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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
6
The Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County traces its history to 1895 with daily publication except Sundays and holidays. It lists the Courier Citizen Building on Merrimack Street Lowell and a carrier delivery rate of six cents a week.
Yesterday's pleasant conditions gave way to heavy smoke while today remains mild and smoky. The forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures in Vermont and New Hampshire, and winds from the right north to east on the coast.
The notice lists telephone numbers for the Courier-Citizen Company including Editorial Rooms Counting Room and Job Department with guidance to direct communications about advertising non-delivery address changes and business inquiries to the business office at 315
The piece reviews a Philadelphia strike of about 75,000 workers pushing from 60 to 55 hours weekly and higher pay. It argues such demands threaten profits, market power, and stockholder funds, noting practical limits on employer concessions and warning that militant labor rhetoric may fail without broader consensus.
The writer argues Baer et als and coal dealers face ongoing trouble as vast coal is mined and held back. Prices may rise, but miners will not see gains while mines shut or curtailed. Public bears the burden, with socialistic sentiment growing from current tactics and limited coal flow to Lowell.
A Boston newspaper column laments landlord complicity during strikes and mocks Lipton shareholders for funding costly advertising, while critiquing Postmaster General Payne and leaders in labor disputes. It notes coal miners contemplating strike suspension and questions political leadership amid ongoing industrial unrest.
A witty collage notes June fruit pairs in boxes at Mr Machen's, mentions Payne and Knox, and mocks illiteracy and slang from Madam Nature. It jokes that weather signals drag smoking bans, tax bills from frost and sun bite farmers, and that after all claims equity becomes microscopic while Old Sol’s face reddens.
The Boston Herald commentary casts doubt on Postmaster General Payne's performance while arguing Booth may have died by suicide rather than in a barn fire. Doubters persist, but current reports deny the alternative.
The piece ridicules spending ten thousand dollars to bring the Liberty Bell to Boston as wasteful and foolish. It notes William Ellery Channing’s revived prominence due to monument demonstrations and praises Boston Unitarian leaders backing him as a great preacher beyond current local figures.
A column stringing together recollections and curiosities from a New England town includes a joke about sheriffs, a glancing note on Dr Lorimer, local strikes, weather tinted by smoke, a navy secretary’s possible shift, militia dress costs, a windy day cap chase, cemetery upkeep at Edson and Pawtucketville, and a deer sighting near Lowell.
Reports from Victoria British Columbia note asains say Japan sends aid to Tolyima after volcanic panic. Loochoo residents urged to emigrate, but stay. Iburi Iburi volcano shows activity. Manila cites vandalism over Reina Christina relic bones. Reina Christina gold rumors remain unfounded. Velasco sunk by crew. Korea plans army navy expansion aided by loan from Britain or Japan. Shanghai Kar in dispatch: American engineer ordered to leave, passport rejected.
Grace Greenwood in New York Independent extols Charlotte Cushman as a great American actress and woman. She praises Cushman’s wide culture, independence, and dignity, contrasts her with European stars, and notes Cushman’s moments of dramatic silence and intensity.
William Waldorf Astor contributed 1000 toward a 40000 statue project by the Holland Society of New York. The statue of William the Silent is planned for Riverside Drive in New York City, with fundraising ongoing for the total cost.
Fresh reports claim the King faces state function interdiction, the Queen may be deaf, and the Prince of Wales is weak. Separately, the Republican field narrows, clearing a path for Roosevelt who leads in both nomination and election prospects.
The piece recalls George Francis Train, noting his habit of complaints and social friction. It mentions that the elderly figure, once a forceful voice, is still alive and capable of lashing out, with doctors previously diagnosing a bout of smallpox.
The city council plans to inter the band concert business and the Fourth of July business in a common grave, a proposal that mirrors prior remarks. It appears likelihood of execution grows as authorities move toward this final disposition.
The court ruled alimony holds priority as a lien on the debtor estate and cannot be voided by bankruptcy. This interpretation reinforces support obligations and shapes how courts allocate assets in insolvency cases.
In Omaha on June 4 the 11 month union strike against Union Pacific ends after talks between President Burt and striker representatives. About 1000 workers will return Monday. Terms include abolition of first piece work, reinstatement within 60 days, a 7 percent wage rise, a nine hour day, retention of non union staff on equal terms, shop hotels closed in two weeks, and official strike off at multiple points including Council Bluffs Omaha and Kansas City.
In Melbourne C. C. Kingston urged maintaining British duties to support Britain while not harming revenue. He said the Commonwealth should aid the imperial government. In Wellington a New Zealand chambers of commerce conference endorsed preferential trade with Great Britain.
Boston June 4 Secretary Morse of the New England Baseball league announces that Captain Clark of the Manchester club has been suspended for two days for abusive language to Umpire Sullivan at games on June 1 and 3. Right fielder Barry of Lawrence also receives a two day suspension for a similar offense to Umpire King at the morning game of May 30.
The New York Sun praises Augustus St Gaudens’s Sherman statue unveiled on Decoration Day in Central Park. It compares the composition to Begas’s Kaiser Wilhelm I and lauds the figure of Victory and the rider’s refined treatment. The piece notes the statue’s red granite pedestal, sunlight gilding, and expected popular admiration, likening it to the Farragut statue in Madison Square.
Within two weeks all eateries at depots west of Pittsburg will be operated by the railroad company. The plan has been tested in the eastern section with satisfactory results and about twenty hotels and restaurants will be affected. Dining car service will guide the restaurant operations.
Miss Inez Goff, daughter of Recorder John W. Goff, will enter the Ursuline convent as a novice today. She began her entrance in November and her parents will attend the ceremony.
Those who must have good food to endure labor such as locomotive engineers iron workers and miners are large bread consumers. The standard spring wheat flour advocated is Pillsbury's Best Flour highlighting its role for endurance and nutrition.
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