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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
8
The About the House department invites Lowell readers to send practical housekeeping tips ideas and suggestions for the column notes the paper will welcome household advice and reader contributions from ladies and others for the column to be addressed to the About the House Department in Lowell Weekly Journal.
Poem urges readers to plant a tree as a gift to future generations. It praises trees as maple oak and pine and links growth to seasons, light, wind, and sun. The speaker imagines a home enriched by wild life, shade, and beauty, with nature rewarding the planter in many springs.
The piece muses on the growing use of canned meats amid high meat prices, urges buying reliable brands, and argues cheaper varieties can be acceptable. It criticizes restrictive high collars, praises the low linen collar, and offers household tips from washing strawberries to making old fashioned shortcake. It also notes window boxes, white shoes, and lighter kettle designs as modern conveniences.
Household hints suggest slicing a pineapple first to remove eyes easily. Skin can be peeled after slicing for slices or diced pieces. When using beaten egg in croquettes or frying mixtures, dilute with a tablespoonful of cold water for smoother results.
A pastry spread features saltines with cream cheese and radish slices arranged like a five point design. Household suggestions from the New York Post praise a palette knife as a versatile kitchen implement for icing, loosening stuck pans, and other delicate tasks.
A collection of quick summer desserts and breads including Mist Pudding a lemon flavored custard with egg whites and yolk custard. Trish Potato Scones using cold potatoes flour milk and cream. and Egg Rolls a simple biscuit like roll with eggs milk fat baking powder and flour.
A compact collage of witty exchanges and jokes from period magazines. Miss Cayenne debates conventional fictions while a fiancée requests a photograph and hair lock, a quip about hair restoration follows. A mother child riddle ends the set with a humorous mis sight in the cupboard.
A New York Post tip shares moth prevention methods focusing on thorough cleansing and inspection of garments. After removing all dust stains and eggs, place the item in a sturdy calico or muslin bag, seal it with a sewing machine, and store. Turpentine-dipped cloths used for shelves and trunks advise against cheesecloth bags.
Mrs Denison of the General Federation of Women's Clubs challenges Club Woman editor to a bread baking contest. The editor jokes about defeating her in bread making and sugar cookies, noting comments from a mother praising 82 year old pies. The exchange ends with boasting about New England pies from the Hub of the pie belt.
Charles S. Onderdonk of Lamy New Mexico owns about 20 000 goats on 28 000 acres. The facility claims to be the largest goat operation in the world with extensive grazing lands.
President Mitchell of United Mine Workers met with Commissioner Wright in New York to present miners’ views on the anthracite strike. Wright plans to report to President Roosevelt after gathering evidence from Mitchell and operators. West Virginia reports show about 15,000 miners out, mines soon to close.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on June 9 police fined Thomas Mahon and Michael McNamara thirty dollars each after they joined a crowd that hung an engineer in effigy and pelted a house with stones. The article notes unions deny plans to pool forces for new colliery openings while engineers remain at work and George Lighthall arrives to mediate.
Delegates from Panther Creek Valley United Mine Workers meet to urge all workers at local collieries to join the strike. Hundreds of strikers patrol the area and about 50 foreign pump operators desert their posts, while No. 6 colliery pumps resume after a week of idleness.
Handley West Virginia June 9 The strike situation in the Kanawha field is more serious today than Saturday. Operators acknowledge that by the middle of the week not a mine in the field will be in operation. The Chesapeake mines have about 20 percent of their usual number of men at work today.
Shamokin June 9 pumps at the Sterling colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company were flooded due to non union workers in boiler rooms, endangering the mine with rising water.
Scranton June 9 The Lackawanna company reports its Diamond and Bellevue washeries are running with full equipment. District President Nicolls says many men who were in strikers' positions at Carbondale and Peckville have deserted, easing the fire rooms' labor strain.
In Thurmond West Virginia on June 9 miners at New River show only about ten percent at work while most are on strike. No outbreaks have occurred yet but violence is feared on Loup Creek before sundown.
One hundred fifty miners led by Mother Jones marched from Shinnston to Monongah along the county road in the June 9 strike action. The marchers hailed from Flemington and Adamston mines while regional miners remained at work.
In Keystone West Virginia on June 9 miners in the Flat Top and Tug river fields are nearly idle with about 5 percent working at Elk Ridge Lynchburg Eureka and Mill Creek. Violence is threatened and armed guards are on duty.
Charleston West Virginia June 9 most of the miners are idle in this section today. No disturbances have been reported.
A survey of royal regalia robberies across Europe highlights two notable early attempts. In 1303 London, Dean Podelicote attempted to raid Westminster treasury while monks aided, yet the crown remained untouched. In 1439 Hungary, Elizabeth of Poland orchestrated the theft of the crown of St Stephen but was foiled. the crown later crowned her infant son Ladislas in Weissenberg. The piece traces later heists, including Scotland’s 1652 Dunnottar sally and England’s 1671 Blood plot at the Tower.
A concise critique notes the Courier Citizen want ads are adequate despite criticisms. The piece argues ads serve community needs, offering listings for jobs and goods.
Desperate inmates Harry Tracy and David Merrill escape from Oregon State Penitentiary after fatally shooting guards Frank Ferrell, S. R. Jones, and Benjamin Tiffany during foundry work. A large manhunt unfolds with armed locals aiding, amid reports of sightings four miles west of Salem.
Mary E Stickney describes a round-up of 25 to 30 men with horses. Cowboys rope, hackamore, and saddle horses, using handkerchiefs and coils to control bucking beasts. Riders mount with careful balance, then demonstrate broncho busting skills and feats like keeping silver dollars in stirrups.
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