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Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1899

Page

2

Celluloid Novelties and Accessories for sale

A 5c Each listing offers celluloid novelties priced 10 to 25 cents with pin trays cases handkerchief and glove cases. Most items show light scratches but are not very noticeable.

Novelties and cases in varied colors for sale

Auction or sale listing notes Celluloid novelties in many colors and accessories such as handkerchief cases glove cases suspender cases and necktie cases. Also other assorted goods priced around 49 cents.

Novelty Sale Promises Wide Range at Low Prices

For 25¢ Each 50c. Celluloid Novelties in every shape almost in sets and separate pieces Glove and Hand kerchief Sets Fan Cases Jewel Cases Work Boxes A host of other Novelties.

For 49¢c Each 75e and 1.00 Novelties in Celluloid

Advertising copy lists bargains on celluloid and leatherette novelties in various shapes and related sets and cases. Mentions toilet, manicure, shave and smoke sets, photo cases, gloves, handkerchiefs, collars, cuffs, fans, neckties, and suspender cases offered at low prices.

For 69 Cents Each Celluloid Cases Sale Note

An advertisement offers high grade celluloid cases at 69 cents each. It claims some items have sold as high as $125 and suggests various sets including toilet cases brusna comb mirror and manicure sets.

Bargains on Celluloid and Plush Novelty Boxes

For 19¢ Each 25c and 49c Celluloid and other novelty cases for gloves handkerchiefs fans neckties suspenders jewelry etc. These are bargains indeed for any price. To close all our expensive celluloid and plush combination novelty boxes along with new portrait cases full toilet and manicure combination cases smoking and shaving sets work and jewel boxes. No reasonable offer refused to close out.

Discount sale on juvenile and classic books for Sunday schools

Books. Special discounts to Sunday Schools at FRC IESS. Numerous lots to close out including juvenile books and popular classics. Prices range from 25c to 98c for many titles with extensive reductions on encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Canada Offers Aid to Mother Country in Empire War

Montreal reports Imperial acceptance of Canada's offer to send a second contingent to South Africa. French and English Canadian presses unite in support, praising loyalty and national pride. Dissent among French-Canadians subsides as Canada facilities enlistment, arms, and transport to the Cape, while British opinion foresees the war’s long duration and the need for trained Canadian forces.

Montreal Canada Dublin Tarte la Presse Iteays Becaus Patrie England Engand Great Britain le Journal South Africa Africa

Cotton fabric importers challenge tariff appraisal ruling

A New York conference with Appraisers Wakeman Torbert Hartranft Blanchard and merchants’ committee led by John Gibb and James McCrery debated a two cent per square yard duty on certain cotton fabrics. Importers claim Wakeman erred for two years under paragraph 310 and seek a fair uniform classification under current law.

New York Wakeman Torbert Baltimore Hartranft Philadelphia Blanchard Boston Merchants’ Association John Gibb James McCrery

Yale Awards Honorary Degrees To Hadley Beebe Pierpont

The Yale Corporation awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws to President Arthur T. Hadley and honorary Master of Arts degrees to Professors William Beebe and James Pierpont of Yale's mathematics department. New Haven date December 21.

New Haven, Conn Yale Corporation Arthur T. Hadley William Beebe James Pierpont

Irish Societies Pledge Aid to Boers in City Meeting

A large gathering of Irish societies in the city shows strong sympathy for the Boers. Mayor John Breen and representatives pledge decisive actions beyond resolutions, noting ready military units and many Irish volunteers abroad. They condemn English rule over Ireland and promise substantial relief and support for the Boer cause.

Lawrence John Breen O'Connell England Ireland Grattan Guards Hibernian Rifles Linnen

Trish Societies Foresee Secret Aid to Boers

The passage notes that local Trish societies will reconvene and implies actions may be kept secret. It predicts that Boers will not require soldiers as long as Irishmen in this country can assist them. The remark reflects wartime sentiment and political tension.

Dover Bank Depositors to Be Paid in Full

The defunct Cocheco National Bank will pay depositors in full without a receiver's aid, per an order from Washington directing Receiver Carroll to issue a 23 percent dividend soon. The swift settlement, aided by bank examiner Carroll, comes after the bank's summer failure and signals minimal future depositor risk as the institution winds down.

Dover N. H Cocheco National Bank Washington Carroll Crroll Cochechesiin's National Bank T Eolebrook National Bank Colebrook Savings Bank

Noon Day Rest for Working Men in Chicago

In Chicago the Social Economics club expands a lunch program for working girls to men as well. The plan offers inexpensive meals plus a reading library and lectures. Men may smoke after meals, with a separate room for chat.

