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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1898
Page
1
Poem urging liberty and resistance to tyranny. Calls Liberty to rise unveil eyes and guard against oppression. Images of watch towers, stars, and a world illuminated by freedom. Reflects on power and wealth as sources of oppression and the universal hope for a free world.
The passage notes Admiral Cervera may organize a dissolving views entertainment while Admiral Sampson plans to tend the door. It mentions farmers among the boys at Santiago who planted the flag after landing. It also references The Boston Journal and Robert Van Wyck, plus Bunco Reed receiving evidence about the punishments of transgressors.
A collection of quirky facts notes Orleanists and Bourbon supporters in historical garb, the steep built city of Simia India, migratory crabs living a land life, Dickens total, Arctic calm, rice powder for bleeding, vast postcard varieties, the cent’s origin by Morris and Jefferson, and a misrouted letter to the Oraziest Man in the United States.
The Merrimack Valley boards of trade host their annual outing at Willow Dale today. About 78 members traveled by four electric cars at 10 38 o clock. Borjes band provided music. Seventy eight attendees include 60 from Lawrence and 18 from Manchester, some Manchester officials who toured the city hall before reaching the lake. The Willow Dale program features a dinner and speeches.
Conductor Jacob Murphy of Billerica who runs between Stony Brook and Ayer was knocked from a moving car Tuesday morning after smoked tracks at Ayer left him unaware. He touched a telegraph pole while on the steps, was brought to Lowell, returned home on the train, and resumed work the next day. The incident followed a prior wedding joke about nerves and widows in Tit-Bits and included an advertisement for Steele & Co. selling coats and suits at good prices.
A Cuba dispatch reports General Shafter's entire army landed by 1 am at Baiquiri Harbor with 6 000 troops encamped and 10 000 more aboard transports. Five thousand Cubans aided landing. town set ablaze by retreating Spaniards. Navy bombardment feints preceded direct landings. first regiments to land included Eighth infantry and others. No American casualties. one insurgent wounded by a shell. Simultaneous sailing and rowing events include a Yale Cornell Harvard rowing race with Cornell prevailing.
New London Conn June 23 Cornell won the triangular Varsity boat race in 23 minutes 48 seconds Yale finished second Harvard third The day was fair with light betting and a large overnight crowd walking due to limited accommodations Cornell led from the 1200 yard mark and finished two open boats lengths ahead Yale and Harvard trailed throughout with improving pace late in the race
City council seen approving no direct appropriation as the Fourth of July event proceeds with ropes and stakes, band stand, sand, police, gas, fair grounds, license and a music band funded by contributors. Organizers already pledge near 1500 dollars. celebration aims to keep locals home, attract visitors, and feature bicycle racing, horse trotting, running and hurdle racing, cake walk, balloon ascent and 1000 dollars of fireworks.
Mrs Watson A Dickinson Mrs Ed ward M Tucker Mrs Greenleaf Brock Miss Josephine C Coburn and Miss Adelaide E Noyes are appointed a music committee for the soldiers fete at the Gen Ames grounds next Thursday night. An elaborate programme will be staged in front of the house in addition to previously announced attractions. The Fourth of July committee on horse events for the fair grounds meets tonight in the aldermen's committee room at city hall.
The manual training school will hold its exhibition of shop work and drawing Friday afternoon and evening, showcasing students’ projects and skills in various crafts.
A public invitation announces activities all day Saturday and evening in the manual training building located at East Merrimack and High streets inviting community members to attend and participate.
A long list of obituaries and notices records deaths and services in local communities. Details include Bela Morse at 858 Stevens street, Mrs Matthew M Mansfield at St Michael's church, and Mrs Susan F Bailey at 417 Hildreth street, with church rites, lodges, and survivors named. Additional items note Be house funeral at 3 and Bangor interment, and extensive family connections across Portland Jamaica Plain Lowell Minneapolis and Lowell, with historic ties to the Revolution and Daughter of the Revolution memberships.
Mrs. Perry Thompson sails for Juniper Point for the summer while Cc. W. Whidden and family plan a Westford stay. Mrs. D. J. Risser of St. Paul visits Mrs. A. M. Everett. Charles E. Adams named by the Governor to Paris exposition board. Wm. J. Marshall leaves Burke Marshall Corbett to open a law office in Hildreth building. Exeter's J A L F Julian and Miss Emma J. Davis wed in Barre Vermont. Elizabeth Pearson Robinson to wed George Arthur Brothers in Medford on June 29. Joseph Wilmot and Mary Elizabeth Fielding to marry at 27 Crowley Street next Wednesday morning. Joseph F. Bickford sends war songs including Cuba Shall be Free to President McKinley, who sends thanks via his secretary.
Death notices list Susan F. Bailey aged 86 in this city on June 22 and Augustus Whittemore aged 77 buried in Brookline with a June 12 date. A meteorological note records yesterday’s rainfall at .95 inches from Merrimack. A call asks ladies to donate dinner bags for Lowell soldiers of the Sixth regiment to Mrs. F T Greenhalge promptly.
Forty new Lowell recruits marched to the station as tearful farewells marked their departure for Camp Alger. Doctor Dutton’s harsh physical exam rejected 32 of 70, while noted men Doc Miles and Worthen passed. Recruits listed for Company G and Company C include Worthen Jr and Varnum, with addresses across Lowell and surrounding towns, as Major Taylor and Col Gordon Dexter oversee muster and future exams.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for weak stomachs and dyspepsia. It claims the tonic strengthens the stomach, increases appetite, and cures indiscretions in eating, with the slogan America’s Greatest Medicine and availability at all druggists.
In Hadley, Judge Hadley dealt with seven intoxicated defendants this morning. Three were released, one placed on probation, and three fined one dollar each. Three neglect of wife cases were continued to July 23 and one set for trial. Michael Scanlon faced assault and battery charges for throwing a stone at a window on Adams Street and injuring Fannie Sweeney, a newlywed, and received an eight month jail sentence.
Mr John F Healey newly appointed to the police force was surprised by friends at his Fulton Street home Tuesday evening. I H Sternberg presented a fund to secure his outfit, a musical program and refreshments followed, and three cheers rang out for Healey. James Healey organized the arrangements.
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