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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
4
Trains run between Lowell and Boston from Middlesex Street Station via Bedford and Western Division on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. Ticket office is not open for this train.
A May 16 1901 Lowell item column discusses immigrant tuberculosis deportation as essential to public health. It notes a Waltham burglar suspect linked to amateur crime stories, doubts about Lowell baseball's revival, Dowager Empress Li Ning’s potential departure, Chicago port ambitions, Boston's Public Garden visitors, President McKinley’s ill wife, city contracting debates, and Secretary Long’s family illnesses.
A commentary on presidential cabinet outings notes streetcar strikes breed lawlessness and that tactics by strikers harm both employers and the public. It references Mrs Nation, public disorder, and quotes Rev Gilbert Reid amid wartime looting tales, likening them to tempered satire from Mark Twain.
The Springfield Republican rebuts talk of a third U. S. term and Crown imagery. It notes no McKinley ambition for a third term and argues Washington set only a precedent, not a law, while acknowledging no inherent objection to multiple terms if voters and parties desired it. It deems comparing a presidency to crowning a king as drivel.
The Nashua Telegraph argues that prohibition should not be judged by its failure in population centers. It supports local option as preferable to a state wide law that only works with community desire, admitting rare full prohibition even in Maine.
A letter argues that state wide liquor prohibition fails because localities like Nashua and Manchester ignore the law and that licensed towns fare no better. It asserts prohibition rests on local sentiment and condemns a blanket state fiat as ineffective and demoralizing.
Reverend S. B. Dexter on a committee says the canteen benefits soldiers and questions the harm caused when it remains closed. He asserts soldiers will obtain drinks, risking physical and moral injury if the canteen is not open.
The large crowd bought over half of 1200 pairs of Oxford shoes amid strong prices and value claims at A G Pollard and Co Basement describing customer astonishment and quick fittings yesterday with many good pairs already gone and more available today.
Esteemed testimonials endorse Ely's Cream Balm as curing catarrh and ending severe headaches. Users report no irritation or sneezing and recommend purchase from druggists for 50 cents or by mail from Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York.
The article notes rowdy behavior at a Tuesday council meeting fueling support for a single city government chamber. It also recalls a bird lore program in public schools that reduced nest robbing, and a tale of two private school children seeking help from a downtown minister after fearing a neighbor’s cow.
Mrs Hallie E Whitney sang several selections during a local service led by Sister Tilton, delivering a varied program of hymns and solos to the congregation.
Dr. A P Grinnell of Burlington reports startling Vermont narcotics consumption citing 3 300 000 monthly doses of opium in 160 of 172 general stores plus patent medicines and doctors' dispenses. He notes incomplete data with many zeros from towns and stores and extreme quantities in a few cases.
July and August furnished residence in fine town near Lowell. Superior location. For sale two and a half story house with four tenements in good repair renting for 35 dollars monthly near mills. 4000 feet of land priced 2809 dollars. Also two new seven room cottages with bath pantry hot water furnace heat and 4000 feet of land priced 1650 dollars. T H Elliott 64 Central St.
New line of deep gilt mouldings from 1 1 2 to 6 inches wide for framing oil paintings and engravings. Also ornamental and plain oak in new shades. Work guaranteed first class with low prices. Geo. F. Maker at John and Merrimack streets corner.
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