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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1900
Page
6
The About the House department invites Lowell readers to send household recipes hints and suggestions for the column. Articles are to be addressed to the About the House Department Lowell Week Journal and submitted for possible publication.
A reflective poem recalls dining lavishly in a club cafe with salmon venison and fowl, longing for childhood dishes. The narrator notes the allure of power and money, the waiter’s service, and a wish for a father’s approval while lamenting perpetual hunger despite plenty of water given to livestock.
The piece surveys meat consumption in Britain and venison in Boston, discusses venison cuts like the short chop, market availability, and prices per pound, and includes cooking class timings. It also answers inquiries about growing the umbrella fern and shares home plant observations and advice.
Recipes note a Peach Pudding using grated crumbs peaches and milk steamed for three hours with spices and sugar, served with flavored milk. Also describes a Cheese Salad combining hard boiled yolks grated cheese mustard salt white pepper oil vinegar and lettuce with egg white rings and celery tips.
A twelve year old girl writes on boys portraying them as loud and distant. She compares boys to frogs when shouting and notes girls stay quiet until spoken to and then behave properly. She suggests grown men become husbands who roam at night while grown women become widows and housekeepers.
A boarder mocks a pigeon joke while a landlady jokes a fowl won’t travel far. A clergyman warns a child about toadstools versus mushrooms. A Newbury Street girl asks about mud pies a la mode. A sleepbound child complains of bedtime. An emergency cook uses humor about burnt Irish stew.
A Sunday service on an Atlantic liner conducted by two Roman Catholic priests drew a diverse Anglo Catholic audience. The English language ritual, shared prayers, and Latin hymns bridged Catholic and Anglican traditions, culminating in a sermon praised for its universal appeal to Christians, including Moslems and Buddhists. The Outlook notes the inclusive approach and familiar King James language in scripture readings.
A new volume from Houghton Mifflin compiles Charles A. Conant’s writings from Forum, North American Review and Atlantic Monthly. It argues for US pursuit of new markets, discusses economic imperialism, and notes labor benefits of open outlets abroad while acknowledging ethical limits. It also reviews accompanying fiction and periodical essays.
Masson's edition of Milton poems leads a richly illustrated December issue of The Century. Augustine Birrell begins Down the Rhine in his humorous tone, with Cas taigne illustrations, while Warner and Pethick, Palmer and Dowd contribute timely essays and thoughtful studies. Diverse fiction from James to Dix, Wagfords, Loomis, Wells, and Dunbar adds to a record number of stories and poems.
The shipyards show prosperity with only one major failure in six months to April 1900, many yards reopen and expand, and ten new shipbuilding corporations planned with investments from 500000 to 6000000 dollars. Total contracts and value in U S shipyards rise, naval and mercantile work increasing across regions.
An ad touts unlimited hot water from a faucet operated heater that shuts off gas when turned off, with optional boiler connection. It highlights the Kenwood heater, easy office demonstration, and the Welsbach Yusea mantle promising 50 percent more light and triple strength, plus gas cooking ranges offered at 45 cost.
A fragment noting gas pricing with discount for prompt payment and no charge for meteor use and running supply, applied to street maturito consumers. It mentions prompt attention to orders and a general service claim for delivery to cellars.
Beginning June 10 1900 trains from Lowell Middlesex Street Depot depart for Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations at 7 1 5 11 3 am and 6 25 pm All trains connect at South Framingham with Boston and Albany Railway to Worcester Springfield Albany and the west Also at Concord Junction with Fitchburg Railway The 525 pm train links with the Stonington line for New York City the south and west Sundays service to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence Way stations is at 7 15 am C PETER CLARK General Superintendent A C Kendall General Passenger Agent
Corrected timetable listing trains from Middlesex Street Station Lowell to Boston and other destinations. Includes numerous times for lines to Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Amesbury Portsmouth Exeter Dover Rochester Somersworth Augusta Bath Waterville Lewiston Skowhegan Bangor and other points, with Sundays schedules and notes on service days and lines.
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