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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
6
Oldest daily in Middlesex County tracing to 1825 with 1845 daily status. Published at Courier Citizen Building Lowell Merrimack Street. Daily except Sundays and holidays. Carrier delivery set at six cents per week.
A light snowfall yesterday afternoon ended by noon with slippery sidewalks needing sand. Morning was dull, but the sun returned with a mild forenoon and a pleasant atmosphere. Barometer readings show 29.86 yesterday 29.67 this morning and 29.65 at noon, with temperatures 33 35 and 40 degrees.
Boston dispatch reports a fair night with possible light snow in the northwest area. Saturday looks fair with fresh westerly winds across the region.
Editorial and counting room numbers are listed for Courier Citizen Company. Patrons are urged to use the proper phone lines for communications about advertising non delivery address changes and general business inquiries, with the business office at 31 5.
The entry argues that self-respecting citizens will vote for an honest capable leader regardless of party. It urges support for Mayor Howe as the best head of the ticket and calls for prudent, experienced candidates for aldermen and council, stressing integrity, maturity, and business sense. It notes the need to investigate other nominees.
The column argues Mr Casey seeks lower taxes and calls him sound though critics doubt his experience versus Mayor Howe. It paints Casey as opposed by grafters and raiders, while praising Howe for standing against waste and schemes. The piece invites readers to judge whether acts, not years, define fitness for office.
The editorial sides with Howe for mayor, arguing Casey’s record shows alignment with the crowd and criticizes Casey on vetoed proposals. It disputes no license as a solution, condemns postal fraud probes as Congress overreach, and endorses Howe’s cross-party support among business leaders and Republicans. Dowie and Zion receive brief critical notes.
President Eliot reports 2000 Harvard students participate in university athletics. British male height averages have risen by an inch in 50 years. Greenland New Hampshire, population 606, has 10 percent over 90 with several in upper ranges. Red uniforms lead in shooter's effectiveness, Yale tuition is 417000 this year up from last year, with 66000 aid to students, primarily in academia and theology.
A Chicago department store meeting reunites a brother and sister after 30 years while Boston cab drivers strike disrupts transport. The narrative threads a mayoral contest between Casey and Howe with claims of lower taxes and honest administration, hinting at post election repercussions and political tactics amid a wary electorate.
In this excerpt the Lowell Congregational club plans a meeting with Kirk Street church where Rev Dr Martin will discuss The Undying Puritan while Arthur C Spalding will perform an organ recital and the Kirk Street choir will sing. The piece also ridicules a Blowsbury poisoner and riffs on snow, sleighing and trolley life, noting how electric roads erase sleighing poetry and comparing winter travel with crowded electric cars. It ends with minor social commentary on youth in politics and a Hood’s Lotion advertisement.
A collection of editorial snips contrasts Senate powers with the Speaker, notes a Chattanooga negro anti whiskey party, critiques Colombia’s Hay Herran treaty stance, and warns that immigration pressures may worsen as the labor market cools. It cites Roosevelt, Lodge, and Congress on alien invasion.
Six United States senators cannot become president due to native-born requirements, with Patterson Ireland, Nelson Norway, Millard Canada, Wetmore England, Gallinger Canada, and Kearns Canada. The Senate holds more foreigners than the House, six of eighty-eight senators versus most of 386 House members native-born. House foreigners include Lorrimer England, Baker England, Lucking Canada, Hughes Canada, Lind Sweden, Barthold Germany, Rodey Ireland, McLachlin Scotland. William Vanderbilt Jr. joins New York Central to aid his father’s business after Europe trip. Springfield’s bishop-elect Geo Brinsley Morgan surprises New Haven clergy. he has not declared plans. Morgan has been Christchurch rector in New Haven for 17 years.
Sergt J D Rivet E M Flanagan R 8 Gowing and Corporal W A Mitchell of Co C have been reduced to the ranks at their own request. The order was read at Company C meeting Wednesday night. Company C will hold a dance December 18 and a ball in February. A February lecture by Gen Fitzhugh Lee on Cuba under company auspices.
An antique style sales pitch touts the Bossom Iron Couch with a white cotton mattress offered at 20 dollars, claiming prices on Prescott Street stay low due to lower rents and central location. The dealer rejects trading stamps, arguing buyers pay for them in higher prices elsewhere and asserts they always provide the best value.
A political advertisement invites voters to consider the choice between a green candidate and Howe, framing the contrast as a test of priorities. The piece emphasizes the candidate’s stance on environmental policy and leadership style.
The secret service and post office inspectors from New York Philadelphia Chicago and other cities plan a major crackdown on Sicilian and Italian blackmailing rings. Officials say a powerful, desperate group operates in New York with numerous murders kidnappings and extensive extortion. The crackdown aims to hit the foreign bands hard amid growing boldness.
Special telegraphs report a mixed week with continued industrial slackening but rising holiday demand and securities investment. Wages for 200000 workers cut 10 percent or more with plans for a further 300000 reductions by Jan 1 as mills run at partial capacity, shipments staggered by regional gains and declines across sectors.
Special railroad officers in Chicago captured three men charged with numerous livestock thefts from railroad cars. The suspects, Charlie and Archie Brundage and Frank Griffin, were found in a deserted dwelling near the railroad beyond railroad police jurisdiction. Shots were fired as officers routed them. Griffin was severely wounded. The Brundages have prior police records.
At Keweenaw near Eagle Harbor a cargo of 187000 bushels from the steamship John T Hutchinson blankets the lake shore. Locals gather flaxseed for feed while wreckers rush to salvage the vessel with $400000 in insurance and crews dumping grain to save the steamer.
On the White Star steamer Cedric which sailed from New York to Queenstown and Liverpool there were 1500 steerage passengers. This is the largest number ever carried from a United States port on any single vessel.
Madrid Dec 4 Premier Villaverde who yesterday tendered his cabinet resignation to King Alfonso owing to Republican opposition to the budget bill has declined to form a new cabinet and has advised the King to entrust the task to Senor Maura former minister of the interior
At the Thursday evening gathering of the Cotton Weavers union the officers for the coming year were elected. Thomas F. McDonald was named president, Arthur Greenwood vice president, Mrs Annie ODel recording secretary, Annie McMullen financial secretary and treasurer, and John Dalton sergeant at arms.
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