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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1905
Page
6
Notices list telephone numbers for the Courier-Citizen Company including counting room editorial rooms and job department. Readers are asked to use the business office at 31-2 for advertising inquiries non-delivery of papers address changes and general business questions.
The Langtry appears on the vaudeville stage while President Wilson’s tolerance for reporters is noted as adequate. Observations touch on Russo Japanese tensions, Morocco status talks, and Delcasse with the German emperor, signaling a possible conference. Capt Flaherty accepts harbor and land commissioner role amid Democratic party shifts. Col Gaston is also mentioned.
A letter questions Lawrence Sun's daily opinions drawn from the Boston Record and other papers. It asserts no other publication freely shares contemporaries' views and suggests that such imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
The rag pickers trust begins a campaign against rag dealers who act as middlemen between rag collectors and paper makers. They propose direct sales to paper manufacturers to capture extra profit, noting it was not done previously.
The piece argues Governor Folk should ban all racing to curb gambling, noting racing equals gambling nationwide. It also comments on the New York sub treasury supplying new money amid high demand, preferring a reasonable approach to renewing crisp bills only when necessary and avoiding waste.
Doubts linger on when courts will hear the Lowell redistricting matter to assess the mayor veto claim. The mayor hints at vetoing the aldermanic step to divide wards into precincts, but doubts persist about any veto power. If redistricting proceeds and ward boundaries are defined by law, aldermen may draw precinct lines without the tower board.
The discussion centers on changing ward divisions via an interior mechanism and potentially creating new precincts by a July deadline. The mayor’s veto could delay or nullify these changes, but the board argues the precincts are minor and a veto would cause only inconvenience without benefit.
U S Solicitor General Hoyt warns that legal retainers increasingly hush justice through fees paid to silence, not to seek truth. He cites monopolies, ethics practice, and the danger of lawyers serving clients over blind justice, urging a revival of practical religion and higher professional standards.
A brief ad promising vacation outfits features black blue and brown materials. It urges readers to come early for best choice, suggesting vibrant color options and early shopping urgency.
A New York Tribune editorial condemns the Fourth of July fireworks excess, warning that twenty four days of pestering displays are intolerable and demand prompt abatement. A Boston Record note lauds summer visitors funding new churches as a sign of the value of the summer boarder asset. Worcester Telegram critiques state taxation growth as excessive and ineffective for returns to savers.
The Mont Vernon McCollum Institute, like Westford Academy, held graduation exercises last Friday with four graduates. Solon W. Stevens delivered the address. George A. Marden presented diplomas. Blaisdell's Philharmonica orchestra provided refined music. The event drew a crowded hall and a Laurel Drive tour followed, reflecting strong local interest.
Trained animals and a Garland Equine Ballet highlight the Ringling Brothers exhibition led by Pearl Souder. Two shows on June 28 with 2 PM and 3 PM performances, a 10 AM parade, three rings, and a quarter mile track. Reserved seats sold at Ellingwood & Co. with no price difference between downtown and show grounds.
Maine Patriarchs Militant in Bath attended a shore dinner at Merry Meeting park arranged by the Brunswick Odd Fellows. The afternoon program featured competitive drills and attendance at a vaudeville performance but was disrupted by bad weather.
The Swedish riksdag, summoned by King Oscar, debates a bill authorizing talks with Norway to craft a conditional settlement over the dissolution of the union. Premier Ramstedt urges pacific talks and a negotiated convention to safeguard mutual welfare, while the king expresses painful resolve to avoid worse outcomes and seeks unity within Sweden's frontiers.
The Y M C A steamboat ride has been postponed to Wednesday June 28. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised by Geo L Chubb of Har lan Michigan as the best cough medicine he has used, praised for curing coughs and colds quickly. For sale by all druggists.
Paderewski recalls over 500 remembered compositions while William Nelson compiles a list of 650 Native American names from seventeenth century records. A Poland Ohio Methodist church memorial to President McKinley costs 10000 dollars, with Carnegie funded organ and generous gifts from relatives. General R P Stewart, aged eighty, ill at Borden Springs. Rev Hugh Black returns to Union Theological Seminary to teach homiletics. Phiya Akhar Varadhara, Siamese minister, enjoys golf. Dr Ralph Curtiss named astronomy professor at University of Western Pennsylvania. Garofalo estimates Europe executes ten thousand yearly. one in three criminals escape justice. Paul Goebel, linked to Emperor William’s gardens, once gardener there. Guy Boothby, “mechanical author,” wrote by phonograph. Governor Warfield hoards death notices of Lloyd Lowndes for Maryland archives.
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