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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1902
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier details its status as Middlesex county's oldest daily, noting establishment in 1825, later daily since 1845. It references publication schedule and weekly rate, Courier-Citizen Company ownership.
Yesterday afternoon was cloudy and darkening skies followed by rain and frequent showers through noon. No-school bell sounded at noon with no signs of clearing. Forecast calls for rain tonight in New England, fair in parts, cooler in most areas, and brisk winds from the west to northwest.
Editorial rooms and departments listed with telephone numbers 31-3 31-4 31-5. Patrons are urged to use care calling for editorial, job, counting room, or advertising matters and to address business inquiries to the office at 31-5.
In a heated critique, the author argues Republicans should not back John T. Sparks as Fifth District candidate. Sparks shows a tariff tilt and echoes Col Ames, but the writer insists he aligns with the Democratic anti Roosevelt line and would block the President’s agenda.
The speaker argues that electing Theodore Roosevelt era Republicans would benefit the nation for twenty years, warning that Democratic governance brings trouble and hardship. He asserts demagogic tearing up of policies harms the country and that Democratic tariffs would depress business and wages.
The piece argues against Gaston and Democratic gains in Massachusetts, warning that electing a Democratic Governor or Congress members would worsen prosperity and invite calamity. It mocks Gaston’s honesty on subway decisions, notes coal price trends, praises Bates, critiques the coal road’s influence, mentions election logistics and a forthcoming race, and notes the countdown to the election next week.
Antiquarian interest rises after discovery of arched entrance in Roman wall beneath old Bluecoat school during demolition in England. Notes: St Peters Rome as largest church with 54000 capacity. Also mentions 70,000 yearly new books printed, Portsmouth naval barracks for 4000 sailors, HM Russell’s Michigan grown Sweet Bough apple, Swiss glider retreat, Boveyre locter Canton Wallis, and Rhone glacier recession.
The piece names Bates and Ames in Boston politics with calls to sustain the President and secure a Republican Congress. It notes college strike activity and criticizes Col Gaston’s spending while praising Tarkington for doughnuts and novels.
The piece surveys political advertising in Boston and New York, noting Col Gaston and district option posters on streetcars, Hearst banners in New York, and Reverend Henry Van Dyke's farewell sermon. It then profiles Elizabeth Cady Stanton, tracing her early education, law study, and pivotal role in women’s rights, including property rights for married women and the Seneca Falls convention.
The Crown Prince of Siam lunched privately with Frederick W. Hollis at the New York Lawyers club. Portland considers a monument for William Pitt Fessenden, Maine senator and Lincoln era secretary of the treasury, who was born there. Secretary and Mrs. Hay will attend the dedication of the Hay Memorial chapel in Simsbury Conn. Dr. Robert Bell reports Baffin Land island area at 300000 square miles, second largest after Greenland. Dr. Masujima of Tokio to speak at the New York Bar Association annual address. Mabel Bouton dies in Bellevue Hospital after long illness. once an actress famed for Madeline Ryley’s Little Christopher and famed for charm and marriage connections.
Paul Rossinger of Stockett is defendant in a U S district attorney suit alleging failure to account for a large stock of supplies while second lieutenant acting quartermaster with the Tenth Cavalry in 1898–99. The government cites 162 395 worth of supplies and 763 in money. Rossinger says he spent the funds on coffee for the regiment after turning over the supplies to his successor upon retirement for ill health.
From the pulpit it was announced that the Sunday school will host an autumn gathering in the vestry on Thursday evening this week. Elaborate preparations have been made for the event with an entertainment and refreshments promised. All friends of the Sunday school are invited for what is described as a delightful evening.
An advertisement asserts that Burdock Blood Bitters strengthens the stomach and makes indigestion impossible, claiming the tonic cures half the ills man faces by improving digestion.
A tribute tracing Elizabeth Cady Stanton's pivotal role in advancing women's legal equality and suffrage, honors to her lifelong partner Susan B. Anthony, and cites key figures who joined the movement from Lucretia Mott to Frederick Douglass, noting Stanton's birthplace in Johnstown and birth date November 12, 1815.
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