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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1900
Page
6
Practical household tips from the About the House department in the Lowell Journal. Includes advice on using abundant apples with sugar and recipes for milk toast in a chafing dish, hashed brown potatoes, and notes on a home garden, clothing trends, and a Dewey pea dish.
The author argues that flavor and value come from vegetables picked at peak ripeness and cooked promptly. Delays from transit or improper timing ruin taste and volume, seen in a summer hotel landlord’s lagging vegetable service and unhappy guests.
The piece riffs on straw hats aging faster, cleaning methods, trouser hangers, and imperfect Greeley patent gear. It notes ammonia’s flaws versus soap and water, advises soaking glassware, praises Gravenstein apples for cooking and pie, comments on fashion neckwear as a costly burden, and recommends a cucumber cold bath and real olive oil in dressings.
A historic recipe instructs to cover shelled peas with water and simmer until tender, season with salt and mint. It then mixes flour and butter into hot milk, combines with pressed peas, and continues cooking to finish the soup.
Paris cremeries are the cleanest freshest shops with a large Haussmann store noted for its front window display of country flowers and a heart shaped cheese. Clerks cut butter with a long wire, weigh it on white paper, and wrap it for home use as part of daily marketing by servants.
Summer boarders will rejoice over the new china tea-infuser placed in a cup with a snug cover. In under a minute it makes fresh, delicately flavored tea by heating, steeping, and lifting the infuser. A second pour yields a strong cup, a convenient travel companion for tea lovers.
An old-fashioned southern gentleman shows a Panama hat bought July 17, 1844. He recalls paying $130 cash, notes the hat’s age, and forecasts it will outlast him and be handed down as a relic. The story comes from the New York Press.
An In Good Housekeeping note explains French butter is never salted and bought fresh daily for immediate use. Paris cremeries are neat shops with dairy products attractively displayed and women and young girls largely presiding. American butter is salted and used for cooking only, making butter a luxury in French households.
An August Ladies' Home Journal note describes a chipmunk's daily habits showing industrious behavior in all but rainy weather. The creature eats perched, drinks by lapping, and keeps itself neat, combing fur and tail with quick paw and tooth actions.
A foreign reader might ask which issue Americans view as the bigger dilemma the Chi crisis or the shirt waist problem. The line hints at national concerns framed as a humorous aside reflecting public preoccupations.
Miss Tessie McCabe and Miss Mary Healy of North Chelmsford take waitress positions in a Lynn hotel. Lizzie Constantino returns from Nahant vacation. Henry Woods to return from Mount Pleasant house, N H, next Saturday. Mrs Edward Seymour and daughter Lilla return from Crescent beach vacation. Josh Downs moves into new house built by son Harvey.
Public hearing at North village town hall heard county commissioners seek leave to lay a pipe drain across lands of H. K. Ferrin Percy Parker and Nashua and Lowell railroad. Landowners gave consent waiving damages. selectmen granted the request. Also local items note variou s society notices and residents' travels.
Wakefield honored figure Rufus Kendrick organized a sparrow extermination effort, raising 30 dollars, enlisting boys, and securing 50 dollars from the town. The program paid 3 to 8 cents per bird and per egg, killing about 2000 birds and 6500 eggs by March 1900, while also founding the Home Fire Protective Association with 600 pumps and 700 pails aiding fire response. Kendrick served as town fire warden for 20 years.
Mr Kendrick serves as town tree warden and protected 600 young trees last year by covering them with wire screens to shield them from horses. His latest task is clearing the Wakefield to Melrose main road of small stones for five dollars a year. He hired four boys with stone carts to cover four district parts, each boy earning 1.50 dollars, plus Kendrick’s share.
Jufus Kendrick born March 27 1822 Amherst New Hampshire grew to Cambridgeport Reading and Wakefield where he advocated practical theories saving Wakefield money. He helped plant Soldiers Row maple trees built ice fountain near post office and served in Relief during Spanish American War despite critics.
Ainslee's Magazine reports a growing Chinese revolutionary junta spreading from Kong Yo Wai's London journey. In San Francisco and Seattle many adherents are claimed, with smaller pockets in Vancouver Salt Lake City Denver Omaha Chicago St Louis and frontier towns. Proposals target young Americans like Harry Lea in California to join filibustering and rebellion while Japan’s sympathy is noted and Hawaii reports white support for Po Wong Woey.
In Poland Warsaw marks Henryk Stenkiewicz Jubilee with a gift of a fine estate to be presented in November. The Dictionary of National Biography costs near 750000 dollars to produce with publisher Geo Smith aiming for at most half in return. Sidney Lee is the main contributor. Gilbert Parker sets his new novel in Quebec titled The Lane That Has No Turning, his first since 1897. Mrs Craigie issues Robert Orange as a sequel to The School for Saints, featuring Disraeli as a principal character.
In a Chicago Tribune memoir, a couple narrates their rapid rise from poverty after discovering a dying woman Nancy McMahan’s cleansing medicine. They fund health aid, build a California ranch, and open a home for 100 orphan children, praising the medicine’s growing fame while noting their charitable gains.
In a December scene the Simms household endures a brutal cold as the hens huddle in the hen house and Mrs. Sims milks 40 cows before daylight. The narrator conveys a bleak, disheartening view of rural life in extreme winter conditions.
A weary Garland county farmer's wife endures a night of fire and chaos as 40 roaming cows and seven pairs of quarrelsome twins complicate life on a harsh farm. Her drunken husband returns only to joke about life insurance as flames consume the house and milk runs nearly dry.
In Glasgow a 15 pound householder gets an uninterrupted supply of the purest water, delivered to kitchen washhouse and bathroom. It is calculated that 550 gallons are delivered per penny, with water so soft that residents can pay their water rate from soap savings.
An economical man rails against tipping as absurd and unnecessary. He notes past 10 cent bar tips fading, then critiques modern tips to chiropodists and manicures in large salons, arguing salaries already factor in expected gratuities. The quote from the New York Sun frames tipping as a frivolous trend.
A remark suggests that any missionary returning alive from China will easily fill churches where she is advertised to speak. The statement implies strong speaking engagement pull and broad audience interest across communities.
The Courier reports that local advertisers are alerted that their spots ran in the latest edition. The notice emphasizes exposure to readers and invites continued partnerships with timely placements across the paper.
Advertisement notes a new Welsbach light mantle named Yusea delivering 50 percent more light and three times the strength, claiming long life and greater brightness. It promises 100 candle power per unit, low cost under half a cent per hour, and availability at the office, plus first class gas cooking ranges on installment plans.
Gas price stated at one dollar per thousand feet with discount offered for prompt payment, indicating a favorable rate for early settlement. The note specifies the unit and payment incentive, but lacks additional terms or expiration details.
The notice states no charge for meter use and for laying supply from street mains into consumers cellars. It notes orders left at the office are promptly attended to by staff.
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