16 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Lowell Sun
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1894
Page
1
The note mentions a unique peony piper in Lowell tied to cable speed telegraphic dispatch. It hints most new items appear in other local papers tomorrow and invites readers to pursue further details.
In a wide hearing the Liberalities of Locks and Canals and Merrimack County figures are discussed amid a busy docket. Among cases, Velen Boivine, a young French girl, faces lewd conduct charges with a fourteen year old witness. medical testimony highlights distress. Eight drunks are noted. Harry Percival pleads to larceny in a fur cape case, four months. Landry and Murray receive terms at reformatories. Bucher sentenced for theft from Mamillon. continued cases await the father’s whereabouts.
Court actions at Fort Payne and Warren Cheney vs Charles Cheney unfold with jurors excused, auditor findings disputed, and testimony from G F Richardson and G F Lawton. The Moody Street bridge hearing dominates Pawtucketville’s public session, with Locks & Canals proposing land sales and city improvements to spur housing and tax revenue.
In a close city bowling tournament, the police team was defeated by the Lowells as Sevde led with a 231 series and Brosnan added 221. Jim McLaughlin struggled, while Martin Connors posted 167-107-102. The event drew a large crowd and sparked debate over afternoon bowling schedules.
A notice posted at Merrimack Woolen mill outlines a Monday March 1 return to work under the March 12 terms, with rents cut 15 percent after April 1 and boarding house rents down to $3 weekly. Mr Fels plans further reductions, while other local notes mention new births, lodge meetings, and social events across Lowell and nearby areas.
The labor committee heard testimony on two bills about overtime for women and minors and the circulation of petitions in factories. New Bedford mills were cited for overtime practice and clock manipulation, with concerns that workers fear testifying and may lose jobs.
The funeral for Heywood Lean Wright was held yesterday afternoon from Fairview Street residence with Rev. George Batchelor officiating. Frank Putnam managed arrangements. Miss Woodward provided musical selections. Numerous floral tributes, mainly from children, accompanied the cortege.
Miss Baird of the Temple of Design is in New York showcasing Parisian millinery designs as fashion influences spread. A warning also circulates about lighter weight counterfeit five dollar gold pieces and counterfeit dollars of 1887 and halves.
In New York, Rev Dr Paxton reports the marriage certificate for W. G. E. Breckinridge and Mrs Louise R. Wing filed at the city clerk’s office by Tiny Patton. The dispute centers on a pending suit filed by Alisa Pollard alleging Breckinridge promised to marry her. Paxton faces a $50 fine for withholding the certificate.
Fragmented dispatches recount the Leste M. Wells wreck off Craud Banks bound for Newfoundland as sixteen men abandon ship for ten hours. The Blanche is seen crushed. a 80 million dollar naval appropriation is proposed, with new ships and destroyers planned. Also Cunard reports Luathia breaks speed record from Sandy Hook to the Pant, and a debate on razing the state house front proceeds in Boston.
A fragmented Lowell oriented note argues residents should invest locally rather than in distant Western stocks. It cites inquiries in the Boston Advertiser about investments, cites potential local mills, and suggests keeping state funds at home to aid Lowell industries. It laments outflow of capital to distant markets and notes charity funding contrasts.
Workers at Arington mills demand old wage level to end a dyeing and finishing strike that idled about 2500 staff. A notice posted by Agent Relford announces departments will reopen Monday. The Liberal Conference held a fifth night with Rev J H Robbin from Boston addressing love of God and culture. A Sun ad for workers is contrasted with an employment bureau charge of $1 per application. Arthur Winfred Lodgman, Harvard graduate, wins $100 translation prize from Emerson via Bowdoin prize.
Our store will stay open Friday nights with Rogers Peat Co and our work rooms offering well made garments. Spring topcoats and covert coats priced at eight to twenty eight dollars with silk linings. Boys coats for ages eight to twelve, reefers and overcoats, plus new spring shades in gloves.
A political row unfolds as the education committee plans to report a bill for a North Adams normal school and funds for Lawrence and Fitchburg. Lawrence may edge the Senate bill through while County politics stir controversy. A separate case reports Young Man Arrested on Charge of Stealing 2000 Cigars. Lawrence A Chackon was arrested by Oliver Lane for larceny of over 2600 cigars from Storpson & Rowhind. Charlton, previously doing odd jobs, allegedly hid stolen cigars during four months and the items sold to Dugdale Beonelle Calderwood. Dee to be arraigned tomorrow.
A local committee on liquor law has voted with recommendations for state commissions across the Commonwealth. Rep. Nonohoe of Lowell served on the committee and voted against the bill. Tomorrow a sequence of society meetings begins at 8:30 with processions to city hall and St. Patrick’s Church for services led by Rev. Fr. Gleason. The Franklin Club Supper followed a literary banquet at the Richardson house with Postmaster Nurbank presiding and remarks by Mayor Pickman and others. Two heavy sentences were handed down in Middlesex Superior Court: Colemen, alias Horan, seven years for theft. Orlando Davis, eight years for incest.
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