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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1899
Page
4
A Lowell Weekly Journal feature invites readers to submit household tips and notes for About the House. The poem A Fellow's Mother extols a mother's care and discipline, praising a boy who minds his mother daily and is true. A Kansas Farmer quips a stain removal tip about soap and water from milk.
The piece muses on pineapple digestion benefits and advisory tips for glasses care, noting alcohol cleaning and tissue wiping. It critiques fashion trends with trailing skirts as house wear, then compares meat prices and edibility, highlighting liver and sweet breads, and examines Canadian Dairy Commissioner studies on fat versus lean chickens and the yield from poultry. It ends with a warning against buying screwny chickens.
A today’s note highlights that a standard cupful equals a half pint. It mentions Japan rice crop at 214649424 bushels this year. A woman saved a moquette carpet by hurling milk from a pint bowl onto an ink spill, stopping the stain rapidly.
Recipes for celery fritters using chopped celery with flour egg and milk, baked halibut with tomato sauce and graham bread sandwiches, and a farmer's fruit cake with dried apples syrup and spices. Includes method steps and oven times from Mrs. H. T. Rover in the December Ladies' Home Journal.
A historical discussion challenges the belief that whole meal bread is nutritionally superior to white bread. It notes similar nitrogen content, questions digestibility due to husk particles, and observes limited dietetic gains from new milling. It warns minerals in white bread may decline with roller milling, linking to dental decay, while whole meal and germ bread supply essential phosphates and minerals.
Mrs H J Cusack, an Atchison ex-milliner, invented a secret process to soften and dye corn husks for bonnets and flowers. Her designs include a Mary Stuart royal purple bonnet for Queen Victoria, and pieces worn by Mrs McKinley and Miss Helen Gould. Her bonnets are a noted feature at the Atchison Corn Carnival with dolls dressed in corn husks as well.
Quotations from Punch Chicago News and Indianapolis Journal reveal humorous misprisions about seating costs hats and cooking mishaps. A gentleman complains of ten shillings paid for a seat while a lady insists her ten guinea hat must be seen. The cook’s eggs are beaten to black and blue after being asked to mix yolk and white. A child confesses difficulty with Chrystanth'ms pronunciation and spelling.
The Prince of Wales has just completed his 58th year, the longest tenure as prince and the oldest of Wales rulers. Historical peers show few predecessors reached 50, with several dying young or violently. The lineage’s average ages rise from 47 to over 70, climbing under Queen Victoria’s era.
The United States Supreme Court ruled against the Addystone pipe combination, holding the agreement among six pipe manufacturers violated the federal interstate commerce clause. Justice Peckham stated the clause applies to individuals and corporations, nullifying the pact that divided markets and fixed prices across states. The injunction against the six firms was sustained, applying to interstate business only. The ruling affirms the Sixth Circuit’s decision and narrows legal options for pipes and similar trusts.
Boston police launch a crackdown on social clubs suspected of gambling. Raids will target clubs irrespective of members status, with investigators gathering evidence on club lines, locations, and affiliations. Anonymous letters claim victims of gambling justify closures and prosecutions.
Boston reports a professional style burglary at the Newton residence of Edward E. Elms on Hunnewell avenue last Saturday night. The break was only discovered Sunday morning when the family gathered for breakfast. The overcoat missing from the hall prompted the discovery, and the large isolated home offered ample escape chances.
Boston December 4 An explosion occurred in the sterilizing room at Massachusetts General Hospital. The only attendant present, a woman, escaped unharmed. Damage was $50 and no patients were disturbed. The cylinder head blew out and windows shattered. the room is near the amphitheatre and officials kept the incident quiet. Police were not notified.
Boston December 4 stockholders of the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company received final dividends of six percent after surrendering certificates to trustees. The settlement completes Rev Presott F Jernegan’s scheme to extract gold from seawater. Total dividends reach thirty six percent of par with many shares bought below a dollar, yielding almost fifty percent on total investment.
Geo M Turner of Whitman was found unconscious in the road near Hanson with a fractured skull and head wounds. Doctors say he cannot recover. Turner and Alonzo Hathaway drove away yesterday in a buggy. Hathaway is missing and the buggy was found battered in Hanson. Both men were reportedly intoxicated.
In LynnSwampscott, a two year old child of Mr and Mrs Crosby died from croup with no regular physician summoned. Police and town health officials investigate while the clerk restricts burial without a signed death certificate. Medical Examiner Pinkham approved interment.
Boston police report that the supreme court has ordered the surrender of Frederick T Moore, wanted for embezzlement of a large sum from the National Bank of Commerce. He fled over a year ago but was recently located. Boston officers are en route to South America to take custody.
The Boston grand opera season opened with Calve starring in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera House company. A brilliant welcome greeted her performance, seen as the inauguration of what promises to be a standout season in Boston's musical scene.
James A Mills assistant engineer at the chemical engine company shot himself at his Perley street home in Concord on Saturday night. Reports state he left for Boston with his wife Friday and returned by Chicago express before 9:16 PM. A letter Mills wrote may illuminate motives, but its contents are withheld. Neighbors noticed a gunshot about 10 PM. Mills lay dead on a sofa with a 38 caliber revolver beside him. Coroner not expected to hold an inquest. Mills had a long fire department history and was part of the Good Will Hose Company community. His wife was notified in Boston.
Indianapolis December 4 Dr Wm H Kendrick once a noted eclectic physician and Lincoln ally was buried in Crown Hill cemetery after family reviews. He revived on the operating table during a prior burial attempt and described a vivid afterlife journey with angels and celestial sights before returning to the body.
Agnes Robinson a 19 year old from 13 Lewis Street Jersey City daughter of Gilbert Robinson of Robinsons circus elopes with Frank Reed circus athlete. They wed at Gray Methodist church parsonage and flee to Cincinnati where Reeds troupe is based. Parents shocked but vow support for daughter pursuing circus life.
Danbury Conn December 4 The proposed nationwide hat manufacturers combination is nearing realization. It is claimed fifteen million dollars in capital is ready to acquire every hat plant in the country including Newark and Orange New Jersey South Norwalk Conn and other key hatting centers. Capital to be supplied mainly by unidentified industry outsiders.
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