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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
4
Boston and Maine Railway trains run between Lowell and Boston via Bedford on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. Service via Western Division. Ticket office not open for this train.
A look at late nineteenth and early twentieth century issues. The piece discusses Boer War troop deployments, British policy, Hall Caine praising American gender equality, and the Canadian immigration backflow to the dominion. It also warns about kidnapping cases and public concern over child safety. The tone reflects editorial opinions on prosperity, national pride, and social issues of the era.
A stern editorial tone warns that the cowardly act will be met with severe punishment when confronted, urging a strong example to deter child stealers and protect children. The piece emphasizes inevitable consequences and moral urgency.
The piece muses on ushering out the old century and welcoming the new with imperfect yet ongoing preparations. It reflects on time as a human construct, notes the vast achievements of the outgoing century, and urges thoughtful consideration of change, growth, and the slow, sure evolution of humanity.
Miss Margaret Daly of the Daly family, daughter of the late Marcus Daly, will wed H. Carroll Brown of Baltimore next Wednesday at the Daly residence in New York. Brown is a banker and broker active in clubs. Daly is educated and independently wealthy. Clinton Dawkins of J. Pierpont Morgan’s English bank is the highest salaried employee in England, earning an estimated 150000 dollars yearly for advising on government and major financial deals.
A collection notes criminals from Lowell and Haverhill claim Lawrence as home as a confidence talk. The country rests secure in the thought no one will kidnap the vice president elect. The McCrillis case is seen as vindication of a deposed deputy and a critique of regional U S work.
A Moore township man Joseph Wilson died after thirty years of fruitless legal fights over a single chicken. Neighbor McCormick sued Wilson and won $12 plus costs. Wilson appealed, costs unpaid, and a sheriff sale followed. Wilson pursued multiple lawsuits against Shaner and Ketterer, losing each time, draining his farm's value. In the end Ketterer kept potential profits and Wilson died three years after a final verdict, leaving a ruined estate.
The article recalls Lowell’s emergence from East Chelmsford in 1826 and early industry including glass, cotton, and powder. It lists numerous local figures who died in the last year of the nineteenth century. It also notes a central fire station scene where horses anticipate the 8:30 bell, signaling readiness for duty and harness.
Harold and Raymond Leland entertained about twenty youngsters for Master Raymonds fifth birthday with games refreshments and a magic lantern show. Miss Bertha Runnels hosted a Princeton street party for Florence Willis and Cora Marshall. Rev Huntingtons New Years reception canceled due to Mrs Chase death. Local movements include Rev Fisher moving to 70 Livingston Ave and Holmes visiting from Portsmouth. William Kendall joins Keith's Boston and Cahill declines city messenger candidacy.
Reverend Bowley Green, pastor of First Baptist Church in Portland Maine, has resigned to take a position in Vermont. His family plans to relocate soon. On the Sunday before Christmas the Bible class surprised him with a gold watch and charm while the church ladies gifted Mrs Green an elegant chair. Frederick A Wood, formerly of Lowell now with a Buffalo paper, wrote a review on textile education in the United States for the Boston Transcript last week. Mrs A J Blake of Chicago visits her aunt Mrs John Stott on Hanks Street.
Obituary notices detail the death of Martha S. Chase at 19 Nesmith Street after a brief illness. She was 81, widow of Charles C. Chase, longtime Lowell High School principal, with several children and extended family. The column lists numerous funeral services and burial details for other local residents, including John F. Roane, James Gookin, Eben Duffy, Thomas Farrington, Phileas Couture, Charles Callahan, George Beals, Ida Whalen, Michael Riley, Sevilla M. Brackley, Sarah Wright, Emily F. Jones, and others, with dates, locations, and undertakers.
A church service is planned at 9 o'clock with Immaculate Conception Church as the venue. Friends are invited to attend the event.
Manager Dempsey denies reports of the Savoy theatre closing and announces New Year’s week attractions. Headlining is James F. McDonald with Annie Martel in Her Sister’s Beau, from the Keith circuit, plus Martinetti and Grossi, Anna Whitney, Armstrong and Porter, Chalk Saunders, Denno and Reno, and Leo La Farge. Box office hours, nightly shows at 8 15, matinees 2 30 except Monday.
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