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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1900
Page
5
The week ends with a very dull market as buyers are scarce and little business occurs on exchanges. Traders note fractional gains and losses but the overall level remains unchanged while bank and mining news dominate the page.
The market moves slowly with mixed sentiment as the gas war and municipal ownership talk swirl in Chicago. Cotton markets rise on activity but pull back amid Lancashire suspension and profit taking, while India and China offers hope for better trade. American Woolen Co earnings for seven months report strong net and elevated common stock value.
A long list of morning and evening sermons from various churches across town. Notable titles include The Treasury of Sin, Laborers With God, The Unknown Quantity in Man, An Important Question Unanswered, The Admiration for a Simple and Contented Life, Catholicism True and False, Heart Thought, and The Imitation of Christ. Attendance details and speakers noted for several venues.
Morning service at 10 20 features The Hallowing of Gods Character with a fine musical programme directed by Henry F Felton organist and director The choir includes Jeannie L Sherburne soprano O A Gelino contralto Malcolm Barrows tenor James T Spellman baritone Sunday school at 12 10 Youth meeting at 6 and a 645 sermon by the pastor on Friendship
Morning service at 10.30 includes admission of members and the pastor will preach. Evening service at 6.30 features music such as Jesus, Lover of My Soul by Rutenber and Peace I Leave You by Roberts, with Holden assisting in the responsive portion.
The evening services will be held in the large auditorium with attractive and helpful programmes. The pastor's sermon, Chris Stilling the Sea, and inspiring hymns. The choir will sing the Vesper hymn Now on Land and Sea Holden. Responsive chant, minister and choir invisible. Lord Keep Us Safe This Night I Shall Be Satisfied arranged for solos duets and quartets. A cordial welcome to all.
A Sunday gospel service is set for 4 15 p m with Mrs S H Thompson speaking and Miss Pierson conducting praise. Miss Bennett returns from Northfield for the first time. The twilight service at 7 o clock features Laura Pierson, longtime Arizona missionary, leading a women and girls event open to all. Strangers are especially welcome.
A broken water main at the Faulkner Mills caused a brief flood at night. Water rose in the engine room wheel pit but by morning drained with minimal damage, estimated at about fifty dollars, rather than several hundred. Workers noticed the rise shortly before midnight.
The September Donahoe's Magazine features Rev Charles Warren Currier on China’s troubles and causes, James E Wright on American claims in Alaska, and L W Mulhane’s sympathetic piece on the Strangers to Hope leprosy mission. It also includes Glimpses of Charitable Rome, Ormonde a ballad, poetry by Caroline D Swan, strong short stories by Anne Elizabeth O’Hare and James Connolly, a fading Boscobel, and a new serial by Anna C Minogue praised for power in plot and construction.
Flood waters flooded the engine room as water poured from the Wamesit canal area. Investigators traced the source to a broken elbow in the city main rather than the canal. Workers shut off water at four mill gates but faced delays with covers and gates. the right gate near the shed was last closed at 1.15.
The Middlesex North Agricultural society hosts a three day fair on the 18th 14th and 15th insts to showcase large textile corporations. Lowell mills display expanded product lines new textures and designs in a limited space with electric lights enabling evening viewing. Local citizens will gain insight into ongoing local manufacturing developments and quality.
New England resorts line the Winnipesaukee shores in New Hampshire. The lake features 187 miles of shoreline and over 200 islands with landings at Weirs Centre Harbor Wolfeboro Alton Bay Bear and Long Islands. The Mt Washington steamer travels a 60 mile four hour circuit with Boston and Maine Railroad low fare fall excursions. An excursion from Lowell is set for Sept 10 round trip $2.00 with an 8:30 a.m. train departure.
The Rochester fair presents complete arrangements with well filled department entries and a strong racing card featuring top regional horses. A vaudeville show and midway remain central attractions while the Boston and Maine railroad runs special trains on September 12 and 18. The fair runs September 11 to 11 inclusive with reduced rate tickets widely available at many stations.
Miss Effie L Palmer, noted for her success teaching voice cultivation, reopens her studio in Room 20 Swan Building on Monday. She will receive pupils Mondays and Thursdays, with two days weekly devoted to Lowell. Palmer is a skilled soprano and uses the Sbriglia method to train suitable voices.
Boston readers are urged to consider the Joy Line excursion on the iron steamer Old Dominion. The round trip showcases coastal views from Martha's Vineyard to the Sound with a day in New York. Officers attend to women traveling with children, offering comfort and a lodging-free Sunday return for Thursday departures. Circulars and details available from George F. Tilton at 308 Congress Street, Boston.
Harriet Monroe laments modern egotism and loss of architectural connection as she contemplates ruined abbey arches and Gothic portals. She contrasts past monks who spoke through enduring stone with a present driven by imitation and liberalism, urging works that rival the sublime in spirit and reach.
Mrs James McKim of Dunnville Ontario credits Dr Agnew for a dramatic recovery from heart disease after years of failure and extreme prostration. She reports immediate relief after one dose and a quicker subsequent benefit. The remedy is sold by C K Carter and F C Goodale Co.
Probate Court warrants the sale of Hannah Bettys real estate, a Lowell property on Mammoth Road, by commissioners to settle her estate. The premises will be sold at public auction on Thursday September 26 1900 at 5 p m on the premises. The 155 4 3 square foot lot bounds along Richardson Tolman Hayes and Chapin lands with a detailed blazed course, ending at the Mammoth Road stone bound. sale terms posted.
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