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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
6
The letter discusses Bryan's tariff reform stance and warns against indiscriminate tariff removal. It argues Republicans may reform tariffs only with risk to their system, cautions that destroying tariffs could harm the people and fail to eliminate trusts, and contends direct trust remedies are preferable to indirect measures.
A New Hartford mill idles 700 workers as the Springfield Republican argues that cheap Southern labor relies on child labor. It predicts a waning era of low wages, rising unions, and longer strikes in the South, with capital seeking cheaper production abroad amid growing labor organization.
A Massachusetts correspondent signing as Templeton questions Mr. Babcock, chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee, asserting his claim that two Massachusetts Republicans would be lost. The correspondent argues the shift may favor Democrats, notes Worcester district history, and mentions the upcoming reapportionment that could affect the delegation.
A political update discusses Massachusetts voting shifts, predicting Republicans gain two seats and Democrats lose one. It notes Lowell Lawrence as close, Council and local figures criticized, while praising Sheriff Pearson for opposing liquor interests and lamenting enforcement limits amid Maine’s amendment.
In York Maine an anniversary gathering featured speakers including W. D. Howells Mark Twain Tom Reed President Tucker and C F Adams making a galaxy of renowned names. The ancient town thrives on the sea coast boasting prosperity and active lodges as visitors journey from afar.
The piece notes there is no hurry to select a Republican National Committee chairman as rumors name Governor Crane. It praises his potential as chairman and campaign director but doubts he would accept the proposal.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger note condemns a Virginia lynching near Washington and a similar Arkansas event as indefensible if true, while the Philadelphia Times cites 813 railway deaths and nearly 10,000 injuries in the first quarter, urging safer passenger and worker protections on American railways.
In Warsaw Indiana on August 5 Miss Ellen M Stone the American missionary captured by brigands told her captivity tale to a crowd at Winona Lake attracting about 9000 listeners. She did not address reports that she was sworn to stay silent about her captors.
A mix of political gossip and social snips. References to Firmin Hayti and Hayti governance, Prohibition around Portland, Lowell visit by the President, and Gen Firmin in Haiti. Also notes on wealth relief, May Mannering and Caine, Mountain Rock trip, city farming, Crane chairing the GOP, outlaw Tracy, naval maneuvers setup, May Yohe, Penn’s Ants, library pestilence fears, and Carnegie-linked book-spread concerns.
The Most Rev. Robert Machray archbishop of Rupert's Land is seriously ill in London. He is Anglican primate of all Canada and chancellor of the University of Manitoba. William Hillibard Jr., a golfer, is critically ill with typhoid fever at his home in Pranston Illinois, contracted in Potsdam Pennsylvania where he was at school. General A W Greeley, chief of the U S Signal Service, returned from Alaska aboard the Bertha to Seattle after inspecting telegraph work from Valdez to Eagle City.
The text notes Louis Lindsay Dyche of Kansas University arguing that the first humans were born in the Arctic. It also mentions Father Hartmann, an Austrian monk praised in Rome and St Petersburg, now a notable figure in Vienna. A slab in Bishops Stortford bears Cecil Rhodes’s birth claim dated July 5 1853.
Budapest plans a solemn procession to Kossuth’s grave as the city prepares to lay the foundation stone of a mausoleum marking the hundredth anniversary of Louis Kossuth’s birth on December 17.
Prof Ralph Catterall of University of Chicago history resigns to accept a history chair at Cornell. He is a Bucknell and Harvard alumnus and author of multiple works on American and European history.
The Advertiser reports that past weak is best of present season with better class of visitors during July. State bath house charges were raised then lowered but attendance did not rise with lower prices. Once rates returned to old level, beach business picked up. Weather influenced beach rush, but price restoration did not deter visitors.
Rev. W. J. Mutch of the Howard Avenue Congregational church spoke on Social Pirates citing a New Haven tragedy. He linked a Yale Law school affair to a girl’s death by carbolic acid at a seaside resort, contrasting piracy on the high seas with modern highway lawlessness.
Obituary notes the sudden death of Rev. T J B House in Dorchester at about 10 pm after a day of church work. Born 1827 in Paterson New Jersey he served 50 years in ministry including Brunswick Elmira Penn Yan Lowell Methuen and Boston with the Baptist Social Union. He married Louisa Osgood in 1854 and left four daughters. Interment likely Methuen. Also commemorates death of Isabelle G Moore and Michael J Fallon with brief family details.
The late Mrs. Wm. E. Badger will be buried Friday forenoon at 10 from her home 156 Methuen street. The body will be taken on the noon train to Concord New Hampshire for interment. Also noted is the funeral of Peter Sheppard held yesterday afternoon at 8 from his Tewksbury home with Jr. Duff officiating at the grave in Tewksbury cemetery. Undertaker Weinbeck was in charge.
Michael J. Fallon aged 28 died at home 108 Meadowcroft Street on Aug 6 in Fallon city. The brief notice records the death and residence reflecting the local obituary style.
The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan played at Lakeview Theatre to two small crowds yesterday for matinee and night shows. Joseph W. Smith starred as Frederic with Arthur Seaton as Richard the pirate king James Gilbert as Major General Stanley and Ben Lodge as the sergeant of police. The cast and chorus delivered excellent singing and earned vociferous applause. The piece is scheduled for both matinee and evening performances for the rest of the week.
A vivid sea poem celebrates seafaring courage and joy in wind and spray. It pictures sailors laughing at morning warnings, praising the wind, brine, and brotherhood, with bold stanzas about sailing, storms, and fearless life at sea.
A renowned doctor blames the rise in average height and weight in Britain and the United States over the last fifty years on greater sugar intake. He argues dietary sugar has driven growth trends, contrasting with earlier nutrition patterns.
A detailed reminiscence describes Engineer Fish and a traveling engineer aboard a fast locomotive. The scene covers the ritual of departure, the rough ride, and the skill and nerve required to extract top speed while the crew coordinates with a seasoned running engineer for swift, precise schedules. It also touches on a vignette about hosting summer boarders and the value of quality farm life over cheap rates.
A defense of hosting summer boarders on farms as respectable and profitable. It argues not from wealth but pride in honest work, noting that boarders can enable mortgage payoff and support a son’s college education. The piece praises clean rooms, good meals, and friendly treatment attracting respectable guests.
A vivid tour of New Jersey coast resorts reachable by the New Jersey Central line. It highlights Monmouth to Cape May as ideal outing spots with abundant hotels and boarding houses and notes a hotel list published by the railroad's General Passenger Department in New York, available by postal request.
George Schaub, a German resident of New Lebanon Ohio, reports his wife suffered eight weeks with terrible back pain until using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He notes she felt reborn after a few days and her pain vanished before finishing the bottle, enabling her to resume chores. He urges others to learn of the remedy, which druggists sell.
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