Oldest Lowell daily advertises delivery at six cents a week
The iowell Daily Courier describes itself as the oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County, established in 1825 and operating daily except Sundays and holidays from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street. It notes carrier delivery within the city for six cents per week by the Courier-Citizen Company.
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Middlesex County
Courier-Citizen
Merrimack Street
Lowell
Courier-Citizen Company
Weather Notes Clear Skies After Afternoon Rain
Yesterday afternoon ended with no rain and a clearing sky. evening was fine and a clear night followed. Morning fog burned off to a warm forenoon. temperatures and pressure read 57 55 65 and 29.95 29.92 29.88 respectively.
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Sam
Weather forecast for New England shows mixed Tuesday nights into Friday
Boston on May 7 reports a forecast for New England with fair conditions in the south, rain and cooler weather in the north portions tonight, followed by partly cloudy skies Friday. Fresh northwesterly winds will shift to northeasterly.
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Boston
New England
Courier Citizen Company Telephone Numbers
Editorial rooms and counting room reference numbers. Patrons are asked to direct all communications about advertising non delivery of papers address changes and business inquiries to the business office at 31 5.
Debating the 15th Amendment and Civil Rights
A Lowell Daily Courier excerpt critiques the 15th Amendment, arguing it grants universal citizenship and voting rights beyond race. It condemns those who seek repeal as denying Black citizens equal status and questions white resistance to Black advancement and literacy-based voting tests.
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United States
Springfield Republican
Odds and Ends From A Northern Mining Boom
A Butte Montana copper mine now yields ore worth over 5 million dollars weekly and Northwest pride runs high. Portugal’s king smokes 30 Havanas daily while Chicago bets place Alderman Carey at 25 thousand dollars on a single wager. Bathhouse John plans a Colorado home dubbed the Gray Wolf’s Den amid Denver chatter. New York unveils the Ansonia, a 17 story apartment block with 16 elevators housing 1800 residents at a 4 million dollar price tag. Engine lifespans differ by country, leaving the Boston and Albany engines as the current unknown question.
Notable lines on labor, sports, and city affairs
A Boston note questions who will mediate the Chicago laundry strike and asserts money, not speeches, drives cotton mill wages. Payne and Knox are named as a potential team facing Tyner et al. A Harvard student strained by study is praised as a wonder. Mayor Collins travels to Hot Springs to recover, while Boston reports milder cold weather. The North Chelmsford truancy school is praised for handling minor matters effectively.
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Lowell
Free booklets and sales tricks in late 1800s shopping world
A writer critiques credit sales and mail order pressures from furniture to books, noting pushy advertising and risky approval terms. He observers council fights over textile school funding, weather record quirks, fishing law lengths, a busy central telephone office, and rival cobblers using giveaways to steal customers, ending with a vivid street scene near the High School on Merrimack Street.
Conaton and Coonerty Wedding At St. Peter's Church
A pleasant wedding was solemnized at 6 30 p m at St Peter's parochial residence Rev Fr Ronan uniting Peter Francis Conaton and Rose Etta Coonerty. The bride wore white silk and taffeta with lace and pearls and carried lilies of the valley and sweet peas. Attendants and guests filled the reception at Mrs Ella M Dow s home 15 Fernald street with music by Nerpa Banjo and Mandolin Club and pianist Miss Emma Woodward. A five girl attendance corps and tasteful decorations completed the scene. The couple will honeymoon in California and reside after six weeks at 43 Marlborough street.
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St. Peter's Church
Ronan
Peter Francis Conaton
Farrell & Conaton
Rose Etta Coonerty
John J. Coonerty
M. Treworgy
William F. Farrell
Ella M. Dow
Fernald Street
W. F. Farrell
Lowell Hosiery Co
Conaton
Frank Sears
William Murphy
Bride of Holyoke
John Coonerty
Nashua
Springfield
P. H. Corley
Burington
Creighton
Mass
Townsend
Harrigan
Warren Hill
Boston
New Bedford
Worcester
Somerville
California
Marlborough Street
Quotations From Various Papers On World Affairs And Industry
A collection of brief opinions and notes: King Edward's return from France avoids lavish gestures toward France. Macedonia faces toil under different rule alike Bosnia, with possible lessons from its governance. Reading Company president Baer testifies before the ICC on capitalization and coal interests. A growing olive oil industry in Salt River valley Arizona emerges. Edison unveils an air blast process for gold extraction, contrasted with water use in Wall Street methods.
