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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
6
The Courier-Citizen Company states the oldest un a best daily paper in Middlesex County, established in 1825 and as a daily in 1845. It is published daily except Sundays and holidays from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack street, Lowell, with carrier delivery at 6 cents a week.
Yesterday afternoon and night were cold and rainy with a dull morning. Showers cleared to sunshine and sultry heat by forenoon. Spin data shows barometer around 29.78 and temperatures near 62. Forecast: fair tonight through Saturday, cooler in Vermont, fresh south to west winds.
Courier-Citizen issues a reminder to readers to use the proper office numbers for editorial rooms counting room and job department. It requests care in phone calls and directs communications about advertising non delivery and address changes to the business office. Readers on vacation may have the paper mailed to summer homes by leaving word at the Merrimack Street office.
A Lowell Daily Courier commentary notes the rocky time for major business combinations and stock markets. It argues interwoven interests mean a crash affects many, with investors nervously watching depreciating quotable values while some owners ride out losses. The piece contrasts stock owners with and without margins, urging avoidance of market reports. It ends by highlighting freedom from a broker versus the binds of brokerage ties.
A city council session passed a $25,000 loan but balked at a $125 Fourth of July salute payment, raising questions about the mayor's authority. Critics say the action undermines the mayor and politics rear its head, while supporters defend proper contracting. The accounts committee is urged to scrutinize bills to protect the city from unscrupulous deals. Meanwhile, savings bank data show 6,666,672 depositors with $2,760,177,000 in deposits, up by over a quarter of a billion in seven years, reflecting broad prosperity even as the Northwest reports wheat shortages and Kansas and Nebraska face drought.
The column surveys topics from freight costs and municipal waste fees to imperial China, U S postal issues, and political figures. It notes St Louis costs, Empress Dowager actions, civic federations, San Francisco licensing, and remarks about Bryan, Devery, and New York politics.
The selection contrasts strikers seeking wage limits with cotton ownership dynamics and a view of Catholicism as a social anchor. It cites Tribune, Hartford Times, and Harper s Weekly remarks on labor altruism, cotton scarcity, and religion in public life.
In Somerville last night the gas was put out and the people also. Mr Bryan attacks Mr Cleveland as a bunco steerer while Cleveland retorts with a sharp jab. President Angell of the Humane society provokes laughter with remarks. Maryland congressman Mudd opposes McComas’s re election and may seek the seat himself. Worcester’s John R. Thayer chooses to remain in Congress over a gubernatorial bid on the Democratic ticket.
James A. Norcross elder of the Norcross Bros. dies in Worcester on Tuesday morning. He helped found the firm with Orlando W. Norcross after returning from the Civil War. the brothers built Trinity church Boston and city halls in Worcester Albany and New York. He retired at 65 with a cash settlement and spent his later years at Fairlawn Worcester.
The Massachusetts society of the fans of the American Revolution holds its 15th annual field day in Gloucester on Saturday with trolley tours of points of interest. Dinner is at 2 PM at the Hawthorne Inn East Gloucester. Lowell may be represented. Charles E Adams chairs the arrangements. ladies urged to wear insignia.
Leavenworth Kansas August 7 The Home Riverside Coal company filed for bankruptcy amid ongoing litigation. The firm is capitalized at one million dollars.
The article notes a wine delivered to Pope Leo during his last illness said to be 250 years old and priceless. It claims a leaden box containing radium would emit visible rays. Ella May Clemens, sister of Mrs. Howard Gould, opens San Francisco Chinese district’s first Catholic Sunday school for Chinese and Japanese. Dr. W P Horton of Cleveland collects ancient forceps, some 400 years old, with a continuous record of changes over time.
Some present Astor milisians traced to Bowery origins in New York. Henry Astor, a celebrated butcher on that thoroughfare, left him sizable life savings around 8560,000. This wealth, invested around 1846, helped build the Astor estate.
The writer recalls a holiday at the Four Bucagado's camp on a Groton island, praising fishing and the cook George Casey. A side note quips about Latin quotes on Pope election, then recounts a visit to Lyndeboro NH and meeting Mr and Mrs Eli Clark Curtis, noting Curtis family farming success, milk trade, and the lasting Lowell connections.
Elmira New York August seventh investigators say a bold plan to assassinate Frank W Robertson superintendent and McDonald failed after Brooks a New York convict shot keeper James H Gunderman at the Elmira reformatory. Weapons stolen a month earlier were hidden in a brick pile for a general assault.
Athol August 7 The State board of agriculture met at the Pequoit house to set the December 1 2 3 1914 meeting in Athol Forestrys poultry horse grasses and fertilizers will be topics A lecture on a popular subject by a noted lecturer and a banquet with speeches and music are planned A subcommittee of Hersey Ellsworth and Goodspeed will arrange the program
Mail advices from the steamer Aorangi report growing opposition in New Caledonia to renewing convict transportation. Sir Henry Moore Jackson, British high commissioner, was refused landing at Longa on the Pleiades amid a measles outbreak and guard scuffles. The king apologized for the rough handling by a sentry. A rich gold find debuted in Tuna district, Australia, fueling a stampede.
Seattle Aug 7. Fish pirates launch a reign of terror on the lower Sound, holding up fish trap keepers at gunpoint after failed bribes and rifling nets. Hauls reach as high as 2000 in a single theft. Judge Hanford requests deputy marshals to patrol and protect fisheries at the request of the Pacific Packing and Navigation company receiver.
A coroner reports the unidentified man found in the Harlem river died of drowning with no signs of violence or poison. Three negroes are held after one confession claimed whiskey laced with snuff led to murder and robbery, though officials doubt that confession. Authorities weigh next steps amid lingering uncertainty.
Two seven year old children drowned while playing with an express wagon in Cromwell's creek near their Bronx homes. One victim was the son of retired Fire Chief Campbell.
Samuel George banker, capitalist and state senator, died in Wellsboro West Virginia at age 76. He was among the Panhandle's most prominent figures. LeRoy Parkhurst introduces a new Rain Coat priced at $20 with new goods for ladies or gentlemen.
A new closed top Boston gig is offered for sale by AWYER CARRIAGE CO. at Worthen Street Lowell Mass. The vehicle resembles the Goddard Buggy but offers more room and comfort with ring cushions rubber tires open rubber end springs and jockey seat.
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