Governor likely to sign Westminster chambers bill in statehouse
Special correspondence reports the bill engrossed and ready for the governor. The investigation into the Westminster chambers affair expands as the rules committee gains broad powers to probe charges against 21 members, with hearings possibly in executive session. A proposed change to clerical staffing in the Auditor of Accounts office prompts debate over Hawley’s role on the Ways and Means committee. A metropolitan water board probe team prepares a lengthy report, expected near session end.
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Boston
Westminster Chambers
Ames
Beverly Farms Incorporation
Crane
Myers
Coolidge
Cambridge
Committee On Rules
House
Bennett
Saugus
Auditor of Accounts
Committee On Ways and Means
Ways and Means
William D. Hawley
Malden
General Kimball
Hawley
Ways and Means Committee
Carleton
Committee On Public Service
Adams
Legisla
Civil Service
Finance
New Bedford Textile School
Mr. Hawley
Reed Murders: Two Suspects Said to Be Arrest Likely
North Adams awaits a possible arrest as the Reed murder case expands. Detective George Dunham, sent by the attorney general, has unified local, county, and state efforts, reopening the inquest and preparing for sessions next week. Watches stolen from Reed’s pawnbroking household remain unrecovered.
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North Adams
Reed
George Dunham
Dunham
Week's mortality report for June 1 1900
Deaths listed for the week ending June 2 1900 include Esther Dudley 72 apoplexy Victor Coughlin 1 day inanition Margaret Hines 36 palm phthisis Raoul Guilbault 6 months cap bron chitis Harvey Eames 2 hours premature Annie Bakey 12 endocapditis Jules Duchenes 2 meningitis Edwin Moore 42 death by own action Martin Novesey 82 palm phthisis Albert Chappell 71 paralysis Charles Pollard 42 death by own action Alma Grenier 2 diphtheria Francis Callahan 62 enteritis William Morel 40 consumption Susie Nelson 20 perityphillis Stanley Hobblethwait convulsions Laure Charletray 21 days infant Mary Boyle 1 hour infant Moriarty % day infant Stephen Wright 72 senile gangrene Alphonse Barbu 31 disease of heart George Elliott 1 bronchitis Marie Richard 11 mos phenom nia Jose Moreau 7 mos pneumo Venant Cloutier 2 mos enteritis Joseph Roane mos meningitis Edward Parthenais 1 mo marasmus Napoleon LeRay 2 mos cholinst. City Clerk Dadman.
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Esther Dudley
Victor J. Coughlin
Margaret Hines
Raoul Guilbault
Harvey Eames
Annie T. Bakey
J. Jules Duchenes
Edwin B. Moore
Martin H. Novesey
Albert W. Chappell
Charles D. Pollard
Alma Grenier
Francis Callahan
William M. Morel
Susie E. Nelson
Stanley H. Hobblethwait
Laure Charletray
Mary G. Boyle
Moriarty
Stephen W. Wright
Alphonse Barbu
George Elliott
Marie L. Richard
Jose I. Moreau
Venant Cloutier
Joseph Roane
Edward D. Parthenais
Marasmus
Mortality of Lowell for Week Ending June 2 1900
The Board of Health reports Lowell population 90 114 with 28 total deaths in the week ending June 2 1900 including 16 deaths under five and infectious diseases tallying 1. Acute lung diseases 4 typhoid 0 diphtheria 1 scarlet fever 0 croup 0 measles 0. The death rate compares 16 15 for 1890 week and 24 812 and 13 27 for prior two weeks. Infectious diseases listed: typhoid 0 scarlet fever 1 diphtheria 0 measles 8 smallpox 3.
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Lowell
Board OF Health
Mystery of the average man in Welch rabbit making
A puzzled remark about how an ordinary man can craft Welch rabbit while failing to make mayonnaise. The note also mentions a dexterous boy capable of walking on his hands and imitating a lion’s roar, identified by his precise movements.
Chicago’s Dowie Seen as Zion’s Charismatic Leader
A Zion church overview profiles Dr John Alexander Dowie as general overseer with vast wealth and bold claims of divine power. The piece critiques his authority, conduct, and methods, noting large tabernacle crowds in Chicago and a sermon attacking Methodists while praising Zion’s dogma and organization.
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John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Christian Church In
Zion
Dowie
Tabernacles
Michigan
Mohammed
Arabia
Madame Blavatsky
Mrs. Eddy
Great Central Tabernacle
Michigan Avenue
Dr. Dowie
Herald
Good-Cookery and the Rise of Modern Sinks
Anna Barrows explains how porcelain sinks mark a shift from wooden to modern plumbing. She details placement, accessibility, shelving, cleaning habits, and useful accessory items to ensure efficient dishwashing and better household hygiene.
