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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1902
Page
6
Weather Sketches Clear Cold Saturday Weekend
Saturday afternoon and night were clear and cold with scattered snow flurries. The day began dull yesterday with threatening skies and a moderating temperature. This morning opened clear but grew overcast in the forenoon as the barometer and readings showed fluctuating values.
Weather Outlook for New England Forecast
Boston report dated January sixth notes partly cloudy skies and generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. Moderate temperatures and light southwest winds accompany the outlook for the region.
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Boston
New England
United States Export association backs Frye subsidy bill
The United States Export association urges passage of the Frye subsidy bill saying a strong American merchant marine will cut ocean freight, lower costs for producers, and supplement the navy. It urges using American materials and labor and notes most subsidies benefit national trade across a coast line larger than any other. It argues 8 to 10 million annually is small compared with 200 million in current foreign freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Export Association
New York
Association
Paul Jones
George Dewey
Democratic Party
Not How Cheap But How Good Inauguration Reflections
A city hall inauguration prompts evaluation of new administration and aldermen. The piece notes improved personnel and expects wise spending over needless costs, criticizing a floral display as unnecessary while acknowledging overall improvement.
Revised Laws of the Commonwealth Prompt Revisions
The piece critiques Beacon Hill lawmakers as law tinkers whose mission is to amend the Revised Laws of the Commonwealth rather than leave them intact. It argues amendments are expected each winter and that legislators justify their constituents by seeking changes.
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Commonwealth
Beacon Hill
Astrologist predicts peril for Roosevelt amid claim of shared signs with Garfield
A woman astrologist claims Roosevelt and Garfield share zodiac signs and Mars as their planet. She previously forecast McKinley’s assassination three months ahead and labels Garfield and Roosevelt as Scorpios. She warns eleven months of danger for Roosevelt, with a 15 day critical window, noting Mars is dull gray and in a bad position. The remark ends amid notes of credulity and a mention of Senate Hanna.
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Roosevelt
Garfield
McKinley
Loth
Mars
Foraker and the Ohio Speakership Debate
The piece notes that Senator Foraker is likely to be re elected and downplays differences over the Ohio Legislature speaker. It comments on Germany’s debt protests as private, and compares a navy to a sheriff in enforcing private claims, while George J. Raymond offers Boston a 25,000 annual payment for electric lighting monopoly and city light at half existing cost.
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Foraker
Ohio
Germany
Geo. J. Raymond
Boston
Mr. Raymond
Ignorantia legis neminem excusat echoed in revision laws
The article notes that although revised statutes copies have not arrived, the principle ignorantia legis neminem excusat remains valid. It adds that most laws in the revision have been published at some point in history.
Mississippi’s first execution of a death sentence in 1901
The record notes the first legal execution of a death sentence on a Black individual in Mississippi, occurring in late 1901, with a hint that the world does indeed observe.
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Mississippi
Buried telephones linked Washington and Buffalo
The East received 300 million feet of lumber by rail from the Pacific coast in a year. A Kansas man marked two silver weddings after living 25 years with each wife. Yucatan mahogany forests will be exploited to build 275 miles of railway. Over 3000 firms manufacture war munitions, 900 in America. Governors and society figures noted. Johns Hopkins left $200 stock for the university, later falling to $15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Pacific Coast
Kansas
Yucatan
America
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore and Ohio
University
How Roosevelt Wrote His First Message
Roosevelt faced a monumental task drafting his first message after the Buffalo tragedy. He studied department inputs, met each cabinet member individually, and worked long hours from 9 a.m. to after midnight, rarely quitting before 4 p.m. He even squeezed work after a theatre outing with his wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres. Roosevelt
Buffalo
Congress
William McKinley
Washington
Waldon Fawcett
The Problem of Civilization in the Atlantic View
Thinking men in the January Atlantic argue that imperialism should not destroy patriotism or reshape nations by force. Western civilization is waning as an end in itself, serving only as a means. Civilizations are plural and not all are barbarous. interference invites retaliation and may harm future generations.
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China
South Africa
R. Brimley Johnson
Atlantic
Saloon signs fail in a dry time noted
Notable remark observes that all saloon signs lose meaning during a dry period, reflecting social tensions around prohibition. The note implies advertising futility and public temper in the era's enforcement climate.
