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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
7
In a quiet town under moonlit elms, a narrator encounters a Gypsy family living in a camp wagon by the river. He offers supper and warm tea, discovering three gaunt children and a sick mother, while the boys plead for care and shared warmth as night falls.
In a Lowell street camp, a man shares a simple supper with a family of Romany children. The lisper, Willie, and Jimmie guard a baby as the man tends tea and bread, while reflecting on a missing father and the hope of a returning mother. The night deepens as the family sleeps near the fire, and the lisper offers his remaining sweets to the helper.
A sensational account condemns Chinese naval conduct at Port Arthur where the cruiser Heeching wrecked in a typhoon. Seventy-eight officers and crew perished as Chinese sailors froze and failed to drop anchors or launch boats while Russians saved themselves.
The December issue reviews literature and public notices, highlighting the League of American Wheelmen's new Cycle Paths volume by Isaac B. Potter, plus notes on Bret Harte stories, Cyrano De Bergerac, Wild Flowers from Palestine, and the December editions of New England Magazine Table Talk and The Outlook with book selections and literary features.
Classified notice listing tenement and room rentals with prices from 6 to 16 dollars per month. Includes locations on Broadway Centralville Belvidere Queen and Hildreth streets and a cottage on 18th street. Requires contact with T H Elliott at 34 Central street. Also advertises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Ellingwood & Co.
Classified ad segments list multiple dwellings with 4 to 7 rooms on Varnum, Pawtucket, Varney, Stevens, Ridge, Centralville and nearby streets. Rents range from 4 to 28 dollars, noting features like pantry, bath, hot water, stable, and modern fittings. Some entries appear garbled or incomplete but indicate a market for tenements and cottages in Centralville and surrounding areas.
Central Street notices offer five room tenement near Northern Station for seven dollars and steam heated rooms in Highlands at seven dollars. Belvidere also seven dollars. Amos B. French hall at 243 Central Street renovated for lodge or religious society with adjoining rooms and office space. Key available at Leighton Bros.
Multiple classified items advertise for sale or exchange including ten RIPANS at druggists, Peavey’s cows in Dracut Centre Friday December 9, a four tenement block yielding 884 yearly, a fine small farm near Lowell at 800, a New Hampshire farm exchange for a Lowell house at 1600, a boarding house at 275, and many other bargains. Also sale of late Thomas F Burgess real estate in Shaw and surrounding streets by administrator M L Hamblet.
Wanted agent of an estate who has time to look after other property. Address M. H. Citizen office. Wanted horses to board for the winter with good accommodations water and exercise. The Lone Oak Farm Nashua New Hampshire proprietor Dr A S Wall? Also wanted painters for large cities to attract business with U S Marine Witte Path. Apply with references Billings King Co 485 Pearl Street New York. Wanted health cure Ripans samples and testimonials 5 cents to Ripans Chemical Co New York.
On and after October 16, 1598, trains depart Lowell at 7 14, 11.3 a m, and 6.25 p.m. for Taunton, New Bedford, Newport, Providence, Pawtucket, Marlboro, South Framingham, and way-stations, with connections at South Framingham to Boston and Albany for Worcester, Springfield, Albany and the west, and at Concord Junction for Fitchburg. The 5.25 p m train links with the Stonington line to New York City and the south and west. Sundays a return for South Framingham, Mansfield, Pawtucket, Providence and way stations at 7 2 am ending 6.43 p m, with Worcester connection. Officials listed: C Peter Clark, A C Kendall, Isaac N Marshall, Geo W Miller. Wicket office at Middlesex street station.
Trains depart Merrimack Street Depot Lowell for Boston at multiple times including 6.45 6.25 7.45 and evenings, with Sunday 5.45 am trips. Middlesex Street Lowell routes to Boston and numerous towns are listed with varied times, including services to Lawrence Amesbury Ports of Newbury Dover Bath Augusta Lewiston and Saint John. The timetable notes connections to Grand Trunk and steamer services to Eastport St John and Marine ports, with notes on non running Saturdays and special trains.
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