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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1900
Page
4
The Oldest daily paper in Middlesex County, established 1826, a daily since 1845. Published daily except Sundays and holidays at Courier-Citizen Building, Merrimack Street, Lowell. Carriers deliver across the city at 12 cents a week or 50 cents a month.
Daily notice states that circulation books open to all readers, inviting broad access. It emphasizes inclusive hours and ongoing availability, encouraging community participation and use of library resources. The fragment suggests a continuing effort to expand readership and provide open access.
Train service between Lowell and Boston operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad. Timetables and likely departures indicated by the fragment suggest routine commuter connections on the line. No further operational details were readable in the provided text.
Readers may arrange regular delivery to out of town vacationing subscribers by leaving their name and address at the Courier Citizen building business office.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Cuban interest attracted attention in the city while the tax rate drops to 18.80 after a high 19.60 last year. It reflects on urban improvements and the public’s tolerance for taxes in a modern city. A Connecticut man aged 82 committed suicide due to despondency, highlighting elderly reckoning with life at advanced age.
Newport Rhode Island forms a new police commission to enforce Sunday restrictions. The town was tight and dry last Sunday causing hardship for yachtsmen who could not replenish liquor or obtain shaves. Reform was deemed necessary after the town’s recent looseness.
The fall of Tien Tsin and Yang Tsun signals Pekin will yield under allied artillery. The ancient Chinese capital faces bombardment as ministers seek safety, while China weighs continuing resistance against European powers amid ongoing Boer War uncertainty.
The article surveys vast war costs and looming losses as Britain faces shortages and renewed attacks, while Germany’s Von Waldersee may shape China front terms. It notes Census gains for Buffalo Milwaukee and New York, with Michigan city growth, and reflects on steady but uneven U S population gains over the decade.
The article argues the new financial act, pushed by Republicans against Democratic opposition, broadens banking to smaller capital by approving banks with up to 26000. Comptroller Dawes notes most new banks arise in the Mississippi valley and western and southern states, with Texas crediting seven of sixteen southern banks. It lauds Republican fiscal policy while warning that Democrats and Bryan would reverse these gains.
The refunding project has pushed old bond exchanges for new two per cent bonds to 323,017,400. Of this, 263,414,100 are pledged to secure circulation and 45,020,200 to secure public money deposits. About 208,500,000 remains in private bonds or transfers, leaving roughly 24,500,000 unaccounted. Financial Review notes the shift toward national banks. Boston Herald references Old Home Power pieces in New Hampshire.
The writer notes Morning Citizen copies at Boston Union Station for Lowell and Boston readers, praises the paper’s local coverage, and recalls a visit by Cuban education reformers led by Alexis E. Frye. The piece also mentions a police court probation request, a Cuban summer school, and a hopeful forecast for blueberries amid a cooling spell and a physician noting safer infant health.
The notice lists numerous residents and relatives visiting or vacationing in Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Names include the Bumps family Merrimack Street Archibald Lees Morse and Misses Gertrude Bertha Graham Le Fevre and many others. Several plan Ocean Park Old Orchard Nantucket and Nantasket trips with dates in August and September.
Funeral notices describe services for Miss Mary A. McNulty at Sacred Heart Church East Chelmsford with mass by Rev Thomas Murphy and burial in Catholic cemetery. Also details for Mrs Agnes Tobin at Immaculate Conception church with Gregorian plain chant and burial under Undertaker C H Molloy, plus pallbearers led by Tobin sons and a large crowd for Mrs John Martel at St Joseph's Church with high mass.
The city and Salem, were filled with funeral processions for Thomas Kelley and others as Rev Fathers delivered committal prayers. Undertakers Albert and C H Molloy presided. Birth notices include Bridget ONeil, Ovide Oulette, Joseph Morin, J Lemire, and Burnice Qua with ages from four months to 69 years.
Theophile Deschamps of Lowell and Frances Delude of Michigan wed last evening at St. Jean's parish residence on Merrimack street with Ernest Heureux as best man and Pamela Dessureault as bridesmaid. The couple received many gifts and will reside at 114-3 Prince street after a reception at the groom's home.
On Wednesday August 8 at the bride's parents home in Caribou Maine Edward E Noyes known as Ned the chef married Miss Lila Langley. After the ceremony a reception was held at the bride's home where many costly presents were received. The couple will reside at the Merrimack house after a provincial tour.
Nantasket Beach offers afternoon and evening concerts by Perkins Choromilitant band under Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co. The Rowe's Wharf line provides hourly trips to Nantasket and Pemberton with return sailings every hour and a late boat after the evening concert.
Browning, famed for rhyming flair, was told by Tennyson that rhinoceros was unrhymable. He then crafted a playful couplet about a rhinoceros facing a tree and a sudden ascent, mocking the task with comic language.
An honest and vigorous man of good education is sought to sell house lots on Emery land. Only applicants with good references should apply between 7:30 and 9:00 PM on Friday, Saturday, Monday or Tuesday evenings.
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