May Day Daylength Details From Almanac Data
The entry lists sun rise at 416, moon set at 11.39 p.m., sun set at 7.06, and a length of day 14.50 hours, indicating a miscellaneous almanac style record for May.
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
8
The entry lists sun rise at 416, moon set at 11.39 p.m., sun set at 7.06, and a length of day 14.50 hours, indicating a miscellaneous almanac style record for May.
Record heat marked May 22 with a genuine summer day from morning through afternoon. Overnight overcast and a lively shower followed. Temperatures reached 83 in the forenoon, 69 at 7 am, 82 at 1 pm, with barometer readings around 29.56 to 29.72 inches.
Boston reports cloudy conditions for tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures. Northwesterly winds become fresh to brisk, shaping a typical spring forecast for the region.
Historic Lowell Daily Courier dated May 23 1901 presents brief notices and local happenings. The readable text shows small news items, public notices, and community notes reflecting the era's civic life and daily urban concerns.
Miss Lea Racicot travels to St. John Quebec for the summer while Lowell Gas Light broker Albert S Guild handles buy and sell orders on commission. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union meets at 3 PM on May 23 at 106 Merrimack Street. The Presi dents cup first round is set for the Vesper Country Club next Saturday. Burlesque show The Giddy Throng ends at the Boston Theatre next Saturday, with the season closing then. First Congregational Church marks its 75th anniversary June 6 and 7 with a banquet for former members upon notifying Den A D Carter or the pastor by May 28. An auction at Old City Hall on May 24 at 2:30 PM offers framed pictures, mirrors, and Florentine statuary at low prices from A N Harmon.
The Ladies Aid Society held its annual strawberry festival at St Pauls M E church vestry with good attendance. Entertainment featured songs by Nellie Roberts and violin solos by Lavern Harrington with Eleanor Daggett as accompanist. Helpers included Mrs Edwin Cleworth in charge and assistants in kitchen and dining rooms. Coordinating drivers and servers were members of the society including Mr and Mrs Charles Holgate and Mr and Mrs W S Dillon. Ice cream and lemonade stations were operated by Will Kenniston, Lilla Holgate, and Mrs George Howes.
J E Conant & Co reported a crowded attendance for a Prescott L Jones Dracut Centre land sale. The first lot 29085 sq ft including Old Red Park sold for 1000 with Bridge street and Marsh Hill frontage. Four Bridge Street lots sold at 710 per acre, others on Marsh Hill road ranged 0.38 to 0.875 cents per square foot. Roswell S Fox bought all. Satisfactory auction results mark the day with few exceptions.
Wednesday results show Concord beating Brookline Country Club 3 to 1 and Oakley defeating Brae Burn 14 to 0 alongside Vesper’s victory over Lexington in the same series.
The May festival by St Patrick’s parish Catholic Young Men’s Lyceum drew hundreds to Huntington Hall last night. The event mixed minstrel entertainment, sales tables, and a dance with a full program of acts led by director William Gilmore and a lineup of singers and emcees. Dancing began at 10 with a large management team overseeing floor direction and carnival-like attractions, marking one of the year’s most successful church socials.
Reported event notes a gathering at a Boston church where 400 attendees, including French artistic boys, were present last night. Details are fragmentary and names or organizations are unclear. The item reads as an abbreviated social or parish report with limited specifics.
The Y P S C E social committee hosted an evening titled The District School. Everett A. Hadley taught with scholars Charley Choate Ralph Osgood Albert Dole Jennie Powell George Kimball Walter Hadley Cora Pinkerton Grace Hadley Lilla Sturtevant Tennyson Simpson Norma Whitelaw Lea Whitelaw Bertha Kimball Bertha Evans Ethel Sturtevant Wallace Dole Blanche Hawking Walter Salmon Chester Hunt Annie Holman. Frank Stratton chaired the school board with Edwin McCoy and Hibbs. Refreshments were served by the ladies society led by Mrs E A Durand with assistants Adelaide Wallingford Elizabeth Wilson and Edith Dole.
The estate of the late Joshua Merrill is settled with Frank M. Merrill receiving two thirds and Bartlett C. Merrill one third. After a lengthy probate process and auditor review, amounts listed in schedules A and B are reconciled, confirming Frank M. Merrill’s entitlement and Bartlett C. Merrill’s share per the will and Elvira D. Merrill’s bequest.
Judge Fessenden named Charles H. Conant as arbitrator in the dispute over funds raised for the Polish Catholic Church of St Cosmos. Rev J M Chmelinski alleged to have raised 1800 dollars and deposited at City Institution for Savings. portion of Polish people seek control as they form an independent church.
By J E Conant & Co announces an auction tomorrow afternoon of threeBridge Street land parcels between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets known as the Leonard Estate. Each lot fronts 50 feet with depths 120 140 feet totaling about 6000 7000 square feet, offered without reserve to the highest bidder on May 24 1901 at five pm on the premises. A $200 deposit per lot is required with two thirds of purchase money allowed on mortgage at 5 percent.
In 1901 Charles Clapp announces an absolute auction of his residence at 1296 Middlesex Street Lowell. The 83 by 125 foot lot includes nine rooms a stable and carriage shed with steam heat and ample light. Auction begins 4 pm May 29 with a $650 deposit and eight percent mortgage terms available.
An article by George Sthelbert Walsh in St Nicholas traces the rising status of carrier pigeons from war messengers to peaceful pets. It notes pigeons’ extensive use in South Africa and Europe, government control, and U.S. reliance on private breeders, contrasting their war utility with peaceable roles at home.
In a perilous Wadelai to Affudu journey, hippos stalked the boat daily as mosquitoes tormented at night. I stood ankle deep, rifle ready, while sergeant-major Wana Omari watched the far bank. A bull hippo surfaced, then dove just feet from the craft, as a comrade opened fire to save us, before a remarkable outcome unfolded.
Curtis Brown notes in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly that Dutch legislators sought strict naturalization for the Prince Consort and limited pensions. The Duke finally became a citizen with conditions allowing a German return if the Queen dies or they separate. The title was settled as His Royal Highness the Prince of the Netherlands and the salary rules were pegged to state service and the Queen's death. The Queen herself posts a royal income near five million dollars annually from crown lands and other sources.
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