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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
12
A fragment from a dated page lists daily celestial timings with day length 5.34 hours, sunrise 12.32, sunset 6.06, moonrise 11.47 p.m. The entry appears as a clipped almanac style notation likely from a historic publication.
A compact page itemizes St Johns Easter sale at Huntington hall on April 3 and a sequence of local business promotions. It lists Horne and Wilson coal, Merriam Erie canal lecture at High Street church, Burdock Blood Bitters for skin diseases, and various services from A L Kittredge Co and 28 Dutton street optician.
Governor Crane appoints Wm W Richardson of Liberty square as a justice of the peace. Miss Kate T Kenney and Miss Regan spend Easter holidays in New York. Lieut Col Butler Ames confined at home with illness fearing scarlet fever. Edith E Russell teaches class at St Luke's Brookyn. Mrs D B Green returns to Springfield after three weeks with parents on Aga wam street. Bertha A Fletcher sister to Mrs Green had spent a month with her. St Johns Easter sale April 8 Huntington hall.
The city council appointed joint special committee will meet Monday at 3 PM to inspect Edson cemetery and assess the need for more land. A public hearing at city hall will follow for citizens to express views on enlarging and improving the cemetery. Members include Hill as chair, Henderson, Roche, Badger, and Burns.
In the city on March 27 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Oscar Dewell of 342 Westford Street.
After months of effort by A. A. Melvin of the Veterans Protective league, the Civil War veterans in Lowell are now deemed entitled to all rights under the veterans preference act with no population limit. Senator Sparks confirmed the reading of Revised Statutes and advised the assistant clerk of the Senate on the city's eligibility.
A charity concert and dance at Associate hall on Tuesday night promises a pleasant season event. The program highlights Bostian talent with ushers from the younger set and many attractive women staffing frappe tables. Whist rooms feature prizes and booths for trappe with listed young ladies in charge.
A vintage style note advises moderation in consuming Grape-Nuts cereal. It cautions against overloading and suggests a fixed allowance of not more than three heaping teaspoons for the cereal portion per meal. It claims the product aids brain and nerve health and is pre-cooked and ready to serve.
The article narrates citizen and textile council efforts that averted a citywide strike. It quotes agents from Massachusetts and Merrimack mills, notes plans to reopen mills on Monday, and highlights praise from State arbitrator Charles D. Palmer. Delegates acknowledge the committee’s role and hint at wage increases, with New Bedford mills already voting a 10 percent rise.
The Master Painters association met Friday night to discuss the local Painters union’s plan to quit work if a 25 cent daily raise is not granted by April 1. Chief issues include breach of a 1901 agreement covering eight hour days, minimum pay, union card requirements, and subcontract rules.
London Paris Berlin New York and Boston are cited as Mr John Hayes Hammond a renowned mining engineer who reportedly earns fifty thousand dollars yearly from a single company His San Francisco episode shows a diminutive suitor named Rosenthal seeking an examination report and Hammond recalling his high pay with modest humor The tale underscores Hammond's reputed wealth and global reputation through a vivid anecdote from the Boston Herald
The Dolly Varden hat is praised for its picturesque and pretty appearance. When it shades a face of the Dolly Varden type, dignity and Dolly Vardens do not align, suggesting a clash between style and decorum.
SPECIAL FOR EASTER. Imported Rosita flower extracts in bulk with 11 odors. Direct bulk purchase with costs for bottles and labels. Selling at one-half usual price. Twenty-five cents an ounce for goods worth 40 to 50 cents. Also 50 cent bottle of imported violet water at 25 cents. Careron & Hovey, 286 Merrimack Street.
Walter Teague and twelve naval architecture students from the Institute of Technology conducted a 24 hour thorough test of the Worthington engine at the West Sixth Street pumping station. They measured power water pumped fuel consumption and chimney gas analysis while the city water works pushed the plant to full capacity aiming to pump 10 million gallons in the period.
Agram and physicians praise Johann Hoff's Extract for convalescence catarrh and pulmonary diseases and dietetic use. Dr Ischitz Dr Kaiser from the Imperial Hospital call it the remedy for excellence. Dr Walter W Naylor reports a cured nervous patient who gained ten pounds in six months. The product has a 50 year record, sold since 1847, with many imitators. Eisner Men Delson Co NY sole agents.
William Mitchell died at his home on 77 Westford street aged 71. He leaves a wife a daughter Bertha and a niece Mable Trickey. He was a member of Highland lodge of Odd Fellows Post 120 G A R and Veteran Firemen's association.
The funeral for Mrs. Jessie Crowley wife of Daniel Crowley captain of Hose 8 was held yesterday at 3 o'clock from 78 Mt Washington street with many floral offerings. Rev Fr McHugh read the committal prayers at the Catholic cemetery. Bearers included Martin Courtney James Courtney Thomas Maguire William Tighe Benjamin Dunn and Michael Donohoe. Undertaker O'Donnell handled arrangements. Johanna Sullivan funeral followed at 2 30 from 115 South Highland street and burial was in St Patrick's cemetery with Undertaker Davey. Bearers were John Munningham Thomas O Day Patrick Owens John Pendergast James Haley and Dennis Downey.
The Journal of Commerce reports cotton stocks are smaller than a year earlier with farmers holding little fiber and early market movement underway. Data from South contacts shows towns with 226,380 bales this year versus 502,923 last year, a 55 percent drop, while compresses hold 248,126 bales against 332,438 previously.
In this city on March 28 at their homes or hospital various obituaries note Cyrille Cote aged 28 of 1 Davidson Street Jane McCawley aged 60 of 94 Lakeview Avenue Gules Herbrecht aged 32 of 21 Colburn Street and Mary O Neil aged 35 at St John s Hospital The body was removed to the undertaker Molloy s for burial Besides a husband Patrick she leaves one son Patrick.
The Easter sale at Kirk Street church vestries will run Tuesday and Wednesday nights next week with supper a la carte, instrumental music, and attractive sale tables.
Afternoon service drew a large crowd as Mr. Greenwood delivered a second address on The Hope of the Coming of the Lord and an evening talk on Four Beholds of the Gospel with vivid illustrations. He also offered tender prayers for Pastor Matthews and his family after the sudden death of his son. The union meetings close Sunday with 3 and 6 30 p.m. services at Gorham Street Methodist Church led by the south end churches.
Seven day tours with hotel accommodations meals en route allow longer stays in Washington and stop overs at Baltimore Philadelphia and New York depart Boston under the Personally Conducted Tourist System of the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 4 18 and May 2. Itinerary by D N Bell Tourist Agent 205 Washington street Boston.
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