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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
7
Cornelia and Cordelia Slater are widowed sisters living in Broadmeadows. Captain Jared Taylor, a rich widower, entertains their rival affections. Cordelia’s singing stirs perilous feelings, sparking jealousy and a crisis of self respect as love, youth, and aging collide in a melodramatic tale.
A west side youth called on Miss Alice at her home and waited on the porch while her little brother, answering the door, coaxed him inside. Alice appeared in the doorway and teased him about the freshly painted porch as the youth recalled his visit. New York Journal.
The Rev John Jasper of Richmond Va preached his sun do move sermon for the twentieth time referencing Malachi and Revelation vii 1 he questions philosophers stance on a round earth and four corners while boasting decades of preaching and thousands of sermons in New York Tribune coverage.
A Boston bank report reveals receipt of Internal revenue stamps from 1860, regular and Omaha postage stamps, proprietary and documentary stamps from 1898, and postage due stamps. The rare event cited is two 1 cent postage due stamps on a check, leaving who could possess them as a mystery. Also advertised: Merrimack Street Lowell business for $850, long established with profits, sold due to owner leaving town. inquiries to T H Elliott at 64 Central Street.
A Southern tale recalls Miss Cynthia Pillow and her lover Martin in a prewar feud. Martin exploits wealth and wit to win her, she weds McLean, then a divorce clears the path to a later reunion. After the war, Mrs Pillows husband dies, leaving Cynthia destitute until Martin returns with aid. The colonel calls him a man in a million.
The simplest public railway is thought to be the Atami to Odawara line in Japan. It is a narrow gauge system run by manpower. Cars seat four, arranged back to back, with two or three cars per train drawn up by half a dozen coolies. At the incline’s top they jump on platforms and the train descends by gravity to the terminus, reportedly without a single accident.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that, unlike humans, most animals have shorter legs relative to body length, highlighting that except for birds, humans boast the longest leg proportion among animals.
Corrected timetable lists trains from Merrimack Street Depot Lowell to Boston, Middlesex Street Station Lowell and destinations including Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Amesbury Tonama Exeter Dover and regional seaside points. Sundays and weekday departures shown with numerous times and routes, noting steamship connections to St John via Portland and coastal towns.
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