Daily miscellany mocks city life and politics
A series of witty items notes Partridge in New York, modern girls, a treasury secretary who hit in Washington, frequent land and sea collisions, and a quip about weak men quitting. Other items reference Wareham’s missing treasurer, chaperoning, a Manchester sermon predicting more devil activity, a Bloomfield trotting horse with its foot in its mouth, a Boston trolley car roll, and a bright conundrum.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Boston
Personal Matters Bring Moves and Appointments
Sir Thomas Lawson funds a new post office for his Egypt farm in Scituate near Boston. Benjamin S. Baker leaves the Douglas county district court bench for the New Mexico supreme court and potential U S Senate consideration at statehood. Rev Frank L Goodspeed accepts a Cleveland Calvary Presbyterian call with $6000 salary and rent, while leaving Springfield. Rev Charles G Earle resigns Handonfield NJ to lead Second Baptist Lawrence. formerly a Boston pastor.
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Thomas Lawson
Egypt
Scituate
Boston
Benjamin S. Baker
District Court of
Douglas County
Omaha
Supreme Court of New Mexico
United States
New Mexico
Frank L. Goodspeed
First Congregational Church
Springfield
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Cleveland
Charles G. Earle
Handonfield
N. J.) Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church of
Lawrence
Mr. Earle
Representative H C Smith Leads Pension Bills in Congress
Representative H C Smith of Michigan has 3700 Civil War pensioners in his district. He has introduced more pension bills than any other member of Congress.
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H. C. Smith
Michigan
Congress
Death of veteran actor Josiah B. Polk at 61 in Baltimore
Josiah B. Polk, aged 61, a veteran actor famed across the United States and abroad, was found dead in a Baltimore hotel. Cause of death listed as apoplexy. Polk spent over two decades on stage, notably with the Union Square company under A. M. Palmer, and in New York at Wallack's with Augustin Daly. He retired four years ago after paralysis in California. His career included roles in The Banker's Daughter, Mixed Pickles, A Gentleman from Nevada, and What Happened to Jones in Salt Lake City.
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Josiah B. Polk
England
Australia
Baltimore
Union Square Company
New York
Polk
California
John T. Ford
Wall
Salt Lake City
Jones
Joseph Combs Dies Noted Missouri Politician and Lawyer
Joseph Combs aged 82, once a prominent Missouri politician and Mexican War veteran, died at his home in Kansas City Kansas. He was elected to the Missouri Legislature in 1840 and later became a law partner of Justice Stephen Field. Polk later awarded him a government supply contract during the Mexican War, and he rose as a leading lawyer in California after California statehood.
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Joseph Combs
Missouri
Stephen Field
United States Supreme Court
Kansas City
Kans
Combs
Polk
United States
California
Union
Hicks Almanac Weather Forecasts Draw Critique
The piece reviews Rev Srl Hicks and his 1902 almanac predicting storms and seismic activity based on planetary positions. It notes January forecasts from Vulcan periods to moon phases, contrasts with Old Prob. and jokes at Hicks as a guesser while highlighting March caveats and other local items.
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Srl R. Hicks
Hicks
Galveston
St. Louis
Vulcan
Robert B. Thomas
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
Obituary notices for James Meek and James Coughlin
James Meek died Saturday at his home 80 Myrtle Street after a four year illness. Born November 14 1840 in Rochester he milled in the West and later managed City flour mills in Lawrence before opening a grain and flouring business in Lowell. He belonged to St Anne's church and Odd Fellows and Encampment. He leaves four daughters and two sisters. James Coughlin died Saturday at 12 Hudson Street after a four to five month illness. Son of James Coughlin a stone mason he worked in the Carpet mills and belonged to Company M Ninth Regiment M V M and various city social groups. He leaves six sisters and five brothers.
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James Meek
Myrtle Street
Rochester
N. Y
Bedford
Lawrence
City
Lowell
Locks and Canals
Anne Street
Meek
St. Anne's Church
Monadnock Lodge
Odd Fellows
Kear
Alfred Day
Buffalo
Alex. Culross
Nak
James F. Coughlin
Hudson Street
James Coughlin
Stone Mason
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Services in Local Notices
Funeral services were held for Henry E. Parker at the Parker homestead on Pine Street with Rev. G M Smiley officiating and a church quartet. interment followed at Edson cemetery. Also noted were funerals for Daniel R Green, Madeline McPherson, James McWilliams, Mrs Angelia Vincent, Mrs Elizabeth Harvey, Warren N Roberts, and related lodge attendances and arrangements.
