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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
1
A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson about travel and fate is followed by a jumble of news blurbs noting August cricket activity, Gen Tchernaieff death, fashion bangs, a green reporter’s hot stuff, France America congratulations, Turkey trouble, Thanksgiving, and a critique of Cuba war motives tied to humanity.
Berlin Seminary of Oriental Languages graduates with three years of Chinese study will serve as interpreters in Germany's Kiaochau possessions. Verditschew in Kiev province is to be auctioned at month end for 3,919,882 rubles 63 kopecks owed to the government and other creditors.
Gossip from Camp Godwin recounts a raw recruit on sentry duty before pay day who lost a nickel. He asked Col Godwin for a match, since a light was in the colonel's tent. The colonel amused, gave a match and a candle, elevating his dignity in camp lore.
Prescott street window advertises clothing sale with Steele & Co promising prices lower than any bankrupt, fire, outlet, or other fake prices and invites readers to see the window for particulars.
Manila details dated Aug 13 to Aug 18 describe Admiral Dewey joining in a 48 hour non combatant removal request, Spanish withdrawal to refuges, and a failed surrender offer. The 9th notes discuss possible humanitarian impact on sick non-combatants, surrounded Spanish forces, and a council of defense rejecting surrender. Casualties around 50. troops occupy Malata Binondo and San Miguel. no disorder reported. Merritt’s article hints at alliance talks between Spanish conservatives and Washington cabinet.
San Francisco August 18. The Olympic Club manager wires McCoy and Ryan offering to match them before the club in September for the middleweight championship of the world.
Steamer Berlin departed New Orleans last night bound for Santiago carrying Crane's colored immunes and Hood's white immunes. Rich's Texas regiment is set to leave Galveston today.
Sacramento reports Gov. Budd commuted the five year burglary sentence of John Corbett, brother of famed pugilist Jim Corbett. The move follows the August 18 dispatch noting the ruling and its impact on the Corbett family.
In answer to inquiries from France and England it is announced that mail from these countries may be delivered at Havana either by vessels of those governments or by the United States via New York.
Washington August 18 Secretary Alger ordered the Fifth Regular Infantry now at Tampa to Santiago. The unit sails tomorrow.
Philadelphia August 18 The cruiser Minneapolis moved past League Island this morning en route to the navy yard. The departure marks a routine naval movement with ships observed by local spectators. The vessel’s destination remains the navy yard where maintenance and operations continue.
General Wheeler arrived to relieve General Young at Camp Wikoff. No rise in yellow fever. Three hundred patients with varied ailments are treated in the hospitals.
William Walker 50 a G A R veteran and carpenter drowned in the Neponset river after falling from Red bridge while walking along New England railroad tracks. His body recovered. In South Boston, Daniel Murphy 47 died Wednesday night from injuries after being struck by an unknown bicyclist on D Street and Broadway. He had been knocked down Monday night. skull fracture cited. Thomas Goff arrested at Lynn on a charge of setting fire to his mother’s dwelling. kerosene soaked rags lit in four places but damage small. He was seen leaving the house before the blaze discovery.
Portland Maine August 18 The New England States Veteran Firemen's league owns the city today as red shirted veterans fill the streets. Buildings are decorated along the parade route with hunting motifs and electric lights in red white and blue illuminate the scene. A large parade occurred at ten o'clock amid fine weather.
Returned miners confirm reports of a rich strike in the Pine creek area of the Lake Tagish district in British Columbia. The steamer Tees brings word that pay dirt runs as high as fifty dollars per pan, easily worked and suitable for hydraulic mining.
Washington August 18 Lieut Pershing of the Tenth Cavalry has been promoted to major of volunteers for gallantry and courage at the battle of El Caney.
London dispatch reports the Morning Post comments on Senor Silvera’s reading of the word control in the peace protocol and its implications for an alliance. The piece notes the interpretation seen in London as potentially shifting balance among involved nations.
Matron Wallace's cat Tommy jumped onto the judge's desk during police court proceedings and surveyed the dock, then was ejected. Tenis Dubois, a deaf man, faced drunkenness and threatening to kill his wife, bond set at $100 for six months. Henry Sullivan, drunk, received eight months at the state farm. Several others were fined a dollar for drunkenness.
Obituaries note Mary E. Lowe aged 56 at 8 Barton avenue with funeral at 2 pm from 3 Barton avenue and private burial. Also Eliza beth M. Smith aged 82 of Dracut and Charles A. Carr aged 28 of Carlisle Die. Infant Thorford Elizabeth Berntson and infant Paul R. Baxter are listed as deaths at respective family addresses.
The piece critiques sewer department spending depleting the year’s appropriation and creating excess winter work. It blames political patronage, notes slowed aldermanic repairs and council chamber cleanups, and mentions mayoral talks with the asphaltina company and a Steele & Co. clothing sale on Prescott Street.
The bicycle craze has reduced cigar consumption by about a million per day nationwide. Since the craze began, annual declines reach around 700 million cigars, reflecting a sweeping shift in leisure habits and daily routines.
A Courier visit tours Lowell’s gray stone court house, near completion, noting the grand portico with Grecian columns, light from arched windows, and an oblong design that maximizes illumination. Inside, iron beams and terra cotta walls promise fireproofing, with a two story court room, marble staircases, Indiana oak fittings, and a modern law library. Contractors include Connell of Lowell and firms from Boston and Worcester, with occupancy anticipated in September.
A windup sale offers new look for old coats and vests at low prices. Men's Trousers once $3 to $3.50 now $2 per pair, better grades $2.50 to $3, and $5 and $4.50 items down to sale prices. Odds and ends offered as closeout. Boys' Cassimere Knee Pants 19c, Crash Pants 9c.
The ad touts a money saving sale on children’s suits with strong emphasis on low prices. It promises substantial savings and urges shoppers not to miss the event.
A Lowell dealer notes that our $3.75 chocolate Ox fords are properly mated locally but cannot be matched elsewhere. With the new price at $1.5, customers in Boston cannot find a matching pair.
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