Weather report notes warm day and cooler night
Yesterday and today were warm with a cooler night. By noon the barometer read 29.58 and the temperature reached 64 degrees. The day remained fine and comfortable overall.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1900
Page
8
Fourth of July freezer orders urged by Thompson Hardware Co
The Lowell Daily Courier notes freezer weather is near and urges readers to order a freezer for the July Fourth from Thompson Hardware Co. A reception for Rev Willis D Leland and wife at Pawtucket church is set for Tuesday evening from 8 to 10, inviting all friends. Railway commissioners at Concord discussed leasing Nashua street railway to Lowell and Suburban, but no decisive decision was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Horne
Thompson Hardware Co
Willis D. Leland
Pawtucket
Railway Commissioners
Concord
Nashua
Lowell & Suburban Street Railway
Auction Sale at Vox Populi Printing Lowell
The Vox Populi printing establishment auction in Lowell ran from 11 a m to 5 p m with auctioneer Conant loudly selling every lot Ned kept the pace lively Attendees came from Boston Providence Roxbury Malden Pawtucket Lawrence Haverhill and nearby towns All lots sold for moderate prices with some exceeding value The Courier-Citizen company claimed the prize with the check lists All items must be removed within one week when the elevator closes and Vox Populi shuts for good
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vox Populi
Lowell
Conant
Ned
Boston
Providence
Roxbury
Malden
Pawtucket
Lawrence
Haverhill
Courier-Citizen Company
List of deaths and ages from city clerk record
The record lists names and ages of numerous deceased individuals from 1 to 23 with causes including pneumonia, cancer, heart disease, typhoid fever, debility, enteritis, tuberculosis, and others. Notable entries include Philo Sampson Bright's disease and George E. Bell paralysis among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo Sampson
Bright
Cynthia M. Atkinson
Sperry A. Clark
Joseph F. A. Sauvageau
Maria Smith
George E. Bell
Edward A. Wilber
Eugene Willette
Eliza A. Kelley
Nicholas Leacokes
Thomas H. Dale
Henry Marconne
Gill
Catherine Griffin
Sarah J. Collins
Rose Clark
Vermidas Clairmont
Catherine Walsh
Edward J. McCaffrey
Therese McNally
Eddie Morrison
Pilen McHale
Peter J. Boland
Vaselo Kalepoure
Jane Deahy
Charles E. Paige
Ann Ward
Ellen Teague
Girard P. Dadman
Pleasant church party tours Littleton Common
A cheerful group from the Chelmsford Street church left the city last Sunday morning. Miss May Louise Coburn Ethel Livingston Mrs W B Davis Florence Laney Edna Sawtelle Mr Henry Boyd John Thompson Dan McKenzie Alfred Pendexter are members of the double quartette. They stayed with Mr and Mrs W H Emery and sang at the Baptist church in Littleton Common. Geo F Maguire supervised the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Louise Coburn
Ethel Livingston
W. 8. Davis
Florence Laney
Edna Sawtelle
Henry Boyd
John Thompson
Dan McKenzie
Alfred Pendexter
Double
Chelmsford Street
Littleton Common
W. H. Emery
Baptist
Geo. F. Maguire
Two 12 year olds to face court for fires set in barns
Two boys under 12 will appear in court Friday morning charged with setting fires in an vacant barn at the London and Quebec corner and in Dr Carroll's property on Gordaan street. Four boys admit setting Miss Cawley s barn and received a lecture from Deputy Mlatt. A fire traced to boys at Dr Carroll's building will also be addressed to teach the seriousness of the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Quebec
Dr. Carroll
Gordaan Street
Miss Cawley
Dep Mlatt
Expressions of Thanks for Kindness in Bereavement
The undersigned express heartfelt thanks for kindness and sympathy shown during a terrible bereavement. They thank fellow employees, fraternal organizations, charity ginners, hospital attendants, neighbors, and all who ministered to them. The memory of these acts will help through the dark hour.
Fractured ad touts PEP-1 cure claim
An old classified style notice promotes immediate relief and indigestion cures with PEP-1. The ad claims guaranteed cure for severe ailments, urging readers to visit druggists. It lacks verifiable medical support and uses promotional language from a bygone period.
