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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
1
A weary traveler on a dismal Essex Junction bench curses the place that delays trains and fate. He recalls travels north and south, foretelling disasters and misrouted lines as he pleads to avoid the infamous junction. He boards the wrong train and vanishes amid smoke shouting a last curse at Essex Junction.
A jumble of quips and trivia. lines touch on tastes like a Rose at a banquet, steam car water delivery, a life stage about reversing a phrase, a large mother’s brood, a court challenge to a will, Brewers and the Knights of Malta, Rev Dr Schell in Chicago, a shelling out joke, and a Wells Fargo style farmer joke from Chicago News.
The Traders' National Bank details a surplus of 200000 and offers foreign exchange in English German and Swedish money. It features safety deposit rooms, private coupon rooms, a Savings Department at 4 percent, quarterly or semiannual interest, and a ladies bank room. It positions as depository for the United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Military dispatches from Snondon report Roberts consolidating rail links to Norvals Pont and Bethulie while a quiet period precedes a likely major engagement. Warren’s division in Durban is ordered to Buller, signaling a flanking move through the Nek of Zululand. The Bloemfontein occupation proceeds as the union jack is raised, Steyn flees, and Boer leaders criticize Pretoria.
Fire in Bridges block Hopkinton Massachusetts started at 2:90 this morning and burned until 11 destroying five main buildings in the business section including the town hall. Loss about 80000 with insurance two thirds. Blocks burned were Bridges Mahansa Braith Waits Highlands and the town hall. Occupants were business firms offices and society halls. It started in an A O H hall. Help came from surrounding towns. telephone and telegraph wires down. Cause unknown.
Augustus R. Wright of Portland Maine and president of the Eastern Dredging Co died suddenly of heart failure at Young's hotel in Boston this morning. His death is noted as unexpected and work records and official notices are not yet available. The deceased was a prominent regional business figure and linked to maritime dredging operations. He was known in Portland and had business ties to New England industrial circles.
A City Hall dispute arises as Mayor Crowley defies aldermen by attempting to appoint John J. O Connor to the board of health. The board's term changes complicate leadership while a crumbling crematory needs repair and potential action.
Professor W. F. Ganong of Smith College spoke to the Middlesex Women's Club on protoplasm and the formation of plants from sea forms to land flora. He traced root and shoot evolution, starch and sugar production, and demonstrated a Pfeffer cell and chlorophyll. The lectures will continue with shoots leaves and flowers.
The Cantata Esther titled Esther the Beautiful Queen was staged last night at Odd Fellows hall in Middlesex street under Highland M E church and Mechanics lodge I O C F. The cast included Miss Mertha M Wilcox as Eather Queen A H Slater as Ahasuerus G H Russell as Haman Ethel M Noyes as Ida Albert Whitweeth as Mordecai Miss Daisy J Ripley as Zeresh Mrs Hal Ne Be Whitney as Prophetes Mrs Florence B Newton as A Median Princess Miss Lilla M Wood as A Persian Princess Parker Harlow as High Priest H Gordon Lee as Scribe Frank C Wotton as Beggar Frederic Clegg as Hegal H D Ferguson as Herald Charlies Thomas as Harbonah Nellie W Slater as accompanist Eva M Lombard as manager Committees were Mrs A A Slater and Miss Eva Lombard for M E church and Arthur H Cluer and P McPheters for Mechanicine.
Acton village farm on Stow road four acres with barn orchard timber sold by J. W. Randall heirs to Adelbert F. Perry of Cambridge who plans a poultry plant. Town meeting elected Clerk Samuel Bewall selectmen Thomas Pollock Walter Skelton and William Carter treasurer Walter Moetntire constables C T Loeton Al M Nichole auditors Mertert Marion C B Ketertrook.
The notice notes a brief early morning church service conducted by Rev. W. of Littleton at the desk, followed by an entertainment arranged by Mrs. M. C. Butterfield in the evening. The town hall event is set for the sixteenth.
Fragmentary OCR text references Baden Powell and Mafeking garrison, with distorted phrases and unclear meaning. It appears to be a damaged historical snippet lacking coherent details or quotes.
The J C Ayer company held its third annual banquet at Prescott hall to honor the 59th anniversary of the firm. Alfred E Rose presided, with Frank E Dunbar and Rev George H Johnson at his side. The event featured elaborate floral decor, a lengthy menu, a concert by Hibbard's orchestra, and speeches centering on company progress and Hubbard's A Message to Garcia. The evening closed with a dance as employees celebrated the year’s achievements.
A speaker urges daily heart work and collective effort toward a noble aim. By focusing on a desired future self and seizing opportunities, individuals unconsciously shape themselves into the capable, useful person they envision.
Grand jury hears dramatic testimony from Mrs Staples in the murder attempt case against Edward B Staples formerly of Lowell. She describes a Jan 8 attack in Jamaica Plain apartments with threats of gas and a fatal knife strike. Staples remains held for the next grand jury term.
The amended bill closing the upper free landing likely makes the city a party to the issue though the city council has no current official stake. Engineer Mills says the city may accept new streets along the canal and designate a landing once law, but officials note action requires council review after passage.
An alarm from box 75 at 2 52 this morning reported a fire in the large house on Riverside street Hill above the Navy Yard. The blaze started in the L between the main building and an addition and spread to both sides but was checked before gaining headway. The structure belonged to mill property and was formerly a boarding house.
March 14 probate session lists numerous names including Charlotte Hil Medford Stephen Day Cambridge Leon Bee Low ell Marie Nichole Wakefield M Marsh Melrose Susan Reese Jawan Mary Loring Newton F A Dunlap Cambridge Elizabeth Richardson Melford Lacy Leland Sherborn Lecy Moore Waltham John O'Brien Everett Malden A 3 Ha ear Walt Bieaboth Weeks Marl bere John Beales Townsend Lucy Puller Wakefield Administrations granted Pierre Denhamet Adelle Orgood Cambridge F C Morrie Lowell Pierence Haker Balden Sophia Brown Malden Howard Wildman Newton G BK Sher Cambridge J C Haei Framingham Olive Lord Flora McAuliffe Watertown Keber Mannion
An item from a London street mentions a wife and partner Alfred and Tose of an unknown company presenting a silver dinnerware set as a wedding anniversary gift. The note references Mr. unees and J. C. Aver company training in vague terms.
Lillian M. CY appears linked to a corrected entry about six of her poetry friends. The fragment mentions an event or error surrounding a personal note but lacks clear dates names places or outcomes. The readable text indicates an archival correction related to a group of poets with embedded details obscured.
Oliver P. Lovejoy, a Boston drummer for a New York firm, was found guilty in police court of selling adulterated olive oil. He was fined $50, appealed, and held on $300 bonds for the superior court. State board agent McCaffrey and health analyst Leech testified the sample was not pure, containing olive oil plus another substance.
The Ward Three Republican club met in Old Highland Hall last evening to transact club business and plan open meetings with invited speakers. A Laborers' hall meeting elected officers and agreed to set journeyman wages at 1.75 per thousand starting May 1, 1900, by a full union vote.
In old advertising style the text touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for catarrh rheumatism scrofula and stomach troubles. It claims to restore appetite energy and overall health for those weakened by illness or overwork with testimonials from named users praising its stomach relief catarrh cure and general vitality.
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