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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
6
Editorial Rooms 31-3 Job Department 314 Counting Room 31-5 Patrons are urged to use care in telephone calls Communications about advertising non delivery of papers changes of address and business inquiries should go to the business office 31-5
The Twentieth Century club hosted a Saturday symposium led by John Graham Brooks and Herman W. Chaplin. Both attacked the President’s coal conference, with Chaplin urging drastic seizures of mines and criticizing Governor Crane and President Roosevelt. The piece mocks their rhetoric, notes the President’s slow action, and suggests no invitation will be extended to either speaker to advise further.
The piece argues that strikers have quit mining and may threaten violence to block others from working, while operators claim they can meet demand if protected. It frames the public need for coal to keep industry moving and calls for immediate resolution to prevent broader economic distress. It emphasizes the policymakers and public overstrike details, urging action to end the crisis.
The piece argues workers deserve protection amid unrest in Pennsylvania. It cites violence and seven deaths per Mitchell, and notes non-union men refrain from work due to mob wrath, creating a state of constant menace and urging decisive action.
The Herald criticizes opposition for seeking free trade and warns that such shifts would threaten the Republican party and the tariff system. Discussion covers Sparks and Bruce as Democratic contenders, potential House control, and the coal strike. Cabinet members will campaign, while a Lake Winnipesaukee sanitarium notion is ridiculed. The Brockton fair expands beyond agriculture to games and rides.
Notes on Central Bridge and city streets discuss costly repairs and poor driveways in Lowell. Mentions wood supplies for the poor, streetcar routes by Middlesex street, and Moore’s mill workers journeys. Also covers coal strike, wild cat sighting near Pelham, and a tour of Nashua fish hatchery with 48 degree year round spring water.
A playful column notes on politics, book making, and fashion. It jokes about Novelist Churchill turning to politics, paver strikes, Venice risks, and Rev E Victor Bigelow urging Congregational clubs. It mentions Hawaii’s treasurer’s deficit, labor unrest, and a New York fashion trend toward round skirts.
The Hon Michael Herbert succeeds the British ambassador Paunce fot e. his large moustache draws attention while his wife Miss Leila Wilson travels with him and is greeted at New York by her father-in-law Wilson. Honest John Merrifield, newly elected speaker of the Vermont House, is touted as a future governor. he is Windham county’s former county clerk. The late James A Garland of New York left 104 snuit boxes among his estate. Pietro Mascagni, visiting to conduct operas, is tall with a pompadour, his wife a slight blonde, and he is known for joking and playing tricks on friends.
The East Weymouth hand engine Defender won a hundred dollar prize last year and five prizes this year totaling 777 dollars. Proceeds help the association of veteran firemen who own Defender pay off the mortgage incurred when purchasing her. The Defender ranks third in the New England League as a prize winner.
The Amoskeag corporation’s annual report shows good business at the city’s mills. A new weave mill, power plant, and machinery upgrades reduce cotton use and adjust production toward finer cloth. Capital increased by 150000 dollars as coal savings, electrical power, and loom upgrades contribute to a about 16 percent reduction in cotton consumption and idle machinery being reused.
Concord faces a $10,000 surplus from city building funds raising debate on use. New Hampshire residents pay about $10 per capita in taxes. A steel steamer will sail Lake Winnipesaukee next summer, while Mount Washington aging and held to attention.
The board of lady managers led by Miss Helen Gould opposes dance halls at the St Louis World’s Fair. They argue institutions using public funds should avoid entertainment that could degrade morals. The campaign aims to bar dancing girls if necessary to keep the exposition respectable and free from questionable features.
President Harper told new University of Chicago students that by year end he expects to finish plans for a major school of technology.
The closing session reviews Franz von Liszt's Sociological Factors of Criminality noting dual shifts from industrial society. It rejects Paris cassation court's white slave trade stance, endorses Paris conference recommendations, and critiques Russian diplomacy on Turkey and the Balkans with emphasis on limited Turkish trade and Russian aims.
A list of delegates from Lowell to Ward One through Nine declares support for John T. Sparks’s nomination for Congress. Names and addresses are given for each ward, with many individuals from Lowell, Lawrence, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, and nearby towns. The notice counters opposition claims and urges Sparks’s nomination and election.
Fraternal groups across the area held regular sessions last evening. Golden Fatvest circle initiated seven new members and received four applications while Gen C A R Dimon conclave admitted one new member and passed resolutions on illness of archon Thomas H Muldoon. Livermore lodge hosted a Ladies night with Alpha quartet and pianist Gladys L Ashworth, featuring Herbert E Webster Jr and others. The Sons of Veterans Ladies Aid planned a November salad supper. Wamesit lodge admitted four candidates and scheduled its 10th anniversary entertainment for Oct 20. The Letter Carriers association heard Denver delegates’ report and held an after-meeting social.
During repairs on the building the gas office has been moved to 87 Shattuck Street at the corner of Market. The change affects customer service and location for gas utility inquiries.
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