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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
6
A shortened transit note describes Boston and Maine Railroad trains running between Lowell and Boston during mid afternoon. Commuters are advised to check schedules for midday services and platform changes at Lowell and Boston stations.
Subscribers away for the summer may have The Courier mailed to mountain, country, or seashore addresses for any duration by notifying The Courier-Citizen counting room.
The Lowell Daily Courier sketches 1901 concerns. Prohibition endures in Maine via a constitutional amendment, with New York as potential candidate arbiter if a favorite emerges. The Fulton submarine boat begins a new era of naval craft, trials loom, and full perfection years away. Connecticut plans a constitutional convention and a call for wise delegates echoes across states while battleship talk wanes. The steel trust faces pressure from rival producers as competition survives, and Evans touts the Illinois claim while ship fortunes and naval assets attract attention.
Developments echoing the Pennsylvania deal show corporations could be oppressed by a trust as laboring men. The text notes that corporations can sometimes fight effectively, highlighting tensions between business power and worker interests.
The piece argues Cuba should adopt the Platt amendment to secure real independence under U S supervision. It warns Cuba faces factions and internal strife during incubation and suggests eventual preference for annexation over solitary governance.
Reports note Admiral Raphael Semmes’s sons serving on Alabama’s bench for 25 years and another as a practicing lawyer. M. Fagnier of the Sorbonne joins the French academy of Moral Sciences. James D. Smillie gifts 923 steel engravings to New York Public Library. Miss Kuntze and guide Furrer summit Gelmerhorner, first ascent, 10 500 feet. Iowa College appoints H. Waed Oberlin to head Conservatory. Prof R. G. Cole succeeds. Day of Andover Theological Seminary awarded Doctor of Divinity. May Hosmer and George Russ Fiske wed in Chicago. Daumet and French architects urge Senate not to disturb religious orders, fearing impact on employment in architecture.
A Lancet columnist argues it is probable that a female fly could have as many as 25,000,000 descendants within one summer, illustrating exponential reproductive potential in insects.
Families leaving the city for a term are advised to store valuables in a fireproof safe at the Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co on Merrimack street at Palmer. The firm offers no extra charge for storage of household goods to yearly safety box holders and reasonable rates for others.
Quotations from several editorials and articles highlight that American workers receive the best wages globally and political sovereignty leads to strong education and self-reliance. The pieces discuss immigration, industry, and the U S position in world markets, contrasting with European peasants and noting the influence of policy on industry and defense.
The writer comments on a caricature of Mayor Dimon on a George Washington Childs portrait near East Merrimack Street bridge. He recalls local scenes, spring beauty, and local camps, then notes tool company losses, framingham military camp prep, ration plans, and rising New York billboard exposure affecting Merrimack Square mail boxes. Travel by Fall River boats and Boston and Maine demand follow.
The eastern Canadian seacoast from the Bay of Fundy to the Straits of Belle Isle spans about 5000 miles. British Columbia’s coast extends about 7180 miles with a salt water inshore area of 1500 square miles. A Japanese shipyard at Ominato remains in operation after being established over 1900 years ago.
Mr. Chas H Parmenter and daughter from Oakland cements old ties in Lowell where he once oversaw Lawrence corp and served in Co G Old Sixth. Henry J McCoy of San Francisco arrives solo in Lowell to visit Asa C Russell, former Y M C A president. Louise McLaughlin leaves for New York to join The Strollers cast at the Knickerbocker Theatre following Francis Wilson Co success. Mrs C A Spencer and daughter enjoy summer at Old Orchard. Annie Cass visits Lena Bowen at 43 Gates. George F Waugh visits son at West Point. Tufts confers degrees on Reginald F Smith Robert Goodell Frank W Coughlin John A Seede George W Leith. M O Carter of Dover St at North Conway. E J Haydon and wife greet a baby boy.
Fraternal Court Samuel de Champlain F of A elects officers including Chief Ranger Philippe Bourque and Treasurer Paul Vigeant. Lowell council Royal Arcanum No 8 to meet tonight with many applications and planned initiations and events.
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