Mrs Kelley Ends Life in Kerr Home Tragedy
A young cook, Emma Sloan Kelley, 20s, employed by N B Kerr at 67 Kirk Street, shot herself in her third floor room between 9:30 am and 1 pm. Found dead by Louis Kerr and the family coachman with a bulldog revolver nearby. A distressing six to eight page letter from her husband in Grand Falls New Brunswick hinted at suicide. She had left Limestone Maine to seek work and support two young daughters. Local inquiry notes she appeared cheerful before the act. a memorandum found in the room remains unclear about motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kelley
N. B. Kerr
Boott Mills
Kirk Street
Harry Kelsey
Grand Falls
New Brunswick
Limestone
Sloan
Kerr
Kelley
Lowell
Mr. Kerr
Minnie
Four lots of land for sale at auction in Lowell Mass
J M Ansart advertises four moderate value building lots on Varnum avenue and Old Meadow Road in Lowell for auction on June 27 1900 at five o'clock. Lots range 9750 to 12750 square feet with frontages 75 to 180 feet. Water gas sewer access and electric cars nearby. Two thirds of purchase money may remain on mortgage. Deposits required per lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varnum Avenue
Thomas Varnum
Old Meadow Road
W. P. Gordon
Lowell
Woburn
Office of
Descriptive Auction Of Princeton Wood Colby Street Lots
An afternoon auction on Thursday June 28 1900 offers at least twenty of thirty nine Princeton Wood and Colby Street lots in Lowell with electric lights water gas free mail delivery near Middlesex street line of cars. Sale proceeds to close a partnership as one owner seeks funds for Porto Rico business. Each lot requires a $50 deposit upon strike with two thirds of purchase money left on mortgage. H E Shaw and G W Pearson Auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Street
Wood Street
Columbia Street
Cornell Street
Colby Street
Sechess
Middlesex
Cornell Streets
Middlesex Street
Chelmsford
Tyngsboro
City of Lowell
Highland Club
Porto Rico
H. E. Shaw
G. W. Pearson
Happy feelings and church visits ahead of news
The speaker expresses happiness away from a loved one and prays for her. details include church attendance with Miss Fletcher and Mr Kerr's family. A memorandum ends mid-sentence in Mrs Kelley’s room where photos of her husband and their four-year-old daughter are shown. Telegrams to the husband in Grand Falls and brother in Limestone, Me. yielded no response by 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Miss Fletcher
Methodist Church
Mr. Kerr
Contracts Awarded for Work on the High School Annex
Bids were opened for heating and ventilating plumbing and gas fitting and furnishing galvanized iron for the high school annex. The lowest bid for heating and ventilating went to H. R. Barker Co at 10,380.00. Plumbing and gas awards ranged with Farrell & Conaton at 82,829.00 as the low bid among competitive offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BB. F. Cart
Scikdones
Welsh Bros
Ceed Carpenter & Jefferson Aneboené Middlesex Machine Co
Comethc & Co
Cdeavenne K Farrell & Conaton
Iveeans Se
B. Barker Co
Kseccen. Eee
H. KR. Barker Co
Brak Carroll
Alice Samen H. HH
Wilder & Co Ausseees
Welch Bros
John H. Barry
Scott & O'Day
T. Costello & Co
H. R. Barker Co
Farrell & Conaton
Auctioneers and bidders listed with assorted bids
An OCR fragment lists firms including D. Curhing & Co and H. H. Wilder & Co with bid amounts such as 785.00 and 952.00. T. Costello & Co is noted as an estimated bidder. The text appears to be a damaged record of a bidding event with inconsistent formatting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Curhing & Co
H. H. Wilder & Co
W.A. Mack & Co
T. Costello & Co
Covcedye AG
Epileptic Fit and Leg Cramps Send Two Men to St. John’s
Yesterday at 5.50 am Ed ward Clover of 44 Central street suffered an epileptic fit at the Merrimack and Bridge corner and was conveyed to St. John’s hospital by ambulance. At 7.40 am Joseph Jacobs of 283 Lake view avenue developed leg cramps on Middlesex street and was rushed to St. John’s hospital by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Clover
Central Street
Merrimack
Bridge Streets
St. John’s Hospital
Middlesex Street
Joseph Jacobs
Lakeview Avenue
St. John's Hospital
