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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1902
Page
6
The Lowell Courier-Citizen describes yesterday’s April-like weather with dark clouds, a possible thunder storm in the afternoon, and artificial light needed in mills. A few night showers followed, while today is described as exceptionally fine with clear skies and bright sun.
The Lowell Daily Courier critiques the new currency bill from the House banking committee. It calls the measure abstruse and risky, notes a shift from government bonds to asset backed notes, and worries depositors may lose security. It details phased note issuance, tax rates, a three member board of control, emergency circulation, and potential instability akin to past bank failures.
The piece notes that strikers agreed to call off the strike and rely on influential figures from Gov Crane onward to resolve railroad disputes. It contrasts Boston with Norfolk’s violence, praises rational methods, and criticizes Bryan as a weak candidate while highlighting ongoing wage struggles in Fall River, Olneyville, and Pennsylvania. John P Altgeld’s death closes a dramatic political chapter.
The piece notes the phrase de mortuis nil nisi bonum and laments scant praise for the late John P. Altgeld while acknowledging balanced judgments. It discusses Blondin's extradition and the challenge of seating an impartial jury, stressing the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
Harvard has raised the amount needed to receive J. D. Rockefeller’s promised gift for the medical school. J. P. Morgan reportedly pledged about a million, suggesting Harvard will become a leading national medical school. A Boston fine banished the term scab, replacing it with strike breaker, a change the writer says courts should not have required.
The Centralville lodge of Odd Fellows has grown notably in ten years and draws familiar faces from across the river. Residents oppose Battles Home for Aged Men on Belmont Street, though founders press for a home for respectable seniors without relatives. Plans include a $200 inmate fee and ongoing fundraising led by Mrs Battles.
A New York Times analysis notes rainfall cuts advance sales and out of town patronage by about 50 percent on matinee and rainy days. It details effects on theaters, department stores, churches, construction, and transport, with some professions benefiting, including doctors, druggists, and undertakers. Thackeray’s remark on mood and sleep is cited.
The piece notes the Boston strike settlement and states opposition to subsidies should ease. It discusses Witte, vaccine points, and notes Crane’s lifting influence. It mentions Gov. Crane’s broad support and advertising as a recognized modern science taught at the University of Chicago.
Severe weather in France has driven residents around Tarbes to hunt wild boars ravaging fields. Nearly 50 animals have been killed to protect crops and livelihoods. An eccentric inventor demonstrates a staircase that plays tunes underfoot, triggering gongs and drums via a chain of pins and collapsible chambers. A drowning theory proposes heat and artificial respiration can revive someone after an hour underwater, claimed by a proponent doctor. A New York household of one employs 17 servants, with the sole member often dining out and rarely hosting.
The New England boards of trade seek a speech from Wu Ting fang envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from China to the United States. He will speak in Springfield on the 27th and then Fitchburg and Hartford on the 28th and 29th to address business men. The Hartford event adjusts to his schedule.
Hon Frank B Sanborn of Concord born in Hampton Falls has donated 500 volumes from the late Dr William Ellery Chan ning to the free public library along with a bust and pictures. Henry Morse Stephens, Cornell history professor, resigns to take the English history chair at the University of California, an Oxford graduate who joined Cornell in 1894.
Advertisement asserts Devoe Lead and Zinc uses fewer gallons to cover surfaces and will wear twice as long as lead and oil mixed by hand. The claim targets builders and homeowners seeking durable exterior coatings.
Lowell council No 72 Knights of Columbus has named fourteen delegates to attend the funeral of late brother Miles F Brennan Edward Cawley John E Drury John J Clain Thomas C Lee Lee J Dowd Dennis J Leary John P Mahoney William F Sullivan John M Murphy James J Brown Hugh M Osker Patrick OHearn John J OConnor Charles D Foley are listed as attendees.
There is a constant market for spare rooms in private households. Those who own rooms to rent can attract tenants rapidly by advertising in the Citizen and the Courier-Citizen.
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