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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
6
An old Courier-Citizen notice from Lowell states the paper, oldest in Middle Sex County, was published daily except Sundays and holidays from Merrimack Street address. It notes delivery by carrier at 12 cents a week or 50 cents a month and credits Courier-Citizen Company.
The Blston and Maine Railroad runs trains between Lowell and Boston with a stop at Middlesex Street Station. Service operates Wednesdays and Saturdays only via Bedford or Western Division. The ticket office is not open for this train.
The Lowell Daily Courier reports that Samp son’s snobbery is traced back to 1887 and mocks class attitudes. Nashua moves to amend its charter for a board of public works, praised as a necessary reform Lowell should adopt. Exposition funding in St Louis is deemed fortunate amid plentiful shows. Col Joseph B Parsons’ Loyal Legion talk on the Tenth Massachusetts draws strong interest in Boston. The Home Market club invites Gov Roosevelt to its March banquet, but Roosevelt notes a Vice President cannot speak, dampening expectations.
The Boston Herald rails at Mr. Carter of Montana for halting the river and harbor bill in the Senate while gloating over Hanna's subsidy defeat. The piece argues for limits on debate and a repair of parliamentary practice, noting the minority’s power to stall but the majority's prerogative to act.
Analyzed are one person’s power to block votes and the need for a cloture rule in the Senate. The piece argues the Vice President could test ending debate, urging majority prerogative over slow, tradition bound customs, and naming Carter of Montana as an example to abolish one man power.
A collection of quotes cites praise for the gold standard, critique of Senate closure rules, calls to move Washington inauguration to April, and commentary on Tammany Hall salaries. Also notes Boer War end date projections by London experts, and a quip from New York press.
Hugh Gloster, 25, of 1018 Wood Street, Philadelphia, earns a living by swallowing nails and driving tacks into his cheeks. He arrived at Hahnemann Hospital claiming two needles had pierced into his heart during a nail and tack act, and doctors removed two needles stuck near the fourth rib after a brief procedure. He joked through the examination and claimed he enjoyed the night.
King's College Cambridge hosts the finest chapel in the United Kingdom. The perpendicular Gothic design features a twelve-division vaulted roof with heavy keystones, a timber roof above, and an organ dividing chapel from ante chapel. Remarkable painted glass hails from the Henry VII and Henry VIII eras.
The column notes golf interest rising across Texas and Carolina papers, locals in Lowell swing brassies on frozen ground, and a winter pool table adaptation appears. It also recalls civic tidbits on Lawrence post office funding, Nashua highway effort, and Mayor Hurley’s service stance amid city concerns.
Mrs. Holmes hosted the Young People's Fraternity as Judge Samuel P. Hadley spoke on London. He recalled six trips to the British capital, sharing historical sites, anecdotes about Gladstone and Disraeli, notes on dialect, and memories of Dickens’ home and related scenes.
A Chicago Tribune account recalls a blizzard-like snow fantasy in the Philippine Islands. Thigg and Major March chased Aguin aldo with the Thirty-third regiment, surviving on sacks of rice found after the ascent to Tilad Pass. The scene mixes heat, cold, and comical misperception of snow.
Massachusetts Joint Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the Governor's financial address covering state debt and Boston and Maine railroad bonds. Room 147 State House, Tuesday March 12 at 11 a.m. Chairman Thomas Post and Clerk J Howell Crosby announce.
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