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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1900
Page
7
A veteran recalls the true meaning of fright set in an 1889 Chicago newsroom. A dark, silent building, a gloved hand touching a stranger’s face, a match lit to reveal a drunken co worker. The narrator contrasts mere danger with suffocating, irreversible panic.
A Courier reporter visits Father Burke of St Columba’s on Eagle Street recalling Gen Roberts and the 1878 80 India campaign. Burke, a Victoria Medal wearer, traveled Bombay to Kandahar with Roberts amid 140 degree heat, praising the Irish dash and the march from Cabool to Kandahar as a defining action second only to Napoleon’s. The reminiscence highlights Roberts as a focused, active leader.
The Alaska coast hosts a fox farming effort. Each breeding pair costs 150 to 200 dollars, with returns slow after 15 years. Islands like Atu and Pribilofs supply blue fox pelts at five dollars each, while government reserves limit movement. Breeding on remote islands uses keepers, native assistants, and traps to protect pelts, aiming to build a durable fur industry amid cautious investors.
The article compares velvet and cloth gowns for varied wardrobes, favors thin soft velvet for draping and mentions cloth gowns as versatile for both elegant and ordinary occasions. It highlights accessories like bouquets, bodices, and hats, and describes a pastel blue satin cloth gown with tunics, yellow silk trims, and a hat adorned with iris accents, attributed to Jupic Chollet.
Fashion notes describe broche bengaline and faille in bridesmaids wear, with blue shades and gray tones in diverse hues. Beige green and violet join the season’s palette. Novel plaid grounds appear, embroidered batistes and dotted muslins showcased, plus a spring walking gown in iron gray with black velvet accents and a gray straw hat trimmed with ostrich plume and jewel. Juproe Cuorer.
A witty quip from the Indianapolis Journal notes that the girl who truly captivates a young man is the one who knows enough not to know too much. The Courier reminder urges readers to tell advertisers they saw their ads.
A Washington Star excerpt presents a physician’s critique of medical practice as a business. It argues many doctors chase calls and fees, nursing patients for profit, while few act solely from charity, and notes patient vulnerability and the tension between rapid cures and sustained care.
Real estate ad listing multiple properties by Shepard & Fuller. A neat nine room two story house on Westford street with steam heat. price reduced to 4805. Side hill Central ville two family home near Sixth street with barn and 4500 feet of land priced at 2650. Eight room nearly new house near two electric lines with steam heat and bath rooms, 4500 feet of land, priced at 4500.
The company announces that from October 22 1899 all trains from Lowell will depart at 7 16 11 5 a m and 5 25 p m for Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations. Connections at South Framingham with Boston and Albany for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west and at Concord Junction with Fitchburg R R. The 6 25 p m train connects with the Statenon line for New York City the south and west. Sundays 7 15 a m for South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and way stations. C Peter Clark General Supt A C Kiendall Genl Pass Agent.
The notice lists corrected train times from Merrimack street depot Lowell and Essex Street Star Lowell serving Boston Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Amesbury Ports mouth Exeter Dover Rochester and more with numerous departures and Sundays services. It names lines to St Johns and Montreal, includes special express reference and notes adjustments by Landers and Taft as general agents.
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