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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier, Middlesex County's oldest daily, dates to 1825 with 1845 daily status. Published at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack Street, Lowell, delivered by carrier for six cents weekly.
A brief weather item reports cooler morning temperatures yet springlike conditions overall. Readings include barometer and temperatures with values shown for yesterday today and 5pm. Measurements list a 12 inch barometer and temperatures around the upper thirties to mid forties depending on the time.
Indications from Boston on December 23 forecast increasing cloudiness across New England then rain in Connecticut tonight or Friday. Warmer conditions expected in New Hampshire and Vermont Friday with rain or snow, light variable winds turning northerly and easterly, and overall warming trend.
Telegraph style line lists tel numbers for the Sourier Citizen Company. Counting Room Editorial Room job assignments noted. Patrons urged to use care in making calls and direct advertising and delivery inquiries to the business office at 31-2.
In a Lowell Daily Courier column from December 28 1905 the writer jabs at public affairs. He muses on Panamas canal, Osler Cham Chamberlains age politics and the Chicago mayoral line of political inheritance. He notes New Jersey Democrats in the state legislature and mocks Republican despair. He cites indictments of five U S senators over the past decade for corruption.
Civil service exam participation signals scarce eligible lists and private prosperity, while criticism swirls around Bryan and imperial hospitality. English writers notice American shoe imports bite into England, and Moran mingles self interest with reform, as Taft jokes echo in a weary calendar of seasons and pursuits.
The refit voyage aims to continue mapping near Greenland island groups. The effort could greatly aid commerce, but may also reduce the value of the voyage.
City notes due Friday left the town without funds to pay, but clearing house banks will advance the money with repayment due when the new year begins. The episode sparked criticism of local governance and echoed concerns about Massachusetts in the presidential tariff debate as echoed by the Boston Herald.
A widely attended public tuberculosis exhibit at Horticultural Hall Boston under state health auspices runs daily to January 7. It showcases charts photographs models and home hospital methods to treat and prevent the disease and reduce its toll with lectures and guided demonstrations.
The speaker stresses that recovery depends on intelligent care at home where TB exists. No miracle cures consumption. proper precautions ensure medicines work and protect others. Ancient methods are obsolete, yet many homes still lack awareness of the dangers of careless care.
A collage of items mentions Asbury Park fans, hazing, and Odell as voices collide on sports and society. It cites a rescue tale from Medford, a tuberculosis exhibit in Boston, and references to John Burns, Pres. Eliot, Santo Domingo politics, and a ship crew pay raise. The note ends with Bonaparte and Seattle policy discussions.
A collection of brief items covers varied topics. Costs of educating children in London Germany and New York are listed. Honduras bans whiskey and related spirits imports. Paris forms Friends of the Elephant to curb hunting. Emily Carrow to oversee Ethel Roosevelt’s musical education. Professor Cerebotani unveils long distance handwriting signing apparatus. Paris women adopt Scottish tartans amid Anglo French ties. English debate on publicity of dogfish as food with name change proposed. German women’s clubs publish cooking boxes to promote economy. A $600 pair of scissors gifts to the German emperor with five years of engraving. A London magistrate hears a license transfer linked to a “New Jerusalem” drinking bias. Nataly Von Echtrath noted as prominent German woman author living in Berlin.
A narrator muses on a friend who resists Christmas gifting though fatefully drawn to his charming sweetheart. The piece wanders through candy store talk, a humorous Springfield Republican note on Andrew J. Aikens dinners, and playful verse about Kentucky and Massachusetts, ending with a quip about a cough medicine business aiding a monkey act.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions publishes its 95th annual report. It notes favorable conditions in the Western Turkey mission with Washington asserting protection for American institutions. Turmoil in Salonica and Bulgaria poses threats, yet large troop deployments are avoided.
A dense fog in New York harbor disrupts port operations with many vessels tied up and others sailing at reduced speeds. The Five Cent Savings Bank announces that deposits will begin earning interest on Saturday, January 6.
Washington news reports indicate the State Department plans to revise and remodel treaties with France and Germany after serious defects were found. The 1843 treaty with France lacks surrender terms for grand larceny, despite later amendments, and the 1862 Prussia and German states treaty omits grand larceny as extraditable crime.
Miles Washington December 24 1900 460 adult Colville Indians sign a treaty ceding the south half of the Colville reservation to the government The agreement awaits congressional ratification and provides an allotment plan of eighty acres to landless Indians and a million dollar payment for lands ceded in the north half The remaining lands proceeds would be held in trust with four percent interest used for tribal needs
A promotional note suggests Dunkirk New York as an ideal factory location. It highlights rapid city growth, prosperous industries, and available sites along the Lakeshore and Michigan Southern Railway. Interested parties are urged to write BE J Dowie in Dunkirk for details.
A historic note endorses Foy's Honey and Tar as a premier throat and lung remedy. It claims quick cures and prevention of settled restlessness in the chest, reflecting period medical advertising. The text appears as a brief health tip from a mid century source.
Washington December 28. Through her managers Sam S and Lee Shubert Sarah Bernhardt has appealed to M Jusserand the French ambassador to protest alleged discrimination by the theatrical syndicate. Representatives claim commercial interests oppose her and that Texas and Louisiana theatres barred her, affecting French people in New Orleans. Jusserand seeks a complete record to review possible consul actions.
An old political advertisement primer lists inflated charges publishers could levy for claims about candidates and campaigns. It lampoons the era’s press activities, noting skeptical behavior in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It mocks terms like “inside track” and “delicious collation” used to flatter or attack candidates.
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