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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1903
Page
6
The passage presents the Lowell Daily Courier description as the oldest paper in Middlesex County, established 1825, operating daily except Sundays and holidays from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street Lowell. Delivery by carrier in the city is six cents a week.
A previous morning shower did little damage as clouds broke in the afternoon. Night was clear and cold. Today is cloudless with a cool breeze. Barometer readings show 29.90 in the evening, 29.72 at night, and 29.65 in the morning. Temperatures were 52, 58, and 68 degrees respectively.
Indications from Boston forecast a fair night and Wednesday with cooler temperatures especially in Vermont. Brisk to high westerly winds diminish by Wednesday.
Editorial room and counting room numbers listed for Courier-Citizen Company. Patron guidance requests careful telephone use, directing advertising, non delivery of papers, address changes and business inquiries to the business office at 31-5.
The Lowell Daily Courier discusses the Luce joint caucus law and public understanding ahead of November. It details how the proposal would standardize caucus voting, increase fraud safeguards, and require 90 day notices to change party allegiance, while addressing objections from independent voters about public party disclosure.
The piece argues caucuses should be treated as party affairs and nominations decided within the party. It contends the general election remains for all voters, while nomination rules aim to ensure honesty and prevent fraud under the Luce law. It urges adoption with voters informed and free of confusion.
The piece argues voters must participate to shape good government, praising Governor Bates while critiquing the Legislature. It warns apathy harms democracy, notes Socialists aim for 560000 Massachusetts votes but may fall short, and critiques remarks by Henry Loomis Nelson as overextended. It contrasts Tammany corruption exposure with political responsibility and calls for selecting clean candidates.
An exchange observes that Gaston and Olney are both described as son of his father. Olney is clarified as the nephew of his uncle, clarifying kinship terms rather than direct father son links.
A brief sports or game correction notes that Petroff was the misnamed player, clarifying the error in a prior report and confirming the correct participant’s identity. No additional context about teams or scores provided.
At a Forum meeting in the ward room of Huntington hall on Sunday afternoon, officers were elected Captain Charles Cowley as President J S Stratton as Secretary and William Bamber as Treasurer.
A clipped collection of satirical lines questions civic money, taxation, and local politics. References range from bank cashiers’ alleged epidemic to pension concerns and price lists, hinting at a chaotic public discourse about Baltimore, Canada, and instruments of governance.
A compilation note harshly contrasts Roosevelt supporters and Bates allies in Massachusetts with Harvard ties, then shifts to observers in Boston's Chinese meeting decryting anti Chinese sentiment, ending with a Deseret News sermon on divine justice over tyrants amid worldly turmoil.
S B Boulton, chairman of London's arbitration board, travels from Honolulu to England aboard the Sierra. The 12 member body includes London chamber of commerce delegates and union reps and resolves disputes voluntarily. He stresses opposition to compulsory arbitration and notes voluntary submission by labor organizations.
The Worcester common council rejected two pension petitions for police officers. One petition from taxpayers and another from police members were sent to the police committee. The council postponed the taxpayers’ petition and tabled the policemen’s proposal by a 15 to 7 vote.
The YWCA announces new term classes in French dressmaking arithmetic and grammar at the rooms starting 7 30. The physical culture class meets in the Central block formerly Wescott's studio. Members are urged to begin the term promptly.
Four Russian torpedo boats bound for Port Arthur diverted to Brest for coal last night. The report notes their arrival at Brest and hints at ongoing naval movements, reflecting the tense wartime shipping situation and the broader Atlantic theater.
Availability noted at Carleton and Hovey's, with copies also at the Courier-Citizen office and the Home.
A New York City to New Haven electric car with a tonneau attachment demonstrated cross country viability despite severe weather. The author notes the device’s potential to replace noisy suburban travel and hints at future utility once reliable charging intervals exist. The piece also recalls local memories of boyhood rivalries and street life.
Dawson dispatch reports sixteen White Pass and Yukon line steamers battling Yukon ice en route from Dawson with 150 passengers each. If ice blocks progress, thousands may be stranded, walking hundreds of miles to reach destinations while mails and large gold shipments ride the icebound river.
A polemic tracing chronic missteps in war planning from Boer to Napoleonic campaigns. It argues Britain and France ran into supply, equipment, maps, and logistics failures, noting Tolstoi on Napoleon's Russian campaign and the elusive “science” of war amid disarray.
Arlington station agent is named winner of a $50 Boston & Maine cash prize for excellence in floral display at depots along the line. An examining committee led by Frank H. Dodge and Henry W. Clark also announced minor prizes. Second class $40 to the Hill Crossing agent. third class $25 to Franklin Falls New Hampshire and South Lancaster. fourth class $20 to Devereux Howe Lake Street Tapleyville and Tewksbury Centre agents.
District Attorney Underwood filed information against Milovar Kovakovic and Milovar Pattrovich charging them with the murder of Samuel T. Ferguson. Ferguson was killed at West Middletown on September 25. The suspects, formerly employed by Ferguson Construction, were traced to an ocean steamer bound for their homeland. authorities moved to secure their arrest and return.
London authorities report that the grand jury has indicted Whitaker Wright, the company promoter, after considering charges. The action marks a formal accusation and moves the case toward potential trial or further legal steps.
Grand Master Leon F Higgins of Brewer presided over the 60th annual meeting in Portland. Grand Secretary Russell Dyer reported 41 defunct of 181 subordinate lodges, 42 912 initiated, 21 229 losses, and 5 203 deaths. Relief paid 47 726 brothers and 1648 widowed families totaling 1 688 075. Current assets include 140 subordinate lodges and 21 683 members, up for the year, with 70 968 paid for relief and invested funds at 787 677. There are 109 Rebekah lodges with 14 881 members, a net gain of 1 204, assets 12 08% of unspecified units.
Two sticks of dynamite were found by section men near the mouth of Hell Gate canyon on the Northern Pacific tracks east of Missoula Montana late yesterday just before an eastbound passenger train passed. Armed guards patrol the canyon for about ten miles.
Sir Henry Irving and his theatrical company reached New York aboard the steamer Minneapolis from London today.
In Nesmith Building on John Street an evening opening offers free reading room and amusement space. Women's Branch in Ewan Building on Central Street hosts free reading room and elevator. Classes in dressmaking plain sewing millinery fancy work basketry cooking and physical culture available with materials furnished. Apply now for registration any evening.
Count Tolstoi argues from Russian archives that the army harassed the French but never knew their location, with peasants and guerrillas doing much of the chasing while Kutuzoff failed to press battle for lack of supplies. Russian historians are praised for praising his cunning, though the author calls it a stunning indictment of war science.
A Washington Ind man charged with assault fled to Illinois to avoid arrest. He later sent a letter pleading guilty, which his wife delivered to the Washington court. The judge fined him $1 and $10 costs, but the wife insisted she came only to deliver the letter, leaving payment to the husband.
The chipmunk, known as the painted or ground squirrel, gathers nuts and seeds in two cheek pouches and digs a winding earth tunnel with storerooms. He stores provisions for winter, retires to a well stocked burrow in November, and awakens briefly in winter pockets. In February he returns to sniff the air and enjoy sunlit warming. October Woman's Home Companion.
An easy pleasing shorthand course is offered by the Great Eastern Correspondence School Worcester. Instructors guide through lessons with writing practice to reach high speed, with no money due until lessons prove satisfactory. Send for trial lessons and particulars.
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