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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
8
The Middlesex county paper known as the Courier Citizen Company claims heritage since 1825 with daily publication from 1845 excluding Sundays and holidays. It is printed at the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street in Lowell and delivered by carrier for six cents per week.
Yesterday afternoon rain ceased and the temperature rose. Today the weather was fair and warm with a higher barometer reading than yesterday. Measurements show 29.80, 29.90, and 29.92 inches at 5pm, 8am, and noon with temperatures 56, 57, and 71 degrees respectively.
Forecast for New England calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday in the east with warmer temperatures overall. New Hampshire and Maine stay cooler with showers in the west, light winds shifting from westerly to easterly, and warmer air moving eastward.
Listing shows telephone numbers for the Courier-Citizen Company including Counting Room Editorial Rooms and Job Department. Readers asked to direct advertising, non delivery, address changes, and business inquiries to the business office at 31-2.
A Lowell Daily Courier note reflects on Beriah Wilkins of the Washington Post, noting his Ohio roots and New England surname. It mentions Russian ships at Manila and potential internment, a Philadelphia pearl necklace loss at a barbershop, a state plan to acquire the Webster place at Marshfield as a public reservation, and questions of price versus historical value of the Webster estate.
Delcasse confronts chief troubles in Africa as memories of England’s Fashoda retreat fade. His Morocco policy now brings him low, marking a new setback in his international leadership and diplomacy.
Governor Herrick refuses Equitable presidency despite salary. Debates on value for policyholders and government reports face scrutiny on honesty. Massachusetts education board nominees reflect labor influence while employing class seats seem small. Russian ships fleeing Manila set a legal precedent noted as proper. neutral treatment debated amid naval actions and political rhetoric.
A lettered tirade blames Russian leaders for stoking conflict and seeks U S facilities to repair battle-damaged ships. It condemns Linovitch, Kurepatkin, and Rojestvensky as warlike while lamenting civilians bearing the powder for powder. The writer argues the Japs will punish aggression, not rulers.
A columnist argues that New England town government grew directly from Congregational church polity. Churches acted as small republics guiding village layout and town meetings, shaping rural institutions and democratic participation, contrasting with Virginia’s plantation-based system.
A scattered column of witty lines and headlines notes June curiosities. References include Grand Trunk traffic through Saratoga, a 11 inch gun called a piece de resistance, isthmus workers’ hours, and varied quips on czars, tobacco trusts, and naval matters.
A New York Times critique argues the defeats of Russia are due to autocratic leadership rather than the Russian people. It emphasizes Russia’s wartime incompetence contrasted with the nation’s achievements in arts and peace, urging recognition of facts amid broad peasant suffering.
A Chicago Chronicle letter excerpt critiques impromptu prayers as often dull or inappropriate. It notes ministers rely on prepared texts and sermon-based prayers, while some view spontaneous prayers as lacking dignity. The piece cites Mr Van Dye and remarks from the Lynn Cadets column.
A column discusses the habit of wealthy individuals delaying payments, harming craftspeople like dressmakers and tailors. It also notes corrections to a report about Mitchells Boys school, then summarizes May weather at Amherst station, a theatre scene with Wright Huntington in Moths, railway rail installation on Westford Chelmsford streets, reaction to the YWCA opening crowd, and announces public inspection Saturday for the new building.
The passage promotes installing a gas range to dramatically lower kitchen temperatures, claiming the coal range left the thermometer high while a gas range brings mild, agreeable heat. It suggests this comfort rivals vacations in the Rangeleys or New Hampshire, emphasizing quiet enjoyment over travel.
A collage of 19th century items covers salaries for Russian ministers and life terms, a bluethroat migration 1600 miles in nine hours, Flanders canal networks for motor boats, Holland's hospital gift, Molisch’s potato light photography, Marion Mass post office history, a 418 carat white sapphire in Berlin, Manchuria colonization predictions, Tolstoy portrait censorship, a new quick-darning machine, and record sheep sales in Sydney with seven top prices totaling 23,350.
Just off the fire dainty toasted marshmallows praised as the best confectionery in a long time made from purest materials. They melt in the mouth and are fresh today at 7 cents a dozen. Howard the druggist 197 Central St displays packages from Lowney Russell Schrafft Foss Hazen and others received weekly.
Mrs Mason wife of the Berlin Consul General receives four massive silver candlesticks from the American Woman's Club in Berlin as a parting souvenir. Maude Adams, the actress, underwent appendicitis surgery in New York three weeks ago and has since hovered between life and death but is now out of danger. William Court Gully resigns as speaker of the British House of Commons after over ten years in the post, at age 70. He was the son of a doctor and rose from modest beginnings to preside over the house.
An individual educated at Cambridge built a successful legal career and was made a Bencher of the Inner Temple before entering parliament as a Liberal member for Carlisle.
The Yale baseball squad of 15 men left New Haven for Princeton to prepare for tomorrow's game, the second contest in the Yale Princeton series. The team will have light practice at Princeton before the game.
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