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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
1
A whimsical poem imagines a land of upside down laws and reversed norms where everything is reversed and age diminishes daily. The speaker longs to live in Tossy Turvey where readers write books and burglars are honest, reflecting a satirical, dreamy departure from reality.
Night editor notes cold season whimsy with mentions of Christmas trees and snow poems. Reporter recalls church festivals amid holiday drafts and wind imagery. Poet Laureate Austin is cited for a Boer poem, with critics deeming it bore. Taunton’s Speaker candidate faces political jabs and cautious stance.
A collage of humorous exchanges from several papers shows a boy pressing his father for more pie while debating expansion, a church attendance quip, a theatre banter about opacity, and a boy eager to test a newly shown mechanical top after an hour of instruction.
The quarterly meeting of the Historical Society will be held at the library on Tuesday January 2 1900. Deacon J H Bacon is recovering from illness and hopes to attend soon. Ladies of the Congregational society packed clothing and literature for distribution to lumber and mining camps in northern Michigan. Unitarian Sunday school Christmas exercises delighted children with fruit from Christmas trees. Congregational church observed Christmas with programs and gifts. Ladies Benevolent society re-elected officers with Mrs Henry Lawrence as president and a slate of officers listed. Mr Henry A Clapp will lecture before the Warren course on Friday January 5 on Twelfth Night. George Kennan’s lecture on January 25 will now be Cuba and the Cubans instead of Life on the Great Siberian Road.
London reports the Boers opened fire on Magersfontein and reinforced entrenchments along the Tugela and Modder. Experts fear British assault strategy shifts as cavalry mobility looms, with Roberts pursuing Bloemfontein as other generals move by circuitous routes. Meanwhile the Boutelle case stays sealed, amid rumors of serious brain trouble and secret medical arrangements in Boston.
Philadelphia report of the Stahl and Straub creditors committee states creditors besides banks will receive nothing. All assets will go to banks, while John H. Straub faces bail for embezzlement and Stahl is missing with a warrant out for his arrest. Straub reflects on a fall from wealth to poverty and the firm’s ruin.
Senator Shoup as committee chair and members completed a tour of towns in New Mexico and Arizona to study conditions. They declared strong support for admitting both states to the Union.
Berlin reports Kruger may declare war against Portugal and attack Delagoa Bay immediately. Seizing the Portuguese port and fortifying could stall England and allow European powers to intervene in his favor.
Harry Escombe former premier of Natal and commander of the Natal naval volunteers died on a Durban street Wednesday. He led the Natal volunteers in service and had long been a prominent figure in the colony's affairs.
Local Assembly 1460 Knights of Labor, Chicago letter carriers, unanimously voted to withdraw from the national body and surrender their charter The action follows a Dec 15 ruling by district muster workman KE Lingholm who suspended the local group for opposing Boston resolutions against President McKinley’s administration Charles D Duffy led the meeting and holds posts with the Chicago Association of Letter Carriers and the National Association of Letter Carriers
Bangor Me Dec 26 Congressman Boutelle, lately brought home from Boston ill, has been taken back to Boston by midnight train to receive care in a sanitarium near the city. Since his return to Bangor officials have kept details tightly sealed.
The Panama Canal company of America with an authorized capital of 30,000,000 was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey. It aims to acquire by purchase the Nouvelle Canal de Panama and the Isthmus railway, to construct operate and manage canal and line services. Incorporators include Wm P Chapman Jr Henry W Clark and Francis D Pollak.
Mrs Marie Schwenck of Creston Iowa traveled with seven children en route to Wichita Falls Texas. In St Louis she used a 20 foot rope and twine to tether each child to the rope as they crossed the station to change trains. The unusual method drew cheers as mother and kids moved along safely.
A loaded rifle shipped from Gorham to Boston via American Express was discharged while being transferred at Rochester New Hampshire today. The bullet grazed Expressman Stillins clothing and buried itself among packages on the truck. The crowded depot platform sparked excitement and authorities plan to investigate possible shipper carelessness.
Willis Glines, 25, of Tilton New Hampshire, was killed in the freight yard when he stepped in front of a passenger train while trying to avoid an approaching freight. His death follows a prior fatal train accident by his brother nearby years earlier.
