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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
4
Service between Lowell and Boston on the Boston and Maine Railroad continues with frequent schedules and regular departures. Passengers are advised to check current timetables for exact times and any service modifications.
The Courier offers home delivery to subscribers and others spending vacations away from town. To arrange, leave your name and address at the Courier Citizen building business office.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Chicago will be dwarfed by New York in the census. European powers discuss arms, China weighs peace terms, and Von Waldersee travels amid ovations. A Kansas ex Confederate urges McKinley to defeat copperheads, and Peck faces decoration controversy.
Americans resist the idea of a soldier being court martialed and shot abroad. They argue private men endure insults, sacrifice life and pay, yet receive little reward while still sustaining the army's workmanship and credit.
The text details a breakdown of export costs for gold sent to Europe at 3615 dollars per million, covering cartage, cooperage, bar premiums at four cents per hundred, insurance, freight, and interest at three per cent. It notes recent daily exports costing nearly sixty thousand dollars and stresses the urgency of vast reserves to satisfy international needs.
The article notes the ongoing Balkans war cloud with Roumania and Bulgaria facing clashes. It describes war as more discussed than actual and attributes the lack of broad conflict to Russia, Germany, and Turkey restraining regional powers.
The column condemns anti-McKinley critics for opposing US actions in China and praises the administration for protecting American interests and citizens. It argues the United States pushed for fair play, avoided war, and strengthened national influence, contrasting with copperhead opponents. The piece lauds the Chinese situation as a historic strength of McKinley’s leadership.
Dom Paul in Johannesburg decreed rest days banning piano playing on Friday or Saturday. Gav Atkinson of West Virginia added biblical quotes to a Labor Day proclamation. Nebraska AG Dr J Smith in New York summoned John D Rockerfeller to testify about the Standard Oil trust.
A daughter named Cornelia Stuyvesant was born to Mr and Mrs George Vanderbilt at Biltmore North Carolina at 9 Wednesday evening. The mother and child are doing well. Dr J H Breasted of the University of Chicago is appointed by the German Emperor to supervise his new Egyptian dictionary. The lexicon will aid students of Egyptology to study hieroglyphics in museums worldwide. This honors an American scholar.
The Springfield Union notes burglars rise in the state but cites the Pittsfield murder as a deterrent. New Bedford Standard mocks sensational anarchist plots. Providence Journal argues public roads should curb automobile races and brush events to protect ordinary travelers.
Curious rock figures in New Hampshire and a sofa and boot shaped boulders are noted. A Weirs visit highlights a rock with a painted list of Civil War NH regiments and musket fence palings. Local society items follow including theater, church, and vacation notices, plus residents travelling or speaking engagements.
At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning in the home of the bride's mother Mrs. Elenor F Ferguson 595 School street Samuel Albert McPhetres and Blanch Margaret Ferguson were united in marriage by Rev Charles L Merriam of the Highland Congregational church. The bride was given away by her brother Horatio D Ferguson. McPhetres works as a clerk in the purchasing office at city hall and Mrs McPhetres was a stenographer for Charles E Adams hardware dealer on Middlesex street. They plan a honeymoon at Chatham and will reside at 695 School street after November 1. A large number of wedding gifts were received.
Patrick Caffrey aged 62 died yesterday at St. John's hospital. The undertaker O'Donnell removed the remains to the home of his sister Mrs Bridget Callary at 48 Bachman Street.
Funerals were held yesterday afternoon from the homes of both Walter Shanahan at 10 Lagrange street and Michael Ryan at 76 Fenwick street with burials in the Catholic cemetery. Undertaker C H Molloy oversaw both services. Delia M wife of George F Sawyer died recently and was buried at Edson cemetery after services at 13 Puffer street led by Rev Lorin Dexter with bearers F Ware F Maurice George Fleming and J Hopkinson.
notices for Michael Ryan 11 days old at 76 Fenwick Street Alderic Lebelle 1 month 7 days at 34 Fulton Street Patrick Caffery 67 at St Johns Hospital body moved to Bridget Calfary 48 Backman Street Hannah Haggerty aged 383 at St Johns Hospital long resident died Aug 23 Edward L Deering two years seven months fifteen days at 89 Jefferson Street final line mentions parents John J and Catherine Deering
Fraternal Eirene lodge of Good Templars held its Wednesday meeting at Pilgrim hall. Delegates were chosen for the district lodge session to meet at Montvale near Woburn on Labor Day. Upcoming events include poets night under E S Varney Miss Lois Savage and A W Trow and a picnic at Long-Sought-For pond on Sept 8 with 7:30 departure from Merrimack square. Activities feature Miss Gertrude Judd in charge, piano solos by Miss Mabel Howes, temperance reading, recitations by Miss Kelly and Miss Addie Howes, a reading The Wreck of the Hesperus, a piano duet by Percy Hantis and Miss Gertrude Judd, and remarks from Nathaniel Houston and J McGrath of Mt Zion lodge.
A stage drama about a wronged girl faces praise from several clergymen in New York. Letters from Rev. Van De Water, Rev. Eaton, Rev. Peters, and Rev. Beers applaud the chaste, wholesome production. The play’s moral stance and popularity are highlighted.
Buntings meet Merrimacks at Wigginville next Saturday at 2 45 PM. Buntings second meet North Billerica next Saturday with a 1 45 PM car departure. Mohairs face Lynn Wanderers at Lynnhurst Saturday afternoon. Team lineups include Rowley Patrick Burns Barber Haughton W Senior Ellison Simpson Ogden Bailey and others with captains noted.
Donahoe's Magazine describes St Peter's lit by electric light for a papal canonization ceremony. The central papal throne glows under rich crimson drapery as hierarchs and dignitaries occupy velvet tribunes. Electric and candlelight blend on the apse, mosaics, and crystal chandeliers to illuminate tapestries and symbols of miracles and virtues.
Advertisement states bad blood causes catarrh rheumatism and humors and asserts Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies blood cures these conditions overcomes tiredness and loss of appetite. The tone mirrors a 19th century patent medicine pitch with strong health benefit claims.
Highland hall hosted a reception Tuesday night by the Svea club and the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church choir for Gustaf Ahlberg. A thoughtful program featured a presentation speech by Gus Knutson, a recitation by Emelia Wogander, and a Swedish Ey Lutheran church choir song, with refreshments by Emily Pearson, Esther Carlson, Jennie Fraid, Marie Kellen, Emelia Wogander and Hanna Osterlind and C. Stromquist. Games followed the program.
The Tremont theatre will open next Monday with The Dairy Farm, in its Boston premiere. The production, praised as refreshing and elevating, aims to dispel vulgar French drama by presenting a clean love story without suggestive content or tainted dialogue.
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