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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1903
Page
6
The oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County, established 1825, daily since 1845 except Sundays and holidays. Published at Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack Street and delivered by carrier across the city, priced a week.
Boston June 15 forecast shows fair tonight with rain on the northern coast. Tuesday expected to be fair with fresh brisk northerly winds. The past two days featured alternating sun and clouds with a cool night and light morning rain followed by heavy forenoon showers.
Editorial Rooms Listing telephone numbers for the Courier-Citizen Company and guidance to patrons on proper use. Addresses for advertising, non-delivery issues, and changes of address directed to the business office 31-5.
A Lowell Daily Courier excerpt criticizes southern racial practices as near servitude, recounting a Black worker’s brutal chain of contracts and punishment in Alabama. It also discusses the Dulles pearl necklace case, noting Judge Lacombe’s order to restore the gems and lampooning arguments about ignorance of rights and duties.
A long column rails at Parks and labor tactics, cites affidavits about strike payments, and attacks Reading Coal interests. It notes court actions on Interstate commission rulings, previews Servia kings, New York anniversaries, and hints at Joe Cannon and J Pierpont Morgan, while lampooning modern politics and industry.
A new patriotic society opens membership to Betsy Ross descendants. A Philadelphia woman ran an unlicensed still to fund her two sons education, a praiseworthy motive but flawed method. An Oregon man repaid a five cent theft with 76 cents years later. Chinese girls begin work at San Francisco central telephone office for Chinese subscribers. New York imported precious stones valued at 2,871,645 dollars in March, a record high. The Shah of Persia has horse tails dyed crimson at six inches from tips, a privilege unique to him. The Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland now leads world with 2,180 members.
A column blends social observations with varied notes on weather, water quality, a humorous mishap with a pool-ball and egg, a breakfast plan for C Tung Liang Cheng, and reminiscences of old friendships including Madame Alice Esty. The piece surveys fortunes, health, and fortunes of time in a small community.
A collage of remarks on weather boarding at the Touraine, opinions on Colman, crash suits on the Pelham line, mill reopenings drawing tradesmen to the beam, spinners questioned by reporters, Boston drunks and Chairman Emmons, a Flower concert praised, and a June day cited by a poet. Slowpay shows a Dun's Review subscription note.
The piece notes charged views on labor unions and blackmailers among business agents. It cites passages from London and New York papers about Balfour and Devonshire’s yawning performance, the government winning a coin tax vote, and a description of labor unrest as a fever causing strained relations between capital and labor.
Reports detail President Loubet's July 6 to 9 stay in London as guest of King Edward at St James's Palace, with Mrs. Mary Harrison planning a world trip and Mrs. Van Alstyne turning 85. Other items include a Baltimore monument plan, Judge Caldwell's resignation, George Gould's flood relief gift, and George N Woodson becoming Iowa's first Black judge.
The Liberty Bell started its journey from Independence Hall to West Philadelphia station escorted by the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry and the First Regiment National Guard. It will travel to Boston for the Bunker Hill celebration with a return trip set to begin Friday and expected back Saturday night.
Marseilles reports a balloon with four aeronauts was carried out to sea yesterday afternoon and their fate remains unknown. Officials say rescue efforts are underway though weather conditions hinder search. The incident marks a perilous voyage yet to be resolved.
Crowds fill Willow Dale and Lakeview as Nashua cars shift to summer half hour service. Lakeview repair work resumes on the return loop from the Lakeview farm. A petition seeks a Lakeview wharf for canoe landings to serve about 150 patrons, amid ongoing club moves and steamer repairs. The Iroquois Canoe Club relocates to a new clubhouse with a delayed formal opening planned in two to three weeks.
New York June 15 Accused extortion of Newark N J hat factory employees David Richman fined 999.99 by the hat makers union. Earlier charges eight months ago drew a 99.99 fine while he was a department foreman. He denies the allegations and vows not to pay the second fine while claims the charges are trumped up. The union cites demands for 2 dollars weekly from workers and says Richman collected money for the firm.
In Waterville Maine on June 15 Fr N Charland of St Francis de Sales church denounced labor unions as an injury to workers and a disgrace to the country asserting they threaten individual liberty. The sermon drew a labor audience and sparked discussion among union leaders and Socialist allied members.
A cloudburst between Columbus and Park City sends a 20 foot wall of water down Valley Creek washing away bridge and roadbed. A second cloudburst near Reed Point floods miles of track area. trains tied up on the Northern Pacific.
Vicksburg Mississippi, June 15. News via telephone from Lake Providence says the protection levee at Holybrook has collapsed. Efforts to strengthen it are futile. The river level is about 10 feet lower than at the original break, checking the rise, and a general overflow is deemed unlikely.
A San Jose representative says examination of Porter Bros affairs is so satisfactory that the receiver will be withdrawn and business will resume. The statement comes as the firm nears stabilization and reopening operations in California.
Chauncey Dewey plans to present his version of the Colby area killings at the upcoming preliminary hearing despite his lawyers advice. Widows of two Berry family members will testify Tuesday as authorities work to avert clashes as crowds gather in town. The note mentions rail cost estimates and financial terms, but the main focus remains on the scheduled testimony and local tensions surrounding the case.
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