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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
6
The notice describes the Lowell Daly Courier, billed as the oldest and best daily in Middlesex County, with establishment dates 1825 and 1845. It notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays, office location on Merrimack Street, Lowell, and home delivery by carrier at six cents a week.
The day was fair and hot for June with a northwest breeze cooling the heat. Readings show barometer around 29.84 in yesterday at 5pm and 30.00 at 8am, 12m, while temperatures reached 82 today and 70 at 5am.
Forecast for New England calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with light variable winds.
Telegraph style notice lists telephone numbers and departments including Editorial Rooms and Job Department. Urges patrons to use care in calls and directs communications about advertising non delivery address changes and business inquiries to the business office.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes the balloon ascent on the Fourth has diminished in likelihood though chances rise. Gen Miles enjoys frequent mention of office and responds in kind. New York bars promise 500 Raines law hotels, signaling improved morality in the city. English bicycle factories run overtime while the American bike fades from favor, a pity for the durable vehicle.
The proposal moves Bates as permanent chairman for the next Republican state convention. Gov Bates would give a strong speech and the party may regret last year’s mishap. Norway’s independent path brings notes on literacy economy and social customs including low illiteracy and low wages.
A Boston incident shows four Chinese students detained for 24 hours despite valid passports and letters from Ambassador Choate. Critics blame inspectors, calling for awareness of flag day and the law’s reach, while pending boycotts on American goods amplify tensions as Washington debates policy.
The piece notes Flag Day on June 14 and the 14th as a symbolic date in U S colors while praising national symbolism. It quotes Judge Quarles on the Milwaukee bank wrecker Bigelow, arguing that outward respectability does not excuse breach of trust and calls for firm punishment to deter others.
A column of witty and pointed remarks on golf, politics, transportation, and social matters. It jokes about Donald Ross’s skill, the Lost Cause, czar dynamics, a ninth hole fiasco, city planning, and public figures, ending with sharper(c) criticisms of Cambridge officials and ethical standards.
The piece reflects on an 18 hour Chicago to New York run with a 127 mile per hour record. It questions the practicality and cost of ultra fast transcontinental trains, noting novelty may fade and luxury may not pay, while comparing steam speed to future possibilities and shifting tradeoffs in travel.
The piece notes Miles campaigning in a newspaper controversy over a traveling bath tub as a risky move for nomination. It also discusses expanded U S transport boosting Southern and Western fruits in Northern markets with a focus on freshness and local orchards.
A collection of brief items notes a West Indian freshwater maturing crab, a Lexington tomb reserved for Amos Muzzy, a Chinaman militia in Portland, Italy’s rail takeover plan costing 200 million, Bavaria’s longest lightning conductor, a 52 year old milk mule in Tipperary, bearded women statistics from German doctors, and related curiosios.
The writer reports patchy crop results with cucumber seeds failing to germinate while corn beans and radishes show uneven progress. He critiques political talk about lieutenant governor succession and notes advertising tax delinquents. Golf at Tyns Island draws praise for Henry Wilder and John Hylan drives. A D A R chapter discovers a Revolutionary hero’s grave, buys the plot, and learns the hero was a minor figure. A humorous verse from the New York Evening Mail and a two legged kitten at 31 West Third street close the column.
Mexico City June 15 The new line will start operations July 30 with the first subsidized steamer sailing from Montreal to Mexican ports touching Havana. Under the Mexican contract, ships may carry cargo and passengers Canada to Cuba, cargoes and passengers between Mexico and Canada both ways, but northbound trips cannot carry freight from Cuba to Canada.
Truman Parker proprietor of Parker's lunch rooms at 20 Prescott street and 388 Middlesex street installed cooling and ventilating apparatus to keep his venues comfortable on hot days. A drummer visiting the Prescott street location called it the coolest place he found. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised for indigestion constipation sour stomach and other pains. Ellingwood & Co.
In Farmington Missouri on June 15 a fire believed incendiary destroyed the Blaisdell house and two adjoining residences at New Portland. The hotel, the town’s only one, was unoccupied for a week. Losses totaled about 15,000 with partial insurance on the hotel. Otis Reed was seen fleeing toward Farmington and was jailed for investigation.
At a meeting in the Associated Press office Boston on Tuesday evening the New England Press Golf Club voted to hold the annual tournament July 10 to 13 on a local course. Qualifying will select 16 for the championship and 126 for the consolation with five prizes. Entries close July 9 via Secretary James E. O Connell Boston Globe. Officers elected include William A Swan president Ralph Cracknell vice president George Sargent treasurer John E Pember and James F E O Connell secretary.
Chicago reports the Team Owners National Association of America elected officers at its convention: President 8. C. Knight Boston first vice president H. C. Moore Philadelphia second vice president J. Wilkes New York recording secretary T. J. Cavanaugh Chicago corresponding secretary J. C. O'Brien St. Louis treasurer R. G. Martin Buffalo One director per affiliated association named. Building trades withdraw support from the teamsters over union labor disputes.
Boston June 15 26 matches completed in preliminary rounds as Longwood Club hosts Massachusetts championship tennis. Weather remains excellent and many second round contests expected with the schedule to finish by Saturday night. First round results include B Plympton defeating F B Taylor 6 2 6 4 and A S Pier beating D P Rhodes 6 4 6 2.
The New Jersey Central places six dining cars on its New York to Philadelphia line with departures at 7 and 8 am 12 noon 1 pm 5 pm and 6 pm. Cars feature dining and cafe compartments with mahogany and leather furnishings and an experienced steward directs the commissary aiming to match the hourly train service fame.
An old advertisement urges immediate use of Foley’s Kidney Cure to treat kidney and bladder issues. It claims to cure Bright’s disease and diabetes once thought incurable, warns of neglect, and lists Fallsirkinshaw A H Storey Co Davis Square and Ellingwood Co as distributors.
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