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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
4
Our Great Clearance Sale now at high tide invites quick shopping for winter needs. The heading warns delays may disappoint, as popular items attract many shoppers. First come, first served. the column notes strong store news with plentiful good things this week.
Local sale offers deep discounts on ladies wear including 42 inch wool beaver trimmed coats, 33 and 27 inch wool kersey coats, eiderdown dressing lacques, storm skirts in Oxford Grey and broadcloth, dress skirts in mixtures serge and wool, and shirt waists in French Flannel cashmere and mercerized Sarah. Prices cut from regular rates with many items under $2.00.
Neighbors found Vincent Vencelsick gravely wounded and Rosa Lock dead after a brutal confrontation at 209 Spring Alley. Police detained an unnamed man as questions rise over the marital dispute, alleged intoxication, and a violent struggle that ended with multiple knife wounds and a fatal rail cutter blow.
Paris Times correspondent cites Victor Berard in Revue du Paris arguing the Panama project is practical and could be finished in ten years at a cost of 100 million dollars. He calls Nicaragua impractical and says the U S favors the latter for sentiment, prompting Britain to sign the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Lot includes Gents and Ladies handkerchiefs slightly soiled or used in window displays. Prices 3c to 9c each. Ladies four ply linen 15c regular, sale three for 25c. Leather belts with cut steel buckles 21c, black satin fold belts 33c. Fifteen to seventeen styles available.
Crochet cotton H B regular 10c ball now 8c. C N T crochet cotton regular 5c spool sale 8c. Marshall’s linen thread regular 10c spool sale 8c. Darning cotton in all colors lea card.
Rep. Burke of South Dakota protested to the President against leases of about 1,000,000 acres of surplus grazing lands in the Sioux reservation and Cheyenne agency. He urged withholding approval until objections can be fully presented, warning the land may be closed to settlement for years. The President said the matter would be kept open for a time.
Boston January 15 Frank Norris the sleigh driver who kept the frightened horses after Julia Arthur was thrown Monday afternoon received a $100 reward from Mrs Cheney for his pluck. Arthur and her husband B P Cheney sent for Norris yesterday. Mrs Cheney is rapidly recovering from the bruises.
Washington January 15 the 16th annual voyage of the grand harbor of the American Association of Master and Pilots of the steam vessels of the United States began with Capt John C Silva of Boston presiding as grand captain. Fifty two delegates from nearly all states attended.
The Dress Goods Department promotes a sale on wool and silk fabrics within a 30 mile radius. Seventeen pieces of wool and silk 40 inch fabrics at 31 cents per yard, granite cloth 40 inches at 43 cents, checks and plaids 36 inches at 9 cents, 50 inch heavy wool serge at 7 cents, Prunella 44 inch water resistant at 91 cents, wool cheviot 52 inches at 89 cents, all wool French flannel 49 cents at 88 cents per yard.
A local sale lists 36 inch Percaline in black and colors at 9 cents per yard, 36 inch Silesia at 10 cents, 40 inch Fast Black Silesia at 19 cents, 40 inch Fast Black Surah Lining at 19 cents, and Steam Shrunk Surah Tuxedo at 15 cents per yard. Regular prices ranged from 5 to 25 cents depending on material and width.
A newspaper advertisement lists sale prices on prints, flannel, blankets, gingham, flamnelette, damask, table covers, towels, and damask linens. Items include Turkey Red Damask, Bleached Damask, Table Damask, napkins, and assorted linens with prices reduced from regular to sale rates. Includes yard and per dozen pricing across multiple patterns and widths.
Boston dated January 15 the ceremony saw Herbert Parker of Lancaster sworn as attorney general with Col William M Olin Boston as secretary Edward S Bradford Springfield treasurer and receiver general and Henry E Turner Malden as auditor. Hosea M Knowlton retires after 25 years in service and his final report to the Legislature urges various reforms including trial by a single justice, more superior court justices, a real estate court approach via land registration, limited jury terms, and fixed collateral inheritance tax steps. He also notes the department’s workload has quadrupled and supports a salary increase for Parker’s successor.
Michael Portolis, Italian found with over 40 knife wounds in a desert shanty, lies in critical condition in a Dubois hospital. He told police Mafia members tried to kill him, attacked by five men who fled after one assailant claimed he was dead. Portolis identified the attackers.
