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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1901
Page
4
Service details indicate trains running between Lowell and Boston with the route via Lexet Street 81. The note preserves the historical transport linkage and cites the line's operational segment.
A collection of short items notes English and American railways rivalries and moral campaigns, political moves on woman suffrage, Taft commission on Philippine governance, theater and literary figures including Bernhardt and Maude Adams, transit innovation in London, and social issues. It also reports a Derby winner nicknamed Wolly, high trolley fatalities in St. Louis, and a severed body found near Chelmsford with murders and identifications complicating the case.
The excerpt argues against donor influence over professors at Cambridge, Chicago, and Stanford. It defends a founder’s right to decide what is taught if legal, and asserts that professors should depart if they disagree with their hire. It criticizes attempts to control academic doctrine and warns such restraint is untenable.
The article lauds John D. Rockefeller for funding a great medical research institution, arguing such large endowments enable investigators to pursue science without income pressures. It praises wealth for advancing learning, medicine, and charity and notes the impact of individual effort over small sums from many people.
In a sharp exchange, a Boston Herald defense of tariff protection is mocked as flawed. The reply argues that "effective" protection exists, cites the Dingley law and corn duties, and notes the mismatch between domestic and foreign costs while criticizing the Herald's extreme stance and calls for a more precise economic rationale.
The editorial argues that corn duties have little effect on trade or revenue, while wool duties present a separate challenge. It contends that the measure is not monstrous, though perhaps absurd, and notes the ongoing tension between opposing interests in advancing equitable protection for the country.
The Glasgow Herald comments on the Porte edict banning typewriters in Turkey and Abdul Hamid's liberty obsession, noting illiteracy in Ottoman schooling and a contrast with electricity in his palace. The Boston papers lament America's cup defense and predict Porto Rican Americanization and territorial progress. A state reapportionment bill passes Senate with little criticism.
The piece argues that if mail bags of embassies are used for smuggling, the case for ending diplomatic immunity strengthens. It recalls a diplomat exploiting personal use declarations to import goods, mentioning an ambassador who allegedly brought Paris dresses for personal use and sold them locally.
A Currier column recalls debates over handwriting training with a push for plain vertical script, notes on English neatness, and mentions Dracut pioneers, King Philip’s War, and local golf tales as readers reflect on literacy, civics, and community life.
An ad argues uric acid in blood causes sluggish circulation and rheumatism. It claims opium and cocaine in patent medicines worsen the condition, promotes filtration of uric acid through diet and digestion, and endorses Father John's Medicine as a purifying, drug-free remedy with a larger $1 bottle offering more quantity than the 80 cent size.
Judge Frederick Lawton denied a new trial motion by City Solicitor Quo in William Ang lin versus the city of Lowell. The plaintiff previously recovered a verdict of $8000 for injuries from an explosion in a sewer trench.
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