Cyclers Postpone Run to Tewkesbury Tomorrow
The club postpones tonight's run to Wednesday June 27 to Tewkebury. On return a social meeting will be held at the association building. Next Saturday afternoon the cyclers second half century run goes to Salem and back. Participants depart Hard Street in three divisions, register at Salem YMCA, then at Lowell building by p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tewkebury
Association
Salem
Hard Street
Salem Young Men's Christian Association
Lowell
Y W C A Special Noon Prayer Week for China
Special noon prayer meetings will be held daily this week at the YWCA room to pray for China, its missionaries, and converts. Tuesday’s service is at 1:15 p.m., open to all men and women, with offerings welcome to support work among Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mistionaries
Ita
Plaudits for Pupils at Immaculate Conception School
The twentieth annual commencement of Immaculate Conception School was held last evening in the school hall with a large audience. The program featured odes, recitations, drills, choruses, a drama titled Coals of Fire, a pretty operetta The Flowers Choice, and three tableau performances Perseverance Rewarded. Medals were awarded for Christian doctrine, average and deportment to various pupils, including Mitchell Brosnan Charles Cooney Margaret Knowles James Green Louise Lennon Josephine Kelliher and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception School
Simonds
IM. G. Walsh
Adam Craboree
E. Gallagher
Phil O' Hara
W. Hew
Mr. Meek
Srcz
Dick Pippin
Dawney
Charley Baldwin
W. Dalton School Boys
Orchard Despolilera
Rose Ng
Downey Crocus
Sreseseese
McAleer
M.hammersley
M. Welch
M. Queenan
M. Keashon
Mitchell Brosnan
Charles Cooney
Margaret Knowles
James Green
Louise Lennon
Josephine Kelliher
Wedding Gift Idea Picture Frame or Mirror at Makers Art Store
Describes wedding gift options of a framed picture or fine mirror in square or oval frames. Promotes the largest selection and lowest prices at Makers Art Store located at John C and Merrimack Street, near Marble Bank. Includes telephone number 865-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ati Maker
Car
John c and
Merrimack Street
Marble Bank
Public note on authorship of graduation statement
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal shows a dialogue where a father denies writing a graduating statement and a daughter reassures him. The exchange highlights a concern about public attribution and personal accountability in a local paper format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohppa
Indianapolis Journal
Sewer Petition At Lowell Hospital Hearing In Street Office
The committee on sewers held a 4 PM hearing on Lowell General Hospital’s sewer petition. Speakers urged extending the Woodward avenue sewer through private lands to reach Flaggy Meadow Brook, with a 50 by 33 inch brick sewer estimated at $20,000, to be funded from sewer construction appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Sewers
Badger
Lowell General Hospital
W. H. White
Larkin T. Trull
Clarence W. Whidden
John H. Kimball
Arthur G. Pollard
C. A. Stott
Levi Sprague
A. E. Rose
Charles Rune
Woodward Avenue
Robert Park
Lucy Fay
Flagey Meadow Brook
Charles Runels
C. A. Swan
John Chamipre
Alderman Whitter
Mammoth Road
Said Street
Flaggy Meadow Brook
Lucy M. Fay
E. Badger
Cyrus Barton
W. D. Whittet
George Bowers
Daniel Gage
Wilder
Rolfe
Petithiona
New Street
Merrill Street
Oaklands
Tommy Boyle to Open Basement Palm Garden Wednesday
Thomas H. Boyle will open a basement palm garden cafe this Wednesday after rushing furnishings and skilled workmen to enlarge his establishment. The space features North Carolina pine floors white wood lower walls a polished pea green upper wall tone and a color coordinated ceiling creating a polished, festive ambience. Local patrons anticipate it as the finest cafe palm garden in Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Whittet &McDonald
Thomas Costello
Lowell Electric Company
Boyle
Thomas H. Boyle
North Carolina
Funeral for Mary Charlton Held at St Catherine's Church
