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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1901
Page
5
The piece argues against tonics and medicines containing alcohol, saying they provide only temporary stimulation and a crash later. It promotes wholesome food as the true tonic and endorses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe aid for digestion and nutrition, suitable for both adults and children.
Providence December 1 by order of the new police board all liquor licenses expired at midnight Saturday and no renewals yet issued. Captains were told to stop Sunday selling on pain of police dismissal and license denial for violations. Saloons closed, some liquor quietly sold, three arrests for drunkenness. The board targets kitchen bars and barred a tavern until orders are obeyed.
In Manila on December 1, Henry C. Ide warned of likely changes to the two Mexican dollars per one gold dollar exchange. Manila banks charge 6 to 8 percent on exchange while merchants hold accounts in Mexican silver. The U.S. Philippine commission lacks authority to alter rates and has requested Congress action. Charles A. Conant bears commission views to the War Department for remedial legislation. Local salaries, currency fluctuations, and royal vetoes impact insular finances. Patterson, English secretary to Aguinaldo’s envoy, faces deportation after defying oath, while Shuster cites incriminating letters and accuses Patterson of aiding the insurrection. bail denied.
Denver report says Senator W A Clarke of Montana and Thomas F Walsh of Colorado have formed a alliance to build a transcontinental railroad with Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. The plan would connect Clarke Los Angeles and Salt Lake City lines to a western route via Ouray Gunnison Pueblo to Liberal Kansas. A Washington meeting is anticipated to finalize their partnership.
Lawrence and Fall River submitted applications for New England Base Ball league circuit franchises at a meeting held at the Essex house. Action postponed. Thomas Burns of Springfield and W A Parsons, noted roller polo figure, seek the franchise.
Two Democratic politicians Warden Thomas H. Flannery and Clerk Patrick F. Finneran were found guilty of caucus law violations. They were sentenced to eight months in Charles Street jail, appealed, and posted bonds for superior court appearance.
Special Political Correspondence from Boston notes that election days differ across cities as charter rules push ballots to varied Tuesdays. The piece discusses Hartford Hart and Collins in Boston politics, general Court petitions, canal and railroad petitions, death penalty debates, and election spending trends, with references to Storti, Nye, Luscombe, and Speaker Myers amid a cautious, delaying political landscape.
New York December 1 James J Corbett known as Pompadour Jim and Gentleman Jim appears as a co-respondent in a divorce suit brought by bandmaster Frederick Neil Innes against his wife Georgie F Innes. Innes defense says Corbett’s charge has no foundation and asserts Mrs Innes is innocent.
Ferry boats San Rafael and Sausalito collided last night on the bay. Three people are known missing: W. G. Crandall, a syrup refinery secretary. George Treadway, a waiter on the San Rafael. and a three year old child of Mrs. Walter of Ross Valley. About twenty injured. one body recovered, thought to be Crandall.
London reports a smart society wedding for Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks son of Baron Tweedmouth and Muriel Broderick. Seven bridesmaids attended including Muriel White. The ceremony at St George's church featured costly gifts from King Edward and Queen Alexandra. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough lent Blenheim Palace for the couple's honeymoon.
Sioux City Iowa November 30 Mrs Frederick J Meyers of Correctionville wrapped her five month old baby in a blanket and placed it in the oven of the kitchen stove to keep it warm Then she left to gather fuel returning after thirty minutes to find the oven blanket and clothing ablaze The infant died with arms and legs burned
Boston November 30 Arthur A Williams and Ernest Williams shoe manufacturers operating as the Williams Shoe company in Wayland filed a bankruptcy petition. The firm lists liabilities of 27350 dollars and assets of 8992 dollars.
The article discusses committee appointments in the upcoming Legislature and the Speaker’s process for assigning vacancies. It notes Mayor Hart’s potential defeat and Wheeler’s resignation issue amid civil service scrutiny in Boston. The Charles River dam investigation by a governor-appointed board will resume at the State House.
The text recounts Daniel Webster’s view that the Bible is essential for national prosperity and personal conduct. It notes his lifelong habit of annual reading, his regard for its rules for lawyers and divines, and his gratitude to his parents for early religious instruction.
Rev David M Steele recalls a New York parish case of Matilda and her father on the poor list. After the father's stroke she sought emergency aid, returning with a memo of expenses for Poppa and Self including port wine beet tea potatoes and a soup bone totaling two dollars and six cents.
A candid man replies he believes in natural selection and the survival of the fittest because he lacks enough knowledge to argue otherwise with his scientific friends. The exchange highlights skepticism and self awareness in scientific discourse.
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