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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1901
Page
6
A Boston and Maine Railroad notice outlines service on the Lowell to Boston route. It details trains running the corridor, with schedule guidance and notable stops along the line. Commuters are advised to check local timetables for departures and arrivals.
Readers planning summer absence may arrange mail delivery to mountain or seashore addresses by notifying the Courier-Citizen counting room. The service covers any duration, ensuring continued receipt of the newspaper while away.
The column surveys global labor strife with the steel strike and Amal Gamated, remarks on Lord Roberts’s pension, recommends toleration and gentler phrasing, notes Tolstoys continued growth, and reports on European railways adopting American engines. It also highlights a Kansas woman who won a $40,000 farm in government land lottery after rising from poverty through a telephonist job.
The strike slows California shipments but Georgia peaches arrive by about 50 carloads daily heading east. The fruit crop is abundant with no failures this year. Grand Central visitors hope for rail tunnel reforms after the grand jury's presentment urging changes to power, brick walls, steel girders, and weather protections for cars.
The passage criticizes health authorities for delaying changes, denounces the tunnel as dangerous and smokey, calls for cleaner electric power, and notes racial violence incidents as a warning against punishing black individuals. It also covers freighted opinions on transit speeds and political figures, including Reed and Kipling, plus tensions over American versus Austrian shoemaking and press about the Deutschland’s speed.
The article notes about six thousand Pullman porters considering forming a union to demand better wages for room and meals on the road. Tipping has declined with parlor and sleeping cars, but wages remain low, prompting calls for decent pay to reduce reliance on tips. It also discusses modern warfare’s reduced gunshot severity yet continued terrible potential losses in future large wars.
Secretary Hitchcock sails for New Brunswick and New England for a month with plans for salmon fishing on the Nepisquit river. The University of Birmingham appoints William James Ashley to its new chair of commerce. French minister M Leygues is noted as a rapid speaker. Vanderbilt family invests in autos, racehorses, and patents. Mary Eastman named registrar of Smith College, succeeding Miss Knox. Rev Charles A Allen resigns to join Waverley Unitarian church.
Quotes from editor Bryan and editorials discuss press time limits and perceived magnanimity of editors. The piece critiques sectarian oath language in England and warns that union of church and state harms American democracy as observed by the Chicago Chronicle.
A Lowell column laments the defeated Fort Hill park loan while praising park use and the Garity and Bartlett situations. The reader defends urban improvements over economy calls, defends smooth paving, and muses on a moonlit night and a pleasant ride to Lawrence amid ongoing city debates.
Customs officers halted a procession of 40 seminary girls walking two by two near Maslianco as they verified each carried smuggled cigars or cigarettes. The total value of the contraband was about $30,000, according to a Rome despatch.
Miss Mabel Costello of Lowell and Mr. Harry W. Leavitt were married at 127 Winthrop Street Taunton by Rev. W. P. Buck with close relatives present. The ceremony featured Lohengrin's wedding march and a flower decorated parlor. A wedding breakfast followed before the couple left for an extended trip amid a rice shower. They will reside at 87 Cohnant Street upon return.
Mr and Mrs Gustavus A Towle announce the engagement of Flora Agnes Towle to Charles William Pendell of Cleburne Texas MIT 98 Asa C Russell voices address in Whitefield New Hampshire old home week Aug 21 Mrs L P Bachelder and others depart Woods Hall for Cottage City to stay for the present Several Misses and Mrs travelers plan tours to Providence Newport R I and Canada Mrs George H Westgate visits Pawtucket R I Nutting granted 6 per month pension Mrs M H Connolly and Master Walter Connolly with Misses Winnie and Mary Ella Camerron guests at Salisbury Beach W P Farrington Westford street to be away for weeks Lowell visitors to White Mountains Wood brothers Hood Co vacation at St Johnsbury Vt for sister Lucinda Wood Copp fiftieth anniversary Unitarian churches at Bridgewater and Waverley linked Allen grandson of Rev Wilkes Allen promoter of Chelmsford history Wood brothers attend50th anniversary
Mary Gallagher aged 20 died at her sister Mrs Bridget Haley's home 67 Hudson Street. She is survived by two brothers John J and Charles A Gallagher. Mary Burns aged 80 died this morning at 107 High Street.
The funerals for James B. Clancy Annie Grace Hodge and Nancy Dickinson were held yesterday afternoon. Services were conducted at their homes or local chapels and burials followed at St. Patrick's Edson or related cemeteries under the care of local undertakers Molloy Rogers and Rev. Mr. Mahan officiated at service.
Death notices for Mary Cox age 3 months 7 days at 156 Cross street Thomas Calnin age 1 year 1 month at 48 Chambers street Mary Caswell age 23 years at 320 Thorndike street leaves husband and one child Mary Monson sister Patrick McGreever age 11 months at 309 Lawrence street John J Shaughnessy age 49 years at 8 Mellen's yard Fayette street wife and four children noted.
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