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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
6
In Middlesex County Lowell’s oldest daily paper founded 1825 and daily since 1845 published at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street with daily delivery 6 cents a week by carrier for the city.
The June weather began perfect with a second share of a cloudless sky and cool air. In Boston on June 2 the forecast calls for a fall tonight and Wednesday with somewhat warmer readings in Vermont and eastern Maine and light north to east winds.
Editorial Rooms and counting room listed with telephone numbers for the Gourier Citizen Company. Patrons urged to use care when calling and to address advertising, non-delivery, address changes, and business inquiries to the business office at 31-5.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes ex governor Boutwell refuses a Jefferson memorial citing his empire critique of McKinley. It compares his stance to Cato and questions republic restoration, while reporting on mill wage increases and Cuba’s positive political climate under Palma. It ends with a wish for Filipino sanitation similar to Cuba’s.
The French religious disturbance under Premier Combes fuels a possible end to the concordat and separation of church and state. A bill in the Chamber signals intent, yet France’s Catholic majority makes success unlikely. Separately, the late steel magnate B F Jones left sixty million dollars in trust.
The piece discusses Mr. Jones and Mr. Carnegie wealth and wills, Massachusetts liquor law repeal, labor eviction threats, and the Greenleaf murder case. It references fiber packing material named excelsior, jury choices on life versus death sentences, and discrepancies between agency and Textile council estimates. The tone is editorial and sardonic.
Architects choose exterior of old Massachusetts State House for St Louis exposition while using Bulfinch front for interior rooms. Meanwhile New England prays for rain as Kansas suffers from cloudbursts and floods, underscoring Nature’s whimsy.
A compact cartoonish remark compares Lawrence at fifty to Low ell and jokes about temper, chestnut themes, and occasional behavior that mimics someone much older or younger, reflecting a humorous take on character.
The movement lags at first but is expected to pick up once it becomes clear that the mills have opened and will remain operating.
A light note on Lowell enjoying her former Miss and a child's contentment with a bright new tin cart. It conveys simple happiness and the idea of familiar pleasures still bringing delight.
A midcentury survey notes Nicaraguans consume about 600000 pounds of cacao yearly with chocolate common in households. It also reviews New York City school reforms proposing elective languages and a shift in language instruction. It cites 1841 and 1891 English employment trends showing rising female labor in various trades.
Professor Lars, a Norwegian scientist, says Europe endures an unusually cold spring due to an Arctic heat wave that has released icebergs. Many bergs are sighted at extraordinary low latitudes by Atlantic steamers, possibly explained by the Gulf Stream.
The passage mocks labor, post office graft, and local calamities while lampooning trends. It jokes about mills reopening, strikers, and a misnamed Gainesville amid a terrible Monday disaster. It references Eton students burned, orthography shifts to lorn, a divorce case with Hocker rumor, New England arrival of 7000 colored people, memorial Day for Gen. Hooker, chivalry at Boston, Anna Held’s Maine farm fraud claim, and fleeting actress attachments.
The Duluth Herald laments poor portraiture by tailors and mocks flashy schemes as schemes. Collier's Weekly praises servant dignity and fair pay as essential to democracy and service, urging respect for workers and their legitimate ambition.
City bits reflect on Lawrence aging to 60 with townwide pride. Residents recall the Mills debate and the upcoming Manchester game while noting Lowell's win and the abolition of the high school regiment. The celebration costs about $11,000 as the town enjoys its milestone and remaining youthful spirit.
The body recovered from the Brooklyn Bridge death has been identified as A Much, a guest of the Mills hotel where he registered under that name. He jumped on May 24 and was later confirmed as the deceased.
Fire swept through a sash and blind factory in Newton this afternoon causing an estimated $3000 in damage. No injuries were reported.
The piece recalls a drive from Mont Vernon to Temple New Hampshire for a Memorial Day speech by Col. Thomas W. Cogswell of Gilmanton. It notes Temple’s rich military memorials, local weather hardships, mill labor issues, and a social visit by Lowell residents. It also covers local strikes, weather variability, and evolving street scenes from late spring to early summer.
The Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor documents wage and salary ranges in Boston mercantile establishments. It contrasts wages for manual labor with salaries for clerical and skilled work, noting averages for bookkeepers, cashiers, and stenographers, and highlighting top earners and potential career paths from entry level to buyer or manager. The report emphasizes perseverance and skill as keys to higher pay, with a final caution that mean salaries tell the true story.
Prescott Arizona June 2 The ten hour era ends as the eight hour law opens and Yavapai miners reject the new wage scale adopted by local mine owners. Some properties have closed and other plants may follow with reports of possible general strike as days pass and clearer news emerges.
In New York on June 2 Judge McLean in the supreme court sustained the right of the New York produce exchange to expel a member. The member was accused by another member of being connected with or dealing with a syndicate said to have conducted irregular business.
The executors and heirs of the McComb estate appeal to the Appellate Division after Judge Truax awarded Fannie McComb Herzog a pro rata share, about 4 million dollars. They argue the estate is worth 20 to 25 million with income tied up, and the suit stems from a will provision barring the contestant if she marries Herzog.
Kidder Peabody and company of Boston have engaged 500000 dollars in gold for shipment to Europe, arranged through their New York agents Baring Magown and company. The transaction is set to depart on Thursday.
Belton Montana June 1 The body of Supt B F Egan of the Great Northern railroad who was lost in the Montana mountains while hunting November 4 was recovered today.
In New York on June 2 the East 126th Street bank directors led a night meeting when a sergeant shouted Call out the reserves as burglars. Police rushed Lexington Avenue to 125th Street and found twelve directors startled by an alarm panic, later revealed to be a mistaken alert from a watchman.
Interest runs high as tickets go on sale for Hollis Street Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in Boston. Liebler and Co strengthen the cast with James ONeill joining the company, signaling a standout engagement for the season.
Auburn New York June 2 Bitter litigation is promised over the estate of Albert S Burtis who died at Springside his country seat. Burtis a former pool hall proprietor and gambler in New York City left more than one million dollars. He willed his fortune to Miss Burgess a 20 year old fiancé. A second claimant now asserts she is his widow setting the stage for disputed heirs and court action.
In Victoria British Columbia on June 2 the Dominion government instructs meteorologist Reed to set up Fraser river lookout stations to warn by telegraph of floods. In Montana and Idaho melting snow endangers tracks and rails as Coeur d'Alene mountains report record winter snowfall and feared disasters.
Those who must have good food for demanding labor like locomotive engineers iron workers and miners are the large buyers of bread made from Spring Wheat Flour. The standard Spring Wheat Flour is Pillsbury's Best Flour.
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