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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
10
Yesterday afternoon and night were raw and uncomfortable with penetrating cold. The night was very cold and windy, a strong north and northeast breeze. Today is clearer but windy, with a brisk gale. Barometer and temperature readings noted, including length of day and times for sun and moon rises.
The fragment from the Lowell Daily Courier dated Friday May 25, 1900 presents limited readable text. It appears to be a newspaper date line and page header rather than a complete article summary.
The Fitchburg and West Shore railroad offers a May 29 excursion to Niagara Falls with return allowed on regular trains through May 31. Round trip fare from Boston is $10. Also noted are local shop bargains at G A R outfits E D Steele Co and Cloaks and Suits sales. Mr D J Williams remains seriously ill with pneumonia at Hillside Farm Varnum Avenue.
The aldermanic committee outlined recommendations for the joint July Fourth celebration. Maj. Charles S. Proctor is asked to be chief marshal, local societies invited to participate in the early morning parade, an appropriation of 1400 sought, and prizes set for the feature and firemen parades. The event aims to start by 7 am for the feature parade and 9 am for the firemen’s parade, with prize structure and participation rules to be finalized within budget.
At the rear of the police station the Vixen crew tested their painted tub and new nozzle tips. The tips, invented by a member whose name is withheld, aim to trim spray and create centripetal motion for a steadier stream. Trial last night deemed very satisfactory.
The sale begins this morning at 9 o'clock at the Boston Cloak and Suit store located at 228 Merrimack Street. This season's best styles are offered as bargains, while former season and poor styles are not.
A Victorian courtroom quip plays on a taunting exchange between Varley and Farquhar as a judge presides. Varley retorts on a broken chess-master joke while Farquhar recalls a combative question to a woman, ending with a sly streetwise punchline.
A promotional note asserts Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is superior to competing tonics. It emphasizes consistent results, warns against other brands, and adds a call to action with pricing and availability at druggists. It also advertises Ayer’s Pills as a vegetable laxative and lists price.
The First Congregational church vestry was decorated as a garden with palms evergreens flowers and Chinese lanterns for a Ladies Benevolent Society function led by Mrs. Frank Hoyt. Afternoon events featured an infant and flag drill piano solos a violet song and a cantata The Singing Flowers. Evening included an archery contest between married and single women and a candy table with Sunday school class helpers and lemon juice provided by Mrs. George Bell.
The W Cc T A of Dracut hosted a successful lawn party at Mrs J P Richardson’s Hildreth street home. Proceeds will go to the India relief fund. Despite damp weather guests filled the house for an evening of music reading and singing, with the Hutchinson orchestra and performances by Edith Kelly Julia Fox Jeannie Hall Viva Richardson and others. Rev J P Richardson and Rev F I Kelley spoke briefly.
French American children observed the canonization of Jean Baptiste de La Salle and Ascension feast with a solemn high mass at St Joseph's Church attended by hundreds of children. Rev. Vr Des roches officiated, with deacon and sub-deacon Frs Marion and Lamothe. Afternoon Huntington hall entertainment for 2500 children featured vaudeville acts, songs, acrobatics, comedy sketches, phonograph selections, and an address by Fr Gagnon explaining the day's significance.
Grace Universalist church youths staged a three act comedy titled Tulu by Grace Livingston Furniss in the vestry before a large audience. Cast included Lord Blazenberrie Arthur W Lovejoy Jack Ryder Arthur W Guillet Dick Chetwyn and others with Bertha M Abbott Elizabeth J Spofford and Alice L Livingston. Between acts William Hunt Palmer sang Kipling songs and Flora Sprague Ruth Crawford gave readings while Nellie F Sturtevnt played piano.
The programme arranged by the pastor featured top city talent. Charles Barker gave an organ recital to start the evening with hearty applause. A select quartet including Mrs. J. D. Willman and Mr. Alfred Favor performed popular arias. The High School Banjo and Mandolin club added variety. Miss May Donnelly delivered polished elocution. Mrs. J. D. Willman and Lavern Harrington offered solo and violin performances, with Butterworth and Harrington at the piano.
The March bazaar run by the YMCA under the Women's auxiliary reported receipts across multiple tables. Admission fees reached 109.66 dollars, refreshments 98.02, fancy 102, art 70.65, flower 60.15, candy 57.92, apron 51.20, domestic clock valued 10 and cash 40.30, coat room 9.75, totaling 599.65 dollars.
