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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
6
Washington warns harsher penalties for mutilating rural delivery boxes and stealing mail as violence in labor strikes escalates. The piece notes Mexican Yaqui killings, critiques imperial policy, mocks magnates, and previews probes into New York customs fraud as Secretary Shaw leads investigations.
The excerpt surveys 1901 financial losses led by sugar and tobacco, questions about Britain’s cotton independence, and hints at future protective duties. It notes Gen Wood's Cuba trustee role controversy, a solid US army officer supply, and Dim Dreamwold's estate closure. It also cites Shaw's Maine convention stance and Blondin legal delays as topical threads.
Ted Sloan is described as quick as a chauffeur and as a jockey with a continued talent for landing in trouble, highlighting a pattern of rapid actions and recurrent difficulties.
A collage of short notes on prominent individuals: Andrew Carnegie’s shift from frugality to avid fishing, Dr. Joseph Eastman’s death and surgical contributions, Prof. Uphues’s commission to sculpt Frederick the Great, Prof. Horatio Parker’s Norwich Festival assignment, Rep. De Armond’s Philippines snapshot cards, and Senator Dietrich’s forgetful habit using an alarm clock to manage engagements.
A compact review of tongue in cheek phrases spanning trade notes Boston politics and press quips. It notes a libel case in Paris, a boxing metaphor about Congress, vaccine interest, volcanic dust for pests, and quirky line about 182 women’s clubs in Massachusetts and domestic broomstick arithmetic.
In Middlesex and southern New Hampshire hay prospects look mixed with May rain and light old fields. The piece notes heavy grass expected yet warns fields are light and worms injure brown-top. It cites import of hay from Maine and Canada and high car prices, plus local farm press history and Lowell news.
A collage of brief newspaper quotations discussing Lord Kitchener’s African campaign rewards and prospects, Elisha Dowie’s controversial religious stance, a Rochester horse nibbling incident, university wealth, a Derby winner’s owner, and general English attitudes toward military honor and pay. The remarks mirror period opinion with sharp, sometimes humorous takes.
New Hampshire notes a potential trolley extension from Milford to Manchester with a possible Amherst to Mont Vernon link if built. Milford plans a traditional Fourth of July celebration. Former Milford orator Anson Burlingame is recalled, and Rev. John Thorpe of Brookline, moving to Centre Harbor, gave farewell sermons last Sunday from Acts xiii. 5 about appointing John as a minister.
Out of the common remark highlights Japan’s 150 rice varieties suited to American soil, while Manila cigar makers are largely women with a factory employing 3000 workers. Dundee’s cancer hospital project, a $90,000 grant by a local producer, and Columbia University’s upcoming degrees and scholarships are noted, with recipients from 19 states and two foreign countries including Canada and Japan.
Massachusetts report details John O Connell a Brockton native who traveled to Worcester about four weeks ago and died Friday night after being sent to the smallpox hospital two days after arrival. Also captured is Daniel W Garland who escaped Fitchburg jail Thursday evening and was recaptured near his Berlin home Friday afternoon after a roughly twenty mile trek through swampy terrain.
The article lauds Lord Kelvin for his pivotal role in laying the Atlantic cable, combining superior mathematical insight with practical, common sense. It cites his theoretical work in mechanics heat electricity and magnetism and his inventions like the reflecting galvano meter ampere balance electrometers siphon recorder marine compass and deep sea sounding apparatus as enduring contributions to science and engineering.
Warren S Foote longtime Lowe's resident and notable city musician died Friday at his home, 88 Wannalandt street, aged 67. He taught music, served as organist at First Universalist and John Street churches, led W. S. Foote & Co. piano business, and retired two years ago. He was a school committee member in 1877-8, a prominent Mason, and organist at Pentucket lodge for nearly 40 years. Survived by daughters Andie Swain and Margaret M. Foote and brothers James D. and Irvin A. Foote.
Acting Mayor Badger orders flags hoisted on all city flag staffs for flag day and urges patriotic citizens to display their flags in recognition of the day.
The King s Highway must ever be the best and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway is praised as the premier route for American sovereign travel between the East and West, offering comfort safety speed and punctuality.
The text lists funeral services for Benjamin R. Douglass Edward Lyons Michael Golden and Matthew F. Lynch. Services were held at homes or churches with priests, choirs and undertakers named, and burials at Lowell or St Patrick's cemeteries with local lodge participation and floral tributes.
The YWCA annual summary details large department attendances, busy reading lunch and rest rooms, and an employment bureau with 86 new places offered. It notes $439.27 in treasury from tithe and contributions, $76 in memberships, and $30 sent to Grace Eaton with monthly Champala support in India. Special programs, socials, music, tennis, evangelistic meetings, and summer activities are described, ending with praise for the year’s work led by General Secretary Frances T. Bennett.
Under the head What society is doing metropolitan papers show society busy with marriages and engagements. Reference to luxurious hammocks over 50 styles at Thompson Hardware Co. indicates consumer offerings alongside social notes.
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