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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1903
Page
4
Sufferers from dyspepsia nervousness insomnia or general debility are benefited immediately. The Paw Paw remedy is described as driving disease from the system and making you well, with claims that even skeptics may be convinced.
The inventor touts Paw Paw as a cure for dyspepsia nervousness insomnia and stomach trouble claiming hundreds testify to relief and renewed vitality. Letters from George Deering and A J Wessen bolster the claims urging readers to buy Munyon's Paw Paw and related laxative pills at drugstores.
An OCR fragment touts Ellingwood's Cold and La Grippe Pills as curing the grip in one day. The rustic verse mocks symptoms like fever and clammy hands, urging readers to buy the remedy for speedy relief. The ad suggests a simple, trustworthy solution from Ellingwood's storefront.
St Petersboro reports Sir Claude MacDonald negotiating between Russia and Japan with Japan’s consent. Proposals would grant Manchuria to China, open major towns to foreign trade, withdraw Russian troops except railway guards, renounce forestry concessions, and place the area south of the Yalu under Japan’s sphere. A Czar presidency commission to study Far East affairs and budgets is formed in St. Petersburg. In Yokohama, Terauchi Ki denies army desire for war and affirms cabinet support for peace.
The Cunard steamer Etruria reports meeting the small sailing boat Columbia II off at sea. Capt Ison Brown, who left Boston in August for Marseilles, refused the Greenbrier captain’s offer to abandon, enduring a capsize and hours of effort before righting the craft. The Greenbrier later re supplied the boat, which had been 37 days out from Boston.
Reading Pennsylvania October 17 conductor Thomas J Dugan of United Traction company died when his car derailed and struck a telegraph pole on a slippery rail. Motorman Joseph Oberholser suffered a broken leg and about six women passengers were bruised in the crash.
San Francisco stockholders announce the Fulton Compounds cure Bright's Disease and Diabetes with about 87 percent recoveries from hundreds of cases over two years. Names of prominent backers are listed, including lawyers, bankers, and executives, claiming failures mainly among endstage cases. Prices: Renal Compound $1 and Diabetes Compound $1.50. An agency and pamphlets are available locally.
The New England High School Commercial Teachers association met in Providence on October 17. Officers were chosen and discussions covered Commercial Geography Typewriting Penmanship Bookkeeping and possible courses. The next annual meeting was tentatively planned for New Haven, with the date to be fixed.
Epping New Hampshire October 17 assets valued about 7000 sold at auction today closing the affairs of the defunct Epping savings bank. The remaining assets were in the hands of assignee C H Knight of Exeter. Bank closed December 12 1899 due to falling deposits and uncertain business outlook.
An older advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a substitute digestive aid for worn stomachs. It claims the tablets digest food like natural gastric juice, relieve the stomach, and allow nature to restore health, with testimonial garbled and unclear.
In Attleboro on October 18 Miss Mary Burke was set upon by an unknown highwayman. He struck her with a sandbag and beat her until she lost consciousness. The assailant fled as screams drew neighbors, and Miss Burke shows signs of recovery after medical attention.
Colorado Springs Oct 17 C C G Hamlin secretary of the Cripple Creek District Mine Owners and Operators association says there is no ground for compromise with the Western Federation of Miners The strike is over and mines are being reopened with no difficulty in hiring. Hamlin also brands the federation as vicious and criminal in methods C M McNeal manager of U S Reduction and Refining refuses to confer with WFM president Moyer about the strike.
Youngstown Ohio October 17 The Carnegie Steel Company plant employing 2500 workers will shut down all departments tonight for a week and may extend the closure if market conditions do not improve Railroads are cancelling orders for rails due to high prices The mill had produced rails at about 2000 tons daily until two weeks ago
An important meeting of insurance and water worksmen in Burlington tested a patent metal gate designed to register water used for fire service. The test at the pumping station involved officials from Lowell Massachusetts, the American Water Works Association, Hersey Manufacturing, and city water authorities. Proponents say it may solve revenue loss from metering and reduce head loss for fire protection, while underwriters worry about meter attachment effects. The test was deemed successful from a water works perspective and results will be discussed at the next New England Water Works meeting in Boston.
General Frederick Funston in his report on the department of the Columbia reviews conditions in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He suggests abandoning Fort Davis near Nome and relocating troops away from a sun-blocking mountain near Valdez, praises the signal corps, notes post telegraph needs, and proposes acquiring land at American Lake near Tacoma for a drill ground and camp.
Boston on October 17 at the secretary of state office certificates of incorpment were filed for United Tack Company Taunton capital 100000 Manomet Mills New Bedford cotton fabrics capital 800000 and B B Grover & Co Inc Brockton shoes capital 300000.
Belfast Oct 17 Harland and Wolff shipbuilders deny the London Telegraph report that they signed a contract to obtain all iron and steel needed from United States Steel Corp. The firm states no such agreement exists and refutes the claim.
R Reeves of Brooklyn died after a bullet struck an artery while he and two companions tried to break into Charles C Wentisch's Woodhaven home. Reeves, about 45, identified by daughter Mabel at Richmond Hill station, reportedly kicked at the door as police investigated the incident.
Kingston police arrest August Begelkey, rivet maker for Cobb and Drew, as a suspected member of a burglary gang active in the area for months. They believe he took part in the Island Pond break earlier, which involved the shooting of Bessie Simpson, a 12 year old store proprietor’s daughter.
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