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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
5
The piece extols lime as a summer tonic and versatile mixer. It covers lime origins, year round availability, and price tips, then offers recipes from limeade to lime squash and a mint julep variant. It notes lime’s culinary uses with fish and salads and ends with a humorous Klondike exchange.
In a New York Weekly vignette an adult son minimizes domestic friction saying his wife can cook but won’t. The line hints at household strain and humor. Separately a notice notes the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers will be adorned with the shako headgear.
An entry notes O'Donnell and Gilbride priced at 60 in the Tea and Coffee Department. The fragment cites a product or vendor line with a price figure, implying a catalog style listing or sale item.
Mt Auburn visitors Mr Frank Rose and family call on Mrs E Splain while Mrs C Prescott of Hudson visits with Mrs L Prescott. Nora Sullivan of Marlboro returns home from a sojourn with Mrs James Sullivan. Marion Sweat visits Nashua relatives. G H Prescott returns from time with daughter Mrs BE Baker of Dra cut. Emma Davis of Fitchburg visits Mrs Albert King. Abbot Co mill shuts for the week but to resume Monday Aug 8.
Smith Finney returns home and the Acton cadet band under L Porter Morse of Hudson will play a free concert Friday from 8 to 10 pm at Exchange square band stand. A varied mix of popular and patriotic airs will be performed and a collection taken. Additional summer concerts planned. Races at Littleton park Saturday managed by Frank Holt L A W consul promise excitement with an Ac ton Westford team race arousing town rivalry.
Mr and Mrs Newton Gross enjoy an outing at Nantasket beach this week. Prof T W Surette visits during vacation and played organ at the Unitarian church last Sunday. A quartette including Misses Clark and Blanchard and Messrs Barrett and Butters performed. Rev Mr Jones of Newton preached. Mr Henry Reids house on Barretts Mill road suffered minor damage from a shock when the electric current passed through the rooms. Mrs Reid was slightly shocked. Miss Jennie McCarthy sails to London England to promote Blaine Manufacturing with a branch office planned there. Summer boarders in town host many guests.
The farm of the late W L Gordon was bought by Jos F Roberge of Lowell. Miss Helen Whittier and Mrs George Carney of Lowell are spending the month at Mrs BE Russell's. Misses Forsyth and Piper of Lowell visited Miss Mary B Bartlett. Miss Baldwin of Meriden Conn visits Mrs Paul Dutton. There was a progressive word party at Mr Duttons house with prizes to Miss Piper and Mr Ralph W Emerson. Miss Frances Clark left Hope dale grammar to lead Fitchburg normal school model department. Thistle and Chelmsford lodges postponement party to be held at J T McCoys. W B Cotton, with new outfit, reopens local bakery Saturday. Post 185 G A R will camp on Comrade J P Hermersons grounds Saturday. Ladd and Whitney Circle will attend.
Rations from picnic baskets will be distributed at 6 o'clock in the lower town. If next Wednesday is stormy the Central Congregational Sunday school picnic at Warren's Grove will occur the next fall day. A good programme of games has been arranged for the young folks. Central Congregational holds usual morning services and a union Christian Endeavor meeting at 7. Sermon topic Seasons from the life of Elijah. Leaders Miss Christina Ashworth and Miss Almeda McAllister. All Saints holds service and sermon at 3.
A Saturday tornado swept the town from the center toward the southeast, leveling corn fields and fruit crops. Lightning struck Wright & Fletcher's store, causing shocks and telephones to fail. Hail ruined blackberries and raspberries, with peaches marked by hail. several farms suffered substantial damage. Window glass shattered, with 28 panes broken at a residence. Dr. W. J. Sleeper and family are at York Beach.
At Congregational church last Sunday Rev Lyman Mevis preached from Remember Lot's wife and urged Christian perseverance. He has accepted a call to Townsend Church and will move with his family this month. Jonathan Dutton welcomes a daughter. Charles Carr was kicked by a horse on the Lowell road. no bones broken but bed rest. A thunder storm caused minor damage. Guests gathered for the Killpartricks 25th wedding anniversary. Chamberlin horse dies from heat. Robbins house guests include Barnum Stott Sullivan Pendergast Randlett and Smiley families and Lee and twin daughters visit the Chamberlins.
Financial brief from Bright Sears & Co in New York covers today's Boston and New York markets. It notes stock movements, price shifts, and market tone with emphasis on active sectors and notable movers across indices. The report highlights early gains and closing tendencies.
A fierce Saturday gale caused uprooted fruit trees, tore shingles from the John W. Tuttle roof, and blew down a shade tree in the south part of Groton. Lightning struck Mrs. Waite's chimney but without major damage. The body of Benjamin Ward Dix, who died in New York at 66, was brought to Groton for burial, and is mourned by his family and many friends.
An old time marketing line promotes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as instantly relieving discomfort. The copy claims perfect safety and universal efficacy, urging readers to seek it at any drug store for quick relief.
Yonkers Statesman notes Penman sent humorous articles to the paper for three weeks and received a note from the editor today commanding him to quit. Popham asks if a check arrived, underscoring the writer’s futile submissions and the editor’s response.
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