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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1898
Page
3
A Lowell Weekly Journal department invites readers to send practical home notes. The section includes a lyrical unfinished song about domestic life and several recipe ideas such as a strained soup stock with cream, Peanut Salad with celery and a rich dressing, and Peanut Sandwiches using stale bread and a homemade mayonnaise.
A reader guidance column discusses dress etiquette using gloves and boots, room color coordination with furniture, and bed airing during summer for health. It weighs meat consumption versus fruit and vegetable diets, plus notes sewing efforts for soldiers at the front, praising charitable work of mothers and friends.
Practical tips cover avoiding a wrinkled sponge cake by precise flour use, removing faucet marks with chalk and ammonia, chilling raw tomatoes, and making a simple peanut soup. It also notes peanuts served as a vegetable and baking peanuts in a dish, plus methods to prevent cake cracks using heat control and asbestos paper.
Lettuce leaves from three heads are rinsed, drained, and chopped. They are cooked in a saucepan with a quarter pound of butter for five minutes, stirred gently. The instructions indicate the dish has been tried and found satisfactory.
A brief recipe details two cups cold boiled rice two eggs and milk with baking powder flour and sugar. Fry spoonfuls in hot suet until brown and serve with a sugar butter vinegar flour sauce plus boiling water and a flavoring of choice.
A column notes that onions are praised by housewives as a remedy for colds and inflammation. It suggests mashed onion juice emits a strong odor that calms nerves and promotes sleep, claiming a form of opium-like property in onions without detailing any scientific basis.
The Toronto Globe recounts a young lady at her first dinner party who chooses the sole chocolate cake on the plate. The cake remains fastened to the dish as she tries to lift it, drawing amused attention. A waiter explains the cake is his, shifting his thumb to reveal the cake’s owner.
A South Bend Tribune note declares that patriotic America has rejected all things Spanish. It claims yellow and red colors, Spanish music, onion, mackerel, cress, potato, bean, Spanish style meals, poultry, language, and flag are all banished from public life and menus.
The passage shows Jim offering two cakes to his brother Tommy and taking an heroic bite of one, declaring that they are the same size. James then passes the cake to Tommy saying he has made him a smaller one.
In Birmingham a farmer questions cable cars as Sonny replies with a terse joke about danger. A skit of servant familiarity unfolds with Mrs Hiredum and a family retainer comparison. A poor Irishman muses his pot sale, his children asking why he parts with it, seeking money to buy something to put in the pan.
A child speaks to a doll with a missing arm exposing stuffing. She calls the dolly dear and good, claiming she told it to chew food finely but jokes the doll chewed it more finely than expected, reflecting a playful domestic moment.
The Danish government approves a four million dollar bridge project to connect Jutland with the island of Funen, aiming to improve transport and regional ties.
The resumed inquiry into Ernest Terah Hooley, bankrupt promoter, heard charges of paying large sums to gain introductions and status. Hooley testified that the Earl of Winchelsea and others received payments for joining company directorates while denying other accusations, amid a broader scare about Britain’s finance letting investors down.
A report notes efforts to secure an advantageous tariff on Spanish merchandise imported into Cuba. The move aims to ease duties, boost trade, and strengthen economic ties between Spain and the Cuban market amid ongoing regulatory considerations.
A Madrid dispatch to the Temps states the Spanish cabinet will meet to draft Spain’s reply to the U.S. peace terms. It is believed Spain will accept once officially delivered and hostilities in the Antilles will pause. The dispatch predicts peace may be achieved before August 15.
A Madrid dispatch says President McKinley’s reply to Spain’s note is being reviewed before cabinet, as press Chile about U S war aims. Spain faces Cuban debt settlement, heavy bonds held by foreigners, and costs for a navy yard and Philippines pacification. Sagasta denies retirement plans as Carlist tensions rise and censor blocks papers.
Berlin Aug 1 The Bismarck family declines the Emperor's request to bury Prince Bismarck at Charlottenburg Mausoleum choosing to remain near Schloss Friedrichsruhe. The estate, estimated at several million marks, will be divided among the three children and young Rantzaus with diamonds and art valued at about a million sold or placed in trust. Dr Schweninger cites brain hemorrhage as the cause of death. remains dressed in Halberstadt Cuirassiers uniform. wreaths flood Friedrichsruhe as officials await access.
