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Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1902

Page

5

Speaker Rules On Governor Street Railroad Location Bill

Boston May 6 legislative notes show Luce bill engrossed no division taken and Speaker Myers rules on the governor street railroad location bill. Ways and Means to hear concerns on grade crossing and street railway location bills while public lighting proposals favor towns owning outer plants. Court actions and amendments cited on bond approvals and election law tinkering with Luce and Schofield bills.

Myers Boston Philliph Desmond New Bedford Parker Ways and Means Commonwealth O'Neil Jones Public Lighting Committee Concord and Boston Street Railway Company Massachusetts Engineering Company Street Railway Mann Frederic @. Chisholm Charles S. Sullivan Messrs. Marshall Gloucester Malden Rogerson Mansfield and Leahy William F. Draper Grafton & Upton Street Railway Company Upton Street Railway Company Milford & U Gardner Nantuckt Schofield Luce Newton Everett Ivice Somerville Mr. Schofield Steeper Winthrop Stearns Waltham Sutton Needham Garfield Brockton Republican State Committee Underhill Coulthurst Kinney House Creeley Belmagnt Richard L. Gay The Leach Walpole Cambridgeport Trust Company Cambridgeport Brewster Springfield O’neil Donovan Cambridge Cambridgeport Trust Co Frothingham Drinkwater Braintree Committee On Constitutional Amendments Essex County Reed Taunton Taunton Great River Fall River Somerset Senate Committee On Street Railways Old Colony Street Railway Company Boston Elevated Railway Company West End Street Railway Company Metropolitan Water District Manning Worcester Berry Suffolk Middlesex Committee On Ways and Means Bliss D. Hamp J. W. Sullivan

Golden wedding anniversary celebration at Carlisle residence

Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Nickless of Carlisle celebrated their golden wedding last evening at home. They married May 6 1852 in Lowell by Rev William Brewster. Five of seven children attended: Nellie Proctor Lowell Richmond Carlisle Warren Clifford Boston James Webster Somerville and Harry P North Billerica. Clarence Gilman and Sabra Monroe died in 1901 and 1894 respectively. Mr Nickless born Dec 14 1822 in Carlisle was a lifelong farmer and Boston market figure. Mrs Nickless daughter of James Warren and Hannah Wilkins lived through the decades with devoted husband and children.

Gilman Nickless Carlisle Lucy Ann Wilkins Lowell William Brewster Ing Nellie Augustus Proctor Richmond Warren Clifford Boston James Webster Somerville Harry P North Billerica Clarence Gilman Sabra Edwin Monroe Mr. Nickless Ezekiel Rebekah W. Nickless Nickless James Warren Hannah Proctor Wilkins

Debate Over Caucus Reform Bills Sparks Session Shuffle

Lawmakers clash over Luce and Schofield caucus reform proposals with speeches alleging political maneuvering. The House rejects attempts to substitute bills, approves several measures, and returns to routine business amid questions of quorum and procedural moves.

Legislature Adopts Early Adjournment Delay

Folk urged an early adjournment arguing that waiting for full Senate attendance would push passage into next year. The bill was postponed to Thursday and the Senate adjourned.

Folk Senate

City Farm Repair Funds Blocked In Tie Vote

Debate over a $10,000 repair plan for the city farm ended in a 11 to 11 tie, with members split on reducing the appropriation to $5,000. Supporters urged immediate action to improve deplorable farm conditions while opponents cited cost and questioned the project’s priority. Casey gave notice of reconsideration at the next meeting as the council adjourned.

Gillow Pickering Welch Hilliard Lowell Laporte Casey Wyman Appropriations Committee City Farm Yeas Fairweather Grant Greenwood Henderson Hill Legare Roche Swan Nays Cronan Dillon Donahoe Finnerty Fontaine Little Palm Pinder Worcester

Special Aldermen Session Draws Jurors

The board of aldermen met in a special session to draw jurors. Present were Aldermen Badger Carmichael Brown Barton and O Sullivan. At 8 20 PM Badger ordered the draw and names were listed including Sax Harris Scrognan Fowler Coleman Crowell Farrington McIlholm Brown and Little. The meeting adjourned at 8 35 PM on motion by O Sullivan.

Board of Aldermen Badger Carmichael Brown Barton O'Sullivan Alderman Badger Alderman Carmichael Robert G. Sax Appleton Street George H. Harris Blossom Street Nicholas Scrognan Pleasant Street George L. Fowler Middlesex Street Patrick Coleman Colburn Street Albert Crowell Rogers Street Charles E. Farrington Webster Street William H. Mc&lholm High Street Benjamin G. Brown Westford Street John Little Alderman O'Sullivan

Murphy Faults Civil Service Review Over Swill Charges

Murphy argued the commission misreads the charges and would hurt the civil service system. Knapp testified the city began charging for swill in 1897, never giving it away since, and that Murphy is unfit for civil service, urging removal from the eligible list. The hearing closed as the commission took the case under advisement.

Murphy Knapp Lowell Civil Service

Special Drive Sale at Old Reliable Safe Place to Trade

Ninety dozen boys and girls double knee stockings priced at 19c a pair. Special drive offers two pairs for 25c for sizes 6 to 9 1 2. Also 50 dozen ladies Jersey vests in high and low neck styles 2 for 25c. Hurry to the store advertised as the Old and Reliable Safe Place to Trade for bargains daily.

Castosria Beara the Kind You Have Always Bought

The notice notes a signature related to Castosria Beara and remarks on the phrase you have always bought. It presents a formal query about authenticity and proposes verification of the stated signature. The text references a signature line and implies a concern over repeated assurances associated with the name.

Castosria Beara

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