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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1900
Page
1
A Chicago Times-Herald reflection extols the toiler’s life. It contrasts the humble farmer’s nightly home and family warmth with urban restless quest for wealth. The piece affirms daily labor as true kingship and laments lost honest work among displaced dreamers.
The fragmentary text makes quirky observations on golf praise, weather forecasts, boxing in China, and a suggestion to send Jeffries and Corbett. It contrasts open car riding with a strawberry festival in a cold storage warehouse while noting references to Julia Ward Howe and her spirits. The tone is patter-like and whimsical.
The Chicago Methodist conference accepted the minority report on card playing, dancing, and other prohibited amusements by a strong margin. The minority urged no action, so rules remain unchanged for four years. The debate centered on the majority report criticizing the president and Attorney General Briggs.
Boston May 28 Massachusetts weather outlook shows probable thunder storms tonight and Tuesday with variable winds.
The May 28 eclipse shows clear conditions across the south with totality observed in Norfolk at 8 53 a m while New Orleans reported total darkness at 7 30 a m. Cloud interference blocked views in Harvard Cambridge and New York but Philadelphia and Norfolk enjoyed strong visibility. The Dolphin and Holly observed from sea and shore as the sun was obscured briefly and a cheer rose from vessels.
London reports May 28 that Mafeking siege casualties total 803 with 22 of 44 officers and 190 of 975 men killed wounded or missing. Senekal described as taken by Gen Rundle with artillery and regiments. few Boers killed, British casualties 11. Boers believed concentrating near Bethlehem. unconfirmed rumor ties Gen French to Johannesburg occupation.
Boston May 28 owing to a flaw in the legal papers of the Atlas Tack Co sale the company must reauction its property. The second sale will be held on June 10 with the hammer ready to strike for control of the tack industry.
In Tarrytown New York May 28 a crowd of Italians clashed with an Irishman named Balls on a White Plains trolley car. Balls was stabbed in the groin and died. another man was wounded.
Washington reports General MacArthur cables that three officers and 56 men with 46 rifles surrendered unconditionally at Cuyapo yesterday and three officers and 46 men with 55 rifles surrendered unconditionally at Tarac today. The spontaneous surrenders are very encouraging news.
New York May 28. The failure of Seymour Johnson Co was due to commitments in the cotton market. The firm, a major cotton dealer, ranked second only to the failed Price McCormick Co in the sector.
A concrete pile for new cold storage at Southampton docks collapsed this afternoon. Fifty workers were buried, with several killed, others fatally injured and many missing. Rescue efforts continued as crews searched the rubble.
Judge Lewis W. Clark, former chief justice of the New Hampshire supreme court and bankruptcy commissioner, died this morning in Manchester after a week long illness from Bright's disease. He had a brilliant career.
Charles D Pollard age 42 took cyanide of potassium and died in the Varnum block at Bridge and Third streets Lowell this morning about 9 o'clock. His wife found him on the attic floor after being missing since breakfast and he had complained of illness and despondency. He had worked for Adams & Co and other furniture firms and recently opened a fruit and candy store with his wife. Funeral, lodge memberships, and prior accidents weighed on him after a bicycle incident. he was born in Topsfield Vermont.
Mrs Lucilla P P Wilson aged 27 years 3 months 28 days died at her Portsmouth New Hampshire home yesterday. She was a sister of Mr D N Pickering of this city. Alvira Brown died at her Tewksbury home Sunday aged 35 years 8 months 16 days.
In this city May 28 Charles D. Pollard aged 42 years 11 months and 6 days.
Doctors report two suspicious Fletcher block cases tied to a possible varioloid exposure at Moody street. Superintendent Whitcomb urges Lowell teachers to enforce vaccination rules, notes free vaccination at city hall Thursdays and weekday sessions, and calls for rosters of exemptions and non scarred records for public protection.
