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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
8
The Lowell Daily Courier-Citizen outlines its status as the oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County, established in 1825 and a daily since 1845. It notes publication every day except Sundays and holidays from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street in Lowell, with six cents weekly carrier delivery.
A bitter air mass kept temperatures below freezing yesterday with a biting breeze. The surface remained largely in the air due to a high gale, and Tuesday night snow blew into heavy clouds, reducing visibility and dust control. Outdoor conditions are similar today with cooler morning readings and afternoon highs near freezing.
Boston December 18 forecast: fair tonight with milder temps in the southeast portion. Saturday looks fair with a rising temperature and fresh north to northeast winds across the region.
Public notice lists telephone numbers for Editorial Counting Job departments and the business office at 31-5. The notice urges patrons to use care when calling for advertising non-delivery or address changes and business inquiries.
The article analyzes whether Boston’s sub-treasury should join a clearing house, noting New York and Chicago as examples, Boston’s staffing and sickness issues, mixed bank opinions, and potential use of certified cheques. It cites Senator Hoar’s independent stance on policy and criticizes anti imperialists while mentioning Mr Cover’s opposition to Dowd’s release.
The piece weighs murderous prison sentences and ill health pardons, questions Logue and Dowd’s guilt, and argues that justice deserves vindication if innocence exists. It critiques Mayors Collins and McClellan, the Atlanta in Colombian waters, and anti imperialist stances while noting Panama’s constitutional birth. It also mocks Berkeley’s defalcation and Chicago livery strikes as winter presses.
The item cites diverse claims about New York City surpassing various cities in ethnic groups and then wry anecdotes about speed, a Leavenworth incident, a father and switch, a missing boy, and bees used as messengers by the French army.
A traveller returning from Manchuria reports Russian troops continuing to move toward Port Arthur day and night. The dispatch notes ongoing mobilization and movement, reflecting the tense near Port Arthur with troops in transit across the region.
A collection of satirical lines references Cuba reciprocity, a police slogan, Senator Hoar, a panama, a delayed restaurant order, a banana skin tread, and a “Peace Apostle” tag. It notes a land boom in a summer street extension and hints at misdeeds contrasting with the Prince of Peace birthday anniversary.
A fragmentary Lowell column reports a Cuba land venture by two youths, a roofer injured near John Eliot's tomb, and multiple naturalization stories at the police court. It also notes hosiery convention views on cotton and prices, plus holiday toy disparities between rich and poor families.
A collage of editorials and quotes from Chicago Inter-Ocean, Washington Star, Indianapolis Journal, Chicago Chronicle, and Worcester Spy criticize crime visibility, wage questions, Russian diplomacy, New Yorker regionalism, and a medical election precedent. Notable mentions include Carroll D. Wright and Senator Hoar in framing debates.
Gen Lew Wallace travels in New York for X ray cancer treatment with possible operation if unsuccessful. Berlin denies claims Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meliningen ill. Capt A C Warren named assistant inspector general with major rank, succeeding retired H P Ballard. Horace Vose mailed a 29 pound Christmas turkey to Sir Thomas Lipton. Rev F Victor Romanelli raises parish funds via church junkshop asking for old rags metals clothes. Booth Tarkington plans to reenter politics in Indiana potentially as senator or governor.
Charles Pierson, a Galveston resident labeled an anarchist, was arrested on disorderly conduct and tried in the recorder's court for obstructing streets. He was found not guilty and discharged. No evidence supports sensational reports about plans of President Roosevelt's Oyster Bay home in his possession.
Chicago dispatch reports Gus A. Grigsby stealing from M. L. Barrett & Co while earning $9 a week. Manager David L. Rose says Grigsby stole about $200 daily, totaling $12,000 to $15,000 in stock. $250 worth of vanilla beans seized on arrest.
The advertisement asserts a universal cure for catarrh called Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims to treat catarrh as a constitutional disease by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offering one hundred dollars for any failure, and invites testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Concord New Hampshire December 18 Friends of Albert H Eastman the Berlin banker gather in the city hoping to aid him with the ongoing federal proceedings in the grand jury room where an indictment is sought for false entries at Berlin National Bank Col J E Pecker a financier owning Eastman bank stock defends Eastman saying he is innocent though a bold operator Maine and Massachusetts friends are also present National Bank Examiners H E Carroll and Ewer are among those testifying as the grand jury resumes at 10 this morning Witnesses fill ante rooms while armory decorations glow tonight
Features a Milwaukee Sentinel adaptation of Hiawatha reflecting Christmas shopping chaos and old Ojibway humor. The piece blends comic verse with satirical jabs at gift buying and modern excess, ending with an ad note for calendars, cards, and slippers from Lawler's.
Chicago reports the strange case of Mrs. Clara Laing Malcolm who learned at 27 and after marriage that she was an heiress to an estate valued at 135000 dollars. Guardianship records reveal vast expenditures including 2600 for a Europe trip and 27000 for land, while the principal heir her father Cuthbert W. Laing faced questions from Probate Judge Cutting.
Judge Cutting ordered a citation to the plaintiff's father, demanding his appearance in court in a Lake Michigan district case made without court permission. The action seeks to enforce compliance and bring the parent before the judge for proceedings.
Peter Van Viissen sends 1165 to aid Boers near Kopjes Siding Orange River Colony. General De Wet thanks him and supporters for relief to ruined families after the war harvest failures. De Wet appeals for further help for widows and children.
Germany and Mexico are the first foreign governments to begin erecting booths and facades in the liberal arts manufactures and education buildings at the world’s fair. Other nations plan operations soon. Plaster casts of famous American sculptors have arrived and will be stored in the arts building before installation in the sculpture hall.
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