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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
6
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county established 1825 and 1845 daily. Published at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell. Delivered by carrier to any part of the city at 6 cents a week. Courier Citizen Company.
The unseasonable cold weather persists with cheerless skies and light sprinkles. Temperatures hover around 60 as furnaces and boilers resume operation after a damp, gray day. Forecasts for New England call for generally cloudy skies with little or no rain tonight and Thursday and cooler, with fresh easterly winds.
Editorial Rooms 313 Counting Room 315 Job Department 114 Patrons are asked to use care when calling. Communications about advertising, non delivery of papers, changes of address and business inquiries should be addressed to the business office 315.
The Lowell Daily Courier argues that Morgan Hill Harriman and Gould, major U S railroad figures, would not oppose the canal project, noting that powerful financiers often back national progress and urging disclosure if funds were used to influence Congress or Colombian authorities. It questions motives and urges transparency.
The new King of Servia inherits a troubled realm amid global doubt over his suspected involvement in the late ruler's murder. He must restore stability, end internal plots, and elevate Servia to respectability to prevent regional conflicts. Britain’s rail safety, contrasted with American trust, is noted as a separate aging concern in the broader discussion of governance and infrastructure.
A column reflects on road safety through stricter enforcement, celebrates new graduates as a rejuvenating force, and criticizes Sunday leisure laws. It honors Fighting Joe Hooker and Folk’s anti corruption stance, notes coal licensing woes, and observes American rule in the Philippines while offering timeless advice to graduates.
The piece reflects on repeated droughts and the recurrence of familiar themes in schools and headlines. It notes nature's stubborn patterns, the Reliance and Shamrock teams, and the lack of originality in current packaging, suggesting a cycle of repeated ideas and performances.
Prof H R Lang of Yale is made Knight Commander of the Order of Santiago by the Portuguese king for services to Portuguese letters. He received the insignia via the Portuguese minister in Washington. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt helps organize the Oyster Bay Book Club and promotes its work. Sir Frederick Pollock accepts an invitation to speak at the American Bar Association meeting in Hot Springs August 26 28. Mrs William T Sampson widow of Rear Admiral Sampson with her son Harold sails for Germany. General A W Greeley signs with a New York cable firm to build a submarine line from Seattle to Sitka Alaska. Eight Forties survivors from Baltimore who headed west for the gold rush reunite. the youngest is 79.
A compact collection of quips and shocks spans weather jabs and social notes. References include a lynching wave northward, umbrella sales, straw hats, Harvard processions, Servian king, Diaz renomination, and a Boston Hooker Day stir. One dealer plots straw hats for horse fodder amid the cold.
Dispatches report that Belgrade preparations before the king include rewarding assassins, with Britain and the United States spared from recognizing a bloodstained regime. Also noted are rejections by Minnesota Northwestern Ohio to admit applicants lacking English skills, canal treaty speculation in Colombia, and editorials praising Lowell strikers and urging Folk for president.
San Jose report notes W. W. Campbell director at Lick observatory confirms the comet discovered yesterday by Borrelly of Marseilles was observed at the Lick on Tuesday morning.
Middlesex Trust Co announces special arrangements for trunks and bulk articles with no extra charge for summer storage to regular deposit box holders, highlighting added convenience and cost savings for existing customers.
The author describes a damp camping season at Var num's landing with slick boots rubber coats and cold lodging. Boating is discouraged, stoves and coal are scarce, and sunlit days attract few campers amid a long unsettled spell.
Washington reports a steady drop in Manila's first quarter death rate from 46.80 per thousand in 1900 to 22.17 in 1903 due to American army medical operations. Dr Munson notes cholera plague and smallpox risks, yet preventive measures avert an epidemic while Manila's poor sanitation historically hampered progress.
Walter McGurdy, a young American lawyer, had been in Hermosillo Mexican prison six months on charges of forging telegrams to secure possession of the Yaqui Copper camp. He was paroled yesterday by the governor of Sonora.
Rev Charles A Alden once secretary to J W Keller and ex commissioner of charities in New York was arrested again on a bench warrant for forgery. He allegedly forged Keller’s name on a 447 dollar check. Alden, a retired Baptist minister, was held in Greenfield jail awaiting extradition to New York.
Mrs. Julia Klein of St. Louis recounts a tale of being lured from St. Louis to San Francisco by a man who feigned love, drugged her, and left with $7000. The suspect, Charles Marco, a well educated Hungarian living in Chicago, has been arrested and proclaims his innocence.
Chicago June 24 Postmaster Coyne announced at the Post Office Clerks supper that 1000 promotions would take place July 1 in several grade levels of the post office system. He noted investigations into the department and said actions would await completion.
In Paducah Kentucky on June 24 a southbound freight train and a northbound freight collided on the Louisville Central road one mile south of Dawson. Engineer Underwood and another Paducah man identified as Me oF were fatally injured and a Louisville Black man, name unavailable, also injured.
Nashua prepares to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary from June 28 to 30 with devotional services in churches and a grand fireworks display. The New Hampshire National Guard, over 1200 strong, will gather for the event. The city will be festooned with decorations as a large parade features an automobile division including entries from Neeshua Boston Manchester and Lowell.
Amidst a chorus of confident forecasts for Friday’s moon phase, local weather chatter cites Beebe, Tice, Mandell, and Farmer Punn as dwindling sources of certainty. The era of reliable omniscience in Western Massachusetts weather wanes as prophets depart and signs grow sparse for precise regional predictions.
The Springfield Republican notes public mood about heat, rain, and the chance of a hot summer, warning against rigid adages of the law of averages. It recalls 1811’s “year without a summer,” cites spring drought impact on corn and hay, and records rainfall totals through April to mid June with suggestions to watch the new moon for changes.
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