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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1902
Page
4
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania July 27 The eleventh week of the anthracite miners strike shows no real change with rumors of a company resuming mine work dismissed. Companies have enough police to prevent trouble while labor supply to restart operations remains uncertain. At strike headquarters officials deny plans for resumption and President Mitchell says the strikers remain firm.
A Lake George gathering of anti imperialists adopted an open letter to President Roosevelt criticizing the army in the Philippines. The letter asserts general demoralization across ranks and condemns Secretary Root’s praise of the army while naming Charles Francis Adams Carl Schurz Edwin Burritt Smith Moorefield Storey and Herbert Welch as signers.
The wind turned from eastward allowing a large number of windbound coasters to sail or anchor freely in Boston. Vessels bound south and east benefited, with upper and lower harbor passages clearing as ships moved out. A scattering fleet along the Virginia capes to Vineyard Haven also used the favorable breeze, soon filling the harbor with arriving ships, many carrying coal.
Caldwell defeated Moran in the 25 mile motor paced race at Pleasure Beach Bridgeport Conn on July 27 finishing in 37 minutes 45 seconds. Ernst of Rochester NY won the two thirds of a mile handicap bicycle race with Curran second Reed third. Steuder of Rochester won the five mile lap race in 11 26 with Haggerty and Ernst tied for second. In the toss up Haggerty won.
In Trieste on July 27 workers in cafes and restaurants have struck to demand regular wages and the abolition of tips, citing employers’ refusals to meet their requests. The action reflects tensions in the hospitality sector amid economic strain.
The Foley proprietors disavow any claim of a cure for consumption in advanced cases while asserting it cures in earlier stages and provides comfort in worst cases. Marketed as the greatest throat and lung remedy sold by F. C. Goodae and C. E. Carter.
Portland Maine July 7 Sheriff Pearson who had a bad spell Saturday night is mending in health. Poland Springs report tonight quotes his physicians as saying he is in better condition than before the setback, having passed a good day and a restful evening.
In the Stow church gathering evening speakers included Rev. John Baltzby on Religious Gains and Rev. Edward Hayward on The Orthodox Church of Today. An original hymn by Sarah E. Bent was sung as the church displayed historic figures with flowers and greenery.
Tewksbury’s old-home week program lists activities from July 30 to August 3. July 30 features a Vestry hall reception, dinner, church services, and addresses by local figures. July 31 in North village offers a clambake, prayers, speeches, and school performances. August 2 centers on athletic events and baseball contests, with August 3 union services. About 100 former residents have replied to attend.
Capt Conant led the Vesper Country Club team in a Sunday afternoon match on Tyngs Island against twelve players from Tatnuck Country Club of Worcester. The article notes the teams competed in a joint match with an unspecified final score.
Buffalo posted 33 runs on 33 hits in a Sunday game at Buffalo with 4,600 in attendance. Danny Friend started strong but faltered in the fourth, Corridon relieved in center field, and Captain Conn moved to the mound. The scoring pattern showed Buffalo leading throughout with a final 33 to 6.
A lengthy critique lauds William Stearns Davis for Belshazzar, placing it beside his A Friend of Caesar and praising its dramatic force, vivid characterizations of Daniel Isaiah and Darius, and historical panorama from Babylon to the Persian conquest. Published by Doubleday Page with illustrations.
A reviewer lauds Kate Douglas Wiggin’s The Diary of a Goose Girl as pleasant pastoral reading that slows the nerves. The work blends country life with personal impressions from a Sussex journey, narrated in a charming first person voice as the author seeks rural tranquility.
The passage recounts a protagonist fleeing civilization, dwelling near Oxenbridge, seeking rest and shedding social ties. Kate Douglas Wiggin’s The Diary of a Goose Girl is praised for farm life anecdotes, with Claude A. Shepperdson’s pen illustrations enhancing the narrative tone. Published by Houghton Mifflin at $1.00, available through G C Prince & Son and T H Lawler.
Laura E Richards offers a bright crisp tale, a sequel to Geoffrey Strong. Mrs Tree, ninety one, remains lively and sharp, guiding village life with humor and kindness. The story is prettily told and attractively issued, with illustrations and a Boston publisher’s imprint.
A Welsh Witch centers on Yshbel Lloyd Goronwy Hughes and Catrine Rees in a Welsh idyll. The plot traces love, family feuds over Pareglas and Sarnissa, and a land dispute eased by marriage uniting Pengraig and Sarnissa while Gypsy estrangements punctuate the tale.
The issue features an engaging editorial by J Willis Abbot, a sympathetic piece on child slavery in southern mills, Julia Marlowe on The American Girl on the Stage, Landon Knight on The Locale of Alice of Old Vincennes, and another superb illustrated article.
Milton Marks praises Lake Geneva wonders and includes The Plague of the Prairie Dog by Rene Bache. Dan Beard offers a diving cart design for boys. William Bullock and Ernest Crosby contribute pieces while Edwin L. Sabin leads a strong short story, When Love Laughed, with Netta Filer illustration. Frank Norris wraps up The Guest of Honor and Mrs Spofford’s A Flash of Lightning nears its peak.
The August issue presents essays by notable scholars including Charles S. Minot on consciousness in biological aspects, William H. Burr on the Panama Route, Edward Atkinson on microbes, Edward L. Thorndike on marriage among eminent men, David Starr Jordan on university building, Minnie Maria Bateman on social wasps, T. A. Jaggar field notes in Martinique and St. Vincent, and Frederick Adams Woods on mental heredity in royalty.
A list of six pieces suitable for mid summer reading includes A Young Mother's Trials by Marion Lawall Wilcox One Woman's Way With a Baby by Lillian Rood Cronin Care of Children During the Heated Term by S Virginia Levis M S N Practical Child Study by Mrs Winfield S Hall Children's Rights by Dr I N Love and The Baby Charmer Was He a Hypnotist by Henry W Roby M D These works offer guidance on child care health and parenting in the warm season.
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