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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
6
The passage announces the Lowell Daily Courier as the oldest Mid Middlesex county daily, established 1825 and daily since 1845, published at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell, with six cents weekly carrier delivery and published by Courier Citizen Company.
Yesterday was cool and gray while today feels October like with clear forenoon. Barometer readings show 29.80 yesterday at 5 p.m. and 29.84 this morning. Forecast calls for showers tonight and Friday, with fair conditions in northern and eastern Maine and light to fresh northeast winds.
Courier Citizen Company lists telephone numbers for editorial counting room and job department. Readers are asked to direct advertising inquiries, non-delivery issues, and address changes to the business office. Summer mailings available by leaving word at the Merrimack street office.
The Lowell Daily Courier argues Judge Taft has served well as civil Governor in the Philippines and should not be replaced. Luke Wright praised as next Governor though less known, with doubts about natives’ regard. It notes Taft remains connected with Taft Wood administration and insular bureau, suggesting stronger Washington familiarity may improve conditions.
A humorous journal is criticized for treating medical issues lightly while arguing that vaccination benefits the community. The piece asserts that individual liberty does not excuse refusing proven public health measures and notes vaccination has reduced smallpox mortality. It questions potential dangers if vaccination were truly harmful.
The piece weighs opinions on the canal dispute and alternative routes, noting Roosevelt’s Spooner Act options and the Colombia Panama matter. It contrasts ministerial salaries with pastoral pay, questions equitable compensation, and discusses the Pulitzer journalism school proposal and the usage of the term journalist.
The passage argues that government printing office workers may unionize but cannot override U S law. It defenses President Roosevelt’s actions, critiques labor unions as anarchic, and predicts political fallout in the Panama canal debate. It also notes comments by Senator Morgan of Alabama and Washburn, with speculation on Colombia and Vermont gold mining.
Sunday Globe headlines claim strong Democratic confidence in electing Gaston as governor. The article notes the optimism appears in headlines, though actual backing remains in the paper's banner phrasing.
The Maine State Fair runs September 1 to 4 in Lewiston Maine with many attractions and vaudeville shows. Round trip tickets at reduced rates including park admission are on sale at Boston and Maine stations. see posters for stations and rates.
A garbled OCR style column lists varied phrases and names, including references to Sandy Hook, J P Morgan, the Merrimack, the Monmouth, and the Vali of Monastir. It juxtaposes opinions on fashion, infrastructure, and politics with fragmented lines about luck, strength, and weather, all in a quirked historical voice.
The Providence Journal notes only objection is that the pension increase for the poet laureate seems like hush money. Treasury officials anticipate no market embarrassment as $122 million more money circulates in the past year, boosting per capita circulation and signaling robust trade ahead.
A New York Tribune account recounts humorous naval etiquette during the Mexican War era. A senior officer berates a junior for using the wrong gangway, then is rebuked by his son who insists on being addressed properly by rank or as Henry at home. The anecdote concludes with the father recognizing the rebuke.
A Sunday paper treats the idea of family breakfast fading in a broader cultural view while noting New Hampshire’s reluctance to compete at St. Louis and commenting on breakfast habits. The column recalls Captain Bent’s setter Wing killed by an electric car, reports rising butter use in Lowell eateries, a Halifax naval trip remark, praise for Allied sailors, and a Lowell revenue officer’s work enforcing liquor licenses during a no license year.
Washington contractors visited Lawrence on August 27 to award all excavation and site prep for the new federal building to a local Lawrence contractor. The site near the Boston and Maine station sits on a former depot park. Batters will be erected Sunday and tree clearing starts Monday.
Word spread that William Croswell Doane bishop of Albany may be critically ill at Northeast Harbor Maine. Rev Charles Walkley said the report likely exaggerated noting the bishop has long been in failing health and recently collapsed from overwork, with hope rest will restore health.
Five bishops and over a hundred deaconesses of the Methodist Episcopal church meet at Ocean Grove New Jersey to discuss deaconess work. Bishops EB G Andrews New York Charles H Fowler Buffalo John M Walden Cincinnati David A Goodsell Chattanooga James N FitzGerald St Louis participate.
A detail of 102 marines from League Island and 100 from Brooklyn Navy Yard departed Philadelphia by Pennsylvania Railroad to join 100 more in Washington. The party will proceed to San Francisco to embark on the Transport Thomas under Captains Lownd and Broach.
The revenue cutter McCullough anchored in Victoria harbor at 7 o'clock today from Notice carrying the subcommittees of the Senate committee on territories. The party reports a pleasant profitable trip and appears convinced Alaska should have a Congressional delegate, though they may not favor electing one.
Springfield reports Miss Roberta Wright daughter of Mayor R. R. Wright of Denver wed John Pels of Denver at Memorial Methodist church Wilbraham. Rev. W. E. Newhall Wesleyan Academy principal officiated in a simple ceremony this evening.
The article contrasts Mr. W. P. Brown of New Orleans who defends his cotton speculation as legitimate adjustment of supply and demand with Secretary Wilson who accuses speculators of cornering the market. It explains Brown's view that demand outpaced supply and his group’s ahead‑of‑time purchases swelled the price to 12 cents, while Wilson and others argue a remaining, not-fully-sufficient supply should have kept prices higher than normal but not famine levels. The piece weighs the two extremes and notes the broader harm to manufacturers and workers, concluding the truth lies between them.
The New York Journal of Commerce argues that extortionate pricing during harvest shows a monopoly. If prices stay high into the new crop season, the Brown theory may be vindicated, but the costs to others would be unjust. A price drop would prove the rise was a controlled ransom rather than natural supply and demand.
In Providence on August 26 at Olneyville a mass gathering of American Woolen company weavers voiced strong protest against the two-loom system for invisible plaids. They urged workers to revolt if adopted, but no decisive action was taken.
Good Morning offers a modern, well kept home on Central street with furnace heat, tub set, laundry, city water, cemented cellar, 10 000 feet of land, abundant fruits, a large stable, and ample carriage space. Owner moving away accepts any reasonable offer from T. H. Elliott at 64 Central street or by telephone 908-2.
J H Burke and Company announce dissolution and urge all debtors and creditors to settle affairs. Stores at Coburn street numbers 19 23 25 and West Third street 84 88 will be open daily 9 am to 9 pm until Sept 1 for settlements and to conclude business dissolution, with Saturday evening hours.
The provider offers upholstery refinish for parlor furniture and oil pizzas preparation, along with cleansing by machinery and napkins process for hair or cotton mattresses. Experts claim restoration to original beauty and finish using old tick or best new materials.
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