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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
6
Oldest Middlesex county daily established 1825 and 1845. Published every day except Sundays and holidays at Courier-Citizen Building Lowell. Carrier delivery 6 cents a week by the Courier-Citizen Company.
Ex Speaker Reed at a New York bankers dinner warns that surplus money in the treasury drives burdensome taxes and hampers business. He advocates letting national banks hold surplus cash backed by government bonds to keep funds in circulation and support the money market, arguing this would prevent bonds from slipping away and stimulate commerce.
The piece critiques credulity in society as seven years penal servitude is noted for Diss Debar, while a male coadjutor receives fifteen. It condemns Theocratic Unity’s practices and discusses labor conferences’ status. It argues public sentiment must back such efforts, questions Roosevelt era cabinet certainty, and laments sensational anonymous political writing.
The commentary targets Gen Miles and Secretary Gage amid the Dewey inquiry fallout. Criticism cites Miles’s semi official remarks and Gage’s cabinet departure while noting copper and steel trust markets. Bourke Cochran mocks Roosevelt over Boer War remarks as Sampson battles rage.
Birmingham citizens back Joseph Chamberlain aligning with Salem’s mood as damage at city hall by Hurley supporters mirrors discontent. The New York Journal declares labor strikes likely to rise in the century. Omaha grand jury indicts slot machines as gambling devices amid debates over removal and appraiser Wakeman’s case sparks a wakeup.
A 1909 roundup reports Paris payment of the Eiffel Tower to the city for weather work, Maryland colored youths school near Laurel, Germany copper dust sheep, ancient Egyptian perfumed oil customs, Britain’s colonial ocean tonnage share, a day strike clock, Niagara Falls rock pits, a St Thomas shark rescue, quinine sales via post offices in India, and Bengal quinine cultivation growing to 4 million trees under Calcutta’s botanical leadership.
A playful, mixed set of quips referencing Kipling in South Africa, calls for a new treasury secretary by the President, Gage’s resignation before Long, Lynn expressmen returning to work, Santa Claus, and satirical lines about the Filipinos, Debarment of Diss De Bar, Coulombe’s Maine Central accident remark, Greenland birch, school discipline, slippers, and whaling.
A jumble of notes on horse trouble from icy streets, the solstice and sun angle, winter poverty, coal and heat costs, the Lowell State normal school building and taxation, gas and labor strikes, Dickens readings by Copeland, and a teasing aside about President Roosevelt and the D K E society. The piece mingles weather, economics, local institutions, culture, and public notices in a single column style.
A compilation of quotes from multiple sources praising neutral mediators between capital and labor, endorsing mediation to avoid strikes. Includes references to Roosevelt’s stance in Latin America, debates over Admiral Schley, Stanford University funding, state health reports, and calls for employer employee cooperation, with endorsements from figures like P. M. Arthur and Prof. Patten.
A. J. Snell of Summer Hill New York feared stomach pains would spoil a party. A friend advised Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He bought a bottle and says two doses cured him and allowed a good time at the party. The remedy is sold by all druggists.
A local column discusses President Roosevelt's ties to Delta Kappa Epsilon and notes DKE no longer holds Harvard charm due to large-school issues. It compares Alpha Delta Phi and labels shifts in fraternal life, then shifts to a laundry proofing quip about shirt starch and ironing, lamenting careless handling and misaligned collars and sleeves.
Patten the florist at 8 Merrimack Square offers Christmas greens holly laurel and evergreen wreaths for seasonal display and gifts.
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