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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1901
Page
6
The item notes a Middlesex county daily paper established in 1825 and as a daily since 1845. It was published daily except Sundays and holidays at Courier-Citizen Building, Merrimack Street, Lowell, with carrier delivery at six cents a week.
Yesterday afternoon continued fine with a rising breeze that became a full gale at night. The wind stayed strong making outdoor life unpleasant. Through fore noon it moderated slightly from the northwest with clear skies and stable barometer readings around 29.50 to 30.16 and temperatures from 41 to 15.
Boston reports fair weather tonight and Thursday with continued cold and high northwest winds.
The Lowell Daily Courier for January 1 1902 extends New Year greetings and hopes readers enjoy a year with more joy and philanthropy. It urges better resolutions and notes the paper’s aim to improve daily, echoing a poet’s call to build grander spiritual dwellings as time moves on.
The essay notes major combinations failing as investors suffer losses, with the National Asphalt and Asphalt Company of America losing control of about 70 producers. Philadelphia sees billions in shrinkage as receivers are appointed and stock plummets. The piece weighs whether such trusts are a natural result of modern business or need stricter management, suggesting an automatic safety valve exists to prevent wider disaster.
The Lowell Newsman and Newburyport News spar over Governor Crane's national cabinet entry. Critics call him tied to trust lawyers, while others defend his fitness, noting partisan papers fear monopoly links but editors suggest such critics lack breadth for governing roles.
Mr M L Lockwood head of the anti trust league disparages the proposed Court of Labor. He warns the plan creates a supreme court inside the regular government and names Senator Hanna as chief justice, a move he sees as an independent governance. He questions why a leader in an anti trust group would oppose limits on trusts yet oppose the new court.
A North Cambridge minister denounces the Harvard yard wall while President Eliot and Prof. Norton offer measured replies. New York criticizes Boston wool and machinery imports as the natural entry port, resolving to port variance and cost. Panama stockholders debate sale terms and plans with Washington, while the New York Evening Post opposes navy expansion. Gage notes a $30,000,000 surplus, viewing it as modest amid large national finances.
Governor Odell of New York opposes Sunday opening of rain-shops in New York City and refuses to hide behind the Legislature. Mayor Low and District Attorney Jerome push for a broad Sunday opening, but it becomes evident they cannot secure a law through the Legislature to support them.
The text notes a shift of focus from China to South America with Venezuela as the latest prize. It argues the Monroe Doctrine should protect Venezuela from external partition, just as it helped deter China’s division. The piece reflects 20th century imperial competition and U.S. policy aims.
Predictions circulate that the Senate will change the Philippine tariff toward liberal lines to gain credit not secured by the House. The truth will emerge slowly, appearing to stem from the Washington correspondent’s inner conviction rather than confirmed action.
Gen Chaffee and Acting Governor Wright of the Philippine civil commission say there is no friction between military and civil authorities and that they act in absolute harmony. The remark comes amid ongoing United States governance questions in Manila.
The text notes that having two cabinet officers from the same state is not unheard of. It cites President Cleveland's era as an example with two New York men serving as cabinet officers simultaneously.
The writer questions whether waiting for Gov. Long to resign would be better before filling the position. They note a sharp split among Washington insiders about whether the secretary of the navy will resign at all.
Notes reference a bustling nation with steam in supply, Senator Depew’s triple wedding, Erie stockholders facing a cold wave, gas bills blown out by strong winds, new councilmen awaiting Monday resolutions, the Missouri’s deep draft, and warnings about railroad trusts and church mortgages amid political barbs and maritime fare.
The year closes in Germany under gravest economic strain with wage cuts factory closures and shorter hours causing suffering including a sharp drop in Christmas tree sales. Tariff and treaty uncertainties worsen the outlook for industry and workers alike.
The New York Journal of Commerce notes railroads will soon exhaust carrying capacity as fifty ton cars multiply. Despite forecasts avoiding crop failure, freight demand grows with industrial activity and machinery output. Producers are consumers, boosting demand and signaling industrial prosperity.
Mrs. Jennie Hobart widow of Vice President Hobart has given a large plot of ground in Paterson New Jersey to a children's day nursery and provided 25009 dollars to build and furnish the nursery home. Converse J. Smith Treasury Department special agent based in Boston plans to accept the post of assistant secretary of the treasury and will begin early in January. Mrs Booth-Tucker, recently ill in Oakland California, is greatly improved and out of danger.
A judge orders a drunkenness case continued after a sober witness revealed his prior intoxication. The writer recounts New Year wind, electric car trials on Nesmith Street, crowded buses, a man swept by wind on Bridge Street, and late night observations of ice on the Merrimack. He also muses on door etiquette and public frictions.
If compressed to sea level density, the atmosphere’s weight would yield a hypothetical global ocean about 35 feet deep, illustrating air’s massive mass and pressure in a single striking comparison.
Michigan salt output for the year ending November 30 reached 5,580,101 barrels, the highest in any previous year. The industry began about 30 years ago and has produced 96,993,584 barrels over that period.
The fifth meeting of the Scobie Club was held at The Doctor’s bachelor home on Tuesday evening. The buffet featured a Cherry Combination drink and a Lobster Newburg a la Scobie prepared in a blazer with beurre noir technique. Guests from Boston joined, and new chafing dish rules were discussed, including mushrooms cooked plain in Scotland and Ireland style.
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