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02 May 1899
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Lowell Daily Courier in Lowell, Massachusetts
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1899
Page
1
Local whimsy and oddities in the Los Angeles bulletin
A playful sampler cites a river mishap and police recovery, notes on the Middlesex Women’s club scoring five hits, May Day echoes, and a consumer jab about a peanut industry trust. The verse mocks attire in court and wardrobe pride, ending with a jab at buyers leaving with worse suits.
Thayer house burns in South Weymouth with nearby damages
The Thayer house the town's oldest, built 250 years ago, burned in an early hour Monday morning. Two neighboring houses suffered slight damage. Loss estimated at 500 dollars. Mrs. Frank Armstrong of Lee was killed by a New York express train Monday afternoon. Molders at Howard & Bullough Cotton Machinery near Attleboro left work on Rhode Island orders. A quoted exchange appears from a Puck cartoon dialogue about intoxication and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
South Weymouth
John Shaw
Frank Armstrong
Lee
The
New York Express
Howard & Bullough Cotton Machinery Company
Pleasant View
Attleboro
Rhode Island
Aguinaldo's Peace Delegation Returns With Flag of Truce
The Manila peace commission returns with new propositions to end hostilities and renews pleas for cessation pending final settlement. Aguinaldo's agents again arrive with a flag of truce as Otis meets the commissioners today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the World
Manila
Peace Commission
Aguinaldo
Otis
Fire Damages Balcony Baggage and Goods
A fast moving blaze swept along a hanging balcony where baggage was stored. A large number of trunks and sample cases were badly damaged. Loss to baggage, can and building will probably reach 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elled
Prisoner Escapes Lowell Jail During Forenoon
Peter Ferrari of this city, serving a two year sentence from the superior court, escaped from the Lowell jail Sunday forenoon and has not yet been recaptured. Supt. Davis was notified. Ferrari allegedly planned to enter a house, rip out piping, and sell it as junk, causing damage in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Ferrari
Superior Court
Lowell
Davis
Ferrari
Middlesex Women’s Club Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Middlesex Women’s Club held its fourth annual meeting and reelected Miss Helen A. Whittier as president. Officers include Virginia Hill, Mary Webster, Susie Watson, M Ella Russell, Martha Pollard as treasurer, Ida Barrett Adams as finance chair, and multiple directors with terms of one to three years. The club authorized up to 200 for a summer playground with school board cooperation. A memorial resolution honored Mrs. Anne Barbara Richardson, former president, detailing her service and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Women's Club
Helen Whittier
Committee of Finance
Ida Barrett Adams
M. Ella Russell
Martha M. Pollard
Augusta Ward Burrows
Evelyn A. Faulkner
Isabel 8. Clark
Anna EB. Fay
Hannah M. Candee
Mary FP
Eastman
Frederick Lawton
C. E. A. Bartlett
Executive Council
Horatio Wood
Mary F. Eastman
Daniel F. Richardson
Anne Barbara Richardson
Earth
Helen A. Whittier
Middlesex Women’s Club
Colonial Hall
Cummings
Miss Thompson
Nesmith
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Samoan Trouble Report From Wellington May 2 1900
Samoan advices say orders to stop hostilities may worsen the crisis as rebels control main food supplies and threaten Apia. Germans and rebels celebrate alleged victory over British and American forces. White residents near the city suffer. American vice consul at Falfia looted this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
N. Z
Apia
Falfia
No Further Information on Gilmore Party Cables
Washington, May 2. Dewey cables indicate no further information on the Gilmore party at present. He will cable again when obtained. Guam inhabitants are quiet and content under the United States flag. Glacier is slated to depart May 15 for Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dewey
Gilmore Party
Guam
United States
Colored Regulars Ordered to Wardner Idaho
Spokane report says a company of colored regulars stationed at Spokane has been ordered by Gen Merriam to depart by the morning train to Wardner Idaho. State Auditor Bartlett Sinclair calls the situation there dire and asserts the prosecuting attorney and sheriff are remiss and may face impeachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Washington
Merriam
Wardner
Idaho
Bartlett Sinclair
Funston Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers
Washington May 2 The President appointed Col Frederick Funston of the 20th Kansas as Brigadier General of volunteers. The promotion was recommended by Otis and McArthur and was his first act after returning from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col
Frederick Funston
Kansas
Otis
McArthur
New York
Many Marks of Respect Shown Her in the Azores
Ponta Delgada Azores May 2 The cruiser Chicago after a four day visit sailed yesterday for Africa via Suez During her stay here she was visited by all officials and many marks of respect were shown her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Chicago
Africa
Suez
Marblehead Town Marks 250th Anniversary Day
Marblehead Massachusetts observes the town 250th anniversary with ceremonies and a holiday. There is no parade. Spanish gunboats are listed as objects of interest in today’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Mass
President and His Party Arrive in Good Health
The president and his party arrived from New York this morning. All are reported in good health and doing well after the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Sampson's Squadron Home Sighted Off Highlands
New York ships report Sampson's squadron from its West Indies cruise seen off the Highlands this noon bound in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sampson
West Indies
Highlands
Blaze roars through Union Station baggage room Boston
