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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
5
Southern chivalry blocks women postmasters in Kentucky while voters are sought for future elections. A novel compressed air housecleaning method from Quincy promises rapid, operator driven cleaning, moving carpets, walls, and draperies via a van mounted device.
The piece profiles 87 year old Julia Cochrane now living in the Old Ladies Home, recalling Lowell’s early mill life. Born in New Hampshire, she moved to Lowell at 16 to work for Merrimack corporation under Warren Colburn, describes boarding house life, changes as foreign labor rose, and her 30 years in mills. She notes resident culture, staff praise, and the home’s current 35 residents, including 91 year old Lucy Tilton and 85 year old Sarah Tilton, with shared rooms and summer streetcar rides.
The Chicago chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution outlines a coming season of study aimed at elevating the society beyond its public contests over rival candidates. The program emphasizes practical learning and civic engagement to enhance prominence and usefulness.
A modern portrait of Mrs Pembroke Jones dominates society pages as her fame spreads beyond Chicago. The piece contrasts her with Mrs Astor and Mrs Bradley-Martin, noting husbands as mere accessories while fashion leaders bow to her influence amid gleaming gowns and costly jewels.
Miss Onota Watanna, Anglo-Japanese writer, draws interest with her tale A Japan ese Nightingale. Her story and persona are praised for charm, purity, and vivid cultural portrayal, presenting a rare female voice from her race in literature.
A historical menu lists meals for breakfast luncheon and dinner with dishes including Iced Melon Omelet With Tomatoes Rolls and Coffee Calves Feet Poulette and a tomato omelet. The text describes preparation details for Tomato Omelet and Calves Feet Poulette with steps like simmering hours and a mushroom butter sauce.
A cream sauce thickened more than usual is prepared and a quarter pound of grated Swiss cheese is stirred in. The mixture is turned into a buttered dish and baked quickly for ten minutes to rise and brown, then served immediately.
A simple method for a cheap lamb breast and a crisp mixed salad. Boil a whole breast up to a pound and a half with onion and celery, then broil ten minutes after tying in shape. Serve with greens and a classic salad of lettuce potatoes and tomatoes with a light mayonnaise dressing.
A note notes fresh cream cheese pairs well with stewed fruit or preserves. It mentions powdered sugar as generally acceptable.
Chester Pa correspondence reports Dr E E Burriss of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church kept a pet alligator at home while his wife was away. The hungry reptile attacked, snapping near Burriss’s leg as he dodged and fled. He trapped the beast in a large basket and corralled it into its aquarium.
A brisk London Answers item reports a tense exchange aboard a train toward Bedale as two passengers debate the meanings of is and was in a circular dialog about station order. The quarrel ends with one traveler admitting he has already passed his stop.
Magazine notices summarize contents of The September Atlantic with essays by Page Conant and Hartt, literary pieces by Wharton Duncan and Dunbar, and reviews on British Empire trade and Canadian visits. The Engineering Magazine’s September issue highlights Glasgow and Buffalo exhibitions, Siberia’s ore wealth, and electrical power distribution.
The September issue of Mind magazine celebrates four years as a representative publication for the New Thought movement. Lead contributor is Mr. B. O. Flower, highlighted among others.
The Arena features editorials and essays by Axel EK Gib son on The Spiritual Significance of The Flying Dutchman and Golden Silence. B Wollaston Moody contributes Thoughts on the Unknown. Charles Brodsie Patterson explains The Secret of Power, F Edwin Elwell writes a Truth poem, Adelle Williams Wright handles The Church of the Future, Alwyn M Thurber Memory and Impressions, and editor John Emery McLean reviews books and New Thought positions. The Family Circle includes Home Training by Rev Helen Van Anderson among six other contributions.
In a Neapolitan interview Zola rejects absolute felicity and argues for a morality founded on scientific psychology. He praises Tolstoi but prefers a non Gospel base, plans Verite to explore education in France, Justice about a judicial error, and a future unity of Europe as Hugo's dream. He jokes about being more romantic than expected.
A Chicago edition of The Rubaiyat of Mirza-Mer appears from Henry Olendorf Shepard. The review notes the volume’s notable quatrains, cites Edgar Saltus on Omar and Fitzgerald, and questions the myth of Omar being a mere mask for Fitzgerald. It observes copyright concerns and the enduring issue of poetasters amid Rubaiyat flood.
An observer notes a shift from personal gains to literary value as gems once owned by Omar become jewels for others. He warns that without reform, the Rubaiyat risks being reduced by harmful distortions akin to the Carnival de Venise in music, a mire of variations.
A literary notice highlights Harper & Brothers fall offerings. Gilbert Parker’s The Right of Way tops the list, with publications on The Supreme Surrender by A Maurice Low and Tales of the Cloister by Elizabeth G Jordan. Cardigan by Robert W. Chambers and Flood Tide by Sarah P. McLean Greene are among notable titles, alongside works by Suzanne Antrobus Margaret Horton Potter E Nesbit and others.
Caroline Atwater Mason’s romance A Lily of France will be issued about September 16 by Griffith and Rowland Press of Philadelphia. The tale promises to reveal authentic facts about Charlotte de Bourbon, a French princess and abbess who becomes the wife of the Dutch hero in the narrative.
Leonard Merrick author of When Love Flies Out o the Window led a varied life before his literary fame. Aimed for law, he drifted into South African diamond fields, later returning to London to act and write. His career spans mining, diamond brokerage, magistrate's clerk work, journalism, and theatre work including collaboration on later plays.
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