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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1900
Page
4
Boston and Maine operates a Lowell to Boston service via Bedford on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. The Western Division route is used and the ticket office is not open for this train.
The Lowell Daily Courier discusses Kitchener and imperial policy, the Paris Exposition cost, Boer affairs, and U S politics. It critiques McKinley era imperialism, lynching, and Debs and Bryan plans, with notes on Congress, Boston and Indiana seats, and the Philippines.
The article reflects on British financial and military pressure over the Armenian losses and Transvaal war developments. It notes Britain’s pending bill likely to trouble the Sultan, ongoing Boer resistance, and admiralty shortages. It also covers coal-strike fallout delaying winter supply, with workers bearing higher costs while the wealthy gain from low prices.
The death of Oswald Ottendorfer, editor of the New York Staats Zeitung, is noted as making him perhaps the most influential German in the United States after Carl Schurz. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the Russian pianist in Boston, is described as handsome with luxuriant hair, compared unfavorably to Paderewski. Prof Griggs is labeled a phenomenal lecturer with strong audiences, though the purpose of his message is hard to discern.
A collection of quotations highlights contrasting views on race and education. Winston Churchill praises English cleanliness amid global travel, while Georgia Tech’s president cites Tuskegee Institute enrollment as surpassing white technical schools in the South. The debate touches on race, progress, and regional tensions.
A Kentucky tale explains the saying to go up Balt River a dangerous upstream keel boat task. The expression emerged from enslaved people's punishment route on the Ohio tributary, later evolving into the proverb Salt River used in Congress.
A crowded Queer Street scene shows faces at doors as a street strike spreads across tenements. A cruel horse driver, police action, and a cruelty arrest unfold amid side comments and newsboys. Public health warnings, aviop and grip outbreaks, and local notices fill the day.
Mr Harwood B Smith of Rockland secretary of the Massachusetts Press association visits his brother in Phillips street. Superintendent A K Whitcomb spoke to the Schoolmasters Club at the Hotel Brunswick Boston urging cooperation between teachers and the superintendent. Chief Ranger Stafford and Grand Secretary James J Gallagher addressed Court Highland F of A Roxbury. Thomas F Connolly of the national Spinners union led textile labor leaders to Washington for the national convention of textile workers.
Funeral services were held yesterday for John H. Lynch at St Peter's church, with burial in Catholic cemetery. Alice Coyle and Samuel Barrowes also had funeral services, bearers named, and burials at Catholic and Edson cemeteries. Constantine Laskary’s funeral occurred Saturday from 13 Fenwick street with burial in Badson cemetery. Undertaker Molloy oversaw several services.
The passage notes a foreign countess whose case drew attention amid ongoing restrictions. It states that in recent years Austrian study saw many women limited to Russians, English, and Americans, mainly in private obstetrics classes.
A survey notes that many royals pursue art with varying skill in drawing painting and sculpture while photography remains widespread among royals. It highlights Empress Frederick Princess Beatrice Princess of Wales and Czar as accomplished amateurs with others like Princess Louise and the Czarina also active. It mentions a Danish queen painter and a Portuguese king’s painting as well as Don Carl on coast pastel work then shifts to classified notes on to let listings and a remedy ad for colds.
Chicago physicians welcome Austria's move to place women on equal footing with men in medicine and chemist shops. Dr Lucy Wolfe reports that Vienna's policy marks a significant advance, contrasting past barriers at the University of Vienna and earlier Moscow congress experiences.
An advertising notice endorses Graves Maryland Malt Whiskey as a remedy for coughs. It touts regular use with leaf sugar, claims stimulation aids healing, and notes genuine bottles feature a facsimile signature. Sold at A. W. Dows & Co and Grace, Lowell.
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