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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
4
An article touts early catarrh treatment and promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a transparent, effective remedy. It claims the tablets ease catarrh of the head throat or bronchial tubes, use antiseptic ingredients like Red Gum and Blood Root, taste pleasant, and avoid secret dosages. Drugstores sell full packages for 50 cents.
Bradstreet's notes a 7.2 percent year over year rise in November railway earnings driven by grain and other goods, marking the 39th consecutive monthly gain. Retail distribution expands with colder weather and holidays, while wholesale trade eases during stock-taking. Cotton trade remains narrow and uncertain as export demand stays weak.
A vintage guide explains sugar boiling stages from smooth to thread and to ball, with a marble slab method, thermometer use, and pipe-stem tests. It covers fondant prep, dipping, maple fondant, taffy styles, and fudge options, plus praline and nut candies, all with step by step heat and texture cues.
Providence December 12 RI House rejects the proposed corporation bill by a 26 to 24 vote with 22 absent. The measure would have offered liberal inducements to incorporators and aligned the state with New Jersey and Maine as a home for trusts and mergers.
Practical advice on chemistry applied to cooking drawn from experience. Conducted by Lida Ames Willis in Chicago with inquiries directed to her at the Marquette building. All rights reserved by Banning Co. Chicago.
The article traces sugar plums to Roman times and Julius Dragatus, notes the Italian and French roots of bonbons, and explains how modern candies evolved from these origins. It praises home made candies for Christmas and encourages simple recipes with boiled sugar for a great variety of treats.
This piece urges prudent housewives to stock Chamberlain s Cough Remedy for use at the first sign of a cold. It claims prompt, satisfactory results before the cold settles in the system and notes the remedy is safe for children, pleasant tasting, and widely sold by druggists.
In Ballston New York a farmhouse fire revealed a murder scene. An elderly man who boarded with Zadoc Miller and his family was found dead with a burned head and five head wounds, likely from an axe, after an attempted robbery and arson. Mrs Miller and her son Jay had left for Saratoga before the blaze. The Miller household held a large cash sum recently deposited in a local bank.
Monte Carlo Girls burlesque troupe from Plymouth performed in Rockland on Tuesday then stayed unable to depart due to lack of funds. Manager Bates lent money for railroad fares to Fitchburg while shows in Franklin and later towns were canceled. Meals were taken at a lunch room as financial troubles hit the company and baggage retrieval caused delays.
Sayles H Angell a 70 year old driver from 924 Tremont street was killed when his wagon was struck by an electric car on Tremont near Gray. The wagon owner C H Robinson employed him. motorman W K Bancroft conductor Morris Krupp. Skull fracture caused death before medical help arrived. Police and Medical Examiner Draper investigate. no negligence found against the motorman.
In Montpelier on December 12 the Vermont Senate, 15 to 12, rejected a third reading of a bill to abolish capital punishment. It then passed measures commuting the death sentences of three murderers Charles Doherty Frederick Eastwood and Frank Shaw all condemned to die. Doherty murdered Fred Murphy at BolTon Falls three years ago and was declared insane. Eastwood attempted to kill his wife and relatives near Middlebury two years ago and killed Frank Fenn. Shaw killed Deputy Sheriff Hoffman in Windsor county a year and a half ago.
The cattle bureau reports suspected foot and mouth disease in Saugus and Lexington with no known cases, and another herd in Southboro. Agents are sent to inspect. Cases are now reported in Salem Pelham and Hudson New Hampshire towns.
Washington reports Admiral Dewey says the combined squadrons are assembled off Culebra to begin maneuvers. The search problem is completed with Rear Admiral Sumner’s squadrons successful. About forty men of war participate, with officials from the navy and war departments observing. Exercises to run into January.
Boston December 12 John L Sullivan appeared in superior court where Charles Horwitz of New York filed a bill in equity seeking an injunction to stop the former champion from using a stage monologue Sullivan denies using the sketch as described Judge Richardson refused an injunction today and scheduled further hearing for tomorrow
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