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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1898
Page
8
Weekend weather summary shows showers Saturday afternoon, clearing night and colder air. Sunday bright and blustery with cold night. Today fair and cool with rising temperatures into Monday. Massachusetts forecast expects warmer tonight and Tuesday with fair skies.
Tax deadlines and rates urged as city treasurer opens offices on Oct 14 15 and 17 18 19 20 evenings. Maltox described as malt beef nutrients. Miss Anna Tasker resumes piano instruction at 33 Burtt Street. Local street improvements and railway track detour noted. French Canadian club discusses campaigns and social rooms. Carriage broadcloths for sleighs advertised. Mr Cunningham recovering from burns at St John’s hospital.
A Lawrence, Massachusetts reader recounts coffee cessation and switching to Postum Food Coffee. He notes dramatic relief from rheumatism after adopting Postum and praises its flavor, claiming improved health for himself and his family. Other local users cited include Mr and Mrs Miller and Mr and Mrs Hervey, who report benefits.
A Destructible test of Highland and Varnum school boilers, condemned by state inspectors, showed the Highland boiler withstand up to 400 pounds before failure while the Varnum unit failed at about 200 pounds. The trial, in Lowell's lands and buildings yard, drew 200 spectators and officials, with Mayor Bennett asserting the tests confirm the inspectors were overly cautious. A three member committee led the test, with reports due in about ten days for wider publication.
Henry Edwards on Andover Road near Hood's farm lost his workshop building and stock in a Friday fire. Estimated damage about $8000 with $3000 insured. Origin unknown but started during dinner with workmen away. Neighbors arrived too late. family lost mementoes and many nap brush stocks. Edwards had a large stock for manufacture burned, though outbuildings nearby survived.
The Sisters of Charity of St John’s hospital acknowledge receiving 17 from the United States Bunting Cricket club as part of proceeds for a local hospital fundraiser. Two more soldiers were admitted Saturday, bringing the total to 29 since hostilities ended, per hospital records.
A new order requires that all drummers be forbidden to open or display their goods in the baggage room at Boston and Maine stations. The notice appears in baggage master directives.
Privates Donald C. Williamson and Thomas Ashworth of Company C, Sixth Regiment, return Saturday from the Josiah Simpson hospital at Fort Monroe. Williamson is stronger than Ashworth, both convalescing after confinement. they report ample port facilities, guard discipline, and mixed illness among comrades. Ashworth and Williamson resume their Lowell homes as stories recount Guanica rot, Utuada, and officer generosity, with Lt. Col. Ames admired for support.
The report notes Lowell militia members, including Maurice E. Hardy Harvey Aldrich Mark Bentley Willard Cole Peter Keville Carr and Bagley, convalescing after service. Carr recovers slowly while Hardy Aldrich and Bagley progress well. Private Williamson, about 18 but looking 22, recalls leaving Arecibo on the Relief October 4 for Newport News and rapid improvement afterward.
Diary notes reveal typhoid malaria and weight loss from 163 to 132 pounds. Soldiers describe garrison duty at Lares, a sick squad left behind at Utuado, and improving condition as acclimation and better food reduce illness. Travel aboard the Yale nearly caused starvation with mouldy hard tack and scarce coffee until canned goods were finally found.
At a Workingmen's Protective League meeting led by President William L. Dickey, a letter from Private John J. Connelly of Co G Sixth Massachusetts V I sick with typhoid in Porto Rico said he was convalescing and expected home soon. A committee will arrange a reception for Connelly and William C. Dickey as the regiment returns. The league promotes American industry, immigration limits, uniform textile hours, and a home market. Three new members joined and four membership offers were received.
Staff Captain and Mrs Kernohan known as Happy Harry and the Swedish Nightingale present their first Lowell appearance. It marks the farewell and last public meeting of Adjutant and Mrs Pickering after five months of service. Tickets are 10 cents from soldiers, officers, or at the hall. proceeds support local work. Also an ad for Dean's Ointment claims to cure scald head, eczema of the scalp, available at drug stores for 50 cents.
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