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Baer
Reading
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Evening Post
Salt River Valley
Arizona
Topeka State Journal
Mr. Edison
Wall Street
Andrew Carnegie Receives Bolivar Order in Caracas
New York Herald dispatch from Caracas reports Andrew Carnegie honored with the order of Bolivar, second class, for beneficence to humanity. In New York Richard T. Wilson Jr. wife of the British ambassador’s brother has undergone home surgery for a two year kidney trouble. latest bulletins say he is recovering well.
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Andrew Carnegie
Order of Bolivar
New York Herald
Caracas
Venezuela
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ogden Goelet
New York
Wilson
Iron workers refused unloading beams by walking delegate
A truck delivering steel beams arrives at a building site about noon Saturday. Two hodcarriers are summoned, the delegate insists they cannot handle iron work, and the driver decides to return Monday. The contractor grimaces, fully intending to resume the task with real iron workers.
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New York Evening Post
Jerome's Assistants Appointments At New York D A Office
Charles Albert Perkins named assistant district attorney in New York. A Dartmouth graduate, 34, and J W Hart appointed deputy assistant district attorney. Also notes upcoming children's days at Head and Shaw's with a large display of millinery priced from 1 49 up.
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New York
Charles Albert Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Dartmouth
J. W. Hart
Head and Shaw’s
Donation Day at Lowell One Price Clothing Co
Donation day is set for next Saturday at the Lowell One Price Clothing Company with a window watch for shoppers and donors.
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Lowell One Price Clothing Company
Marriage notices of Britton Estes and Chandler McDonald
Mr Pina Britton and Miss Mary Dempsey wed at St Patrick the couple plan to reside at 165 Seventh Avenue after a wedding trip. Greenleaf Estes records William H Greenleaf and Elizabeth F Estes marrying May 6 at Worthen Street Methodist parsonage with residence to Lowell. Chandler McDonald married May 6 at Worthen Street Methodist parsonage to Elnora J MacDonald both of this city. they will live in Lowell.
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Pina Britton
Mary Dempsey
Fr. Walsh
St. Patrick’s Church
Mrs. Britton
Seventh Avenue
Hovey land urged as best site for Centralville school
In a letter to the Courier, AGENT argues the Hovey lot offers cheaper, closer access than Ennell street for most districts, noting its ideal siting away from shops and tenements and the trend toward building north and west from Aiken street bridge. He compares to the cemetery site and warns against paying river-side premiums. Carnegie gifts totals cited for context.
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Courier
Centralville
Hovey
Ennell Street
Aiken Street Bridge
Dracut Line
Bridge Street
Dracut
Varnum
Wealth drains from the United States via travel and titles
The Albany Journal notes that wealth leaves the US not only through exported gold but also through Americans traveling abroad and spending millions, and through European aristocrats marrying into American heiresses. These ongoing drains, though large, are less visible and rarely weighed for their financial impact.
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Albany Journal
Former Gov Scofield Reflects on War’s Desolation
Former Wisconsin governor Edward Scofield, a War of the Rebellion veteran from the 6th United States Cavalry, recalls Antietam and the desolation of war. He notes soldiers’ fear as regiments advance, knapsacks cast aside, and men with pale faces moving into battle.
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Edward Scofield
Wisconsin
6Th United States Cavalry
Southland
Antietam
Reminiscences on Custer and Sheridan at Richmond
A veteran recalls Civil War days describing General Custer’s bravery during raids near Richmond. He details Custer’s bold charges, close calls, and Sheridan’s sharp rebuke, praising Custer as the bravest he knew while noting other anonymous brave soldiers. The Milwaukee Sentinel is cited.
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Gen. Custer
Gen. Sheridan
Richmond
Sheridan
Gen
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