen Green 74 Anson Bickmore 66 William Breen 36 Matilda Berard 14 Marie A. Cote 5 Alphonsius Marchand 4 Rufus Norman 76 Timothy Sullivan 67 George Miskell 2 Cora Pelletier 33 Ann Lynch 40 Joseph Fitzgerald 56 Charles H. Holmes 34 Raymond Collins 1 Willie A. Bernier 6 months Timothy Driscoll 40 Eveline L. Heureux 5 Harry E. Boynton 20 James R. Carter 9 months O. MacDonald 3 Marie A. Gagne 5 months Marie Q. Gardner 20 days Mary L. Brennan 85 Girard P. Dadman City Clerk.
Week ending June 21 1902 reports population 99574 total deaths 32 deaths under five 9 infectious diseases 3 typhoid 1 diphtheria 2 acute lung 3 mortality rate 16.71 per week. Infectious diseases listed scarlet fever 2 diphtheria 10 measles 3 smallpox 3. Kansas asks for 6000 men to aid harvest among unemployed in cities, with benefits to both. Also note commentary on street toilet color schemes and fashion.
The listing outlines pricing for negligee shirts at 48 cents and up to 150 dollars in fines, cambric night shirts at 50 cents, pajamas from 1 to 2 dollars, washable ascots and stocks at 50 cents, fine leather belts in several leathers from 25 cents to 1 dollar, two-piece and pure worsted bathing suits around 1 and 2.50 dollars, white and fancy vests at 2 to 2.50 dollars, and outing suits in flannel and wool crash priced from 8 to 10 dollars.
W. P. Brazer & Co. operates as a hatter and outfitter at the Central corner of Market Street, offering men’s hats and clothing. The business location is noted as a prominent storefront at a busy downtown intersection.
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