Box 445 reports at 8.20 o clock Monday evening firemen called to a lively fire in the inward baggage room of Union station Boston. Origin believed to be a crossed wire in the Western Union cable house in the upper baggage room. Fire spread quickly through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Nashua Street
Boston
Western Union
Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Transferred
The Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill street railway was formally transferred Monday to a New York syndicate. President Campbell will not remain under the new management after leading the company since its formation. Local division officials are expected to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill
New York
Lawrence
Campbell
Father retrieves 12 year old Theresa OBrien from Bartlett School
Theresa OBrien, 12, an Aver Home inmate, was taken from Bartlett school by her father. Reported as kidnapping by an afternoon paper, she had been at Aver Home since age ten after being found wandering with no known relatives. If the father can provide, Aver Home offers custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa O’brien
Aver
Bartlett
Ayer
Portuguese woman missing from New York bound for Lowell
Manore Maklicolico a 65 year old Portuguese woman left New York on Saturday for Lowell and did not arrive. Her trunk reached Lowell depot yesterday and friends fear for her safety. Police were contacted as several Portuguese residents reported the matter. A telegram indicated she had arrived in Fall River and would take a train to Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manore Maklicolico
New York City
Lowels
Lowell
Fall River
Communion Service Arrives for First Congregational Church
The First Congregational church receives a new individual cup communion service for 500 communicants. It was given in memory of Deacon Holt by his daughters, matching the Harvard church Brookline and Second church Dorchester sets and duplicating the Kirk Street church’s gift from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Holt
Harvard
Brookline
Dorchester
Kirk Street
Horse Of Rev Teeling Breaks Free In Lynn Runaway
Rev Arthur J Teeling's horse attached to a buggy ran away from the parochial residence in Lynn Monday forenoon through Essex street to General Avenue. The carriage collided with Dr E B Cushing's team, wrecking the latter's vehicle while the clergyman's buggy was damaged. The horse freed itself after the collision, was recaptured later, and no one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Teeling
Lynn
Essex Street
General Avenue
E. B .Cushing
Man killed by Boston commuter train accident
John Hartin an 85 year old resident of Lawrence was riding the last car of a 6:35 PM Boston train when he fell at the Austin street crossing in Charlestown. His right leg was severed and he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hartin
Lawrence
Boston
Austin Street
Charlestown
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lowell Engineer Joins Steam Yacht Lolita Force
Mr. Wm. E. Dobbins of Lowell, formerly a volunteer engineer officer in the U. S. Navy and chief engineer of the Spanish prize ship Pedro, has accepted the role of chief engineer aboard the steam yacht Lolita owned by Mr. F. L. Felton of Boston, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. E. Dobbins
Lowell
U. S. Navy
Pedro
F. L. Felton
Boston
Mass
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining Cures Liverite
An old advertisement touts iood's Pills as a cure for liverite, described as nonirritating and sly, recommended to be taken with Head's Sarsaparilla to aid digestion and liver health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iood
Breach of Promise Case Headlines Local Suit
Rose J Crane sues P J Riley for breach of promise in superior court Judge Bond presiding with Hogan firm for plaintiff and City Solicitor Qua and Mayor Crowley for the defendant The ad damnum is set at 25000 The case centers on alleged betrothal plans and Riley's alleged abandonment for another woman with testimony detailing engagements gifts and a vacation to Lynn. The hearing was deferred to the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose J. Crane
P. J
Lawrence Hosiery
Summer Street
Oliver M. Greene
Bond
W. A. Hogan
Rose Crane
Drunk Defendants Free as Drunkenness Case Dismissed
The police court session opened with a sparse gallery and no patrolmen. Eudgne Gautier and James C Burns, both delirium tremens patients, were arraigned and released. Mary J Smith faced larceny charges for eight yards of carpet, allegedly a morphine addict in poor mental condition. the complainant dropped the case and it was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudgne Gautier
James C. Burns
City Farm
Mary J. Smith
Agnes J. Gordon
Vader v Mercier verdict and Wiegren Townsend trial postponed
In Superior Court Judge Bond charged the jury in Vader v Mercier and they awarded the plaintiff 353.75 after about half an hour. Wiegren v Townsend, by Rev Charles J Wiegren of Lowell, was postponed to May 4 at the request of defendant’s counsel EF W Qua with Jerome F Manning for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vader
Lowell
EF. W
Ratelle and Dery Unite in Merrimac Street Wedding
Mr Alexander Ratelle and Miss Er elia Dery wed Saturday by Rev Fr Gigault at the Fathers residence on Merrimac street. Mrs Annie Ricard served as brides maid and Jean B Dery acted as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Ratelle
Erelia Dery
Fr. Gigault
Merrimac Street
Annie Ricard
Jean B. Dery
Breen and Greenhalge Wed in Sunday Ceremony
Mr John Breen and Miss Hart Greenhalge were united in marriage on Sunday night at seven o clock. The ceremony took place with family and close friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Breen
Hart Greenhalge
Marria
Cer
The Swellest Line of Negligee Shirts
A bold catalog-style note touts over a hundred shirt styles from top manufacturers. It highlights a wide range of colors shades and patterns considered up to date and desirable for customers seeking fashionable negligee shirts.
