This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 29 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
6
The Courier Citizen Company traces its Lowell publication to 1820 as a weekly and 1845 as a daily. It states daily issues except Sundays and holidays from the Courier Citizen Building on Merrimack Street. Carrier delivery in the city costs 6 cents a week.
Yesterday afternoon and night were fine and cool. This morning overcast with rain before 7. Forenoon steady rain with lively showers. Barometer readings 29.78 to 29.80. Temperature 76 yesterday and 62 today. Boston forecast calls for showers tonight and Wednesday, fair and cooler, except northern and eastern Maine, variable winds becoming west and fresh.
Courier readers may have the paper mailed to summer homes by leaving word at the office. Editorial Rooms and counting room numbers are provided for internal use. Patrons are asked to use care in making telephone calls and direct advertising, non-delivery, address changes, and business inquiries to the business office.
In Lowell, August 25 1903 editorials predict a lively city campaign. Brady appeals as a strong organizer, Carmichael could pose a tough GOP hurdle, and Mayor Howe is expected to be nominated. The piece argues for a competent, honest ticket across parties and notes distrust of the current aldermanic slate.
The piece urges voters to demand capable, fiscally prudent leadership at city hall rather than repeat poor picks. It notes liquor control limits and interstate access as factors in arrests, questions license costs, and humorously comments on trotting champion Lou Dillon and turf naming trends.
Metallic trolley cars advocated by Westinghouse would not prevent danger when a metal step touched the third rail. The whole metal car could be charged, risking electrocution or fire, while glass cars would avoid such peril but suffer catastrophic smashups beyond description.
The Lewiston Journal notes strong Maine support for yearly sessions, contrasting with longer, less frequent legislatures elsewhere. It contrasts U S and European politics and reports on global strife, China arms, and labor strikes in Chicago, with wry commentary on Irish mischief.
Ethnologists say when America was found North America held as many Indians as today. Alabama, Massachusetts and Vermont experiments with feeding hogs on corn show cost per pound weight gain from 2 4-5 to 3 7-10 cents. Phoenix ostrich flock exceeds 1000 with rapid growth. a pair can raise a brood each summer for 70 years and yield about $30 yearly in feathers and eggs.
Manchester marks the centenary of John Dalton's atomic theory based on his hydrogen unit table formed in September 1803. Though his atomic combining weights were once seen as final, the concept of the ultimate atom has since been challenged and revised.
A mosaic of city chatter and social jabs contrasts winds and yachts with industry pulls. References to the German Emperor buying a residence, Rockefeller cab fare, and a Helm taft debate punctuate daily life notes on transport, water, and public works.
A Lowell era column blends a police chief assembling a governor gallery ending with Bates, with musings on cricket mysteries near Quebec, milk pails, and train traffic to resort season. It notes Hampton Old Home Week guests from Lowell, Whistler anecdotes, Riverside Park disaster mislocations, and a father’s bets on a city baseball final, ending with a humorous misdirection about a bunco.
An assemblage of brief opinions critiques church attendance by American officials in the Philippines and weighs in on compulsory arbitration, labor conflicts, and public policy. It cites Bishop Brent, Gov Taft, Secretary Wilson, and Dr Lorimer, contrasting views on religion, labor rights, and government paternalism.
A young man in Evanston Illinois shot himself claiming to be a failure. He was 25 years old and left behind a warning that with proper use of opportunities his life and prospects remained ahead. The Baltimore American notes his comment on lack of common sense as a key factor. The Buffalo Express quips that King Edward values reporters who joined his Ireland tour, admiring their hard assignment and efforts. The Grand Rapids Post cites the king’s thanks to traveling reporters.
An excursion today to Crescent Park on the New York New Haven Hartford line carried 208 passengers from this city and eight from Chelmsford.
The YMCA carnival at Fair grounds Thursday features an afternoon programme with racing and a novel attractive feature designed to entertain attendees.