Captain Robley D. Evans defends his actions at Santiago and argues true Christianity lies in aiding wounded and dying sailors rather than proffering prayers. He states his priority was sinking the Spanish ship and caring for prisoners, praising God for the victory while avoiding public piety aboard the Texas.
Kiel August 1 Emperor William and the Empress are expected to travel to Friederichsruhe, Bismarck's palace, tomorrow. Kiel August 1 a naval order decrees half mast on warships for Prince Bismarck's funeral, a 19 gun salute at noon, and a week of mourning for naval officers and officials.
Martin Thorn and accomplice Mrs Nack were executed at Sing Sing on August 1 at 11 17 AM. Thorn faced death calmly after last supper, slept well and told officials he would die bravely. He confessed to his priest and received last rites. Witnesses reported his steady nerve and brief 15 foot walk to the chair.
Rev. Prescott F. Jernegan vice president and general manager of Electrolytic Marine Salts faced an arrest warrant issued in Boston for obtaining money under false pretences. He arrived Havre by La Navarre at six this morning and, lacking papers, left for Paris by train without detention.
Newburyport August 1 directors of Electrolytic Marine Salts company met at W R Usher's Salisbury Beach cottage and voted to issue a statement admitting evidence of a conspiracy by P F Jernegan and C E Fisher to defraud stockholders. They report recovering funds, small outstanding liabilities, suspended construction, and plan a stockholders meeting.
Madrid reports the cabinet sat for four hours this afternoon and again in the evening to discuss the peace terms. A despatch was sent to Washington for further explanation of difficult points. Sagasta confirms modifications to the original terms have been obtained and the cabinet will reassemble once replies arrive.
New York Aug. 1 The battleship Texas which returned to the navy yard at Brooklyn yesterday is being lightened for dry dock. Her bottom is thickly covered with barnacles and seaweed.
In the warden's office the condemned man, Thorn, faced the electric chair at 11 17. Witnesses lined the passage to the chamber as State Electrician Davis confirmed apparatus readiness. Thorn, calm and defiant, accepted the chair, was pronounced dead after five seconds at 1950 volts and 55 seconds at 400 volts. The crime involved killing William Guldensuppe at Murray Hill Turkish baths and hiding the body in the Waste river. The body will be taken to New York tomorrow by former Thorn employees Hippe and Hinchcliffe for burial.
Commodore Carlos Ferrares of the Peruvian navy arrived in New York aboard the Panama liner Advance en route to Paris to buy warships for Peru. Rumors of Peru strengthening its fleet stirred tensions with the United States and alarm in Central America as Ferrares acknowledged plans to acquire vessels, signaling a possible shift in regional power.
Rev. David T. Howell of Monticello New York was removed after a Dept. bishop ruled on a series of legal actions. Howell had been jailed for assault and battery by his wife who then sought alimony and a $75,000 damages claim against a congregation member for alienation of affections. The church split prompted the bishop to remove him from charge.
New York reports D B Dearborn of Arthur Sewall declines murder claim about Kenilworth crew. A Valparaiso cable says cargo of sugar burned on the Kenilworth with Captain, Mate, and Hobson dead by gas exposure, buried at sea, fire suppression under way.
An Astoria Conn mother, Mrs Nellie Dunn, endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for nocturnal enuresis and immature kidney weakness in her 11 year old son. She credits the pills with strengthening kidneys, preventing bed wetting and reducing parental burden. Sold by all druggists for 60 cents. mailed by ex Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's and take no other.
New York August 1 Soldiers at Bellevue hospital fear a private Patrick Ward Co I third cavalry is beyond saving from a gunshot wound to the head received during the San Juan Hill charge at Santiago He was brought on the Relief The other 75 men are reported as doing well
Capt. Jones of the British steamship Aldersgate reported passing the bodies of two women and ten men floating in the ocean on July 27 at latitude 43.07, longitude 60 west. All were decayed with life jackets, probably passengers from the Bourgogne which sank near Sable Island on July 4.
Circular describes Chan House and Cottages at York Beach Maine perched on a bluff over the ocean with grand views. It touts large comfortable rooms excellent bathing facilities driving routes and a refined table. Terms are reasonable by day or week with special family rates and Bills & Co as proprietors offering descriptive circular at the Courier Citizen office.
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