03 Oct 1900
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1900
Page
1
A Boston price advance for milk earns farmers a share of the cream. The note parallels imperial and political musings. The piece cites the Chinese and German emperors and mentions Admiral Dewey and William Jennings Bryan, with Butler Ames highlighted as leading the convention.
Houghton county Michigan in Lake Superior copper region holds the highest assessed property value per person in the nation with total valuation at 120000000 dollars. A 600 rupees reward offers for the man eating tigress in the Seoul district of India, where four people are said to have died in July. Sierra Leone is rich in big game including elephants hippos and deer. Europe long admired Chinese silk spices and inventions.
Boston on October 3 reports Dr. George P. Pierce of Millon won the Republican nomination for Congress in the 10th district on the third ballot with 55 votes. He carried ward 17 seven votes, ward 19 four, ward 20 fifteen, ward 24 thirteen, Milton six, and Quincy fourteen of twenty one. The Rector secured three first ballot Quincy votes, eight on second, and three on the final ballot. Rival candidates acquiesced.
New York October 3 Peter Burke a 45 year old diver from Highbridge leaped from the bridge yesterday and died soon after being brought to shore. Workmen saw him dive and a bystander identified the body. Burke lived nearby and had no clear reason shown in his pockets.
TM M. A. Baird & Co invites ladies to the opening of fall and winter millinery at 14 Merrimack square. The long experience in millinery trade assures selections will be perfect in style, quality and price across Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Charlies Lareaux aged seventeen suffered a burned left hand and wrist at the Lowell Machine shop this morning. He resides at 13 Woodbury Street and received care at Lowell hospital. A brief street remark followed the event referencing a short stump speech.
The Savings Department offers 4 percent annual interest on deposits received by October 1, compounding semi annually. Deposits of 1 dollar and up are welcome.
A general banking house offers foreign exchange payable worldwide with 14 currencies including English French German and Swedish. It provides safety deposit boxes private sapoon rooms and a savings department rate of 4 percent per annum compounded semi annually. The bank has ladies banking rooms and serves as a depository for the United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hours are 8 am to 4 pm weekdays and 8 am to 1 pm on Saturdays with extended hours 7 to 9 pm. Offices on Middlesex street and Post Office avenue.
From Pekin via Shanghai October 3 German fears rise as a campaign of revenge is feared delaying peace efforts. Prince Ching has announced imperial decree naming Liu Kun Yi and Chang Chi Tung as assistant commissioners to negotiate peace, both from the progressive faction. Italian marines are being withdrawn and British forces move toward Taku with Terrible and Aretheusa cruisers carrying the Third brigade of British Indian troops.
London reports a convoy of 22 wagons escorted by 60 mounted guards was ambushed by 140 Boers. Only twelve of the sixty mounted guards escaped as reports say the others were killed or missing. A derailed train near Pan left five Coldstream Guards dead and 19 wounded. Commandant Dicksen surrendered after visiting Komatipoort to verify Kruger’s move to Portuguese territory.
Hazleton Pa October 3 There is no material change in the strike situation this morning as miners ignore the wage increase. An attempt was made to blow up the house of non striker Michael Zulick. Shamokin Pa October 3 Natalie colliery closed with 1200 workers pre strike, 300 now.
Admiral Kempff from Cavite cables that no truth exists to any unfavorable report about the gunboat Villalobos or its crew. A Manila paper had published a false report claiming the vessel lost. The message clarifies the status of the American warship amid circulating rumors.
Williamsport, Oct 3 Fire at the four story J. B. Dayton & Co shoe factory devastated the plant at midnight. Loss estimated at 300000 dollars, partially insured. Five firefighters were injured.
Five boats built for the United States customs service in Cuban waters set sail from Philadelphia along the Inside route. The fleet’s flagship measures 70 feet, with four others at sixty feet.
The sugar market is demoralized as major refiners cut prices. The American company lowered refined sugar by 15 points this morning, Arbuckle Bros. by 20 points, and other independent refiners followed suit with similar reductions.
London October 3 Conservative forces hold 160 of 256 elected MPs with Liberals 39 Unionists 29 and Nationalists 27 after initial returns.
The Massachusetts Metropolitan Water Board awarded a 1.61 million dollar contract to McArthur Bros Winston and Sgoher of Chicago to build the Wachusett dam. Work to start within ten days with an estimated 1000 workers and completion by December 1904. Also found was the body of 45 year old Alphonse Bouregard of Ware in a canal with no signs of foul play.
