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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier traces its long legacy as Middlesex county's oldest daily, established 1825 and operating since 1845. Published from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street in Lowell, it remains a daily paper except Sundays and holidays with six cent weekly carrier delivery.
Weather notes show a sunny June day with high temperatures in the mid 80s and a cooler morning around 63 to 73 degrees. Barometer readings 29.90 and 29.85 inches accompany the day’s figures. Sam records 60m and 12m markers in the data.
Forecast for New England indicates fair conditions in the east tonight with local showers in the western area. Sunday to be generally cloudy with additional local showers, and light variable winds.
The notice lists internal phone numbers for departments including Counting Room Editorial Rooms Job Department and directs patrons to use the business office 31 2 for advertising non-delivery address changes and general business inquiries with care in making calls.
A column discusses Norway's likelihood of becoming a republic amid royal succession issues and notes broader railway rate regulation trends as 34 states already run railroad commissions. It mentions William Zeigler's bequest for Arctic exploration and potential use of a large trust to fund northern research.
Police Commissioner McAdoo halted Sunday baseball in Manhattan due to hoodlum activity on return trips, while games continue in Brooklyn and Williamsburg. A federal labor bulletin notes a nearly 7 percent cost of living rise across 52 foods last four years, with wage pace unclear. Massachusetts towns worry over water waste. Salem cited as example and New York City also shows high per capita use.
A spirited contest between Newport News private yard building the Louisiana and the New York government yard working on the Connecticut shows which finishes first. Louisiana started a month earlier, yet the government's 77.73 percent complete edges the private 77.50. The note suggests national yards can rival private builders despite past reputations for slowness. It also comments that Japan may not have finalized its war bill for Russia yet.
The article suggests Japan has already secured most territorial aims and will seek salvage rights for Russian vessels and property. It states Russia may demand money indemnity, but expectations say Japan will avoid a heavy bill, showing levelheaded restraint in settling postwar terms.
The piece argues that cheap Southern labor, aided by large white immigrant inflows, undermines Northern mills. It warns that replacing Black workers with Poles and Slavs risks increased pauperism, weaker unions, and eventual relocation of competition to the South. It urges focus on organizing Southern mills to curb the threat.
A fragmented column touches on Morton and Paul Morton positions, a proposed naval rank titled tailor, Dracut water supply, peace notes, St Louis fast train, burial delays for Paul Jones, Westminster Chambers in Copley Square, and a $481,970 payment, with varied parodic observations and named individuals.
Quotations praise Mr Bonaparte for opposing Maryland negro disfranchisement and the grandfather clause while criticizing Chicago for its lawlessness. The Springfield Republican notes the stance against the clause, contrasts it with Voltaire, and cites Chicago Chronicle on unions and political complicity. The Boston Post hints Bates as Republican state committee chair.
The Courier-Citizen invites readers to view a $12.50 Columbia Disc Grapho phone on exhibition this afternoon and evening in room 3 of the Courier-Citizen building up two flights. Call to hear it play. Canobie, Sunday afternoon, Lynn Cadets.
A newspaper excerpt notes advice to avoid imposing unwanted gifts on brides. It recalls couples buying furniture and carpets while rejecting ranges they already own, highlighting the dilemma of practical wedding presents and the need for thoughtful consideration.
They must use it and buy the fuel it consumes for years. The Crawford, with its patented Single Damper, is simpler to handle and uses less coal or wood. Reason supports this, not just claims.
The YWCA plans to nearly double membership driven by the new building and its facilities. High school girls from the basketball squad are expected to join, aided by nearby gymnasiums. A cautionary anecdote about a licorice and moth ball stash ends with praise for Mr. Horace Stebbins gift of bed linens to the association.
Maj. Robert J. Crowley of this city mailed resignation to Capt. John J. Flaherty at Democratic state committee headquarters in Boston. The move follows rifts within the committee after Hamlin’s resignation and marks a shift as Crowley had consistently supported Hamlin against Col. Gaston.
Philip Smith, shot in the abdomen, remains alive at Frost hospital, with officials saying the bullet has not yet been located and he has an even chance of recovery. Fred J. Lessard, arrested on the shooting charge, remains in local jail awaiting word on Smith’s condition.
A promotional note for Hollister's Mountain Tea promising red lips laughing eyes sweet breath and good looks. Advertises 35 cents for tea or tablets sold by Ellingwood and Co. Local tone and period style.
Boston June 10 Charles F Choate attorney for the late J Montgomery Sears Boston's largest individual taxpayer issues statement. Sears's property will not exceed 4 million and is left by his will entirely to his widow and children with no public bequests. Executors and family know of no other will or codicil. Estate valued publicly at 25 to 29 million. Reports had claimed a second unwritten will.
Gov Ferguson orders two militia companies to guard Bliss Oklahoma grounds on Sunday after the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protested an Indian dance and buffalo hunt set for the 101 ranch. A telegram from the president confirms the protest has been filed to him.
In San Francisco on June 10 the commission appointed from Washington to investigate Lieut. W. G. Blasdel's disappearance and probable drowning aboard the revenue cutter Rush concluded that a slight lurch likely caused his fall overboard early Tuesday morning.
Kansas City report notes Mabel Gates aged 18 and George Job Jr found in a dying state from strychnine near Rosedale Kansas early today. Both died before aid. they reportedly protested saving efforts and are believed to have planned a joint suicide.
The 1905 Trolley Wayfinder and the Trolley Wayfinder Bird's Eye View map of trolley routes in New England are offered for 10 cents each. They provide official info on routes, distance, fare, and running times, with the map detailing town to town routes. Send payment or buy at news stands via John J. Lane, 12 Pearl Street, Boston.
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