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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
1
Reader voice from Carolyn Wells urges a shift away from historical epics and crime tales toward Emotional Studies and analytic depictions of the inner ego. She mocks popular fiction and champions nuanced psychic contrast between emotion and intellect.
Old Sol delivers a solar plexus blow as Fitzsimmons is sent to China to confront rival boxers. Li Hung Chang receives a month’s leave while Mr Conger’s preferences loom. The Montana Mantle shifts away from Mr Bryan this year as infants enjoy a rattling good time and New England women and colleges showcase first‑class faculty.
The article notes extreme heat in Florida with temperatures near 110 degrees Fahrenheit and attributes it to high humidity rather than air movement. It mentions social and local governance reactions, including a choice to curb Sunday sales and restrictions on soda-water dispensing in Westfield Massachusetts. An autumn exhibit of antique goldsmiths and silversmiths will open at Frisian museum in Leeuwarden with loans from private collectors and municipal councils across the region.
A dialogue from Life magazine features a stern father teasing his son about a labor of good-splitting, while a character named Rastus jokes about ties and colors. The scene shifts to a defeated candidate lamenting encouragement to run as a rusty henchman notes the returns confirm the leader’s doubt.
A promotional note from Tradera National Bank guides prudent travelers to arrange protection for valuables and access to funds before foreign trips or extended absences. It emphasizes securing home valuables and ensuring available funds while abroad. The text seeks to reassure customers about banking support during trips.
Deposit boxes are rented for a nominal sum of $5 per year, providing security as a capital investment. Letters of credit and foreign drafts on prominent centers meet the traveler’s needs, offering convenience and reliability for journeys.
The Traders National Bank advertises general banking with foreign exchange services in English French German and Swedish. It offers savings at 4 percent compounded semi annually in a ladies banking room section. Depository for United States and Massachusetts. Hours 8 am to 4 pm weekdays and 8 am to 1 pm Saturdays evenings 7 to 9 pm private coupon rooms and deposit facilities at Middlesex street and Post Office avenue locations.
Word from Conger reports Canton siege of legations with six killed and 100 wounded. Yang Tsun occupied. 60 casualties in Remey line and 2 marines wounded. British general front telegraphs, American right flank, Russians left, heat and fatigue pose near-term risk. Czar approves De Giers mission to Tien Tsin with guard under Pekin guarantees.
On a Pennsylvania passenger train from St. Louis arriving in Columbus at midnight Charles Lane Adams express messenger was shot eight times and killed. The safe was opened with a messenger key and rifled with a large but unknown amount stolen. The robbers escaped unseen and the crime remained a mysterious case until the train halted here.
British force reports a bayonet charge near Kumassi during Kumassi operations. Seven hundred reinforcements to Bakwai fort reinforced and resupply lasted two months. Four officers and 34 native soldiers wounded and three killed. Night attack surprised the Ashanti war camp and many enemies slain with no gunfire. Punishment expected to be remembered.
New York August 11 Gus Ruhlin lay in a critical condition after a knockout by Fitzsimmons. He bled from the nose and ear and was unconscious for hours, only regaining senses with powerful stimulants as friends feared lasting damage. Ruhlin was up this morning while Fitzsimmons drank seltzer lemonade.
London Aug. 11 Roberts reports a Johannesburg waterworks patrol was attacked July 7. Buller occupied Amerspoort July 7 and moves north to Ermie. Hunter cites 130 burghers and a million rounds surrendered on August 8. Kitchener engages De Wet's rear guard near Lindeque.
Lewiston Aug. 11. Professors Arthur L. Clark and Arthur C. Nutt, both of Worcester Massachusetts, are elected to fill vacancies among Bates college instructors with Clark taking the physics post.
Prof Clark, 26, a Worcester Polytechnic graduate and Clark University student, becomes department assistant in English and has prior physics teaching at Worcester Academy with notable research. Prof Nutt, Ohio State and Cornell educated, taught English last season at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and has study in philosophy at Cornell and English at Harvard.
London reports praise for American treasury help during South Africa gold export stoppage and notes New York's rising role in European debt. It warns that McKinley victory could boost U S credit while Bryan's election might unsettle markets and cause dislocation.
Newport R I Aug 11 The naval board led by Capt George A Converse and Cmdr Charles F Story surveys Portsmouth grove near Newport for a coaling station on about 88 acres bought from Washburn Wire Co The plan includes water rights walls coal bins unloading and loading systems and possible future expansion to a repair station with marine railroads for torpedo fleet winter use in Narragansett bay.
The West Acton Baptist choir welcomed Jessie Knowton Lina Shattuck and Alice M Hall as new members. Professor and Mrs Dodge spend vacation days with their parents in town. Adelbert Cutler works in Hudson after returning from Wesleyan University. Mrs Granville Whitcomb formerly of Boxboro was brought here for burial last week Wednesday. Fred Goding has a week long vacation. Mr and Mrs Samuel H Hosmer of Somerville visited early this week. Mrs H T Clark has returned from Maine while daughter Miss Etta remains.
