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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1902
Page
10
A brief entry records sunrise at 4.18 length of day 14.46 hours sunrise Sun Rises and Sun Sets at 7.04 with Moon Sets at 3.53 a m marking a marginal celestial timing note for the day with no further context or events.
Try the new remedy for costiveness Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablet guaranteed. Price twenty five cents. For sale by all druggists. Bicycling again popular with many on our streets. Thompson Hardware Co. agents for Columbia wheels and other popular makes. Read their ad today.
Axel P. Hallenborg and wife depart from Boston aboard the Dominion line steamer Commonwealth for Helsingborg Sweden for a three month visit with relatives. A list of Lowell travelers booked through Murphy's agency includes Miss Clara Whitworth Mrs C Braun Mrs David Peters Sydney Peters George Hastead John Sidebottom Charles Curtis J W Holdsworth Bridget Howard Euphemia Mochrie Bridget O'Brien Margaret Dolan and Julia Jackson. Also noted are local sightings and community movements including forester convention attendees in North Adams and several visits among residents.
Walter Smith of 203 West Sixth street was brought to St. John's hospital at 9 30 last night after a bicycle accident caused a fractured jaw.
The regular mid week prayer and praise service will be held this evening at 7.30 p.m. Miss Bennett will speak. A noon prayer meeting is scheduled for 12.
Clara Morris argues managers are not the villains of theatre life but often pursued by ambitious women. She notes many managers avoid coercive attention, offering professional chance and commercial value instead, enabling hopeful actresses to grow without harming their reputations.
A Cincinnati commercial traveler John N Case Jr recounts months of stomach pain headaches and weight loss. After his wife urged Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food he began to recover gaining weight from 135 to 194 pounds between 1900 and 1901. He credits the product with improved health and energy and invites publication of his testimony.
The Lowell police board approves stringent pawnbroker rules to curb evils in the trade. Drafted licenses require consent of spouses, preservation of funds, and card receipts for all pay account sales. New licenses granted include common victuallers, auctioneer, hawker, job and express agents, pool hall operator, and junk collectors, with transfers and special police officers appointed for parks and commons.
In a series of special meetings at Centralville Methodist church Rev E E Ayers of North Andover spoke on Why Have Faith in Christ. Pastor Leon E Bell led singing with solos by Mrs Steady. Tonight Rev George H Clarke of Central Methodist church speaks.
The water board met last night without August Fels and discussed coal purchases without publishing details. Extensions improvements and routine matters were reviewed and the body adjourned at 10 o'clock.
A large crowd attended the Lavery residence at 52 Butterfield street for an auction by J. E. Conant & Co. The bidding exceeded expectations only slightly but the sale was fair overall. Miss Lilla T. Maguire purchased the property, which drew bids reflecting the property’s size and neighborhood.
The Loomfixers of the Merrimack had an outing on Fred Daigle's farm yesterday afternoon. Married men beat single men 11 to 10 in a ball game. Refreshments followed and the group planned weekly outings during the strike.
The board of health met yesterday at 4 30 for a brief five minute session. Chairman Dr Holbrook opened with a call to order and minutes from the last meeting were read by Mr McGuiness. A motion to adjourn out of respect for the mayor’s serious condition was made by Mr O Connor. The meeting adjourned at 4 85 subject to a call from the chairman.
The Union bank sold two large safe doors weighing a ton and a half to Carleton and Hovey. The doors will be used in a new brick vault at Father John's Medicine laboratory, announced yesterday.
Joseph Pickup injured his left hand while at work at the Lowell Rendering company yesterday morning. He was removed to the Emergency hospital for treatment.
On Thursday May 22 1902 at 2 30 PM a sale will offer two vacant lots on Fort Hill avenue by the square foot with the highest bidder choosing or taking both. At 3 30 PM fourteen Lots on High Street and at 4 15 PM five lots on Concord Street proceed in Lowell with mortgage options and proximity to parks, transport, and schools. Five houses at Nos 86 88 90 98 102 Perry Street are included with 2400 to 2500 square feet per lot and rents from 13 to 19 dollars monthly.
At 5.15 PM eleven small vacant lots on Perry Street are offered for sale with sewer water and gas in place. Deposits of 100 to 200 dollars required when each lot is struck off. plans available at the auctioneers. Also notice of sale of 710 Central Street on May 28 at 5 PM for the southerly half of the building estate with two tenements and 3000 square feet, deposit 250 dollars, sale absolute to highest bidder. The auctioneer trusts strong buyers will profit from the real estate.
Plymouth Massachusetts mill agents proposed twelve dollars per week for ten weeks of idle time and a one hundred dollar bonus at year end if workers return on old terms. It was unclear what the workers decided. Carders and pickers missed their Merrimack street hall meeting due to many being in North Adams for a Foresters' convention, so no session occurred. Carpenters union met on Middle street, admitted several new members, then adjourned after routine business.
Prescott hall last evening hosted a shirt waist party by the Spindley City Wheelmen drawing a stair sized crowd. A 16 piece dance program plus extras kept attendees entertained until midnight with officers including J. Walter Smith as general manager and A. G. Foster as floor director leading a large reception committee and many aides.
An executive committee of local horse enthusiasts plans a Saturday June 7 horse fair at the Fair grounds for the benefit of Lowell General Hospital. Local horses will compete in classes such as ladies saddle and driving horses, dealers’ horses, roadsters, and draughts with races and tandems. Auction boxes near the grand stand and a social event atmosphere accompany the charity effort.
Fraternal groups across Lowell held initiations and meetings last night with Oberlin lodge O O F welcoming two new members while delegations from Chelmsford and Shaw sheen joined. A strawberry festival is planned and Knights of Malta Commandery 251 conducted Malta degree for two candidates amid routine work and banquet preparations.
J. F. O'Donnell, longtime undertaker at Worthen and Market streets, will vacate his premises as Mr. Dempsey plans a one story rise and iron front overhaul. The firm will reopen on the upgraded first floor after renovations, while O'Donnell rents the former Dime Trading Stamp site opposite the city wall during the work.
Tomorrow night at the First Presbyterian Church Hon James J Myers Speaker of the State House will discuss Legislative Procedure and Legislation. The event is at the request of the Men's League with a large audience expected. An organ recital by Miss TM Louise Coburn and by Mr T P Boulger and Oscar Walch will follow.
A congressional committee on interstate and foreign commerce reports the Medburn Pure Food Bill to criminalize adulteration of foods and shield public health. It cites seized adulterated baking powder and urges labeling poisons for medicines containing opium or morphine. Father John’s Medicine is praised as pure nourishment boosting nutrition and curing illnesses by strengthening tissue.
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