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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1898
Page
3
A Lowell Journal department invites readers to submit practical household hints recipes and thoughts for About the House. It includes a humorous piece Long Comes Liza with the Broom from St Nicholas plus assorted guidance on cooking cleaning and child care highlighting safer needle sterilization and germ concerns for mothers and clubs.
A collection of home cooking instructions detailing Cranberry Pie with jam paste and diamond lattice, Snow Pudding with gelatine and lemon, Coffee Custards with coffee and vanilla, and a South Carolina style cured ham recipe including curing salt, brown sugar, soda, and smoking guidance.
An editorial style piece extols the American turkey, notes the charm of holiday candlelit decay and sidewalk cleanliness, and condemns wasting leftovers. It offers practical schemes for using turkey remains, with a detailed method for a French dressing and tips on lettuce and dandelion greens.
Florists advise that house ferns should be watered with pure cold water only and without added plant foods to promote better growth and vigor in the plant care tip column.
A prize submission quotes several definitions of home from London Tid Bits readers. They describe home as a casket of jewels domestic happiness a heavenly blossom a shelter from world cares a central telegraph office of love a mantle of charity and the place where one is treated best while grumbling most.
A comic exchange between Mr Newed and Alice during a wedding meal includes jests about a liver, a livery man, and a rabid anti annexationist named Bixby. The dialogue shifts to camp life versus home life and ends with an advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming health benefits.
In Havana on December 12 a fracas between off duty Spanish officers and Cuban citizens left three Cubans dead and several wounded including a Spanish officer. The disturbance followed a protest to close the Tacon theatre over General Garcia's death. Said officers retreated amid gunfire and chaotic scenes inside the Hotel Inglaterra and surrounding streets. Spanish authorities accuse Cuban leaders Sanguilly and Lacret of inciting the riot while American officials seek calm.
In Paris on December 12, deputies Millevoye and Ramel led an anti Dreyfus protest to Cherche Midi prison where Col Picquart is confined. Police limited the march and the crowd then rallied outside the Hotel Des Invalides. Millevoye praised the army as Ramel denounced the court of cassation. Later Grousset queried government actions in the chamber, triggering a brawl before adjournment.
The 1st North Carolina regiment arrived in Havana aboard the Roumania and marched to Camp Mariano with band and colors. Crowds of civilians cheered as hundreds of men women and children expressed emotion during the seven mile procession to the camp. Generals Greene and evacuation commissioners oversaw the move and the troops settled in.
Claus and Captain Hart meet Spanish commissioners at noon to discuss terms while Cuban officers including Generals Sanguilly and Lacrets relocate to camps near Mariano. British consul Jerome has already pursued the mission at the palace.
In Santiago de Cuba on December 12 the cruiser Cincinnati fired a salute for the arrival of Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secretary of the treasury, leading locals to believe Gen Wood's promotion to major general had been confirmed. Cathedral bells began to ring and celebrations were planned around the expected promotion.
Wilmington Del Dec 12 The Kenney trial resumed with argument on admitting Brockson’s testimony that Boggs in Newcastle jail cursed the senator and vowed revenge after Cooper’s May conviction. Brockson said he heard the language firsthand and Boggs discussed it after leaving Boggs. The defense seeks to use this to show Boggs had motive to link Kenney to the crime.
Cleveland police report Patrolman Joseph Spurney of the 3d precinct found dead on his beat in an alley near Woodland and Case avenues. He lay in a pool of blood with a bullet wound in the brain and his revolver beside him with three chambers empty. The case remains a deep mystery whether he was killed in the line of duty or took his own life. He was 35, survived by a wife and five children.
Philadelphia December 12 William Steele former cashier at Chestnut street national bank found guilty by jury in U S district court. Jury deliberated about half an hour. Steele is charged with aiding and abetting late William M Singerly bank president in mis applying funds, making false entries in bank books and false reports to the comptroller of the currency.
Thirty convalescent volunteers who landed at Fort Monroe from Santiago aboard the Obdam were provided winter uniforms after suffering in scant clothing. An investigation is expected to determine how they were allowed to depart the Santiago hospital in linen attire.
Philadelphia December 12. Robert B P Porter special commissioner of the President who spent months in Cuba studying the island s commercial and monetary condition arrived aboard the Admiral Sampson from Port Antonio and departed for Washington later today.
