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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1902
Page
6
Oldest Middlesex daily founded 1825 and 1845. published daily except Sundays and holidays. Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street. Carrier delivery six cents a week in Lowell.
A partial weather snapshot lists times 5p.m 8a.m and 12m with barometer readings 29.94 29.88 29.86 and temperatures 60 and 57 suggesting a shift in atmospheric pressure and temperature readings, but details are incomplete.
Boston reports rain tonight and Saturday with fresh south to east winds rising in force.
The Lowell Daily Courier argues a strike is unlikely but a lockout looms with preparations for a shutdown. Public sentiment favors workers yet fears accompany cash demands on operatives and boardinghouse keepers. Arbitration could avert a costly, citywide disruption.
A Cambridge mayoral speech recalled that a cluster of Back Bay mud flat buildings, including a large apartment block, annually handled about a million dollars in interest and sinking fund on bonds. He argued the structures would not exist without nearby park improvements, underscoring a public works connection.
An article argues for a Massachusetts bill giving local park boards full control over care and planting of trees in public places. It notes 76 towns already use such boards with success, cites Boston quarrels over Doogue’s garden work, and urges legislature to adopt a general law to fix responsibility and concentrate control, improving efficiency of public funds.
Flying fish rise astonishing heights while observers tour the interior of Aso San crater near Kumamoto Japan where 20 000 residents prosper inside an 800 foot wall. Engineers favor a Alaska Port Clarence rail link linking Behrings Straits with a steel lighter bridge to shorten San Francisco to St Petersburg travel to 1890s expectations.
A fragmented note critiques subsidies discussed in Congress and questions hosiery factory closures and worker impacts. It mentions a pipe bursting, workers described as crippled by straightened circumstances, and comments on New York state taxes cited by the Boston Herald as the lowest in state history.
Readers encounter a mosaic of opinion pieces and clippings. The Boston Post criticizes the credibility of corruption charges, while the Boston Journal warns New England labor troubles drain capital southward. The Mail and Express reports church opposition to a Passion Play, urging unity against the plan. Andrew Lang is humorously praised as a proofreader's ally.
A rough tale by Charles Godfrey Leland tells how two travelers seek the Master beyond a wilderness. They meet a great magician who blesses them and helps them become better, teaching that love and upright living bring change and reward. Ralph H. Shaw ends with a call to share the legend with children and to value the tale amid ads by Chris Holmes.
An Atherton grounds game between two picked up nines signals an unusually early baseball start after March 20. The piece surveys labor unrest, worker referendums, and potential shutdowns, noting the strike’s ripple effects on merchants, boarding houses, and local economy amid calls for arbitration and caution from city officials.
A parish silver wedding celebration for Rev. C B Davis and Mrs. Davis drew 300 members at Tremont Street Tremont Street M E church Boston. The event featured a chapel floral display a reception a choir concert speeches by Joshua Merrill George L Perin Rev L H Dorchester and Rev J D Pickles and a post event collation.
The Lowell mills state they cannot grant wage advances sought by their operatives, a position contrasted with Fall River where print cloth prices have risen. Fall River is a print cloth city, while Lowell’s fabric output shows no general wage rise and, in many cases, lower selling prices, despite some cloth types showing gains elsewhere.
Washington March 28 a caveat was filed in the register of wills to change the will contest naming Dr Joseph Muir of New York as substitute for Edla McPherson Muir the widow and caveator The estate of Mrs McPherson valued around 1 million dollars included a life interest left to her daughter by her mother’s will.
Chicago March 28 at a directors meeting the Western Go Association discussed the western amateur championship timing and agreed it should follow the national event at Glenview. The plan will be finalized by the new directors early next month as Elmhurst and Des Moines Iowa are admitted to membership, expanding the roster.
A vivid portrait of Atlantic Citys Easter Sunday crowds on the boardwalk and beach breakers. Mention of Jersey Central 3 hour service from New York with 9 40 a m and 3 40 p m trains, a 1 30 p m Saturday special to Atlantic City, and 5 30 p m Easter Sunday return. Contact C M Burt for time tables. Also ad for Adamsons Balsam easing throat irritations and hoarseness.
Short and long human hair switches offered at 50 cents to 1 dollar. 22 inch Cray switches priced at 1 dollar. All goods made in our store under the supervision of Mr. Rhodes. Orders filled from in house production.
In Middlesex Massachusetts Probate Court the executor Edgar H Judkins presents his first account for the estate of Emeline H Judkins of Lowell. Interested parties must appear April 15 at nine in the morning to object or allow the account. Publication will run weekly in the Lowell Daily Courier for three weeks.
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