James F. Ganley, a Lowell man with prior Lawrence larceny charges, was brought from Concord Reform School to answer three counts of larceny breaking and entering and escaping an officer. He fled the reform school, was later recaptured in Lawrence, and sentenced to the Massachusetts reform atory. today he faced Judge Pickman with bond set for trial. Other items note Patrick J. Kane’s three months, Catherine Whalen’s two months in the workhouse for drunkenness, Fred Ducharme’s $5 fine, and Humane Society agent Richardson’s $12 fine for a sick horse case, plus a board meeting at the Old Ladies’ Home Thursday at 3.
An advertisement touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a reliable remedy for coughs from colds. It emphasizes sixty years of cures, distinguishes it from patent medicines, and lists other Ayer products and the Boston based company.
Observances of Yom Kippur in the Orthodox Jewish church featured solemn services in a McIntire Street synagogue. Worshipers fasted from sundown to sundown with minimal interruption, men in the auditorium and women in the gallery. Some rites, including sanctifying the last meal and symbolic blows, were noted, though their practice is debated.
The Salvation Army announces a Harvest Festival to raise funds for local work while continuing aid to famine areas in India. A special auction will sell salable items for money or goods, supporting home needs and foreign missions. The event runs October 6 7 and 8 with emphasis on self denial and community support.
Fifteen delegates present at the sixth district Democratic councillor convention held this morning at the local headquarters. John J Mahoney was nominated as Councillor. Delegates from 46 towns and cities were to attend with 300 or more elected, though exact totals varied. The room occupancy and seating suggested a smaller gathering than expected.
The city Y M C A hosts the first season reception tonight at 8 o clock to introduce new physical director Mr W H Meister. A brief gymnasium and hall program precedes light refreshments. Free admission invites all young men to meet Meister and invite friends as membership climbs toward 500. Junior reception for ages 12 to 14 set for Friday 7 to 9. Gym and baths closed Thursday to Saturday for repairs and repainting. full operations resume Monday for classes.
A water main burst Tuesday night near the Rogers street end of the bridge sending water high into the air then bursting through the bank wall into the Concord river. The city water department works to secure the break while the sewer department fills the cavity and may rebuild the sagging line. The telephone company and gas company mustdig to relocate cables and pipes laid last week.
A two story tall panic occurred when smoke from a fire at a three story brick block on Charles street reached the nearby primary school. Six families lived in the block owned by A C Wheelock and the second floor tenor t house John Meade and family. Fire damage and water affect the building and effects are valued over 300 dollars.
The article explains salt rheum or eczema as a skin disease caused by humors in the system. It describes symptoms such as patches that burn itch discharge and scale and asserts it will persist while humors remain. It claims permanent cure by removing humors or balancing them.
An event titled Of Ladies' Suits and Garments features the first showing of correct fall and winter styles on Thursday October 4, Friday October 5, and Saturday October 6. The invitation welcomes attendees to attend.
John J. Allen provision dealer dies from asphyxiation in his Fayette street store office. Found by Lieut. Downey and Officer Whitworth as gas odor filled the room. He returned late after checking books and likely turned on a faulty gas cock by accident. Burial and church rites arranged. survivors include wife, three brothers and two sisters. ex-Alderman Richard J. Allen was a brother.
Two Chelmsford center houses were broken into last night with access through cellar windows. Jewelry stolen included a Waltham gold watch with A M initials, two gold chains, a six sided gold pin with H W G monogram, a signed alligator pocketbook with about $3, and a Cambridge ride ticket. Homes ransacked and left in confusion. occupants unaware until morning.
Republicans will launch the national campaign on October 12 with a rally featuring Senator Lodge as the keynote speaker and venue details noted for the sequence of events.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will headline a campaign event at Huntington Hall, the same venue where he began his bid four years ago. The Friends of James Stuart Murphy press for his Republican bid for Ward 6 school board, with two other men named in circulation, one an alderman.
The Willing Hands society hosted a harvest supper and entertainment in the church vestry on Tuesday evening drawing over 500 attendees. Rev. Norman Leith led the event with a musical program overseen by Mrs. William Zimmer and Mrs. Bessie Leggatt featuring Mrs. Rodger, Mrs. Leggatt, Miss Catherine Rodger, and others, plus piano duets and solos.
Plans are set to drill at least a hundred wells in land recently acquired by the water department adjoining the boulevard. Supt Cheney puts the department on full time, with street cleaning begun. He waited for city council action on the transfer order before resuming full duty.
The Paige Street Free Baptist Church hosts its annual welcome home social Friday October 5 at 7 30 p m. All church members and society are invited for an entertaining evening with refreshments provided free. An insurance ad by Fred C Church is noted.
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