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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier reports the 11th snow storm of the season began after 9 pm with heavy wet snow falling in intervals through the night and into the morning. The fall measured about three to four inches as barometer and temperatures fluctuated from 30.02 to 29.65 inches and 38 to 12 degrees.
Boston reports a forecast for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont fair tonight with northern portions unsettled. Fair Saturday. Massachusetts and Rhode Island expect fair weather tonight and Saturday with fresh northwest winds veering to variable.
The Washington note that Admiral Schley's partisanship is waning is hailed as a sign of wider public discernment. The piece defends Schley against charges of cowardice, rebuts the notion of a Dewey or Miles presidential ticket, and contrasts the Santiago campaign critiques with the Boston Transcript's clear account of the round robin matter.
Governor Shaw, set to succeed Secretary Gage, is less known in the East but carries West praise for sound financial views. He opposed free silver when many Republicans wavered, and his thorough study of financial questions earns high regard from Secretary Gage, who calls him a first rate selection. The President appears to have chosen a capable financial head.
The column rails at Roosevelt for public reprimand, notes Coburn’s death and its impact, and critiques Boston politics and civil service reform. It humorously observes Chile and Argentina moving toward arbitration while war prep continues, touts John Barrett’s return, and praises the Salvation Army sutler department for feeding the hungry without charge.
Two Gloucester fishing boats are missing with 14 and 8 crew aboard respectively. The seasonal danger of life at sea for Gloucester fishermen is underscored by these tragedies.
A compilation notes trends in birth rates in Ontario and Quebec, the cost of two weeks’ vacation for letter carriers, Paris electric taxi losses at 900000 dollars, Monte Carlo’s suicide victims cemetery with over two thousand graves, a large air cooling system planned for the St. Louis exposition, a rise in marriages in New Jersey totaling 31746 and costs for 1873 marriages at 2985000 dollars, British army commissions practice, and a surge of 20000 campaign letters to dead voters misaddressed or misdelivered to Washington.
A collage of early 20th century jests and observations on leaders, unions, and geopolitics. References to Swift, Roosevelt, and Hall Caine mingle with labor clashes in Boston, Argentina Chile tensions, and proposed sealed bids. The tone hints at satire and public discourse of the time.
The will of Rev. Father John Synott of Taftville Conn leaves 10000 for St Francis orphan asylum in New Haven. Writer George Alfred Henry, famed for boys stories, writes three books yearly and has 80 stories. He reported Austro Italian Franco Prussian Turko Servian wars and Abyssinian Ashantee expeditions. Thomas J Creamer of New York returns to public life in the 8th district after 28 years in Congress. John A Brashear, now chancellor of the University of Pennsylvania, was a Pittsburg rolling mill man 25 years ago and is a leading landscape lens maker. The Czar may withdraw excommunication of Tolstoi to avoid possible uprisings at death. Apostle Brigham Young lies ill with stomach and nervous troubles at Fruit Land Farm near Farmington Calif after wintering in Mexico. he is 65.
The notice lists deaths of Mrs. F. W. Porter in Chicago on Christmas Eve aboard an elevated train, Walter Morosco the theater manager in California, and Charles A. Buddensick of New York who popularized the term Buddensiek and faced manslaughter conviction after a West Sixty-seventh Street tenement collapse.
A bustling town diary recounts station signage misprint and heating cues, gift giving at a Courier Citizen office, and cautions about Christmas shopping and profits. It notes Swift the bookkeeper confusion, rising demand for books and Perry pictures, and shortages as publishers fail to meet holiday orders.
Cook Taylor & Co advertise two cases of damaged blankets worth 2.50 dollars offered at 1.89 dollars. The Grange at Olathe Kansas reports completion of an opera house costing 15 000 dollars.
In Wau hatchie U V A a hall ceremony installs officers led by Colonel George T. Woodward and others. Central ville Rebekah lodge elects Clara Hall and Jennie A Folsom for next year. Merrimack Valley lodge names Joseph Scobie and G Scholefield as officers with installation January 9. Bay State Colony UOPF selects William Sheehan and Carrie Corbett for offices with installation January 23. Court General Shields F of A elects officers including Thomas Carty and James Sullivan with installation January 9.
The Empire colony held a well attended meeting last evening electing officers for the ensuing year. Governor Pilgrim Blake and lieutenant governor Lady Moore lead the list with secretary Lady Holden and collector Pilgrim Fletcher. Trustees named are Joseph Armstrong Frank Os bore and Henry McDonald. Next meeting will install officers and a collation will be served.
A shopper exploring piano options learns Steinway, Hardman, Gabler and other top makes. M Steinert and Sons Co at 180 Merrimack Street handles only high quality pianos known for tone and durability.
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