Lowell One Price Clothing Co Negligee Shirt Sale
Economical buyers flock to a grand collection of 125 dozen Fine Madras Negligee Shirts in full size and up to date styles priced from 45c to 150, offering high quality at extraordinary value. The department highlights variety and low prices as the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Wedding at Immaculate Conception Parochial Residence
The wedding was performed at the parochial residence of the Immaculate Conception. Michael Riley served as best man and Miss Tummelty was bridesmaid. The bride wore white and a reception followed at the groom’s home, 150 Concord Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mony
the Immaculate Conception
Michael Riley
Miss Tummelty
Concord Street
Wardwell and Jalbert Mortality Notices from Worcester
Mrs. Jennie A Wardwell aged 57 dies at 88 Cambridge street Worcester this morning. John Jalbert eight dies at parents home Gratton street of meningitis after attending Grafton street school. Funeral for Mrs Wardwell is Wednesday at 8 16 am with requiem mass at 9 am at St Stephen's church. Burial in Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie A. Wardwell
Nelson H. B. Wardwell
Cambridge Street
John Jalbert
Jasper J. Jalbert
Gratton Street
Worcester
Grafton Street
St. Stephen's Church
Funeral Notices from Edson Cemetery Fellows
The funeral of Elizabeth A Crossen from 599 Central street was at 430 yesterday with Rev J M Craig officiating and burial in Edson cemetery by C M Young Co. Martha A Symonds from 16 Grove street was at 200 yesterday with Rev George F Kenngett officiating and burial in Edson cemetery by C M Young Co. Mary A Dooley’s funeral was at 230 yesterday afternoon at Edson chapel with Rev Mr Binnington officiating and burial in Edson cemetery by Undertakers C M Young Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth A. Crossen
Central Street
J. M. Craig
Edson Cemetery
C. M. Young & Co
Martha A. Symonds
Grove Street
George F. Kenngett
Mr. Brown
Edson
Engagement News in Lowell Society Reception
A reception hosted by Miss Ethel Bennett and Miss Bessia Smith at Hon. J. W. Bennett’s home celebrated the engagement of Miss Willette Burchard, daughter of E. B. Conant, to Walter Hastings of West Newton. Attendants included Mrs. W. T. White and several Miss Ludlams. Pink rose décor and concealed orchestra music enhanced the event. Rev. M. D. Fuller of Block Island visited Lowell briefly. Elizabeth Spofford read at Pelham N. Hug last evening. Lawrence Cummings attended the Boston Globe employees’ banquet. William Buckley’s condition at St John’s Hospital remained largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bennett
Bessia Smith
J. W. Bennett
Willette Burchard
E. B. Conant
Walter Hastings
West Newton
W. T. White
C. D. Stover
Ludlam
Bessie Ludlam
Plunkett
Grace Cumnock
M. D. Fuller
Block Island
B. I
Lowell
Elizabeth Spofford
Huntley
Pelham
Local Notices of Birth and Deaths in This City
In this city April 30 at 599 Central street Elzia S infant child of John and Mary Crossen. At sea April 29 aboard the Gates City Elizabeth Dows wife of Amog W Dows of this city. Funeral Wednesday at 2 from 58 Highland street. May 2 Jennie A Wardwell 57 years 3 months 2 days at 88 Cambridge street. May 1 Miss Winifred Gray 40 years at 300 Thorndike street. May 2 William Hindley 37 years at 9 rent 357 Lakeview avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossen
Central Street
Elzia S
John
Mary Crossen
Dows
Gates City
Savannah
New York
Elizabeth Dows
Amog W. Dows
Highland Street
Friends Ivited
Peter and
Margaret Gray
Indley
Lakeview Avenue
William Hindley
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Ali
Louise Morgan Sill
Nota Bene
L. A. W. Bulletin
Middlesex
Massachusetts
Puck
Savings Deposits & Payments
Raders
Nat. Bana
Provident Life and Trust Co
Robert F. Marden
Courier-Citizen
Miss Whittier
Sweba
Lowell Institution
Savin Dae
Central Savings Bank
Merchants Nat'l Bank
Department
Funston
Chicago Sails
Old Town
NEW York Syndicate
Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway
America
Hood
P. J. Riley
Hogan
Police Court
Hadley
Green-Greenhalge
ONE Price Clothing CO
Merrimack Street
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