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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
4
The Lowell Daily Courier reports varied war news and notes a likely Isthmian canal. It laments Prof Norton’s Harvard retirement, cites German bicycle tariffs, and praises American exports and growing gold reserves despite the war. It forecasts substantial business from the conflict ending soon.
A remark foresees a surge in business activity and calls for thorough preparation to handle a boom unseen before. The statement underscores the need for planning across sectors to capitalize on forthcoming expansion.
Mr. Greeley backs a larger organized Pelham apple-blossom Sing hosted in Billerica Town Hall with a country dinner to fund the event. An aim to form local associations in many towns, coordinate books and rehearsals for a 159 to 250 voice chorus, and attract delegations from multiple communities for a memorable musical outing.
Commander Booth Tucker arrives in Cleveland to announce the Salvation Army has bought 286 acres near Mentor for a colonization farm. Five acre plots will be sold on time to needy city dwellers, with work crews starting this week. The Army already has 1000 names representing 5000 people to aid, and plans to acquire more land nearby. A Raiffeisen loan association will be started to provide cooperative credit, modeled after the German system.
The Church Union recounts a Providence to Boston journey where a weak minded father on a moving train sought to alight. A large man, recognizing the danger, quietly intervened by addressing the father by name and engaging him, then helping the woman and her charge into a carriage. The stranger reveals himself as Phillips Brooks, leaving the woman grateful and surprised.
The June issue surveys the war with Spain with editorials from foreign journals and cartoons. It features Dewey sketches, notes on the Philippines, and pieces on Spain and the Caroline Islands from a missionary view. Also highlighted are Concord history, Vassar, and numerous war maps and literary pieces.
The Low ell contingent led by Commander Smith marched about forty strong in South Framingham on Memorial Day. The column drew attention from Cowboys and locals, while Rev Sarah A Dixon’s prayer at Tyngsboro and Mrs Mary A Livermore’s earlier sermon on immortality are recalled. The piece also reflects on women’s broader sphere, school ventilation, cyclist safety on Moody street bridge, Tyngsboro as a cycling Mecca, and calls for Fourth of July funds to aid soldiers.
The June Outing describes night birds on a remote Klondike island. Cassin's auklet rhinoceros auk murrelet and petrel species nest in honeycombed burrows as a dog guards and a man records their 24 hour activity and incubation habits. A Collier's Weekly double page highlights wartime unity and a frontispiece color-sergeant image.
Opening feature presents characteristic anecdotes of Mrs Cleveland with photographs made for the article. Anonymously contributed by her close friends, the pieces echo her sayings and acts as the series ends with letters titled The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Member's Wife in Washington.
The June Harper’s Magazine opens with Julian Ralph’s richly illustrated study of Russia as a rising modern power. It forms the second in a series examining Russia as a militant force shaping contemporary political movements, titled The Csar's People.
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