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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1902
Page
6
The item describes the oldest Middlesex county daily founded 1825 and a daily since 1845, published at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell, with daily delivery by carrier in all districts at six cents weekly.
The report describes a pleasant weekend in August with a blue and white sky and a cool northwest breeze. It notes a fun night and a fair morning today becoming cloudy by noon with barometer readings around 29.65 inches and temperatures near 74 degrees.
Boston reports forecast for New England calls for cloudy skies with local showers tonight and Tuesday. Warmer temperatures expected tonight in Vermont. Light to fresh southwest winds across the region.
Persons leaving town for the summer may have the Courier forwarded without extra charge by leaving their addresses at the Counting Room Merrimack Square or by telephoning 31-5.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes the Republican financial act of 1900 spurred the creation of about 1100 new banks, 141 in Texas, 121 in Pennsylvania, and 285 across the South. Most new banks have capital of 650,000 or less, with many rural communities at 25,000. It condemns the Fowler bill that would empower large urban banks and urges Republicans to resist it.
The Springfield Republican notes trusts may sometimes lower consumer prices as by kerosene and coal, but their power to raise prices remains a danger. It critiques Illinois politics with Representative Kopf’s civil service bill and the influence of veterans versus voters’ leagues, and comments on Judge Holmes’ labor views amid Philippine questions.
The piece argues labor rights to organize deserve equal treatment with capital and favors a common sense view by Judge Holmes. It questions reciprocity with Cuba, mocks Lawson’s yacht dispute, critiques the Bavarian Diet, warns against tariff as a bluff against trusts, and notes Democratic nominating dynamics with Hamlin and Gaston plus mentions a potential New York governor race and a peculiar name from New Jersey politics.
The Honorable Isaac B Allen is described as a colored nuisance and a jail stay is valued, even if brief, reflecting the contemptuous sentiment and potential legal pressure used to suppress him.
Rev Michael Hill of Loyola College Baltimore travels to Rome and European cities to research for The History of the Jesuits in North America. Royal Society of Painters in Water Colors honors William Callow on his 90th birthday with a lavish illuminated address. President Roosevelt to visit Northfield Mass and Mount Hermon during New England trip. Lloyd Collins of New York hosts a fundraiser lecture for Gettysburg schoolchildren to buy flowers for soldiers’ graves on Memorial Day. James Black Baillie appointed professor of moral philosophy at Aberdeen University by King Edward. Lady Henry Somerset, longtime president of the British Women's Temperance Association, once led the World WCTU. Reginald A. Fessenden earns patents for wireless telegraphy parts.
A string of quips and snippets references people places and phrases from a local page. Mentions Capt. and Mrs. Strong King Edward Bennington Sparks and De Wet among others. The tone blends satire and topical names with hints of political and social chatter.
A survey of columns notes Horace Gray’s retirement and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s ascent to the Supreme Court, with praise for Roosevelt’s appointment. It also critiques Canadian-American immigration, public safety signals versus noisy cars, labor strikes, and Secretary Shaw’s bale hay tariff ruling as misinterpreted by travelers.
A long readers’ page blends letters on matrimonial scams, Hessian flags, peach and rose crops, weather musings in New Hampshire, mixups over Merrimack pronunciation, and a tale of hostel car quarrels. It ends with reflections on sleeping cars and safer travel options.
An essay on the discomforts of sleeping cars and a broad code of politeness for travelers. It notes the need to endure snores heat and jostling, and recalls a recent incident near New York where a porter could not calm a quarrel in court after a passenger woke to a dangling fixture.
句子以常见蜻蜓复眼数量作比喻, 设想若每只眼睛的镜片数量与蜻蜓相同, 则视器官的大小接近一个拳击手的尺度, 展示极度夸张的对比与形象化描述。
A series of obituary notices report the deaths of Rev. Thomas Lerry a 74 year old Baptist preacher from Southwick formerly in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Geo M Hopkins 60 of New York City a staff writer for Scientific American who died in Cheshire. James Brown of Chatham Mass a former machine shop operator and mayor born December 18 1832 in Pawtucket. and William A Hemphill former Atlanta mayor and founder of the Atlanta Constitution born May 6 1842 in Athens Ga.
A New York Evening Journal poem narrates a German prince torn between throne duty and a Yankee beloved. He rejects crown and throne to marry outside nobility as the Kaiser’s heir finds a different path in love.
Deputy Supt. Redmond Welch resumes duties as prosecuting officer after a two week vacation. He reports feeling strong and well and had an enjoyable time away, returning Saturday morning.
The Lowell Gas Light company plans to install arc lights to illuminate stores halls and large areas. They produce a large volume of light that is steadier cheaper and more diffuse than electric arc lighting.
Principal questions a collector about money owed by Smith. The collector admits no one at the address admits debt, several Smiths deny owing funds, one even ejects the collector, prompting a second visit to the same resident.
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