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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
8
Yesterday evening and night were pleasant while today turned raw and chilly under gray skies. Forecast calls for showers tonight and Friday with variable winds. Boston notes record a barometer around 29.95 inches and temperatures near 73 today.
The May 17 1900 issue of the Lowell Daily Courier presents local news items, notices, and brief reports from Lowell Massachusetts with period-appropriate civic updates and community notices.
Local notice invites attendance tonight for a strawberry festival at Paige Street Free Baptist Church. Shattuck & Son advertise cameras for summer use with a full line of supplies on easy terms from 50 Central Street.
A Leather Workers Hall meeting of the local International Typographical Union voted on officers. Samuel B. Donnelly of New York defeated James M. Lynch of Syracuse for president by a large margin, with J. W. Bramwood winning the secretary post without contest.
The adjourned Press club meeting to act on the special committee report on constitution and by laws has been postponed until Saturday afternoon at five o clock.
A Wednesday evening event at the Eliot church Chelmsford street featured a missionary tea and reception under the Foreign and Home Missionary societies. Mrs Ireland of South Africa spoke on Africa mission work. A Japanese song and Hindoo costume recitations by local girls complemented light refreshments.
Our advance orders for wedding cards both engraved and printed have been unusually heavy. If you desire anything in wedding, home or visiting cards, in the near future, get your order in as early as possible. All engravers are busy, so ordering early is advantageous. Thomas H. Lawler, fashionable stationer and bookseller, 79 Merrimack, 15 and 21 John streets.
Tomorrow afternoon Lowell and Lawrence high school baseball teams meet at the fair grounds. Lowell’s lineup includes F Scannell J Scannell H Drury Perry Morrison O Sullivan Donalson Russell and Bean. First pitch is at 3 o clock sharp.
E C Hazard a veteran New York wholesale grocer hosted a Staten Island farm visit and encouraged a seriously ill New Jersey railroad official to try Grape-Nuts from Battle Creek Michigan. Within weeks the official recovered and credited the cereal for his improved health. Hazard cites Grape-Nuts nutrients as supporting brain and nerve function, linking to work and money making capacity.
The Lowell Textile School last night graduated twenty students from its evening classes in a ceremony marked by palm decorations and music by the American orchestra. Trustees and officials praised the need for a more skilled New England textile trade and urged commitment to education to meet southern competition and expand American manufacturing.
In remarks the director says the school will have a permanent home and the act to increase trustees to include city council and labor councils will become law next week. Graduates include William Wardrobe Lawrence Arthur Silcox Osgood Rowell and others across cotton worsted spinning chemistry and dyeing design and weaving courses. Rowell earned two diplomas for faithful work.
Advertises a touring entertainment claiming each animal act and feature will be presented without division. Declares no tented show has ever been or can be split and asserts value for money. Notes the exhibit opens at the Fair grounds on Friday June 1.
Heavy rains end a fire that began Monday at Fischer operations in Menominee Michigan. Loss estimated at $500000 with $100000 insured. Mills and yard, kilns, school, hospital and eight houses burned. S M Fischer of Chicago owned the mills. Worcester and company suffered major lumber and cedar losses including 10,000,000 feet of lumber and 1,000,000 shingles.
One of the month's leading society events features Marshall Darrach reciting Twelfth Night at Middlesex Woman's club rooms Monday at 4 PM. Patronesses include a long list of Boston society women and six society buds will serve as ushers.
J. A. Bailey and W. W. Cole join the Sells Brothers to promote a grand Adam Forepaugh and Sells circus spectacle. The article praises their reputation for not doing things by halves and promises a complete, entertaining exhibition.
George E. Maker at 2 John Street near Savings Bank touts an unusually large stock of frames in wood and gilt, square and oval, from cabinet to large portrait sizes. He notes record low prices this season, invites calls to view the inventory, and promises no show windows but welcomes direct inquiries.
The J. E. Conant & Co office in Lowell Mass announces a trustee’s sale tomorrow afternoon under the will of the late Sheriff Henry G. Cushing. A Middlesex probate license authorizes a public absolute auction of the described real estate on Friday May 18 1900 regardless of weather or reserve to the highest bidder.
An auction listing describes 86 acres from Varnie Ave to the Merrimack river including the Cushing farm with a three story stable, lawns, groves, and elevated views. Also offered is 16 393 square feet on Hale street between 26 and 40, adjoining the B M R R, suitable for business, manufacturing, or wholesale use. Deposit requirements: $500 for the Cushing Farm and $300 for Hale street land. Auctioneers are Trustees under Henry G. Cushing.
On Monday May 21 1900 at five o clock in the afternoon an absolute auction will sell the residence at the corner of Merrimack and Spalding Streets. The eleven room house with large hall bath dressing room attic pantry laundry and cellar heated by a Chilson furnace sits on a 6150 square foot Lot with 70 by 88 feet frontage and lawn surrounded by granite curbing bank wall and fence. Open for inspection after 10 am sale day. purchaser to deposit 1250 at strike off. CHAS H COBURN.
At Highland Hall Ward Three Republican club hears Councilman Francis Saunders urge care for diversified city interests. He advocates electing heads of departments by the people, emphasizes moral and physical education for youth, and vows to be amenable to accountability in public affairs amid a heated exchange with Col. Bennett and others.
At a special school board meeting the chairman was authorized to form a four member funeral committee for Charles C. Chase former principal of Lowell High from 1845 to 1883. The board expressed sincere regret, praised his service, and noted his Christian character and guiding role in the school’s high standing.
A local body memorializes Mr. Chase praising his kindness and service. The resolution expresses gratitude from associates, friends, and colleagues and directs a copy be sent to his family as part of official records.
The St John s church choir boys with the Symphonic orchestra presented a minstrel entertainment in the chapel last evening to standing room only. The show featured blacked up soloists and a lively program with jokes and tunes. repeated tonight Friday and a Saturday matinee under Frederick O. Plant.
The Young People's Christian union of the First Universalist church held a box party last evening to benefit the flower mission of the church. The event featured an auction of boxes and a series of tableaux depicting well known books, with the audience guessing the titles. It drew a large crowd and was widely enjoyed.
Police on Westford Street and Princeton Street will crack down on speeding cyclists and horse teams. Officers will be equipped with wheels and instructed to arrest any rider above ten miles per hour or team above six miles per hour on those thoroughfares.
Frank Maguire, under catalepsy, leaped from a second story window at City Farm around 3 o clock yesterday. He fractured one ankle and sustained injuries. A night watchman restrained him briefly before the fall. He was taken to St John’s Hospital for treatment.
Thomas F. Allen, manager of the Emmett Baseball Club, issues a formal challenge to the Elm Baseball Club for a $100 purse game on neutral grounds with a neutral umpire. He sets a meeting time Friday at 7 30 in front of the Courier Citizen building for Ellm to respond if sincere.
An old man who visits Prospect Park every morning spends hours on the hill feeding birds and squirrels with crumbs from his pockets. A park policeman recalls how, over two years, the animals have come to know him, while he keeps to himself during these sessions. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a blood purifier and tonic.
Hood's Pills claim to cure liver ills, biliousness, indigestion and headache. Easy to take and operate, the advertisement targets general discomfort and digestive issues with a simple tonic approach.
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