Several travelers registered yesterday including three from Haverhill Massachusetts. Registration closes next Friday noon for the longest and best planned trip sailing from Boston. One night at sea with daylight coast views and five stops in six days plus carriage tours of two provincial cities. See Mr. Durning at Patten's Flower Store 8 Merrimack Square.
A minor fire broke out yesterday at 6 10 pm in a tenement over the Greek Orthodox church in Lewis street caused by a overturned oil stove. The Greek Orthodox community owns the building and the loss amounts to ten dollars. Also scheduled are bicycle races at the fair grounds with three prizes on Thursday evening.
Chicago reports the hottest day of the year with 92 degrees at 2 PM in the Weather Bureau and higher on street level. Six deaths occur as heat bites the city, with many sleeping on sidewalks stairs and roofs in West Side tenements amid stifling unresting air.
Malifex Aug 24. The 19 foot dory Columbia 2nd, sailing from Boston Aug 11 for Germany with Charlie Schuz and Ludwig Eisenbraun, reached home after ten days in the Bay of Fundy, enduring gale after gale. Seas were high, sails fail, water and provisions gone. Eisenbraun washed overboard near Yarmouth but rescued. Schuz returns to Boston. Eisenbraun plans to press on solo when wind permits.
The Wagner family declined to take part in the Berlin unveiling ceremonies on October 1 due to the Emperor's refusal to adapt the program offered by Prof Thode showing Wagner's genius. The royal opera and theatre would need fourteen days to stage it, which the Emperor said was impossible. The Emperor has arranged to unveil the monument.
Miss Mills of Iowa and Miss Champion of Idaho Springs were climbing Yankee Hill glacier when Mills slipped, dragging Champion 300 feet down a rocky slope. Mills suffered a broken left arm and both were badly bruised. Campers rescued them.
Charles Carroll Bonney 72, once president of the Columbian exposition world congresses, dies in Chicago after a three year paralysis illness. John Blazer, Illinois abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader born May 12 1814 in Washington County Pennsylvania, knew Lincoln and Douglas and helped over 200 slaves escape before a legal case was dropped.
The Lowell Horse Show on September 10 will benefit Lowell General Hospital with 22 classes including horses carriages harness combinations and ponies. The event showcases a wide range from tandems to saddle horses and hunters plus a dealers class and draught horses.
Theodor Herzl announced at Bazel that Britain would grant a large tract in East Africa for Jewish colonization under autonomous government while under British suzerainty. English Jews view the proposal with mixed reactions as the Zionist congress weighs the plan amid expected opposition from many in England.
English pair Norman Hunter and J A T Bramston beat W J Travis and C B MacDonald 73 to 75 in morning foursomes. In singles Norman Hunter and Findlay Douglas, the Metropolitan champion, played to a one up win for Douglas. Travis defeated Bramston 3 up on the seventeenth green as Oxford-Cambridge extended their circuit win.
Mr Henry D Wyeth offers pianoforte instruction starting September 2 with weekly sessions on Wednesdays in Room 20 Swan Building Lowell Massachusetts home at 9 Rutland Street Cambridge Mass structured lessons for beginners and advanced players alike.
Rumor says Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt educated her 15 year old daughter Gladys to a level that would let her live and contribute if Vanderbilt wealth vanished. W A M Burden, famed Harvard guard and ex captain, joins the New York Stock Exchange brokers. Judge E B Maynard of the Springfield Superior Court fell 15 feet from a ladder, bruising himself but avoiding broken bones and remaining at home for days.
Miss Ruth Lane, 17, educated for teaching, is the sole candidate under Civil Service rules for a rural letter carrier post in Marion. The arduous winter route covers over 20 miles. Two male applicants withdrew after learning the hardship. Lane, daughter of Civil War veteran Alphias F. Lane, currently janitor at the Methodist church, wears overalls to sweep and dust each week and lights the stove twice weekly for winter.
The writer warns wet leaves on sidewalks pose a hazard comparable to banana peels, noting there is no single person to blame for the danger.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.