Senator Beveridge said the Quay seating issue is a constitutional construction question. He doubted talk of lacking votes or sufficient woes, noting many senators share the uncertainty and that no one knows how he will vote.
A testimonial touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for diseases from impure blood. The user describes scrofulous humor itching and burning improving after Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills, claiming complete and permanent cure where doctors failed. J. J. Little of Fulton, New York, endorses the remedy.
The school committee held its final meeting of the year 1599 locking in teacher elocution and high school posts. Elections included Fred W. Putnam Mary Nassey Helen F Pattrick Ernest Everett and Katherine Coggéshall to the high school Hortense Lamere to Franklin kindergarten Alice Knapp to Worthen street kindergarten and Ethel Baker to Charles street kindergarten. Salaries were raised for several staff and Irene Weir of Brookline was engaged for drawing in the Training school at 19 per day.
At the water board meeting on Wednesday evening, the board discussed insuring property under its control. Superintendent Thomas reported sinking four to five experimental wells near the New Hampshire line per board and board of health guidance. One two inch well yields 40 gallons per minute. sinking of wells will continue.
A patrol wagon was kept on the jump for nearly an hour last night and nearly broke all prior records for continuous operation. The incident involved tense moments as officers managed the situation and public safety remained the focus.
A Middlesex North Agricultural Society meeting in the board of trade rooms considered buying two acres of Bleachery land adjoining the Fair grounds for 2500 dollars. They discussed raising 4500 to 5000 dollars for improvements including cattle and horse sheds and track alterations to an oval, but the proposal failed by a two vote margin requiring a two thirds majority. Stockholders vow to press the measure at the next meeting.
A. G. Pollard & Co advertises 96 pairs of satin calf and crack proof calf boys shoes with goat tops and reinforced backs, sized 3 to 5, English last, priced at 98 cents a pair instead of $1.50, emphasizing warmth and quality for winter wear. The item is followed by a quip from the janitor philosopher about a grocer’s boy.
Adjutant General Corbin asks Lowell residents to donate to a fund for the widow and four children of Major General Henry W Lawton who was killed at San Mateo Luzon in December The city treasurer Charles F Coburn is named treasurer to collect subscriptions in Lowell The appeal cites Lawtons devotion and the soldiers who served with him urging support before January fifth.
The Boston Journal reports quiet wholesale dry goods markets with moderate new business but strong late shipments before year end. Prices firm across staples like brown sheetings and denims. cottons and prints steady amid limited spot supplies and robust delivery on existing contracts. Shipments to date show a notable year over year increase, with prices holding firm despite irregularities in new heavy weight goods.
Weekend sale headlines Boys eight to sixteen offered high grade reefers at two for six shillings and big discounts on suits. Imported Irish frieze lambs Germania reefers and cassimeres and worsteds as low as seven dollars in plain or silk faced coats. Irresistible two day event with substantial price cuts.
Local ad lists knee pants in sizes eight to fourteen at 19 cents and heavy blue Cheviot pants in sizes four to fifteen at 25 cents. Also advertised are top quality knee pants valued at 95 cents offered for 50 cents.
The article notes three distinct upward revisions already and predicts a simplified market in a week when American Woolen Co will launch its full staples line. Curiosity surrounds initial prices as liberal quantities of products have reportedly been sold quietly. Demand for overcoatings remains good with lower grades selling well, especially rough faced fabrics. Cloakings stay steady while flannels and blankets show no change but higher prices anticipated.
A Local society page reports the engagement of Elizabeth A. Lynch to John J. Brennan. Various residents are listed with social engagements including visits by Chas S Clark and Marion, Sally T Pike visiting Mrs Lorenzo A Folsom, and Fr Paquette to preach at Tewksbury state almshouse. Also noted are health updates on General C A R Dimon and Mrs Jeremiah Crowley.
Fifteen workers from the Brussels finishing department of the Lowell Manufacturing Company demanded a thirty cent raise this morning. Agent Lyon refused, saying wage hikes were not possible now, and the men quit. By noon, replacements were nearly filled.
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