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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1898
Page
7
In a tense barn episode, three men emerge from beneath a beam after escaping a mystic feed box. A terrified girl witnesses their odd rescue, signaling to the wounded trio and learning their whereabouts as Cap'n Sawyer’s danger anchors their uneasy return to safety.
A girl questions the identity of a man named Cap'n Sawyer as three men are captured while visiting a barn. The crowd fears the consequences, debating whether he will be hanged, while the escaped trio approaches the barn, heightening tension in a tense scene.
A Tid Bits item recounts how hidden and accidental photographs have aided convictions. An amateur in Chicago concealed a camera in a wall panel to observe household members, capturing a burglar in the act and leading to swift arrest. Other cases include a murder suspect photographed in a forest, a pickpocket near St Paul’s, and a Belfast thief whose own image in a studio shot led to conviction.
A New York wholesale dealer notes extensive use of kangaroo hides in the U S with 400 000 skins received last year and 80 percent tanned in Newark New Jersey. Hides come from Australia and New Zealand where kangaroos are killed inland and shipped to Melbourne Sydney Newcastle and Masterton. The leather’s tough grain resists water and acids aiding novel bookbinding.
An impudent clerk in a government office confronts a quiet stranger asking his business. The man reveals he is Sir Evelyn Wood, quartermaster general, causing the clerk to realize his mistake as colleagues toil intensely nearby. The scene ends with the clerk recognizing the peril of his bravado.
A young volunteer orderly was sent to requisition tents and was quizzed on camp lingo. He answered yes to tents wall tents A tents dog tents but forgot flies for the wall tents. He explained camp was full of flies as he saluted, brushing them away.
A small therapy, Carter's Cough Balm, promoted by Carter & Sherburne druggists at Merrimack near Bridge Street as a quick remedy for a bad cough and cold. The notice urges readers to invest a quarter, noting many are choosing this low priced remedy.
The Lowell market report lists prices from various suppliers for lumber flour hay and grains on October 6 1898. It cites Attrick & Co E S Sherman Co Hoar Killpartrick Bros and others for goods including white pine and oak lumber flour meal corn and hay with per ton and per bushel rates across multiple categories.
Eastern District notices trains from Lowell Middlesex Street Depot on July 1 1903. Weekdays serve Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket and several way stations with 7 00 am and 5 24 pm departures. Connects at South Framingham with Boston and Albany for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west. Concord Junction links with Fitchburg line 6 25 pm train. Newport connects with Fall River Line to New York City. Sundays 7 15 am departures to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and return at 5 23 pm with Worcester connection. Officials include Peter Clare general superintendent and C Kendall general passenger agent. Ticket office at Middlesex Street station.
Boston and Maine and BR timetable issued in October 1595 lists trains from Merrimack Street Depot Lowell to Boston and other cities. It includes multiple departure times for weekdays and Sundays, with various routes to Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Exeter Dover Rochester Somersworth Bath Waterville Lewiston Sanger St John Montreal and Quebec, noting steamship connections and noted Saturdays exceptions.
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