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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1902
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier outlines its long history as the oldest daily in Middlesex County founded 1825 became a daily in 1845. It is published at the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street Lowell with carrier delivery at six cents a week, except Sundays and holidays.
A storm and changing conditions marked a holiday period with snow mixed with sleet and hail, followed by rain and a deluge overnight. The next day turned milder and springlike with high temperatures, while forecast guidance from Boston noted a storm center over the St Lawrence valley and cooler winds for New England.
The notice outlines phone procedures for the Job Department and Counting Room Patrons. It directs readers to use careful phone practices for advertising, address changes, and business inquiries, with communications to be sent to the business office at 31-5.
The article lauds President Roosevelt for potential arbitration of the Venezuela dispute. It notes high confidence in his honesty and capability, and compares him to past arbiters like King Oscar of Sweden. It mentions choosing The Hague tribunal or the President acting alone, both viewed as complementary options.
The general view is that the President will take on the task of deciding the Venezuelan issue if the powers request him. He is seen as fair minded by both the powers and Latin Americans and as their hopeful mediator. He may undertake the job to avoid a distasteful war in the region, though reluctance is expected.
The piece argues a commerce department plan, with Geo B Cortel as possible secretary, may pass. It notes talk of a labor section and seeks a permanent, peaceful method to settle disputes like the coal controversy, beyond makeshift commissions and Hanna’s Federation. It also discusses US Venezuela actions and European diplomats’ reactions.
The piece surveys diplomacy as viewed by outsiders, notes the U S as a rising world power with fewer external partners than Europe, and criticizes the coal strike commission delays and union behavior. It covers Marconi wireless claims, Humbert frauds, a union painter’s reinstatement, and library trusteeship hints, ending with remarks on daylight on the shortest day and early lights.
A survey of 1900s notes three deadliest Alpine accidents stemmed from snowstorms avalanches and lightning. It compares transport classes between Siberian railways and European Russia and reports disparate prices for oysters in Berlin restaurants. It also cites Prussian prison populations irrigation waste and other varied curiosities.
A breezy column notes warmth spreading as December and January swap roles, Roosevelt crossing the Rapidan, and Venezuela facing blockade odds. It mentions Vanderbilt steadiness, Atkinsor’s tariff talk favoring higher value, and a Christmas dinner conundrum about coal and turkey.
The Countess de Castellane and two of her children reached New York Sunday and will stay a few months with her sister Helen Gould before the count joins them in a month to pursue a return to the French chamber. Blanche Walsh marriage rumors to Hugo Toland are denied by McVicker's management. Rev Abram Conklin resigns after Sunday sermon at Fitchburg Universalist church, to take effect Feb 1 and accept a call to Grove Hall Dorchester.
James Francis Harry St. Clair Erskine the fifth Earl of Rosslyn lost about 1500 dollars in ocean deck poker on the Etruria. A man identified as Jerome McKay, a Harrisburg capitalist, was arrested for suspicious conduct. Detectives vented a search for Doc Owens, a noted card crook, as police warned him off future gaming aboard steamers. The earl planned theatrical work and marriage details with Miss Beatrice Irwin remain unsettled.
Rev Dr A N Magnien president emeritus of St Marys seminary Baltimore died Sunday at 65. Miss Dora L Merrill longtime women’s educator died Saturday in Exeter NH aged 86. Merrill born Stratham eighth of twelve children. taught and led schools in Hampton Ipswich Charleston Mobile Concord Exeter. Skates and sleds at Thompson Hardware Co.
Supt A K Whitcomb told most school board members there is no chance of extending the vacation to two weeks due to coal scarcity. He warned a longer break would cost the city about $8000 with no return, and the schools would stay open while coal lasts.
Residents wonder why coal prices stay high as transport costs rise and regular channels falter. A clergyman famed for rhetoric is critiqued for excessive alliteration in sermons. A parishioner recalls her daughter inviting a neighbor's child to church, praising the minister yet remarking his illiteracy.
Firemen gained ground as the Brown building fell and a dynamite blast occurred. The blaze crippled wires, streetcars, lights, and phones, with heavy damage to Gay street stores including Brandan Kennedy and Whit tle-Spence, and substantial losses estimated between 400000 and 500000 dollars. The McTeer and Davies blocks and others burned briefly but were saved. the heaviest loss fell on Geo. Brown Hardware with 180000 stock. The origin remains a mystery, Knox ville Pants owner Charles Parham noted no fire since Saturday.
Lowell dogs earned top prizes at the Merrimack Valley Kennel Club beach show held in Lawrence city hall last weekend. Eugene S. Hylan’s Boston terrier Tokio won all three novice, limit, and best dog of the breed in the novice class. William Bell’s Boston terrier placed third in open. Mrs Hicks’s St Bernard took third in open and earned a special prize from the Massachusetts Ladies’ Kennel Club. Mrs Abbott Lawrence’s dachshund won open and earned a special prize for best dog of its breed.
W J Crawford announces plans to press courts to compel Mayor Johnson to repay 37000 paid for salaries and expenses by the tax bureau which the court ruled had no legal standing. He will also seek return of 500 a month salary drawn while the mayor was away on personal business. The mayor was allowed two weeks paid vacation with longer absence prompting a corresponding salary reduction.
Judge Lew and his elderly wife were found slain in their home six miles south of Almira on a lonely road. The robbers attacked for money, breaking into the safe and taking a large sum. An axe lay nearby, but no clue to the killer is known.
The Day Nurseries celebrate a Christmas event on Saturday December 27 with contributions of toys candy fruit and clothing. Send to 64 Kirk Street where all items will be divided between the two nurseries.
Akron, Ohio, Dec. 22. John Barber shot and killed his wife last night and was seriously injured by his son who struck him with a club while trying to protect the mother. It is alleged Barber was intoxicated.
The Boston and Northern street railway company will require a service stripe system. Con ductors and motormen will wear a sleeve stripe for every five years on the road. Motormen receive silver braid and conductors gold braid.
With fuel scarcity the Grace Universalist church will conduct all services in the vestry for the present. Piping to the auditorium will be disconnected and heat directed to the vestry.
Senor Guillermo de Landa y Escandon was yesterday re elected mayor of Mexico City for the fourth time, in a result announced on December 22.
The firm notes that new styles arrived before Christmas for early trade and offers affordable pieces suitable as Christmas gifts. O'Donnell and Gilbride Co presents a selection described as lovely and reasonably priced for holiday shoppers.
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