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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1902
Page
5
Thursday January 30 at 4 pm Dr Thomas B Smith lectures on The Blood and its Circulation. Friday January 31 at 4 pm Edward Howard Griggs A M lectures on The Dynamic Character of Personal Ideals at Colonial Hall.
A vivid portrait recalls Miss Alice Roosevelt in Washington society, noting her charm, health limits, and social pull at receptions. The recount highlights her wit, piano sessions, and the eye of national attention as she moves from classrooms to the White House amidst praise and invitations.
The article details a statewide effort led by the State board of health and the Institute of Technology to combat food adulteration. It urges integrating food science into regular chemistry courses and broader domestic education to empower both women and men with knowledge to detect adulteration, improve health, and indirectly support temperance. It also notes new household discoveries like glycerine coatings to prevent frosted windows.
A Dickens afternoon at Colonial Hall drew a large crowd as Mrs. E. W. Clark directed an amateur theatrical at the Middlesex Women’s club. The program opened with scenes from Nicholas Nickleby featuring Henry H. Harris and Carl D. Burtt, then moved to David Copperfield with youthful cast members.
A Woman's Page readerQuestions the impact of scientific temperance teaching noting artful charts may attract rather than deter. The writer argues appealing visuals can mislead, appealing to aesthetics with bright colors and pretty markings. Veritas Taxpayer signs off with concern over effectiveness.
Miss Edith E Russell led the Sunday school lesson before the Boston Primary union gathering of about 75 teachers from Boston and nearby. A large turnout is expected Friday as the State Federation of Women's clubs meets in Somerville with many club women, likely including a Lowell delegation.
A fashion note describes floor skimming walking skirts with plaited fullness, no petticoat, and economy-friendly design. It notes favored white flowers in millinery such as camelias and gardenias, rumors of a corset ban for women over 30 facing penalties, and bridal coiffure with white lilies and ornate evening decor of velvet and metal leaves.
A treasury bureau of statistics monograph outlines century long growth in US production and wealth. It covers field forest mine and manufactory output from 1800 to 1901 and notes rises in agriculture cotton wool wheat corn copper pig iron petroleum coal and gold, plus gains in exports imports wealth money circulation deposits savings banks national banking and rail freight. It cites per capita wealth and debt declines, and highlights rising rail mileage and freight tonnage.
An expert explains film development in a large dark room with a long drum and a glass wheel, illustrating uniform development of a long negative, followed by drying and toning. Retouching is described as an evolving art, capable of fixing defects or adding detail. The piece notes a long history of Kennedy's Butter Thin Biscuit success in New England.
Arthur Rhodes offers hair and scalp treatment at Rhode's New Hair Store 73 Merrimack St with free examination and strict privacy. Services include wart and mole removal and permanent beard trimming control, while hair cutting is handled by a separate barber. Telephone 92-13.
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