The Building Trades Council in Huntington hall prepares for a grand labor demonstration on Tuesday evening May 29 with Joseph F. Convery chosen chief marshal and a named staff. Unions line up on Middle street with a Central to Appleton parade route and speakers from Boston Lawrence and Lowell. Memorial Day mill closings noted and semiannual officer election announced.
All run down men and women are described as overdrawn at the bank of vitality. The ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla tonifies the stomach and digestive organs, enriches the blood, and restores vigor, appealing to those who feel weak and tired.
Clouds offered brief glimpses of the suns eclipse from 8 to 9 30 this morning as crowds of school children gathered on street corners. Smoked glasses field glasses opera glasses and cameras were seen while rifts in lead colored clouds revealed the sun briefly. The best views occurred near 9 30 o clock with a light rain beginning around 10 30.
Watchmen at Lawrence Manufacturing turn in 24.60 toward the search for Arthur Dent. Contributions listed from Burton Stockford 4.40 and many individuals at Criterion Knitting Co. Works including Shinkwin Cuddy Shinkwin Waugh Tully Griffin Sheehan Connell Cheney Collins Spencer Stackpole Rogers King Mackley Mines Maynard Leary Baker Ducharme McDermott Charron Bugbee Hutchinson Crockett Lefevre Coughlin Duncan Norris Moran Friend Friend Urquhart Mahar Bowden and Novich with amounts ranging from 5 to 50 cents.
A vintage advertisement promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla at one dollar per bottle as a health tonic for fatigue weak nerves and low blood. It pairs with Ayer's Pills a vegetable laxative priced at twenty five cents a box to relieve constipation.
A Dublin New Hampshire tale begins with Roy F Bringham who travels by bicycle toward Boston then to Lowell only to break down and meet a police officer near the Monadnock shades. Judge Hadley free of him with a joke about the romantic town and pastoral artist Phelps. In another case George Sutherland a Sixth regiment veteran faces a drunken spree after purchasing clothes and shoes. He is held on bail as the court plans Thursday proceedings.
The Laureate boot, modeled after the $5 boot, offers equal wear, fit, and stylish appearance with high and low cuts. Made from glazed kid and tan vid kid, it comes in sizes 2 to 12 and widths A to B, priced at 3.50 for boots and 3.00 for Oxfords, sold by the maker.
A morning police court docket lists many women among the offenders. Delia Kennedy Helena F Burke and Josephine Daniels were sent to the workhouse for three months. Mary B E Hebert jailed five months. Timothy Sullivan two months. Thomas Parkinson 20 days. Matthew D Doyle sent to the state farm. Albert Paris fined 18 dollars for drunkenness and assault. Luke Mongeau fined 10 dollars. Willis L Hamblett six. John P O Roark continued. Numerous others fined two dollars for drunkenness. John J Connors pleaded not guilty to illegal liquor possession. Annie Lynch and William Ladue pleaded not guilty to larceny. held on 800 dollars. James Turnas fined 10 for fast riding. George Sutherland guilty of drunkenness, not guilty of breaking and entering. Gardner W Pearson case continued.
A men handicap foursome event will be held at Vesper Country Club Links on Memorial Day. Entries close at 9 a m with play starting at 11 a m. On Thursday there.
O Sullivan Bros of OFP City Hall announce a women's handicap medal tournament on Saturday forenoon followed by a boys handicap medal event. The events feature local players competing for medals and eligibility for next rounds.
Conductor John C. French of the Chelmsford Centre line on the Lowell and Suburban road suffered a severe accident Sunday evening after leaving the village. He was found unconscious by the track near Parkhurst’s store with two scalp wounds and two fractured ribs. Taken to St John’s hospital, his injuries were deemed painful but not serious. He resides at 302 Stevens Street.
Police arrest James Turnas a Greek resident of Suffolk Street for speeding on Westford and Princeton. Officers Atkinson and Timothy Dwyer detain him at the station. A second cyclist evaded capture while speeding.
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