Chicago Ill Social 5. M. Biddleson

Mrs Walden Pell Dead in Paris Society Leader

Despatch from Paris reports the death of Mrs Walden Pell aged 85 born Orleans Redwood Ellery in New Orleans. A Rhode Island Ellery by birth she led New York society for 25 years and after her husband’s 1863 death moved to Newport. She resided in Paris for 39 years where her home was a center of American society.

New York Paris Walden Pell Ellery Rhode Island New Orleans Orleans Redwood Newport

Expert Tyrrell Subjected to a Long and Searching Examination

In New York on December 21 court sessions heard handwriting experts Wm J Kinsley and John F Tyrrell testifying in the murder trial of Roland B Molineux for the death of Mrs Katherine J Adams. Tyrrell gave technical opinions on pen habits and the lettered package address as key to识 the identity of the writer. Cross examination by Weeks focused on how exhibits were used to link the poisoned package to the defendant’s writing. The day concluded with further technical debates and an adjournment until tomorrow.

New York Wm. J. Kinsley John F. Tyrrell Court of General Sessions Roland B. Molineux Katherine J. Adams Tyrrell Kinley Tyrrel Wriesc Reces Tyrrel Weeks

Restrain Wagner Company from Sale to Pullman

New York December 21 Justice Beekman hear argument and reserve lis pendens in bid to restrain Wagner Palace Car directors from selling their property and goodwill to Pullman Palace Car and dissolving the Wagner company. Plaintiff H N Franc the holder of 100 shares leads a minority stockholder suit alleging the sale would transfer Wagner assets to an Illinois company and a New York incorporated entity.

New York Justice Beekman Supreme Court Liseci Wagner Palace Car Company Pullman Palace Car Company Inter Corporation H. N. Franc Wagener Company Wagner Company Wagner Corporation Pullman Company Illinois

Mystery of Winnepiscogee River Tragedy Solved

Miss Winnie Watson aged 24, a nurse at Cottage hospital, was found dead in the Winnepiscogee river near Hib bard bridge street in Laconia New Hampshire. She disappeared December 14 after leaving home in Gilford. Her hat and sack were found on the riverbank and the body was recovered nearby. Melancholia is suspected as the cause of the personal crisis act.

Laconia N .H Winnie Watson Winnepiscogee Hibbard Bridge Watson Cottage Hospital Gilford

Bishop Turner Denied Sleeper Berth Because of Color

A Savannah telegraph reports Bishop Henry W. Turner of Georgia was refused a berth in a Central Railroad sleeping car. Ill and recently paralyzed, he sought to return to Atlanta but was told berths are not sold to colored persons. The Central Railroad enforces a rule barring colored passengers from sleeping cars between Atlanta and Savannah and on its branches.

Atlanta Savannah Henry W. Turner Georgia Central Railroad

McPhersons Buy Coffins After Anniversary

Calvin McPherson and wife, longtime residents near Egli near Crawford County, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Indianapolis. In the afternoon they visited an undertaker, chose coffins, and had them placed in their wagon for home, Mr McPherson saying they expected to need them soon.

Indianpolis Ind Calvin McPherson Eglis Crawford County Tueday McPherson

Catholic pastor bans dance by young men's drill group

In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on December 21 Rev Fr McAndrew, pastor of St Marys Catholic church, ordered the young men's drill organization to cancel a Christmas day dance he viewed as inappropriate. He urged observing Christmas as a holy day and emphasized the religious significance over social amusement.

Train Robbery Between St Louis and Omaha

Three bandits robbed a Missouri Pacific train from St. Louis to Omaha between Wyandotte and Leavenworth. They seized seven sleeping-car passengers, with masked accomplices guarding them. The leader, unmasked, discussed with auditor W. R. Stewart and promised to return his watch as a Christmas gift. A haul of five watches, three diamond rings, and $500 was taken before the robbers fled toward a waiting team.

Leavenworth Kan Missouri Pacific St. Louis Omaha Kansas City Wyandotte W. R. Stewart Nearman

Chadwick murder trial reveals fiancee influence

In Middletown Connecticut the Chadwick murder case sees a dramatic twist as prisoner Hough admits waiting for Chadwick and claims May Smith, Chadwick’s fiancé, urged him to scare Chadwick. He describes a staged meeting and a quarrel ending with Chadwick’s death as he claims he disposed of the body.

Middletown Hough Chadwick May Smith

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