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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1901
Page
4
Train service operates between Lowell and Heston on the Boston and Maine network. Details on schedules, frequency, and intermediate stops are listed for riders and station agents. Potential delays or service changes are announced by the railroad.
Subscribers who will be away from home this summer may have the Cour ier mailed to mountain, country, or seashore addresses for any duration by sending word to the Courier-Citizen counting room.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes July exports reached 109,031,158 with a substantial trade balance of 36,134,071 in favor of the United States signaling strong commercial activity after the Spanish war. The piece also contrasts British press criticism of corruption with a satirical take on Massachusetts Legislature investigations.
The piece mourns the tragic fate of Frank McKean in South America and contrasts his punishment with exile. It then questions a proposed wage cut in Fall River mills, arguing it risks forced idleness and sympathy for a shutdown over a strike, noting local bitterness and potential ripple effects to other cities.
The article suggests that any actual move to cut would be poorly executed and bitter, with significant public backing for the idea. Treasurers pushing the issue may reconsider before acting, given expected resistance and strong moral support from the populace.
The department of agriculture reports a hard, nitrogen rich macaroni wheat suited to dry semiarid plains. With 15 million pounds of foreign macaroni imports at stake, a strong demand for semolina prompts farmers to expand acreage. If successful, 30 to 50 million extra bushels await, reducing irrigation needs and unlocking vast unproductive lands.
Commander-in-chief Frederick St George de L. Booth-Tucker completed naturalization papers in the New York Supreme Court naturalization bureau. Miss Alice Roosevelt, eldest child of the Vice President, sat in a private room during the proceedings.
A patient at Roosevelt Hospital New York underwent a surgical operation to relieve an abscess at the root of a tooth and is in favorable condition for recovery. Ainsworth Spofford of the Library of Congress will spend three months in Europe exploring book markets. Miss Mary Holbrook of a prominent Holbrook family设 funds 5000 dollars to support Winthrop Congregational church worship and perpetuate her annual gifts. Miss Anna Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan travels with Prof Henry E Osborn hunting party from Colorado Springs to Marvin Lake for a weeklong stay with deer season opening on the 15th. Morgan’s shooting outfit is a smoke corduroy blazer with deer fur trim and steel buttons.
A collection of editorial fragments discusses the Fall River strike and wage cuts, urging restraint and sympathy for workers. It contrasts opinions on wage curtailment with assertions about self-government, market effects, and the fate of out-of-work steel workers.
A letter extols petroleum to kill mosquito larvae citing a June pond treatment near camp and Billy Jones using kerosene on a water can to suppress pests. The text also reprint a 1781 Massachusetts writ demanding Groton’s beef supply for the army, then discusses boxing dangers and a city woman’s harassment by male onlookers, ending with a sarcastic note on privacy.
Mrs Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio recounts using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to save a neighbor's infant with cholera infantum. Within two days the child recovered fully and remained healthy for nearly a year. She reports recommending the remedy often and never knowing it to fail. For sale by all druggists.
The notice catalogs numerous individuals and families from Grove street West Tewksbury Warren N H and other towns as they plan or have begun summer stops at East Wakefield Old Orchard Maine Old Orchard Sea Shore York Beach Con cord and Ocean Park Maine Pan American Exposition Niagara Falls Limerick and White Mountains. It names locations and involved relatives indicating extended periods of two to three weeks or a few days for rest vacations and visits.
Mild and gentle remedy promises effective stomach and liver support. Easy to take and pleasant in effect, these tablets are available at all druggists.
A scheme to stock London parks with butterflies faces challenges. Migratory tendencies and annual restocking costs complicate plans. Some authorities point to sedentary Vanessa species that may stay if habitats are appealing. Butterflies begin as eggs, become caterpillars, then pupate and emerge as adults. they feed on leaves as caterpillars and nectar as adults.
Hampton Beach hosts a large music festival next week with Blaisdell's 15 piece orchestra eminent soloists from New York and Boston and a 150 voice chorus. Public rehearsals run Monday to Wednesday with grand concerts Thursday and Friday. Amesbury day is next Wednesday with wide town participation amid major improvements by Exeter Hampton Amesbury including boiler capacity expansion and new machinery.
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