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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1901
Page
6
Boston and Maine Railroad schedules list trains running between Lowell and Boston with departure and arrival times. The service connects the two cities and serves daily commuters and travelers.
The issue highlights J P Morgan receiving the Legion of Honor in France for boosting Leyland Line, debates over Belmont yacht name change to By law, and a Toledo pastors union meeting with hopes of shorter preaching hours. It mentions saline solution claim in Mrs McKinley’s recovery, praise for Rev Dr Webb, and Blaine defense. Also notes Edward VII’s regard for Sir Thomas Lipton, Wall Street calamity talk by W J Bryan, and looming insular cases decision with vague outcome.
The piece contrasts British military learning with fallacies from Braddock's defeat, notes McLaurin's Senate tension with Tillman, and criticizes cable cars in New York and the shift to electric propulsion. It praises Funston's strategy in the Philippines and mocks critics who oppose US actions, labeling such talk as stuffed and nonsensical.
The 1880 81 82 reunion at Copley Square highlights long service in Massachusetts government with chaplain Rev D W Waldron serving twenty three years as House chaplain and Mellen Worcester sixteen years as a member. McLaughlinnineteen years in various posts, Speaker Noyes presiding 1880 82 and again later, and George A Marden thirteen legislatures including clerk Speaker senator plus five years as treasurer.
The article lauds simple legislative methods praised as superior to Congress, notes Massachusetts might modernize toward complexity, and calls for more reunions to preserve practice. It cites a Copley Square gathering with 85 members and officers, praising the hotel as an ideal venue.
A large crowd in Belvidere upset by breakfast cereal distributors who chalked numbers on doors after visits. Petitions circulate to run electric streetcars later and to provide theatre trains from Boston, as residents react to the nuisance.
In Lexington Virginia the Daughters of the Confederacy negotiate to acquire Gen Stonewall Jacksons former residence to convert it into the Jackson Memorial hospital. Lord Howard de Walden, aged 21, is among English barons owning half of the late Duke of Portlands estate and Ayrshire land valued at 250 903 to 300 000 dollars annually. King Edward patrons a fund to build the eastern section of a Cape Town cathedral memorial for war dead. Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodora, age 44, was born at Buckingham Palace and may be the only Victoria child with few memories of her father who died when she was four years nine months old.
A chorus of criticism from Chicago Record Herald and others decries the New York Yacht club rule restricting American built yachts from defending an international trophy. The stance is called overbearing and exclusive, risking diminished prestige for Shamrock II. The West hopes Lawson upholds his yacht’s honor.
Advertises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a new costiveness remedy. Each box guaranteed and priced at 25 cents, available through all druggists.
A Springfield Alabama woman with experience warns against dangerous outcomes from whooping cough. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for keeping three children healthy after summer illness and preserving their girth, noting that babies benefited and older siblings recovered well. The remedy is sold by all druggists.
The Butler estate sale at 84 Mt Washington attracted about a dozen persistent bidders and an attendance rivaling the year's best. John Lennon purchased the property for 3250, with the sale proceeding smoothly and no urging needed. The event underscored real estate as a solid investment in Lowell and New England.
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