Congress spends nearly seven hundred billion notes
The Lowell Daily Courier reviews national finances and world affairs. It notes Congress appropriations near 700 billion and predicts rapid growth toward a trillion. It praises Nathan Hale, discusses Transvaal and Boer forces, and laments shifts from horse travel to automobiles. It also mentions Roosevelt justice, Havana post office frauds, and Germany's Samoa rule, urging balanced view of empire and native resistance.
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Rial
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Filipinos urged to quit fighting and accept U S sovereignty
Judge Taft arrives with the new commission in Manila and promises that insurgents laying down arms will receive justice and a full hearing on policies and reforms. The message stresses clemency and fair treatment as the United States outlines its planned reforms.
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United States
Taft
Manila
Aguinaldo death speculation and New York ice trust crisis
A discussion on whether Aguinaldo has died and the implications for the Philippine war effort follows with note that his fate would simplify a difficult problem. The piece shifts to New York politics, examining the ice trust dispute, mayoral conduct, and potential governor intervention to confront Tammany influence.
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Aguinaldo
Philippines
Washington University Gift Boosts West Education
Washington University in St. Louis gains a $5,000,000 gift from two wealthy residents to expand higher learning. The transferable funds allow immediate use by trustees as the institution, now about 50 years old with nearly 200 faculty and 2000 students, eyes a higher national standing alongside Chicago and Stanford. The outlook notes broader prosperity, political shifts, and a belief that the coming presidential campaign will not derail current economic strength.
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Washington University
St. Louis
Chicago University
Leland Stanford University
Quotations and political notes from全国 newspaper text
A collection of quotations cites Famine in India as a women’s challenge, mentions Altgeld on a Supreme Court vacancy if Bryan wins, comments on Bryanism, British war critics over Boer forces, and a Fall River Union mill declaring 75 percent dividend in cash and stock signaling industrial shift from New England to the South.
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Bryan
Altgeld
United States Supreme Court
New York Mail and Express
Manchester Union
Fall River
The
Union
New England
South
Springfield Republican
Fish law fine warns Pawtucketville youth
A $50 police court fine for catching fish at the fish way in Pawtucketville signals a strict enforcement message for youths who strand eels or fish and kill them. The piece notes past evasion of wardens and implies future tight control. It also mentions a church sermon on love at Worthen Street Baptist, observed by a cosmopolitan congregation including Syrians and Chinese, and reports on circus workers' arrests and various local obituaries and funeral notices.
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Pawtucketville
Worthen Street Baptist Church
Obituary notices from a Lowell area paper
Edward A Welch 26 died at home 712 Gorham Street survived by wife two children father Michael mother Jeannette two brothers Richard James two sisters Mrs John Manchester Mrs Mathew Gilchrist. Mary A Roddy 35 died at 30 Fulton Street. Dr James W Huntoon 75 died at 111 Westford Street born Groton Vermont. Lived in Lowell since 1853 with wife two daughters Mrs E W Clark Tewksbury and Mrs J M Grierson Tyngsboro. Three brothers George L Huntoon and two in California and two sisters Mrs J W Pearson Mrs Charles Smith Pawtucket Street. Sarah McCann seven died at St Peters orphan asylum.
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Gorham Street
Globe Hotel
Edward
Gay
Michael
Jeannette
Richard
James
John Manchester
Mathew Gilchrist
Mary A. Roddy
John Roddy
Fulton Street
James W. Huntoon
Westford Street
Groton
Lowell
E. W. Clark
Tewksbury
J. M. Grierson
Tyngsboro
George L. Huntoon
California
J. W. Pearson
Charles Smith
Pawtucket Street
Sarah McCann
Patrick
St. Peter's Orphan Asylum
Funeral notices for Shannahan Stathopulos Hickey and Short
Funeral services were held for John Shannahan at 4:30 PM at his Adams Street home with burial in St Patrick's cemetery. Epaminondas Stathopulos, the drowned Greek, was buried in Edson cemetery after Greek church services. Eben Hickey's funeral was at St Peter's Church with burial in the Catholic cemetery. William F B Short’s funeral from the old Pelham road drew a large attendance amid multiple floral tributes and messages from family and associations.
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Adams Street
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Fr.McHugh
Patrick O'Brien
John Hart
John Schofield
James Gormley
Molloy
Epaminondas Stathopulos
Suffolk Canal
Edson
Undetaker Molloy
Eben Hickey
St. Peter’s Church
Fr. McKenna
P. J. Frawley
Patrick Mickey
Cornelius Carmody
Michael Horgan
John King
John Hogan
Boston
William FB. Short
Pelham Road
Yellow Meeting House
A. V. Hovey
Local social and civic notes highlight summer plans and honors
Miss Louise McLaughlin signs contracts for next season with Francis Wilson and will star in a new opera while understudying the prima donna. Mr. D. A. Swan and family vacation at Winter Island Salem. John Wilkinson receives a silver mounted umbrella and clothes brush from his Middlesex woolen mill workers. Henry T. Gilday to give piano recital for Boston Normal School graduates under Carl Baerman. BE. C. Swift to occupy the Pride's Crossing estate residence as his big house is built nearby. Chief Hosmer and wife vacationed at Haines Landing, catching a 7½ pound salmon. Jessie Greene vacationing near Rangeley lakes. Middlesex Women's club delegates attend Milwaukee National Federation biennial. Whittier to plead civil service. Lawn party by Sons and Daughters of Veterans at Mr Harvey's Mammoth road lot. Ex-Alderman J B Pierce recovering from illness. Ss. P. Thompson visiting in city.
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Louise McLaughlin
New York
Francis Wilson
Middlesex Woolen Mill
Kate Higgins
Wilkinson
Henry T. Gilday
Boston Normal School
Gilday
Carl Baerman
BE. C. Swift
Paine
Pride’s Crossing
Beverly
FE. V. R. Thayer
Swift
Hosmer
Haines Landing
Jessie Greene
Rangeley Lakes
Ida B. Adams
Wm. H. Anderson
Virginia G. Hill
A. G. Pollard
Helen A. Whittier
Middlesex Women’s Club
National Federation
Milwaukee
Miss Whittier
Harvey
Mammoth Road
Dracut
Sons and Daughters of Veterans
Mr. Harvey
Sons
J B. Pierce
Ss. P. Thompson
American House
Dover
N. H
Adverts in the Courier Featured in Reader Notice
Readers are reminded they may have seen advertiser messages in the Courier. The notice highlights placement of ads and encourages engagement with local businesses through the paper.
Reviewer's June Gunton's Magazine features and Paris Exposition guide
The June issue presents William Elroy Curtis on the Pan American Congress and multiple strong articles on politics, sports and culture, with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish and Edward Penfield. It highlights Polo, Golf, Crises under Roosevelt, Kruger portraits, Nome gold fields, Chanute flying, and a wide Forum with seven standout pieces. An Anglo American Paris Exposition guide by Frederick A. Stokes accompanies extensive travel content and fiction.
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State Department
United States
Gunton
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McClure
Kruger
South African Republic
F. Edmund Garrett
J. Lincoln Steffens
New York Commercial Advertiser
Roosevelt
Cape Nome
William J. Lampton
Nome City
Klondike
O Chanute
Watchful warning on colds and Dr Wood’s remedy
It cautions that small colds can worsen into serious illness or death and promotes Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy, urging readers to heed early signs and seek treatment promptly.
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Dr. Wood
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