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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
4
The notice identifies a historic daily published in Merrimack Street Lowell by Courier-Citizen Company. Established in 1526 and as a daily in 1845 the paper published every day except Sundays and holidays. Delivery by carrier at 12 cen a week, cents a month.
Train service on the Boston and Maine route connects Lowell and Huston with timetable details implied. Local schedules indicate regular passenger runs and potential schedule adjustments affecting daily commuters and regional travel patterns.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes strong backing for the Republican ticket in Lowell as aldermanic and councilmanic candidates are urged with careful campaigning. It discusses city hall succession, Burke and Barnard questions, and broader Massachusetts municipal contests including Boston and Cambridge.
The statement urges action to promptly remedy the matter and assigns Lowell to occupy the final remaining vacancy.
The message outlines Philippine policy and potential paths for imperial choices while noting the Cuban situation remains unsettled. It questions Aguinaldo's representativeness, warns of costly, unsettled outcomes, and predicts continued debate as expansion shapes national growth and policy.
The Lowell remark charging generations with corruption draws heat on state and city governance. A Tribune editorial endorses some points while faulting legislature for meddling and inviting corruption, noting politics as a corrupt game taught to future leaders.
A Globe-Democrat excerpt explains that cider should be made only from sound fruit and then preserved sweet by adding mustard salt chalk and horseradish per barrel. If muddy, layer in gray filtering paper to clarify, then draw off without disturbing sediment.
A poetic legal brief pleads affection and unsettled fees as assets in a playful vow. The speaker offers heart and cases no longer legal to Champagne, asking the beloved to decide fairly and take the proposal seriously.
A civic essay urges Lowell to reform its neglect of recreation and culture. It praises Fort Hill park and local libraries, flags the lack of concerts, dances, and playgrounds, and calls for more parks and affordable public amusements while critiquing current governance and civic priorities. The piece contrasts Lowell with Boston’s park system and notes December weather contrasts and a Lawrence election coincidence.
The Corse Payton company delivered two more crowded performances with matinee and evening shows. The Banker's Daughter and Alone in London drew praise for Gillian Westbrook and the cast. A Sunday concert features the International Ladies' Orchestra for the Lowell Humane Society, plus noted soloists. Music Hall programs include The Real Widow Brown, Vogel and Deming's Big Minstrels with Olvio, Solarett the Queen of Light, and a string of comic and musical acts, all promoted for strong attendance.
Keith's Boston house features Cissie Loftus dainty impressions of Sarah Bernhardt Francis Wilson and others the week of December 11 plus acts by T W Eckert Emma Berg Hilda Thoms Lee Ingham and more The Florenz troupe of acrobats James O Barrows company and Ching Ling Fo troupe also appear in upcoming schedule including Tactics and a juggling act by Aldrich
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a reliable cure for croup in children. It claims 25 years of constant, failure free use and urges mothers to treat hoarseness and croupy cough early. Sold by all druggists.
Teaser notes a cure claim for stomach distress with Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets. It states that a meal can be eaten freely and digestion aided by one tablet after meals preventing distress. Tablets priced 18 in a box for 10 cents, sold by C. E. Carter and F. C. Goodale & Co.
Obituaries and funeral notices for John J. Shea aged 42, a real estate dealer, who died at St. John's hospital after typhoid pneumonia. Also reports on funerals for Gerty Chase at 102 Dingwell Street with Rev. A E Wilson officiating, Charles P. Stanton, James Grady, Mrs. Sarah Thorne, and Francis Randell Badger, with burial and interment details.
Miss Manley of New York City attends a social visit with Mr. and Mrs. James Heery of Park View Avenue. Dr EB J Dennison, formerly of Lowell and now in Lawrence, reports success in Maine with a 300 pound buck shot on Monday.
A grandmotherly proverb about laziness repeats that lazy folks endure greater effort. An anecdote follows of mending a skirt rip and bicycle chain mishap, ending with belief in the maxim. A testimonial touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, citing D B Johnston of Richmond Indiana who praises its quick relief and notes it is sold by all druggists.
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