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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
6
Readers away from home may arrange summer delivery of the Courier-Citizen to mountain, country, or seashore addresses by notifying the counting room.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes Yale’s surprise win over Harvard after a poor baseball run, mentions a bill on looting in China, reflects on Japan’s modernization and Perry, and comments on tariff policy, Russia, and public sentiment. It also contrasts 1871 and 1901 automobile races, notes the solstice, and laments West Point cadet fatigue. Massey’s pardon is discussed with health as a factor.
A Harvard boat nearly reached the four mile course with only a few collapses, the coxswains managing a slow stroke. The piece notes public interest, past calls to gate rowing, and critiques state police handling Blondin’s location and reward. It mentions Massey’s mis appropriation conviction and a released inmate after a short sentence portion.
The article lauds General Wood for enforcing sanitation in Cuba and improving public health, while sharply criticizing railroad workers for laziness and the poor condition of cars. It laments dirty windows, stale air, and noisy locomotives, calling for repairs and better service to passengers.
The article argues Emperor William supports peace for pragmatic reasons. It notes European powers rely on interdependence and trade, reducing war incentives. Diplomacy, not pacifist societies alone, advances peace, and insulting ambassadors is unlikely in today’s climate.
Families venturing away from the city are urged to store valuables at the Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co in Lowell. The firm offers storage in a fireproof building with no extra charge for yearly safety box holders and reasonable rates for others. The notice also comments on monarchs and wars as unlikely and local power struggles as more probable.
A Boston Journal note praises J Pierpont Morgan for a million dollar gift to Harvard Medical School, calling it noble. The Boston Herald argues music and arts deserve inclusion in education, alongside health and discipline from schooling.
Raymond and Whitcomb of 296 Washington Street Boston announces July departures to the Pan American Exposition with dates from July 1 to July 29. Supplementary tours to Alaska Yellowstone Colorado and popular Eastern resorts including Thousand Islands Montreal Saguenay Ausable Chasm offered. A free illustrated circular can be mailed. Elliot Dental rooms offer good work at reasonable prices and pledge special attention to the late Dr Fesler's patients.
The article discusses a mosquito remedy made of oil alcohol and lavender oil, praising its pleasant taste and protection. It also reports a large bathing scene at the Merrimack above Pawtucket falls, notes water quality concerns, and questions public baths this summer. It covers graduation highlights at Varnum school and Lowell High, praising Miss Bertha M. Rounell and the 1901 class, plus remarks on hatless fashion among women and college students during hot weather.
Miss Alice T Lee sails from New York July 6 aboard S S Marquette to Antwerp with her uncle Very Rev P J Garrigan for a Central Europe trip and Oxford meeting in August. Fred Grey resumes work at Grant Jewelry Co 64 Merrimack Street after illness. John W Bowker ill at home on D Street. Rev and Mrs L W Staples of Waltham at the high school graduation with their son Carl, staying with Mr and Mrs J Clark Glidden on Middlesex Street. Florence Flemings and Agnes McDonald hosted a lawn party for Albion Thornton's Sunday school class at Miss Flemings home. Mabel Butters and Nellie Trimm won the peanut contest. Pierre A Brousseau writing from Escanaba Mich says ill. Mrs Brousseau plans to move but he may ask her to stay. he worked in a dry goods store in Escanaba. John Joseph Kelley joins Merrimack Manufacturing after leaving F P Crawford. Miss Chalifoux Vincent Parthenais Gauthier and La Belle returning to Lowell from St Mary’s Convent Montreal for summer. Messrs Thomas J Murphy John Murphy Francis McGann Edward Fox.
Frank Wood and another student from Holy Angels College Buffalo N Y have returned home for the summer vacation.
A man on High Street broke into a tin box with a file and screwdriver aiming for $10,000 but found three stones wrapped in a newspaper. Mr. Blake reported the loss to the City Marshal and Deputy Marshal. Police linked a described swindler to a chestnut mare and buggy, with the outfit unrecovered, and alerted nearby cities to watch for two rogues.
Henry Cunningham aged 16 of West Somerville drowned while swimming with companions near Spy pond grove Arlington around 1 30 Thursday afternoon. The body was recovered by John Connolly and sent to an undertaker. medical examiner rules accidental drowning. Father in Boston notified. body transported to West Somerville residence.
A call in measured words urges devotion to health trusts held for public benefit and invites contributions of 25 or 50 cents to support the cause. The speaker stresses moral duty and the obligation to be worthy of the commission entrusted to them.
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