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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier traces its line as Middlesex county’s oldest daily, founded 1825 and daily since 1845. Published at Courier Citizen Building Lowell with daily delivery six cents a week, excluding Sundays and holidays.
A fragment from the Lowell Daily Courier dated Friday December 13, 1901. The readable text notes a local event or notice, with names and places likely tied to Lowell, Massachusetts. Details are incomplete but reflect a period newspaper brief.
The mayoral business administration, praised as economical, now confronts the need to borrow $50,000 more. The Democratic city committee’s claims are called a whited sepulchre. With election past, the Damoclean sword looms as officials must borrow to cover deficits.
The piece argues Massachusetts defends black residents better than Southern states. It contends Massachusetts allows black legislators, enforces humane laws, and avoids mass lynching. It challenges claims of widespread Negro mistreatment in Massachusetts, noting crime rates and legal protections. It contrasts Southern lynching and harsher punishments with Massachusetts’ approach.
The piece cautions that Democratic hopes to regain the Massachusetts governorship and win seats are optimistic but unlikely in state or national races. It notes Republicans remain strong, Roosevelt’s rising popularity, and suggests Democratic gains in Boston and Cambridge are not enough to shift the balance. It warns rosy forecasts often fail and calls for prudent expectations.
The writer questions whether the China agreement termed a protocol is truly a treaty arguing that if every such agreement is a treaty no protocol can exist. They note the claim that the deal follows what was, in effect, a war and ponder the definitions.
The piece criticizes broad executive powers and warns of potential imperial tendencies. It weighs a massive tunnel under the Hudson linking Jersey City to Long Island and the idea of New York City as a European landing port for the Long Island railroad. It questions the supposed benefits of duty on hides, noting hides are a by-product and the duty’s impact on cattle producers and boot makers is overstated.
The Panama company grows anxious to arbitrate as global pressure shifts toward a Nicaragua route. With squally prospects, the canal may be dug elsewhere if Panama refuses a reasonable figure, prompting swift arbitration to fix value.
The piece notes that executive session summaries leak public insight into treaty debates. It questions Mr Carnegie's $10,000,000 offer as bonds rather than cash and warns conversion would complicate the gift to the United States, potentially binding the nation to friends in steel.
Report says Miss Stone is alive and enjoying comforts described as rude by the cable. She is reportedly trying to convert her captors and hopes the offering may now be taken at home. Residents of Centralville complain of a persistent dump fire producing odors as city health officials are urged to act. Next Friday is proclaimed flag day across the Louisiana Purchase for the France United States transfer of title.
Attempts to read signs of returning Democratic prosperity in Boston politics are dismissed as absurd. Senators keep backing the canal treaty in principle while voicing disbelief yet plan to vote for it, reflecting wavering national sentiment tied to local measures.
The article notes 1872 counts of 89 Americans and 60,000 Hawaiians, rising to 1900 counts of 4000 Americans and 30,000 Hawaiians, with Hawaiian death rate at 42.81 per 1000 and 13.75 for Americans. It also mentions railroads moving cotton on flat cars due to freight-car shortages, New Jersey lacking an executive mansion, Alabama’s capitol investment being smallest, New York largest, and efforts to preserve Fraunces Tavern as Revolutionary War landmark site.
Not A bene New York avoids discussing the new railroad tunnel. Poverty appears as luxury given pauper department costs. Mayor Hurley of Salem’s re election stirs old witches ghosts. Dimon’s campaign docs contrast with a large appropriation deemed inappropriate. Two weeks to Christmas. Expect higher Sunday school attendance. A western woman reportedly serves as an efficient railroad trainmaster. The Streets superintendent deserves part of his balance to build a monument. Mayor elect Collins of Boston noted as kind hearted yet Hartless by foes.
The text compiles quotations from diverse sources: President Roosevelt opposing tail docking for horses in DC with a proposed Senate bill and strong penalties. a Queen Victoria example influencing humane stables. a Boston Globe note praising Roosevelt. Concord Monitor contrasting American ship subsidies with foreign fleets. and Henry Watterson praising American union ideals amid modern change. It shows debate over humane animal treatment and protectionist maritime policy, plus reflections on national identity.
A Taunton Gazette critique questions Carnegie's plan to donate ten million dollars for a national university arguing funds might better strengthen existing institutions. The piece notes education may not advance by multiplying higher grade schools and highlights lack of primary schools as a broader issue. It contrasts regional needs with Chile's wartime posture and defends the value of Christmas tree forestry in Concord.
An editorial contrasts Amos Rusie once earning 2500 to 5000 dollars yearly with winters off now digging trenches for 1.50 a day. It argues strength alone fades and brains endure, warning youths not to idolize athletic wealth but to seek lasting skills for old age. The Cleveland Leader cites the lesson that brains beat brawn in life's long race.
A reader laments inadequate snow removal from streets and gutters after a major storm. He notes fewer volunteers, highlights poor contractor oversight, and contrasts bad bosses with diligent tradesmen. An anecdote on a Seattle telephone operator ends with a light jab at the fired girl. A Cadet armory election records Tom Talbot’s leap from private to captain, bypassing ranks.
The report notes a lieutenant selected by Secretary Root for a billet in the 27th after nine years in the corps. His prior service and wartime conduct are praised as the likely asset for Col. Edmands's military school, with a suggestion the State militia could gain from new biocod methods of modern warfare.
Editor notes a Courier paragraph harming Lowell’s no license stance. W.C.T. A. Lowell cites mass temperance leafleting and Sheriff Pearson speeches supporting a large no license majority next Tuesday. Enthusiastic Huntington hall meeting resolves to back no license and distrusts alcohol as medicine.
Jan Kubelik, the violinist, has achieved a triumphant reception in New York and Boston, confirming his status as a leading musical figure. Plans by Frohman and Gorlitz call for a Symphony Hall recital on Saturday and a farewell appearance on New Year's Day, with Jessie Shay as pianist and Rudolph From as accompanist.
At Geo H Wood's yesterday shoppers crowded the store seeking bargains from three big stocks including Durrant bankrupt stock Wood's wholesale and retail lines and a special Christmas trade stock The article notes Lowell and nearby towns may view Lowell as a trading center due to smallpox fears in Boston and highlights the store as a top holiday destination with unbeatable bargain fever.
Death announced for Edmund M Wood a Natick florist of national fame proprietor of the Waban Road conservatory aged 65 He led the National Association of American Florists as its president in 1899 He leaves a widow two daughters and a son
For sale an old established business in the centre of the city. Owner has another business needing his full time. Call for particulars. Also for sale a small five acre farm two miles from Lowell post office. One acre heavy wood fruit trees new buildings. Price 1200 dollars. Apply T H Elliott 4 Central Street.
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