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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1901
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier dated Wednesday December 11 1901 is presented as Lowell's oldest daily. It details publication ethos, delivery by carrier at six cents a week, and the Courier-Citizen Company address at Merrimack Street Lowell.
Close city race reflects Dimon's continued popularity and a strong showing for Wilson aided by a unified Republican vote. The piece notes aldermanic victories for seven Republicans, merit over party labels, and cautious optimism for future governance while reflecting on bank recoveries and economic notes such as rice and macaroni production and Diaz's tariff stance.
Boston voters deliver an unexpected landslide for Mayor Hart as the campaign undercuts his opponents. The notice notes a historically weak re election bid contrasted with a surprising turnout, highlighting the shock within Hart’s circle and the broader political climate in the city.
The piece mocks Honest John and complains that Molloy defeated opponents. It notes Amalgamated Copper stock decline and accuses voters of paying poll taxes and avoiding police court records as not being prerequisites for Democratic ward election.
A rapid digest of miscellaneous items includes New York City's water ambitions from the Catskills estimating a potential billion gallons daily, exotic horticultural tidbits from India, population comparisons if the US were as dense as San Salvador, a Bennington corn stalk showing ears of 8 and 12 rows, Portland charter commission votes on council salaries, Spokane council pay, Lincoln's Kentucky birthplace linked to a sanitarium rumor, and a note that Columbus brought the first horses to America on his second voyage in 1493 with 42 horses landing in Florida 30 years later, all framed as brief notes.
The piece cites editorials arguing about handling anarchists like Emma Goldman and Johan Most. It questions confinement on islands versus prisons and asks if public opinion would support isolating prisoners of war as a model for treating anarchists. It references the Monroe Doctrine response and opposition press views.
Miss Dorothea Klumpke, the Chicago astronomer, plans a return to the United States to oversee astral photography at Stanford California. Mrs Humphrey Ward, a polyglot writer, spoke of her early adjudication in a Spanish essay contest. Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton claims visions stem from disease and epilepsy explains biblical seers. William Marconi sails to Newfoundland to locate wireless stations. Rev Wilmer P Bird to work with Bishop Potter in New York, resigning as canon precentor of Cathedral of Garden City. Cures colds, prevents rip Fr. Johns Medicine.
The Century magazine prints Milton's L Allegro with illustrated chromes, provoking debate over whether the late poet would have been accepted today. The piece links familiar lines to a modern reprint, while children eye toy shops and Christmas cheer lingers amid local political chatter and winter street conditions.
In a party vote yesterday the council ballot yielded 6886 in favor for a key figure. It was broadly expected that Aldermen Carmichael and Miskella would win re election, but Miskella’s defeat came as a surprise to observers and reshapes the lineup at City Hall.
Garfield Colony pilots no major business at last night’s meeting. officers for the coming year will be nominated next. Association Catholique elected officers with little contest for president. Named: Horace Desilets, vice president Joseph Guimond, treasurer J B G Martin, assistant treasurer Napoleon Lozeau, recording secretary Henri Daegle, assistant recording secretary Oscar Dubuque, corresponding secretary Henri Achin Jr, librarian J W Chaput, inside sentinel Joseph Choquette, outside sentinel Maisie Cossette, directors Albert Bergeron Edmund Gill Leonidas Cote, medical examiner Dr G E Cassee, spiritual director Rev Fr Lewis O M I. Knights hold social, smoker feature. reception for supreme officers on the 19th, election on the 26th. Also a health ad notes daily bowels movement prevents disorders. promotes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, available everywhere.
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