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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1902
Page
5
A 19th century style discussion favors mixed diets with meat as nutrient dense and easily digested. It extols meat for vitality and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a digestion aid containing pepsin and diastase. The ad warns against cheap laxatives and claims medical endorsement for Stuart's tablets priced at 50 cents.
Boston dispatch details a tense Massachusetts political week with Gov Bates and Sen Lodge campaigning in Western Massachusetts while Col Gaston and Josiah Quincy push voter registration and party reorganizations. The ballot law commission is cited for a warning after a Sparks conspiracy claim, urging vigilance against convention theft and improper influence in party nominations.
Patrick F Hogan of North Andover elected president as 39th reunion of the 26th Massachusetts United States Volunteer Infantry honors 190 survivors across 27 states. Event included a banquet with remarks by Mayor Leonard and Col F E Jones.
Hall Caine, author and dramatist, his wife, and son Gordon Ralph Caine Jr. arrived aboard the Lucania. Caine will supervise the production of The Eternal City with Viola Allen as leading woman. He defends the Pope’s inclusion as non irreverent and not aimed at the current pope.
The 1901 report to the interior secretary records 17,299,200 pupils in all U S schools, up 278,520 from the prior year. Public school property value stands at 576,063,089. expenditures reach 226,043,236, up from 63,376,666 in 1870. Per capita spending rises from 1.64 to 2.93, a peak in the nation’s school funding.
A Caracas telegram to Minister Bowen reported Oct 18 that the revolutionary army withdrew from near Victoria while government forces held Valencia. A later dispatch said the battle ended with no decisive result.
In a brief exchange two children discuss how their mother’s sickness has already brought new items into their home, with one child noting her mom already has new rally and new mania as she improves.
North Berwick Maine October 19 Edward C Allen of Portland committed suicide today at his father in law John R Ham residence due to ill health He was 45 and a member of the Portland hardware firm King and Dexter He is survived by a widow and three children.
Yonkers First Methodist Episcopal Church marked Superannuates day with a service. John J. Andrus donated 50100 dollars, while New York conference churches planned to raise 160000 dollars to establish a permanent fund for housing deprecated ministers of the conference.
For rent a corner store suitable for meat and grocery business with a meat refrigerator at $15.00 per month. A pleasant three room tenement in Centralville in good repair is $5.50. A new six room cottage with bath and hot and cold water on a nice lot near electrics, $1450 with easy terms. T. H. Elliott, 64 Central Street. Tel. 908-2.
19th century retail note lists toothbrush prices at 25 and 30 cents plus 85 cents. A. W. Dows & Co. operated two stores selling these branded brushes.
A clipped ad text notes Castoria with the familiar slogan The Kind You Have Always Bought. The fragment references a brand signature and old product line, indicating a long standing medicinal display in a period newspaper page.
Lowell residents may attend free evening school courses offered by the city. Free catalogues and details are available from William W. Crosby, Principal, inviting all residents to enroll and take advantage of the educational opportunities.
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