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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1900
Page
4
Anell Daily describes Guuclth as oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County, established 1826, daily since 184. Published at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell with 12 cents a week and 50 cents a month, carrier delivery. Claims large circulation and open circulation books.
Boston and Maine Railway operates trains between Lowell and Boston. Service highlights include regular daily departures and minimal delays. Commuters may use the line for work travel, with schedules posted at station platforms and online.
A survey of recent thoughts on public customs and politics includes Massachusetts fast day contrasts, Austria’s armament plans, a Michigan women’s club inquiry into senators, Queen Victoria’s Ireland visit, and Manila’s rising trade potential.
The article contrasts German socialist leadership with U S labor gains, noting Germany’s reforms and a 12 hour day in Strasbourg as a relic avoided in America. It argues the modern U S strike for reducing work hours from twelve to ten is largely a thing of the past.
The piece surveys a growing push for eight hour days and hints at six hour efforts in some regions while contrasting American and German tactics. It notes the Lowell license issue and criticizes local press bias. It then discusses Aguinaldo’s ongoing leadership, Otis’s caution, and Secretary Root’s Cuba trip shaping U.S. policy toward Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
The letter column cites praise for Bird S Coler amid Tammany politics, condemns treasonous dissent, and lauds his stance for good government. It also notes British battleships as a peace hint, warns of tariff wars harming Germany, and lauds the national bank law for safer currency with wider local reach. The piece closes with a humorous jab at Joseph Smith and omitted names in a Pilot column.
A local columnist muses on rattlesnakes and grip as common topics in Dunstable and Lowell. He recalls encounters with a St Bernard in a snowstorm, notes on skunks, and reflections on Reverend Hall and Boston press themes. The piece includes playful asides about editors, names, and Chinese callers, finishing with a nod to contemporary newspapers and public taste.
The board lists Joseph A. Coram Edmund B. Conant Wm H J Hayes August Fell Peter H Donohoe John B Pilling George E Putnam Joseph E Shanley Ethan A M Quade Thomas F Morris Charles D Palmer Percy Parker Edward W Thomas Larkin T Trull Fred K Walsh Alfred Leblanc and others. The roster highlights governance leadership across multiple sectors.
A speaker imagines a minimal newspaper that would summarize news on two leaves four pages with no scoreheads and few advertisements. Editorials would be brief and not moralizing, and concert and lecture notices would be the only ads.
New comedy by Captain Marshall praised as a season hit in New York arrives at the Opera House with Ethel Barrymore and notable company. Jeffries Sharkey fight photos shown Tuesday and Wednesday follow, with special comfort for matinee patrons. The Parish Priest by Hart, starring Daniel Sully, praised after Boston success, returns Thursday March 22.
Manager W H Boody has booked a premier New York vaudeville company for a week at Music Hall with daily matinees from Monday March 19. The act, touted as the strongest yet seen in the city, comes from Keith's, Koster, Hetl's and Miner theatres. Prices 19 and 25 cents.
Tremendous crowds mobbed Le Savoy theatre for both after om and evening performances. Banding room only crowds turned away many patrons while those who entered witnessed one of the best vaudeville shows ever seen at the house featuring well known attractions. The man-
A local venue announces a rare vaudeville week headlined by minstrel star George Wilson renowned for his gag work and past hits. The bill features James Johnson Mabel Johnson B P Robbins plus Mlle Little Louis Pritzow and more with a cinema program and daily matinees at 2 30 and 8 15 except Monday.
The A. O. H. ladies auxiliary held a Shamrock party Saturday night at Hibernian hall. Officers included General manager Katie J. Doherty and numerous assistants and aids with Delia Vaughan chairing the reception committee among many named volunteers.
In Colonial hall last night Professor B. F. Harly delivered the second address in the series on the topic How Our Lives Affect Our Children. A large audience followed his clear, comprehensive talk from start to finish.
A Havana traveler notes cheap tobacco at 7.3 cents a cigar in American money versus 35 cents in the U S due to heavy import taxes. He recalls a luncheon on the Prado where four radishes and olives cost 69 cents, two mutton chops 80 cents, an omelet 40 cents, bread and coffee 60 cents, and potatoes 60 cents, all high due to supposedly poor cooking.
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