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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1902
Page
6
The text notes a Middlesex county daily paper established in 1825 and operating as a daily from 1845. It publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street in Lowell.
Readings show barometer values around 29.75 to 29.95 inches and temperatures near 40 to 46 degrees. No clear location, date, or source affiliation indicated.
The President signed a bill establishing a permanent census bureau retaining current clerks with numbers set by the interior secretary and census director. The staff will be sufficient for actual work and additions must follow civil service rules, leaving many clerks worried about potential reductions and transfers.
The piece argues that reciprocity implies mutual exchange, criticizing free traders for offering aid to Cuba while harming domestic citizens. It contends one sided concessions lack reciprocal relations and questions why anti imperialists now support Cuba while once opposing broader policies for Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
Col Higginson notes the Duke of Wellington lamenting overpopulation of authors while the Prince visits Boston. The piece argues the trip prioritized wealth and spectacle over literary culture, contrasting writers like To Have and To Hold with industrial captains of industry. It cites insurance inspectors vs fire inspectors over Park Avenue Hotel fire safety.
The piece argues older hotels like the Park Avenue should include fire escapes, warns that high tariffs could harm U.S. exports, and discusses Britain copying American pay scales for enlisted soldiers. It notes that better pay may attract higher quality recruits and potentially avoid conscription.
General Edward S Bragg the Iron Brigade leader recently marked his 75th birthday with a celebration at his Fond du Lac Wisconsin residence. The report notes the occasion and hints at guests enjoying modest hospitality.
A fragment from a historical column notes Prince Henry autograph in a club register at the Marvard Union written in German hand. The piece weaves in local events from a High Street lyceum debate on press liberty, theaterish notes on Wagner, Paderewski, and church life reflections amid midwinter weather and civic notices.
Dr. A T Clay and Prof Hilprecht study the Murashu Sons banking records from Nippur to reveal daily business, mortgages, wills, and guarantees from 20 centuries ago. Excavations reveal 50 000 tablets, with translations reshaping views of Artaxerxes and Darius era.
The New York World and Boston Herald weigh Senator Clark of Montana as a likely Democratic campaign manager and potential presidential candidate, noting a history of resignation to avoid expulsion for bribery and the unsettled campaign issues. They also discuss anti movements amid a smallpox scare and capital punishment repeal affecting presidential protection laws.
The passage notes support for a Senate plan by Senator Mason to create a department of physical culture with a cabinet secretary. It mentions that English custom would grant the cabinet officer a floor seat and lists McGovern Jeffries and Fitzsimmons as aspirants to the office if created.
The wireless may bring relief from Henry news as his boat heads toward the Fatherland. The public has grown weary of steady updates, but renewed interest will arise once he lands and recounts events to brother Wilhelm.
A cryptic remark claims Boer camps in Bermuda now play ping pong as a pastime. The line notes ping pong cannot replace the pom pom days of yore and speculates the hardy captives may be mistaken for flannelled fools at wickets or muddied oafs at goals.
Hon John H Reagan in Palestine Texas is said to be out of danger by physicians after a near fatal illness. Minnie Maddern Fiske injured at the Grand Opera house in St Louis is reported in good condition and left for Indianapolis with her party. Osborne Diegnan, aboard the Merrimac when sunk at Santiago harbor, arrives in Seattle for a three month furlough and hopes for a boatswain promotion.
Yale fans brace for a comeback after four-year title drought and recall Yale’s late 19th century dominance as Harvard and Princeton eras are contrasted. Free-trade papers call a Cuban sugar duty repayment unconstitutional yet advocate not collecting the duty, with little difference in effect between the approaches.
A harsh snow storm forced a telegraph company to rebuild 45 miles of line near Philadelphia. Silk industries show strong growth with 107,256,258 value and 843 establishments employing 66,000 in 1900. A Neva tramway appears across the ice at St. Petersburg each fall and is removed in spring. Chicago considers rent for sidewalk projecting storerooms from 15 cents to 2 dollars per square foot. New York board of education by laws treat a woman teacher's marriage in any borough as a resignation.
For the first time in Kansas City trade history women are at work in factories and bakeries making pies and bread. The proprietor of a leading pie factory reports the experiment as entirely satisfactory and successful in every respect.
Rev S H Roblin D D of Boston preached at the Free Church during union services of Liberal Christian churches. He urged that common sense and royal leadership matter, praising the German prince and noting the gracious reception, unity and goodwill bridging dangers as Europe moves toward amity.
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