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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1900
Page
4
Train service connects Lowell and Boston on a regular schedule with frequent departures from the MIDI UESEX STREET ST TION area. service details and exact times are listed in the current timetable.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes modern medical progress to ease fears of smallpox, urges no panic over new cases, and reports swift hospital isolation. It cites The Herald criticizing Congress for deferring armor plate funding to Secretary Long, praising his straightforward honesty over a divided Congress.
The article notes English readers favor non fiction on war and that marines may be deployed if Pekin falls. It discusses European and American actions in China, the Dowager Empress and Boxers, and a force of ten thousand troops as a show of power to protect foreign interests.
The passage discusses the national trust problem and how it will be settled someday. It notes divisions over legislative versus natural corrective paths and mentions various proposed solutions. It captures a broad search for the best outcome as earnest men across the country seek answers.
The piece argues that evils will largely settle themselves as legislation takes effect and public opinion shapes markets. It contends that practical self preservation drives corporations to ostracize bad actors, while overcapitalized firms face reorganization or failure. Individualism perpetual, trusts may resolve without heavy new laws.
A compilation of quotes from Chicago News Boston Transcript Boston Herald Boston Advertiser and other papers. It includes Russia offering troops to China to crush the Boxers, comments on Bryan and silver, a humorous note on Congressional Record waste paper, and a Johannesburg anecdote about Lord Roberts with a girl.
A local paper fragment mixes a memorial address read at a funeral in Andover with brief notes on sewer smellage, a police court misidentification in Lowell, census-driven population shifts in Lowell and Lawrence, swimming season updates, road construction in Methuen, and Governor Allen’s Spanish exposure during a Porto Rico tour.
A writer in Locomotive Engineering explores the origin of railroads, noting railway workers from conductors to brakemen favored tall silk plug hats. The habit appeared in America and Europe, with officials using hats as a visible badge despite exposed work environments and harsh conditions.
Augusta riverman William Hamilton of the Chase steam drive faced a 40 foot pitch in Chase stream when a jam formed at the dog hole. He prepared to plant a dynamite charge to free the jam but sprang from the log as pressure mounted. He plunged into the undertow and surfaced in the basin below, escaping with remarkable luck and strength.
In a Lewiston Journal account dated June 3, river workers on a mountainside watched a comrade swept under by undertow. Hamilton surfaced, swam against the current to reach shore, where the crew questioned him about matches tobacco a pipe and his watch as the jam broke and the log snapped without serious injury.
Scribner's Magazine notes Manila's equable climate with a year mean of 79 F and cool season from November to March. February is coolest at 76 F, humidity around 78 percent, and occasional 61 F dips cause suffering. Hot period March to May reaches 85–86 F, humidity in April about 71 percent, while June humidity across many Atlantic towns exceeds Manila.
An old advertisement promises a Pep Tolax tablet relieves dyspepsia indigestion and constipation after meals. It claims the product comes in a box and is sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
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