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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
4
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county established 1826 daily in Lowell. Published every day except Sundays and holidays at the Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street. Delivered by carrier at 12 cents a week 50 cents a month. Circulation books open to all.
Middlesex Street station features in service updates about trains between Lowell and Boston. Available schedules note frequent departures, with riders advised to check latest timetables for delays or changes. Local transit officials emphasize steady routes and safety at the stop.
The editorial notes concern about a locomotive with an isolated engineer cab risking disaster on the Erie line. It comments on malaria illness of Col War ing and poor Havana sanitation. It also criticizes the French Dreyfus case as a rejection of due process, calling for fair trials over popular conviction.
Secretary Leong spoke at Music Hall Boston praising Gov Lane and the navy exemplar of merit within the American system. He stressed that praise or blame falls across the entire administration, not solely on any single head, and urged recognition of all factors in public success or failure.
Secretary Long extols the administration’s naval and military progress, contrasting field realities with shipboard efficiency. He argues the GOP has achieved or surpassed its goals since McKinley’s rise, urging continued trust, cautious action, and wise handling of new responsibilities to honor the Republic.
In a Chicago Chronicle tale a self described unlucky man recounts three days of peril after being ambushed by two tramps near the Des Plaines River. He describes theft, a capsized boat, stings from wasps, a fall, dog chases, and a farmer rescue as locals pursue the attackers.
Peter Finnigan, longtime Lowell barber, described as cheerful and trusted, is remembered by many including Gov. Greenhalge. The piece also highlights local fire alarm signals, band charity, a candidate's Boston trip with a walnut clipping, school nature lesson tales, and a letter from A M Swain on corn sprouting and nature’s law.
The Welsh Singers from Wales perform tomorrow night at the Opera House with a ten‑artist company including a double quartet, harpist and pianist. The programme features solos duets tunos quartets and glees with piano and harp. seats on sale. Also scheduled is In Old Kentucky with new scenery by Jacob Litt for Saturday shows. May Irwin brings Kate Kip on Monday with a strong cast noted for vocal skill. Box office opens Friday. The Russell Engagement at the Opera House Tuesday features Sol Smith Mussell in Martha Morton’s comedy.
Uncle Dick introduces Sol Smith Russell with a strong company as seats go on sale. Charles Cowles headlines at Music Hall tonight for three nights in Yankee comedy drama A Country Merchant, praised for its life like New England village setting and engaging plot. Jack Burke, college athlete, appears early next week in the farce A Turkish Bath.
Rev G Easterbrook preached Prison Sunday highlighting prisoner statistics. Local news covers visitors from Stoneham, domestic travel, a military funeral for Corporal William Rodway of the Ninth, and community events. Also reports a women's club talk on Colonial History and church activities.
In Wilmington and nearby towns, church gatherings are announced for the last Tuesday in April with Rev. T. C. Jackson preaching next Sabbath at 7:30 PM at the Congregational church. An auction on Monday the 31st will sell farming stock from the late Charles A. Carr estate, including three horses and 31 cows with wood. A Unitarian social in Tinmen hall on Nov 3 features dancing.
Mrs Chas Maker and baby from Roxbury spent a week with Mr George Hutchinson. Misses Minnie and Annie Beauford of East Pepperell came to the suspender shop to work. Miss Anna Hutchinson has gone to work in Lowell. Charles Roberts, at Conant Houghton Co cider mill, had an accident last week that disables him from work. Edith A Seifer rests at home in Westford recovering from a severe tonsillitis.
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