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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1902
Page
6
The Lowell daily Courier Citizen advertises its long-standing service dating from 1825 with daily publication except Sundays and holidays. It notes delivery by carrier within Middlesex county at six cents a week from Merrimack Street headquarters.
Saturday afternoon enjoyed fine conditions with an overcast night and light rain. Forenoon yesterday was threatening. rain began at noon and intensified through the afternoon before easing. Tonight remains dull and sultry with temperatures near 64 to 68 and a barometer around 29.75 to 29.49.
Boston reports a forecast for New England with cloudy conditions tonight and showers in Northern Maine. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cooler, except eastern Maine, with fresh southwest winds.
Editorial Rooms and departments listed with internal extensions, request patrons to use care when calling. Communications about advertising, non delivery, address changes, and business inquiries should be directed to the business office at extension 31-5.
The Lowell paper outlines proposals from coal operators to submit disputes to a Pennsylvania common pleas court, while Mr. Mitchell seeks personal recognition in any arbitration. It notes miners’ and operators’ informal, nebulous unions and weighs tariff reform, McCall’s call to remove coal duties, and party politics. It cites expectant settlement by recognizable arbiters and questions union legitimacy amid a broader strike climate.
A wide ranging editorial weighs the balance of power between corporations and the public. It treats franchise concessions, extra sessions, trusteeship failures in coal mines, and the idea of new alliances, while noting wheat market moves, Tokyo relations, and local civic topics.
A Yale incident after a Grand Opera house program left police officers injured and several arrests made as students reportedly turned on the force. The New York Evening Sun notes Yale’s tradition in science and learning despite the unrest.
An old country joke about a hunter chased by a bull in a field ends with the man leaping a fence and gasping for breath. The column later notes Mr Mack at Bon Marche openings, weather hopes, and fuel ideas like bricquettes and coal-coke mixes. A bridal party fireworks scare on a foggy station scene is recounted, ending with a historic Ancient regiment mishap.
A jumble of phrases references a race riot, mining welfare, a Southern mill, a prohibition truce in New Hampshire, and a G A R meeting in Washington. Other notes mention Miss Hecker at golf, an aging church tower in Venice, and St Stephen's hinted retaliatory stance, all in loosely connected lines.
Ambassador White will receive a doctor of civil law degree during the Bodleian library tercentenary celebration. President Roosevelt praises his retirement as ambassador to Germany in a letter marked for his 70th birthday. A Boston Herald writer questions Robert Fulton’s 1815 burial site near Bardstown Kentucky. Dr Brady undergoes an undisclosed operation with a successful outcome. Resignations include Rev Tiffany archdeacon of New York and Rev Canfield of Our Father Brooklyn. A 1621 Plymouth sermon by Robert Cushman was found in Dr Webster’s library. Worthington Ford is praised by the New York Evening Post for leading the Congressional library manuscripts division.
New York Oct. 6 Preliminary steps move toward forming an order of Paulist fathers in the Episcopal church. The priests and deacons would pledge to missionary work while earning a living through secular labor without compensation for their ministrations. Clergy and laymen across the United States reportedly favor the idea, and the organization will be launched soon.
A well dressed 35 year old man entered Akron police station claiming to be chased by fear of capture. He gave his name as Joseph Smith and said he would be wanted in Baltimore on embezzlement charges after allegedly defaulting at his National Biscuit Co. job last Wednesday. Baltimore police have been notified.
Mme Gregoire at 320 Merrimack Street dominates fall millinery with years of trimming experience and European connections. Suzanne Gibbons assists. a staff of local workers, plus European patterns and American imitations, offer hats at about half the price of imported items.
Rev. Orville Coats longtime East Somerville Baptist pastor resigns after communion service on Sunday morning. He has accepted a unanimous call to pastor Fifth Street Baptist Church in Lowell.
Rev Orville Coats announces resignation from East Somerville Baptist after healing a church split with Perkins Street church. He will move to lead Lowell church next month and help raise a 100000 endowment with Rev Dr Eaton. Somerville parishioners express regret and praise his optimistic leadership. Action on resignation set for Friday meeting.
From Victoria B C reports Boxer forces surge in Sze-Chuen attacking Cheng Tu with 10 000 Boxers led by a woman Liao Kuan Yin claiming ties to the Boxer goddesses of 1900. Reinforcements feared. Boxers encamp at Shippantan. In Chi Li Boxers drill daily. Meanwhile a boy, Henry Molloy, 5, was scalded at home and taken to St Johns Hospital.
Springfield Ohio October 6 Edwin Dinwiddie president of the American Anti Saloon league issued a statement on the army canteen arguing that beer selling posts corrupt discipline and that a post exchange with the canteen removed should be trialed He supports abolishing official saloons and urges provisions for recreation while opposing government profits from saloon operations.
London October 6 White Star liner Oceanic bound for New York will carry distinguished travelers including Mr and Mrs J W Gates Mrs Hettie Green the Marquise de Tallyrand Perigord Princess Josephine Poggissusa Rospolt Miss Sackville West and W C Whit ney aboard its Wednesday departure from Liverpool.
Carl O. Moeller, 68, longtime member of the Chicago Board of Trade, died here after a month with paralysis. Born in Newhanger Germany in 1889, he leaves two brothers, one a general and the other a major in the German army. Colorado, companion play to Arizona, Opera house, Wednesday night.
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