The notice describes a run-down, weak condition with fatigue and poor sleep and recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla to vitalize the blood and boost vigor. It also touts Hood's Pills as a remedy for constipation and lists a 2 cent price.
Cuban teachers depart Boston August 13 at 11 50 a m by special train. They visit the House of Ayer, Hamilton Manufacturing Co and Lowell Manufacturing Co with interpreters and a luncheon. The tour ends with a return to Boston at 5 45 p m. All expenses are covered by the J C Ayer Co.
Chicago August 10 after talks with Democratic national committee members Bryan said no fixed speech schedule will be set. He will speak only on special occasions and dates will be announced as decided. It remains undecided whether he will appear at Irish society or labor day events and his formal acceptance letter is not yet written.
Chicago, Aug 10. Col John Masron Loomis dies and wills more than 1 million dollars to found the Loomis Institute in Windsor, Connecticut. The widow receives income for life, with bequests paid before the residue to the institute, a lifelong Loomis family project.
The Y M A proposes a full winter program as Assistant Secretary Dillon begins new duties. Victor Meister will lead gym classes from September 1 with divisions for general, student, business, and boys groups. Baths will be upgraded and a track team, basketball, and football efforts planned alongside social events and varied educational and religious activities.
City Engineer Bowers notified Mayor Crowley that Pawtucket bridge is dangerous and unfit for travel. Street department to post danger signals and prohibit driving faster than a walk. City to incur considerable cost to address the hazard.
An old advertisement extols Ayer's Pills as a gentle effective vegetable remedy for liver ills. It links bad breath, loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, memory issues, and biliousness to a sluggish liver and promises gentle action without minerals.
The article notes a required sum to repair the bridge and says the new Moody street route over the Moody street bridge may be hastened. It recalls the 1871 Pawtucket Falls iron bridge replacement and its repeated repairs and confirms widespread claims of danger as now officially established.
Paris Aug 11 Edmond Rostand the famed poet of Cyrano and L Aiglon has received the officers cross of the Legion of Honor. Mme Bernhardt may not receive the ribbon and some favored actors may. Likely decorations include Antoine Renaud Varney Decourcelles and Wolff with Bergerat Brison Ader and others named for officers and commanders roles.
Goodland Kansas August 10 two men who robbed a Union Pacific train in Colorado and killed a passenger were cornered in a ranch house near Goodland. One robber was killed in the ensuing fight another posseman was seriously wounded and a second robber burned to death after flames driven by attackers destroyed the sod house and its roof with lighted fuses.
At today’s session of the Catholic Total Abstinence union of America resolutions were adopted and officers were elected Hartford Ct. was chosen as next annual meeting site The new officers include Rev D F McGillicuddy Worcester Mass president J Washington Logue Philadelphia first vice president J Walter Gibbsons Chicago second vice president Leonora M Lake St Louis general treasurer Rev John Curren Scranton general secretary Rev A P Doyle New York The convention closed this afternoon.
Five babies aged under three months died Friday in the city. Joade Souza aged 20 days. Tomas St. Leon two months. Louis Chornard two months. Michael Brady three months. Edmond Tierney one month and fourteen days. Parents and addresses listed with each child.
Four youths suffered injuries at Lowell mills this morning. John Carabovius, 14, was treated at Lowell hospital after catching his left leg in a mule frame at Tremont and Suffolk mills. Delia Martin, 12 Wall Street, lacerated fingers in a Lawrence hosiery machine. Nora Short, 196 Appleton Street, had a finger amputated at the first joint at Bigelow Manufacturing due to machinery injury.
Fr Lawrence announced the YMCA will host an elaborate lawn party on August 30. Rep Butler Ames lent the grounds for illumination with 7000 electric lights in all colors. Proceeds fund a new YMCA building as tickets sell quickly with about 10000 attendees expected.
The postponed Westford organ recital at Onitarian Church was held last evening. The program featured works by Gounod Mendelssohn Bach and Chopin with performances by Mr Frost Mrs Merritt Septen Clark Whitney Metcalfe and others.
City hall records show aid calls steady despite warm weather with a shift from genuine destitution to a growing class of professional paupers. Observed patterns include women exploiting husbands’ drunken arrests, new foreign residents seeking medical aid, and young men marrying for wedding trips during vacations. Most brides live independently, and a notable number of marriages occurred in August, many with hitching trips rather than home-based arrangements.
Judge Hadley disposed of sixteen drunks in a morning police court session. Eleven were fined $2 each: Michiel Burke Felix Brummel Thomas F. Harmon William Jones Lawrence J. Martin John Mahood Fred Mason Michael J. Neylon Walter McNaughton John Shea Hannah Reddington. Patrick Casey, a chronic offender, was jailed two months. Michael Connolly a repeat offender was fined $6. Michael Dillon went to the State farm. Catherine J. Fake pleaded guilty to illegally keeping liquor and drunkenness, jailed three months and one month respectively. One offender was released.
Rev. Geo. F. B. Kenngott of the Trinitarian Congregational church will speak. The meeting will be held outdoors in front of the building Sunday afternoon and all men are invited to attend.
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