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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
4
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The Lowell Daily Courier notes that business interests oppose Bryan and foresee disturbance from lunatic elements should a Democratic victory occur. It suggests McKinley’s re election is likely while casting doubt on Roosevelt on the national ticket and Odell for governor.
A editorial argues neither Boers nor Filipinos should pursue bushwhacking war with Britain. It urges them to accept the situation and seek peace and prosperity. The piece criticizes immigration from Canada, warns it feeds political factions, and calls for stricter citizenship screening and a guarded Canada line to exclude undesirable entrants.
The speech urges voters to oppose corruption and intimidation in politics this year. It accuses Tammany Hall, Croker, and Bryan forces of milking state resources, while southern states are portrayed as controlled by democracy through fear and violence. The partisan attack labels corruption and intimidation as the party’s main weapons.
The piece attacks the Democratic party as the sole practitioner of political inequality under the U S flag, accusing it of using rifles to maintain power, ruling with iron hands in a third of states, and intimidating voters. It names Bryan Stevenson Jones and Hearst while likening the denunciation to biblical treachery.
The article notes Prof. F. Max Muller receiving the Grand Cordon of the Northern Star from the king of Sweden and Norway. Prof. John D. Batchelor accepts the chair of modern languages at the University of Vermont. Mrs. W. G. Atkinson seeks Georgia state librarian post. Sir George White, Ladysmith fame, is slated for promotion to general in October. Prince Oscar Bernadotte returns from Arctic welfare inquiry aiding Lutheran proselytizing. The Worthington heirs transfer land at Savin Hill to Boston park commissioners, totaling 808,700 feet of marsh and flats beyond the harbor line.
The quotes cite calls to repeal the gold standard act of 1900 and to open U S mints to silver coinage and note military projections for China. They contrast Japanese forces with allied needs and stress harmony and swift action over sheer troop numbers.
Lafayette Indiana presents Purdue University with a 2,000,000 gallon waterworks pumping engine built in 1875 for laboratory use and hydraulics experiments. Briarcliff Manor opens a school of practical agriculture focusing on orchard, garden, greenhouse, poultry yard, and dairy methods. Public U.S. buildings total cost and remaining expenditure are outlined. In Paris a theater physicians journal is published for each medical specialty. Manila sanitation advances proposed by Lieut. Charles E. Kilbourne convert Moat into an arm of the Pasig river to ensure continuous water flow, replacing a disease‑ridden wetland with improved drainage.
The Marstons, long in Edinburgh, Scotland, will come back to Lowell after a year abroad. The doctor led his class at Edinburgh University, defeating a Canadian rival, a note that honors Lowell. Friends recall warm welcomes and the wide reach of the university’s global student body.
Mrs. Agnes Tobin died at her late home 131 Concord street early this morning at 4 o clock surrounded by her children. She leaves five sons Edward Robert Thomas John and Charles three daughters Mrs John Neil Mrs Daniel Dillon and Mrs James Travers a sister Mrs William Ryan and a brother Thomas Tobin. A devout member of the Immaculate Conception church. Many friends lament her passing.
The funerals for Carleton M. Pickard Daniel Crandall and Mrs Annie Noonan were held yesterday. Pickard was buried in Chelmsford Centre cemetery with Rev Granville Pierce officiating. Crandall was laid to Edson cemetery under C M Young & Co with Rev Morang presiding. Noonan’s service began at 603 Lakeview Avenue then proceeded to St Michaels church for a requiem mass at 9 with the choir directed by Thomas P Boulger and soprano interlude by Mrs James A Murphy.
The record lists multiple funeral services and burials including Boulger singing at a service and other residents laid to rest. Bearers included Powers Griffin McNealy O’Brien Collins and Gately. Burials occurred in Catholic and Edson cemeteries under C H Molloy and undertaker staff. Deaths noted: Jennie E Russell 52 at 88 Everett St. Michael Brady 3 months. Joseph Kennedy 7 months 18 days. Agnes Tobin 59 at 131 Concord St.
The August page lists Jo seph A Bruly and family at New Belvidere Beechwood Me Mrs Isabel Shorey visiting York Harbor relatives and Mrs Martin H Reidy at Clifton Heights visiting Phillips Street. Others return from Shoals Isle and York Beach trip participants include families led by Stickney Knowlton Webster Morey Libbey Abbott Muz zey Welch and Joyce with most staying at Fairmount hotel. Several social guests visit Elmwood Inn Intervale and Jefferson Bethlehem North Conway and the maritime provinces trips noted.
Lowell lodge I O O F set a dairy bake at Dewey grove on August 25. Middlesex lodge K of P appointed a committee Frank Nichols Henry C Moore F M Cobb and Mark Avery to replace a banner and paraphernalia lost in last Friday night’s Highland hall fire. Waverly lodge Sons of St George elected Dr C Bret Poole as lodge physician after Dr Jackson resigned due to illness. A sympathy vote was passed.
The August issue features a long sanitarian table of contents with public health topics by Bashore Chapin and others, a leading Smart Set story The Master Chivalry by Margaret Lee praised as her strongest. It also teases The Secret of St James's Palace by Allan Upward, plus diverse stories by Dyer Fawcett Hughes Wayne Stokes, and a French tale Amour Perdu by Bonnetain. Poe is highlighted as a magazine feature.
Seven dozen Turkish bath towels offered at 15 cents each by A G Pollard & Co. The towels are unbleached extra heavy and measure 24 by 50 inches. Some towels spotted in places but priced far below two cents from a der. The department store promotes a bathroom value.
To Let offers include a modern store at $90 monthly the lowest rent in the city. Also 3 and 4 room tenements near the Northern depot in perfect order at low rent. Belvidere Cen raiville Highlands tenements 3 4 5 rooms priced $4.50 $6.50 $7 $7.60 and $8 monthly. House and barn in the country for the summer with low rent apply to T H Elliott 64 Central Street.
A historical note describes a shirt waist design with a too thin waist, highlighting fit issues for wearers. The item emphasizes tailoring concerns and potential adjustments to improve silhouette and comfort.
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