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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
6
The fragment announces the Courier Citizen Company publication in Lowell Massachusetts with details of the paper’s age and delivery, noting 6 cents a week and location at Merrimack Street. The text references the Courier Citizen Building and the paper’s status as oldest and best daily in Middlesex County.
Yesterday's afternoon storm brought thunder and rain lasting about half an hour. Skies cleared to reveal a fair morning with a forecast of warmer, springlike conditions. Barometer readings rose from 29.80 to 29.92 inches as temperatures climbed from 60 to 73 degrees.
Editorial Rooms 313 Counting Room 315 Job Department 114 Patrons are urged to use care when calling for communications about advertising non-delivery of papers and address changes. For business inquiries contact the business office at 315.
The Lowell Daily Courier argues the current labor conflict is a strike over a ten percent wage raise, not a lock-out by employers. It contends the mills closed due to the bargaining breakdown, notes union strength fluctuations, and states there has been no employer-driven effort to prevent organization.
The piece critiques the Senate for not investigating bribery charges linked to a senator and questions the fairness of using ads against unions. It compares veto patterns of Govs Crane and Bates, cites Monroe Doctrine spread to England, and remarks on German visitors evaluating U.S. agriculture while referencing former Congressman Loud on postal matters.
The piece laments elastic cotton trade, notes illegal Westminster Chambers, and jokes about Kaiser's gifts to Harvard. It mentions Saugus resident Bennett’s possible actions, a Concord church fund, and President’s engine ride. Henry Loomis Nelson comments on Cleveland’s potential run, warning against overconfidence in such contingency.
Quotations reflect public taste as 10 000 attend baseball while free art exhibits attract far fewer, praising baseball when played well. Other remarks note Beaconsfield’s flowering, Yankee labor claims, and St Louis Expo preparations with crowded housing and cot accommodations awaiting the coming exhibition.
The New York Times argues spring forest fires have destroyed more than restoration efforts in decades. Vast tracts burn weekly in many states and offenders rarely face punishment, with extinguishing measures seen as desultory and ineffective, undermining forestry progress.
The War Department awarded the Hancock prizes for 1908 to Major William D. Beach and Captain Theodore H. Low for short military papers. Joel H. Reed of Stafford, Conn. is nominated for judge of the superior court. Yale marks Jonathan Edwards bi-centennial on Oct 5 1908. Evans and Brownlow factions in Tennessee Republicans unite for 1904 governorship. C Pritchard buys a house in University Park Washington. Dr Florence R Sabin wins $1000 prize for research on lymphatic origin. Mr and Mrs J W Pond celebrate golden wedding anniversary. Pond aged 77, former New Haven chief of police and longtime sheriff.
With May cotton near 11 cents a pound and raw cottons worsening under the strike, traders see a strong 10 percent upside for handlers as conditions deteriorate further.
Senators Sullivan and Harrington settled a recent dispute in a public forum with a conspicuous display of reconciliation, their friendly exchange greeted by onlookers and signaling a return to collegial relations within the chamber.
The Concord community celebrates a handsome new church funded by Mother Eddy who can well afford the deed, marking a notable contribution to the city's religious and civic life.
The Cuban Congress approves 7.7 million postage stamps to mark the republic’s installation. J P Morgan reportedly offers $500 for capturing a photo in a broken camera. P A B Widener avoids trolley rides due to motion sickness. Mayor Low of New York, at a nonpartisan dinner, sits between Charles Murphy and Senator Platt and quips about being between the devil and the deep blue sea.
The refusal of Mrs. Stanford to allow a paid quartet in the university chapel led to Rev. Heber Newton resigning. Other disagreements intensified friction between Newton and the trustees, shaping a broader conflict.
The writer recalls fast downhill and uphill car travel on the Pelham road with Car No 84 reputedly the fastest at 49 mph. He notes a dog drinking from a street puddle, asks about repairs on Gorham street paving, and highlights hazardous cradle holes near the fair grounds. He observes failed coal cooperatives, unreliable streetcar conductors, and concerns about insects and licensing in New Hampshire. He recounts mill workers seeking aid, rude mill talk, and ongoing Centralville sidewalk and bridge work causing dangers for pedestrians.
