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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1898
Page
4
The Lowell Daily Courier, oldest in Middlesex, details daily publication, delivery cost, and circulation strength. It notes the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack street and states trains run between Lowell and Boston from Middlesex Street Station.
A Lowell paper comments on a Faneuil Hall demonstration and the moral decline of Massachusetts Democracy. It praises Republican leadership, warns against Democratic gains, and urges voters to back Knox as New England recovers from a national downturn and boosts business via Republican policy.
At the Mechanics Fair in Boston crowds from New England witness electricity as the leading feature. It illuminates and powers devices and is being applied to heating and cooking, though not yet economically for those uses.
The piece discusses affordable luxury heating and kitchen tech, citing Edison displays of home heat and light, new oil cooking and heating devices, and Whitney’s fuel-gas pipe-line concept. It envisions oil or gas steam for heating, cautions about oil economy claims, notes potential cheap fuel for electricity, and praises Mechanics Fair management, staff, and accessibility via the Subway, recommending off-days for lighter crowds.
The Queen will not return to Windsor from Scotland before Saturday, November 19, while the young Queen of Holland inherits a vast fortune held in trust. The Duchess of Coburg plans a Short visit to Queen Victoria around mid month, then to St Petersburg for the winter.
Opinion fragments praise Roosevelt as a straightforward leader while critiquing state elections and Indian policy. The quotes touch on re election, disqualification rhetoric, and a call to assign army officers as Indian agents to improve civilization and cut spoils. Newspapers reflect partisan views and hopes for sharp district attention.
Thomas McLaughlin former Franklin house proprietor sues Mayor James W. Bennett in superior court at Cambridge returnable on the first Monday in November. An attachment of $15,000 dated Oct 10 appears of record at the registry of deeds. The suit, threatened months ago, centers on the Franklin house with Cornelius Collins now running the hotel.
A columnist recalls a Porto Rico parrot and a bemused interview on the Cuban question. The piece shifts to a forest walk, noting frost, edible mushrooms, and four sturdy pines, then comments on Vinci ads, barking dogs, a rooster mascot named Billy, and a church organ fund aided by the pastor’s wife amid a quip about a 1894 wedding date.
Frank Daniels returns to the Opera House next Tuesday with The Idol's Eye and new cast replacements for Claudia Carlstedt. Antony and Cleopatra by Davenport is set for three nights at the Lowell Opera House with MacDowell and Walsh. In Old Kentucky debuts Saturday at the Opera House, while Music Hall reports strong Al Reeves shows and a Hawaii scene with 35 performers.
A Golden Cross Pilgrims outing invited by Mrs. David Perham gathered about 40 mainly ladies in Chelmsford Centre. They met at the Baptist vestry, enjoyed supper from 6 to 7, outdoor lantern illumination, and a fireworks display with Geo W. Poore as pyrotechnist. Additional events included readings, music, and a J P Maxfield circle supper. Electric cars ran on a half hourly schedule for the day.
After their regular business session Mt Zion lodge of Good Templars staged a lively program with piano solos by Alice Davis a male quartet readings by Blanche Hayes a song by Walter Brown and a chorus of newsboys including Masters Brown Holt Davis Bell Hopkins Coggeshall. The finale was a laughing farce Captain Swell performed by F W Davis Roland Black James McGrath George H Davis John W Bowker Mamie Houston and Edith Williams.
The review lauds the performers for presenting their parts with the best possible effort and credits Mr. Frank W. Davis for general charge of the entertainment and the success of the performance.
About 40 members of the Old Middlesex chapter Sons of the American Revolution attended a banquet at St. Charles hotel hosted by Capt. G. L. Huntoon. The program featured Huntoon recounting his genealogy and Civil War experiences, talks on Artemus Ward and clergy in the Revolution, with Mayor Bennett as guest. A chapter delegation plans a Portsmouth visit with a dinner at the Rockingham hotel.
A large crowd enjoyed the annual harvest supper and entertainment at the First Baptist Church. The Ladies Benevolent Society organized the supper with decorated tables and attentive waiters, followed by a musical program led by J Avison Baker featuring choruses, a quartet, and solo numbers.
Evangelist S Hartwell Pratt and gospel singer Birckholz of New York City will hold three days of union services at the Baptist church in Chelmsford Centre this week. Each day features prayer 9 to 10 am, Bible reading 3 30 to 4 pm, and gospel service 7 30 pm. Res idents of Lowell Chelmsford and nearby towns are invited.
The Ladies Benevolent society of John Street Congregational church held its first monthly social of the season in the vestry. Supper was directed by Mrs A D Sargent Mrs William Morey and Mrs Frank Bramhall. A business meeting followed with a musical program by the church choir led by organist Mr Firth. The program included two quartettes and solos with cornet by Mrs Hubert D Bearce and Mr Bearce.
The Tillinghast Tooth Pick company headlines at Bon Marche this week in a large show window displaying a machine that makes and cuts one thousand tooth picks per minute. Demonstration has drawn crowds after exhibition at the Atlanta fair. Bon Marche plans a salvage sale of goods damaged by water in the muslin underwear department, starting next Friday at 9 o'clock.
A. G. Pollard & Co announces season samples and odd lots of horse blankets at discounted prices. Stable blankets with straps and some lining range from 98 cents to 3 dollars, street blankets from 1.50 to 5 dollars. Basement location noted. Also promotes Maltox and Welsbach light products.
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