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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1903
Page
8
Oldest and best daily paper in Middlesex county founded 1825 and daily since 1845. Published at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack street Lowell. Carriage delivery 6 cents a week in city. Courier Citizen Company.
The report notes yesterday's clouds clearing to a sunny afternoon and a cold night with visible frost this morning. Forecast for New England calls for fair weather tonight and Friday, warmer inland, with brisk south to west winds along the southern coast.
Editorial room and counting room numbers listed for Gaurier Citizen Company with guidance to address communications to the business office 31 5 for advertising non delivery of papers changes of address and business inquiries.
The piece critiques campaign rhetoric in Massachusetts with claims Democrats are well funded and Republicans financially strained. It questions Gaston's leadership and union stance while dismissing yarns about the Elevated Road. It notes both parties rely on organization and rhetoric rather than vote buying and warns against complacency in a low-stakes race.
A Worcester themed canal project to move U S Steel freight is discussed as a possible use of surplus water. The piece notes rail timing as a factor and cites water’s importance in canals. A Manchurian ports dispute and a John Brisben Walker war warning are briefly touched.
The piece questions party loyalty in the 26th district with Conroy Ward and Pinder as potential representatives, notes Canadian anger at the boundary decision, and weighs how sewers and paving affect city borrowing. It also sketches football fatalities, non-unionists, Col Gaston’s Lowell visit, Olney on local issues, Smoot’s fitness, and shipbuilding trust testimony, ending with a quiz on Canada’s stance if war erupts over Alaska.
The fragment notes Mr. Gaston and Dr. Dowie, highlighting rhetorical skill and notoriety. It contrasts Gaston’s self‑advocacy with Dowie’s lasting draw as a public figure. The text suggests continued attention to both personalities in contemporary discourse.
A compilation of figures on orange and lemon production in the United States with California and Florida shares, large mail volume reaching the dead letter office, currency in circulation, calendars and patent medicines production estimates for 1903, and notes on Sweden’s royal finances. It also mentions Warren W. Wilkinson’s tax collector tenure, Polish beet workers in Geievy, and a Democrats rally coming Saturday.
Notable lines reference poem filings and political clashes. President Conroy and F A Wood are cited settling a labor union issue that evening. Fred Grover lifts a Vesper clap while Sir Thomas is urged to communicate. A heated Carrie Nation versus Dowie debate is described as a joint encounter. Canadian boundary feeling and a dramatic ink bottle incident involving Plaintiff Stevens are noted.
A collection of quotes discusses currency reform and government control of bank circulation, noting no major change toward unsafe money. It cites a price index showing living costs easing and a continuing decline in certain commodities. Also included are remarks praising a tribunal for canal dispute and Canada’s acceptance of its outcome.
In New Jersey William Vannate famed as a woman hater marries widow Mary Miller after 35 years without speaking to a woman. Tennessee Democrat James D. Richardson retires from politics to focus on a Masonic role. Rev G F Kettell leaves Philadelphia Episcopal academy following bishop Scarborough of Trenton’s objection over a divorcee marriage. Gen John C Black G A R commander lies ill at Garfield hospital Washington with rheumatism. doctors optimistic. Senator Joseph B Foraker ill at a Sandusky hotel after arriving for a political engagement, struck by chills and confined to room.
Andrew Mack stars in Boucicault's Arrah-Na-Pogue with Irish wit and music. Shaun the Post, Edith Barker as Ariah, and a 100-strong company perform under Lawrence McCarty with orchestra seats at $1 and various lower prices. Matinees scheduled Wednesday and Saturday.
Kirke LaShelle presents Owen Wister's The Virginian at the Majestic Theatre Boston in its second and last week. The adaptation follows the novel closely with dramatic license. Austin Farnum stars as the Virginian, Nanette Comstock as Molly Wood, with strong supporting portrayals throughout the cast.
An advertisement extols Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk as a perfect cow's milk alternative for infant feeding amid uncertain novice methods. It suggests using the product with tea or coffee as well.
A Lowell man rescued a man and two women trapped by rising water after a ditch incident near the Bald Pate inn. The rescuer, delayed by an engagement, ferried them to Manchester by the Sea. At the Hill residence a strange odor led to a discovery under the veranda, where a stinkhorn fungus produced a strong, fetid scent. The piece also notes mushrooms, toadstools, and a chatty aside about coal prices and consumption trends amid strikes and shortages.
The Franklin Debater debuted in Lowell and nearby towns as the Benjamin Franklin Debating club runs the issue. It features articles on politics and elocution, a club retrospective, and an editorial section. The Wednesday meeting drew a large crowd with new membership proposals and one new member. Rev N W Matthews is slated to speak November 25. The program included a debate on whether drinking is worse than gambling with Hazen Pillsbury and F J O Donoghue for the affirmative and John J Coyne and John Riley for the negative.
A Chicago despatch notes coal consumers worry the anthracite dealers after a spring surge and summer oversupply. Following the anthracite miners strikes, orders rushed, then fell back, leaving large reserves. New England and tidewater markets faced shifts as discounts applied only at delivery points, influencing coal flow to the West.
A large student mass meeting at the Lowell Textile school discussed athletics. James T. Smith pledged strong support for athletics, promising a gymnasium, baths, and a physical trainer. The winter plan includes using the top floor of the new Merrimack river side building as a temporary gym and indoor track, with basketball and track teams forming under student managers.
Fraternal Division 28 of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes met in Union Bank building rooms Wednesday night. Speakers included Local Superintendent Sayers, Supt. Brackett of Nashua, Supt. Gray of Woburn, Gen. Claim Agent Rice of Boston, Local Claim Agent Sherman, and Thomas F. Lonergan. Recitations and musical numbers were performed by Michael J. Mahoney, James E. Donnelly, Joseph Murphy, John J. Payne, and others.
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