Nursery cookery half grown child at table manners
Christine Terhune Herrick argues that good table manners for a half grown child reinforce politeness and prevent upsetting others. It covers proper use of knife and fork, quiet sipping from spoons, chewing with lips closed, and avoiding stimulants like coffee and tea. It also gives cocoa and milk drink preparation tips.
Tomato Preserves From Many Sources And Acknowledged Worth
Scald and peel small tomatoes prick to prevent bursting add sugar equal to fruit weight let stand overnight pour juice into preserving kettle boil to thick syrup clarify with egg white add back tomatoes boil until transparent optional lemon sliced thin may be added per taste
40 Hours at Sea Steamers Boston to Philadelphia
Steamers sail from Boston to Philadelphia every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 3 PM. From Philadelphia to Boston every Monday Wednesday and Friday at 3 PM. The fleet includes the Grecian Indian Parthian and Spartan. Large airy staterooms and fine table service promise comfort. Fare Boston to Philadelphia 10 excursion 38. Apply E P Wing Central Wharf Boston or George Eckhardt 338 South Delaware Ave Philadelphia.
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Boston
Philadelpia
Pt. M
Philadelphia
Atlantic Seaboard
E. P. Wing
Central Wharf
Mass
George ©. Eckhardt
South
Delaware Ave
Plum preserving method from old kitchen note
Equal weight of plums and sugar, add water to form thick syrup, boil and skim. Pour over washed plums in a stone jar, cover and set aside overnight. Next day draw off syrup, boil and skim, pour over plums. Repeat process for four days. Then place in porcelain lined kettle, boil slowly half an hour and seal in cans or jars.
Hard-Boiled Egg and Chicken Filling in Eggs
Cut the eggs in two, remove yolks, mix with chopped cold chicken or veal little onion or parsley, soaked bread crumbs, salt and pepper, and raw egg yolk to bind. Fill cavities, rejoin halves, coat with beaten egg and crumbs, fry in hot fat, serve with tomato sauce.
Lemon curd preparation for tarts and desserts
Beat three eggs with half a butter measure and a teaspoon of white sugar. Add juice and grated rind of one lemon. Place the mixture in a pan set over a dish of hot water and stir until thickened. Can be made in larger quantities, stored in bottles or jars, and used as needed for tarts and other dainties.
Carrot Sweetmeats Recipe Note
Boil small fine grained carrots until tender then peel and grate. Add sugar slips of citron spice if desired fruit syrup or juice from canned fruit. Add water to reach right consistency and simmer slowly before putting up in jars.
Balloon scaffold for steeples and wireless aerials
M Letorey a French architect applies the captive balloon to cleaning or decorating cupolas towers and monuments. The balloon can be raised lowered steadied by stays and has two nacelles connected by a ladder. The scaffold could aid operations such as wreathing Nelson's column and serve as an aerial wireless station.
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M. Letorey
Nelson
London Globe
Tomato toast recipe from a kitchen column
Stew one quart of ripe tomatoes then push through a colander. Put into a porcelain lined stewpan with butter pepper and salt to season. Add one pint of rich cream, mix and pour over well browned thin slices of bread.
He Kept the Ring to Fowl the Boer Army
A South Africa report highlights British soldier resolve as a wounded man kept a ring pressed in his hand for eight hours. He refused to surrender it to the Boers, telling a hospital sister his girl gave it and he would swallow it if captured before aid could reach him.
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South Africa
Potsgieter
Probate Court cites heirs for Collins Ellis and Obermeyer estate
Middlesex probate court calls all interested in Agnes K Collins Kate Collins Ellen Ellis and Morris Obermeyer deceased to appear on June 5 1900 at nine in the morning to show cause why administrator should not be appointed. Public notice requires one weekly publication for three consecutive weeks in the Lowell Daily Courier. Witness Judge Charles J McIntire.
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Agnes K. Collins
Kate A. Collins
Ellen Ellis
Eleanor Ellis
Lowell
Morris Obermeyer
Tewksbury
Middlesex
Joseph S. Lapierre
Sai Lowell
Cambridge
Charles J. McIntire
Dunn
Billerica
Cou
Rosa Belle Jackson
Sai
Lowell Daily Courier
Weisbach Light Mantle promises 50 percent more light
Claims say the Yusea Mantle delivers 100 candle power per light and triple strength, lasting longer and costing under half a cent per hour. Sold at this office along with first class gas cooking ranges on installment.
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Attwill
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Tatman
Worcester
Mann
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Mos
Cholinst
Girard P. Dadman
The
Lotte Stoo
Anna Barrows
Christine Terhune Herrick
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Co
Perry Davis
LAA
Ivers & Pond Piano Co
Boylston St
Eeees Parker
Electro-Silicon Co
Cliff Street
N.Y
Bost ON
Ise
Coburn & Co
Reis
Quincy
Merrimack Street
Harvard
T. H. Boyle & Co
Dion
Massachussetts
S. H. Folsom
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Maine
California
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack St
George E. Stanley
Old Colony
Boston and Maine
R. R
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