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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1899
Page
4
The Courier-Citizen Company publishes the oldest and best daily in Middlesex County. It started in 1826 and issued daily except Sundays and holidays from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street, Lowell. Delivery by carrier costs 12 cents a week or 50 cents a month.
Passenger service on the Boston and Maine line runs between Lowell and Boston with schedules and stops listed. Service changes or frequency updates are noted for riders and local officials.
A compact editorial review touches on seating Quay in Congress, criticized sensationalism in Boston papers and rising wages vs prices, condemns six day bicycle race, reflects on Lucy Stone and Dr Blackwell, Abyssinia and Erythrea politics, Tolstoy’s life and peasant aid, and preholiday magazine anticipation.
The piece notes Christmas stories and colorful decorations in December magazines and Sunday papers. It also reports a House committee bill proposing a pension fund for classified government employees starting July 1 1900 with 2 percent monthly contributions, investing in US bonds, and a 76 percent retirement payment after 1904 for eligible clerks, while reflecting on clerk attitudes and career mobility.
A city editorial urges voters to turnout regardless of weather in support of Republican candidates Virgil G. Barnard and the mayoral slate, praising Putnam and Bates, and calling for a decisive ballot on all offices and questions to reflect party traditions and the caucus nominees.
Quotations praise Leonard Wood for earned promotion without fanfare as a fearless worker in duty. Reports shift on General Joubert from wounds to illness as he leads armed forces amid ongoing conflict.
Artist Jean Francois Raffaelli recalls Daudet's tale of a woman in mourning on a omnibus. The crowd weeps for two losses then bursts into laughter at the crocodile death tale, illustrating overstatement of sentiment on stage.
A letter complains of loud engine whistle noises near the Boston and Maine engine house disturbing Hale residents at night. The piece shifts to tales of visiting friends, Salvation Army Christmas aid, a successful First Baptist church fair, and a waterfront skating outlook. It closes with a rally where Representative Cullinane deflects political questions in favor of labor eight hour day aims.
The Fifth Street Baptist church plans to raise a $19,000 debt for church and parsonage next year seeking prosperity and debt repayment. Seth B. Hall heads the pledge list before leaving the city. Centralville landmarks, church ties, and local figures are noted along with civic and cultural mentions.
In a crowd of about a thousand at First Congregational church Rev F A Warfield presented an anonymously written paper arguing for license. He mocked its author and rebutted its points with facts showing license failures and the social costs, noting no public advocate appeared for the license side. He urged listeners to consider whether to vote on an issue lacking a champion.
A historical ad claims Hood's Pills cure liver ills, biliousness, indigestion, and headache. It touts easy dosing and quick relief, reflecting early 20th century patent medicine marketing.
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