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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1902
Page
8
Public notice of the Lowell Courier Citizen Company details the newspaper as the oldest daily in Middlesex County, established 1825, daily except Sundays and holidays, delivery at 6 cents a week from Merrimack Street office.
The Sunday snow storm left visible traces only in sheltered spots while streets remained mudded. Yesterday and today brought continued mild pleasant conditions with a steady barometer around 29.70 to 29.72 inches and temperatures near 46, 38, and 50 degrees.
Boston reports a forecast for New England with fair conditions tonight. Wednesday brings rain or snow and warmer temperatures with light variable winds becoming easterly to southerly and increasing.
Inquiries and notices should be addressed to the business office. Patrons are urged to use care in communications and changes of address. For inquiries, call the newspaper offices at NY telephone numbers 313 and 314. Advertising and delivery matters are handled by the business office.
The Courier previews the President’s message, noting it is shorter than most, and promising full publication tomorrow with restrained initial comment. The paper calls it a remarkably manly and sensible state paper based on its early impressions.
The piece argues against claims that Roosevelt or Republicans seek to block trust regulation to threaten current prosperity. It asserts Republicans will not hinder reasonable anti trust laws and notes existing anti trust statutes were enacted by Republicans. It contends regulation can expand protections without harming legitimate business, and predicts prosperity will grow over the next two years.
Labor leaders pressed city candidates on municipal ownership and union-only hiring. Opinions diverge on timing and benefit, with caution about partisan bias and recent experiences in other cities. They argue eight hours’ honest work is sufficient and question rules that might limit city procurement to union labor.
The piece argues for a park commission to end political patronage, supports Oklahoma as best suited for statehood over Arizona and New Mexico, warns against ballot box stuffing, criticizes Brady's campaign approach, and notes manners of observing a deceased member's funeral.
The mugwump papers attack Secretary Shaw for telling customs officers to be lenient in classifying anthracite for duty and condemn Theobald for strict enforcement of the law against smuggling the "400" variety.
Ex Secretary Russell A. Alger can afford serenity as he takes his seat in the United States Senate. His chehra will now take back seats.
The hearing before the railroad commissioners in Boston regarding the Pelham Street Railway has been postponed for one week. The extension delays consideration of the proposed line and related matters, with officials awaiting further submissions and testimony.
A collage of sharp, satirical notes on December topics includes remarks about Turkish acts and cigars, the Blondinjury outing, Marion whitecaps, Charlemagne Tower, and Julius Caesar. It jests at Congress, trust politics, New England cattle, contagious hospital patients, Boston murder trial features, Bates private secretary, Portland mayoral race, and election law status.
About a score of High Street society members, mostly women, met at the vestry to plan entertainments for church fund raising. Proposals included a "country store" vestry event, a stereoscopic lecture with Lowell photos, a play by the youth, an international chafing-dish supper, and a memorial table for former attendees. A five member committee will be named to report plans next Sunday.
The column riffs on a looming cold snap and fuel scarcity, jokes about city election timing, and recalls a misattributed Shakespeare line tied to Mary Russell Mitford. It notes clerical caution in marriages at New York s Little Church Around the Corner, a naturalization quiz, club name debates, a boy suiting up in long trousers, and the burning of Gray s Inn in Jackson New Hampshire with Lowell ties and local musicians mentioned.
Chelmsford prepares for a town hall hearing Friday at 7 30 pm to express views on a proposed state highway route to Lowell. The meeting aims to gauge public opinion ahead of possible changes in highway construction funding and any shift of a $5000 appropriation, with officials from the highway commission likely to attend.
The report notes Joe Cannon with an unlit fuse in his mouth and Salem H Wales, Elihu Root's father in law, near death in New York with no hope. Secretary Root planned to travel to New York immediately. Also mentions tall dress shirts priced at 1.60 and H L Bailey of Merrimack Street.
A collection of satirical notices cites reactions to Mr. Balfour and an international standard golf ball. It contrasts New York Press pride in Illinois whiskey revenue with Peoria distilleries, then recalls a New Castle county workhouse football controversy raised by William Lloyd Garrison and echoed by the New York Sun.
New York reports sharp price rises in most household staples since January, about 26 percent, prompting boarding house keepers to raise weekly rates by $1. Kitchen items show higher costs, coffee being the notable exception.
Chicago December 2. Owing to greatly increased traffic the Burlington system has created the post of assistant general traffic manager. George H Crosby has been appointed to the position with headquarters in Chicago.
Wilson K. R. Mizner, brother of Rev. W. Mizner, returns from a perilous Arctic voyage aboard the Portland. The vessel, caught in heavy ice, reached within 600 miles of the pole, drifting north of Herald Island near the Pacific’s northern edge before sinking north of the Bering Strait. A revenue cutter later searched futilely for the ship.
Pension changes list originals and widows across several towns. Joseph P. Bickers Marshfield Hilla receives six dollars monthly, Thomas F. Armstrong Egartown shows two dollars, Emily F. Wilson Attleboro receives twelve, Anna I. Scott Ipswich eight dollars.
In New Mexico near Albuquerque a family named Charbee, including two adults and their three children, were burned to death when a log cabin fire trapped them as they tried to escape. The roof collapsed during the blaze.
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