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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
4
The item notes the Oldest and Best Daily Paper in Middlesex County, established 1825 and 1845, published daily except Sundays and holidays at Courier Citizen Building, Merrimack Street, Lowell. Delivery by carrier at 6 cents a week by Courier-Citizen Company.
Yesterday afternoon and night the cold was ear tingling, with a hint of snow that did not fall. This forenoon the snow returned in intermittent fashion as sun tried to emerge from cloud banks. Barometer and temperatures are listed with unclear readings.
Boston message on January 30 predicts cloudy and generally fair weather across New England with light snow along the south coast. Friday outlook is probably fair with fresh north winds.
The piece reviews Magnate Morgan’s claimed optimism about lasting prosperity, doubts the veracity of attributions, and warns that enduring good times require balancing current spending with income. It argues for moderation and equalizing expenditure with earnings to sustain prosperity.
The appeal argues the court of inquiry failed to credit the hero equally and claims the Dewey dictum wrongly dismissed Schley. The author notes public sympathy, anticipates a presidential decision, and suggests a final ruling will settle whether Schley is the country’s champion hero or merely a gallery player.
Mr James T Smith backs a 3 million dollar state highway plan aimed at completing main routes faster. He argues current patchwork building delays full progress and promises economical long term results. At the last board of trade meeting four members debated the proposal and Smith defended the plan against critics.
A Parisian mock interview supposedly quotes Otto Schwab stating the steel trust employs 100000 people and pays 200 million in salaries. Skeptics doubt the figures, citing census data that the trust has about 150000 employees and 90 million in salaries. The piece suggests the interviewer’s head may be the real source of errors as Schwab travels in Europe.
The letter discusses Secretary Hay’s alleged use of honour in wedding invitations, mocks the Springfield Republican, and notes that many invitations use the English fashion. It also warns against xenophobic views toward Chinese immigrants and critiques coroners and legal procedures in New York sourcing calls to replace coroners with medical examiners.
Mr Schwab must keep a clear head to avoid schemes while touring several countries. His reputation precedes him as European barriers fall before him, tied to his status as a candidate for a highly paid global post.
The article notes sharp backlash over Senator DuBois accusing Gen Wheaton of being a charity boy set by a congressman. It contrasts with the general’s merits and questions the Boston school board clash involving Mrs Fifield and the two “lady” members, suggesting voter sentiment may shift against Indy candidates in upcoming races.
The remark suggests no extraordinary factors alter the outcome of Schley’s appeal, predicting the President will maintain a decision against the admiral.
A string of satirical remarks covers politics health and technology from Boston. The piece mocks vaccination bids the idea of wireless telegraphs and a few local figures including a Hyde Park mystery man and Salem mayor who also serves as police chief.
A collection of excerpts discusses the Niagara power links across the border, canal legislation politics, Protestant versus secular views on Harvard and MIT students, and shifts in Caribbean sovereignty with American territorial gains. The tone reflects editorial stances on infrastructure, religion, and international borders.
A Memphis girl recalls how her mother fed a family trick by serving Postum Food Coffee to the son posing as coffee drinker. The boy improved in health and studies, gaining weight while believing Postum was coffee, until the mother revealed the ruse. The younger brother also benefited from Postum, boosting energy and school performance.
Col Haggett and wife in poor health at Canaan New Hampshire, daughter with them as longtime Lowell locals recall Haggett’s earlier vigor. A busy High Street Lyceum crowd enjoyed Kipling readings by Miss Bragg and debated Boer independence, with editor Mrs Candee absent.
The survey notes Chicago has 35 awards after redistricting, Philadelphia 41, New York 22 in Manhattan and 32 in Brooklyn with five in Queens and Richmond and two in the Bronx, totaling 66. It mentions King Alphonso coronation stamps and a St. Louis building boom fueled by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Building permits last year rose to 13,207,991 and the city shows a gain of 7,291,007 over 1900. A downtown New York mission bought 750 acres on Long Island for housing the homeless, with gardens and livestock later allowed.
Poem fragment attributed to Anna Hempstead Branch questions the fate and passage of a wandering song. The speaker likens the song to wind blown from distant fields and stars, asking where it will go yet acknowledging its constant movement through life and human folly.
A Springfield Republican reflection on a subway explosion near Grand Central and the era’s risks. It argues modern life exposes city dwellers to perils from transportation to buildings, noting few deaths but many injuries and growing nerves in children and adults. It contrasts city life with calmer rural roots and calls for awareness of creeping hazards.
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