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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1900
Page
4
Trains run between Lowell and Boston on the Boston and Maine Railroad network. Street level sections note Cleex Street as a referenced point.
The piece notes rioting and fatalities in St Louis, recalls John Sherman’s control of presidential campaigns, and jokes about McClellan as a Democratic VP candidate. It discusses leaps in track, Philippine insurgent growth, Moorish religious tensions, and U S trade expansion with China Japan and Africa, plus a tea garden experiment and domestic tea demand.
The article argues that global trade favors exchanges over self sufficiency and notes how Britain, France, Russia, and Germany rely on access to markets. It highlights Bolivia's longing for seacoast access, Chile’s refusal to yield territory, and Bolivia’s containment within inland options, with Canada England and Russia seeking Pacific or Indian Ocean outlets.
A collection of rival editorials discusses senators Clark Hoar and their credentials, a Lowell Fourth of July plan, and German and French gambits in Caribbean and African affairs. The quotes reveal editorial tone and national policy tensions, noting German stock moves in Denmark West Indies and France’s Africa ambitions amid Morocco unrest. The pieces portray suspicion of political maneuvers and foreign policy ventures with sharp, skeptical language.
London confirms Kruger asked for peace though report source already indicated. Boer forces are demoralized scattered and outnumbered. months ago they believed victory possible, now they face inevitable defeat and must choose how many lives to sacrifice before accepting it.
An advertisement urges residents to store valuables with the Middlesex Trust Company in Lowell. It markets the firm as owning the only fire proof building in town and offers $5 a year to place valuables beyond risk, referencing several local houses as examples of danger.
A collage of Brightenings from Lowell and Boston columns recounts poetry, cultural notes, travel vignettes, and social chatter. Observations span blossoming rhodora to May fruit, opinions on Whistler, commuting quirks, French Canadian perspectives, and local civic life with deduced dates and named places.
Court Laurence J. Smith Junior of A held its regular meeting in Lesther Workers' hall last night. Routine business was transacted. The entertainment and supper committee reported the recent social was a success. Remarks were made by Brothers Hearn McCarpon Townsend and Mullarkey at the close.
Local report covers Miss Craig singing at Archi bald meetings in Lawrence. It notes Charles F. McManus's two months in Montreal, Miss Carolyn White's Mendelssohn concerto with the Columbian orchestra at Mr G F Hamer's Lawrence concert, and pension increases for George E Pinkham.
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