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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
5
An article discusses headaches caused by catarrh of head and throat and touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy. It cites Miss Cora Ainsley’s testimony about relief from frontal headaches and references a fifty cent price per package with a guarantee of no cocaine or opium.
The duel between John S. Schley and Capt. Frank C. Wilson is canceled after a Savannah board of honor found both sides at fault for the hotel lobby incident. Schley withdrew the challenge and Wilson apologized for slapping with a folded newspaper. Wilson's second was W. B. Stephens. Schley was represented by W. H. Pratt.
Wednesday evening the Unitarian guild in Chelmsford staged Baker's two act drama Mr. Bob. W B Cotton designed effective makeups and the Chelmsford orchestra provided music. The cast featured Philip Royson Charles Bartlett Robert Brown Carl Perham Jenkins Mrs Emma P George Rebecca Luke Miss Harriet Emerson Marion Bryant Mrs Mabel Emerson Patty and Miss Betty Knight among others. The performance drew appreciative crowds and the players, especially Miss Emerson in her dramatic debut, were praised for their ease and enunciation.
Geo H Wood the jeweler offers a premium for alert shoppers. Every Saturday he displays eight cent window articles worth much more to attract buyers. This Saturday extra valuable items will be in the window, so customers should watch for them.
A historic letter urges pure neutral soaps for scalp cleansing. It contrasts genuine Castile with inferior substitutes and highlights olive oil bases and traditional cold-water lather issues. A.M. Rhodes, hair store owner, endorses Castile and warns against imitations while inviting customer input.
Gustave F Eklund of Dracut corner Clark and Tyrrell streets has patented a Safety Shuttle Check for looms. The device cuts loom downtime, reduces waste, and resists wear, promising long life and easy installation. Trial in Maynard mills reports high satisfaction and broad industry interest including Lowell.
The Middlesex Town and City Clerks Association met in Medford on a social and instructional tour led by City Clerk Allston P. Joyce. They inspected Joyce’s records system, toured the Lawrence Armory gift, and visited Medford High School before a formal dinner and lectures by Joyce and Hinckley.
The Vermont State House gallery displayed an oil portrait of the late Gen Benjamin F Butler by Walter Gilman Page. Likeness praised by Adjt. Gen. Dalton and other officials, painted from an 1883 photograph, 30 by 36 inches, bold and vigorous, with Page noting his aim to capture Butler's intellectual side amid caricatures. Also mentions other Page ex Governor portraits including Gen Emerson H Liscum unveiled at Montpelier. Gov. Stickney lauds the artist.
The Bela Pratt memorial in bronze portrays peace and war figures meeting in amity above Gen. Benjamin Butler’s tomb. The 15 foot high work, set in a stone backdrop, aims for solemn dignity and will be dedicated early next year as a notable New England mortuary sculpture.
In North Chelmsford a special evening service at the Secondational church featured a moving address by Rev. Victor Bigelow pastor of Eliot Cational church Lowell. His topic was Drawing the Line and Mrs Augustus B Duncan sang several solos.
In Wigginville on Tuesday Mr Wm Kiernan's horse and carriage collided with an electric streetcar after the driver paused to adjust his coat. The carriage was badly wrecked while the horse suffered no injuries. Also noted are the return of Mr and Mrs Walter W Wilson from their wedding tour and injuries to Master Gordon Pillsbury from a kicking horse, including a broken thigh bone and multiple bruises.
The man charged with drunkenness multiple times since Sept. 23, 1901, and offenses including larceny and breaking and entering, has a 21 year plus start to his record. He has served 112 months in state institutions, with the longest single sentence three terms of ten each to jail, and paid substantial fines.
The St Anne’s choir directed by Mr E K Bald win will hold a Friday 8 pm choral service with special anthems and an address by the rector. The program includes Processional Hymn 510 Go Forward Christian Soldier, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Credo, various anthems by Barnby Shelley Sydenham and others, and the offertory organ interlude before Recessional Hymn 605 Fight the Good Fight.
The YWCA announces dressmaking and military classes at 7 20 in the evening. The junior physical culture group meets at 4 o clock this afternoon and the advanced class at 7 20 in John Street church. The Sun a om lesson class is set for Friday. Also advertised are substitutes and products sold by Goodale and C Carter.
William Black, yesterday in police court for drunkenness, was sent to the State farm for an indefinite period. His long criminal history starts at age 14 with larceny in 1881 and shows repeated drunkenness, larceny, breaking and entering, vagrancy, and receiving stolen property through 1899, marking a persistent pattern in this city.
In Wigginville on Tuesday evening around six, Road Commissioner Kiernan of Tewksbury escaped a serious wreck when an outbound Wamesit bound car struck his carriage. Kiernan was shaken and bruised while the carriage was destroyed, and local notices mention new residents and church meetings including a Mission Society business gathering and a supplying committee session.
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