The stern wheel freight and passenger steamer John Howard caught fire last night at Columbia Louisiana. The vessel was large and carried about 1600 bales of cotton. No lives were lost. It belonged to the Quachita line.
A printed card pledges refunds for Greene's Syrup of Tar bottles of 50c and 25c if they fail to cure a cold or cough. Signatories include Geo. C. Osgood MD, G. C. Brock & Co, Ellingwood & Co, F. H. Futler & Co, 391 Middlesex, and C. F. Blanchard Central and Middlesex.
The British admiralty distributes circulars across Newfoundland inviting fishermen to enroll in a five year naval reserve. Enrollees drill 28 days annually at short batteries and spend six months aboard a warship each year. They receive a $20 annual retention fee, uniform, kit, and 80 cents daily while drilling, with wartime pay equal to regular sailors. Drilling and cruising are planned for autumn and winter to avoid disrupting fishing.
London reports the treasury will ask Justice Hawkins at the Old Bailey for a postponement until the next sessions to consider whether to pursue manslaughter charges or accept the coroner jury verdict tied to the death of Harold Frederic the American newspaper correspondent in the Kate Lyons and Mrs Mills case.
The fragmentary item reports a purchase action involving a named entity and a place. Readable details are limited but indicate a sale or acquisition context connected to a local entity. Further specifics are unavailable in the legible text.
In Caracas on December 3, Santos Escobar assumes control of Venezuela finances after the resignation of the prior minister. The Italian warship Dogali recently saluted the president, signaling a formal shift in administration.
A Venezuelan official at La Guaira went to Cuanta to load 50 tons of coal samples from local mines. Reports say an Italian company seeking to buy the mines collaborates with the Italian government. Finance Minister M. A. Matos resigned and was temporarily replaced by Santos Escobar. The government has resumed debt payments after an internal revision pause.
In London at the National Sporting Club Palmer stops Plimmer in the 17th round to win the bantamweight championship purse and 500 pounds a side. In Newcastle on Tyne American Bobb Dobbs defeats Dick Burge for 250 dollars and 200 pounds a side, Burge claiming a foul in the 8th round and walking away.
An investigating board at the Brooklyn Navy Yard began probing the Massachusetts reefing accident after the ship struck a reef near Governor's Island while en route to Tompkinsville. Captains Sumner Goodrich Miller and Ludlow testified alongside divers who examined the hull, with Lieut White recording proceedings.
In Brooklyn today Edward F. Knowlton’s will was admitted to probate after consent by his daughter Mary Von Francken-Sier sterff. The estate valued at 1 million dollars mainly supports the daughter and her descendants. Knowlton died by his own hand October 25 in West Upton, Maine, where his straw goods factory stood. He owned a Brooklyn home on Columbia Heights. Bequests include 5000 to Unitarian church at West Upton, 50000 for West Upton public schools, 15000 for town relief, and 40000 to establish the Knowlton memorial library at Upton.
Four thousand fans from across New York watched Larry Burns of Cohoes meet Martin Flaherty of Lowell in a 20 round struggle at the Manhattan Athletic Club. The bout was praised as one of the club's best, both fighters in fine shape and delivering fast, clean work from start to finish. Flaherty won by decision with spectator approval.
The winning riders from last week's event were paid today in New York. Miller earned 1700 dollars including a 1500 first prize and 2000 extra for a record. Runners up followed with Waller 1000, Pierce 600, Albert 400, Gimm 300, Lawson 200, Aronson 150, Nawn 125, while non finishers and those below 1500 miles collected 50 dollars each.
In the amateur championship at Knickerbocker Athletic Club Alex Taylor of Chicago defeated John A. Hendrick of New Haven 300 to 287. In the evening J Bryan Stark won over Dr A Bailler by 300 to 154.
New York reports Admiral Schley, confined to his room at the Hotel Kensington for two days with grip, shows marked improvement and expects to be around as usual tomorrow. The update notes the ailment and anticipated recovery.
A mother from Ansonia Connecticut credits Dean's Kidney Pills with strengthening her 11 year old son's weak kidneys and preventing nocturnal urine. She urges mothers to consider the remedy, noting relief for both child and household burden. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY and Carter and Sherburne.
Christmas goodies are plentiful and priced to please with nuts candies raisins grapes prunes figs available at wholesale prices through your grocery supplier.
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