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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
4
Bradstreet's note from New York on May 2 reports broadly favorable conditions across agriculture and industry. Weather aids distribution, building activity remains notable, and raw cotton stays strong despite some profit-taking. Exports remain heavy, cereals show a weather market, and April trade indicators suggest a solid month with wheat exports rising.
Miss Ida M Loree of Somerville New Jersey shares how spring house cleaning nearly ruined her health before discovering Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She cured after one box and now takes them annually to prevent relapse. The ad promotes the pills as a blood and nerve tonic sold by mail or druggists for fifty cents a box or two dollars fifty for six.
Barnstable May 2 After six months in a prison cell Miss Jane Toppan faces a court appearance on triple murder charges for poisoning the Davis family of Cautauket The government is expected to argue she was sane and may be committed to Taunton asylum, a move praised by locals as saving county funds.
In Boston on May 2 a panic during a N E Telephone Haymarket fire led to injuries when a fire engine struck an elevated car. Two men and a woman were seriously hurt. engine and car were demolished, $500 damage, and transit resumed by noon.
Vice President Vasquez arrives at Guerra near San Domingo leading a revolt against President Jiminez. Government fears the fall of the Jiminez government. Porto Plata remains quiet as troops and a Dominican warship bolster defenses. Governor Des champs vows to defend the port, Santo Domingo’s main harbor.
Brunswick May 2 The Brunswick Remnant Company has sold its entire stock to A G Pollard and Company of Lowell Massachusetts.
Special correspondence from Boston notes Luce primary election bill postponed to Monday. Reports say New Bedford’s petition to eliminate its grade crossing will not be raised in court, with officials and the attorney general in agreement. Nantucket seeks a Cliff bathing beach state reservation, while other committee actions and votes shape various bills including eight hour public employe provisions and Sunday sales.
Senator John A. Sullivan presided as Senate today. C S Sullivan moved to reconsider a rejection of a bill for new trials in civil causes, on the question of damages, and the motion was tabled. Ways and Means reported against a bill for additional butter sale enforcement funding, and a tenure of office bill for Taunton policemen and firemen was engrossed. An adverse report on Batcheller’s sectarian-legislation amendment was accepted in concurrence without debate. Senator Wise raised personal privilege, presenting Senator Sullivan with roses. Also referenced is a Butter Thin Biscuit advertising note implying Kennedy's claims vs others.
The President sent nominations to the Senate naming Joseph R. Reed of Iowa as chief justice and Henry C. Sluss of Kansas William W. Murray of Tennessee Wilbur F. Stone of Colorado and Frank C. Osborne of North Carolina as associate justices of the court of private and land claims Navy assistant surgeons A G Grunwell C D Langhorne F L Benton W H Bell William G Braisted R E Hoyt Joseph P Traynor gunner Charles Morgan to be chief gunner Army Captain F B Andrus to be lieutenant colonel by brevet for infantry.
New York May 2 The United States cruiser Brooklyn left the navy yard and anchored off Tompkinsville for inspection tomorrow. She will return to the navy yard for overhaul or to be placed out of commission as the board of inspection decides her condition.
New York May 2 Mayor Low named Police Magistrate Willard H Olmsted to preside over a newly formed court to try all children's cases The ten year term carries a $9000 annual salary The mayor also named Peter T Barlow to fill Olmsted s unexpired term for five years at $7000 annually
Garden City Long Island May 2 The invitation golf tournament centers on Percy Pyne II Princeton facing M C Campbell Yale and M I Wilson Princeton versus C Hitchcock Jr New Haven. Swampton Travis edged past St Pauls schoolboy H M Faith, while Percy Jennings Yale was defeated as weather stayed perfect.
Pittsfield Maine expects a $15,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie for a new public library. The town council welcomed the news as a significant cultural addition to the community.
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