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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
4
Small hot biscuits baked just before meals make a light dessert with butter honey marmalade or jam. Use Royal Baking Powder for best results. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO New York.
An inquiry by Mayor Weaver's advisory committee reports the insane department of Philadelphia General Hospital is tragically overcapacity with 1800 patients to 900 beds. The facility lacks clothing, forces patients to stay in bed, and overcrowding causes patients to sleep on benches or floors. Tuberculosis cases are not segregated from others.
Philadelphia December 8 Two granddaughters of Commander Charles Stewart granddaughters Margaret Parnell Stewart Frances Rodney Stewart and Elizabeth Tudor Stewart protest against using the Constitution as a target They urge reverence for the beloved relic of the 1812 war and preservation per ex Secretary Long They note their cousin Charles Stewart Parnell is late leader of Irish Home Rule
General Horace Porter, former American ambassador to France, writes to Congressman Henry T. Rainey asking him to drop plans to move an appropriation to reimburse Porter for expenses in recovering John’s body. The letter emphasizes a desire to forego compensation.
Paul Jones proposes that any amount Congress believes is due him be added to the planned appropriation for ornamenting the crypt at the Annapolis chapel. The chapel serves as the permanent resting place for Admiral Jones's body.
London reports indicate Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman will be elected to the peerage to head the Liberal party in the House of Lords while Herbert Henry Asquith would become first lord of the treasury and party leader in the House of Commons. The timing relative to the general election remains undecided. Churchill is also tipped for a cabinet post, with Grey’s cabinet prospects affected by Campbell-Bannerman’s choice.
Albert S Bigelow and Leonard Lewisohn filed answers in the Old Dominion Mining and Smelting Company suit in Boston Supreme Court. They deny conspiracy and say they financed formation of the corporation and acquired Baltimore Old Dominion property, while the plaintiff claims profits were realized. The plantings of trees to supply cross ties are noted as a separate Pennsylvania activity.
The Beneficial Society of St. Anne's church opens a Christmas Gift Shop and Tea Room on Shattuck Street yesterday, converting the Pearson wholesale fruit store into a bustling sales space with a tea room. A chafing dish supper drew large crowds, tea will be served today and tomorrow, and numerous committees oversee sales of boxes, household articles, cake and candy, dolls, and aprons, led by Mrs. Talbot as president and Mrs. Burke as general chair.
Boston December 7 a written reply prepared by Rev Edward Everett Hale John D Long and Samuel A Eliot to their exclusion as Unitarian delegates from the inter church federation conference at New York was forwarded to pastors for reading next Sunday The letter asserts that righteousness of life and spiritual efficiency rather than orthodoxy of belief is the test of Christian teaching and notes the delegation was barred for being deemed non evangelical by the conference
White and Joe White faced manslaughter counts for deaths tied to wood alcohol sold as straight alcohol. They waived examination in court and were held for the upcoming Franklin County Court term at St. Each, with defense securing a precautionary measure for the near term.
The Loyal Excelsior lodge I O O F celebrated its 27th anniversary with a concert and dance at Merrimac hall attended by about 400 members and friends. The program featured an orchestra, vocal selections, a recitation, and a grand march with about 100 couples dancing until midnight. The lodge traces its roots to 1878 at Sheppard hall Central street and now lists 180 members in good standing.
Nominees were named for officer roles at the Eigin dodge No 166 N B O P annual gathering held last evening. New secretary and treasurer were chosen along with warden and vice warden. Initiation plans were discussed for December with plans for the city lodges to unite with nearby Frankfort and Talbot lodges.
Spindle City lodge No. 19 held a meeting in Piterim hall with good attendance. The program included songs and recitations by Ivy Mands and Jennie, with readings by Leta White and others, and an invitation extended for a visit to Hon Bat-gary.
A large attendance filled the Lowell area union meeting with Hirene lodge. Ivy Hands performed piano, James M. Craig spoke, Jeannette M. Mann gave an address, Pauline Reid sang, and Blanche Hayes read. Refreshments were served by several members as officers were named for 1906.
The Star of the East junior lodge No. 1 O G T held a regular meeting at Highland hall with strong attendance including a Woman's Temperance Union delegation. G B Ida A Tilton spoke and presented a prize book to Warren Sullivan. members performed poems, piano solos, readings, songs and recitations by several youths.
Fragmented OCR text describes a 1904 event with references to Haran, canee'd by igere and wild suite. Mentions 25 units and a Coerekee of SPT, 98 compared with the prior year. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
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