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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
4
Notice lists trains between Lowell and Boston stopping at Middlesex Street Station. Schedule details appear in the brief transit notice. Commuters are advised to check local timetables for exact departure times and platform information.
Subscribing readers and visitors spending vacation away from town may have the Courier sent to them by leaving name and address at the Courier Citizen building business office.
The Lowell Daily Courier discusses Mr Wu and his cipher messages as hope grows that ministers may be saved. It notes Conger reports and envisions Pekin as a near future target while allied troops may force a stern Chinese response. The piece also mocks Yellow journalism about Paris guards and Lord Russell. It comments on King Victor Emmanuel III showing sympathy after the Rome wreck and notes Europe’s influx of American gold, shifting creditor status. Atlantic steamship speeds rise amid competition, hinting at possible future faster ocean transport. The Chinese crisis is deemed anomalous as China insists it is not at war.
The writer suggests peace talks may suffice, warns against rushing for distant possessions, notes census flaws, and explains Lowell's modest growth due to taxes and suburban access. War boosts Chicago packing firms as government orders rise, with centralized supply work benefiting few while many lose.
New Hampshire towns celebrate Old Home Week with vigor, led by Mount Vernon’s semi centennial MacCollum Institute event and Gov Rollins speech. The celebration boosts local patriotism, attracts summer visitors, and strengthens regional ties, with benefits for tourism and business across New England.
Cornell University offered a free summer nature study course to New York teachers. Four hundred applied for admission while facilities existed for only one hundred, showing eagerness for training and the value placed on nature study once seen as recreation for the idle. The Sultan of Turkey may invite a visit from a major warship, yet has not paid what he owes. Northern papers note Southern Democrats aim to disfranchise black Republicans to ensure Democratic dominance, echoing Lincoln that a nation cannot be half slave and half free.
Personal notices list Fay H. Martin leaving Lowell General Hospital after a successful appendectomy performed by Dr G. Forrest Martin. Numerous locals plan trips to Vermont, New Hampshire, Boston coast, Crescent Beach, Nantasket, Revere Beach, and Sherbrooke. Several visits include family and friends in Lisbon, Bethlehem, Fall River, Appleton Street, and South Street, with others returning from Lynn Beach, Long-Sought-For pond, and the Mayflower yacht duties aboard Gov. Allen’s crew.
James A. Chase died at his daughter's home in Winthrop Highlands at age 79. He long served as superintendent of the Lowell Horse railroad before being succeeded by P F Sullivan. He later ran a livery business and leaves a son employed as a railway superintendent in Buffalo. Also notes Sabina Logan’s death in Pomona, wife of Lawrence Logan, survived by four children, a mother, brother, and four sisters including Mrs. Henry St. Martin.
The funeral was held this morning at Bridget O'Niles's home on 9 Dewey avenue. Her casket was transported to Slaterville Rhode Island under the care of J F O'Donnell.
Obituaries list death notices including Catharine Curry of 48 Chambers Street aged 42, James A Chase aged 79 of Winthrop Highlands with burial in Buffalo, Sabina Logan aged 35 from Pomona California, Mary E Carsley aged 42 with burial in New Gloucester Maine, all noting dates in August and July and funeral arrangements in the local city.
A requiem mass was celebrated at St Peter's church by Rev Michael Rowan for the repose of Rt Rev James A Healy bishop of Portland Me. At Immaculate Conception church Rev Fr Joyce celebrated an anniversary requiem for Mrs James J Dolan. The anniversary mass for John Henry Dufresne, a well known musician, was held at St Joseph's church at 8 o'clock yesterday.
Fraternal lodge No 112 elected Mrs M Asquith as delegate to the Grand lodge session in Sanford Maine on September 25. Garfield Colony No 34 received one application. Woolen Spinners union named Joseph E. Toney marshal for Labor Day parade with Frank Cassidy and Patrick McNulty as aides to Chief Marshal Connolly. Trades and Labor council delegates chosen. William Hy Stafford and L H Beatty departed for a western Massachusetts inspection tour ahead of a main meeting at each visited location.
The Talbo Binet will present a Thursday evening concert at Norerica with pieces including The Blue and the Gray, Pirates of Penango selections, Sullivan Waltz Sounds from Drin Bennett Schottische Forget Me Not Gloge Cornet solo When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Gems of Stephen Foster, Tobant Waltz Twilight Bellis Topsy’s in Town De Molay Commandery. Arthur Ingalls conducts with Hall.
The notices honor Ed Marble an old-time actor who died in Brooklyn at nearly 54 after a long stage career with Booth Sothern and other stars. Also featured is a Springfield Republican obituary of Collis P Huntington detailing his rise from a small New England start to Central Pacific and Southern Pacific magnate with vast wealth and prominent marriages.
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