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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
6
The Owell Daily Courier presents its masthead noting it is the oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex County. Established in 1825, daily since 1845, it publishes at Courier-Citizen Building, Merrimack Street, Lowell, with Sunday and holiday exceptions and six cents weekly carrier delivery.
The previous day offered perfect weather with a clear night and similar conditions expected today. Temperatures rise slightly as the atmosphere warms, bringing continued calm and favorable conditions for outdoor activity.
Boston reports a forecast for New England with fair skies tonight and warmer temperatures in the northern area. Friday will bring increasing cloudiness followed by rain in western and southern portions, with light variable winds shifting to east or south.
Notice directs patrons to use care in telephone calls and directs all advertising inquiries, non-delivery or changes of address to be addressed to the business office 31-5.
Courier readers on vacation may have the paper mailed to their summer homes by leaving word at the office located at 15 17 Merrimack Street.
The Rev J L Irvine urged unity over doctrinal quibbles at Wesley church considering its future. He warned that too much theology and subsidiary doctrines waste energy and hinder salvation plans, urging concentration and cooperation over division. He noted creeds are human beliefs, not infallible doctrine.
The column argues arbitration on labor disputes was sane and helped the President, questions Wall Street’s hostility to justice, and critiques Col. Gaston’s Philippine stance. It weighs Governor Bates versus Gaston, assesses Maryland and Ohio politics, and ends with a Boston-area note on baseball game jitters and Paterson ducks.
A collage of sharp quotes and opinions referencing Miss Wood Elijah I. Schwab and Col Gaston, with remarks on the Honourable Artillery Company of London, a lynching by electric pole, Pittsburg and Boston ball players’ pay, and musings on Heaven Hell and foreign missions. The piece questions wealth versus law order and the search for moral prescriptions through the ages.
A lively editorial fragment discusses the new pastor at Worthen Street Baptist, upcoming city council contests, and a Boston Good Government club commendation to nominate capable aldermen. It also covers cats harming birds, a Thirty-third Massachusetts regiment reunion, Mrs. Frye’s park idea, a quail-hunting anecdote, Sunday school weather, and children building mud dams.
The Herald notes nine months of lower activity in principal cities with a $42.5 million decline, including Manhattan at $10 million. Commentators urge caution against poor legislators, apathy, and warn treasury actions aim to stabilize legitimate business, not Wall Street.
The Superior Court under Judge Wait yesterday continued civil trials. In the afternoon the jury returned a plaintiff verdict of 89.17 against the defendant who was found to have acted in good faith when cutting and carrying away plaintiff's wood from the premises.
The Massachusetts Democratic convention showed little passion for Bryan or free silver and avoided stirring the Olney boom. The platform mixed platitudes with claims of ammunitions against the minority, while the ticket lists Richard Olney II as running mate to Col. Gaston. Republicans fault tariff revision to the party of rejection and urge free traders to study praise for U S tariff practice. Rhode Island renominates Gov. Garvin amid corruption accusations, urging voters to save the state and warning against socialism.
In Portland Maine on Ost 15 a time limit expired allowing lawful moose hunting for a period but only for moose over a year old. Calves and cow moose remain protected by law, keeping those ages off limits for harvest during the grace period.
In Cincinnati on Oct 14 the Miller and Johns conspiracy trial continued with nine witnesses, including Washington officials, and the introduction of stenographic reports of Miller’s interviews with Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow and General Robb. The government signaled more detective testimony as post office inspectors are set to testify, and the court heard details of Bristow concealing the stenographer and Miller’s questioning by Robb and Cochran.
New York dispatch reports a continued factional split between McClellan and Tammany Hall in Brooklyn. McClellan refuses to attend ratification without full ticket endorsement while McCarren backs his stance. A clash looms at the Brooklyn county committee vote as funds appeal goes out from Citizens' Union and Republicans.
Boston on October 14 the Chinese vice consul Col Stephen W Nickerson has urged an indignation meeting at Faneuil Hall next Friday at noon to protest police treatment of Chinese residents after a Sunday raid in Boston's Chinatown on alleged highbinder activity A letter from Boston Chinese merchants to the Chinese ambassador in Washington asks for an investigation of Sunday arrests.
Complete unofficial returns show Holtzman the Democratic nominee for mayor with a 998 plurality. Democratic candidates for police judge and county clerk likely win by small margins while the city council seems to be Republican.
The ad touts a ber cap screw section with a beautiful delivery and a price of $1.50. It promises perfect satisfaction guaranteed, inviting readers to wonder how they ever got along without it.
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