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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1900
Page
8
An old weather or almanac style entry records sun rise and set times for a day, noting a morning sunrise and evening sunset along with length of day and moon phase markers. It presents a compact snapshot of daily celestial timings.
Yesterday afternoon near frost threshold with a cool night. Rain returned before morning. Forenoon resembled April with clouds and sunshine. Readings show barometer rising from 29.60 to 29.77 and temperatures from 55 to 46 to 53.
Historic newspaper entry from Lowell shows May 6 1900 edition details and notices. Limited readable content focuses on date and publication context.
Advertises coal from Burn Wilson and Try Homes, Pelham Cigar, and bicycles from Shattuck & Son at 30 Prescott Street. Louis Alexander offers central street tailoring. Promotes Columbia chainless with coaster and a perfect mount by Columbia or Hartford models. Includes call to purchase at Thompson Hardware Co.
Frank E. Ingalls and Carrie Farrow married at the bride’s home in North Chelmsford on Wednesday evening. Rev. Dunbar officiated with Henry Ingalls as best man and Olive M Farrow as bridesmaid. Guests from Graniteville Littleton and North Chelmsford attended. The couple will reside at 6 Middlesex Park after June 1.
In the city on May 2 at the bride’s mother residence 130 Jewett street Walter Everett Taylor and Gertrude May MacDonell were married by Mr. H. W. O. Millington. A reception followed with refreshments and much happiness reported by attendees.
A bill to expand Textile school trustees to include the aldermen chair and council leaders, plus a textile labor representative, sits in the Senate awaiting labor group selection guidance. Labor objections prompt delay as lawmakers expect an amendment aligning with the labor council’s preferred method. The move is widely supported by current trustees.
A pub manager describes a dramatic change after switching to Postum and Grape-Nuts, claiming increased backbone and productivity. He notes demanding higher wages, sharper letters, more frequent dish returns, and enhanced brain work, attributing the shift to the new diet. He requests anonymity for safety.
The Tewksbury board of selectmen held a hearing on a petition by Lowell and Woburn Street Railway directors to build from Tewksbury to the Wilmington line. The plan would share tracks with the earlier granted Tewksbury and Andover route and face opposition over Lee street placement. Proponents urged a six to eighteen month build window with bonds, while opponents cited pole and wire disruption and main street routing.
A display of new titles including The Damnation of Theron Ware Gloria Mundi McTeague Agatha Webb The Road to Paris The Continental Dragoon Tekla Phrase Lady of Quality Sorrows of Satan Honorable Peter Sterling Ziska Caleb West The Choir Invisible and many more bound in cloth priced at 50 cents each. Lawler's book store, 79 Merrimack street.
An old advertisement encourages keeping blood pure and body strong during springtime illnesses. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to combat conditions threatening health as March winds fade and April showers begin.
Members of the Fraternal Reform Club and their friends enjoyed a May party in the club hall on Middle and Palmer streets last night. Middlesex Orchestra provided music for dancing. Officers included General manager E M Bowers and assistant manager Thomas F. Sullivan with a full set of floor directors aides and a reception committee led by Ernest Turner and William Goulding.
The Spindle City circle of the C F of A marked its ninth anniversary with a concert and dance at Associate hall attended by about 400. The evening featured songs by Mrs Nettie Roberts and Miss Laura Bernier, readings by Miss Lillie O'Brien, dancing by Baby Terrel, and Hibbar d's orchestra playing until midnight. Officers and a long list of helpers were announced. Other society items note a Ladies of the G A R anniversary, a charitable sale proceeds of 118.84, prizes won, and a Monument Square Memorial Day decorating request.
The heirs of Thomas P. Tenney of Winchester sell the Essex street Tenney block in Lawrence to John H. Campion and J. W. Barnard of Andover, and W. D. Currier of Lawrence. The property includes 9500 feet of land with a brick building of five stores and 20 small apartments, assessed at 56000, but sold for considerably more than the valuation.
The notice advertises an absolute auction on May 8 1900 at Mariposa stock farm for forty one trotting stock and driving horses of Hon F C Sayles Pawtucket Rhode Island. It also details an extensive estate sale of rental properties around East Merrimack Fayette streets Lowell and nearby blocks with multiple lots, blocks and cottages offered separately with rents ranging from eight to fifty dollars monthly.
Auction notice for two tenement properties and multiple parcels in Reed's Court near Lakeview Avenue and East Closet. Describes frontage, parcel sizes, rental rates, building details, and deposit requirements per lot. Terms set by executor William T. Carolin and attorney John Davis. inquiries at the auctioneers’ office.
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