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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1901
Page
4
Trains run between Lowell and Boston on the Boston and Maine Railroad system with scheduled service and stops along the corridor. Timetables list departure and arrival times, stations served, and potential service adjustments affecting travelers and commuters.
Readers planning summer absence may have the Courier mailed to mountain, country, or seashore addresses for any period by sending word to the Courier-Citizen counting room.
The Lowell Daily Courier reports on American interests in Venezuela amid regional revolutions and U S warship guarantees. Denmark seeking loans, Turkey avoided. Democratic views on Bryan fade from speeches. Chicago steel workers discuss charter risk and job security. Christian Science grows as a world influence. Carrie Nation resumes crusade methods in New York. Dr Schenk questions about unborn sex determination. a New York district attorney ups rewards for burglars and escaping robbers, signaling a tougher stance on crime.
The town weighs fears of reward driven violence and swift punishment for home invasion. The piece praises Admiral Cervera’s conduct and notes the Santiago battle amid a borderless controversy. It highlights Britain’s plan for a rapid Europe America link via Berehaven and Montauk Point, arguing fast transit is increasingly essential as ships shorten Atlantic voyages to seven days.
A moral objection is raised to a will that directs destruction of $25,000 in money arguing courts have no right to waste wealth earned by others. The piece then shifts to census figures and education in 1900 to 1901, noting Harvard leading enrollment and Chicago's surge, and reflects on Mexico under President Diaz with reforms in public education, infrastructure, and taxation while urging focus on the western hemisphere.
A young Syracuse woman funds her college education by fruit canning and jelly making, a venture more lucrative than undergraduate teaching.
A Columbus Ohio prisoner Ben De Lamos offers a $100000 bond to attend the upcoming Grand Army encampment in Cleveland. He notes a lifelong attendance at national reunions since the organization began. The report also mentions his prior notoriety for sleeping in the Alabama House speaker’s chair as a tramp who rose to membership.
A collection of interlinked quotations critiquing democracy protectionism journalism and reform from the Portland Oregonian Chicago Tribune Boston Herald Providence Journal Philadelphia Record and Chicago Record-Herald noting concerns about free trade state power and media influence. The snippets reflect editorial voices on virtue in office and the dangers of political and media forces.
Walter M. Lancaster, Harvard graduate and music critic, dies leaving a devoted family. The piece recalls his cheerful, modest nature and artistic insight, with tributes from colleagues and friends. It also covers local church moves in Indianapolis, a Pan American exposition note, fruit gatherers, and public notices from Lowell with travel and social updates.
Personal items note Mrs Norton and her daughter of East Chelmsford vacationing at Hampton Beach this week. For the next two weeks William Mochrie and family will enjoy breezes at Hampton and Salisbury beaches. Beulah and Kittie Winters return from a two weeks vacation. Mrs L Metcalf and daughter spend their vacation at Coaticoke Quebec. Miss Fanny Delaney of Lawrence Street and Miss McGrath, a stenogressive.
A vacationing young man recalls a frightening incident in Rochester when a rattlesnake allegedly sprang from a “fork” and wrapped around his arm. Rattlesnake Pete, famed New York handler, explains the creature was an artificial prop activated by a hidden button, easing the danger. The man vows not to return to the snake den soon.
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