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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
6
The oldest Middlesex county daily since 1825, established 1845 as a Lowell paper. Published daily except Sundays and holidays from Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street. Carrier delivery at six cents per week. Court er Citizen Company.
Yesterday afternoon saw the advance guard of the cold wave with a few lively snow flurries as clouds moved in. The night remained clear and cold with temperatures well below freezing. this forenoon stayed clear and cold with a rising barometer and readings around 29.75 to 30.10 inches.
Boston on January 4 reports a fair weather pattern with continued cold tonight. Sunday should bring fair skies, slightly warmer temperatures, and brisk westerly winds across New England.
Lowell Daily Courier reports U S wages largely unchanged with agreements between workers and major steel and iron firms. Some raises noted, especially at Pennsylvania Railroad. Good times persist in cotton, woolen, boot and shoe sectors and overall industrial health remains positive despite stock market nerves. Treasury surplus grows, Treasury operations praised by Boston Herald though political blame games cited.
Gov. Crane does not urge state funds to deepen Boston harbor channel. He cautions against such a move as inconsistent with his message. He recommends an earnest effort to impress Congress with the need for legislation.
The Courier urges federal backing to improve the national arbor under U S control to meet modern commerce demands. Proper funding will advance the project, with all New England interested in united, persistent effort to push the enterprise through.
The text notes the consolidation of the Metropolitan sewerage and Metropolitan water commissions, implemented by Governor Crane. It praises improved governance and hints at unknown savings, suggesting the move could justify further consolidations if the model proves effective. The tone favors efficiency and streamlined administration under the new single board.
The article highlights a post season breathing spell for publishers and readers, praising the relief for both groups and the public. It also notes Texas rice potential with many new companies forming, suggesting rice could become a major local industry and reduce dependence on imports.
A New York Journal dispatch details Robert Lebaudy’s plan to establish a Chicago University branch in France with a million dollar endowment and a maintenance fund to systematize American industrial study. It notes two French Chicago residents connected to Lebaudy and frames America as advancing across sectors. The piece also covers Roosevelt’s odds with a clairvoyant prophecy, and Cuba’s Estrada Palma election, suggesting closer ties with the isle.
Officials urged trimming bulky state department reports while maintaining administration quality. Editors and statisticians are recommended to boil down content, cut tone engravings, and reduce excess details to improve clarity.
A proposed gubernatorial residence scheme was reportedly unveiled early at a Boston women's club meeting. If real, it arrives after Gov Crane's inaugural emphasis on economy, timing deemed inopportune.
The retiring city council shows reluctance to fund a contagious hospital. It is described as expensive and unaffordable, with the council noting they cannot risk having a poor facility.
A collection of brief, wry items notes on smallpox hospital space Uncle Sam Panama reading title clear St Louis pastor marriage talk council vote on contagion hospital Gov Crane fire marshal and irony about a fire marshal aboard the St Louis with Depew and Goodwin a Rochester clergyman supper without bread or wine and a remark on reciprocity with Cuba Philippines peculiarity.
Quotes praise for Mr Song's naval leadership and seek his continued council. Massachusetts reformists warn against expanding sinecures and note only partial savings from trimming administration. A Springfield Republican report discusses pension cases and a Washington incident tied to pension reform and local honesty.
Tears rolled from Chief Devery as he yielded to his successor in the New York police department amid protest. Rev Francis E Clark and Mrs Clark sail from Boston for a missionary tour of Europe. Gilbert Parker will guest at a Boston Authors club dinner at the Vendome Monday. Secretary Gage and ex Assistant Secretary Vanderlip plan to start a bank in New York. Max O Reill operated on in New York for appendicitis rests comfortably. Rev Brooke Herford is seriously ill at Hampstead. Lord Strathcona has sent £25000 to Aberdeen university to aid its extension.
A Boston Record snippet recalls a perky express driver using jute bag slippers for horses on Beacon Hill. It also mentions a city hospitalities mix, a bank mix up, a cold bath tip, James Burns's police station visits, and Chauncey M Derew’s marriage gaffe as a light, fragmented page of local color.
In William E Smythe's Ir rigation in the West the future of the arid West is framed as a national opportunity. The piece argues irrigation doubles productive capacity and enlarges markets while shaping democratic institutions. It credits Roosevelt administration with awakening the region's potential and calls for cooperative effort to transform deserts into thriving communities.
If troubled with a weak digestion belching sour stomach or you feel dull after eating try Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. All druggists.
It is claimed that a New York boot blacking company offered the syndicate exclusivity rights to boot blacking in the proposed American office building at Strand and Holborn Avenue in London for ten thousand dollars annually.
Hiram F. Inglehart longtime Watertown resident and twice mayor passed away at his home aged 58. He owned the Columbian hotel at Thousand Island Park and other properties including Westminster Park hotel on the St. Lawrence and the Star Lake Inn. He formerly ran the Hotel Normandie in New York and the Brock house in Enterprise Florida. Colonel E W Ayres Washington correspondent for Kansas City Times died in Washington Friday. Born in 1837 in Lynchburg Virginia he served in the Confederate army and belonged to the Richmond Blues.
The Boston Theatre presents Way Down East in familiar form with Marion L Shirley as Kate Brewster. Phebe Davis returns as Anna Moore, praised for consistency. Cast includes Robert A. Fischer, Sara Stevens, Ulric B. Collins, Frank Currier, Felix Haney, W. T. Ellwanger, Frank Bell, Ella Hugh Wood and others. engagement runs two more weeks.
The city columns report a growing rumor that Boston’s carpet trade may soon consolidate under one corporation. The plan now appears more certain, with the Pray firm potentially linked to the new enterprise, though official confirmation is lacking.
The piece warns that small colds can worsen into serious illnesses like consumption and death. It urges vigilance and promotes Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy or preventive aid.
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