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Newspaper

Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1898

Page

4

Courier Citizen Company Lowell Circulation Claim

Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County established 1826 daily since 1845 published at Merrimack street Lowell. Delivered by carrier at 12 cents a week 50 cents a month. No two cent newspaper in Lowell has larger circulation. Circulation books open to all.

Middlesex County Courier-Citizen Merrimack Street Lowell Courier-Citizen Company The Courier

Boston and Maine R. R. Trains Between Lowell and Boston

Boston and Maine Railway service operates trains daily between Lowell and Boston providing commuter and passenger connections. Schedules show frequent departures with morning and afternoon runs, and seasonal adjustments during holidays.

Lowell Boston

Courier vacation notice offers flexible mail service

Regular subscribers may have the Cowell Daily Courier mailed to a new address while away on vacation without extra charge by giving notice at the office. The service allows changing the address as often as desired and charges 12 cents a week or 60 cents a month postage paid.

Cuba, Diplomats, and War Clouds Amid Predictions

The piece critiques Cuba's government claims and notes resigning Sixth officers, while Richard Niarding Davis hints at fear. It mentions Dr Angell's departure, later Armenian tragedies, and tense China relations with Britain and Russia near conflict. U.S. support for John Bull follows Senator Foraker on Philippines policy, labor groups opposing expansion, and lingering war aftereffects.

Roosevelt and Fever Shape Strange War Affairs

The piece rails at Roosevelt as a bold yet bumptious leader amid the Cuban campaign. It notes his push to deploy Rough Riders to Porto Rico and his later push to move north to avoid fever. The author cites Shafter’s men seeking relief and comments on the era’s “queer” war dynamics, including the Sixth Regiment muddle in Massachusetts.

Theodore Roosevelt Navy Department Santiago War Department Roosevelt Porto Rico Teddy Shafter Cuba Secretary of War Stanton Grant Imbroglito Massachusetts

Quotations on war, taxes, and politics spark remarks

A collection of brief quotations comments from various papers range from praise and irony over the American flag raised in Honolulu to tax figures provoking public protest. Other lines mock Spain's court martial prospects, war department scrutiny, and wartime sentiment tied to specific battles and figures.

Spain Norwich Record

The Island of Porto Rico in Early History

Frederick A. Ober argues in the August Century that Puerto Rico bears the name chosen by Columbus and recounts early exploration. He notes Ponce de Leon’s arrival, Caparra’s founding, Indian rebellions, and the subsequent extermination of whites followed by African labor, framing this as part of Spanish colonization.

Frederick A. Ober Porto Rico Mr. Ober New World Borinquen Indian Island Puerto Rico Noble Aguadilli Ponce de Leon Agueynaba Caparra Pueblo Viejo San Juan Cacique Agueynaba Africa

Vacation churchgoers and city chatter mix in autumn notes

The column blends vacation church attendance, rail passenger frictions at junctions, and local anecdotes. It notes scattered French and English services on South Common led by Revs. LeClaire Paradis Sayer with a mixed crowd, laments shelter at junctions, and catalogs light gossip about a flute player, a cow-on-track sighting that proves a cyclist couple, and neighboring town observations.

I. B. LeClaire J. H. Paradis Thomas §. Sayer, Jr Mr. Paradis

Informing police kept watch on vacant homes during absence

The editorial urges vacationers to notify the police of their absence to prevent break-ins. It criticizes selfish conduct on streetcars where a few women would not yield seats, and notes a scene at the Northern station with crates of wild geese moving through.

Lowell Washington National Capital Ote Tyngsboro Lawrence

Army cooks and rations reform urge better kitchens

The Brooklyn Eagle argues for professionalized army cooks, doubling as corporals to improve feeding. It notes current delays and misused labor, advocates establishing trained pantry leaders, and cites a cookbook guiding cheap wholesome dishes from army rations to sustain soldiers.

Munyon's Headache and Indigestion Cure Ad

Munyon's claim makes the product the sole remedy for all headaches and indigestion with nervous stimulation and system boost. It targets home and travel use, available at druggists for 25 cures at 26 cents.

Munyon

All Our Screens Reduced To One Price

A. G. Pollard & Co advertises remaining stock of window screens reduced to 25 cents each from 35 and 40 cents. The note highlights basement location and asserts better value than elsewhere. Includes a cartoon caption about a cook and kitchen duties from the Indianapolis Journal.

A. G. Pollard & CO

Manila’s Intramuros and outskirts face imperial firepower

The article surveys Manila’s walled citadel Intramuros, the sprawling business town across the river, and suburban townships. It notes aging defenses, Spanish batteries, and the threat of Admiral Dewey's fleet, contrasting old walls with modern bombardment potential and the difficulty of safeguarding civilians inside the citadel.

Manila Intramuros Army Luzon Nelson Dewey Santiago Luneta Binondo

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