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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
2
Old style apparel ad listing multiple items with appraiser prices for ladies Jersey fleece lined vests and pants in various fabrics and finishes, including silk ribbon and pearl buttons, plus children's and men's garments and assorted price markers.
Thirteen crew members from the Gloucester fishing schooner Commonwealth returned to Boston after being ferried from Shelburne Nova Scotia. The vessel foundered near Cape Sable during a heavy southeasterly gale on January 10, losing masts and rigging, then was towed to Shelburne by the Mondego for $1000. The crew, aided by the United States consul, received free passage home. the ship was wrecked and abandoned.
Salem January 18 At the Naumkeag Mills annual meeting the treasurer's report shows full year ending December 2 1899 production of 24146515 yards of cloth the largest in company history sales reach 2904 25 yards including long stock two two percent dividends and 3000 spent on new machinery Mills running full time with a ten percent wage increase passed officers elected Treas N G Simonds clerk J Foster Smith directors David Pingree Grant Walker Benjamin Phipps John F Brooks Parker Hremer William N G Simonds auditing committee Edward C Brown Henry M Batchelder Arthur H Phippen outlook excellent and better than in years
Boston January 18 The Democratic state committee rushes to issue tickets for the William J Bryan reception and banquet to be held in Faneuil Hall. Bryan will speak in Providence on the 29th and in Boston the next day, with Altgeld and Lentz expected to participate. Tickets cover the banquet and mass meeting with balcony passes, doors to Mechanics building opening at 7 and speaking at 8.
Annapolis January 18 the Maryland House of Delegates refused immediate consideration of a resolution praising William Jennings Bryan as Democratic leader. It invites him to address the Legislature during his Maryland visit, and the measure was sent to the Committee on Federal Relations.
Alfred Umbricht, a caterer with 15 years in the trade, was stricken with typhoid in New York and died, or so it seemed, but a hospital error in moving his body to the dead house at low temperature revived him. The janitor noticed life signals and saved him from being buried alive. He is now recovering in New Haven with friends, alleging hospital authorities tried to deem him dead.
Special report from El Paso describes the Sonora Indians, noted as Mexico’s sole surviving group from the Spanish era, mounting a final resistance against the Mexican government amid unrest and conflict.
A proclamation to the American people from the Yaqui nation announces the start of their struggle for independence. The provisional government is seated at Babispo, warning that once success comes in Sonora, only motive born Americans may enter for years and pledging protection of American property and persons in Sonora.
Seattle readers learn from Dawson via Skagway that Fred H Ciagaon Skagway merchant a northwest police telegraph lineman Olsen and another unnamed victim were killed on Christmas day. O'Brien is under arrest at Tamwart accused of the crime. another man arrested elsewhere and a third fled. The murders appear motivated by robbery.
Senator-elect McLaurin, who had been ill with pneumonia, is better today and out of danger. He is recovering in Jackson and officials report steady improvement since January 18.
A short health feature notes burdock products claim to relieve indigestion by toning the stomach. The advertisement touts gastric benefits and asserts the remedy makes indigestion impossible.
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