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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
6
Oldest Middlesex county daily paper since 1825 with 1845 daily status. Published at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell. Carriers deliver across city at 6 cents weekly.
Saturday afternoon and night were fair with falling temperature. Sunday was a perfect winter day, frosty yet mild. Night brought freezing temperatures in some areas before sunrise. Forenoon opened fair but clouds gathered before noon. Barometer readings show 29.90, 30.05, and 30.00 inches.
Boston dispatch indicates snow in northern areas and snow or rain in southern portions tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight with fresh to brisk southwest winds increasing in force.
Editorial rooms and departments listed with telephone numbers 31-3 31-4. Patrons are asked to use care when calling. Communications about ads, non deliveries, address changes and business inquiries should go to the business office at 31-5.
The article analyzes Mr Chamberlain's approach with the Boers and the Transvaal, arguing that loyalty to the Empire is hard to secure but that Boer independence and republican spirit challenge imperialism. It notes personal rule fading, while monarchic titles fail to sway Boer virtues, and suggests Kruger could be swayed by money rather than honors. The piece calls the experiment intensely interesting regardless of outcome.
The Canadian Pacific leads a growing trend by retiring workers at 65 and pensioning those with ten years of continuous service. Pensions are set at 1 percent of the average monthly pay per year of service, based on the last ten years, with notable examples illustrating the potential monthly benefits. The system rewards loyalty and performance, offering generous support to aging employees while aligning incentives to continued high-level work.
A Boston minister denounces socialism while warning that violent protest would provoke riots and troops. The piece contrasts Crane’s zeal with steady leadership, notes Vanderbilt wealth versus work ethic, and suggests decisive action to address social conditions without repeating revolution. It references coal prices, oil and wood shortages, and debates about the poor and rich.
Opinion argues that railroad coal confiscation powers, though allowed for new lines, should not supersede the public need for warmth. The piece notes people accept land seizure for rail expansion but depriving households of coal to heat homes is less defensible, and lawmakers likely did not foresee a coal shortage this severe.
The Grand Trunk wreck is blamed on telegraph miscommunication between a train despatcher and the other end operator. An inquiry is urged to be thorough, with the guilty party already punished in conscience. January dividends and interest total 132 million, a record, spanning major companies' earnings and disbursements.
Mascagni remains under pressure after a Saturday arrest over a refused payment of $5000 to his American manager. The dispute centers on the manager’s claimed earnings under the contract, with opinion noting the manager would have earned the amount if effectively employed.
Worcester has established a municipal wood yard offering wood at five dollars per cord, a move praised as practical and timely. The measure has drawn favorable remarks from locals, while debates on legality remain minimal as a few men share in the notable achievement and reputation.
A fine masonry structure crosses the lower Mohawk near Cohoes New York, rising high above the river and supporting the Erie Canal. The work stands as a notable piece of engineering and regional infrastructure.
A collection of witty phrases and social tidbits notes public figures like Tom Talbot and the archbishop of Canterbury. It playfully links local topics such as coal shortages, beef prices, and bank robberies with social gossip about Miss Twining and marital rumors. The piece lampoons political revolutions, weather, transport fads, and Boston debating forums.
A column mixes court quotes from Jude Hadley with reflections on life in Lowell. It recalls Greek examples from a royal case, comments on coal and coke, warns about overconfidence, and laments sleighing’s decline due to trolley lines. It also covers a Boston snow outage, politics, trains, and a musical concert moment.
A collection of editorial quotes from Baltimore American Philadelphia Press Providence Journal and Washington Star criticizes patriotic grandstanding foreign policy and wireless transatlantic telegraphy comments. It notes Castro’s position in Venezuela and the public prosecutor battles in Canfield Farrell cases with sharp subjective tone on politics crime and media.
L G Emery of the New Orleans mint sails for China to aid stamping coin methods. Newark West Side Republic club plans its January 29 dinner with speakers Leslie M Shaw and Senator Depew. Cumberland Gap’s Lincoln Memorial University gains a $200,000 endowment from Northern sources. Eight U S senators including Aldrich Burnham Dillingham Foster Gibson Hoar Perkins and Flatt attend a Philadelphia dinner. James William Beekman elected governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in New York. Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers sails to Southampton to join family in Paris and will return in three months to command at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Police report a rise in thefts of wall pictures from houses and offices in Highlands Belvidere and surrounding areas. Entry is believed in some cases via windows or skeleton keys. Dr C Bret Pool says two pictures were removed from his office about three weeks ago.
The excerpt divides pressing into two parts the reader’s and the tailor’s urging readers to patronize skilled tailors and to seek quality service. It emphasizes the moral of supporting capable craftsmen through patronage.
In a reflective prose meditation, the piece argues that enduring cold builds hardihood and character in New England. It contrasts modern comfort with ancient resilience, notes abundant snows and thawing rains, praises nature’s harsh yet life-affirming promptings, and sees winter as a spiritual gift guiding humanity toward steadiness and vitality.
In Clinton on December 29 health officer C C Crowley and four patrolmen raided the Sargent tenement on Nashua street after repeated complaints. The 21 rooms housed 85 men and five women in 15 rooms with no ventilation or open windows. Authorities plan to reduce occupancy and enforce sanitary rules across the six tenements inhabited mostly by Italian workers from the water works and local mills.
Catholics worldwide prepare to present Pope Leo XII with an immense four pound topaz jewel carved in Rome. It will depict the Papal arms and Christ breaking bread and will be showcased in Catholic churches across the country during the jubilee celebration.
Chicago reports a health department finding that one teaspoonful of lemon juice per glass of water kills typhoid germs. The tests, conducted over three days, confirm earlier claims by Dr. Asa Ferguson of London that lemon juice is a deadly foe to typhoid.
Los Angeles on December 29 reports arrangements for Mrs. Jessie Renton Fremont's funeral unsettled due to her known instructions for the last rites. The instructions are kept in the family safe deposit box and cannot be revealed yet.
The funeral is set for Tuesday. John C. Fremont Jr., grandson of Mrs. Fremont and a midshipman on the cruiser New York, was not notified of her death yesterday due to the ship's absence from Santa Barbara.
Massachusetts dispatch reports multiple local tragedies and incidents. Alexander D. McKay 65 of Mabou Cape Breton spent Christmas with son Neil J. McKay in Boston and was found dead after leaving a gas burner open. Charles Reilly 55 a spinner was killed on the Boston Maine railroad at North Adams. naturalization papers show Fall River residence. The half way house on the Saugus Revere line burned Sunday morning, once a famed road house now idle and used by tramps. William G. Cheeney of Lynn drove his wife and six children from their home Saturday then set the house on fire. he escaped amid ongoing police pursuit and is described as drunk and possibly insane.
The Mathew Temperance Institute established a choral society on Sunday, placing it under the literary committee. Napoleon Provencher was named permanent secretary, with James Fagan and Benj. McNally on the literature committee. A musical director was not chosen yet, and rehearsals will be held Thursday evenings culminating in a public recital.
Mrs Mabel Wilson and Mr Fred A Richardson express heartfelt gratitude to friends who offered aid and sympathy after their loss. They especially thank those who sent floral offerings.
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