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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1901
Page
4
Trains run between Lowell and Boston served by the Middlesex Street station. Schedule details and frequency were listed for travel between the two cities, reflecting commuter service patterns and station accessibility.
Readers planning absences from home may arrange to have the Courier mailed to mountain, country, or seashore addresses for any period by notifying the Courier-Citizen counting room.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes President Harper seeks a fifty million dollar endowment for Chicago University and weighs local referenda on issues like the Shanty Pond sewer. It questions Western flood reports, discusses Blondin speculation, and mocks anti imperialist rhetoric while citing Bryan and Harvard honors.
The piece doubts any practical aid from the speaker and questions an American tour. It suggests making a clear draft of Lowell's charter to understand current law, notes the single chamber idea may gain support due to city government delays, and laments its prior abandonment.
The piece laments Secretary Hay’s death and criticizes Virginia’s proposed school funding cuts that would delay Black and white access to free schools. It notes smallpox concerns, praising vaccination records, and analyzes pension attorney opposition to Commissioner Evans, with reference to Corporal Tanner and the national party’s role in removals.
The commentary argues against excessive critique of Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science, noting belief does not create hypocrisy and vice lies with individuals rather than church tenets. The piece questions whether clerical opposition will convert skeptics and suggests shared human faults across faiths.
For the summer, families leaving the city are advised to store valuables in a fireproof safe. The Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co. on Merrimack Street at Palmer offers storage in Lowell’s only fireproof building with no extra charge for yearly box holders. Non-holders pay reasonable rates.
The essay notes strong faith of Mrs. Eddy followers in treatment draws opposition as Yale prepares for a sad week after a student’s accidental window fall. It cites a Harvard death in similar circumstances and warns against the practice of sitting in windows to cool off before bed, urging caution and a moral lesson.
Miss Lilavati Singh of India translates Booker T. Washington’s autobiography into Hindu stanee. Admiral Schley plans to attend the Knights Templar triennial conclave in Louisville in August. Subscriptions for Archibald Forbes memorial in London total a large sum and work will begin this summer. A monument to Dr. Thomas King Carroll was unveiled in Cambridge Maryland, honoring his 50 plus years of practice in Dorchester county and pestilence care. A Pilgrim Congregational church window in Brooklyn features The Ascension, costing about 4000 dollars with 21 life size mosaic figures by Otto Heinigke and Owen Bowen of New York. Senator James M. Kyle of South Dakota, ill with heart trouble at his Aberdeen home, remains in serious condition.
The excerpts discuss the amended tobacco sale law raising age to 18 and stiff penalties, plus editorials criticizing political hypocrisy and perspectives on manufacturers and anti trust in the South. The Gloucester Times cites stricter enforcement while the St Louis Globe-Democrat condemns bribery and corruption among leaders. The New York Journal of Commerce weighs Texas anti trust and homestead exemptions amid Southern agricultural sentiment.
A writer contrasts the Concords idyllic, verdant banks with the Merrimack’s pollution and cost, noting water quality, flora and fauna, and a canoeing failure while reflecting on environmental degradation and Yankee frugality. The piece blends travel memory with social critique.
The Hon. and Mrs. F W Kittredge and Miss Cornelia Kittredge hosted a late arrival for William Kittredge who had a successful season in London socially and professionally. The Corinthian Yacht Club issued a white cloth bound club book with a yacht club house photo. Officers and committee members named include J O Shaw Jr, David C Percival, Butler Ames, Everett Paine, and Charles Foss. Key events: second club champion race July 4, annual cruise Aug 31 to Sept 2, commodore’s race Sept 7. Other items report trips to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and Moody school frieze presentation.
Alexander's Entry Into Babylon is discussed along with a London to Paris tour in an Napier autocar owned by Charles J. Glidden and his wife. A Continental journey includes Fels Sullivan Costello and Fisher of Nashua. In Portland, Bishop O'Connell is to receive formal recognition with possible Portland July 4 installation and Manchester Bishop Bradley officiating.
A writer in American Medicine argues against the negative view of ambidexterity noting that many people perform tasks with equal skill with either hand and citing surgeons artists and musicians as examples. The piece asserts that restricting ambidexterity hampers mental freedom and criticizes the grounds for bias against bilateral control.
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