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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
4
Somell Daly shows Courier Citizen Company masthead describing oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County established 1826 and 1845. Published every day except Sundays and holidays from Merrimack street Lowell. Delivery by carrier for 12 cents weekly or 50 cents monthly.
Rail service operates between Lowell and Boston under the Boston and Maine line. Trains run on the regular schedule with departures and arrivals posted for daily travel and commuter use. Local stations along the route are listed in timetables for passengers.
Readers planning vacations can ensure continued Courier service by leaving their name and address at the Courier Citizen building business office.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Mr. Bryan will deliver six speeches in New York and comments on Tammany corruption. It warns that Republicans hope for a gerrymander to oust Democrats, while criticizing past reapportionment and warning of boomerang politics from meddling with district lines.
In Boston a large voter roll of over 170000 emerges ahead of the next election, driven by robust business conditions under Republican management. Many workers who moved to Boston may vote Democratic, a choice seen as harming business prosperity and triggering a cyclical downturn.
Our coal is shipped abroad in large quantities for foreign railroads factories and naval power. The prospect grows for strong demand as Europe becomes increasingly dependent on U S coal. Wheat and corn fields also contribute to Europe’s obligation.
A concluding note of congratulation states the United States has, to date, avoided any ambition to acquire Chinese territory. The passage contrasts this stance with other nations allegedly driven by greed for expansion and imperial gains.
The article argues that greed drives conflicts such as in China and urges the United States to act justly while noting Britain's House of Lords bills to bar arms exports to nations at war. It contemplates how such laws would affect China’s ability to continue fighting and the need for domestic enforcement against profiteers.
The article argues American built railroad engines outperform English makes on varied grades and track conditions. It cites the London Times remark on British reluctance to adapt to customer wishes, noting American locomotives’ flexibility, fuel efficiency, and ability to haul large loads across diverse rail networks, boosting trade with Russia, Mexico, Japan, Canada and Brazil.
The upcoming season will feature dramatizations of novels with Monte Cristo and Sherlock Holmes leading the way. Wilton Lackaye will star as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Henry E. Dixey returns to prominence, and Dr Weir Mitchell’s Adventures of Francois is set for the stage with Dixey in the lead. Viola Allen will act in Marion Crawford’s In the Palace of the King and later in Zangwill’s The Mantle of Elijah, a magazine serial.
William H. Crane will play David Harum Otis Skinner stars in Prince Otto from Stevenson's novel James K Hackett appears in Richard Carvel Henry Miller in To Have and to Hold Frohman company will adapt Red Pottage the English novel that became a hit
Mary Mannering plans Janice Meredith while Julia Marlowe features When Knighthood Was in Flower. Marie Burroughs appears in The Battle of the Strong. Jacob Litt stages Caleb West adaptation with other novels under development.
Lowell & Suburban certificates must be delivered immediately during business hours to protect stockholders and other interests. The notice emphasizes urgency and urges prompt action from stakeholders.
A late day scene on Moody street shows boys playing One-o-cat near a watering cart, wetting through pants and shirts, then fleeing as rain begins. The writer notes a hot day, rising mercury, and a drying drought hurting apples and berries. A librarian’s letter praises sliding newspaper files in libraries and cites a Boston area railroad summer boom with heavy mountain lake trips.
In a New England township the Jenness and Philbrick families quarrel over prayer customs after a dispute at dawn prayers. The feud ends with an auction where every item is sold to settle claims, and the brothers never speak again, a rift lasting into modern times.
Mrs B C Sanborn and Mr and Mrs George F Pierce tour Maine visiting Portland Augusta Vassalboro and Phillips. Many families plan summers in New England including West Barnet Vt Marblehead Kennebunkport and Old Orchard Beach with trips to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Garfield Colony of Pilgrim Fathers held routine business with a novel contest won by Mrs Estabrook and F T Wilson second. Court Merrimack F of A had six initiations and ten propositions. I B 8 Firemen two initiations and six propositions. Labor day turnout pledged. Future meetings to be on Wednesdays and a delegate sent to Peoria convention. Junior Foresters of America initiated three and received five. Princess lodge No 12 IOOpd St held two initiations and planned a picnic August 11 with Sone of St George of Lowell and Daughters and Sons of Lawrence.
The devotional meeting will be held at Centralville M E Church on Thursday July 7 at 2 o clock. Mrs Peterson will lead the services and all women are invited.
Bad blood breeds catarrh rheumatism and humors all of which Hood's Sarsaparilla the great blood purifier effectually cures. It also overcomes that tired feeling and boosts appetite.
In a humorous tale from the Youth's Companion, Thomas Denkle challenges his wife Annie to a new wedding day pie. He blends custard with vanilla, citron, raisins, currants and a pink meringue, producing a bold but unintended creation that amuses and disappoints him while proving his sires claim to originality.
An old advertising notice for a Peptolax tablet claim that after each meal it promptly relieves dyspepsia indigestion flatulence and constipation and that one box absolutely cures, available at all druggists for 2 cents.
Agro M. Dows applies to transfer a sixth class license to sell intoxicating liquors from 389 Central Street to 34 Merrimack Street. Two rooms on the floor and cellar. Notice published under Public Statutes. Board of Police order by Clerk Joseph Smith.
City notice under section states Charles J. Sullivan has applied for a six class license to sell intoxicating liquors as a druggist at 518 Merrimack Street Lowell in two rooms on the first floor. Joseph Smith, Clerk.
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