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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
6
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county started in 1825 and as a daily in 1845. Published daily except Sundays and holidays at Courier-Citizen Building, Merrimack Street, Lowell. Delivery by carrier at six cents a week. Courier-Citizen Company.
The piece contrasts Hart and General Collins as candidates in a municipal race, arguing harbor improvement is a federal task and detailing their stances. It notes Collins questions Congress on timely action, while Hart touts his past and hints at campaign rivalry. It mentions party dynamics and past administrations in Quincy.
Senate debates propose drastic punishment for attempted murder of the president and harsh penalties for conspirators. Senator Burrows backs immigration controls to curb anarchist influence while canal plans pivot toward the Nicaraguan route. freight and shipping interests fear canal impact on established routes.
The commission prefers the proposed Nicaragua route as cheaper and more satisfactory despite lock costs and harbor construction. It notes longer completion time but sees tangible progress as a preliminary step toward a major waterway. The piece ends with social and European royal gossip about Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry.
The piece notes many reputed good citizens stayed home in prior elections and urges turnout for the upcoming city vote. It contrasts civic duty with belief in necessity affecting ballot use and ends with skepticism about capital punishment cases in Maine and Boston.
The President’s quick suggestions show senators near the executive prepared in advance. It cites the first municipal elections as a bad omen for city hall factions. It notes calls for anti anarchist laws, warns cranks remain a danger, and confirms favors the Nicaraguan canal route over Panama.
A compendium of brief observations on long lifespans and dynasties, venomous rivalries, nesting for flies, bamboo Indian pens, mourning customs in Egypt, a Denver Jewish riot over kosher meat, Manila’s tourist rise, merchant optimism, mass black displacement in Oklahoma, and the attorney general’s vow to curb homestead ejectments of African Americans.
At the next High Street lyceum Dudley Page will discuss gold mining in British Columbia last summer and the clash of prospecting and promoting. The piece also surveys rheumatism and dyspepsia cures, notes a daily luncheon challenge for a Boston man, and mocks New York yellow journalism buttons, snowbound travel, and a mean young cuss blocking traffic on Congress and State streets.
A letter signed by three Democratic ex mayors endorses Mayor Dimon, with critics arguing the move exposes Democratic infighting and questions Dimon’s party loyalty. The piece urges voters to back Republican John C. Wilson in 1902, condemning the letter as a poor argument for Dimon’s re election.
A collection of sharp, varied items touches Panama tensions over hats, Miss Stone’s rocky time, Nicaragua’s possible setback, suburban residents returning to town, canal and lock debates for Congress, sleigh belles season, a dog-cart collision involving Billie Vanderbilt, and playful quips on fairness and a Harvard soph’s appetite.
Quoted editorials discuss bank defalcations at First National Bank Ballston and broader speculation losses. They cite Roosevelt’s open public style, court independence, and Cuba policy risks amid postwar costs, urging stable governance for Cuba and cautioning on withdrawal timing.
Miss Isabel Hagner, social secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt, is ill with typhoid risk as Bryn Mawr receives a 230000 dollar gift from John D. Rockefeller for campus improvements. The offer requires 250000 more to be raised by June commencement to complete the project while Hagner oversees society events for the President's debutante daughter and remains in multiple social posts.
American boxer Jack Everhardt arrived in New York on the Oceanic after attending to his ailing mother. Previously residing in South Africa, he built substantial wealth there. Before departing London he wed Elizabeth Daly, sister of comedian Dan Daly.
Reports from transatlantic steamship captains describe a curious warm year in the Arctic with many icebergs released into the Atlantic. Vessels report colliding with dozens of icebergs, some exceeding 100 feet in height, drifting toward mid ocean.
Alvin Bryant remains in the hospital with lockjaw and his condition is unchanged. He had several convulsions yesterday morning, but anti-toxine was administered and he recovered, with him resting comfortably last evening.
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