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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
1
Exiled narrator laments city social whirl and prefers summer respite. He longs for peaceful home life and views the season as a brief escape from bustling reception lists, dining duties, and crowded halls. Ernest DeLancey Pierson referenced in context.
The piece cites Hanna of Ohio to oversee the western section and Manley of Maine to connect with the east, stressing dogged effort in a humid campaign period. It laments summer conditions, hints at rural attitudes, and mentions New York pant makers, saloon-muggy weather, and grocers versus butchers in a contest over stakes.
Global statistics show 67 deaths and 70 births per minute, yielding a net annual population increase of about 1,200,000. Jupiter appears in the southeast at dusk, with the general star scene described in Scorpio. The Cossacks, though 60,000 fighters plus 128,000 in reserve, run 440 merchants. About 1.5 million people work in coal mines worldwide.
A collage of quips from Chicago Evening Post Cleveland Plain Dealer and Chicago News. Chatty exchanges on humor at breakfast about “What’s the Jews from the seat of war” and a tame streetcar ride. A joke sequence ends with a child misinterpreting “leave” and his father correcting with a pun about marriage and separation.
Washington July 25 Capt Charles M Thomas of the cruiser Brooklyn wires the navy department from Chee Foo July 24 reporting a Conger message dated July 4 received at Tien Tsin saying besieged two weeks at the British legation grave danger of a general massacre by Chinese soldiers daily shelling the legation relief must come soon the city lacks government except by the Chinese army and is determined to massacre all foreigners entry of relief forces will be hotly contested.
London reports Lord Roberts’s force made a general advance from the Pretoria position on Monday. Ian Hamilton reached Russontein on July 22. The enemy’s retreat line was surrounded and abandoned their front fortification as Pole-Carew held. Rail and telegraph service restored. captured Roodeval supply train contained 200 Welsh fusiliers. De Wet’s forces move northeast, followed by Broadwood’s and Little’s cavalry.
Washington July 25 The Navy Department released Rear Admiral Kempff’s mail report detailing his refusal to join other powers in attacking the Taku forts. The document includes the bombardment account from Commander Wise of the Monocacy and notes Secretary Long’s strong commendation of Kempff for not participating against a nation at peace with the United States.
Report from Tien Tsin indicates Chinese soldiers are killing Boxers as they claim the Boxers deceived them into a hopeless struggle. Allies may advance by month’s end. A Pekin runner says foreigners were safe on July 10 but fighting raged there. Tien Ts’in’s native city shows a shocking scene of desertion.
Boston July 25 Russian cruiser Waring sailed for a preliminary trial run off the New Hampshire coast at 56 30 this morning. An accurate count of the revolutions of her propeller is being taken.
Washington dispatch states Adjt. General Corbin received Gen. Chaffee’s cable announcing the transport Grant reaching Nagasaki. The message says all are well and that the Grant will proceed to Taku.
Police Court proceedings in Pickman see J William Black George Bowes and Fred Denney cleared of larceny charges in a wash boiler case. Bowes fined for drunkenness. further arraignments and bail set for other theft and assault matters. A disturbance on Summer Street prompts arrests and varied penalties. multiple defendants face fines imprisonment or release. Deputy Moffatt and Lawyer Fay prepare witnesses for ongoing trials.
Delia Rice, staying at the Arlington Hotel, was found unconscious from gas exposure after the night clerk James Hines discovered a room filled with odor. The woman, who claimed Lawrence as her home, said she blew out the gas because it was “too much trouble to turn it off” before being revived.
Artemas Parker of South Chelmsford died at his home aged 84. He was born in Carlisle, worked in clothing shop work, ran a Middlesex Street Lowell grocery, then moved to Proctor farm. Survived by three Lowell residents, funeral Friday with prayers at 1 pm and cemetery chapel services in Carlisle. Also Catherine Hoar aged 73 of 14 Inn Street, three sons John Patrick and Michael. John Harney of Lowell died aged 70 with three daughters. Joseph S. Dyer aged 52 7 months of Lowell died in Worcester, survived by wife.
Funeral services for Cynthia B Randlett were held yesterday afternoon at six oclock at her residence 47 Rock Street with Rev G F Kenngett officiating. The remains were forwarded to Jonesport Maine for burial by C M Young and Co.
Eagan Margaret aged 35 of Nelson avenue died at Lowell General hospital on July 24. Hoar Catherine aged 73 died in this city on July 4 at 14 Inn street. Eklund Florence aged 34 of 4 Tyrrell street died at the Navy Yard on July 23.
The White Mountains in Northern New England offer famous scenery and social appeal with highlights such as Crawford, Franconia and Dixville Notches. Landmarks include Table Rock Old Man of the Mountain Flame White Horse Ledge Elephant's Head Crystal Cascade and Echo and Profile Lakes. The Boston and Maine Railway promotes its Mountain Vacation Region book of tours by mail for two cents.
The advertisement claims humors take possession of the body causing pimples boils and skin eruptions along with weakness and debility. It asserts health strength peace and pleasure come only by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which it says permanently drives out these humors and builds up the system, citing numerous testimonials.
A young woman sustained a fractured skull after an on course accident while playing golf. The incident sparked commentary noting a pushback against women players, reflecting debate over women in the sport.
Four members of the Eagan family died in rapid succession from ptomaine poisoning. Mrs. Thomas Eagan died at Lowell General Hospital after her children Maurice Lagan age 1 8 months Mary Irene Hagan age 3 3 George Eagan age 5 and the mother’s illness followed. Autopsy and tests found no arsenic. The father suspects buttermilk as the source while water from two wells was defended as pure.
Mre Pagan aged 85 long resident of Lowell for 20 years born in Ireland. Survived by 49 brothers and father with two elders in Australia. Of a family of six in failing health four weeks ago only father remains at age one hundred ninety years? Funeral from Nelson Avenue residence to Church of the Heart at 90 o'clock with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
Robert Latham about 30, spinner at Talbot mills, killed himself with a razor in woods near his father’s North Billerica home. He returned to supper, then vanished to the woods. his brother saw him slash his throat and the wound proved fatal after the physician treated him. He leaves his parents and three brothers. member of Talbot lodge Masons Shawsheen Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
A Highland Methodist lawn party Tuesday evening raised funds for next fall’s church fair. Grounds on Wilder Street were lent by Joseph E. Armstrong with lively booths for lemonade peanut candy and ice cream. A ghost march and finely rendered tableaux entertained, with Eva Lombard directing.
Private Pierce of Company C Fifth Battalion U S Marines was shot through the heart in Brooklyn's Italian Quarter during an early morning incident after a drunken carousal. Companion John Costigan was wounded in the elbow and battling alcoholism. Luigi Longubaco, an Italian, is in custody.
Edith B. Drury a popular Newton district nurse, died under mysterious circumstances in Eliot woods near Newton Highlands. Found with a chloroform vial near her nostrils, investigators initially considered exposure to heat but later noted a habit of inhaling ether to aid sleep. The 23 year old Westminster native had trained at Lowell General Hospital and was noted for dedication to nursing in Newton Highlands before her death.
The Lowell board of health debates keeping or removing telephones at the agent inspector and chairman as city council controls funding. A proposed circular affects hours and contact rules, with office hours set from 9 to 4 daily and 11 to 12 Sundays, and no calls after 4 p m.
The London Chronicle notes the military salute emerged in the early fifteenth century. An illustration in Speculum Humanae Salvationis shows Abraham saluting Melchisedec, in medieval armor, with Melchisedec offering a loaf of bread and a drink, illustrating the distinctive military gesture still used today.
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