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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1898
Page
4
In Lowell the Courier asserts it dominates local readership with the widest circulation. The paper promises continued growth as circulation books remain open to all.
The Lowell Daily Courier discusses huge naval expenditures, noting England may spend 20 million on a battleship with 2 million for guns, while a 3 million craft could prove less effective. It questions if bigger ships always improve fighting power and mentions Hawaii’s neutrality violation over the Charleston.
United States tops world in mineral output with 1896 total of 737,958,761 and 1897 reach of 746,230,982 dollars. European production lags. Germany France and Belgium listed with billions for comparison. The article also mocks Spain’s reliance on Cervera and Camara and quips about eluding enemies at sea.
The piece notes Spain seeking aid from the Powers for peace, doubting its own resources to endure further blows while the Powers hesitate to risk provoking Uncle Samuel and upsetting Christendom. The fragment hints at broader war tensions and political maneuvering.
The piece argues against perpetual war and the belief that nations must fight to stay strong. It urges abolition of war as a path to greater invention, art, science, wealth, and religion, warning that war is a moral evil and that progress hinges on ending conflict. It recalls the human cost as soldiers die and question prayers that praise war as acceptable.
The painter Munkacssy remains confined at Endenich asylum but is reported to be improving rapidly, with hopes he will soon return to Hungary. Republican T. T. Geer, Oregon governor candidate, is a practical farmer who was feeding cattle when nominated by the state convention.
Miss Ellen Sigsbee daughter of Captain Sigsbee has earned a year's tuition in the New York Art Students League through a scholarship in the Art Students League of Washington. She won the scholarship in life drawings and is set to study in New York. The Lambs Broadway show closed in New York Monday night with eleven performances totaling 61,241 in receipts and a projected net profit near 33,000 to aid reducing the club house debt of 50,000.
After careful consideration the German Emperor concludes that Dewey's attack on the Spanish fleet at Manila was amateurish. If the censorious young war lord can suggest any means by which the work could have been made more thorough naval experts on both sides of the Atlantic would be delighted to hear from him.
The Albany Journal observes a month of war with one Spanish fleet destroyed and another weakened, noting rapid progress since Sumter fired on April 12 1861 and Bull Run on July 21 three months later, comparing pace to events 387 years past.
The column suggests early summer vacation thoughts and road trips by wheel with preplanned stops. It quips about beach cottages near dangers and notes Miss Ida Marie Rogers returns to Lowell after a nine month tour totaling 14 000 miles and 297 performances with The Dazzler company.
The June Art Amateur showcases Returning from Market by S Blackstones on its frontispiece and features a London letter from Montague Marks on English art. A horse for drawing studies appears in the supplement and Bruce Crane’s color plate By the Brandywine is illustrated. Amy E Phoenix discusses The Clam in American Kitchen Magazine with illustrations, plus pieces on A Home in the Woods by Henrietta L Rowe and Notes from a European Trip by Mary J Lincoln. Cooking for Invalids and Emergency Dinners offer practical suggestions.
The current Forum covers Our War with Spain and its justice with Senator Foraker and Hull Army Bill by John A. T. Hull. It includes Cuba and Its Value as a Colony by Robert T. Hull, The War for Cuba by Joseph K. Chamberlin, and Social Conditions in Our Newest Territory by Helen C. Candee. It also features Theobald Ziegler on the School System in Germany and two educational pieces The Ideal Training of the American Girl by Thomas Davidson and Some Aspects of the Teaching Profession by William H. Burnham.
The June Cosmopolitan features a strong short story From Four to Six by Anna A. Rogers and a study of the mill problem in Sara Orne Jewett's The Gray Mills of Farley. It also includes Havana Just Before the War by Frances Courtenay Baylor, Greeley on tropical expeditions, Lovers Day at a State Camp by Irving Bachellor, and a war tale The Story of His First Battle by Charles B. Lewis.
The June American Queen offers war focused articles from a woman’s viewpoint on duty and heroism, plus pieces on Cuba and the reconcentrados. It features A Sailor's Knot and How It Was Cut by Frank R. Stockton, Robin Hood by Barry Pain, A Child's Story by Sophie Herbert, and Marguerite Merington's remarks.
Mrs Coit Elliott contributes a personal experience on food and fuel economies to June Table Talk. Martha Bockee Flint describes a blue dragon themed summer outing led by china collectors. Mrs Grinnell closes her Mothers and What They Eat series with this installment. Milbrey Ewing Fall provides hints for summer serving and recipes including In Cherry Time and a second chapter on Sour Cream Cookery.
Special correspondence from Washington describes a new administration policy of aggression to end the war with Spain. Focuses on destroying Cervera’s fleet at Santiago by breaking the harbor defenses and forcing entry into the main basin. Details plans to mobilize and equip regulars and volunteers, with Gen. Miles en route to Tampa and Sampson or Schley to lead naval action. Covers congressional debate on Hawaiian annexation as war measure, and notes on military appointments, examinations, and political maneuvering in Massachusetts and beyond.
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