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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier describes itself as Middlesex county's oldest daily, tracing origins to 1825 and a daily since 1845. It notes publication at Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street, Lowell, with daily delivery by carrier in the city at 6 cents a week.
The December 20, 1901 issue notes Lowell aldermen rushing through $281,100 in loans for current expenses and a $12,000 rebuilding project for Gorham Street engine house after election. It questions mayor Dimon’s veto history, cites debt reduction figures, and comments on civic finances alongside broader notes on Porto Rico, Mexico, Congress, and local public affairs.
The Boston Herald criticizes Dewey and cites the Sampson Schley dispute as a flawed, harmful episode. It argues reopening the case will polarize supporters of Schley, diminishing sympathy and failing to help Dewey. The piece calls the affair a wretched episode not fit for exploitation.
The article notes many Americans prefer Senor Palma for Cuba’s presidency over Gen. Maso. Maso is seen as promising but Palma has greater public visibility, having emerged from the Cuba Junta notoriety in New York. Palma lives here, a fact considered advantageous.
The Boston Herald article argues against declaring William McKinley’s birthday as a national legal holiday, stating it is not expedient.
A compilation of quirky facts includes Belgium prisons allowing smoking as a good behavior reward, 40 cable ships needed to keep global cables powered, a Buenos Ayres clinic offering free medical aid to the poor, and a record drift of a bottle covering 6700 miles in 475 days. It also mentions Bedouin diet, long soak recipes, Lake Nicaragua’s freshwater lake with a shark species, and a Russian sect viewing hair as sinful while baldness signals sanctity.
A fragmentary OCR item titled Hese Not a Bene presents unclear wording with missing context. The readable portion hints at a placeholder or error in the OCR, offering no clear event date location or involved persons.
A quirky column lampoons local politics and civic quirks. It jokes about price cuts for sugar, Marconi’s wireless spark, vaccinating candidates, and Santa Claus as a space writer. It notes Manning’s efforts and jokes about cremators and the Boston council. Edward Everett Hale is cited on voting and volts.
A Lowell column covers a child asking if Santa knows his new address, a theft from a savings bank, and stock chatter on Amalgamated Cochiti and Erie. It notes copper prices volatile, a shuttered mill hopeful again, and a buoyant local Christmas trade urging buying at home. Also mentions pennies demand, church supper shifts to male committee, and a nostalgic Nervy Evans anecdote.
The Herald cites Judge Jerome accusing enforcement of the Raines law as promoting hypocrisy by raiding social clubs. The piece contrasts with a Springfield Republican note on color trials for the British channel squadron and a Rhode Island governor history via the Boston Journal.
Inspect before purchasing elsewhere, the Christmas stock of the Zepher Co. never attempted before in Lowell at the junction of Central and Middlesex streets.
Mrs. Virginia Young, age 104, died in Redwood, Jefferson county New York. She was grandmother of Tommy Ryan the pugilist. Mrs Octavia Dancy of St Louis served her Thanksgiving turkey on a 400 year old platter brought to America in 1700 by John de la Pryme. Lord Curzon travels with Lady Curzon and 120 attendants. southern Punjab railway eases dust. his arrival is marked by ceremony. William M Ulmer, 67, Knox county Maine sheriff, Civil War captain, businessman, died in Rockland after long illness. Survived by widow and two daughters.
Buy your Christmas gifts this week and be sure and buy from home merchants to support local businesses and celebrate seasonal shopping.
A discussion in American Medicine critiques deporting tuberculous immigrants as contagious. It notes the difficulty of drawing lines between severe and mild cases and warns of broad exclusion prompting international retaliation and public burden concerns.
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