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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1903
Page
6
Lowell daily paper details its long history since 1825 and 1845 for daily publication with delivery by carrier at 6 cents a week, including address and building in Merrimack Street.
Yesterday afternoon featured a mix of sun and clouds with a few snowflakes and a cold night. Today began cloudless but with a sharp high westerly wind. Forecast for New England calls for fair weather tonight and Wednesday with brisk to high westerly winds diminishing.
Editorial and business office numbers listed for the Courier Citizen Company include Editorial Room 31 3 Counting Room 31 5 and Job Department 114 Patrons are asked to use care when calling For advertising non delivery of papers address changes and business inquiries to the business office 31 5
The editorial calls for voters to support Republicans in all districts, arguing the legislature is key to state reform. It praises candidates Westall Upton Hayes Ripley Brown Adams Timmons and denounces Democratic rivals, urging turnout and unity to prevent “joke” or protest votes and ensure a competent Senate and House.
In a Massachusetts district a Republican candidate race pits McKinley against Mahoney on a “good fellow” platform. The piece condemns guerrilla tactics and urges voters to select capable, merit-based Republicans. It defends Gov Bates, attacks Col Gaston, and labels the Holden cheque episode as petty, urging a clean, straight ticket.
A contested relic claims Elijah the Restorer travels by private car with a retinue, contrasting the biblical Elijah who journeyed modestly on foot and fed by birds. The piece labels Elijah the Restorer as a blatherakite and a fake, challenging its authenticity and origin.
It notes about 12 new worship places completed daily in the United States with costs around 7000 dollars each totaling 85 000 to 105 000 daily for church buildings. It mentions nine ty coal mine wages are 6 cents a day. Robert Morey in Canaan New Hampshire owns a 42 year old horse used for night work. An order reportedly directs Wabash road to discharge any employee who drinks, even if not drunk.
A brisk column surveys assorted items from politics to finance and society. Mentions Mr Brady not retiring and an early November train, a city solicitor report, Col Gaston charges, Bates secured, Mr Hayes of Boston, oil price rise, a future benefaction, a Boston mayoral candidate, Pelham’s two headed calf, and a Orient settlement hint. Also references W. J. Bryan as a legacy hunter and Elijah’s chariot seized by a sheriff with a quip on bailiffs.
The piece cites Bourke Cockran and notes that Tammany and the Massachusetts democracy are flush with campaign funds. It claims syndicates back Tammany with money tied to franchise juggling and accuses the Boston Elevated of bankrolling Gaston. It also discusses Democratic divisions and the notion that a financial crisis could unite the party against Bates.
Mrs W J Bryan denies she will travel to New Haven to testify in the Bennett will case. Jose de Teresa, 15, a nephew of President Diaz of Mexico, arrives in New York from Vera Cruz to attend school. Pope Pius X grants John J MecCrane Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal. Rev Milo Gates to lead the Intercession church in New York after Rev Schwab resigns. Major General H C Corbin assumes command in the East. Gen Chaffee moves to Washington. President Roosevelt hosts a dinner for top officials and clergy at the White House. Prince Adelbert begins voyage to join the German Far East squadron.
A Sunday of fine weather drew walkers to the woods as chestnuts proved scarce and wormy. The writer notes a diverse crowd avoiding certain ethnicities in arrests, recalls Governor Bates and Harvard President Eliot, and shares memories of a niece Marguerite’s Boston visit, plus local concerts and church mishaps.
Winnipeg dispatch reports a Doukhobor colony riot near Swan Lake starting after Peter Veregin visited Yorkton. Followers obeyed his instruction to ignore outside preachers, factions clashed over his doctrine, stripping to search for Veregin, and three people were killed with another fatally wounded.
Mayor Howe delivers a city council tribute noting the death of ex mayor Sewall G. Mack aged eighty nine. He recalls Mack’s long service, business leadership, and civic contributions to Lowell, dating back to 1853 and urging lessons of thrift energy and perseverance.
Boston Oct 27 seventy drivers of the Boston Auto Express were expected to strike after a union vote but only thirty reported for duty this forenoon. The manager said three drivers were discharged for incompetency and the union later took up the matter. The previous day six drivers quit, but a full strike had not materialized.
Washington October 26 inspectors under Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow will begin a special investigation of the New York City post office as a supplement to the general inquiry. The probe will cover all departments amid reports of lax administration and extravagance in Postmaster Van Cott's office.
Frank Grundman, a New York florist, died in a hospital after the Paterson floods. He helped rescue his wife and himself, but the destruction of his hot house and the loss of a prized collection of rare plants and a flock of Japanese pheasants pushed him past breaking point.
In Southbridge on October 27 residents speculate that $5000 in gold is buried on the Vinton farm near Dudley. The tale centers on two brothers who amassed the fortune in the West but lost the clue to its location. One brother died years ago. the other, now 80, has halted the search and released the mystery to the world.
New York police detain Joseph D Stinson a York Pa heir and former census bureau staffer with H B Gilroy accused of conspiring to extort 10000 from a New York mercantile firm. The manager alleges Stinson threatened to sell secret rival agency records Gilroy was nabbed in an uptown hotel.
At St Michael's Church on Sunday 125 boys joined the Holy Name Society and 160 girls became members of the Children of Mary. The church school reports its largest fall attendance, prompting the opening of an extra room to accommodate overflow.
Steamers and cargoes valued over 2 million dollars face winter ice danger on the Yukon route. Vessels Columbian Victorian Zealandian Bailey and Will H. Isom are stranded on the bar above Dawson, while Kerr stocked with refrigerated meat stalls below Eagle. Klondike gold output for the season is placed at 10.4 million dollars.
Northampton mass October 87 delegates from all New England states gathered for the first interdenominational men’s club convention. Prof Henry M Tyler of Smith College welcomed the group. After routine matters, delegates discussed club work’s role in church membership and noted about fifty thousand men in the region belong to related clubs or organizations.
Berlin Oct 27 Emperor William pledges to erect a life sized bronze monument to the late Herr Krupp the gun maker before the Imperial Yacht club at Kiel. The commission was issued yesterday to Professor oe who will supervise the execution and the Emperor will prepare the drawings himself.
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