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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1902
Page
6
The notice proclaims the Courier Citizen Company as Lowell's oldest daily paper in Middlesex County, tracing origins to 1825 with a 1545 establishment note. It states daily delivery except Sundays and holidays from Merrimack Street, priced at six cents a week.
A report notes a fine Saturday with afternoon and night pleasant for winter. It describes yesterday as a perfect winter day, sharply indicating the season, followed by a very cold night. The forenoon today is clear and typical for the season with pressure readings listed.
Indications from Boston on January 20 predict fair weather tonight with warming temperatures inland and slight coastal changes. Tuesday should see partly to mostly cloudy skies followed by snow or rain, warmer air, light variable winds turning easterly and increasing in strength.
The 1990 state health board report analyzes private and public water sources, noting 70 new springs vs 45 ten years earlier and estimating about six and a half million gallons sold annually. It details prices, volumes, and regional origins, calling for better protection and consistent testing to ensure safety from source to consumer.
A movement forms to persuade opinions on shifting from the current haphazard weights and measures to the metric system. The piece argues decimal principles suit currency and measures and predicts mixed reception from skeptics while noting English pounds and shillings would be lost.
The article argues for Panama as the superior canal route, noting engineers’ unanimous support and a price drop from 69 million to 40 million. It discusses currency units, American citizenship in foreign policy, Kaiser Wilhelm's plans, New York as a possible launch for royal travel, and skepticism about world fairs and monarchy in the United States.
The piece notes a ransom demand of 61000 for Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka with 20 weeks in captivity, then pivots to ship name clichés and Andrew Lang's Kipling critique, contrasting enduring canards with Kipling’s output and Lang’s dissent.
The country watches anxiously as Prince Henry prepares a handsome present for Miss Roosevelt. Public curiosity runs high, with many hoping the gift foregrounds goodwill and good taste from William.
A jumble of notes references diverse topics. Mentions Ger man royalty and a parade vote, beet sugar supply, city hall cand idates, Infanta Maria Christina, Secretary Root reforms, rag time, Uncle Tom's Cabin, John L. Sullivan, Gen Bell's order on Filipino insurgents, Webster Davis petition for the Boers, and a cynical line about fools.
Three excerpts discuss U S efforts to rebuild the American merchant marine to reduce reliance on foreign shipowners, protect American workers, and boost national wealth. They cite eight percent of foreign trade aboard American bottoms and $100 million yearly payments abroad, plus reflections by M Delcasse on French views of U S wealth and exports.
The White Star steamer Ocean ic will sail from Liverpool on January 22 for New York with Paderewski the pianist and his wife among the passengers. Also aboard are Sir Wedtman Pearson M P George Grossmith the actor and Lieut General Sir Henry Geary. Frank Jones of Portsmouth dined with family at Maplewood farm Sunday and is improving on the road to recovery.
Recurring obituaries note Charles A Reno longtime Chicago coal dealer died at 84, having arrived in 1848 and later serving as police commissioner until the 1870 charter. New York engineer Joan F Ward died at home from septic pneumonia after a national career and Providence water works consulting. Colonel De Lancey Floyd-Jones, Civil War veteran and Indian wars veteran, head of pneumonia in Park Avenue hotel New York, born 1826, served as colonel in Third Infantry and retired in 1879.
Opinion pieces debate the Nesmith street line extension toward Cabot street detailing suggested frequent fifteen to twenty minute service, potential track changes at Merrimack square, and broader plans to alleviate grade crossings and improve transit in Lowell. The column also notes church meetings, a bank appointment for Walter Johnson, and local social happenings.
A Hamburg teacher surveyed 120 pupils and found 58 had never seen a flock of sheep, 99 had never heard a nightingale, 8 percent had never seen a sunrise, and 33 had not seen a sunset, highlighting gaps in common experiences among students.
A night vision features an angel writing names of those who love the Lord. Abou asks to be listed if he loves humanity and the angel grants a line for all who love their fellow men. The poem ends with Ben Adhem leading the list, affirming virtue.
The First Spiritualist society hosted a bean supper in Old Odd Fellows hall drawing about 200 attendees. From 5 to 8 PM tables offered New England fare while entertainment featured piano, recitations, duets, and costumed songs. The event was organized by chairmen Mrs. Coggeshall, Mrs. Pihl, Mrs. Favor, Mrs. Ireland, and Mrs. Ingalls with Minnie Ingalls as supper chair.
Marietta Donohue, 17, was arrested by Inspector Laflamme at her Bridge Street room on larceny charges involving 560 from Annie Murphy of Elm Street. She confessed, saying she knew the Murphy family and used a borrowed bureau key. About $60 total was taken across two weeks starting mid December. Police traced her to her boarding house.
Auctioneer C. F. Keyes sold two Perry street parcels for the administrator of the Montgomery estate. Nos 70 and 72 bought by Mrs Bagshaw for 1450 plus last year’s taxes, Nos 74 and 76 bought by John James for 1525 plus taxes. Strong turnout, prices above assessed value. Keyes recently sold a large farm in Derry at private sale.
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