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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1902
Page
10
London and Berlin issued joint ultimatums to Venezuela demanding immediate action on claims of interference with British and German subjects. Caracas pursues replies as Haggard faces communication issues. ships near La Guaira signal potential force.
Herbert Hall Winslow and Werman Perlet present a new musical comedy with musical embellishments at the Opera House this evening under Morris Hallow. The production touts superb scenery and costumes and is supervised by the authors. Also noted is Clyde Witch’s The Bird In the Cage at the Lowell Opera House Wednesday with original Boston cast. Cast includes Edward Harrigan and Grace Henderson among others. Fitch shifts from fashionable foibles to quiet Boston suburb life. The Defender features Pinky Ponky Pop with lighted joss sticks and a couple of topical verses. Friday and Saturday bring Good Old Summer Time and Heart to Heart Talks at the Opera House.
Paris newspapers press for sending warships to back a naval demonstration against Venezuela. The foreign office says France will remain aloof per a France Venezuela protocol. M Wie ner, new French minister at Caracas, is not yet traveling to restore interrupted diplomatic ties.
British minister W H D Haggard and German charge d affaires Von Pilgrim Baltassi left Caracas at 3 0 o'clock this afternoon aboard the British cruiser Retribution and the German cruiser Vineta. Both legations have been closed. They had deposited separate demands at Lopez Bareralt's residence, the British seeking settlement of revolution claims and related issues, the German demanding non payment of... CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Academy of Music hosted a chaotic comedy titled Two Married Men featuring Frederick Cottlobo and Timothy Tackleback as Carnaly Vix and Hilly Colton. Audiences laughed through a string of predicaments caused by a secret society jacket and a long visit that stretched humor to the limit.
The review praises Amy Gottlob Edna Wheeler and Jean Roberts Darrow for standout performances in a comic family farce. Carl Carter and Dora Carter shine, with Fritz and Duke Deback jack providing lively interludes. Two Married Men repeats this afternoon and evening as Harvest Days Is Over opens Thursday at the Academy of Music with reserved seats for 15 cents for coupon holders.
The Casto, booked by Manager Haynes, wowed audiences with a vaudeville bill led by Phroso the famed European sensation. The show sparked wonder over Phroso’s identity, while Uncle Phineas, the Kelcy duo, the Ansell Troupe, Master J. J. Desmond, Collins and Welch, the Spray Sisters, George H. Diamond, and Billy Jackson provided strong acts and moving pictures, all praised by the crowd.
Boston leads a wave of 19 Massachusetts cities voting tomorrow with Salem and Cambridge in focus. Haverhill and Brockton earlier saw Socialists win Brockton mayor and nearly win Haverhill. Salem and Cambridge seek nonpartisan governance, while Boston weighs school board and a proposed Washington Street subway act shaping municipal transit and funding.
A. U. Pollard & Co advertises two hundred pairs of extra large white wool blankets silk bound and clean, priced at four dollars per pair though three fifty would be fair, noting the high quality for the money. The Globe items mention a typewriter repairer honored as a "type of American toilets" though not the operator.
In Boston a brutal cold snap grips New England with record low temperatures likely to be broken. A high northwest wind offshore accompanies the zero weather, intensifying a coal famine that dealers say exceeds their ability to manage and threatens thousands without fuel as colder conditions loom.
Boston reports its worst coal famine on record with major dealers halting orders. Tidewater supply from New York totals about 51 000 tons daily, only a third available for Eastern shipment, unlikely to meet Boston needs. Deliveries may remain around 5 000 tons daily, while prices hold at 20 dollars per ton and rising.
At New Haven the arrival of 26 000 tons of coal drew hundreds to local yards. Crowds with baskets and carts pressed for coal but yards refused beyond regular customers. Police were sent to disperse the orderly throng. gates were shut as yard hands restored order. Similar scenes reported at other yards with many left disappointed.
Ed seekers gathered at police stations demanding coal sources, with families recounting suffering and a man threatening to tear down coal sheds to obtain fuel. Women cried as police admitted helplessness while most coal arriving would be sent inland.
