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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1898
Page
4
The Courier Citizen Company publishes Lowell daily since 1845, except Sundays and holidays, from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street. Carriers deliver citywide at 12 cents a week or 50 cents a month. Noted for large circulation and public access to circulation books.
A roundup from New York City where a masquerade permit was resisted until a midnight closing pledge was given. Princeton joins colleges in hazing abolition. Emperor Francis Joseph marks fifty years on the throne. Senator Hale opposes the Philippine treaty citing costs. Field and Farmer critique US prosperity claims in Kansas Colorado and Mexico. Dartmouth expands athletic league with Amherst and Williams. House membership shows GOP gain with 185 Republicans, 161 Democrats, plus minor parties. The Boston Herald supports expansion, notes it as inevitable and criticizes opponents.
The piece endorses Mayor Bennett's administration and Republican candidates, arguing a continued business approach benefits Lowell. It notes Democratic discord, questions Crowley’s chances, and stresses that high voter turnout is the sole danger to defeat, urging citizens to vote to sustain reform efforts.
Philadelphia resident Mrs Sarah Terry aged 108 celebrated her birthday by joining the Daughters of the Revolution. She is the only member who is both a wife of the Revolution and a member, noting she knew George Washington and Lafayette and lived in Philadelphia before Benjamin Franklin’s era. The piece also mentions European royal nuptials and a description of the Queen of Italy’s mountaineering attire.
A collection of quotations debating American aims in the Philippines and trade policy. Sources include the Boston Herald on 20 million for territory, Senator Hale on open door economics, Capt Sigsbee on the Maine explosion, and the London Chronicle on Filipino self-government.
A reader recalls an afternoon visiting Wescott's gallery with Adam's watercolor exhibition praised for realism and Bar Harbor scenes. The Courier notes Prang Boston prints at the city library, Thoreau's Walden reference, a funeral, holidays for 1899, and local moves including Joseph and Mrs Stuart in California.
Renowned actor Mantell, a Scotch-born star with large Glasgow and Belfast properties, headlines at the Opera House tonight with A Secret Warrant. Manager Matt W Hanley guides Mantell on a tour promising peak success. He next presents Monbars with seats on sale. Also featured are Primrose and Dockstader minstrels on Saturday. Claries Manley offers Down on the Farm at Music Hall early week, with The Real Widow Brown closing the stint.
A glowing advance for the operatic production The Frogs of Windham to be staged Thursday and Friday evenings at the Savoy theatre. Rehearsals praised for enthusiasm and a cast of experienced singers headlined by Miss Elizabeth A. Duxbury as the gipsy queen and Miss Stella B. Cheney presenting a new dance between acts.
A list of performers and participants names appears in the notice for an event featuring Danseuse Extraordinaire Stella Cheney and others. Tickets go on sale at Gardner's music store Tuesday morning.
The first in a series on French history was given Saturday at Associate hall by Mr. H. MH. Bingham. The subject Marie Antoinette drew a cultured audience of teachers and literary figures. The lecture traced her birth, marriage to the dauphin, life at Versailles, downfall, separation from her husband and children, imprisonment, trial, and execution, praising her courage and enduring fame.
An early campaign day with Jerry Simpson in western Kansas devolves into a forgotten event as he finds no audience. He travels by depot to a town where cattle drivers crowd in, spends the day at a hotel, and ends at a schoolhouse to face an empty room. A farmer’s remark highlights farm work and politics as incompatible.
A new road is planned from Adams to the summit of Greylock mountain. Greylock is now designated as state property.
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