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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier Company describes itself as the oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county, established in 1825 and published daily except Sundays and holidays. Home at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack street Lowell, delivery by carrier six cents a week.
Yesterday endured showers and mist with a cold spell as temperatures fell below 60. At night, top coats and wraps were common and straw hats retired. Today remains cloudy with signs of clearing and temperature around the mid sixties. Barometer readings show 29.85 yesterday 29.78 this morning and 29.80 at noon.
Boston reports showers in the north and eastern Maine tonight, with a fair south portion. Friday brings fair conditions except for lingering showers in eastern Maine, warmer temperatures overall, and fresh east to south winds.
Editorial Rooms 31 3 Counting Room 315 Job Department 114 Patrons urged to use care in calls Communications about advertising non delivery of papers changes of address and business inquiries should be addressed to the business office 31 5
Courier readers on vacation may arrange mail forwarding by leaving word at the office, 15 17 Merrimack Street.
General Miles, nearing retirement, rode ninety miles on horseback from Fort Sill to Fort Reno to test nine randomly selected horses for the U S cavalry. He emphasizes the horse’s enduring importance in military service and the need for quality stock given high government prices.
The article notes widespread nerves as New York fears subway tunneling on Broadway from Union Square to Forty Second Street. It cites Boston Baltimore and London as examples of underground travel and urges contractors to adopt safe methods. It also praises Lowell for aiding explosion victims and mentions stock market jitters and transport car shortages impacting harvests.
A collage of satirical comments on finance weather and politics. References to Wall Street stock prices dynamite Riverside sewer committee and July or August events mix with social notes Newport society swimmers and public works. Includes quips about Bryan Cleveland and silver.
Judge Pickman enjoys swimming at Revere Beach and advocates sea swimming for youth as part of education. Nearby cities fund instructors, a trend possibly spreading to smaller towns over time. Nearby notes cover Morse Coach Co offering free teams after a recent explosion, Edward Ellingwood window display of a house near East Merrimack Street explosion, and images showing smoke above the city.
The excerpt cites Boston Globe and Boston Herald on charity appeals for Tewksbury explosion sufferers and political hints. It notes the value of prompt giving and comments on political candidacy. It also reports July currency expansion and inflation exceeding Civil War levels per Springfield Republican.
The piece notes how bicycles, once a luxury for the rich, spread across occupations from merchants to mill superintendents and loom fixers. It predicts the automobile may follow a similar social path, receding from the poorest after an initial surge, while bicycles fade from parks and beaches as car ownership grows.
Leslie's Weekly argues that only decisive force can curb mob frenzy seen in Richmond streetcar riots and Evansville violence. It suggests organized anarchist influence and defends drastic losses as necessary to end lynching mania, warning the nation to endure painful lessons to achieve lasting abolition of mob justice.
Marion Short recalls a daughter's cozy nightly world where her father transforms into a bear to protect and tease her. He stalks the room seeking his little girl, then scoops her onto his lap and laughs. Her mother frets about a cold while the father’s playful, loving antics ease her fears.
Beginning August 6 1903 the Dracut Centre route will run to Billerica Centre instead of Chelmsford Centre. Cars depart Merrimack square for Dracut Centre three minutes after each hour and every 15 minutes. Dracut Centre to Merrimack square on even hours and quarters. Merrimack square to Billerica Centre and Lexington at 10 and 40 minutes after each hour. Merrimack Square to Burlington and Woburn at 55 minutes after each hour in forenoon and 25 and 55 minutes after each hour in afternoon and evening.
Charles M Schwab resigns as United States Steel president, triggering stock liquidations. Shares in the Schwab led trust tumble from prior highs as the giant capital combination faces reassessment and questions about inflated valuations tied to Carnegie assets and leadership. The piece notes Schwab’s role in raising and then exposing weaknesses within the vast steel empire.
Le Roy Parkhurst unveils new rain coat priced at $20. Available in responses for ladies and gentlemen, marking a fresh line of outerwear in stock.
O P M Books Walter financial agent for a Philadelphia publishing company died in Denver Colorado from consumption. He was a brother of Mayor Bookwalter of Indianapolis Indiana.
In Seattle on August 6 a truce was reached after the treasury department allowed a drawback on duties paid for foreign salmon. Canadian packers will stop fishing in American waters and buying American fish, while American salmon interests will refrain from Canadian waters. The arrangement ends years of cross border fishing tensions intensified by duty drawbacks.
New York reports Frank Masters a Brooklyn expert swimmer died at Coney Island after rescuing his mother from a surf drowning. Heavy breakers spurred his quick dash to aid her. he and Mrs Masters reached the beach, he disappeared on a second dive, and his body was found an hour later half a mile away, cast ashore by the tide.
Adrian Iselin, famed yachtsman, donates Neptune park improvements to New Rochelle. The park, valued over 100000 dollars, will be controlled by the city under a stipulation that no liquor be sold there. A divorces saga ends with a woman seeking separation to pursue a coffin remark.
A short 17 cent advertisement from Howard the druggist at 197 Central urges buyers to avoid chewing bristles and promotes a warranted toothbrush that would be excellent value at five cents, noting the brush’s bristles may come out.
Theo dore Alexander a 25 year old Springfield Mass resident staying at a Block Island hotel was drowned this morning while bathing at Crescent beach. The Shoreham life saving crew recovered the body after hours of effort as a heavy easterly gale at 54 miles per hour made the sea rough and sailing craft sheltered.
Advice on healthy summer care for horses notes that warm weather weakens vitality and can disrupt digestion. Monitor horses on grain, reduce work and grain if appetite declines, include salt, allow evening turnout to roll, avoid hay overfeeding, provide a noon grain ration, ensure consistent feeding times, and always water before feeding. Source: New England Farmer.
The direct travel between Lowell and Quebec and all points on the Intercolonial railway passes via Sherbrooke and the Quebec Central railway. Through Pullman cars and coaches run from Lowell to Quebec without change via Boston and Maine railroad Sherbrooke and Quebec Central railway. Passengers should ensure tickets read via Quebec Central railway as the best route.
Massachusetts probate notices notify heirs and interested parties of John Donohoe as special administrator for Bernard Kearns of Lowell and Arthur T. Hatch for Frank Hubbard Richardson of Billerica seeking first and final accounts and letters of administration. Court in Cambridge holds September 1, with three weekly Lowell Daily Courier publications and mailings to known interested parties.
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