In Providence on December 8 crowds filled coal offices as hundreds lack fuel. Firms deny new supply beyond regular patrons and many are turned away. Overseers of the poor fear severe hardship for needy families while charities help and a local clothier offers $1000 for 100 tons to aid the poor, but coal remains unavailable.
Haverhill records a coal famine as the thermometer drops to zero. City officials report numerous cases of suffering and an alarming rise in sickness. About 100 tons of soft coal remain, enough for two weeks in schools, fire houses, and city buildings, with no relief in sight.
An order to restrain the merger of Prudential Life Insurance Co of America and Fidelity Trust Co of Newark was signed by Vice Chancellor Stevenson in Jersey City chancery chambers. The order aims to prevent a scheme of perpetual and mutual control by the two firms.
Providence December 8 Mrs Mary Murphy aged 65 was fatally burned when clothing caught fire from a candle placed near her bed The fire occurred Sunday as she slept and left the lower portion of her body severely burned The aged woman lived alone.
Dominick Donahue a 45 year old hostler at H. T. Lockwood's stable in Edgewood was found unconscious from gas pouring from an open jet. He was taken to the hospital where officials said his chances of recovery were slight.
Washington December 8 Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts was sworn in as associate justice and immediately began duties at the United States Supreme Court marking a new chapter in the high court and American jurisprudence.
A letter from Lowell Massachusetts urges using pure neutral soap for hair and scalp. It notes Castile soap from olive oil as superior with a tal jowy odor, mentions Terebene, and cites Rhodes Hair Store offering imported Castile soap as the best for shampooing.
The Lowell Weekly Journal announces a practical housekeeping department seeking recipes units and ideas from Lady readers. Readers are invited to send household suggestions thoughts or communications to the About the House department for publication.
A short verse from American Kitchen Magazine by Florence Earle Coates contrasts a privileged woman who avoids labor with the speaker’s view of a helpless child whose health and wealth matter to the narrator. The poem underscores themes of gender roles and dependency with restrained tone.
The writer argues for carpetless houses, hardwood floors, and minimal laundry headaches. They note shifts from fireside storytelling to outside entertainment, discuss ironing for efficiency, and lament holiday overwork reducing holiday spirit. Emphasis on simpler living could improve physical and mental well being.
A brief note discusses a common stumbling block in sponge cake making. The dough must go into the oven promptly to avoid compromising the cake. The text emphasizes that delaying baking does not improve the final product.
A compact collection of four sponge cake methods using eggs sugar flour and mild flavorings. Instructions vary by mixing eggs with sugar folding in flour with baking powder and water or milk, plus vanilla lemon or cream of tartar. Bake in a quick oven.
A Health Journal excerpt urges mothers to instruct daughters from age twelve in cooking. It argues women must prepare appetizing meals regardless of wealth, supervise household budgets, and critique servants if needed. It warns a bride lacking basic cooking skills is unsuitable for marriage until trained.
Dr. Alexander P. Anderson of Columbia University reports a method that dry heats cereal grains to break starch crystal granules, improving digestibility. Grains dried this way store well, sterilize in a saturated atmosphere, and expand in bulk, with quicker dissolution in the mouth and enhanced saliva action. Different heat exposures may yield varying flavors.
In a Chicago Tribune piece, Wu unveils a gas meter as a marvel of America. The device hums relentlessly, recording consumption while the Empress Dowager suspects civilization and laments the gas company never reading its records. The dialogue mocks modern American life and its machines.
In Saltlick township Fayette County the aging moonshiner Old Bill Pritts has sold his famed farm to Peter A. Johns, Fayette register and recorder, for a legal government supervised distillery. Johns plans to build on Saltlick mountains, near Pritts spring, a modern operation as the moonshine era ends.
An advertisement touts Hood's Lotion as soothing healing and antiseptic. It smooths rough skin and leaves a refined delicate scent favored by well bred people. Available in large bottles priced at 36 cents.
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