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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1898
Page
4
Local service update from Middlesex Street Station notes trains operating between Lowell and Boston on the Boston and Maine line with schedules and stops in the route corridor. The item highlights the commuter rail connection affecting riders traveling to downtown Boston and surrounding areas.
The Cire Lowell Daily Courier from October 10 1898 reports cotton prices at a record low yet Dun's reviews expect improved conditions and greater demand for staple goods. It notes war costs Spain and measures in Cuba and quotes on Indian uprisings and public school boiler tests.
The piece urges Republicans in Lowell to require a majority vote in mayoral caucuses and city contests, condemns convention-style nominations, and calls for inspector explanations amid boiler repairs and ongoing political debate. It references miners in Alaska, Canadian governance issues, and cross-border critiques of corruption.
Sol Smith Russell plans a summer home in Edgartown Massachusetts after months there Ada Rehan named life governor of Shakespeare Memorial Institution by Stratford on Avon Paris society traces Dupaty de Clam noble rise Jean de Reszke makes wealth in Poland but horses unseen in the U S Bismarck recalls 1818 Berlin theatre fire Duchess of York sends primrose boxes to Sick Children Hospital each year for the children
Quotations indicate the Massachusetts Democratic party remains committed to free coinage. The 1892 to 1897 vote tallies show declines, with 65 percent of their total votes tied to free silver as the party lingers on the toboggan. The state platform calls for 16 to 1 coinage with or without other nations.
A Lowell flavored column blends Whittier praise of mill girls with a tale of a Boston cigarMaker boasting 500 per day. A scrawny Lowell worker wins 531 cigars in eight hours, plus wages and a $25 bet, then toasts victory with the crew at a hotel. Also notes on Sherman Hoar’s rising political profile and vandals defacing a Fort Hill park stone indicator.
Edward E Rice attends the Opera House for the Ballet Girl in a famed lash of lace and scenery with the original company. Chauncey Olcott appears next Wednesday in Sweet Inniscarra with acclaimed Irish drama execution. What Happened to Jones visits Lowell next Thursday with a large cast and a brisk sale of seats opening tomorrow.
Kit the Arkansas Traveler opens at New Music hall with Henry Chanfrau as Kit. Carrie Rose Strong as Alice Redding and Sara MacDonald as Mrs. Stubbs headline a strong supporting cast. The program includes the Ideal quartette and features dramatic Mississippi levee and steamboat explosion scenes. May Howard Extravaganza company joins later with James Flynn and Fanny De Costa delivering burlesque and vaudeville comedy.
A mortality table for Lowell week ending Oct 8 1898 lists 26 total deaths from 87 000 population with 12 under five. Infectious disease tallies include typhoid five and scarlet eight. The report notes high death rate and urges paying taxes to save interest and costs.
The Stoddard Lectures Volume Seven-Rhine Belgium Holland and Mexico from Baich Bros. Co presents a cosmopolitan education through travel. It combines 350 illustrations with text linking scenes to history, biographies, and geography, and notes the author’s two decades of research in libraries worldwide. Also reviewed are The Gentleness of Jesus by Mark Guy Pearse and an advertisement for Hood’s Pills and Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder.
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