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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
3
Advertises Pure Gluten Health Food Co products from New York with U S government approval. Announces stock of Gluten Foods including breakfast food crackers macaroni and flour in packages or sacks. Claims these preparations contain over five times the nutriment of ordinary cereals or flours and invites patrons to call and examine.
Cambridge reports the Modern Language Association session at Harvard focused on spelling reform. Prof Galvin Thomas urged teacher training in English spelling history to foster natural adoption of reform. Miss Elizabeth Hooker argued Shakespeare owes little to Montaigne, while Dr Chas S Good highlighted classical myth in Dante enhancing accuracy and unity.
New York reports writer H P Banks Danks alive and unharmed despite a false rumor of his death. Publisher Hubert P Main states Danks does not reside in Boston or New York and refuses to reveal his location or the accusers. Main aims to reassure publishers anxious over the hoax.
Textile council of Fall River votes to seek legislation banning employment of women and minors after 6 p m until 6 a m and to push resolutions on lost time injuries in unions. It urges union members to refuse to make up lost time and to strike if discharged for such refusals, noting past legislative fruitlessness.
Lawrence December 27 A bankruptcy court session before Judge Thompson heard evidence on a 4170.78 claim by Pacific National Bank against Prospect mill. The note dated 1895 was indorsed by Prospect. Moorfield Storey argued the mill did not benefit. Light from both banks and mills was scant. matter remained undecided at adjournment.
Greenville Pa December 27 six hundred employees of the Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad are notified of a voluntary ten percent wage increase starting January 1. The raise covers conductors brakemen switchmen engineers and firemen.
In Rockville Connecticut on December 27 Mies Bernard Dorscheid aged 55 was found dead this morning. She lived alone and had been sick and despondent. The death appears to be self inflicted with the woman holding her head in a pail of water.
In a Manila cablegram Gen. Chaffee reports on a near Dapado Samar engagement. Company E Ninth Infantry suffers seven killed and several wounded after a hand to hand fight with bolomen. Captain Schoeffel leads 18 men. 70 enemy casualties reported. Lang’s Philippine scouts aided in wounded care and evacuation.
The German cruiser Vineta arrived off La Guaira. Venezuelan health officers were denied boarding at 6 am, leading officials to suspect warlike intentions. A German officer later explained the officer boarded too early, easing tensions.
Promoters allegedly sank wells to force price drops then plugged them to look like dry holes. After Christmas, drillers went too deep and struck a gusher six miles from Barboursville yielding 2000 barrels daily. The oil fire destroyed machinery and timber, shooting flames over a hundred feet high every twenty minutes.
Amsterdam reports a conference between Rev. Mr. Broekhuyzen and Boer leaders leading to C. M. Wessels traveling to the United States in January carrying a letter from Kruger to President Roosevelt. Wessels formerly chaired the Orange Free State Raad and visited the U S in May 1960 with Abraham Fisher and A D Wolmarans, returning to Europe in June.
Bradstreet's annual review of American commerce and finance reports 1901 as a record year in general business and industrial output. Despite strikes, a stock panic, and price-fixing efforts, total bank clearings, production, and freight activity surged, with iron, coal, leather, and woollen goods expanding. Exports stood near record levels, while imports rose modestly.
Washington reports Capt Henry W Lyon, Boston, assigned to command the cruiser Olympia, meaning the vessel will not be the coronation squadron flagship for King Edward VII next June. Rear Admiral Crowninshield and others favored Lyon’s appointment, shifting flagship duties to the Kearsarge while Olympia becomes flagship of the North Atlantic squadron and departs for commission soon.
Impairment of hearing and head noises attributed to catarrh of the middle ear and eustachian tube. The ad promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a remedy, citing testimonials from Mrs. Jane Barlow and Army Surgeon C.S. Beverly, urging purchase at 50 cents a box and offering a free book by mail.
Oberlin Ohio trustees considered the provisional $200 000 gift by J D Rockefeller if $300 000 in subscriptions from other sources is secured by January 1. Today reports show all but $38 700 raised. Trustee J C W Cowles travels to New York to confirm if Rockefeller will proceed on this basis.
Mary J L Spicer a 35 year old resident on a farm between Ashaway and Niantic in Westerly Rhode Island cut her throat this afternoon but survived the attempt though not expected to live. The family has no known motive. The item also advertises Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh with a price of 75 cents and notes a report of a New Orleans customer’s satisfaction with two bottles sold by Ely Bros. in 1900.
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