26 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1901
Page
1
Poem excerpt recounts Artemisia and Mausolos in a mythic chariot that defies time. It notes their undying love, the stone shrine they left, and invites lovers to Mausolos's grave to affirm love's supremacy over fate and death.
The piece mocks anti Quay campaigns in Pennsylvania and New York political battles led by Coler against Tamany forces. It notes a French ultimatum and hints at labor day tensions. The writer imagines a controversial path of disfranchisement for drunkards and questions South’s need for light amid widespread racial violence.
A family of 90 cats of varied kinds and colors occupy a building set aside for their exclusive use along the Weston to Nuremberg road in Pennsylvania. Miss Sarah Brill, age 70, funds the household and resides with her brother near the cats' residence.
Last Saturday's rainfall at Locks and Canals office measured 1.689 inches. Manchester reported 2.45 inches during the same storm. No damage to the street department. street railway crews cleared suburban tracks of sand and avoided serious trouble. No washouts and only delays due to unusually high passenger numbers.
The Traders National Bank transacts general banking business and offers foreign exchange in multiple languages. It provides safety deposit boxes with private rooms and a ladies banking room. It is a depository for the United States and Massachusetts with specified hours and banking rooms at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Avenue.
Pittsburg Pa Aug 26 Developments in the steel strike are meagre with no definite progress. The combine reportedly plans aggressive moves to start more plants this week. Painter’s plant added two mills with 400 men. More workers were taken into the Star plant of American Tin Plate Co and Lindsay & McCutcheon works of Steel Hoop Co.
Manila reports Lieut Hazzard of the Third Cavalry with Macabebee scouts captured Howard, an American deserter who led Filipino insurgents for months. Disguised as an insurgent, Hazzard located the camp of Col. Atienza with 240 riflemen and 200 Bolo men, bound and gagged Howard, and took him away without alerting the camp.
London reports Kitchener received a long letter from Steyn defending the Boer cause and promising continued resistance. A short reply from De Wet aligned with the stance, while Botha acknowledged the proclamation and vowed to persist. Meanwhile surrender numbers have recently risen significantly.
Rome reports Prince Chun brother of the Chinese emperor arrived in Basle en route to Berlin to apologize for Baron Von Ketteler’s assassination. The illness is viewed as a delay pretext after Pekin ordered him not to proceed due to new protocol settlement complications.
Lord Kitchener says three officers and sixty five men sent to Lad ybrand on Elliot's column were surrounded by a superior force on August twenty second. One man died four were wounded and the prisoners were released. An inquiry is to be held.
Mont Vernon New Hampshire August 26 Old home week festivities continued with church services in the morning and a large laymen’s service in the evening. The 1st Regiment Boston band provided sacred music and a concert in the park. Speakers including Henry P. Moulton Thomas Babson and J Payson Bradley praised the home week as a blessing to the community. A social gathering at C E Osgoods featured music by Mrs Walston Williams Eltinge and Gardner with a surprise visit and cakewalk concluding the event.
The Schiller stock company opens a six night run at Lowell Opera House with five matinees, presenting ten plays at popular prices. Leading lady Miss Fontainebleau, praised for versatility and power, headlines a season featuring Woman's Enemy as the opening play with fine settings and pretty scenery.
In Seneca Falls New York on August 26 Justin Apple and George Smelzer of Gevens and James Colgan and Edward Rolfe of the village fought all day. The altercation ended with Apple stabbed and dying and Smelzer gravely hurt. All four men were arrested.
The sultan agrees to pay 700 000 francs to the Quays company for interference with its rights and 600 000 francs to the Frenchman for seizing his lands. The settlement was reported from Constantinople on August 26.
Constantinople August 26. M Constans, the French ambassador, after fare well calls yesterday, left today for Stamboul where he will take the train.
An advertisement claims constant tiredness comes from impure blood and nerve exhaustion. It promotes Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a quick cure, priced at $1, and lists J. C. Ayer Co. in Lowell, MA, as distributors in a typical late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine format.
New York August 26 senator and Mrs Nelson W Aldrich announce the engagement of their daughter Abby to John D Rockefeller in a concise society notice.
The Trades and Labor council of Lowell held a four hour meeting to finalize a Labor Day celebration aimed at becoming the region’s premier event for workers. They urge dry goods, provision, health, and barber employers to close on Monday Sept 2 so employees may parade, promising no loss to business and highlighting Lowell as a civic showcase from Boston to Quebec. Officials and leaders will ride at the front, parade steps off at 9 am with a $1500 budget for music and displays, and the event includes anticipated tug of war showdowns and a plan to reserve common-lot space for workers. The council seeks an eight hour day for women and minors and outlines marching divisions and routes, with orders issued for the march form and review.
Judge Strout of the Maine supreme court ruled that possession warrants in liquor cases are unauthorized and void, renewing focus on search and seizure. The ruling affects prosecutions and may lead to nuisance charges for those cleared on habeas corpus, with sheriffs pledging to adapt enforcement strategies.
Mrs Sallie Gowdy widow of Thomas Gowdy marks her 96th birthday at her daughter S E Barstow's home in Lynn Mass She was born August 24 1805 in Cornish Maine and moved to Lowell then back to the country before settling in Lynn She attends multiple churches and remains active in home work and farm duties in Wakefield New Hampshire Her memory remains keen and she oversees four generations while health is largely maintained despite past illnesses and a recent family sickness
In a Chinese community note, Sing Lee accused George Mon of taking 35 dollars. The Chinese version clarifies Mon secretly left for Boston, Sing Lee later found the money in his trunk, and the warrant was cancelled. Mon’s friends seek to dispel the lingering illusion of guilt.
The lands and buildings department will renovate the city stables this week, with work lasting six to eight weeks. The great stable on the ground floor 140 by 52 feet will be rebuilt inside, adding stalls from 44 to 66, by reconfiguring space and offices. Each stall will be 5 by 9.5 feet with iron drains running the length to the sewer, aiming to provide cleaner housing for over 50 horses.
Needham milkman P. B. Klaver was struck by West Roxbury cars on no road near Roslindale Forest Hills and thrown from his wagon. He suffered a broken leg and was taken home by a Forest Hills team whose horse later had a broken leg when hit by an electric car.
David Brewer formerly gamekeeper at The Forges and Eben D. Jordan's summer home drowned Saturday afternoon in Gunners Exchange pond Plymouth. He went to water his horse not knowing the shore was bold and the horse plunged into deep water taking the carriage and Brewer with him. The body was recovered shortly after.
Reports from a Monday session detail multiple liquor violations and theft cases. Margarge Rourke and Ann Trainer received five months and five months respectively for drunkenness, with others jailed or sent to workhouses. Michael Riley sought abstinence with probation, and William Vetter was fined fifty dollars for illegally selling liquor. John Bouvin admitted embezzlement of a mileage book and paid costs to be released.
Edward Reardon a 14 year old water carrier for the Lowell Gas Light company fell from the gasometer structure this morning a distance of nearly 40 feet He was rushed by ambulance to the Emergency hospital where doctors found only a broken left shoulder blade He resides on Franklin street.
With weeks of warm weather ahead the store cuts straw hats from 50c and 1 dollar to 25c to clear stock. Many shoppers rush to grab fashionable sun hats and wide brim designs at low prices before season ends.
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