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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
8
Household hints from the About the House department invite Lowell readers to send tips and notes. The excerpt also provides a pancake recipe with steps for batter, frying, and serving, followed by a chicken and oyster dish with butterflour roux, milk, and parsley.
A young husband tells his wife to give up a fashionable lifestyle and learn to cook and bake. She retorts that if he gives up horses and clubs to focus on business and betting, he might earn money like his father. The exchange appears as a witty squabble cited from the Boston Journal.
The piece discusses cooperative housekeeping versus individual tending, aging gracefully, and forming good habits young. It notes parsley grows seasonally, offers a method to keep parsley fresh, and compares canned peas from the same brand showing varying quality across three cans.
Household hints suggest putting cream in the cup before hot coffee for a better morning cup and adding whipped cream to chocolate after the drink is poured. Canned baking powder lasts well for baking brown bread and can press boiled hominy into firm slices for frying.
A New York Post recipe notes White Fudge made from brown sugar and thick cream, boiled until firm, poured over nut layers, and cooled into squares. Jam Pancakes instruct four heaped tablespoons of flour with a well in the center and two eggs mixed into the batter.
A satirical guide compares husbands to edible items, urging selective pairing and careful, affectionate treatment. It offers humorous steps on choosing, cooking, and caring for a spouse, warning against neglect and harshness while promoting kindness, warmth, and mutual sweetness.
The piece lists social norms for polite talk. It urges a clear distinct voice, avoiding loudness or speed, and not arguing or correcting others openly. It cautions against cross questioning, forcing confidences, or narrating with filler phrases. It advises restraint and civility in everyday discourse.
Dialogue scene in which Dolly boasts of a future husband being handsome brave and clever while Fitzbones and Mabel trade jibes about trustworthiness and a past rejection. Kate questions the claim as the group references Mr Baillfinch, now seen with another woman, sparking humorous conjecture about his fate and weight gain.
An old astrological piece claims a girl’s nature matches her birth month. January brings prudence and melancholy yet good temper, February yields humane affection, March a quarrelsome chatterbox, April inconsistency but good looks, May happiness, June impulsive early marriage, July sulky yet fair, August amiable and rich suitor, September discreet and likable, October coquettish but unhappy, November liberal and kind, December well proportioned but fond of novelty and extravagance.
Ward and Vokes bring a 43‑piece company and scenic dress for two acts with floorwork. Also featured are Lucy Daly, Margaret Daly Vokes, Estelle Hughes Bird, Bert Haverly, George Sidney, Louis Powers, and twenty musical vaudeville interpolations. The Savoy showcases trained birds, Denman Thompson impersonation, Rowe-King Stock Co stars led by Grace G Hamilton, and a new big vaudeville lineup at Music hall tonight through next week with three shows and two matinees.
Charles Sweetser’s funeral was held Wednesday at 2 PM from his daughter Mary Hatch’s home on South Street. Rev. Granville Pierce and Rev. BE Bartlett led the service with two selections by Arthur M. Warren and Mrs. Charles E. Bartlett. Bearers included two sons Herbert Co. and Ervin W. Sweetser, son-in-law George E. Rose, and grandson Alvin B. Sweetser. Burial followed at Centre Cemetery under Walter Perham. An oyster supper and entertainment at the Unitarian vestry is planned for Thursday evening the 14th, led by the parish entertainment committee. Mrs. Hiram Brown is reported ill on Acton Street.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church held a social and turkey supper in the church vestry last evening. Attendees included residents from Lowell Dover and Tewksbury. toastmaster George Trull presided. speakers included Rev Charles Pierce ex Alderman George Taylor Rev J H Yeoman John Moore Miss Nellie Fleming and others. The theme Our Sick Cared For accompanied musical entertainment by Frank Dobson and a vocal duet by Mrs George Trull and Mrs Frank Trull.
Madrid reports the new Spanish cabinet under Sagasta includes General Weyler as minister of war with the interior held by Moret and marine by the Duke of Veragua. Other posts list Almodovar de Rio, Urzaiz, Villa nueva, Romanones. justice not yet assigned. Sagasta aims to dissolve chambers and hold new elections in May. Weyler will decide today on possible state of siege.
