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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1898
Page
8
Yesterday afternoon was fine but evening brought clouds. After midnight rain began and heavy showers persisted before daylight. Forenoon was showery and dull. Forecast: showers tonight and Sunday in Massachusetts with cooler temperatures and a falling barometer.
Public notices advertise Booth’s Hyomes trials and Dow’s Menthol Cream free next week. Real estate auctions by J. E. Conant & Co feature two tenement blocks on Suffolk, Dodge, and Herrick streets with rental incomes and central Lowell location. Marcella Greenwood and heirs announce the Herrick property sale. Palmistry ads promote Cheiro students at 32 Central Street offering cheap readings.
At the Cathedral service for Private Michael J. Lynch of Company E Ninth Regiment, Schmidt led a requiem mass. Rev John T Mullen and D J T Whelan officiated with Noraks and Chopins funeral marches. Pallbearers were from the Knights of Columbus St James Council. Lieutenant Devun led the firing party and J E Sullivan sounded taps at Mount Calvary cemetery.
In Lowell, October 7 1898, dry goods cloak and millinery houses plus shoe stores and clothing shops voted to close Fridays at 6 PM. Merchants led by Hastings, Storey, and Somers canvassed downtown firms, securing a promise of weekly 6 PM closures with few exceptions and aiming to boost clerks and business alike.
A Minneapolis family reports cures for scrofula and St. Vitus dance using Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Father G N Bensel describes years of blood disease and sores improving into scars, while his fourteen year old daughter recovers from nervous gait disorder after four boxes. The advertisement touts the medicine’s power over blood and nervous ailments and lists prices.
A March movement draws a cheerful crowd of girls along milliners row as stores stay open late to accommodate customers. Three organizers regret incomplete canvassing while Putnam Son Talbot and Lowell One Price back Friday night proposals. Chalifoux reverses past stance, noting Saturday noon mills free up shopping time and Friday sales had waned.
The Mathew Temperance Institute hosted its second harvest festival at Associate hall with large attendance. Manhattan Orchestra provided music and pianist McAioon performed his two step Gallant 6th. Committees managed candy lemonade ice cream flower and reception tables with numerous volunteers thanked for support.
The streets committee chaired by Alderman Peirce recommended a Bridge Street bicycle path from Merrimack to Central Bridge. A full Moody Street macadamization was proposed with city stone offered by George J. Carney. Other actions included a Nesmith Street sewer, Tremont and Suffolk mill sidewalk request, Winter Street extension discussion, and Mammoth Road paving not pressed this year.
Officer J. B. Crowley encountered two men on Paige street, one being William Ferris of Dracut, an escapee from Lowell jail who vanished Sept. 22 and was sentenced for larceny, assault, and related offenses after his Oct. 22 1897 arrest. The companion was jailed for drunkenness.
Lucius Paulini received a letter from J J Paulint describing a party from Lowell Boston Nashua and New York en route to the Klondike They report good health and high spirits hoping for a lucky strike about 100 miles up the Klondike river and aiming for Copper river district before winter.
City of Lowell payrolls list weekly totals for Health Department and Public Buildings. Entries include Schoolhouses and Janitors costs, Carter Street School, Sewers Streets Watering, paving projects on Aiken and Beech Streets, and widening Andover Street with varying sums for 1897 and 1898. Public figures show substantial variances by week.
Students celebrate mountain day with Mt Tom Mt Holyoke Mt Nonotuck as the Connecticut river valley unfolds. Electrics carry crowds to the summit where vistas, autumn colors and college songs mix with quiet walks by the Bluffs and Gorge. A somber note recalls a past tragedy near the summit.
In a brief health notice Mood's Pills are advertised as a remedy for liver issues and indigestion. The advertisement touts quick relief and ease of use, urging readers to try the product for stomach and digestive ailments.
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