21 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Lowell Sun
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1894
Page
1
The bulletin notes a May 21 forecast with rising bets and unsettled weather. It mentions a warming trend for the interior, variable winds, and a stretched outlook over the next three weeks.
A fragmented old newspaper snippet discusses a reader and a vent Piper, asserting the paper provides full coverage and value for money. The language is garbled but centers on paying for and receiving comprehensive news content.
Local events include a Pythian sisterhood Institute in town with a concert and minstrel show. Burkes welcomed new members and announced a May 1 anniversary. Holy week services were held across churches with Rev Greene, Dana, Merriman, Benngott, and Huntington participating.
Len Weneing of Lower Treportid and Southworth urged against the hour bill arguing southern mills can run longer while northern mills suffer. Joseph Real warned massachusetts mills would be disadvantaged, claiming southern mills employ in similar numbers and produce lower grade goods. Ashley of Fair River and Artune T Lyman of Lowell spoke in opposition as well.
The report covers the Massachusetts Senate and House actions on multiple measures. It mentions committee votes on taxation, jail reform, gypsy tax termination, a bridge loan for New Bedford to Fairhaven, and a Newton street payments petition. In Gravesend and Albany brief items, Justice Newton turns state's evidence in a perjury case, and a cabinet crisis is averted in Austria. Also included: weather, markets, and crime notes from various locales.
The page blends shop ads and street routines with brief notices of deaths, anniversaries, and public matters. It reports Lowell and Maine bank items, a Boston police bicycle note, a mayoral contempt case delay, and a memory of Neal Dow, plus local school and family obituaries and market chatter.
Reports from Boston and Portland mark Neal Dow’s birthday with temperance tributes. Delegations, ceremonies, and speeches laud his Maine Law role, urging continued support for prohibition. Diverse speakers, including former officials, highlight Dow’s enduring influence and moral reform legacy.
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