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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
8
A false dispatch from Carbondale Illinois claimed 60 of 400 American teachers bound for Manila were married on arrival in Honolulu. The 400 teachers were selected from normal universities and had little time to know each other. The note condemns hasty unions and defends the mission to help form a nation in the Philippines.
The article surveys varied next season hats with broad brims and capotes, noting no uniform trend. It describes crown shapes from flat to beret-like, low crowns under trim, and the Gainsborough hat fading in prominence. It cites felt and velvet as dominant coverings, with novel angora-net effects and plateaus forming hat shapes, plus favored color pairings and trims.
A brief note observes a reduced supply of ostrich feathers, reflecting market conditions and consumer demand during the period. The fragment hints at broader trade effects and possible price implications for feather buyers and sellers.
A New York Mail and Express piece extols Nova Scotia from Yarmouth to Halifax. It portrays the Flying Bluenose as a symbol of local tempo, celebrates unhurried hospitality, and notes low costs and ample space. The essay contrasts tourist impatience with residents’ easygoing cordiality and Arcadia-like landscapes.
Flowers will top tastefully trimmed headwear with roses and crushed velvet. A Montpellier of imported models features a miroir velvet hat in cyclamen pink with rose petals, while other collections display large black velvet hats with cream or pink rose garlands. White and black silk roses are favored in artificial adornments.
A fragment from The Citizen lists breakfast options Wheatenda with Cream Crisp Bacon and Blueberry Muffins, lunch Mexican Eggs on toast and accompaniments, and dinner Cream of Corn Soup Veal Cutlets and Gooseberry Tart. It also includes a blueberry muffin recipe and Mexican Eggs cooking method with steps and substitutions.
Steam one cup of hominy in a pint of milk for two hours or more. Add a level teaspoon salt and one beaten egg. Shape and fry in deep lard.
Drain the juice from tomatoes used in Mexican eggs. Boil with a few cloves and whole spices. Thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Season with salt and cayenne. Strain and pour around croquettes or cutlets. Equally good with both.
A simple deep dish tart filled with fruit and sugar, topped by a baking powder biscuit crust. Bake until set and serve warm or cold with powdered sugar and thick cream.
It is reported Miss Mabel C. Bragg of Providence will succeed Miss Laura A. Knott, who resigned, as head of the English department in the Lowell State normal school.
The Lowell Weekly Journal invites women readers to send practical housekeeper suggestions hints and thoughts for the About the House department at Lowell. Send ideas to the publication for publication consideration and shared household advice.
A Calla Harcourt verse laments a bird killed for fashion in Our Dumb Animals. It argues vanity causes both hunter and buyer guilt, urging women to stop paying for the slaughter and urging compassion for the feathered singer.
The piece notes black walnut furniture rising in fashion while mahogany wanes and nasturtium sandwiches gain popularity with edible flowers for color. It urges housewives to exercise heightened senses during hot days, especially for odors in the refrigerator, insisting vigilance over servants to avoid offensive smells.
The author notes that hot drinks can cool in heat and offers iced tea and cocoa tips, then observes fashion and cooking trends echoing 50 years past. A cook book compare shows an 1850 recipe identical to a modern one, concluding that little is truly new.
Greasy ironware should be wiped with soft paper to absorb grease then washed in scalding hot suds and wiped dry with a dry towel. A delicious salad is made from the yellow egg tomato. These are scalded.
A fragment describes preparing a simple dish with peeled items placed on ice, layered on lettuce, covered with mayonnaise, and garnished with cucumber slices. The text hints at a casual kitchen routine and presentation style for a cold starter.
A New York Post item cites clean tissue paper as the best emergency wound compress when nothing better is available, preferred to torn cloth or a dirty handkerchief. It also describes cucumber jelly made from crushed cucumbers, onion, seasoning, gelatine, set in a porcelain dish, and served with mayonnaise atop tomato baskets.
From Table Talk we present seasonable recipes for Stuffed Tomato Salad. Use firm tomatoes drained on paper then fill with a chosen salad mix. Preferred combos include cold lamb with diced cucumber and mayonnaise or a vegetable mix of watercress cucumber and tomato pulp with onion dressing, all arranged on lettuce leaves and topped with mayonnaise.
A recipe describes mixing flour salt sugar baking powder and butter into a soft dough with milk. Roll into a long sheet top with berries and sugar, roll to form a roll, steam for forty minutes then bake to dry the top. Sugar amount varies with fruit acidity and peaches or apples may be used chopped fine as a filling.
This recipe blends one cup sugar with butter and flavoring creamed together. A thin paste of flour and cold water is warmed with boiling water, then folded gradually into the creamed mixture while beating to produce a light foamy sauce when done.
A historical note compares Prussian salad habits with English practices, noting vinegar dressed lettuce and potato salads in Prussia, plus an eighteenth century Berlin scene where a servant personally prepared the salad at table, washing hands and mixing ingredients with care in front of guests.
Professor Wiley explains the coloring matter in green peas is chlorophyl. As peas age the color shifts to zorophyl, a yellow hue. To maintain a natural green appearance canners add a pinch of copper or tin salt, producing the intense green seen in reputable brands.
A Louisville family keeps seven chicks under a feather duster acting as mother after their hen hatched eight. With visitors breading dinner plans on Sunday, the children improvised by placing the chicks under the suspended duster in a box, and the brood now grows safely while retreating to the feather nest at the first sign of danger.
A man recalls a remarkable pointer dog from Santa Barbara in 1895. The dog would point at any feathered thing, from sparrows to eagles, sometimes even at a dentist's wall picture. On the Santa Barbara beach he pointed at a distant ship, the U S Man of War Petrel, before vanishing from the trolley car.
In Edgar Fawcett s August Liter ary Era essay Academies for Authors he argues literature resists mere training Unlike painting or music writing requires innate sensibility and life experience Keats Coleridge Moore Byron Shelley and Dryden are cited to show that cultured study does not guarantee greatness while natural talent can shine without formal schooling
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