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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
7
A domestic fairy tale about two spouses who bargain three wishes with a playful warning. The tale shifts to a sea voyage as the narrator recalls childhood songs and encounters loneliness, guiding readers through reflections on forethought and consequence amid stormy Atlantic travel.
Joshua Slocum recounts solitary sailing aboard the Spray from Boston toward Gibraltar. On July 5 a lumpy sea caused the vessel to steer itself without helmsman, as the ship drifted into a smoother lane heading southeast and away from manual control.
Ernest Be Brooks, an educated Englishman with fine family ties, was released after four years and two months. Nine convicts, the warden, and Prisoners' Aid head presented him with a silver mounted cane and umbrella in a moving ceremony. Brooks, once jailed for forging an $80 hotel check, received respect for his manliness and cheerfulness during incarceration.
Herbert Spencer, age 79, has refused highest degrees and decorations offered by six great universities and several governments. A writer in The Popular Science Monthly notes his belief that honors discourage progress by creating inverse handicaps, giving elder rivals advantage and denying younger scholars the challenge of competition.
The line of thought suggests that attractive nurse uniforms are drawing many young women to the nursing profession. It argues this “becomingness” of the attire influences career choice and social appeal.
In this tale of Dorothy Preston and Ned Culbertson, unspoken love drives pride and restraint. After a heated exchange, Ned reveals his feelings, plans a short departure, and Dorothy races to meet him at Grand Central. A kiss seals their reconciliation and plans for a life together.
A reminiscence notes General Fitz-Hugh Lee visiting the White House and chatting with Captain Loeffler, a guard at the president’s office. It recalls Lee’s early career as a lieutenant in the Second Cavalry later Fifth, and Loeffler’s service in the same unit. Their company fought Kiowa and Comanche bands in the Cimarron region before the Civil War.
An Episcopalian bishop recounts a Tennessee cracker remarking that a preacher’s power may be less needed than ideas. The piece then surveys international jealousy and the drift to war, arguing peace rests more on selfish interests than morality as nations face financial strain, distrust, costly arms, and uncertain outcomes, citing Lecky’s The Map of Life.
The Atlanta Constitution extols the Georgia mule as unflinching under fire. It notes the animal’s self-reliance, endurance, and reliable aim, comparing its steadiness to weapons like a Maxim or Gatling gun. The piece suggests British commanders misattributed victories without recognizing the mules’ contributions.
A Chicago Record excerpt narrates the Prince of Orleans hunting in Steiermark while locals discuss his lineage. An upper Austrian hutran jokes about football brutality and an “experiment” where the first rough player would be disqualified. a noblewoman dismisses the idea as dull and stupid.
Five good rooms priced at 7.50 per month and large two story houses at 13.00. A house suitable for boarders asks 15.00. A tenement with stable and henner for 100 hens costs 12.00, while a cottage with a shop and % acre land goes for 3.00. T. H. Elliott advertises 64 Central St, plus a note about Hood's Pills for liver issues.
A Louden Mail account explains how Majuba Hill and Ulundi news traveled rapidly among KwaZulu natives. Vowel-rich Zulu speech heard across hilltop chains, aided by high veld air, enabling rapid word of mouth. Magnetic taps and water channels are dismissed as unlikely.
A Maine figure Thomas F Phair, called the starch king of Aroostook County, reflects on a 13 year old shipper’s ambition to ship 500000 worth of goods yearly and a past trek with horses to Cross Lake. anecdotes include rough French cabin fare and early money plans. Also notes European aristocracy and a French president's home visit and a humorous hat sales anecdote from crowd transport.
The Catholic Bishop of Peoria, Spalding, argues that many marriages should be prevented as people treat marriage casually like buying goods. He says couples lack regard for the sacred bond and that true prevention comes from education of love, not merely charity to curb poverty and crime.
A playful exchange quoted from the Washington Star features a young culprit who laments punishment for telling stories and reflects on a teacher's comment about it hurting more than him, highlighting a humorous take on discipline.
Listing describes a renovated and perfect order house on Wentworth Avenue near Andover Street with a bathroom open plumbing laundry and a large land area. It mentions a cigar room, large rooms, and proximity to Church Street with possible naval or local street references.
Multiple property advertisements stipulate houses and farms for sale near Central Street Lowell and Chelmsford Massachusetts. Listings include a two story rental house on a large lot, a new room cottage with bath, a 10 acre farm with fruit and shade trees, a 7 acre Lorale farm, and a fine residence with 11250 feet of land near Highland Clubhouse. Prices and easy terms offered by Fish & Plummer, 137 Central Street and 1387 Central Street.
Property 2 miles from Lowell on electric lime roads 16 acres with a large house of 10 rooms a stable and workshop featuring abundant fruit. Water frontage and good site for summer boarders. Price reduced to 82000 if sold at once. W. is. DODGE. Room 2 Central Street.
Corrected timetable outlines trains from Merrimack street and Middlesex Street Lowell for Boston Lawrence Salem Newburyport Exeter Dover Rochester Somersworth and more with multiple daily departures and Sundays. Includes service notes, destinations via steamers and connections, and general agents.
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