27 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
Lowell Sun
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1894
Page
1
Publisher JesepH Harrington of Lowell Mass announces daily issue with Sunday exception. Yearly subscription $3.00, monthly $0.25. City delivery and postage free. Entered as second class mail matter.
Trains by this division depart Lowell from Central Street Station and leave Boston from the new Union Station Causeway Street. service limited to Wednesdays and Saturdays, with schedules listing arrival times and connections.
The publisher declares readers deserve value for a one cent paper and promises to print the news fully and only the news, ensuring every issue provides complete coverage without embellishment or extra frills.
An inspector of wires is urged, Fort Hill Park is described as a warm night resort for toughs, and several local items note burglaries halted by Officer Hogan. Other reports mention Labor Day funding, a water tricycle attempt across the English Channel, and criticisms of unions and anti trust enforcement.
A court discharged a child accused of scarlet fever amid doubt over diagnosis. The revised charter shifts overseer elections to wards, ending city council holdovers. Six overseers will be chosen by lot for one and two year terms, with annual three seats thereafter, removing political influence from appointments.
The letter argues the current water meter rule is satisfactory and warns that granting broader powers could lead to higher rents as landlords pass meter costs to tenants. It praises the Cleveland commission on the great strike, favoring Carroll D. Wright as the top qualified member and expects a worthwhile report.
The text compares Poe’s Murder in the Rue Morgue to a Shrewsbury Chronicles episode from 1834 involving a “ribbed faced baboon” used for burglaries and a fatal attack on a lady, noting the uncanny similarities. It then quotes quick jests from various small items including circus spectators discussing Chiko the gorilla and brief, humorous exchanges about age and animals.
A young stage actor recalls an amateur production of Two Orphans disrupted by a gallery prank. Snow began falling as two soldiers flung paper flakes from the wings. A flash of gold epaulets drew a spectator’s alarmed cry and the audience burst into laughter, ruining the somber mood.
Pinned to the garret wall for years the relic of a grandmother’s gown is revived this spring in a playful fashion mashup. The piece, once a source of laughter for youths, is reinterpreted as a bold retro statement, exhumed from a moldy chest and presented with swagger and charm.
YOUNC s Our 50c Night Robe Sale dominates headlines with a sweeping clearance. The store touts 25 dozen regular 1 goods at 58c each, urging first come, first served to claim discounts on men and women wear including shirts, hosiery, aprons, belts, corsets, handkerchiefs, and laces amid dramatic price cuts.
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