An internal war revenue tax of 875 dollars is imposed on each of the four North Chelmsford basketball league teams with a deadline to pay or face an additional tax. Officials expect others to be taxed similarly as prep for collection proceeds. Meanwhile, the Second Congregational church reports a successful oyster supper and vestry entertainment by the German Schlossengertenheimer Military band led by Trombley Mattialieu Mosher Salmon and Mitchell with pianist Asqueth. The evening featured selections like The New Century Marching Through Georgia Yankee Doodle My Old Kentucky Home and about 2¢ phonographic selections by Mosher. Various church committees coordinated the event ending at 10.50 PM.
Dracut elects new board members and officers after ballots. F I Hill serves as chairman with Edward St Leger as secretary. Jurors for the March 12 civil term of superior court are drawn. The town debates license votes with a shift to no by 18 votes, prompting talk of a recount. Police budget rises to 1000, aiming to curb lawlessness. New members include Edward Bromley and Arthur Colburn. Colburn to step aside for Charles L. Hodge as chairman, a role he has held since 1899.
Philip W. Moen third vice president of American Steel and Wire Co says he will not oppose the consolidation into United States Steel. He denies a New York report that he would oppose the move. Worcester interests formerly with Washburn and Moen Mfg Co will not block the consolidation.
Norfolk reports the Camperdowne ashore at Point Lookout near Beaufort N C with no water. Wrecking tug William Coley tied up last night and barge John Gagerty expected to begin lightering sugar cargo. Crew say she may be floated with no injuries amid northwest wind.
Walter Ford, a noted songwriter of popular tunes, died of consumption at his home in Paradise Alley. The death occurred on March 6 in New York city, with Ford's work remembered for many famed songs.
Albany March 6 reports say the assembly codes committees will narrow and favor bills to abolish the death penalty. The proposed punishments set first degree murder at life imprisonment and second degree murder at not less than 30 years.
Boston's Kid Goodman overwhelmed Jimmy Connors of Bangor in a planned eight round match, with the fight halted in the fourth round. Goodman dominated at every stage of the contest in Bangor Maine.
The last registrars meeting is set for Saturday March 9 at Westford Town Hall from 12 noon to 10 pm with the assessors present to issue required legal certificates. The town meeting warrant is at the printer and will be posted soon. Voters should read it carefully to base action on wisdom, not prejudice, noting tax rate is not the sole factor for proposed improvements.
The Unitarian pulpit has hosted Rev Merritt Buckingham, formerly a Methodist preacher, now a Meadville student. The West Chelmsford Debating Society meets Wednesday March 13 with the resolution that the natural wonders of the New World surpass those of the Old. Edward Olmey, William R Taylor speak for. Matthew McNaughton, Samuel L Taylor against.
Reports from West Acton detail widespread illness with George B. Parker gravely ill from pneumonia and Israel Chariton still weak though out of danger after a sleigh accident. Obituaries note Mrs. Withington and Mrs. Helen Cole among others. the piece lists church events, school ties, and local notices through February and May gatherings.
Westford Republicans met in the town hall and nominated candidates to support at the town meeting. Hon. H. B. Fletcher presided with W. E. Frost as secretary, listing nominees for town clerk, selectman, overseers of the poor, library trustee, school committee, treasurer, tax collector, constables, auditor, tree warden, and moderator.
Farm of 12 acres suitable for market gardening with nearly new buildings including an eight room house bath barn carriage house and pens plus abundant fruit near electrics and 0. sporty eight acre farm with wood and lumber in fair condition priced at 1500. Eleven acre farm with good house barn hennery three acres of wood and poultry potential priced at 850. T. H. Elliott 64 Central Street.
The patent leather fad has struck the shoe trade with great force. Cheap imitations will probably strike the wearers, of shoes, later on.
The McElholny bill proposes Lowell city to appoint a wires inspector with power to remove telegraph and electric wires and to force underground placement within a defined district. The measure requires public notice in two daily papers and sets a yearly undergrounding plan with a legal framework for removals and appeals.
Professor McMaster surveys Webster in the March Century noting his early career in 1813 as a minority member. He describes Webster’s social Paris of the capital at the levee, where women were scarce and official etiquette limited conge. The piece details political surroundings, figures like Dawson Findlay, and the casual, formality of early Washington society.
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