At the State almshouse in Tewksbury last night the monthly inmate entertainment featured Henry N. Baril with assistors Della Baril and Annie Bourassau performing feats of legerdemain.
Philip J. Farley spoke last night to L Union St. Joseph in St. Joseph's Hall, praising the society's 28 years of service in Lowell. He urged fraternal unity among Catholic groups beyond sickness and death benefits and noted the republic and church face a transition as the twentieth century begins.
Justice Harlan warns against sympathy for monopoly and the dangers of a wealth driven despotism. Brown warns of liberty submerging under wealth, urging Catholics to unite amid social upheaval and defend marriage and family while shaping public opinion with fairness. The speech calls Catholics to study history and form informed, tolerant civic judgments.
Memorial Day observance details issued by Chief Marshal George E. Pinkham designate Comrade George B. Worthen as chief of staff and list aides de camp from multiple posts and regiments. Staff assignments include School Street ground, Lowell cemetery, Gorham Street cemeteries, and Hildreth burial grounds with processions, carriages, and formations scheduled for May 30th at Park Garden.
The parade will start at Monument square and reform on Moody street after ceremonies. It proceeds along Tilden Merrimack and Shattuck streets to Huntington hall where day’s exercises end. Route reviewed at city hall and Dutton street by the chief marshal.
May 22 probate session presented numerous wills and granted administrations to many individuals across Medford, Somerville, Wakefield, Cambridge, Arlington, Newton, Lowell, and other towns. Names include Elphege Chaver, Elizabeth Sweetser, A P Brown, Isabel Fleming, Charlotte Field, Stella Whyte, Eliza Upham, Hiram Eaton, Susan Peabody, Anne Henshaw, Mary Wiggin, H O Eastman, Margaret Mathews, W F Locke, Lucy Giles, Sarah Bacon, Thos Gallagher, W E Sheldon, Daniel Callahan, R D Morehouse, Mary Hilton, J M Bass, Annie Hudson, Elizabeth Kelly, Wm Gates, L C Fardy, H A Mullally, Mary Porter, Frances Taylor, Sarah Adams, N T Plumer, Ida Kilgore, Elizabeth Doherty, Philip Carbry, Eben Sherman, Harriet Summers, Julia Hazen, Edward Lees, S P Rowell, Sarah Bickers, George Shattuck, Jaques Gowing, Merle Hurn, Emily Mansfield, Thos Kernan, Julian Talbot, Jeannette Goddard, Mary Philbrook, Margaret Nawn, Margaret McCormick, Horace Leadbetter, F W Hodgman, Owen Sheridan, Lydia Krueger, Fannie Rand, Shattuck Hartwell, Cordelia Munroe.
A London Post correspondent reports Japan's 1899 trade reached 423 million yen, up 10 percent from 1898, with exports nearly balancing imports for the first time. Industrial growth spans chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and native labor, while Kobe harbor works promise ample returns. Japan's political scene remains quiet as Korea shifts to broader influence. The Shikishima, a premier battleship built on the Thames, enhances national power and naval prestige.
At the annual meeting of the United Workers of the First Universalist church held Wednesday the treasurer reported a year’s total of 170 dollars raised. Officers elected include Mrs. Guy Morey president Miss Maria Chamberlain vice president Mrs. H B Noyes secretary Mrs C A Scripture treasurer and a board of directors comprising Mrs W F Lane Mrs Geo W Brothers Mrs Fred Bates Mrs Geo Peck and Mrs Coolidge Johnson.
Pollard and Co announces a sale on doors and windows with a full line of non screen doors in dark finish for 98 cents per size. Hardwood finish doors at 1.49. Window screens adjustable at 15 cents. Twelve kinds offered plus others at 20 25 27 and 35 cents for self adjusting spring screens. Basement. A. G.
A historic line promoting Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup warns that small colds can escalate to consumption and death. It emphasizes early care and treatment, reflecting early 20th century medical advertising. The message blends public health concern with patent medicine promotion.
Doctors approve of quick prescriptions and full satisfaction as the ad lists Salted Peanuts at 19 cents per pound Salted Pecans and Almonds at 75 cents per pound plus assorted nuts in shells Brazil almonds filberts pecans English walnuts and Shagharks Peanut Paste for sandwiches offered in half pound jars at 20 cents and one pound jars at 35 cents.
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