New York reports that criticisms of Prof. Adolph Lorenz bloodless hip dislocation method at the American Medical Association meet in New Orleans spark plans to attack at the sixth triennial congress in Washington next week. Abstracts indicate open discussion. defenders cite patient benefits and occasional paralysis but note one Philadelphia death not linked to Lorenz.
Plymouth May 8 The Puritan mills a branch of the American Woolen company here closed last night leaving over 400 workers unemployed as a dyehouse wing sinks four feet into quicksand and continues settling toward the north. Walls crack and water rises as an engine and piles try to hold back the flood. The easterly wing must be torn down and rebuilt with foundations piled. The loss may exceed 30000 dollars and a spring likely causes the trouble with the site long known for quicksand and springs.
Mrs Ela M Keith spoke to over 50 women at Fifth Street Baptist church on domestic science. She discussed cooking methods, nutrition from fruits nuts and cheese, and related railroad work anecdotes from 15 years, earning life membership in the Brotherhood of Railroad Men for her service.
Gen Baldwin at Loyal Legion banquet lauds regular troops for their superb work in the Philippines and notes Filipino distrust of American officers due to 300 years of experience. He says pacification is practically complete and urges education of Filipinos to take more initiative.
Gov Mickey and Adjutant General Culver led a 400 member business meeting in Omaha to urge talks with strikers and seek a settlement. Culver said militia was not yet necessary and labor leaders attended without speaking. no settlement was reached.
Friends of George A. Kolb business manager of the Marine Engineers association believe he was kidnapped after vanishing Monday while urging workers to quit ships on strike. They fear he is held in the hold of an outgoing vessel in New York.
New York City faces potential liability as Cornell dam foundations reveal decomposed limestone like granulated sugar after removal of a dam section. Prof. Burr's report pending shows 115 feet excavated with solid bearing material found. engineers warn the southern end may also be weak, risking catastrophic breach and multimillion dollar damages if left unrepaired.
Washington New Jersey May 8 parrot's loud cries alarm neighbors as George B Andrews lies unconscious with a deep neck wound from a ladder fall. He is treated with six stitches and credits his bird for prior warnings that saved others from fire years ago.
In New York on May 8 the Presbyterian Herald reports that 227 of 235 presbyteries voted solidly for creed revision based on eleven overtures from last year’s assembly. The tally was telegraphed to leading Presbyterians as the General Assembly prepares to meet in Los Angeles, where the final obstacle is expected to fall.
Leaders hail ratification by several presbyteries as a move to revive the churchs old time force in the country and reunite the denomination after a protracted dispute.
In San Francisco on May 8 Ensign Charles Huff and Boatswain's Mate McNamare from the cruiser Boston were hit by stray bullets from the Marblehead during sub caliber target practice off Magdalena Bay. Huff suffered an arm wound and McNamare a severe scalp wound.
Pawtucket R I May 8 The Primitive Methodist church of New England and New York held the seventh session of its eastern conference in Lonsdale this week. Rev J W Norris of Tiverton R I opened with a three hour sermon and a business meeting followed. Rev E Humphries LL D of New Bedford Mass delivered a paper in the afternoon on The Strong and Weak Features of the Methodist Forms of Worship.
Arbor day in Pawtucket and Central Falls featured the opening of Daggett park with elaborate ceremonies attended by about 15,000 people. Nearly 7,000 school children from both cities marched to the park and planted 60 trees, with addresses by Gov. Garvin and Mayor Higgins. A musical program and band concert enhanced the holiday atmosphere.
Rear Admiral J. G Walker General P. C. Hains and Prof. Wm. H. Burr arrived on the Alliance from Colon as a sub committee of the Panama canal commission. They inspected the canal line while Major Black and engineers continued preliminary work. Walker said the visit was for inspection and that details will await their report to Washington.
The undersigned thank friends and relatives for assistance during their recent bereavement and for floral tributes. Mrs A. O. Coffin, Miss Maud Coffin, Mr Raymond Coffin.
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