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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
8
The Herald notes a quiet cotton goods market with steady bleached and wide fabrics, limited forward orders, and mills booked months ahead. Deliveries lag as behind schedules strain bleachers and converters, while demand shifts to cretonnes and percales and retail shops draw sizable crowds on mild days.
Manufacturers seek early market tests for light weights as prices hover high and may fall due to Easter wool demand. Wool dress goods remain steady amid dull jobbing trade, while crepons and serges stay firm. Domestic dress goods firms report a steady market and flannels stay steady though production is light. Raw silk weakens with Yokohama bears lowering FILATURES to about 4 per lb, while European silks hold at 4.80 to 4.90. New York markets reflect the global decline.
A historical overview of early theories on plant nutrition from Van Helmont to Stephen Hales, explaining that plant growth derives from air and soil nutrients processed in living cell protoplasm. The piece notes plant cells as microscopic laboratories where digestion occurs, and ends with a brief note about a campus event at Huntington Hall.
A Washington Star piece reports treasury officials recounting cases of burned or damaged currency redeemed through the redemption division. Examples include a man lighting a gas lamp with a torn ten dollar note, a puppy chewing two thirds of a five, and bills found in cabbage leaves with enough value to redeem.
An English bishop visiting a New York school asked pupils to name a portrait of a “fine-looking gentleman” on the wall. After a pause a back-row boy finally answered “Buffalo Bill.” The anecdote, from Collier’s Weekly, highlights the era’s cultural figures.
Local store Carlp ton and Hovey advertise moth balls at five cents per pound, inviting shoppers to stock up.
Cedar forests shrink across Maine New Brunswick and Quebec driving mills northward. Gardiner Bangor and Dalhousie lead a revolution in shingle production with side-cutting machines boosting output. By 1899 North Atlantic mills export over 124 million shingles to the United States, amid rising 16 inch usage and dwindling southern cedar supplies.
A large collection of Japanese dwarf trees will be shown in New York botanical garden greenhouses this spring. Experts say the trees are produced by natural conditions and grafting rather than seed. many may be up to a century old, not 1000 years. Curator Britton notes they require proper indoor conditions, and that fruit-tree dwarfs offer real value for small orchard houses.
B J Griffin summarizes a New York case on typewritten documents and forgery. Experts testified a receipt altered by erasures or careful substitutions could be detected by differences in ribbon and alignment. The author urges lawyers to demand flawless typewriter work and warns skilled forgers could imitate nervous touch and heavy strikes. The piece stresses forensic need for better operator standards.
A Westminster Gazette report asserts a Russian psychic Sambor formed knots in strings and rings during seances with twenty witnesses. It contrasts Zollner’s earlier knot with Sam bor’s repeated performances, noting the violent lifting of the table and voices declaring the knot was made.
If you wear a tailor-made suit you need new neckwear and belts from a large line including pulley collars stock collars jabots chiffon and lace ties and various belts at prices 25c to 2. A special Saturday sale and demonstration of AMERICAN FOOD Co products features Fruit Jelly in 12 flavors pie filling lemon squash orange and cream at 10c a cake samples served by a demonstrator. Tea and coffee offer quality and low prices with Excellent Flavor Tea 50c lb and Delicious Coffee 24c lb.
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