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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1905
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier announces its long history as Middlesex county's oldest daily, established 1825 with 1845 as a daily, published at Merrimack Street. It notes daily delivery by carrier in Lowell for six cents a week, with Courier Citizen Company listed.
A clear and cool night gave way to a fair morning with a cloudless sky and bracing temperatures. Early frost was heavy, and barometer and temperature readings were noted as 29.80, 30.25, and 30.25 with 34-23.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Cadet Meriwether showed limited courage to refuse combat. It reports a railroad rate bill passing the house and discusses economic indicators including per capita money circulation at 31.73 dollars. It mentions the Cunard turbine steamer We Be Level making its maiden Atlantic crossing and the Penn State College student strike led by Buckout.
The remark questions Abdul Hamed's stance amid war, suggesting he believes Muslims can match Christians if heathen forces prevail. It notes some observers attribute his stubbornness to the belief that white armies are ineffective.
Boston's acting mayor stirs trouble for his party by injudicious dealings with commissions. The piece argues Boston should end the Democratic domination seen as flagrant and seeks reform.
A statement urges using any usable evidence the mayor has to prove improper political influence by the police board. The goal is to end the influence and deter future conduct with decisive action rather than more discussion.
In a proclamation City Clerk Donovan states qualified male citizens will vote for a capable discreet man on election day, likely sidelining Fitzgerald and Dewey. The piece critiques Morgan over plans to unload a subsidiary railroad, questions police board influence, and notes Dow denies improper actions while Casey’s reelection stance draws scrutiny.
The article reviews the presidents long message focusing on its verbiage and core themes. It covers defense of national security, tariff principles, reciprocity, rate regulation, and calls for federal control over railroads and insurance. It notes the need for wise economy, labor and capital balance, and various reform proposals including pensions, immigration, and civil matters.
The analysis notes the Philippines and Santo Domingo references and the Monroe doctrine in the president’s message. It remarks the document is lengthy for ordinary reading and somewhat unfocused as a state paper, though the homiletic, sermon-like tone of Roosevelt’s delivery is praised as wholesome.
A collage of political barbs and snippets notes subsidies, home rule, adjournment, prominent figures like Mr Moran and Mr Balfour, Campbell Bannerman, Cy Sulloway, Kalin, and Ames. It riffs on governance, industry, theater, and wills with tongue in cheek humor and local pride.
Quotation from Worcester Telegram notes Salem as a potential sports hub with a $1,600,000 investment funded by New York interests, while warning of a moral cost to New Hampshire and New England. It contrasts with praise for the Grand Army badge and its lack of formal honors, predicting growing respect for the medal across societies.
Blundy appeals to voters at Paine Memorial Hall arguing that the city’s moral decline over six decades is evident in the men Breлиб to whom Boston residents are asked to entrust their suffrage today.
Hartford Courant calls for Richard A. McCurdy to resign as president of Mutual Life and as director of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. The paper argues his usefulness as a loan link is over. Springfield Republican notes the same connection as a possible reason for his board seat.
Vancouver report states Mice Tupper wed Cecil Jack ritt yesterday. The bride is eldest daughter of Sir Charles Tepper former minister of justice for Veneda and Sir Charles Tupper baronet premier of Canada. both fathers attended the wedding.
The piece reflects on Christmas as a rising force in spending, noting earlier gift seasons, growing demand, broader supply, and the role of newspapers ads. It discusses Thanksgiving receding as a family reunion holiday and Christmas drawing money from pockets as streets fill with displays and shoppers. It also mentions a humorous Old World joke about fly specks and a discussion of national holidays.
A Camden special reports at the sixth day of the Little Rock conference trial a minister named McGobey D. D. was found guilty of slander for remarks about the church and suspended from ministry for six months amid a Hawking on the matter.
Rev. Rufus W. Clark resigns after eight years as director of St. Pauls Episcopal in Detroit to become departmental secretary for the Middle West for the Board of Foreign Missions with headquarters in New York. He may continue to assist in Detroit while serving in that role.
Rev Walter Madison White resigns as San Francisco minister to assist the University of New York president. Dr Douglas Hyde to keynote Gaelic reception in Chicago January 7. Wealthy Chickasaw John G Clark retires after 50 years at Bank of California. Dr Sven Hedin travels to Persia planning exploration of Dasht i Kavir and Dasht i Lut, then Afghanistan and India.
An injured or ill boy survived a membranous croup episode following a protracted attack described in jumbled notes. The report mentions medical staff and likely a hospital or physician, with street or neighborhood context implied but not clearly stated.
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