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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
8
The article describes hazy air, a veiled moon, and heavy showers from night into morning. No school bell rang as rain persisted through forenoon. temperatures ranged from 68 to 53 degrees. Massachusetts forecasts call for showers, cooler tonight, and fair Friday with westerly winds.
Front page issue of the Lowell Daily Courier dated Thursday May 3 1960. Contains local news briefs, community notices, and syndicated stories typical of a Midwest town newspaper of the period. No single dominant feature identified from the provided fragment.
A local ad notices Steinert's Piano Store at 130 Merrimack street offering upright pianos as part of the largest US retailer of pianos with twenty stores. It also advertises the Copley prints exhibit at the Normal school continuing until May 9 from 2 to 5 pm. Chris Holmes advertises ladies garments waists and skirts.
Eirene lodge of Good Templars installed officers for the new quarter at Pilgrim hall led by D G C T Robert W. Mountford. Madge Day elected treasurer to fill vacancy. Three candidates elected to membership. Award for best good of the order entertainment won by Oscar Carter. Committee named to oversee current term activities. Evening program featured piano and guitar solos, readings, and selections under Jamies Christie.
The Mt Zion lodge of Good Templars reported good attendance on the second night of their fair in Good Templars hall. A musical and literary programme featured Miss Veda Crawford, William Gilmore, Miss Ella Dunkerly and Miss Margaret Dow. The fair continues this evening.
The Foresters Canton St Antoine No 566 held a regular meeting with one initiation and five applications. Pawtucket officers were installed at Odd Fellows temple by Col Rogers of Lawrence, with staff members and high officials present. Denton Pawtucket greeted visitors. officers named include George A. Dickey and A B E Lyford. Supper followed. An invitation to join the Lynn parade on May 15 for Lynn’s 50th anniversary was extended.
One of D. L. Page's delivery wagons was badly demolished in a runaway on Pawtucket street Wednesday evening. The frightened horse bolted from the driveway of the Frederick Ayer residence into the street, colliding with a tree near Dr. Sullivan's home. The horse was finally caught on Willie avenue.
A Lowell inventor, James T. Cowley, is listed among New England residents awarded patents yesterday. The report notes his inclusion among several regional inventors and highlights Patents granted in the latest issuance.
A Winthrop Massachusetts resident extols Grape-Nuts as a practical, nourishing breakfast option that requires no preparation. She notes children love it and that the cereal is pre-digested and easily assimilated, made by Postum Cereal Co. in Battle Creek Michigan.
The 37th annual reunion of Old Company A, 33d Regiment, was held at Post 120 G A R hall with veterans and honorary members attending. S. C. Smiley was re-elected president and treasurer, Erastus A. Bartlett vice president, Henry H. Holt secretary. memories ranged from Chancellorsville to Camp Chase, and a next reunion in Lowell with General Howard as guest is planned.
The Philadelphia Times recounts a Chicago style jab where a three year old from Boston mislabels an engraving of the Angelus as Golf, illustrating local indignation at a perceived libel and the press response.
In New England twenty high grade piano stores, all owned by one firm within 200 miles, claim to reflect the firm’s honesty and integrity. The boast highlights the firm’s large patronage, confidence from the public, and a guarantee as strong as a bond, underscoring its growth through promises kept and reasonable prices.
All of which is valuable information to the purchaser of a piano. Examine this great list of pianos, and, if you please, bring an expert along. These pianos answer fully and quickly every test applied to them. They are the best that money can buy. Free piano recitals by the wonderful Pianola to all interested. Depot for foreign and domestic sheet music. NOTE-Used pianos taken in exchange for new ones.
A jubilant P A C crowd celebrated the club’s series win and city championship over the Burkes. Praise for McFarland Halloran Regan and others contrasts with rough second-half play by Allard, Kelliher, and O Neil. Referee Davis earns high marks for calm officiating as upcoming Marlboro Hudson game looms.
May 1 entries show wills presented for probate and administrations granted in various towns. Individuals named include E S McFarland Cambridge C E Sanderson Winchester Betsey Holmes Newton Nellie Gove Waltham Daniel Floyd Lowell Emily Getchell Lowell A C Perkins Wakefield H Martin Malden Eliza Gale Cambridge Eliza Peck Waltham Ann Mann Somerville G H Ames Lowell Henry Taylor Malden George Motley Lowell J S Brown Lowell Eunice Ashley Bedford Luke Smith Acton W T Langdon Cambridge Wyatt Hutchins Malden Andrew McArthur Watertown Elizabeth Haryington Cambridge Solomon King Cambridge Bridget McFarland Cambridge Peter Tumilty Cambridge Maria Knowles Wakefield Margaret Ryan Somerville G B Putnam Newton Mary Lyons Newton Fannie Cutler Belford Isabel Caswell Cam bridges Geo Simonds Lexington Michael Regan Lowell Julia Joyce Woburn Ann Keating Cambridge Mary Doherty Woburn B E Bond Woburn G M Fletcher Westford W F Hurd Framingham Geo Weber Cambridge Maria Kelly Nashua N H John Sheehan Marlborough Mary Sherman Watertown Adelaide Noyes Lowell J M Thompson Waltham E W Stetson Somerville Irene Davis Lowell Sarah Bickford Waltham A M Blake Somerville Sophia Collier Somerville Sarah Connors Cambridge Cyrithhia Rich Somerville Louisa Kelley Somerville Gabriel Yeager Natick Emma Thompson Walhtham Jos Merton Wakefield.
The family of Thos. Young extends gratitude to friends who assisted them during their mother’s illness and passing and for the floral tributes received from kind neighbors and acquaintances.
Emily Price aged 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Price of 12 Anderson Street is reported missing since last Saturday. She was visiting Mrs Carroll on Gorham Street and may have left with friend Alice Gray.
A Huntington hall program offers a new operetta alongside the same Day Nursery appeal, inviting attendees tonight to support both cultural and child care causes.
An ecclesiastical council honored Rev Willis D Leland, retiring pastor of Pawtucket Congregational Church Lowell, with a unanimous vote to dissolve the pastoral ties at his request due to physical disability. Delegates from multiple churches praised his seven years of ministry and the church’s new house of worship.
The Men's League of Chelmsford Street Church and the Ladies' Aid Society hosted a church entertainment with a banquet that drew nearly 300 guests. Rev. A. B. Kenyon acted as toastmaster as Col. Butler Ames, A. C. Russell, Rev. A. B. Wilson, Rev. Allison Currier, and Rev. Lewis spoke.
The House committee on claims at Washington ordered a favorable report on a bill to pay claims of letter carriers who were barred from overtime pay due to the statute of limitations. Four Lowell carriers affected are John Slack John Watson William Wood and Charles Baxter the last of whom is deceased. A Washington lawyer King pressed the case noting small amounts from about $40 to $106 with interest from carriers in larger cities and towns in the state.
The Lowell Cadet band led a concert and dance night at Associate hall drawing 300 couples for the sixth Easter Lily festival. John J. Hanlon led cornet solos as the Middle sex orchestra provided dance music and the event ran under a large roster of officers and committee members.
Bids intended for the lands and buildings department were stored in the safe due to the absence of Mayor Crowley. Supt. Gillow and the mayor were to open them, with five or six bids in total expected.
Attend the May festival and visit Huntington hall while it is fresh, enjoying the opening event and a tour of the new venue as the community welcomes its latest cultural space.
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