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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
6
The Lowe Daly Courier, the oldest daily in Middlesex County, was established in 1825 and ran daily except Sundays and holidays. Based at Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street, Lowell, it delivered by carrier for 6 cents a week.
The second snow storm of the winter is under way with yesterday mild and hazy. This morning it turned cloudy and snow began to fall, whitening the ground and continuing at a fair pace through forenoon. Barometer readings were 30.10 yesterday 30.07 this morning and 29.92 at noon. temperatures 32 35 and 34 respectively.
Boston reports a threatening forecast for New England with snow or rain along coast tonight and Thursday. Northerly winds will be fresh to brisk as northeast storm warnings are displayed from Boston to New Haven.
Editorial and counting room numbers are listed for the Courier-Citizen Company. Patrons are asked to use care when calling and direct advertising, non-delivery, address changes, and business inquiries to the business office at 31-5.
In the Lowell Daily Courier, December 2 1903, an editorial argues that liquor importations rise weekly and that ending local licenses did little to curb drinking or improve city finances. It notes much liquor reaches residents anyway and questions the benefit of prohibition, suggesting license revenue and regulation are lost without reducing harm. The piece cites clamp to clergy opinions and stresses the issue is consumption, not sale.
The piece argues that using quotation marks around the United States as a world power is unwarranted sarcasm. It contends that becoming a world power is a factual, gradual process that began long ago, not a boast or vanity, and that the country has surpassed its early limits since independence.
The article argues the United States has become a world power by natural law and must accept its global role, dismissing fears of imperialism. It critiques postal statute limits, endorses May or Howe for mayor, references the Boston postmaster investigation, comments on Russia unrest, city politics, and broader religious and industrial matters with a period voice and plainspoken stance.
A curio of quotes and references to Mayor Howe Ayer and other figures. The excerpt ponders a mayoral veto timing General Butler reading the Tewksbury report and mentions Gen Wood and Mr Donnelly while weighing prosperity and policies including Canadian reciprocity and the death penalty.
Thomas Leonard foreman for Andrew Wilson Coopers was likely fatally injured in a fall from staging on Canal Street near Hampshire yesterday afternoon. The scaffold 3½ feet high rested on ladders. a broken ladder caused a tremor that pitched Leonard headfirst onto the ground catching his arm on a ladder. He was taken to Cottage hospital with multiple injuries. Leonard lived at 66 Tremont Street and another worker suffered a severely wrenched right foot.
The House of Lords ruled that women cannot become qualified lawyers in England. The decision stemmed from Bertha Cave's appeal after Gray's Inn benchers refused to admit her as a student for bar call. Lords found no precedent or reason to permit women at the Inns of Court.
Louisville December 2 the state board of health instructed Dr J N McCormack secretary to notify West Virginia that unless precautions are taken to protect Kentucky against smallpox patients entering from that state a quarantine will be established All entrants to Kentucky will be vaccinated Dr McCormack will act promptly as the board says the health of Kentucky communities is threatened by incoming smallpox sufferers from West Virginia
A brick structure on Main street in Westbrook known as the Lisk mill owned by S. D. Warren Paper Co. burned early today. Loss about 20000 with partial insurance. First floor housed A. T. Elwell grocer James W. Morris grain dealer Westbrook Hammock Co. Second floor housed Superior laundry Geo B Skillings manager. Norris suffered about 10000 loss insured. Surrounding property endangered briefly.
Mrs Reginald C Vanderbilt, who fell at the Newport Opera house Monday evening, was so much improved last evening that her physicians announced there was no longer danger of serious consequences. Citizens! If slander is fed you by malicious men who have their personal petty grievances remember it is election time vote for Howe Ady.
A Boston New Hampshire Exchange club on Beacons Hill serves meals at low prices amid talks by Philip W Ayers on forest preservation and lumbering efforts. Reports describe winter weather on election day 1902 with snow and cold, plus an amusing anecdote about a lost package on a Broadway car. The Springfield Republican notes a cheap algae control method for city water and questions Lowell’s algae woes and reservoir plans.
The body of Miss Annie Wilkins, who left her home at 50 Montgomery street last Friday, was recovered in the Charles river near Berkeley street. A fur boa hat muff and pocketbook were found arranged in a neat bundle on the sea wall. Congressman Littlefield, First Congregational church, to speak tonight.
An appeal to mothers stressing early guidance for girls entering womanhood. It warns neglect leads to female weakness and consumption, urging immediate use of Dr. Kase’s Blood and Nerve Food to build strength, improve complexion, and restore health, with sales by Chase Co. and A. W. Dows & Co.
A young man named Benny Casey pursues a rise to mayor while townsfolk warn him. He reaches city hall on a December night only to learn Howe has been elected instead. He leaves wiser, admitting he should have known better than to seek the post.
The latest figures list spindles in New England cotton mills led by Fall River with 2,940,354 and New Bedford, Lowell, Manchester, and Lawrence following. An eight inch pipeline carries 20,000 barrels daily from Bakersfield to San Francisco Bay, heated every 27 miles. The US fisheries bureau works to culture the endangered lobster via artificial propagation. A French railway experiment uses end carriage pictures to help passengers recognize their compartment, akin to names on American parlor cars.
Sam Parks, once business agent of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's union, lies ill in Sing Sing prison hospital after being moved from his cell by order of the prison physician. He is said to be a victim of consumption and may be transferred to Dannemora prison hospital. He was assigned to the brush shop, but confinement worsened his condition.
Durham N C December 2 the Trinity College board of trustees refused to accept Prof J S Bassett resignation following criticism of his remark that Booker T Washington is the greatest man born in the South besides Gen Lee in the past century.
Delegates from all sections east of the Rockies and from Canada to the Gulf gather in Philadelphia for the opening of the Christian Endeavor convention. The meeting brings together youth workers and leaders to discuss mission work and church youth programs.
The remark hints Peter's desire for acknowledgment and a light jab about avoiding rash actions. Observers note the quick, witty tone as a sign of diplomacy and restraint in a tense moment.
Holiday goods are now open for inspection at a first-class book and stationery store. A choice line of books, stationery, writing materials, and other usual items are on display. Patrons are invited to inspect the stock even if they do not buy.
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