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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1900
Page
4
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County established in 1826 and 1845 as a daily. Published daily except Sundays and holidays from Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street Lowell. Carriers deliver across the city at 12 cents a week or 50 cents a month.
Boston and Maine Railroad operates trains between Lowell and Boston. Service details focus on passenger routes linking the two cities with schedules and potential stops as printed in the timetable.
The Lowell Daily Courier reports a peaceful first day at the convention likened to a Sunday school session. Voter opinion leans toward Mr Long, with his chances improving though final outcome remains in doubt. Massachusetts man is proposed as best candidate if convention remains calm.
The article notes two Charlestown celebrations sharing attendance and significance, June 17 and July 4, both marked by loud protests, costumes and crime. It laments lost meaning behind patriotic noise as tensions rise abroad with China in Pekin. Foreigners face danger, raising fears of an attack that could hasten imperial collapse.
The piece argues that Reverend Davis of Boston would overstate his plans if elected and would likely mismanage emergencies. It contends many ministers and men claim to know what a president should do, but real power reveals uncertainty and risks. The narrator affirms McKinley as President over Davis.
Delegates return from Milwaukee satisfied with proceedings and hopeful a national bankruptcy law will be enacted soon, acknowledging it would closely align with the ideal bill. The secretary notes Milwaukee’s gathering was the largest in the organization’s history and marked by enthusiasm and swift handling of business.
Delegates at the convention unanimously back a national bankruptcy law and endorse plans to create a bureau for investigating fraudulent failures. The scheme funds a legal network with state by state operation, restricted to association members, and aimed at prompt action while avoiding liability for the debtor.
An elderly German Jew and noted banker dies at eighty seven in Berlin. In 1848 he helped the young Prince Wilhelm, later King of Prussia and German emperor, by supplying funds. He was honored by Wilhelm I and Empress Augusta, including a tale of warming her carriage with hot coffee at Dessau station.
A Kentucky women’s business luncheon club in Toulsville offers a noon dining room, library, and reception area. Since its March 1899 opening, membership nears 900 and two weeks of noon luncheons yielded 857.67 from 6213 meals. The club, run by a board of managers, partners with the YWCA and maintains employment, library, comfort, and entertainment committees.
An old advertisement touts a mouth rinse that neutralizes offensive secretions, arrests decay, prevents tartar, hardens gums, and leaves a cool refreshing sensation with sweet breath. It lists a mammoth size at two pence.
A Merrimack street store clerk mishears a customer asking for a lobster. Across town, electric cars evacuate Prescott Street after a fire alarm, causing confusion. A young man, two well dressed women, and two men carry him from a Lowell car amid comments on public safety. Census efforts note missing residents in Lowell, while the Lowell Bartenders' association gains a chaplain.
Letters from South Framingham discuss military topics by Robert C. Paradis and residents preparing summer homes in Chelmsford Centre Tyngsboro and Dublin New Hampshire. Courier-Citizen staffer Lewis E MacBrayne sails to Havre to cover the exposition. engagements, travel, ordination news, West Point cadet successes, and local visits fill this update.
Funeral notices detail services for Thomas Dale Edward A Wilburn Nicholas Leacakes Catherine J Collins Theresa McNally Rose Clark and others. Masses were held at Immaculate Conception and local churches with bearsers named at Edson and Catholic cemeteries. Burial followed in city cemeteries with undertakers listed.
The New York Evening Post paints a vivid portrait of Bayard Street’s second hand clothing exchange where buyers, sellers, and beggars mingle. Traders in boots hats and coats throng three rooms around a bustling bar as professionals beggars and tramps alike barter for old garments, with prices ranging from five to a dollar and a half.
Auction note states first class residences in Highlands and other locations are available for purchase with favorable terms. Contact T. H. Elliott on Central Street for full information. Also mentions a small farm to let on the electric line and advertises Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy for colds.
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