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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
4
The Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County announces its founding in 1826 with daily issues except Sundays and holidays. It lists delivery by carrier at 12 cents a week or 50 cents a month and promotes its circulation and accessibility of circulation books.
Service notices indicate trains operating between Lowell and Boston along Middlesex Street Street. No further details on schedules or frequencies are provided in the fragment.
A kaleidoscope of 1900 politics and foreign affairs. Lord Roberts visits England. Kruger in South Africa. Croker and American racecourse wealth. tariffs and the Pacific natives debate. Comments on Boston school elections, Persian trade, and Comptroller Dawes policy shift. A snapshot of public sentiment and political chatter.
The article discusses extending bank expirations through liquidation, Porto Rican tariff sovereignty, and the push for subsidies to aid the United States shipping industry. It argues tariffs and subsidies influence costs, competition, and the balance of national power, noting the U S remains a third-rate maritime nation without protections.
A collection of editorial quips and opinions from multiple papers critiquing U S Turkish policy political leadership and census notes Mentioned figures include Edward Everett Hale Mer riam Ragland and Jonathan Prentice Dolliver with commentary on diplomacy congress and public affairs.
A historical ad copy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for fatigue and poor health. It claims the tonic enriches the blood, restores vigor, increases appetite, and provides lasting energy, branding it as America’s greatest medicine.
A collage of Lowell society items includes the Lenton Brothers and the Corse Payton Chinese troupe at the Opera House, minor mischief with a laundryman, remarks on city government, and notes on the Lowell Boys’ Club skating season. It also covers election chatter, a Bacon vs Shakespeare debate, and a New York voting contest tied to Leroy Crane, with civic figures and local routes described in brisk journal style.
The Middlesex Women’s club will open its rooms for forenoons on Wednesday and Thursday this week and next from 10 to 12, serving bouillon by the hospitality committee for members and friends shopping for Christmas. Also yesterday at First Trinitarian church Miss Gertrude Edmund spoke to the Junior Society of Christian Endeavor and the Maternal association on The Claims of the Children. The Maternal association re elected Mrs Ames as president. Alderman Frank Dunlap lies dangerously ill at his home. Superintendent Cheney returns home improved after a period away. Miss Ethel Knowlton has entered New Hampton School. Colton, a high school teacher, resumed duties after a fitness break. John M. Regan, former advertising manager for the Daily News, is promoted to business manager.
Obituary notices report the deaths and funerals of Michael Flemings a well known singer formerly of the city who died in Philadelphia and wrote songs including I Wonder Will They Answer if I write Mrs Mary McCarthy aged 65 widow of Thomas McCarthy longtime city resident and St Peters church member Catherine McCarthy wife of former Lowell Textile School teacher Michael McCarthy and several other local residents with funeral details and church ceremonies listed for multiple days and locations including Lawrence Lowell Clinton and Manchester with tributes to the deceased and notes on interments
A Chelmsford reader reports the November wedding of Miss Ethel M. Stearns and Marcus Eddy Spaulding at the Portland hotel. The ceremony featured palms and roses, a stringed orchestra, and an East Portland collation, after which the couple left for Tacoma. Also noted are a $200 bequest to the Unitarian society, John M. Fiske’s return to New York, town hall improvements, a Baptist sermon on China, and a Chinese costume recital by a missionary’s Hue son.
James W. Wotton plans moving his barn to the Nashua road opposite 8 N Stevens harness shop with lower stable use and upper Clack smith abdo. St Johns T A archery to elect officers on Thursday evening Dec 14. Next town meeting to tackle liens. New railroad sign at private crossing near North Chelmsford depot. Christmas Eve service at Second Congregational Church with Sunday school tree event.
Local ad notes a large variety of frames and bargain counters at a shop on Merrmack streets near John corner. Encourages readers to visit and inspect offerings while urging advertisers to contact the Courter for insertion.
Fragmentary OCR notice describes a property sale near Olingee in Paw with vague terms. The readable bits indicate a rent or sale action and reference to a location and partial bid or unit details. Further readable specifics are unavailable in the provided text.
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