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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1903
Page
10
June calendar fragment lists daily sunrise times and moonset details, noting a 4.10 sunrise and a 10.31 p.m. moonset with sunrises and sunsets data for the month. The entry references length of day around 15.15 hours and marks days 3 8 6 7 10 among others.
A 1903 Lowell notice list announces burn to Wilsons coa and awnings at 209 Dutton street, the Lowell and Boston Express Co. opening at 31 Middle street, Coggeshall water colors exhibition ending soon at Central, and Cook Taylor Co Central street selling ladies gingham aprons at low prices for travellers leaving the city.
George Pearson of Westford street is in Syracuse New York. Patrolmen Noye Crehin Palmer and D O Cornnell are on vacation. Frank G Elliott of Candia New Hampshire visits for a few days. Inspector Frank Goodwin of Coral street. Raymond S Osborne of Yonkers visiting his brother W B Osborne of Belvidere. Mr and Mrs D A Swan of East Merrimack street opened their summer cottage in Winter Island Salem. James Marshall of 7 Chase street returns from Perkins Institute Jamaica Plain to stay with his parents. Co I Hood Co office celebrated presenting a cut glass salad dish to wedding gift to Harry J Corwin advertising manager. speech by Charles Stickney. Corwin leaves Lowell for Randolph Vermont to marry Elsie Powers. John W Bowker is a passenger on the steamer Sarpathia due in New York Thursday. Mr and Mrs Merton N Glidden registered at Hotel Champlain New York. will visit Ausable Chasm Plattsburg Lake Champlain area. Stephen Kearney, second alternate in Annapolis academy exam, notified of required rank. son of John Kearney of 312 Market street.
The United Irish League met in Jackson hall with Chairman Michael A. Lee presiding. A committee was formed to secure permanent headquarters and an excursion to Revere Beach was voted, date to be set by the executive committee and reported next Sunday. A circular of renewal fees was approved to fund the campaign for national self government for Ireland. The meeting adjourned to next Sunday evening.
At Falcon Heights Crystal Lake North Chelmsford the Centralville M E Church Sunday School held its annual picnic Saturday. Mrs E M Ayer owned the property and worked to please all. The day was perfect with a smooth lake. Children enjoyed boating as songs and laughter filled the groves. The piazzas offered shaded retreats and plenty of food delighted the youngsters.
In this city a child was born to Mr and Mrs John Mothr a son.
Joseph E. Lamont of Cambridge shot Georgiana Goddy and Dr Adelard Payette in Lowell after pursuing his rejected admirer Alexina Goddu and her sister and mother. Georgiana died. Payette injured. Lamont fled. witnesses describe the assault and pursuit. Local police and towns searched for him through the night as family members grieved at the Henette residence.
A short agency note indicates J E Conant Co has reorganized as auctioneers under new terms. Details specify services and contact points for estate and public sale coordination. The item reads as a business notice rather than a full event report.
Trustees will offer without reserve the Benjamin Watson estate on Andover street Lowell as a 22 acre parkway style property with 12 room house barn and outbuildings. Two plots with river frontage and Clark road access will also be sold with terms including $1500 down and 60 percent mortgage on the homestead portion. Auction Tuesday June 30 1903 at 4 45 pm on the premises.
The text details an individual named Lamont described as 80 to 35 years old with a tall medium build, blue eyes, gray mixed hair, bald crown, brown moustache, often spectacles, and a light gray suit with a white straw hat. It notes two sisters, Mrs Casgrain and Mrs Matthias, the latter married to a German-origin lawyer, and mentions residence in the city.
Immanuel Baptist Church and Sunday School held their annual picnic at Canobie Lake Park with over 150 attendees. Rev. R F True, George B Williams, William J Beaven, Mrs Mary Gillespie and Mrs Mitchell Lawson led arrangements as chartered cars shuttled guests from the park to Lowell.
Saturday afternoon a special car carried past and present Miss Wood's school of typewriting and shorthand to Canobie lake arriving by 3 30 pm. The group toured the grounds naphtha launches circled the lake lunch was spread on a long table. After lunch some returned to Lowell while others enjoyed theatre or the dance hall. Chaperone Miss Florence Lancey overseen the trip.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians five divisions met in a mass gathering and voted to join Nashua’s fiftieth anniversary celebration. About 300 Nashua men will assemble at 7 30 in their hall and, with a band, depart at 8 15 to participate in the parade in Nashua. Two Nashua Hibernians delegates attended.
Yesterday's weather favored railroads and soda fountains yet again. The piece notes Panama hats arriving with sun but hidden by recent rain, and observes wind tends to blow straw hats into mud puddles while caps stay cleaner, hinting at seasonal hat wear.
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