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Newspaper

Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1902

Page

10

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.

Stationery and ready-to-wear ads for summer season

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.

Lawler Merrimack Street Cook, Taylor & Co Central Street

Cambridge Class Day Attendances and Local Engagements

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.

G. T. Knight Tufts College Gertrude Josiah Butler Lowell Hubert M. Potter Lyndeboro Mollie Roane Elms Street John Roane Marblehead Roane Paul John Frank James George Barker Farm Tyngsboro Joseph Eagan Cole Night Mail Medor, Denault Jewett Street Joseph Denault Revere Beach W. B. Wilcox Bridge Street Bertha Grace J. Gordon Lee Adjutant General's Office Washington Philip Reade 25Th Infantry Department of the Missouri

Tired of Dodging Frank M Hammong Assists in Checks Case

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.

Frank M. Hammong First National Bank of Clinton Lowell Bank Peetie William Caldwell Phoenix Arn Caldwell Salem Everett E. Thompson John Dickinson Lowell Institution For Savings Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank Traders National Bank Clinton Bank Supt Moffatt Traders Bank Hammond Lowell Bank Clinton Institution

Firebug at Work in Old City Hotel Prompts 5 Alarms

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.

Howe East Merrimack Streets Old City East Merrimack Street Merrimack Square Bowery Davidson Street Barnie” McLaughlin Kate Margaret McGuigan Annie Collins William Gillen Fitzgerald Annie Annie Fahey Edward Hunt W. A. Ingham Church

Frightfully Burned Girl Burns Both Legs At Home

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

Luiss Bertha Lefebvre Henry Couture Ford Street Moody Street Patenaude

Birthday party for May Bonhoridar at Atherton

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.

Little May Bonhoridar Atherton

Sunday Beer Sparks Mixed Hotel Practices in City

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.

Gallagher House William Street Supreme Court Edward Gallagher Gallagher Boston Supt. Moffatt Police Department Goodwin Walsh

Piano Recital by Daggett Pupils at Brown Home

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.

Eleanor Daggett

Fire at Favor street schoolhouse destroys stairway

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.

Favor Street

Sullivan Farm Absolute Auction in East Chelmsford Mass

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.

Eugene Sullivan Sullivan East Chelmsford Mass Lowell Fair Grounds Lowell Chelmsford Centre Gorham Street Edson Cemetery District School No. 6 Billerica Boston Gorham and Centre Streets Brady Middlesex Canal

Land Lot Seventeen Acres Near Chelmsford Road Ad

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.

Charles Shinkwin Middlesex Canal Chelmsford

Lot 4 at Auction of Howard Estate With Farm and Buildings

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.

Margaret J. Sullivan Julia B. Howard Eugene Sullivan James T. O'Hearn

Vote Trashes Exchange Plan for John Street Church

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.

First Unitarian Society South Congregational Meeting House John Street Walter Coburn Frank E. Dunbar Levi Sprague Sprague George F. Richardson Frederick A. Fisher George Bowers Chas. H. Coburn Dunbar

Fraternal Court Gen Butler F A holds semi annual meeting

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.

Butler F. of A Hibernian Hall C. R Martin J. Crowe R. William Fitzgerald R. S. John A. Gateley S. W Frank Gargan J. W Thomas Rowbottom S. B Nicholas Kennedy J. B Coleman Clark Harry Irwin Martin Kennedy William Johnson Fred Lindsey al. Cooney Harry Lindsay Hugh McGowan John Murray Mr. Roberts James Fitzgerald John Paine J. Crowe Thomas Kelliher Thomas Nevins J. E. Leary Robert R. Herriman Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias Louis H. Kileski Lowell Charles L. Young Springfield Jessie L. Attwill Lynn James H. Flint Weymouth L. Franklin Garfield Brockton Charles A. Cross John J. Whipple Otis Sargent Boston Fred. E. White Taunton D. S. Woodworth Fitchburg Charles Cowley George N. Bodge Westwood J. M. Aguayo Horace W. Wilson Worcester William F. Sinclair Allston P. Joyce Medford Francis B. Gardner A. M. Richardson Charles W. Trefethen George W. Carruth N. R. Hosley Spinefield A. S. Aiken Rufus B. Hilliard Fall River

Royal Arcanum marks 25th anniversary in Massachusetts

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.

Royal Arcanum Massachusetts Darius Wilson John A. Cummings William C. Robson Charles K. Darling J. H. Wright William Bradley George W. Blish Julius M. Swain Ezra M. Crawford Boston Royal Ar- See Worcester Mass Lowell

Would-Be Cops From 37 Applicants Pass Tests

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.

Alexander McCloughry 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 Died of Heart Disease at Home

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.

Mary A. Murray High Street Irish

Auction of Fine Framed Pictures and Statuary at Rugg Building

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.

Rugg Building Merrimack Street

Rombough and Kittredge Tie Count at Westford 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.

Westford Street L. C. Manchester D. D St. John’s Episcopal Church William L. Rombough Nellie M. Kittredge Kirk Street

Vital Statistics Names and Ages of Deceased Persons

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.

Michael Long Warren Foote Mary Quigley Catherine Hagan Mary R. Patterson Philomene Barry John E. Conlin Everett A. Noble Ellen Green Anson Bickmore William Breen Matilda Berard Marie A. Cote Alphonsius Marchand Rufus Norman Timothy Sullivan George Miskell Cora Pelletier Ann Lynch Joseph Fitzgerald Charles H. Holmes Raymond Collins Willie A. Bernier Timothy Driscoll Eveline L. Heureux Harry E. Boynton James R. Carter E O. MacDonald Marie A. Gagne Marie Q. Gardner Mary L. Brennan Girard P. Dadman

Mortuary Report and Kansas Harvest Request

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.

Kansas

Neglige Shirts and Men's Casualwear Prices

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.

Brazer Hatters and Outfitters at Central Corner Market

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.

W. P. Brazer & Co., Hatters and Outfitters Central, Corner Market ST

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