Middlesex County reports the funeral of Mary Charlton from her home on Saturday noon with services at St Catherine's Church at 12 30 led by Rev Fr Shaw. The De Profundis and Nearer My God to Thee were performed by the choir. Bearers were Bert Wall Henry Healey Frank Loftus William Hemnen James Ledwith and Timothy Riney Jr. Burial followed in the Catholic cemetery. A mass of requiem was offered Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Charlton
St. Catherine’s Church
Fr. Shaw
J. W. Davis
Ayer
Mary G. Hanley
Bert Wall
Henry G. Healey
Frank Loftus
William Hemnen
James Ledwith
Timothy Riney
Healey
Star
Mamie
St. Catherine’s Choir
C. G. Sargent & Sons
Cross
Nellie Caskin
W. E. Caskin
J. T. Berrell
Nellie M. Couture
Carrie E. Reed
James Sullivan
Grace Ledwith
Amy Nutting
Amy Nutting; Bouquet of Roses, Mrs. Worcester
David Reed
Belinda Matterson
Etta Wall
David Moran
Eva Hughes
C. G. Sargent
M. J. Egan
Chariton
St. Catherine's Church
Westford Young Ladies’ Mandolin and Guitar Club
Tragedy at East Wilbraham Drowns Young Carpenter
John Sutherland a nineteen year old state ward employed as a carpenter by Harris Moulton of Butterville East Wilbraham drowned in the Chicopee river near Twelve-mile brook while swimming with Frank Bronson. Bronson tried to aid him but risked his life and could not help. Selectmen Jason Butler and Marshal Lane searched the river the rest of the afternoon. Sutherland born in the Tewksbury almshouse in 1881 lived in Hampden with families of Aldrich and Jacobs and had been under Nathan Coe of this city for five years. Coe calls him one of the best of boys and notes he caused little trouble while under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sutherland
Harris Moulton
Butterville
Wilbraham
Chicopee
East Wilbraham
Frank Bronson
Bronson
Jason Butler
Marshal Lane
Sutherland
Tewksbury Almshouse
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Nathan Coe
Hampden
Aldrich
Jacobs
Open air concert by North Billerica Talbot Mills band
The Talbot Mills band led by George H. Halstead will perform an outdoor concert in North Billerica on Wednesday evening replacing Thursday’s plan. The programme includes marches, selections from Iolanthe and Mill selections, cornet and trombone solos, polka and cake walk numbers, and a serenade by Halstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot Mills
George H. Halstead
North Billerica
Iolanthe
G. H. Halstead
Waitz
Calanthe
Abe Holzeman
Old
Shenandoah
de Witt
Arthur Ingalls
Watermill
Tilliard
Jasper Jenkins
Mill
Boettger
Halstead
Love
Wakefield approves sewer link plan at special meeting
A Wakefield special town meeting Monday evening voted to accept the legislative act permitting the town to connect with the metropolitan sewerage system. Only slight opposition was recorded. A second special meeting will elect sewerage commissioners. The sewer system for the town is estimated to cost $350,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Chinese visitors march to Crystal Lake resort led by Sam Kee
A Sunday evening group of twelve Chinamen from Lowell marched to Crystal Lake summer resort for ice cream. North Chelmsford resident Sam Kee led the procession. Also noted is the upcoming marriage of John Finnegan and Margaret McCabe on Tuesday at 4 50 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Crystal Lake
Sam Kee
North Chelmsford
John Finnegan
Margaret McCabe
Sale of figured lawns at 1 cent each
A 27th Wednesday sale offers remnants of printed lawn cloth in white ground with small figures in varied colors. Years of moods, fast colors. Regular 5 cent lawn now 2 cents per yard, sold in bundles of six yards, in basement. A G Pollatod & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A, G, Pollatod & CO
Census Enumerator Falls Ill on Front Step
A census enumerator collapsed on a front step while completing door to door queries and exPressing frustration at repeated questioning. The scene captures the strain of collecting household data during the counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nictorica
Washington Star
Advertisers urged to note Courier ad appeared
The Courier note reminds advertisers that their spots were seen in the current issue. It calls for confirmations of campaigns and requests feedback on placement, timing, and audience reach to optimize future inserts.
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