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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1903
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier traces its roots to 1825 and a daily since 1845. Published daily except Sundays and holidays from the Courier Citizen Building on Merrimack Street, Lowell. Delivery by carrier within the city at six cents a week. Courier Citizen Company.
The region reports three days without improvement with frequent showers on Sunday and gray skies today. Temperatures stay low as barometer readings drift from 29.93 yesterday to 29.82 at 5 p.m. Boston notes rain tonight with east winds, while the west remains fair and warmer.
Editorial rooms and counting room numbers listed for Courier Citizen Company. Patrons are asked to use care when calling for advertising matters non delivery of papers changes of address and general business inquiries should be directed to the business office. 31-5.
Readers away on vacation may have the paper mailed to summer addresses by leaving word at the office located at 15 17 Merrimack Street.
The American Bar Association meeting at Hot Springs urged regulating trusts through taxation rates, interstate rate supervision, and possible state competition. It favors direct regulation over destruction, cautions against socialism, and notes indirect remedies risk failure. the writer questions if the plan will bear fruit while lamenting a local paper's demise.
The piece notes the second suspension of a Daily Mail venture, high costs, and crowded Lowell publishing field while lamenting the Sun and its editorials. It contrasts lynching debates with foreign officials, and criticizes journalism’s decline and expense, urging reader restraint and reflecting on press ambition.
The author defends the President for sending warships to Beirut after a reported vice consul death. The writer argues the move protects Americans, noting no one was killed and precautions may prevent harm. Critics’ haste to fault the action is labeled absurd.
The column flings sharp, sarcastic lines on matters from Sandy Hook and Europe to Alaskan boundaries and political reshuffles. It mocks war games, swindling charges, and public figures, noting weather gloom and a controversial trial, while praising local figures like ex-Governor Long and Hingham’s civic spirit.
The Massachusetts Republican State Committee calls caucuses on Wednesday Sept 23 1908, Boston on Sept 22 to choose General Court delegates and various convention representatives. It details apportionment methods by votes for Governor 1902, notice requirements, and calendar rules with Boston caucus exception.
A physician warns of typhoid case uncertainty after day twenty as several patients remain unstable. The piece then recounts a Chestnut street night blooming cereus viewing, with blossoms opening to reveal white interiors. It also notes the New England City Council’s explosives committee nickname and a street scene of trapper-like hack fare demands and ambulance delays at Market Street.
A convict named Priestwood preyed on an ignorant poor white, illustrating peonage where trumped charges lead to virtual slavery. The crime targets any victim deemed ignorant, with labor coerced under claim and term that may be extended, showing an education test applied in this instance.
Report notes loaded revolvers in hands of Italian citizens and two youths badly wounded after a Saturday night incident. Commentary condemns concealed weapons as a community menace, warning that hot tempers can turn to violence over taunts. The piece argues ethics differ by region, urging restraint.
The line between the leagues first and second divisions is clear and distinct. The top four clubs are closely bunched with about a 10 percent gap separating the trailing team in the group from the leading team in the next quartet.
Lexington Park on the Lowell to Boston trolley route offers daily vaudeville in the rustic theatre this week. J W Gorman's novelty company headlines with the three American Stars and a mix of comedy and music. The Althea twins perform singing and acrobat dancing, Kenny and Clahane deliver conversational comedy, and Beaudoin appears on the bounding wire.
The Trades and Labor Council met yesterday to discuss the Labor Day parade. A route along the South common to South Street Middlesex Thordike Dutton Merrimack and Centralville was proposed with Chief Marshal Robert B Conroy to announce the final path soon.
The open electric cars drew attention as the favorite song “How dry I am” was heard yesterday, highlighting a quirky moment during the event.
Edwin A Howe John Slack Herbert L Whitney and Charles A Carey depart by Boston and Maine rail line at 1 pm Saturday for Syracuse New York to attend the fourteenth annual convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers. The event marks the largest carrier turnout in the history of free delivery with 954 branches and cities such as Lowell and Detroit playing historic roles. The Alhambra will host the gathering from today at 2 pm to Labor Day with a monster parade expected, 4000 gray-clad boys anticipated, and five bands from Syracuse Buffalo New York St Louis and Boston. President Roosevelt will review the Labor Day parade from a special stand. About 1300 votes will be cast in the convention. Edwin A Lowe John Slack Charles A Carey and Herbert L Whitney have attended prior conventions in Scranton Toledo Philadelphia Grand Rapids respectively…
New Haven Aug 8 After a grueling day amid heavy seas in the sound the naval reserve training ship Elfrine with Gov Ablram Chamberlain aboard anchored safely off Roton Point Norwalk. The Elfrina, carrying amateur tars, had left Niantic Friday night to join yacht racing off Sandy Hook but heavy weather forced a halt and a return to Huntington L I. The voyage across the sound yielded the most disagreeable moments of the trip.
Max Savage, son of Rev Minot J. Savage, was ordained a Unitarian minister in Lexington on Sunday. Noted figures including Rev W H Savage and Rev M O Simons attended, and the service featured an address from Dr Minot J. Savage with a prayer and formal charges for the new minister. The ceremony underscored a family involvement and drew former Boston parishioners and local Lexington clergy.
A letter from Devoe & Co advertising Devoe paint argues lead and oil paints wear poorly and require repainting every three years. It cites a Sheffield Pennsylvania example where 40 gallons were bought, 10 returned, claiming Devoe covers better and lasts longer, urging customers to choose Devoe.
Dr. Savage delivers a solemn charge to the new minister, urging reverence for the ministry as the grandest profession and the church as the locus of truth. He stresses leadership in thinking, careful sermon preparation, and guiding parishioners through sorrow, with the pulpit as the heart of the minister’s life. Continued on page eight.
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