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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
6
Gray green and pale blue dominate summer palettes with cool appeal. Foulard silk fabrics, mauve and blue tones, and gray printed lawns create light, comfortable costumes. Belts use five inch satin ribbon with mousseline de soie trim. The illustration features a mauve silk straw hat with a Louis Quinze knot and white roses by Judic Chollet.
The era of dust catching gowns is over and travel wear should be simple yet refined. Tailor made gowns in plain materials like drop d'ete ch theseeviot serge are favored for their durability against dust and moisture. Velvet trimmed sparingly, mohair braid and stitched buttons decorate practical, up to date designs. The illustrated gown features steel gray cloth, tablier tabs, belted bodice, and a nile green surah chemisette. Judic Chollet.
The piece describes Madrid slums as louder eyesores than Whitechapel with labyrinth streets and hovels. It notes the squalor of these areas as the source of the citys mobs regarded as a bane.
A veteran recalls courting a poor Massachusetts farm girl. They marry with a free ring found in a bird's nest, believed a heavenly sign. A surprise kiss from a mysterious woman seals the moment as tears shine like the diamond.
The excerpt extols German policy that backs education, subsidizes weak industries, lowers overseas transport costs, and uses state railways for foreign trade. It notes banks, merchants, and diplomatic pressure abroad, plus widespread German commercial presence and investment in research to gain global markets. Germans are described as ubiquitous in dominant markets.
The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs endorses using each woman's full name with any husband’s name in brackets. The plan aims to drop married names in favor of independent identification, as Mrs Mary Sullivan would appear without the O'Brien suffix.
A London Truth tale describes a morphine addict who cannot obtain drugs in Russia. She uses subcutaneous essence of violets, administered with a Pravaz syringe, to induce sleep and wake with the scent of a bed of violets. The method, discovered by accident, yields a barely noticeable aroma unless warmed.
A floor cleaner operates without removing carpets, using a casing with metal strips to beat the carpet as it moves. A top-mounted fan draws dust into a water chamber, where a moistened screen captures particles while allowing air passage.
A Flemish apprentice in Beauvais secretly wove a tapestry from discarded threads. His solitary effort won the king's praise as the queen's throne background, making the poor boy a celebrated artisan whose work remains a mute witness to patience and genius.
A dromedary strays beyond its range and, addressing the gathering animals, proclaims it is not a scorcher by birth, aiming to avert a wrong impression. The Chicago Tribune notes the scene as the plain community observes the stranger with curiosity.
A London Tit-Bits vignette shows Reginald listening as a wealthy coin collector uncle states he made a will. The exchange reveals the uncle’s concern about two coin holdings, one in a bank and one in a cabinet, as he names Reginald as beneficiary.
In February, a man hiding as a laborer is caught after digging a hidden box beneath a heap of stones. Inside are old silver tankards, jewelry, and bank notes stolen seven years earlier. A warder witnesses the capture, the burglar is disarmed, and police recover the marked notes.
A quip from London Fun ridicules a singer's range noting a tenor's long held note. The humorous exchange contrasts praise with a hyperbolic jab about a note lasting two years. The playful exchange reflects light entertainment chatter.
The Lowell Mass collector lists parcels with unpaid 1896 taxes in the city of Lowell Middlesex for sale by public auction September 7, 1898 at 10 a.m. at City Hall. Several properties on Mammoth Road Suffolk Street Boulevard Extension Fifth Avenue Varnum Avenue and other streets are described with lot sizes and owner names including William H Cox John J Dawson Nazaire Dufour Addison Rice Julia Englishby Ernest Genest Charles Green George A Chase Albert H Abbot and others.
Lowell retail market prices list groceries and commodities with multiple firms supplying Buttrick & Co. E Sherman & Co. Killpartrick Bros. F.E. Putnam at 15 Prescott Street. Items include butter rice tea coffee sugar molasses and meats with assorted prices scattered throughout. Also lists coal lumber and feeds with varied unit prices and discounts.
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