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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1898
Page
8
In June, daylight length grows from about 15.15 hours. The sun rises around 4.10, reaches solar noon near 12.04, and sets around 7.25, yielding an increasing day length as the month progresses.
The sky cleared briefly yesterday afternoon but rain returned after dark, bringing several showers. Morning was rainy, then cleared in forenoon. temperatures ranged around 64 to 70, barometer near 29.80.
Boston reports fair conditions for Massachusetts with clear to pleasant weather tonight and continuing into Thursday. Winds light and temperatures mild, suitable for outdoor plans and minimal precipitation across the region.
A collage of reading room items and promotional blurbs notes baby hire Morse hacks and smoke rituals. Mentions Maltox glow for health and phonographs for home amusement with Tennert’s agents at 130 Market Street. Also lists summer music school and W E Stratton in Hildreth Building. Thompson Hardware promotes water cooler with separate water and ice. Rev George F Kenngett aided Potentate fundraiser by supplying slides and gas totaling 7 20. Fay Bros Hosford’s to auction 75 carfages Friday afternoon.
In behalf of Mr. Emile C. Lavigneur I thank those who promoted the concert. Special thanks go to Mrs. Elizabeth Wright Shaw Miss Maud BE Paradis Mr. Joseph Leach Mr. R. McDaniel and the Lowell Professional Musicians club for service on that occasion Fathers Gagnon and Amyette of St. Jean Baptiste church to the J. C. Ayer company for programmes to Mr. Frank Puffer for furniture to W. H. Boody manager of Music hall for donating the hall free of charge and to the press for assistance and interest in his welfare. Respectfully yours THOMAS McCARTHY Chairman Concert Committee.
Thompson Hardware Co sells a White Mountain freezer that makes homemade ice cream in four minutes. Compact appliance promises quick frozen dessert. Local shoppers can order now from Thompson Hardware for kitchen convenience.
The Lowell Reform club held its regular semiannual election last night naming Patrick J. Ryan as president James O Loughlin as vice president John Dunkerly as recording secretary Allen Marsden as financial secretary Richard Riedy as treasurer William Ball as trustee for 18 months and John H Kenny as janitor. They then set plans for the annual Bellegrove picnic on July 9.
A late night blaze in a brick block at 38 John Street owned by H B Shattuck started in a third floor closet used by Grace McDonald as a boarding house. The heat melted a lead pipe flooding rooms and charring walls. damage expected to be considerable. H C Church insured the block and Miss McDonald's furniture.
The Vesper baseball team will face Arlingtons in Arlington this Saturday with a cordial invitation extended to all Vesper men to attend the game.
A. G. Pollard & Co announces the second annual sale of damaged quilts in Lowell. The promotion offers quilts regularly priced at 1 to 1.25 dollars discounted to 69 cents and all other grades reduced similarly. This year includes over 599 fringed quilts at the same discount, with improved qualities claimed.
Friday sale copy notes Thompsons Hardware Co. offers full warranties on every foot of hose sold at Fay Bros. and Hosford's, signaling guaranteed product quality to customers.
City Council met last night in Huntington with eight members present. An effort to adopt a conference plan for rebuilding Huntington hall failed. a Fourth of July appropriation passed in one branch but stalled in the other amid extended debate. Petitions on sidewalks streets sewers lights and taxes were referred to committees as the meeting adjourned after 11:40 PM.
Fevers accompany many diseases from skin to vital organs with normal body temperature about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Severe cases show higher temperatures while conditions like shock or cholera lower it, and fever treatment depends on the underlying cause. A Frost Health Book is recommended.
Simple fever is common in children with headache back pains chills heat thirst and restless nights. It is often diet related and can be prevented by careful feeding and active bowels using Dr Frosts Constipation Cure. For treatment give Dr Frosts Fever Cure every half hour until perspiration frees and then every two hours with a light diet for days.
The meeting convened at 8 o'clock with the city solicitor's report ordered on file. The joint committee on streets reported on extending Beech Street to Tenth Street and a resolution to authorize the extension was taken up. Dana moved to charge sidewalk costs to abuttors, a motion defeated after discussion. Wilder called attention.
The council and City Solicitor address Rule 21 and its admissibility as a brake on land boom schemes. A Beech Street extension loan is approved amid clashes, with remarks on paving and sidewalk questions, and an omnibus vote on Huntington hall plans, sewers, and band funding. 150 street workers and 325 on sewers are noted, with 75 sewer workers laid off.
A regular Board of Police meeting reviewed Mayor Bennett letters, ordered grappling irons for drowning cases to be procured by the police superintendent, and granted licenses for hawkers and peddlers, victuallers, and intelligence offices to various individuals in Chelmsford, Westford, Tewksbury, Billerica, and Pelham. Licenses for Joshua Woodhead and J A Metcalfe were revoked, withdrawals granted for several common victuallers, and the city solicitor’s opinion on printing authority was filed.
A long list of committees is revealed for the soldiers fete at the Gen B F Butler estate on Andover Street with chairs for Army and Navy Flowers Gipsy Encampment Candy Lemonade Fireworks and Music sections. A final note urges boys to buy revolvers blank cartridges red fire and fire crackers at Thompson Hardware Co.
The John Boyle O Reilly Reading Circle marked its first anniversary with a banquet at the St Charles hotel. A 10 o clock supper served by Landlord Dickey featured speeches by Rev M J Leonard Thomas B Delaney William D Regan Thomas F McCann and John Shea with musical selections by Delaney Foye and others. Mayor Bennett attended after aldermen adjourned and lingered after the event. Officers include President John Shea and a slate of trustees and secretaries.
Read of Country Week aiding poor bodies by providing annual vacations. Contributions have poured in to Edward Ellingwood from groups such as Unitarian Sunday school and multiple individuals totaling about 120 dollars plus. A Chicago News evinces a court scene where a prisoner is discharged after his wife reveals nothing more.
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