Oldest Lowell daily paper details 1825 1845 origin
The Owell Daly Courier announces its status as the oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county with establishment dates 1825 for the newspaper and 1845 as a daily. It is published at Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street Lowell and delivered by carrier for six cents a week except Sundays and holidays.
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Middlesex County
Courier-Citizen
Merrimack Street
Lowell
Courier-Citizen Company
Destructive storm rips through day with rain
Yesterday endured incessant rain and the season’s fiercest storm. The weather worsened through the night with more showers and a brief pause of sun. Record shows barometer around 29.55 to 29.65 and temperatures from 54 to 62 as the day progressed.
New England Forecast Warm Ahead for Wednesday
Boston reports fair weather tonight and Wednesday with higher temperatures inland, warmer tonight except eastern Maine. Northerly to westerly winds rise to brisk, then diminish by midweek.
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Boston
New England
Maine
Courier Citizen Company Telephone Numbers
Editorial rooms counting rooms and job department are listed with a request to address all communications about advertising non delivery of papers and address changes to the business office at 31 5 in the Courier Citizen Company.
Massachusetts corporation law debate stirs cautious warnings
The Lowell Daily Courier notes business leaders favoring leniency in corporate acts but warns against overreach likening Maine or New Jersey style. It questions the bill’s housing of capital in any form and recalls President’s praise of local laws, urging caution before adopting harsher or looser models. The piece shifts to racing and maritime matters, then critiques Russia’s finances, US policy toward Jews, and civil rights, ending with a dissent on disfranchisement in the South.
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Gov. Bates
Massachusetts
Maine
New Jersey
Springfield Republican
Russia
United States
Strike Threat Looms Over Holyoke Paper Unions
The Holyoke paper makers unions order a strike involving thousands, seen with little hope by press and many workers. The piece argues strikes attract support despite doubts, urges unions to limit actions to plausibly successful or just causes.
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Holyoke
Novel views on civilization and politics across nations
The Rev. Frank O Hall of New York argues civilization brings devastation and commerce harms nature, noting God made the country but man made the town. The piece also touches Servia kingships, a potential Democratic presidential candidate in Missouri, and Japan courting the Russian war minister amid tensions.
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Frank O. Hall
New York
Governor Yates Ties to Great War Governor Richard Yates
Illinois governor is described as a descendant of the noted war governor Richard Yates, highlighting lineage and historic connection as part of a prominent political heritage.
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Yates
Illinois
Richard Yates
Royal Escort Strength And German Women Dentist Change
King Edward VII ordains future traveling escorts for the monarch and royal family detailing exact composition. Dr Elvira Castner of Marienfelde near Berlin has given up dentistry to lead a women’s horticulture school she founded, joining the trend of women dentists in Germany.
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Edward VII
Household Cavalry
Prince of Wales
Elvira Castner
Marienfelde
Berlin
Germany
Free Tickets For Berlin School Scholars
The Berlin swimming baths will grant free admission tickets to scholars of municipal schools. The policy aims to support student recreation and access to public facilities during the current term.
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Berlin
Notable, Fringe, and Labor Echoes in a Busy Week
The piece lists varied notices from Flag Day significance and a Geneva watch Prince Peter awaiting Belgrade election returns to labor unrest and strikes in mining and coal sectors. It notes subway digs by 20 000 men, camp openings at Framingham, and U S political tensions over punishment for a policy murderer in New York while contrasting Northern and Southern views of historic battles.
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Geneva
Prince Peter
Belgrade
Investment guidance and cotton demand outlook from press
The Brooklyn Eagle urges a cool investor to buy near bottom, warning prices for finished goods cannot rise as purchasing power falters. It notes mills should not push higher quotations, as raw cotton strength would only curb consumption. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter adds cotton use could shrink with global prosperity's slight retreat.
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Eagle
Brooklyn Eagle
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
Famous London Singer Tonight at First Universalist Church
Madame Alice Esty headlines a Lowell benefit concert for the church fund with the First Universalist Choir and soloists including Mrs. Helen C. Taylor and Jean Sherburne. A varied program features arias, Wagner, Verdi, and Gounod with piano by Steinert, tickets 50 cents for a $1.50 value event.
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London
Alice Esty
Lowen
Boston
England
Lowell
Saint Cecelia
Helen C. Taylor
First Universalist Choir
Jean L Sherburne
BE. H. Barker
O. A. Gelino
J. T. Spellman
Steinert
Rhodes Hair and Scalp Cure Promises Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Dont Be Bald Rhodes Dandruff Cure by Arthur Rhodes as a remedy for dandruff itching and sore scalp claiming hair growth benefits. It is priced at 60 cents and offered with a money back guarantee through druggists.
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Rhodes
Arthur Rhodes
Rain brings frogs toads and fruit news across towns
The piece notes heavy rains revive frogs and toads with chorus in swamps and ponds, while mosquitos surge in rural areas. It reports trout fishing revival in brooks near Lowell, bumper strawberry yields, and discusses nursery figures, radish varieties, and farm notes. It also covers Edward Maguire's move to the Boston Post, stock market moves, bank liquidity, and grain and cotton trends.
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Hylas
Judge Shute
Week in Stocks and Business Slumps Then Rebounds
A turbulent week for markets saw prices fall sharply in the first half before a strong late rally. New York stock exchanges traded 5,346,874 shares, led by Atchison with about 600,000 and Union Pacific with 436,500 shares, as activity swung seven points intraday.
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New York Exchange
Atchison
Union Pacific
Naughty Sailors Clash With New Rochelle Police
Eight sailors from the cup defender Reliance fought with New Rochelle police when an officer tried to arrest one crew member for disturbance. The crew resisted, aid arrived, and all but one sailor escaped. No serious damage beyond ruined uniforms.
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New York
Reliance
New Rochelle
Bluecoats
Liberty Bell special train departs Philadelphia for Boston
The Liberty Bell special train from Philadelphia, idling in the New Haven yard, left at 8 25 this morning bound for Boston with its first stop at Hartford.
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New Haven
Conn
Philadelphia
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston
Hartford
Mr Fowler Struck by Stray Electric Current
A Friday morning accident near the Boston & Northern power house in Middlesex street left Mr George L Fowler of 1781 Middlesex street without his horse and narrowly saved by a rubber tired wagon. Police officer and several bystanders also felt the effects of the shock in this unusual incident reported by the Saturday Citizen.
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Boston & Northern Company
Middlesex Street
George L. Fowler
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