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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1901
Page
6
The item describes the Owell Daly Courier as the oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county, established in 1825 and as a daily since 1845, published at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell with daily delivery at six cents a week, by Courier-Citizen Company.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes that the paper will publish the President's message in full tomorrow afternoon. The document is described as lengthy but not as long as some predicted, and expected to be very interesting from start to finish.
The Fifty-Seventh Congress convened with quick adjournment for President McKinley’s memory and will reconvene after Roosevelt’s message. January marks real work on tariffs, reciprocity, the canal, taxation, and military plans, with expected friction and strong political by plays as debates shape the nation’s appendencies and policy.
The piece argues reform in municipal rule happens only under pressure and cites New York as a repeated pattern. It says good citizens neglect duty between crises, and Lowell faces a city election with two candidate sets. It asserts decent governance is possible if voters choose responsible, reputable leaders, avoiding those with recent criminal issues.
The piece notes Gen Collins and Mayor Hart spar over outcry from self styled groups claiming vast influence. One agitator named is the Public Franchise league which has pressed candidates on issues and voting power.
The piece contrasts May or Hart and Gen. Collins switching to municipal subway ownership and referendum support, while noting Wood’s Cuba policy remarks. It also covers Delaware House composition, GOP majority, and upcoming leadership, plus Dowrey’s drowning-rescue medal and Sheriff Pearson’s polarizing whiskey comment.
Governor Jenkins of Oklahoma confessed taking $10,000 in stock from a sanitarium company in exchange for a contract to care for the territory’s insane. The President dismissed him, and Democratic figures including Mr. Bryan influence shifts are noted as part of broader party tensions.
The piece notes that emptying the sea would take 40,000 years to refill with rivers, cites ancient armored whale ancestors, records petrified tropical fruits in Spitzbergen coal, and compares ruby and diamond values. It also mentions a St. Petersburg art society planning Paris exhibitions, London omnibuses, U.S. bus usage, heavy northern New Hampshire snow, and planned logging.
A collage of quotes and wry observations touches on Col Meade, Queen Wilhelmina, novice skaters aligning astronomical studies, a mislaid copper trust, Bullet Sunday, Daly at West Point, Miss Stone rumors, military and naval contrasts, Congress and canal finance, Amalgamated under Tom Lawson, Goudie the English defaulter, and John L Parker’s fiftieth printer anniversary, each line hinting at public figures and events with tongue in cheek commentary.
Quotations show strong Republican feeling in Lowell affecting aldermen and the mayoralty race. Mr Hemenway told the Sunday Herald Republicans believed gains possible, while Democrats credit the party with improving prospects. Democratic leader Mr Richardson urged active Congress attendance and loyalty to constituents as House seats shift. Speaker Henderson emphasized the need for legislators to be present during sessions despite a larger majority.
M Constans the French ambassador to the Porte has returned to his post after the France Turkey tensions. Gov Voorhees and Sen Stokes report Sen Sewell improving in health. Rev W A Bacon resigns Shelburne Falls church post to lead Park church Springfield starting Jan 1. Berlin reports Emperor William offering Harvard a plaster cast collection for the Germanic Museum. Lee portraits lent to Washington and Lee University by Gen G W Custis Lee will hang in the University Art gallery. Miss Helen Hay engaged to Payne Whitney of New York. John F Stickney of Newburyport turns 100 on Nov 4 and votes, his first presidential vote was for John Quincy Adams.
A column recalls tastier memories and current local scenes in Lowell. It mentions boys skating on ponds near reclaimed land between First street and the river, warns of drowning risks, and notes fires near the ice. The piece also covers a vaccination anecdote, street vending debates, reflections on John Boyd, a Congregational meeting with Rev. Lyman Abbott, Nashua Board of Trade talks, and polling tax tensions with election officials in a lively Lowell paper tone.
A reader laments shifting usage from stent to stunt for allotted tasks and notes dictionaries’ silence on this sense. The column discusses pronunciations of lyceum muse um and museum, praising Boston’s logmation while noting a New York joke at Boston’s expense.
The note lists molasses kisses with dates figs mixed nuts oranges lemons and bananas as best confectionery items offered by Killpartrick Bros. It presents a short advertising style summary of the product range and vendor name.
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