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Henry E. Parker
Parker Homestead
Pine Street
G. M. Smiley
Highland Methodist Church
Messrs
Oliver S. Hubbard
Havgerhill
A. W. Merrill
Malden
Henry J. Williams
James D. Foote
John §. Chandler
Edson Cemetery
C. M. Young & Co
Daniel R. Green
Schaefer Street
J. M. Craig
Young
Madeline McPherson
Coburn Street
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Molloy
James McWilliams
Willie Street
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Angelia Vincent
Gershom Avenue
St. Jean Baptiste Church
Fournier
Marion
Lewis
John
Philip
Eugene
Augustus
Ernest Vincent
Elizabeth Harvery
O'Donnell
St. Michael's Church
Boland
MecCarthy
Burke, Ingalls and McKennedy
Warren N. Roberts
For Sale at Auction Eight Room House Highlands Location
An eight room two story house with bath, hot and cold water set tubs and furnace heat in fine repair. In the Highlands with 4500 feet of land. Owner traded up hoping to turn this one into money faster. If not sold by January it will be rented. Call for details.
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Highlands
Jan
Jédth
Burial Service At Cemetery Conducted By Weinbeck
Funeral was held at the cemetery with J. A. Weinbeck in charge. Bearers were Deaconeines Brennan, William Howe, J. A. Jangrin, and Jesse Blake.
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J. A. Weinbeck
Deaconeines Brennan
William Howe
J. A. Jangrin
Jesse Blake
Obituaries and funeral notices for Savage Donohoe Coughlin Howard
Obituaries list several notices from this city. Thomas M Savage 65 of 13 Ar dell street funeral Tuesday at 8 from residence. Cornelius Donohoe 1 year 8 months. Daniel Coughlin 31 of 12 Hudson street. Mary H Howard 54 years 10 months Chelmsford funeral Tuesday at 2 from her late home. Relatives and friends invited.
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Savage
Ardell Street
Thomas M. Savage
Donohoe
Cornelius Donohoe
Coughtin
Hudson Street
Daniel Coughlin
Howard
Chelmsford
Mary H. Howard
Humorous Grafton Tale in McDowell’s Office Prank
A bachelor congressman seeks sympathy in Clerk McDowell’s office after learning the woman he admired is to marry another man. McDowell recalls Gov Dick Oglesby and an abduction confession at Joliet prison, noting a pardon could come only after returning to Springfield. The congressman leaves silent and shaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Apollo
Springfield
McDowell
Washington Post
Seven Day Washington Tour One Price Twenty Five Dollars
Descriptive itinerary of the series of tours from Boston to Washington offered January through May under the Personal ly Conducted Tourist System of the Pennsylvania railroad. Obtain details from D. N. Bell Tourist Agent at 205 Washington Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
D. N. Bell
Washington Street
Fastest Greyhound Covers Mile in 1m28s
A greyhound capable of a mile in 1m28s is noted as the fastest of quadrupeds. The claim highlights remarkable speed among four legged mammals, underscoring the dog’s sprinting prowess and comparing it to other quadrupeds.
Literary Notes on Books and Topics in The Saturday Evening Post
Henry Clews discusses The Northern Securities Company Deal in The Saturday Evening Post for Jan 4. A Woman's Washington by The Congressman's Wife. Bret Harte and Flandrau pieces. Soprhomores Abroad. Boom Times in Texas. Morgan Robertson and Hamlin Garland stories. The Literary Digest is praised as a clear, scholarly weekly digest from Funk & Wagnalls.
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Northern Securities Company
Henry Clews
Saturday Evening Post
Washington
Bret Harte
Charles Flandrau
Texas
Morgan Robertson
Hamlin Garland
Funk & Wagnalls Company of
New York
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George F. Richardson
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George R. Chandler
J. A. Bartlett
J. A. Cameron
E. E. Sawyer
George R. Richardson
Chas. A. Stott
William H. White
Rogers, Peet & Co
Dent & Perrin
Putnam & Son
Central St
MR. James Meek
Fred
Central Block
Hugene G Russell
Middlesex Street
Ceneral Insurance
William A. Roberts & CO
Telephone
Hurd Street
Louis Alexander Umporter
BS Central_Street
Paul O. Kable
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