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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
7
In a tale of mining schemes and sharp deals, Mr. Gaskell exposes a hidden vein at Gold Queen No 2, profiting to 750000 with his syndicate. Oswald and partners confront the ruse at last, while Gaskell and his wife Madge reveal their victory and a surprising marriage payoff in 1888.
A collage of 1808 Vienna recollections recounts Haydn in his final public appearance at a Creation performance, his fainting exit, a nod to Crete’s famed reputation, New Zealand birds echoing Siegfried, and Shoemaker's Islands of the Southern Seas. It also recounts an amused courtroom anecdote about a judge's restraint and a reminder about catching colds, ending with an ad for Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup and Hood's Pills.
A Parisian woman recounts a moment of interior compulsion to help a beggar on the Champs Elyses. Her daughter Suzan prompts a change of heart, leading to a late rescue when the beggar reappears by a tree. They rush to aid him, embracing after fearing they had sinned by not giving.
A collection of quips notes that learning to live is a long process. Nobbleton argues many never finish the lesson, while others joke about consent and independence. The fragments reference New York Sun, Brooklyn Life, and Ohio State Journal in a wry, period voice.
Styles mix skirt and bodice in harmony with contrasts in fabrics. Embroidery ties colors, or black embroidery unites different hues. A illustrated ivory silk bodice with ivory silk detailing pairs with ivory moire velours skirt.
Describes changes in cape and wrap styles, favoring long cutaway capes with circular ruffles and high collars for carriage wear. Highlights damask fabrics like silk, velvet, and materials with embroidery. Mentions revived shaw wraps, circular velvet ruffles, and a chamois cloth gown with moss green velvet accents and gold buttons.
Governess bids Ethel and Mitch Morgan good night as a clever young girl role plays. The piece reads as a light society column excerpt from Jewelers' Weekly, noting a playful exchange before bedtime.
A Chicago Inter Ocean essay traces how women have rarely been invited to formal banquets from ancient times through modern civil and Masonic receptions. It notes lord mayor dinners in London, the Guildhall event, and social commentary on why male hosts prefer women absent or segregated, ending with a wry caution about decorum and imagination.
Professor Robert M Cumnock begins a new regime in training divinity students for real world marriages at Northwestern University. Each Friday a mock ceremony is staged with a groom, co ed bride, best man and bridesmaids as Lohengrin rings play. The embryonic divine learns where to stand how to receive fees and how to kiss the bride, while maintaining proper countenance.
A Nashville built horse car now serves as a houseboat anchored at the foot of Monroe street in the Ohio river at Paducah. The car body sits on a hull with a narrow deck, doors at both ends, and neatly curtained square windows. Interior furnishings were mostly removed except for one seat, leaving two small cozy living rooms inside.
Albert Ham, a farmer from West Dresden, Missouri, tends an apple tree with a circumference of feet 10 inches and a trunk split into four large limbs at six feet high. The tree, over a century old and bearing well for 47 years in Ham’s care, yielded 43 bushels of good apples in one year.
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