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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1900
Page
4
The Courier Citizen Company markets the oldest daily in Middlesex County, established 1826 and daily since 1845, published at Merrimack street Lowell. It notes daily delivery by carrier at 18 cents a week or 60 cents a month, with Sundays and holidays excluded.
Service notices indicate trains operating between Lowell and Boston via Middlesex Street Station. Travel schedules and frequency details reflect the era’s railway timetable structure.
The Courier announces a service for subscribers and others spending vacations away to have a regular copy mailed. Readers are instructed to leave their name and address at the Citizen building business office.
The State Department still credits the Conger despatch amid court doubts. Alabama cotton sellers ship 5000 bales to England at 9 1/2 cents, while the turbine driven Viper may reach 30 to 35 knots, though reversing propulsion poses steering issues. A colossal timber theft suit pits Dart mouth College against International Paper for eighteen million feet of spruce, seeking $275,000. In the Philippines twelve Americans die and eleven are wounded as 200 insurgents are reported killed. war's cost weighs on the nation.
The piece argues Tammany has the means for any campaign fund and criticizes Democratic reliance on Tammany money. It praises Governor Allen for stabilizing Puerto Rico’s civil government and warns of dangers in denying black suffrage. It calls for reducing congressional representation for states that disenfranchise blacks.
A critique of Governor Boutwell and Senator Hoar centers on party loyalty and foreign policy. The piece argues Hoar supports remaining in the Republican Party while Bryan allies with Washington to ratify the treaty. It contends Bryan would not amend the treaty to Philippine parity and warns against Democratic leadership, urging trust in McKinley and the Republican approach over Bryan and populism.
The New Bedford Standard says McKinley will likely win reelection by a similar margin. Manchester Union urges punishment of those spreading lies about China. The Boston Transcript praises American athletes in Paris and urges editors to avoid unsportsmanlike complaints, noting Americans have dominated the Paris games.
During business hours of the day stockholders and others with interests to protect will note that Lowell and Suburban certificates should be delivered at once to the designated registrar for processing and recording.
A narrator recalls a Sunday drive to Fitz William New Hampshire visiting Follinsbee farm and hidden rhododendron groves near Chocorua. The piece blends natural detail from Monadnock to Jamaica like air, then shifts to local mischief and weather notes while describing a garden paradise and the pranks of vacation youths.
Mrs G D Farley and two children will spend the summer in Houston Maine. Several families vacation at Salem Willows and Nahant. Mr Geo R Chandler and family at Mont Vernon Grand Hotel over Sunday with plans to return. Engagement announced between Dr Walter K Knapp and Miss Gertrude Sponholtz. Summer church service at Old Church Hingham attended by residents from Cohas Set Crow Point Hull and nearby. Music by Dann Ithaca Schumacher Portland Leavens Willimantic Hoerrner. Arthur W Lang heads to St John New Brunswick. Helen Tompkins and Helen McCauley visiting Oceanside Magnolia. Crescent Beach hosts vacationers including Major G Perkins Geo L Huntoon C E Smith B E Barnhart Dickey Leighton. Pianist W K Hallowell to perform at Steel Pier Old Orchard Beach. Dr and Mrs James F Sullivan away two weeks at Rangeley Lakes. Dr James O’Donnell on two weeks vacation in Springfield. Birth in Milford to Mr and Mrs W C Tewksbury a son.
Two Newburyport sisters who quarreled in 1879 over preserving tomatoes split angrily and have not spoken since, though their husbands and families remain in friendly contact. The Lowell aldermen refused to fund entertaining Cuban teachers in Cambridge, saying public funds are not raised for such purposes.
Mrs Betsey L Rollins died in Oxford Massachusetts on July 14 1900 at age 92. Born January 11 1808 in Freedom Maine she lived in East Corinth Maine before moving to Lowell then Oxford after her husband Anthony N Rollins died in 1870. She was mother to eight children three living Joseph Rollins Martha Prescott and another daughter. She left eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday and burial left at East Corinth.
Multiple funeral notices from Chelmsford street and surrounding addresses detail yesterday services at St Peters and St Jean Baptiste churches, with bearers named for Michael Reagan Lilla McDermott Francis X Perrault Samuel Greenwood and others, burial in Catholic and local cemeteries, and obituaries for Althe Legacy Elizabeth Nadeau and Patrick Rea.
The annual convention of the Manchester Unity Odd Fellows will be held in Gloucester on Wednesday July 25. Officers and delegates from the city include James W. Gregg and George Emeley as principals with delegates from Excelsior Wamesit Merrimack Valley and Integrity lodges. A banquet will be hosted by past and present provincial grand officers at the Surfside hotel in Gloucester on Tuesday night. A United Order picnic with Granite State lodge of Dover is planned at the Pines. New officers for the first time include BE Greenleaf Susan Scott Cox Ida Sargent A M A Pratt Jennie G Davis Mary Gilman Rebecca Campos Filen Jones Liza Winters Jessie B. Sargent Agnes Strout A H Werkins Lois Facn.
A local advertisement touts a varied collection of worsted fabrics and trousers. It highlights six styles of worsteds in checks and stripes, four styles of worsted trousers including black and white and gray and white stripes, all wool light striped cassimere, two gray striped worsteds, and two light colored cassimeres. Prices are advertised as exceptionally cheap compared to typical $1.50 values, with emphasis on style, quality, and value.
Last night Court Middlesex No. 23 F of A. welcomed seven candidates and conducted four initiations. At the Printing Press men’s meeting William Riley, sergeant-at-arms, resigned and Daniel F. Sullivan was elected to succeed him.
Charles H. Garrett 55 a leading Portsmouth merchant died Monday at his Deer Street home after a brief illness. He built the family business with his brother Freeman R. Garrett and served as clerk of the common council. He leaves a wife, three sisters, and his brother. Also noted are obituaries for Fred Puffer, former champion hurdler and jumper who died in New York, and Christopher Needham West Newton resident and supporter of ex Gov Butler who died after years of illness at his Crescent Street home.
An advertisement touts Pep Tolax as a guaranteed cure for even severe dyspepsia and indigestion. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents per box.
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