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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1896
Page
3
The piece surveys home life topics from string storage to fashion, canned fruit, and store waiting rooms, with notes on flower arranging, pie baking methods, and a university kitchen program. It highlights practical household habits and evolving attitudes toward canned goods, tea-room etiquette, and women’s domestic roles.
A collection of simple summer recipes and tips including Moonshine a peach cream dessert method and a rich vanilla cream sauce. Also guidance on Chicken Salad with cucumbers and a method to preserve pears with sugar syrup plus notes on Bartlett and Seckers varieties.
A wicker demijohn cover can become a neat waste paper basket with low cost. Bamboo furniture risks heat damage. wipe with cold water then rub with turpentine linseed oil mix. Oak furniture cleans with hot beer, followed by furniture cream. An evening garden party shifts to a camp fire tea with gypsy kettles, rugs, cushions, and music for a warm, lively, novel affair.
A Florida mother credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving her two year old son's life during a severe bout of bloody flux. She slow and steady improvement led to full recovery and praise for the medicine. Sold by Ellingwood and Co.
$4500 trust funds to loan at 5 percent interest. To let fine tenement at $7. To let office rooms, some of the best, lowest prices in the city. To let best and newly furnished rooms, prices the lowest. To let modern house on the Highlands at $20 per month. T. H. Elliot, 64 Central street.
An advertisement claims Pure blood and good digestion guard against disease. Burdock Blood Bitters is promoted as keeping blood pure and aiding digestion as an insurance against illness.
Boston Aug 24 The Plant Shoe company begins moving from Lynn to Ipswich with 400 operatives at work and more to come. Strikers accompany newcomers and clash in quiet protests while Ipswich authorities pledge protection of workers rights and uphold law. Plant plans to shift stitching and cutting to Ipswich and house non union workers in Washington street factory.
The passage argues a joint strike by seamen and longshoremen could be effective if leaders execute plans properly. It emphasizes the need for synchronized action to maximize impact and success. The tone reflects rallying support and strategic confidence in the potential disruption.
A large union meeting of five railway brotherhoods in Terre Haute Ind heard Grand Secretary Austin of the O R T attack Eugene V Debs and the A R U calling Debs self elected savior of labor. Other speakers criticized the union founders and warned of radical elements within the A R U. New York Aug 24 five Adams Express employees asked President Weir to refer a settlement to citizens committee while he said no dispute exists and noted quitted service and new hires.
Pittsburg August 24 All departments of the Spang Steel and Iron companys works at Shaftsburg have been shut down indefinitely, leaving about seven hundred men idle.
Berlin reports estimate a medium crop of wheat and rye in Germany and a fine harvest in Austria-Hungary. Russia faces a near total failure with famine in Kherson, and southern basins show poor yields. Agrarian papers urge holders to store grain with bank support while imports rise on speculative demand.
Market activity remains weak with weekly sales forecast between 30 000 and 40 000 pieces and a surplus stock around 1 675 000 to 1 713 000 pieces. Quotations hold at 27 16 cents as mills curtail output, producing about 40 percent of normal and cutting weekly wages by about 50 percent across many plants.
The Sun reports a world wide strike plan being discussed by Seamen's Union leaders from New York San Francisco Chicago and International Longshoremen Union in talks with unions in England Australia France Germany Italy and Portugal The Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union notes a general strike may be needed to secure fair treatment and protections from shipping masters and captains across the Old and New Worlds.
Athens reports the Porte is willing to accept terms for resolving the Cretan troubles proposed by Count Goluchowski Austrian foreign minister. The plan creates a Christian governor, financial autonomy for Crete, and yearly tribute to the Sultan under European guarantees, tributed in line with island revenues. Christian deputies at Canea have largely signified adherence.
A special government commission is formed in Madrid to investigate a conspiracy to separate the Philippine Islands from Spain. The case arose in Manila and is said to involve Philippine refugees in Hong Kong with ties to Cuban rebels.
Reports from Rio de Janeiro describe numerous clashes between Brazilian and Italian groups in São Paulo over the weekend. The unrest continues as newspapers accuse the Italian consul of backing the agitators, with the Brazilian government expected to withdraw the exequatur.
A San Antonio dispatch reports a battle in Pequas canyon Chihuahua across the Rio Grande from Presidio County Texas. Three bandits and one Mexican soldier die. Ascencion Rodgers, a captured bandit, is shot at Ojinaga. The outlaw force exceeds 500, led by Santa Teresa Urrea, who arrived near Valentine Texas. Texas Rangers head to Presidio and about 1000 Mexican troops move toward the border to quell the disturbance.
Honolulu advices dated Aug 15 report Capt John Good of company E among enlisted men was honorably discharged for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Also noted are the death of Mrs J M Cooke on June 11 at age 74, her role as preceptress to Hawaiian royals, Kilohana Volcano activity, bright fire fountains, rising tourist travel, and details of Julian D Hayne allegedly victimizing Honolulu residents with worthless drafts signed by Mrs Hayne.
Nashua authorities resolved the long contested Fairmount street plan with the aldermen approving the Dunlap layout, awarding Capt. Atherton one dollar and seven cents per foot to the Doyle heirs, and scheduling a hearing on a petition to discontinue parts of the street. A separate police action led to the capture of a suspected burglar near Pepperell.
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