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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
4
Lowell to Boston service on the Boston and Maine Railroad featured regular trains with convenient schedules. Local commuters and travelers relied on these routes for daily travel between Lowell and Boston, reflecting the era’s railroad transport options.
Northern residents planning summer absences may have the Courier mailed to any mountain, country, or seashore address for the duration desired by sending word to the Courier-Citizen counting room.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Labor Day preparations in the city promise the greatest demonstration on record. It comments on France Turkey relations, Kitchener, King Edward, Texas cotton potential, and a critique of crowd influence in ball games. It also questions the use of music in dentistry and contrasts steel plant owners’ wealth with striker needs.
The article surveys labor strife from Pierce City lynching to Tampa deportations, contrasts Lowell and Fall River labor management, notes Oklahoma's rapid growth and statehood potential, and weighs 1904 party leadership hopes with Bryan Hill and Cleveland as possible figures. It frames national tensions with cautious optimism about prosperity and political change.
The piece notes uneven global population growth with the United States and Germany rising, Canada slow, and Australian boom fading. It cites easy global transit spreading settlements and then shifts to baseball where both professional and amateur leagues face criticism for slugging umpires. It laments rowdy tactics harming sports and tarnishing the term sportsman.
A compilation of quotes from newspapers on government finance and trust regulation. It contrasts McKinley and Cleveland eras, notes Gage and Carlisle bond actions, and argues for publicity to curb trust abuses. Also mentions cotton mill expansion and a political pitchfork tactic influencing state voters.
A reader reports a bizarre bouquet made from dried grasshoppers gathered near Moodyst bridge. Describes multipart entombed insects clinging to stems, asks for causes. Includes notes on tree hoppers, snails, and light social anecdotes with civic life and kindness.
Miss Nellie Cowhig spends vacation with friends in New York. Mrs Welch, Mrs Murphy, and Miss Walsh stay weeks at Salisbury beach. Ex-Selectman George Stevens, sick with typhoid since June, weak but gaining at Hampton beach. Florence Howes to visit Boston beaches. Rev F I Kelly and family two weeks at Pleasure Beach Waterford Conn. Moffatt in Montreal. Welch at helm. John Burns took job at Sweet Water hotel Bedford Springs. Miss R Cote ill and confined to room. Asa C Russell spoke at Old Home Week in Whitefield NH. Hattie Small vacationing at Mrs Willey Wright’s Westford MA. Kittie Peacock returns to Chicago to teach grammar school. Jaqueses back from White Mountains. Louise B Pierson to India as missionary.
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