Captain L J Allen is retired with the rank of rear admiral, effective immediately in a Washington ceremony marking the transition. A veteran naval officer, Allen served in multiple commands and earns honors for decades of service.
Vintage shopper notice lists Velveteen Dress Binding and various braids, trimmings, soutache, dress shields, pins, elastics, hairpins, combs, and related items with regular and sale prices across colors. Includes spools of silk and wool soutache braid, safety pins, stockinet shields, steel hair pins, and dress accessories.
Newport Dress Steels drop from 15e to 11e per set. Warren's Silk Feather Bone in Black and Colors remains 11e per yard. Tinsel Cord in all Colors drops from de to 8e per ball.
The advertisement lists discounts on a wide range of undergarments for ladies gents and children. Includes fleece lined vests and pants sizes 32 to 44 at 29 to 91 cents, gents shirts and drawers 48 cents, ladies wool vests 91 cents, children's merino sets 21 cents, socks and hose with sale prices, and bulk discounts on cotton hose.
The Klark Scoville company enlivens the Lowell Opera House with The Wife and The Plunger while promising Al Martin’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin on Wednesday. The week features a lavish street parade with 30 ponies and extensive scenery, plus acts by Swan and Bambard Lawson and Namon Knox Brothers and more.
The Savoy audience saw The Man Who Knows How Everything Is Done again, as Zarmo's Shetland ponies performed tricks. A rival entertainer claimed to have mastered horse and dog tricks, but the professor’s ponies demonstrated rapid counting and card-spot skills, leaving him puzzled and acknowledging the display.
Manager Dempsey presents the World Beaters company at Music Hall for the remainder of the week, with Herbert Mack still managing. The show features novel scenic effects, fresh melodies, and a lineup including The Naughty Widow, Women Stock Exchange, Stranded Opera, Upside Down, and That Sickly Golf Player. Favorite acts Udell and Yule, Lowell boy Joseph Harrington, Luella Miller, Randall the juggler, May Gebherd, Maude McDonald, and the Farnum Brothers headline as the program promises laughable burlesque and musical numbers. Matinees Friday and Saturday.
At the annual meeting of the Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Company held yesterday afternoon officers were elected. President is Percy Parker with vice president Larkin T. Trull. Directors include Joseph A. Coram Edmund B. Conant Wm. H. S. Hayes August Fels Patrick Kelley Alfred Leblanc Elias A. McQuade Thomas F. Morris Percy Parker Peter H. Donohoe John B. Pilling Geo. E. Putnam Joseph B. Shanley Ethan A. Smith Larkin T. Trull and Frederick T. Walsh. Secretary is Charles L. Knapp.
Extra choice farm just over the Lowell line offers seven acres ideal for small fruits or a market garden with a large old fashioned house, barn, and hen house. Owner will sacrifice to sell quickly at 2500 dollars. Also an extra good two story two tenement house with five rooms and bath per unit on a large land lot on electrics line for 2100 dollars with flexible terms. Apply to T. H. Elliott, 64 Central Street.
Advertises sale prices on Shetland floss Germantown Yarn silk ribbons and laces. Highlights include No 40 Silk Stripe ribbons, Velvet ribbons, all silk taffeta ribbons, Valenciennes and Torchon laces, 44 inch chiffon, and Hamburg edgings all offered at deep discounts with regular prices contrasted to sale prices.
The Corset Department promotes Our Empire Shape Corsets in blue black drab pink and white with heavy lace trim at 41 cents a pair. Our one dollar corsets in straight front girdle or low cut on sale at 91 cents. Eight styles available. P D and H S corsets regular 1.75 sale 1.85 a pair. Entire line of Double Clasp Corset Steels on sale at 8 cents a set.
Estes G Rathbone ex director of posts Cuba testified about charging official residence expenses to postal funds and about a coachman salary and a uniform purchase. He said vouchers were endorsed and furnishings returned to the government while Postmaster General Smith allegedly suggested mis charging.
Andrew Carnegie told New York railroad men on January 15 about starting on a small Pittsburg branch and riding toward future speed, predicting 100 mile per hour express trains. He recalled early rails of cast iron, telegraph work, and earning 35 dollars a month. He warned wealth brings care and trouble, and that the true value lies in a competence and ability to help others.
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