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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
6
Sorell Daly Gourier notes the oldest daily paper in Middlesex county founded 1825 and daily since 1843 excluding Sundays and holidays. Published at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell with carrier delivery six cents a week.
Boston reports occasional rain or snow tonight and Sunday morning followed by clearing and colder temperatures. Winds become light and variable, with increasing strength expected later Sunday.
Courer Citizen Company lists telephone numbers for Counting Room Editorial Rooms Job Department and Patrons urged to use care when calling. Communications about advertising non delivery address changes and business inquiries should be directed to the business office 21 2.
In the Lowell Daily Courier dated December 23 1905 Moran challenges his voters to resist dictatorship claims while a Boston critic derides Roosevelt rivalries. The piece also weighs Niagara Falls power for rail use and previews Jamestown’s May to November 1906 celebration with attention to historical notes on Pocahontas and English settlement.
A fragment discusses holiday editorials in newspapers, noting Christmas prompts moral reflections and political themes. It questions whether holiday pieces offer new insight, and comments on the role and aging of editorial opinions in media.
The piece argues Christmas as a religious holiday uniting Christian creeds, urges living the Christmas spirit year round, and discusses Jesus’s teachings as universal, condemning narrow sectarianism while praising the global spread of righteousness and brotherhood inspired by his message. It notes the tension between devout belief and secular interpretation, and calls for broader understanding of Christ’s ideas beyond dogmatic divisions.
A eclectic column riffs on posturing figures like Boss Odell and Attorney General Parker, jokes about Connecticut blue laws, and quips about Congress, Speaker Cannon, and railway rebates. It notes George Ade and distant consular figures, hints at suffrage talk in Russia, and comments on engagement rings among fashionable circles.
Boston December 22 Gen Nelson A Miles US Army retired asks the secretary of war to be relieved from duty in Massachusetts where he was appointed military adviser and acting inspector general. Gov Douglas to receive Miles report tomorrow which favors a state encampment every three years and militia organization improvements including uniforms and pay.
A brief schoolhouse sermon by Milford in the Home Journal tone. It extols mothers over fathers and urges boys to beware of fooling mothers who see through pretenses, noting mothers plan and think much despite a gentle front. It presents a playful warning about vanity and parental wisdom.
A Winchester Indiana resident C W Lynch states his young son survived a severe membranous attack after a single dose of an unspecified remedy. The report mentions local merchants and products but the OCR text is fragmentary and unclear about the exact treatment and outcome.
A traveling fakir hawks a self-running dancing hen made in Gapan, drawing a lively crowd as curious locals watch the odd contraption flutter and whirl on a blanket.
Chicago public education officials move to draft a policy excluding all consumptives from schools. A committee will prepare a formal rate for enforcement to protect students and staff from infection.
Great values in Scotch suitings to close the season. See them.
President E A Calvin of the Farmers Union of America states no change in their cotton minimum, resisting a 15 cent proposal from Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association. He notes about 28 percent of this season’s cotton remains with farmers who have not sold.
A Washington dispatch relays yarns about marriage ceremonies among African Americans, a Michigan revival anecdote, and a Charleston street incident to show wit in everyday life. It also notes frequent infractions of internal revenue laws and a Georgia legislator’s quip about Adam and Eve, all drawn from Charleston News and Courier reports.
A short note describes Sanford's Ginger as aiding digestion and soothing tired muscles after sport or exertion, promising restful comfort and gentle muscle quieting.
Henry Bush of Clarkson and Co reports a violent riot in Vladivostok on November 13. Soldiers looted a bazaar and Kuntz & Albers store, burning the premises and killing many Chinese and Russians. Two hundred stores burned, losses estimated around twenty million dollars, with sailors fleeing and refugees crowded into camps.
In Sharon near South Royalton Vermont a 60 foot granite monument to Joseph Smith was unveiled in a dedicated ceremony led by President Joseph F. Smith and Mormon officials. The 100 ton five piece shaft stands on an eight foot deep concrete foundation and is described as the nation’s largest polished granite monument.
Chicago December 12 Charles H. Bowworth national bank examiner and acting president of the Chicago National Bank stated that his report to Washington contained no suggestion of criminal charges in connection with the banks failure. He added that any such prospect would be handled by authorities in Washington.
Rimira N Y December 22 A locomotive boiler explosion on a southbound Lehieh Valley freight train at Swamp Siding east of Van Etten killed Fireman Frank Morris and fatally injured Engineer Fred out. Brakethean Henry McMahon Conductor Martin Gallagher and Freight Henther Springer, all of Bayte Penne Gifte for ladies, toa reasonable, Recta Mole Lens Merrimacketree
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