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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
4
Boston and Maine Railroad service runs trains between Lowell and Boston with schedules varying by day. Service includes commuter routes and potential time changes affecting travel times and connections to city destinations.
The item notes Col Bethune exposing British cautions and Boer traps in Washington. It mentions Senator Clark’s second credentials, Hiller burials, eclipse anticipation, and Kruger’s defense. It covers tax policy, ice manufacture, Dole’s Unitarian creed push, and Governor Rollins advancing a 500 mile automobile highway across New Hampshire.
The Pelham community prepares a public memorial for the late Rev Augustus Berry a remarkable pastor who served quietly here for many years and lived out practical Christianity. The service will be held Monday afternoon in the Pelham church on a pleasant May day making a fitting farewell.
A Lowell city Fourth of July invitation is declined by Senator Hoar. The piece argues for staying with old regime principles that have made the United States a unique world power, warning against adopting worn out theories and colonization of distant lands. It urges a return to the moorings and stresses the 1900 Independence Day must uphold its core meaning.
A collection of editorial quips notes Senator Hoar refused the Lowell invitation to deliver the Fourth of July address. Critics in other papers mock fears of liberty or district balance and anticipate relief among local politicians. The excerpt also cites humorous remarks on Congress and naval warfare, with broader commentary on Monroe doctrine and U S global stance.
An advertisement urges placing valuables in a fire proof box offered by the Middlesex Trust Co to protect against house fires, referencing several local houses and highlighting the service as absolutely safe despite fire risks.
The piece recalls an old English law allowing bail bonds, notes a Rhode Island case, and describes a walking outing with reflections on nature, birds and a warning against killing songbirds. It also marks the 56th anniversary of the first telegram with reflections on science, shipbuilding, and Verne.
In a column mixing court notes and local lore, the piece cites Kelley and Brown in a Boston police court discussion about lawful detentions and public disturbances. It notes Highlands street painting, burglar concerns, and a critique of bonds and officers. A lighthearted botanical poem invites readers to classify plants from many regions, ending with a call to analyze leaves and petals.
Bridget Carroll died at home at 118 South Highland street after a long residence in Lowell since 1847. She leaves a son, Dr. T. F. Carroll, a brother in Boston, a sister in New York, and nine nephews. Bridget Hessian of Dracut also died last night leaving a mother and siblings. Ella F. Houghton, widow of George A. Houghton, died suddenly at 25 Webster Street aged 62.
The funeral of George W. Devaney from 6 West Street Centralville featured floral tributes and bearers including Frank Quinn and Joseph O Brien. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery with committal prayers by Rev Eugene A Carney. Carl A. Anderson’s funeral from 20 Epping Street drew many friends and relatives. Nev J W Eck-
Remains of Katie Donovan arrived from Greenfield at 1 30 pm and were buried at 2 pm in the Catholic cemetery with Undertaker J F O Donnell in charge and Rev Fr McHugh officiating. Also listed are obituaries for Frank Cawthra age 4 1 4 in Lawrence St, Ayler Denault age 37 at 87 West Third, Bridget Carroll widow of Owen age 61 11, and Bridget Hessian age 28 in Dracut.
Aboard the New England yesterday are Mr. C. S. Hood and Alderman Taylor, Prof. C. E. Norton of Harvard with his daughter, Boston banker Charles F. W. Dilloway, Henry M. Upham and wife Grace LeBaron Upham, novelist F. J. Stimson, and a large portion of Mrs. Lily Langtry’s American entourage. Other items note Taft club changes, fishing trips to Tim’s Pond, a Hillsborough Bridge visit, a May 31 musicale by Miss Effie L. Palmer, and travels of Mrs. E. L. Nute and Miss Charlotte P. Kitson.
The programme at Keith's for the week of May 28 will be strong across departments with well known specialists. Francesca Redding and company in My Friend From Texas, Bert Howard and Leona Bland, Howe Wall and Walters, Olympia quartette, Mr and Mrs Darrow with sand and smoke pictures, Joe Welch, Canfield and Carleton, Ray Burton, Ahern and Patrick, and March and Sartelle. Galetti's monkey actors will entertain juveniles.
Chicago Record questions fiction versus fact as it notes author James Larne Allen writing a Kentucky novel titled The Reign of Law. The brief item hints at the literary work and its fictional status without further details.
A one page newspaper advert promotes dress goods at A. G. Pollard Co with pure worsteds camel hairs home spuns and diagonals in many colors. Yard prices range 1.00 to 1.25, lengths run from 112 yards. Also summer neckwear novelty lines and menswear items, plus ladies undergarments and gauze wool jersey vests. Liberty satin trims offered at half price.
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