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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
5
A veteran physician asserts appendicitis is rising due to hasty eating and foods that clog the intestines. He recommends Shredded Wheat Biscuit as a natural aid to digestion and claims it cured twenty years of chronic constipation for Joseph Jessop of Coronado Beach, California.
A local shop advertises trunk repairs and showcases a fine line of suit cases and steamer trunks highlighting repair expertise and new stock.
Washington Aug 11 President Roosevelt may appoint a new secretary of war if needed during Secretary Root's London trip to join the Alaskan boundary commission He plans to resign after Congress meets and may be replaced by Governor Taft Root aims to leave public life for personal reasons including family dislike of Washington and desire to resume his New York City law practice The general staff plan and Cuban matters have largely been completed in his administration
Saratoga New York reports gambling clubs to reopen within a week. Canfield’s Canfield's and other big resorts prepare for the midseason influx as faro and poker flourish again. Prince Baratin sky of Russia offered Maison la Fitte in Paris to Canfield for a club of Europeans and Americans, a proposal still under advisement. Canfield, fond of Saratoga, is unlikely to sell to outsiders unacceptable to locals.
Cincinnati, Aug 11. Police cannot locate John K Brown cashier of the Union Bank at New Holland Ohio. He rode a train to Cincinnati last Saturday and has not been seen since. The bank could not open yesterday as Brown held the combination and deposits about 200000 are believed in the vault to be recovered. Foul play is suspected.
The Russian ambassador at Constantinople reports the Sultan, through his son Prince Ahmed Effendi, voiced deep distress at the murder of the Russian consul at Monastir and requested the ambassador inform the Czar of the Sultan's sorrow.
The direct tie between Lowell and Quebec and all points on the Intercolonial railway is via Sherbrooke and the Quebec Central railway. Through Pullman cars and coaches are run from Lowell to Quebec without change via Boston and Maine railroad, Sherbrooke and Quebec Central railway. Passengers should see that their tickets read via Quebec Central railway, this being the best route.
Omaha Aug 11 Judge Munger grants a mandatory injunction forcing Union Pacific to allow Chicago Great Western use of the Missouri River bridge and Omaha and South Omaha terminals. The decree expands as the Great Western’s property grows. Formal entry Aug 13 enables entry from Council Bluffs as tracks extend there.
Albert H. Jack, a cobbler in the Somerville Brush & Mop Company's factory, heard a cellar noise at night and saw two revolver shots whiz by. He fled to a window and cried for help as two men escaped through a cellar window. Police suspect a safe robbery motive due to their rapid gunfire.
Boston August 11 records of customs inspectors show Reginald Vanderbilt who arrived from Europe paid 8000 in duties on property brought from Europe. This is the largest duty paid by a returned tourist at this port surpassing Lars Anderson last year who paid 3500.
Mrs Annie Kelly of 90 Appleton street testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney and bladder troubles after constant back pain nocturnal nerves and sleep issues. She bought multiple boxes at Ellingwood & Co. and believes the remedy will cure ordinary kidney problems. For sale by all dealers at 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sole US agents.
Government crop figures indicate corn yields slightly under the July estimate and 5.7 points below the 100 year average. Wheat harvests lag behind recent years though spring wheat prospects remain favorable. Western banks face fewer emergency loans this year as farmers reduce reliance on eastern credit. Harvests point to continued agricultural prosperity despite no record crops.
W S Stone of Eldon Iowa was chosen to fill the unexpired term as grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The executive committee said no radical policy changes are expected and the new leader will uphold the conservative principles advocated by P M Arthur in full.
Colonel Robert A. Ammon, recently convicted on charges of receiving stolen money tied to the Miller syndicate, was moved to Sing Sing to begin his prison term. His application for a certificate of reasonable doubt was denied.
Poston Aug 11 A roundup of promotions follows the retirement of Rear Admiral George C Remey with many officers advancing in rank. Sigsbee and Chester elevated to rear admirals while Schroeder Kennedy Wainwright and Moser reach captain. Rawson Dorn Scott Eaton Canaga become commanders and Wood Brown Fletcher Chambers Johnston elevated to lieutenants. Junior grades Yarnell Perrill Theleen Mahoney Hepburn Jones Hart named lieutenants first class.
In Chicago on August 11, Mrs. Mary Gordon formerly Mary Little of Murphysboro Tenn, who shot herself last Friday, is reported barely living. Extradition papers for William Little, her companion on a Levee district tour, are being prepared for Montgomery to bring him back for the shooting of a negro musician, James B. Smith, who remains alive with a serious wound.
George Dunlap Leslie, RA landscape painter, writes to the Times denying that the Royal Academy despised or rejected James McNeill Whistler or his pictures. He notes the academy applies foreigner admission rules selectively and never to American artists.
Counsel for Doherty and Egan filed an action in the supreme judicial court against A. C. Burrage C. D. Burrage and the Mercantile Trust Company of New York for $50,000 in tort. The bill is returnable the first Monday in October. The suit relates to ongoing gas company mergers in Boston opposed by the plaintiffs.
In Olympia August 11 the state supreme court refused Bremerton saloon keeper permission to operate pending an appeal. The Bremerton town council, urged by the navy department, repealed all saloon licenses recently amid questions over council authority to do so.
New York August 11 work on terminal improvements for the New York Central railroad will begin within days. Contracts were signed with O Rourke Engineering Construction Company for work to be finished in about two and a half years at a price near five million dollars.
The Lake Shore Railway launches a new La Salle Street terminal in central Chicago. It sits five minutes from major retail stores, fronts the elevated loop, and is easily reachable by surface lines. The depot is described as a fine, commodious structure enhancing passenger convenience.
Four year old child suffered colic despite morphine injections from a physician. After administering Camberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, the boy slept within thirty minutes and recovered. Testimonial from F L Wilkins of Shell Lake Wisconsin, bookkeeper for Shell Lake Lumber Co. Available at all druggists.
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