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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1899
Page
4
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County established 1826 daily since 1845 published every day except Sundays and holidays at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack street Lowell carriers deliver city at 12 cents a week 50 cents a month.
Trains run between Lowell and Boston on the Boston and Maine Railroad, with schedules listed for daily service and regular departures from major stations. The announcement notes frequent trips and connection options to surrounding routes.
The Lowell Daily Courier reports terse notes on global affairs and local life. It cites England paying high war costs, smallpox cases in East Boston, and ongoing vaccination efforts. Concepcion says Aguinaldo is a fugitive and surrender seems impossible, while Lowell stores showcase holiday goods and Carnegie’s Lake Superior Iron deal signals rising steel prices for 1900.
A wire report from Pittsburg credits Prof Reginald A Fessenden and assistant Prof Kintner at the Western University of Pennsylvania electrical lab with building a wireless telegraphy receiver 20 000 times more sensitive than the Marconi coherer. The piece cautions the professor to avoid rash stock market capitalization.
The Boston Journal notes General Wood will receive a warm welcome upon return to Cuba. It argues the Civil Service Reform Association should gain new hope from his appointment as the fit leader to guide Cuba through its critical move to self government. It suggests other groups overly pessimistic about American arms in the Philippines should likewise take heart.
The article critiques pessimists for ignoring data while others face front lines, notes the French courts using advertising as penalties, reporting Maitre Labori winning against Libre Parole manager for doubting the Dreyfus assault, Millet fined to publish verdicts in Paris and provincial papers at a cost of $4000, and recalls a U.S. court martial where advertising guilt in newspapers was dropped on revision.
The November export report from the Treasury Bureau shows corn shipments in the eleven months ending November 1899 reached 185,832,659 bushels valued at 74,742,127 dollars, with an average price of 40 cents per bushel, higher than any year since 1895, and well above 1898 and 1897 figures. Europe absorbs most of the corn, led by the United Kingdom and Germany, as demand grows amid ample world breadstuffs supply. The article notes rapid growth in corn and wheat exports, and highlights the United States' pivotal role in global food supplies, especially if crops fail at home.
A Connecticut New York Tribune correspondent suggests Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts as a vice presidential candidate noting his strong qualifications but doubting Massachusetts would win electoral votes. The Waterbury American comments on General Wood expanding Cuba’s prospects, and the Manchester Union notes General Buller’s Pretoria boast may imply harsh outcomes.
The column notes a crowded field for city messenger with 17 candidates and possible delays in selecting a champion. It also reviews Tissot's Providence exhibit in Boston with small color works and ink studies. The writing moves through local weather musings, school holidays, and a humorous anecdote, finishing with reflections on December warmth and a rosebush beginning to unfold early.
The article explains Sabbath as a Hebrew term denoting rest and a period, applied to yearly and seven year cycles, and to each seventh day as a weekly Sabbath. It notes Sundays named for sun worship and states Sabbath is not Sunday, per Woman's Home Companion.
The Opera house night performance of Because She Loved Him So featured Annie Irish in Mrs West with strong turns by J F Dodson and Kate Meek as Mr. and Mrs Weatherby. The Mc Auliffe Stock Co promises crowding houses with a varied bill including Under Sealed Orders and Niobe while Frances Namon and Miss Namon wow at Music Hall.
Street whistling reveals popularity of shows like Chis and the Wonderful Lamp at the Boston Museum. The Man Behind the Gun remains a crowd favorite with Jerome Sykes and Edna Wallace Hopper drawing large audiences, while the entire company, its chorus girls and the bell, lights up the scene.
The Boston Theatre presents Superba as its holiday offering for Christmas season with enthusiastic reception anticipated from a large audience. The engagement extends over a period beginning this season and continuing through the holidays.
Two weeks begin Monday evening with a festive program featuring clever special ties newly arranged ballets and illusionary and mechanical tricks not seen here before. The production offers a bright and new Christmas matinee with abounding novelty in every description.
Funeral services are listed for Thomas Dinley Harriet Furlong Joseph Green Theodore Harakas and others. The notices note burials in Edson cemetery and are followed by multiple obituaries including James Golden Mary Curley and Hannah Butterfield with details of dates ages homes and officiating ministers.
Charles H. Bragg resumes as overseer of the crdl ing room at Tremont and Suffolk mills. Co E Bean of Grinnell mills New Bedford named assistant superintendent for Merrimack company. Mr and Mrs Nesmith reside in Andover street for the season. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ivy of Atlanta and Miss Louise Lawton in town last week. Dr George H Jennison in New York returning tomorrow. Jules J Plunkett takes quarters in Boston. Mr and Mrs Christian C Born of Columbus visit Mrs Percy Parker. Mrs Born formerly Miss Mary Eckhardt who visited five years ago. Eckhardt directs preliminary work for the Sportsman show opening in Boston next month. Miss Etta Idetta Ward of Winchendon guest of Mr and Mrs Frank Baker Hill returned home. The Thompson Hardware Co advertises skates.
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