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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
8
Yesterday afternoon and night were warm with public cheer over a good day. Today opened cooler under an east wind with noon temperature low and a gray sky. Indications from Boston on May 24 predict showers tonight and Friday with northeast winds.
Local tidbits include a stenographer wanted for Thompson Hardware Co. in Lowell Massachusetts and a testimonial for Dean's Ointment from Bowling Green Ohio. A Primary Sunday School Teachers Union meeting is announced at Paige Street Free Baptist Church with Grace Fuller teaching. Regal Shoe reps at American House May 24 and 25 promote spring summer footwear with Marshall Nazro accepting orders and fittings.
Press and public laud the Forepaugh-Sells Brothers circus in Boston week long engagement. Reviews call it Americas Greatest Show United and the grandest and most varied spectacle with 650 horses and over 1000 people. The show enlarges and will visit Lowell on June 1, promising similar triumphs elsewhere.
An old advertisement extols a scientific breakfast featuring Grape Nuts and Postum Coffee. It claims diet fixes many illnesses, improves brain function, and sustains energy until noon, praising the product's natural minerals and digestion benefits.
The Lowell Fourth of July committee met in city hall to advance plans for the day. Senator Hoar declined the speaking invitation, and John C. Burke was invited for an ovation. Sub committees for parade band sports and badges were formed, with leaders named, meetings set, and various entertainment features discussed amid civic remarks and musical performances.
About 200 supporters gathered in St. Joseph's hall last night to present Alderman Beaulieu with a diamond ring. The presentation was organized by R. L. Loupent, Joseph Provost, and J. A. Lagare, with remarks by Fr. Fournier L. P. Turcotte and others. Refreshments followed the ceremony.
Members of the United States Bunting Cricket club and friends gathered for an informal banquet at the American house last night. Toastmaster Joseph Rawnsley introduced John Burns, with a toast stressing efforts for satisfactory grounds and cricket’s value to physical and moral improvement.
Past Grand Sid ney Drewette entertained 22 members of the Lincoln lodge of Odd Fellows at a turkey supper in the Odd Fellows building. The event followed a successful fair effort by Mr. Drewett and included a phonograph exhibition led by Past Grand James Smith. The gathering was formal and well enjoyed by all attendees.
The prize committee of the Court Laurence J Smith Jr Bazaar announced prizes to residents including Patrick Mahoney 18 Lagrange Street for a gold mounted briar pipe Annie Burrows 12 Blinkhorn Avenue for a pair of slippers Paul Quinlan Perry Street for a gold scarf pin Annie McQuade Mill Street for Longfellow's poems Nora Murphy Lawrence Street for a parlor lamp Frank Wayman Pearl Street for a picture Robert Lawson 29 Concord Street for an unframed picture Mary Leahey 43 Elm Street for a framed picture John Lannan 110 Lilley Avenue for a half dozen toothbrushes William Bradley 2 Pollard Street for an umbrella James Weir 57 Perry Street for a dress suitcase L Monahan 23 Richmond Street for toilet articles Sarah Shanahan 5 Court Avenue for a ladies ring Mary Stewart 103 Railroad Street for a prize likely unspecified.
The Abbott Greys held their seventeenth annual meeting and banquet at the American House last night with fifteen present. Rehard Pendergast T C Perkins and W M Lee attended. President Butterfield presided as letters of regret from three absent comrades were read. Secretary McAlpine read resolutions on the death of Col. James Francis. Old officers were reelected.
Thousands from Lowell and beyond gathered in Wilmington to witness the funeral of Mrs Frances Hiller. The procession moved from the Hiller estate to St Thomas church, with pallbearers, police, and a large crowd viewing the casket. The service, solemn and stripped of spectacle, ended at the cemetery where the tomb was sealed.
The Lowell Epworth league union gathered last evening at Centralville M E church with broad attendance from local church leagues. New members joined, banners and decorated platforms displayed, and a bountiful supper was served by the Ladies Aid society. Officers were elected: President George H Clarke, vice presidents Frank M Short Donald McLean Edward T Griffin William Kenniston George W Titus, secretary George Macdonald, treasurer Wesley Wilder. The event featured an address by Annie E Smiley on Social Work, a benediction by Rev John Peterson, and a vote of thanks to the retiring president plus an invitation to Bishop Hamilton to speak.
The Mathew Temperance Institute voted unanimously to help liquidate St. John's Hospital debt at Tuesday's meeting. The plan for assistance was left for discussion at the next meeting, which aims to involve every member. Nine delegates were chosen to attend the Catholic Total Abstinence union convention in Boston.
Hubert M. Potter reports a burglar entered via a side piazza window using a chisel or similar tool and stole about a dozen solid silver spoons. A Mackintosh spread on the grass suggested an intent for a substantial haul, with the break occurring after 11 30 when the Potters were out.
Patrolmen Thomas Atkinson and Timothy Dwyer of the special bicycle squad arrested Arthur Cote aged 22 and Clifton Wheeler aged 16 for riding at speeds above the legal limit on Princeton street. Police vow to continue arrests to enforce the scorching ban.
The Lowell Hahnemann club met in Dr. B. H. Packer’s office on Tuesday afternoon with Dr. B. B. Holt presiding. Dr. G. L. Van Dersen spoke on Gout and the Uric Acid Diathesis, prompting wide physician participation on topics including lead poisoning and Lowell drinking water.
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