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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1900
Page
4
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county established in 1186 and as daily from 1845. Published daily except Sundays and holidays at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell. Carrier delivery 12 cents a week 50 cents a month. Courier Citizen Company.
The Courier asserts its dominance in Lowell by daily expanding its readership. Circulation books open to all, inviting new subscribers and highlighting its influential reach.
Service notice lists trains on the Boston and Maine line between Lowell and Boston with times and stopping points. Indicates timetable of routes, platform details, and service notes for riders during the period.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Democratic leanings in Georgia and Bryan’s inflated rhetoric from four years prior. It criticizes Ferdinand W. Peck for Paris exposition costs and highlights labor, trusts, and financial policies under different administrations. Commentary touches Knox, Gillett, Thayer, Chamberlain, and British Conservative influence ahead of Parliament.
The South, favored by Republican policy, is urged to bankroll crop movement this year while remaining a Democratic stronghold. President Eliot reportedly said he won’t join Bryan’s club, has voted Democrat since 1884, and would not call Bryan a Democrat though he might vote for him.
The article argues the Republican party will return to bimetallism only with global agreement, defending gold standard stability amid Bryanism. It critiques Bryan and cites figures like Bourke Cochran and George Boutwell, noting Democrats and workers see five years of prosperity contradicting Bryan's claims.
The Bryan vote trust in Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas and Virginia is condemned as a dead freeze out of the people. The piece accuses Liberty men of supporting Pryan and warns against Bryanism and the alleged trust of monopolies. It calls for equal rights and political gagging of demagogues who denounce trusts while running the worst one.
A collection of brief quotes from multiple papers notes coal stock profits offset idle mines, questions middl e eastern diplomacy misattribution, Cuban officials critique taxpaying class, Columbia University rejects football applicants, and Middlesex County politics surge in intensity, reflecting varied contemporary concerns.
Charles B. Knight, a prominent Prohibition party figure and former lieutenant governor candidate, died Sunday in Worcester from Bright's disease. Born August 6, 1836 in Leicester, he spent many years in Worcester in the lumber business and served several terms on the school committee.
Patrons suggest extending the Centralville line beyond Merrimack square toward Dutton to improve transit as no through service exists on Merrimack street. The Lowell area discusses street repairs opposite Warren street and calls for safer pavement. The piece also notes interest in a high school gym in the new annex and observes advertising on fences along with a past topic from the silver league on currency. It closes with anecdotes about Mr. Hull, charity cases, hunting prospects in New England, and a past arrest involving Antony Kenopas and a resumed repayment plan in Webster.
A brief Philadelphia Record quotation features a dialogue about fame and longevity. One says opportunity comes once to every man and lasting fame follows a long life, while another questions the premise and envisions a 150 year lifespan as a path to fame.
Arthur Gayer and Agnes Elie wed by Rev Fr Lamothe at St Josephs church on Monday with Joseph Pastien as best man and Annie Elie as bridesmaid. Reception at 176 Tilden street. They plan home at that address. Charles Dean and Augie Lord married by Peter A Fay on Saturday Oct 6. They will reside in Baltimore Md.
Society notices report Miss Bertha Allen daughter of Governor Charles H Allen to Treut George Wood Logan of the U S Navy with ceremony at the executive mansion in San Juan Porto Rico on Thursday Oct 25 at 8 40. Also announced is the engagement of Miss Maud Annis and Mr Tracy F Walton with wedding planned soon. Other items note undertaker C M Young and wife’s Maine trip and visits, plus Dartmouth Glee club addition Bancroft Benner, and local residents visiting relatives and performing with musical groups. Birth announced for Boott couple’s daughter.
Daniel S. Gray aged 84 longtime Lowell resident died at 106 Liberty Street born Wilton Maine October 6 1816 came to Lowell 1836 worked in Market House later ran a provision store at Central and Union streets retired about ten years ago survived by ten children including Alan Harry and Joseph. Funeral services at 2:30 Thursday at No 106 Liberty Street with private burial. Other notices report Mary A Lane Frederick A Keyes Nellie A Robie Edgar L Smith Henry Lambert James E Mackin Kate A Stone interments in Lowell area and local funeral details.
The Court City of Lowell fraternal committee met to plan the 14th anniversary ball, noting heavy death and sick expenses. They authorized two tickets per member, pledged shared loans to cover treasury drains, engaged Hibbard's orchestra, and allotted 40 for a cake walk. John F. Connolly chairs, Henry Walsh serves as secretary.
Gen Fisk lodge I O G T held a Sunday meeting in Highland hall with large turnout despite bad weather. Two candidates were initiated and several membership applications received. A candy pull led by Chief Templar Clarence Harrington followed the business session.
John H. Davis & Co. warns that prosperity would not shield the nation from Bryanism in 1900. The piece argues the country would suffer more from a Bryan victory now due to active industries, predicting immediate panic and market disarray even before inauguration.
In a fragmentary exchange aboard a vessel, Cholly asks for a line and a girl replies Ring off saying the line is in use. The terse dialogue hints at a cramped deck scene and nautical humor characteristic of early 20th century papers.
Advertisement copy touts Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder as a quick cure for catarrh including headaches eye pains and offensive breath claiming effectiveness even for long standing cases. Priced 50 cents and sold by E Carter and F C Goodale & Co with date noted as 29.
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