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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
4
Boston and Maine Railroad announces service between Lowell and Boston along Middlesex Street station. Commuters are advised of schedules and platform changes affecting weekday and weekend travel. The concise service update highlights timetable adjustments and station access details for riders.
Subscriptions available for out-of-town readers. Leave name and address at the Courier Citizens building business office to have a copy mailed regularly.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes the international peace and arbitration conference will publish a daily peace bulletin without affecting paper markets. It cites editor Godkin’s jab at Bryan, critiques New Hampshire Democrats, and comments on the Chinese sitaution, Bryan Nebraska, Hoar’s stump for McKinley, and the Paris treaty stance.
The report notes broader celebration of Old Home Week with increased elaborateness and wider participation than in previous years. Mention of Gov. Rolins' Men and a growing number of cities and towns adopting the celebration, with references to regional popular fan activity and a Thanksgiving theme extending toward New England.
The Pine Tree State plans multiple events for Old Home Week with Buckfield hosting Navy Secretary Long as speaker. Mont Vernon New Hampshire forecasts heightened observances with Governor Rollins and staff in attendance, featuring a semi centennial Appleton Academy celebration, picnics, a clambake, a village illumination, and morning and evening church services. The piece urges wider adoption of the celebratory spirit across states.
Harper’s Weekly and Nast shaped politics with cartoons. The dinner pail motif helped Grover Cleveland win and hurt the working class when Democratic policy and the McKinley tariff followed. Judge magazine notes a new cartoon promising four more years of the full dinner pail or an empty one under future Democratic rule.
Op-eds critique Hoyt freedom at Charlestown with restraint. New Orleans reports harsh lynching by the Nigger with three victims and his death. Humbert’s reign tied to Italy’s woes, taxation, and rising socialism. New York Evening Post endorses humane handling of foreign prisoners as ideal diplomacy.
A fragmented note notes Hanna as the central figure in the ongoing political skirmish, portraying him as the milder core in the McKinley era. The piece hints at public surprise over shifts in support and public perception amid the era’s party dynamics.
Lowell and Suburban Street Railway Co shares are exchanged for Massachusetts Electric Company stock through Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co Merrimack at Palmer Street. During business hours, stockholders and others should deliver their certificates at once to protect interests.
In Lowell a secretary of the amalgamated unions printed his own circulars using a nonprinter’s press after being told he could not. The piece notes a century of oddities from the area including a fossil oil sprinkler plan for trains, a Blackburnian warbler spotted in Tyngsboro, a pampered pet robin raised by a Lowell woman, and Grace Tourgee a rising cello artist with the Lakeview troupe. It also recounts Ward of Ward & Curran joking through tooth pain, newsboys scuffling over ice cream, and a new Chinese restaurant drawing locals.
Dr George Black and Miss Mary Kelleher were married at St Patrick's church in a nuptial mass celebrated by Rev Fr Crowley. The ceremony featured solos by Nellie Brogan and a Mendelssohn wedding march as the procession entered and Lohengrin aria as they departed. The couple, of 175 Bailey Street, will honeymoon in Europe aboard the Livonia and reside at home after November 1.
Mary A. Cooney died at her parents home 174 Andover street age 27. She worked as a book keeper for Merrimack Manufacturing Company and was active in Immaculate Conception church and the Third Order of St. Francis and Children of Mary, serving as president of the latter for three years. She was a Lowell public school graduate and shorthand student. Also noted: Crowe Mary aged 10 months at 114 Cross street. Langevin Axile aged 8 months 23 days at 61 First street. Tellier Julien aged 35 years 8 months at Montcalm avenue. Derube Charles Edward aged 4 months at 46 Ward street.
Local notices list several residents venturing to seaside retreats from Lynn to Old Orchard and Wasliboro with family trips and vacations. engagements announced include Miss Addeline M. Barlow and Mr. Edwin W. Killpartrick of Lowell. Also updates on recovered illnesses, travel plans, and a public picnic by the Liberal group at Tynsboro.
A garbled notice mentions Faraday morning at a stated hour and a sale of umbrellas and watches. It notes a watch is warranted to be good, with phrases about Geo. Wood and a series of small advertisements in the newspaper.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions the Nitte colds and “Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup” in a murky health context, hinting at medical remedies or symptoms without clear events or outcomes. Limited readable names suggest a local note or advertorial snippet rather than a full story.
Mr Elisha H Shaw Jr returns home after time in Middleboro Ziba Gay kept home with a slight illness Master John Hemlow sprains arm playing on the common Dr F E Varney dressed the injury Mrs William McClure confined at home by a slight illness Sanctuary Ladies of St Johns church held their annual ice cream party with vocal and musical selections George C Moores mills report dull business
Deacon N N Torrey sells his long held Groton homestead on Chicopee Row to Fred Chapman youngest son of Charles H Chapman. The property has been in the Torrey family for years with the late Deacon Willard Torrey building the house and starting the family line. Deacon Torrey seeks a place near the village after years of farming duties.
The article notes sermons in Andover by President George M. Ward at South church and several ministers at other parishes. It mentions activity by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and cases of misery stirring public sympathy, plus local estate matters and faculty movements.
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