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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
4
Trains run between Lowell and Boston on the Boston and Maine Railroad. Service details and schedule changes are announced for daily travel, with certain trains adjusted during peak periods. Passengers are advised to check latest timetables and platform information at station kiosks.
Readers planning summer absences can have the Courier mailed to mountain country or seashore addresses for as long as needed by notifying the Courier Citizen counting room.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes a Philadelphia paper paying Carrie Nation 150 for a lecture, jokes about her waning notoriety, and surveys urban trends from horseless carriages to Chicago’s failed sea port plan. It suggests Pan American exposition ads could lure larger crowds and discusses gambling decline, Riviera costs, and insurance prices.
Managers believe the exposition can attract more attendees by effective presentation and aim to reach all possible audiences. They have not decided on display advertising, but its potential is under consideration, showing vigilance to expand appeal and enjoyment for visitors.
A European alarm over collapsing forests is echoed by Norway's report noting rapid timber loss. It cites three trees felled for every one that grows, with oak disappearing from the south and pines and spruces declining. The text urges a French, Italian, German and Swiss style law to protect young trees and expand government forest care.
Mayor Hinchliffe of Paterson New Jersey prohibits presentation of The Assassination of King Humbert on August 18 asserting the city has been disgraced enough. The mayor also owns the theater where the play was to be staged and guards the public order with this action.
Leslie's Weekly notes 75 000 to 100 000 soldiers plus 25 000 to 30 000 veterans and visitors, aided by one cent per mile rail fares and a week long tickets. Free quarters at schoolhouses and halls, medical aid, and women’s relief corps will run entertainment. Three grandstands planned for president, school children, and public. city decorates with arches and lights for Sept 10 naval parade commemorating Perry.
A bustling Lowell milieu fills the page with anecdotes from a trolley ride. Passengers share tales of a man arrested for insulting women, a cheerful ex city messenger, and musings on the hot sulphur baths, local parks, and recent rains that renewed greenery. Casual notes mention hats from Porto Rico, rising egg prices, and community notices from the YMC A of San Francisco, staff changes at a dermatologist lab, and Lowell travelers heading to Europe.
Van Buren Lockwood of Stamford Connecticut was stung in the mouth by a hornet while eating peaches. His tongue swelled to twice its normal size and he was unable to talk. Medical attendance was procured and he can now speak in a husky whisper.
The product Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised for universal cures and safety. It is described as pleasant to take and guaranteed effective, available through all druggists.
Mr and Mrs T W Greenslit enjoy the sea revels at the Marlowe Winthrop Highlands. The Erie Telegraph and Telephone Co ad department moving from Lowell to Boston. They plan to reside in Boston after vacation. Misses Theresa Bertha and Master Pte McCue with Miss Julia Kenney head to the Weirs. John W McEvoy sails to Europe today to handle Lowell tied real estate business on Ivernia Cunard line. Fred G Humphriss leaves for East Hampton due to his mother's illness. Miss Louise Parker and Miss Gertrude McQuesten will spend two weeks at Bass Point Salem Willows Crescent Nahant. Mrs Granville Severance of Gorham street vacationing in Princeton. Mrs J S Marion and her son travel to Maine for August including Yorerville Fairfield Clinton. Miss Bessie Allan also noted.
The Hampton Beach trolley system via Exeter, Amesbury and Newburyport offers scenic trips past Whittier landmarks including General Moulton house and Governor Weare mansion. The 1923 music festival adds soloists Mary Deane Jarvis and Sara Dickey Simpson, with a 22 inch searchlight at the Casino. Hampton’s next month promises numerous popular events.
Under the Personally Conducted Tourist System of the Pennsylvania railroad a special high grade Pullman train leaves New York on September 23 for the Pacific Coast visiting Chicago Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Garden of the Gods Royal Gorge Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City San Francisco San Jose Del Monte Santa Barbara Los Angeles Grand Canyon of Arizona Santa Fe Kansas City and St Louis. The rate covers all expenses during the thirty days absent except five days in San Francisco. Two persons in same berth 165 dollars. Itinerary of D N Bell Tourist Agent 205 Washington Street Boston.
The Boston Advertiser argues that if Schley’s enemies had known that Cervera Eulate and Concas would declare the loop at Santiago a principal factor in the defeat, they would have admitted the loop was part of the prearranged plans and Schley would not receive due credit for the victory.
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