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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1899
Page
4
Train service between Lowell and Hoston reported by Boston and Maine Railroad with details on schedules and routes for daily travel. Possible adjustments to departure times and platform changes noted for passengers.
The Lowell Dain Courier comments on the Modder River battle and global affairs. It cites American and British figures, notes debates over Philippine policy, and mockingly surveys American political figures and Alaska statehood aims. It also mentions Captain Gridley’s widow and suggests broader WWI-era concern with British strategy and Boer resistance.
The piece argues for the Dingley tariff to protect American industry and close the gap with Britain in ship tonnage while noting U S lead in iron output. It discusses German mills using American labor, cypress lumber boom in the South, and a quarantine standoff over a coffee cargo tainted with bubonic plague. It emphasizes prevention over costly cure and urges common sense in handling potentially germ-ridden goods.
Reverend M. B. Geoghegan resigns from the First Unitarian church in Berkeley California to accept a call at the First Independent church of Baltimore. He previously came to Berkeley from Beverley.
A Springfield Republican note says Fall River sets a wage pace forcing other New England mills to follow as print cloth prices rise again. The overall textile sector recovers from earlier doldrums with brisk activity and a possible shift of industry South Germany, France and the United States are debated by various papers.
The Lowell News argues that no license laws are enforced more stringently in Lowell than anywhere else in the Commonwealth. It praises the Lowell police board for enforcing the liquor laws despite political theory that regulation alone cannot reform human nature.
Patrick Duffin was laid to rest yesterday afternoon in Catholic cemetery. Rev M J Leonard conducted rites at the grave while undertaker James F O'Donnell had general charge of arrangements. A long line of floral tributes highlighted the community’s esteem for the deceased.
A miscellany of items including Lieut Garity's Manila voyage letter praising the crew and Tloilo landing, a tall Harvard sweater boy at a football skirmish, Chaplain Hoes praising George Charette, a humorous sign High Tank Laundry, a New York Court quip about a woman’s will page order, Halibut price remark, and a reminder that tomorrow is not election day with instruction to vote when proper.
Obituary notices record the death of Robert Ritchie at 66 in North Billerica, with survivors, lodge affiliations, and religious ties. Separate notices report Michael McDermott’s death after heart failure in Merrimack street, his Tremont & Suffolk fireman occupation, and survivor details. Additional items note Mrs Spalding’s bereavement via Pasadena, and multiple funeral notices for Charlies P. Stanton Daisy Walsh James Namack James Currane Daniel Shea with locations Adams Hanover Market Edson and Catholic cemeteries in Lowell Charlestown and Chelmsford references appear throughout.
Gov Wolcott arrives by 5 o clock train and speaks at the Congregational club. He will be a guest of Mr A G Cumnock during his city visit. A cordial invitation goes to school teachers and the public for an Educational Outlook lecture by Ossian H Lang in Training School Hall at 7 30 this evening.
A crowded sale at A G Pollard and Co features C I W Maynard Co fancy goods. Shoppers rushed through three floors for elegant doilies cushions and embroidery at unusually low prices amid a busy Saturday crowd. Supplies remain as many regular Maynard patrons lead others to take advantage before stock runs out.
Dominion Adarmise announces Christmas travel from December 19 to 29 with return tickets from Boston to St John Yarmouth Halifax and intermediates at first class limited fares. Tickets valid 30 days from issue and allow stopoffs between Yarmouth and Halifax. Fares: Boston to Halifax 7.50, Yarmouth 4.00, St John 5.00, with similar rates to other Central and South Shore via Monticello. Inquiries at 228 Washington Street or Long Wharf Boston.
The W. Maynard Co stock sale began Saturday morning with a large crowd and strong customer demand for first class goods. Extra help was secured to continue the sale over several days as bargains remain plentiful. Local ad mentions Fumes ointment testimonial and encourages readers to tell advertisers they saw the Courier.
The article explains that the conning tower, once called the round house, meant to conduct or guide a ship by standing aloft with a compass and giving steering directions. It cites Bradford’s 1646 history of Plymouth Plantations and Philips's World of Words to show the evolution of the term.
A curious catalog of farewell customs from around the world contrasts phrases and gestures. It notes the Turk, Japanese, Filipino, German, Hindu, Cuban, Sioux, Blackfeet, Russian, Otaheite, and other peoples, with a short aside about a veteran praising Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder as a cure.
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