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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
6
The Lowell based Courier-Citizen notes its long heritage since 1825 with daily publication except Sundays and holidays. It mentions delivery at six cents a week and provides weather observations from the prior day including rainfall and barometric readings.
Boston October 23 forecast for New England calls for cloudy skies tonight with cooler temperatures in Vermont and eastern Maine. Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer in Vermont with fresh northerly to easterly winds.
A compact bulletin from the Courier Citizen reports on NY telephone and nun related items. It notes local communications developments and community notes in brief form.
Patrons will come using care in making teleph communications concerning in g of all kinds changes of addres Inquiries in general addressed to the busin favor by one calls advertis e livery of pa y and business always be Hice.
Atems and Sparks are contrasted as candidates with Col Ames shown as experienced and decisive, while Sparks is portrayed as a nonentity. The piece argues voters should choose a positive, capable congressman and criticizes Sparks for lacking legislative impact despite a long state tenure. It also touches on Danish West Indies purchases and notes Carnegie’s prediction of U.S. growth and imperial caution.
The piece argues Europe must not be elbowed aside by the western power rise and favors international cooperation to keep balance. It notes Carnegie’s call for an international trust to maintain stability and goodwill, praises Sparks’s partisan charm, and comments on King Oscar of Sweden's Samoa decision and Canada United States relations. It also mentions John Mitchell and the coal strike context.
The piece weighs candidates D. B. Hill John T. Sparks and Col. Gaston amid distrust and bold claims. It notes Hill’s shifting stance and Sparks’ perceived inexperience while praising Roosevelt and Mitchell over the coal strike legacy.
A jumbled column cites figures like David B and John T Sparks for Congress, claims about pharmacists and experts, and sharp remarks on Harvard, Carnegie, and U S policy. It mentions Boston Italians, a new consul, and hints at influence over American affairs with a satirical edge.
A walk through the countryside reveals apples in the ground, a woman wandering among fruit, and hints of political jockeying over a Huntington hall dance. The piece shifts to Commander J E Pillsbury and Republican candidates at the Mechanic Phalanx anniversary, with social quips about tariffs, eggs, and apple markets. It critiques Pelham electric cars, shares dentist chair humor, and contemplates old magazines and Thackeray’s Virginians.
A collection of brief quotations from various papers includes satirical notes on tariff reform, a dead letter office report showing millions in mail with cash and commercial paper, advertising guidance on stock and demand, and political jests about Missouri corn, Governor Crane, and coal strike policy.
Lolita Armour of Chicago rode out Wednesday for the first time since her operation two weeks earlier for congenital dislocation of the hip. Doctors hold strong hope the procedure will be a full success. Prof W B Rising of the University of California is appointed delegate to the fifth international congress of applied chemistry in Berlin in 1903.
Information from Washington sources reports the engagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of President Roosevelt to John Greenway of Hot Springs Arkansas to be announced shortly. Greenway about 30, son of Dr Greenway a leading Hot Springs physician. he served as a Rough Rider lieutenant in the Spanish American War and has visited Washington recently.
Massachusetts report details John Flynn a 60 year old Roxbury resident who died after a fall while painting a South Boston house on East Fourth street. He toppled from a 25 foot height to a brick sidewalk. Also noted is Ellen Olson 25 who hanged herself at 116 West Newton Street Boston following a letter about her mother's death. Her husband Olin is missing. Despondency named as cause.
The coal strike is projected to cause losses totaling 135,970,000 across industries. Other items note nine Huddersfield publicans granted ping-pong licenses, Berlin chemist selling tabloid spirits, California orange lemon crop exceeding 20,000 carloads, a Bracknell ants nest and kites replacing balloons for naval observation, Baltimore first street gas in 1816.
San Francisco October 28 Salvador has decided to maintain a permanent legation at Washington and has sent R. L. Lopez to serve as minister. Lopez arrived on the steamer San Juan and will assume duties in the capital government in the near future.
An event titled evening with the children took place Wednesday night at the First Unitarian church vestry to raise funds for the children's table at December fair. The program featured tableaux with Miss Eva Goulding and Mrs. A D Gilbert directing, attendants Helen Bradford Eva Olney at candy table Ardelle N Roper Millie Sherman serving chocolate pianist A D Colby and Genevieve Lawrence announcing numbers.
Olympia October 23 The supreme court held that a Japanese person cannot become a citizen of the United States. The decision arose in a case about admitting a young Japanese lawyer to the bar of this state under the citizenship qualification for admission.
In Halifax the Armenian peddler, about 28, was found in the Tenny Cape mine near Noel, Hants county, with a deep facial wound and crushed skull after a late night confrontation. Two hunters noted trinkets and blood, a search party then traced footprints to the tunnel. A man found on the road was arrested. he speaks little English and has not yet spoken. An inquest is held today.
Recents deaths report Barnum's famed bearded lady dying in Williamsburg New York on Wednesday from consumption at age 38. Known in obscure circles as Mrs William Donovan, she spent most of her life as a museum freak with her beard growing to about eight inches by adulthood.
Dr Holt warns against table food before one year and endorses Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk as the safest infant food. He advises avoiding unknown brands and suggests sending for "Baby's Diary" for guidance.
A good house and barn with 5 acres on Chelmsford Street available for poultry at $10.00 monthly. A cottage in Centralville near mills for a small family at $6.00 monthly. A corner store with meat and groceries and a refrigerator offered at $15.00. Contact T. Elliott, 64 Central Street.
The Massachusetts probate court in Middlesex issues a citation to all interested parties in the estate of Hannah G. Clough of Lowell. Executor Arthur K. Whitcomb seeks final account approval, with a hearing set for November 18, 1902 at nine in the morning and publication and mailing requirements to notify heirs.
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