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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
8
A weather snapshot notes May daylight with sunrise and sunset times, plus moonset details. It lists Sun Rises at 4.12 and Sun Sets at 15.99, Moon Sets at 8.26 p m, indicating extended daylight and nightly celestial timings.
Yesterday was cold with little rain and a dull afternoon. The sky cleared before sunset, followed by a severe frost overnight. Forenoon later turned fine and warm with a calm weather pattern continuing into today and into the early evening data.
The Lowell Daily Courier for Tuesday May 29 1900 presents brief front page notices, local happenings, and civic updates typical of a small New England paper at the turn of the century. It highlights daily commerce, social events, and community announcements with period tone.
Highland hall hosts a strawberry festival from 6 to 10 p.m. to benefit the House of Prayer with dancing. Brazer & Co announce a startling reduction in the price of Ladies Crawford bicycles elsewhere in the issue. The militia will form in the armory Wednesday at 1 p.m. for Memorial day parade. A parcel at 6 McIntire street part of the Chase property sold yesterday by J E Conant & Co to Davis Stahl for 1200 dollars.
Centralvilles topped Beachmonts 8 to 7 at Cricket Grounds in Dracut. Trueworthy pitched well while Knowlton and Shay provided strong fielding to seal the win. Puffer and Gerry limited Beachmonts baserunning as McQuade Armassed Houston and Kahili aided the defense in this first team fielding showing. This victory marks the Centralvilles’ first win as a cohesive unit and snaps Beachmonts’ invincible reputation.
On Memorial Day the Buntings host Fitchburgs at Bunting club grounds Wigginville from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a noon intermission and refreshments served Tomorrow afternoon Emerald and Union meet at the Fairgrounds as managers rotate old players for six new men promising a hot contest Next Friday Lowell high school visits Manchester to face St Josephs school in town rivalry action.
A banker about to change his banking room or build a new bank should request the Traders' National description of their plans from Lowell Massachusetts. The bank, opened in 1892, shows 200000 capital, 218923 surplus, 2560000 deposits, and 8 percent dividends. President Charles J. Glidden. VP William F Hills. cashier F A Holden. They specialize in bank collections on Lowell Lawrence Haverhill Massachusetts and Nashua New Hampshire.
William Cranston Lawton argues in the June Atlantic that German should be the first foreign language taught in schools, beginning by the tenth year. He contends four to five years suffice to master it as a working tool and urges reading accessible German ballads and lyrics for children.
A. G. Pollard & Co. offers a basement display of Palmer street mill remnants. The fabrics, sized for waists and dresses, are priced at 6.4 cents per yard, about half their real value. The selection features many handsome styles and fast colors in convenient lengths.
A nearly new cottage offers 7 rooms and a bath on 3000 feet of land with 5 percent financing and $1250 price. Owner moved from city and must sell. Also five acre building lots in Lowell near electric line at $150 per acre and 10 acres at $100 per acre. Contact T. H. Elliott at 64 Central Street.
This notice urges readers to refresh interiors this month by replacing old pictures with new ones. It highlights marred walls and suggests updating walls with fresh frames and mouldings. George B. Maker at Merrick and John streets offers affordable options for many rooms.
A memorial marble tablet to Rev. Augustus Berry was unveiled in Pelham Church where he preached 38 years. The service featured Rev. Dr. A. E. Winship of Somerville, a large choir, and tributes from clergy and townspeople, with Mrs. Berry present. The occasion highlighted Berry’s long pastorate and character.
The Epworth league hosted a pleasant social for members after a sermon. Activities included piano solos by Alden Henderson and Blanche Peach, readings by May Adams and Mamie Killpartrick, songs by Harry Stocks and Mrs Milo Hale Jr, phonograph music, games, and light refreshments, directed by Nora Powright, Mollie True and William Dennett.
A doll social is planned for Thursday May 31 at the rooms with music and refreshments. Dolls headed for India in July will host an informal reception from 7 30 to 9 30. All girls and women are cordially invited to attend and enjoy a good time.
Charles JH McCully is at the police station charged with assault with a dangerous weapon on Frank McNamara. McNamara is in St Johns hospital with a knife wound over the right lung after a quarrel at Wrights machine shop yesterday afternoon. The wound is not serious but could have been fatal. McCully to be arraigned today.
Census enumerators in the city met at the post office building to receive instructions from Mr. Sherman from Chief Wadlin's Boston office. They begin work Friday with seven days to cover large districts, facing potential delays but aiming to miss few people. The process will be closely overseen once started.
Listings show multiple transfers in Tewksbury Billerica Wilmington Chelmsford Dracut Westford and other towns. Buyers include Bartholomew Kane Sarah Blanchard James Cahill Walter Roberts and Jerome Gilson with parcels on Moody Wilder and Nesmith streets and Sixth Avenue among others. Values range from $1 to $4900, with several transfers noted to or from executors and trustees. The report includes the Joel Gilson estate and the Morris Sheehan farm as part of the real estate activity.
A Havana Letter surveys elephant lore and craze in India, noting must phenomena and famed cases like Mandia and Rome o, then shifts to Americans in Cuba. It contrasts opportunistic enterprise and hardship, detailing lawyers, traders, and workers finding or losing fortune amid new rule, jobs, and tantalizing rumors of hotels and stores opening in Havana.
By J. E. Conant & Co. Lowell Massachusetts, office. Auctioneers.
Nineteen thousand square feet on Nesmith Street between the Hutchinson and White residences will be sold at absolute auction without limit reserve or restrictions. On May 31 1900 at 5 pm the high bid wins. two thirds mortgage term at 5 percent. purchaser pays current year taxes and deed within 30 days. deposit 650. inquiries at J B Conant & Co. Frank K Stearns.
A five year old, Rose M Sullivan, was removed from 5 Conlon's court off Fayette street after being found in a starving condition. Taken to St John's Hospital, doctors feared for her life though stimulants were used. police held the mother on drunkenness charges as the night wore on.
A train carried fifty nine carloads of oranges from California east totaling 21 712 boxes. Transvaal mining machinery values approach 47 million dollars, about 40 million of which is on the Witwatersrand. American college tuition averages 75 dollars annually while colleges pay 115 dollars. India runs thirty three jute mills employing 94 540 people with 13 371 looms and over 278 000 spindles, mainly near Calcutta. In 1806 James Watt built an organ for St Andrew's Church in Glasgow, despite strong opposition and caricatures.
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