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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
8
The excerpt recalls hardships of ancestors, noting the Revolution era great grandfather of a Lowell citizen. It describes a frugal sustenance story where the tail of a dog fed for three days is recorded, then sifted on bread and chocolate coated to harden, using brown paper without butter to prevent sticking.
The item notes a Women’s Club meeting postponed to December 29 and surveys mixed views on women’s suffrage. It recalls Harvard’s small share in newspaper pictures, Dr Charles Wardwell Stiles on laziness germ theory, and debates on compulsory treatment. It also recounts a Boston election piece on women voters and a Peacock decorative anecdote in theater design.
A fragmentary diary like scene recalls doctors discussing mental suggestion and placebo effects while a mother reads a note about a boy’s kidnapper. The text shifts to a family picnic plan where siblings and neighbors prepare for a night away, ending with a cryptic kidnapping threat.
An unusually large audience attended a Christmas sweets cooking class held by the Women’s branch of the People’s club. The lesson covered sponge cakes and Christmas candies. Recipes included sponge cake, old fashioned chocolate creams, peppermints, and cocoa with milk, plus practical tips on beating eggs and handling sugar for best texture.
Description of decorative table items and gifts with delicate textile accents. Includes Gibson or Christy girl illustrations on linen pillow covers, indelible ink outlines, removable pillow slips, fine linen frills, and use of gold and silver cords. Also notes crepe paper wrapping, crystal clock with emeralds, pond lily candlestick bases, and slender hat pin boxes.
Lady Delamere, famed English beauty and daughter of Earl Enniskillen, travels to South Africa to accompany her husband on a big game hunt. She is noted as an enthusiastic sportswoman and social figure.
Wrappers and children's garments offered by agents for Reliance House Dresses. Best in the world with prices from 98c to 2.75. Also available dresses coats bonnets and related items.
Ebony with sterling silver mountings offered at one dollar forty nine cents a pair. Limited stock available with emphasis on price and product quality. Readily available for immediate purchase through the listed supplier.
The Catholic Young Men's Lyceum of St. Patrick's church hosted a Ladies Night at their Suffolk Street rooms. A strong musical program featured John J. Kelly John Russell Mrs John J McNabb Miss Jennie McGuire and others. After the concert dancing whist billiards and pool were enjoyed as plans begin for a January festival and annual ball.
This afternoon at 3 o clock in Room 20 the Debating society hosts its first big event, a mock town meeting of Dead Man's Gulch with a list of articles to be humorously debated. A large turnout is expected as the affair has been widely advertised and many from the school invited.
Leonard McCormick an 18 year old worker at Stover and Sean shoe makers 199 Perkins street was arrested on a warrant yesterday afternoon about 430 by Officer Bumps charged with assault and battery by a Greek named Garo who lives at 114 Perkins street McCormick bailed out by Daniel F Bean employer near to appear in police court this morning the incident followed a noon snowballing by several youths none of which McCormick admits throwing the shopman notes carving knives available from Thompson Hardware 35 cents to 25 dollars
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