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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
6
Oldest Middlesex daily tracing back to 1825 with 1845 daily status. Published at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell. Delivery by carrier within city at a weekly cents rate.
An October day started clear with a chilly night. Toward morning clouds formed but by noon the weather cleared again. Barometer readings were 29.80 at 5 pm, 29.82 at 8 am, and 29.82 at noon. Temperature rose from 62 to 70.
Boston reports a forecast for New England: partly cloudy tonight and Friday, cooler except in Maine, with frost forecast except along the southern coast. Fresh northerly winds across the region.
Editorial rooms and departments list telephone numbers 31-3 to 31-5 and request patrons use care in calls. Communications about advertising non delivery changes of address and business inquiries should be addressed to the business office at 31-5.
Lowell Daily Courier reports Secretary Shaw at a Boston Republican dinner arguing for updated anti trust law to curb modern forms of combinations beyond the Sherman act. The piece praises his clear, concise reasoning and dismisses linking tariff revision to trust regulation while noting historical context from Cleveland to Lodge.
The article cites partisan views on tariff reform and monopoly, contending the tariff and trusts are distinct. It notes strikes and labor resistance, praises Shaw’s tariff speech, and comments on miners, bribery, and pricing impacts on poverty and misery. It references Hanna Johnson debates and Wilson’s tariff stance.
A collage of opinions and named figures touches on coal workers, strikes, and the press. References include President Baer, G F Baer, Wakefield coal yard, and Booth Tarkington. It also notes Secretary Shaw, the Reading Railroad, and Frank Jones in a reflective, social commentary tone.
A collage of scattered items mentions Francatelli’s Adelaide sandwich recipe with fried bread and curry ham, a moth defense via publicity, local wildlife nibbling pears, and a Norse of local farming by Dea W. H. White. It covers Armenian student Armanas Najarian at the Textile school, a new Lowell to Haverhill rail timetable issue, and debates over federal power to seize lands for public use, including irrigation and coal fields, amid political comment.
An aggregation of quotations notes that recent rainfall has been light and the region remains under an ongoing moisture deficit. Observers discuss delayed seasonality, crop reports, and modest blooming while urging attention to upcoming winter needs and weather patterns.
An announced cargo of Welch coal will arrive in Lowell before month end. W. E. Livingstone Co., Parker Coal & Wood Co., and Moore & Bennett Co. have joined to purchase the lot for Lowell consumers and will take orders in limited amounts next Friday at one o'clock. Details appear in an advertisement.
Chicago marked Chicago day with a banquet and speeches by distinguished men. Secretary of the Navy Moody is among the orators, responding to the toast The Navy, as the group recalls the great fire of October 9 1871.
An old farm notice extols frequent farm injuries and promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as instant pain relief. It urges always having the remedy on hand for cuts stings and sprains.
The piece discusses calls for federal ownership and operation of the anthracite coal mines, citing a draft bill by Detroit attorney F A Baker to empower the President to purchase or condemn mines for public benefit. It references the Chappell v United States precedent on eminent domain and notes the clash with Pennsylvania interests and state autonomy.
The Ladies Benevolent society of the First Trinitarian Congregational church met in the vestry Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. S. H. Harvey presided, reports were read, and last year’s officers were re elected. The treasurer reported over 1000 dollars profit from society activities, with portions given to the church to reduce debt and cover expenses. A vote of thanks was given to the officers for their service.
At the Fifth Street Baptist church a Sunday school rally social was held Wednesday evening and drew a large crowd. Mrs Gancelo Leighton directed the kitchen and the program featured piano duets by Blanche Umpleby and Lilian Brown, recitation by Ruby Smith, mandolin by Burnett Sweatt, piano solos by Maud Pratt, reading by Elsie Umpleby, piano by Zoa Leighton, banjo by Ray Gordon, and a vocal selection by Maud Pratt.
A Lowell business critic praises Casto Theatre opening week saying Haynes presents a top vaudeville bill and no rival show can match it. Harry Lacy headed company stars in one of the cleverest comedies seen in Lowell, drawing packed houses since Monday.
Geneva dispatch reports that Switzerland's women's national committee has decreed a general strike nationwide in support of the local streetcar workers strike. Troops are held in readiness to handle any disorder.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for their sympathy and help after our bereavement. Special gratitude to those who sent flowers for the casket and grave of our little one. MR. AND MRS. FRED D. ROLF and family.
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