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Newspaper

Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1896

Page

4

Courier Citizen Company Lowell Adverts Info

The text notes Lowell Daily Courier Citizen, a historic paper dating to 1826 and a daily since 184. It lists delivery by carrier in Lowell at 12 cents a week, 50 cents a month, published at the Courier Citizen Building on Merrimack Street.

Middlesex County Courier- Citizen Merrimack Street Lowell Courier-Citizen Company Middlesex Joseph Ludlam Annabella FE. G. Ludlam Lowel Lowell Daily Counter Charles J, McInrine Esquire

Summer Place in Charming Village in New Hampshire

A small village home in New Hampshire offers pure water, shade trees, a barn and carriage house, and complete readiness for housekeeping. Inquiry via Courier.

New Hampshire Courier. E

Nashua to Lawrence and Ayer Train Schedules

Timetabled routes list daily and Sunday train times from Nashua to Lawrence and Nashua Junction to Ayer with multiple departure and return times including mornings, afternoons, and evenings, noting Sundays and special weekday patterns. The schedule covers several observed stations with precise times and return options.

Nashua Nashua Junction Lawrence Ayer

Courier Readers Summer Mail Change Notice

Courier readers planning summer absences should have the paper mailed to a new address. The address on file may be updated as often as needed to ensure uninterrupted delivery while away.

Silver issue dominates a Massachusetts newspaper column

The Lowell Daily Courier critiques free coinage and the silver movement. It scorns Bryan and Williams as party breakers and argues a 53 cent dollar would ruin workers. It labels Hoke Smith as a weak advocate and mocks Massachusetts figures while debating the national monetary crisis and its impact on prosperity.

Comment on Chicago Demonstration and Democracy

The writer argues the nation needs stability not panic and condemns the Chicago demonstration as anti democratic. Charles S. Hamlin criticizes the convention platform and candidates, saying no democrat can support them without ceasing to be a democrat. The piece endorses Hamlin’s blunt assessment despite rough grammar.

Charles S. Hamlin the Treasury Chicago Hamlin Mr. Hamlin

Swiss exports per capita boost case for home protection

Mr. David A. Wells analyzes Switzerland's taxation showing high manufactured exports per person and a tariff policy that taxes almost all imports except raw materials. With Switzerland producing little in raw materials yet being prosperous, the argument for protection to domestic industries appears strong, though Wells did not intend to promote it.

David A. Wells Switzerland Mr. Wells Wells

Loyal sound money Democrats Face Free Silver Dilemma

Massachusetts Democrats reject the national convention as doctrine if it clashes with principle. A Democrat must prioritize free silver or bolt, otherwise risk hypocrisy and political pusillanimity like Hoke Smith.

Massachusetts Chicago Hoke Smith

Platform critique of Bryan proposal on demonetization

The piece argues a Bryan platform provision to ban private contracts for payment in gold if silver is legal tender would block gold bonds and threaten sacred rights. It questions constitutional viability, frames it as regressive for a currency needing compulsion, and asserts the primacy of the gold dollar over a higher value silver dollar. It notes silver’s price history and duration of silver in circulation. It concludes current gold standard remains the stable monetary measure.

Stewart Altgeld

Arbitration praise and public figures in the era

Lord Russell urges arbitration as a global norm while ex minister Phelps backs McKinley and Hobart against repudiation and anarchy. Actors' private lives draw notice, and Raines law boosts revenue, yielding about 11 million with major gains in New York and Kings. American eagles fly from Threadneedle Street to Wall Street, signaling gold movement.

Phelps McKinley Hobart New York Kings Counties

Watches and industry hope for brighter times ahead

The text argues that money worries slow demand for timepieces as many people already own watches. It notes the Waltham watch factory plans a longer vacation this year yet predicts a recovery after the silver agitation ends, with the Charles River factory expected to share in revived prosperity.

Waltham Charles

Personal Matters and Gold Debate Sparks in 1890s News

Bourke Cochran lags behind Mr Bryan as a hall emptyer. Antioch College President D A Long wins 500 for best coinage history and gold argument. John W Foster, famed American magnate, visits New York briefly. Nansen nears the pole spot. glory claimed. Edward Atkinson challenges debates on free silver. Moody Boynton considered. Atkinson is rich in statistics.

D. A. Long Antioch College Edward Atkinson Moody Boynton Atkinson

Wage-Earner Want Silver Questioned by Boston Workers

A Boston suburb canvass shows many skilled mechanics favor silver but the piece argues wage earners would face a real loss under silver coinage. It cites John Brown a carpenter earning about $3 daily and compares 1860 wages, prices, and hours to today, warning free coinage would shrink purchasing power and require wage doubling to avoid hardship. It warns workers to consider if higher wages would truly follow.

Boston John Brown Russia Austria Boston Herald

Moonlight fade

The piece notes a girl in the moon appearing to some at the table, while a man fades from view. The moon shone golden and lop-sided, described as if worn by long use, with reference to Luna being full and up late the previous night.

Luna

Social notes from New England towns and seaside resorts

Mrs H G Cushing stays at Twin Mountain house and others mark visits to Hotel Tudor Nahant Grace church wedding plans for Bernice Silver and Benjamin Folsom. Reports on roads, mills, and local amusements at Oceanic house Isles of Shoals, Star Island, and Mont Vernon hill illumination with Grand Hotel water issue and artesian well details.

Grace Church Bernice Silver Fairmount Street Benjamin Folsom Tewksbury Oceanic House Star Island Isles of Shoals Lowell Hampton Colored Institute Mont Vernon Hill Boston Grand Hotel Grand Col. Edgerly

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