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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
5
An article promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an ideal tablet form remedy for catarrh, claiming internal antiseptics Hy drastin, Blood root, and Red gum kill germs in blood and mucous membranes. A Pittsburg lawyer testifies to dramatic relief after two months of use. tablets priced at 50 cents per package and portable for regular use.
A local upholsterer advertises quality furniture repairs and reupholstering. They invite customers to telephone or mail a card to receive a full line of fabric samples for sofas, couches, chairs, and related pieces.
Thoroughly picked up and cleaned by machinery, hair and cotton mattresses repaired and cleaned. Naphtherizer carpets cleansed and laid down, antique furniture revitalized to as good as new despite prior dilapidation.
Boston Oct 22 Judge Lowell ordered the discharge of Joseph C Taylor of Everett held in Charles street jail for months as a fugitive from justice from the Transvaal The ruling hinges on no extradition treaty existing between the Transvaal and the United States Bolles will appeal to the Supreme Court and bail arguments set for Monday The ruling creates a precedent and involved state department consultation in Washington
A list of prize winners chaired by George Hunt and treasurer Patrick Nestor from the Mathew Harvest fete, including items such as a tea set, a gold watch, and a silk umbrella, with several addresses and names listed. Also notes Fraternal and lodge activities in Lowell with new members, talks, and a 60th anniversary plans and dances.
The Highland M E church January Calendar Club staged a literary and musical entertainment at Highland hall last night achieving notable success. The program featured the Henderson orchestra, readings by Miss Ethel Hinton and Rev. Edmund Smiley, songs by Miss Minnie Walley, dialogue and monologue by the Hinton children, and a comedy sketch by Miss Ethel and Master Allan Hinton.
On Tuesday afternoon in North Chelmsford Master Harold Vasselin hosted fifteen young friends for a birthday celebration marking his fifth birthday. Guests played games and enjoyed refreshments before taking home slices of cake baked by Mrs. George Y. Hodge along with numerous presents including a gold ring.
The list of attendees includes Ruth Scribner Bessie Scribner Harold Hodge Hilma Hodge Otis Wright Bertha Wright Ella Crockett Harold Dickinson Jack Dickinson Helen Ripley Marshall Blakeslee Mary Warley Frank Turner. The friendly gathering featured many neighbors and familiar hometown figures in a communal setting.
A well attended club gathering featured essays by Frank J. Higgins and John M. O'Donoghue, recitations by P. Begley and T. Mack, and the reception of one proposition.
Henry Parlee plans to sell his Carlisle road premises and move to California for his wife’s health. Charles Tucker will dispose of his estate. Friday James P. Emerson will auction his milch cows with Emerson acting as auctioneer. J Arthur Spare and family moved to Lowell. Troop F cavalry held a town hall drill and drew pay. Mrs James P. Emerson hosted a birthday party for Washington delegates to the G A R encampment with a 3 to 6 reception attending Mrs Peabody Brigham Burtt Cavafy Murphy Davis and Ralph Emerson.
North Chelmsford will hold its annual shoot at Troop F cavalry range this Saturday afternoon. A new youth club plans a meeting to choose a permanent location and expects to exceed thirty members. In Lowell, Patrick J Cassidy and Miss Sarah A Honan married with reception at their new home. Basketball games planned for town hall this winter. season expected strong.
Mr A G Marshall and Miss Ella Louise Stuart united in marriage at the bride's home in Portland Maine with friends from Tewksbury Haverhill and Portland present. The couple will reside in Melrose Massachusetts after a brief wedding trip. The First Congregational church Ladies Aid held a well attended sociable and harvest supper in the vestry with music and a candy table run by local helpers.
Mrs. James Finnegan of Mill street is convalescent after a severe illness. Mr. Joseph Nolan, newly married, has completed his new residence. Frank Edwards finished his new house and may move soon. Collinsville checker players resume training for upcoming tilts with the Navy Yard rivals, drawing local attention.
In Dracut, George Boyle was arrested in a Sunday fracas and escaped officers, but investigators state he is not George H. Boyle a local street railway motorman. The mix up occurred in the neighborhood where the incident happened.
In Vienna on October 22 a free fight between Czechs and Germans in the Reichsrat was averted when the president suspended the session after German leaders Schoenerer and Berger called the Czechs blackguards following a Czech deputy’s long speech. The Czechs rose to advance, but the president’s action cooled the scene.
Dr. E Styles Potter testified as the first witness at the Molineux trial session in New York on October 22. He attended Mrs. Adams and found her dead at her apartments. Potter said he had lost notes since the last trial and was paid nineteen hundred sixty dollars for his work, with 49 days spent on the case. Captain George McCluskey described packages in a letter box linked to Cornish and a powder found therein. Handwriting expert testimony followed, with opposition from defense counsel and rulings by Justice Lambert.
The International Congress of Americanists held sessions in New York with Alfred C. Chavres presiding as Mexican delegate. Papers discussed include The Signs of the Days in the Calendar of Palemko and A Star Cult by Alice Camietonko of Harvard's Peabody Museum. W J McGee of the National Geographic Society spoke on social organization and progress toward freedom and self control. Leopold Batres and Senor Seville clashed publicly over the Mount Alban excavation.
Berlin reports indicate Chancellor Von Buelow and ministers skipped Reichstag sermons as the grain schedule debate on the tariff bill continues. Political tensions rise with rumors that the government may stay withdrawn while conservatives and centrists face pressure to show compromise.
The article notes a confused political scene as the ministry aims to uphold independence from Parliament and denounce existing commercial treaties in December. The Reichstag discusses proposed minimum duties on barley and oats set at 72 cents and $1.20, with committee bills at $1.32, while Social Democrats push to free both crops. The debate remains unfinished.
Portland October 22 meets between the supreme grand commandery Knights of Malta and the national W C T U convention. Officers elected include Supreme commander John Gowland Philipsburg Pa and others with next session slated for Trenton New Jersey.
Washington reports April to June train accidents killed 140 and injured 1810. Including employes and passenger incidents, total casualties reach 10136 with 616 killed and 9520 injured. Collisions and derailments total 2010, 1094 of which affect collisions. passenger train impact noted. Property damage $1,813,838. average loss per collision about $824 and per derailment $195. Fiscal year total 2819 killed and 89800 injured. employe deaths down 68 percent since 1893.
Washington Oct 22 Some parties in the Pious Fund dispute are dissatisfied with their award and have asked the state department to urge The Hague tribunal to reopen the case and amend the decision to pay in gold instead of Mexican currency. Secretary Hay says the treaty requires the tribunal to fix both amount and currency, and he cannot grant the request.
Testimonies from Oscar Ostrom of Chicago and A Clarke of Boston praise Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh relief. Advert claims the balm does not irritate or cause sneezing and sold by druggists for 50 cents, with mail order from E Brothers in New York.
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