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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1900
Page
6
Readers are invited to submit household recipes hints and thoughts for the About the House department of the Lowell weekly journal. The column seeks practical everyday tips from lady readers to help fellow homemakers.
A wife commends her husband’s efforts at home while lamenting his failure to bake like her father. She suggests Jake enroll in a cooking school to learn pies and cake, envisioning praise from her mother when father visits and approving remarks from her, signaling a humorous domestic tone.
The piece discusses fashionable "hot" stockings with bright colors and enduring black options, then shifts to domestic life. It contrasts Dutch housewives' command of kitchens with American cooks, and argues temperance in cooking, minimal alcohol, and practical kitchen sharing. It emphasizes male roles in heavy labor and female leadership, urging defined duties and mutual support in the home.
The text provides kitchen advice on preventing dough sticking by baking, greasing, and flouring pans. It also suggests a home remedy for a sprained wrist involving cold water and running the wrist under a tap for a period.
A reader share offers practical steps for daily care and cooking. It advises bandaging minor wounds each morning, and using soda in cooking dried beans to speed tenderness without harming flavor. It also notes parboiling ham in soda water before final boiling to improve sweetness and tenderness.
Rusks require flour salt sugar baking powder lard eggs nutmeg cinnamon milk and precise mixing to form a soft dough. Roll into small egg sized balls, bake until done, dust with sugar when cooled. German Coffee Cake uses flour yeast water eggs melted butter sugar lemon juice salt and blanched almonds. Let rise, roll, bake until light and tops brushed with butter.
An elderly reader recounts a disciplined household routine that avoids stress by using a pocket card on an apron. She recalls a friend who kept a small list to jot reminders and cross off tasks, ending each day with an empty card to prevent unfinished chores.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a culinary revolution as Yesso oysters from Japan, famed for length, may reach America. Culture warms to 12 inch shells on the half shell, with oysters likely planted first in Washington and Oregon waters before California. Boats and markets may adjust as this unusual delicacy enters American kitchens.
A jumble of quotes references wedding gifts in Philadelphia a man’s complaint about timing felt pads for shoes and women arming against foot pads plus Paris exhibition guards drawing attention. The items read like brief clippings from Chicago papers noting odd anecdotes and a Paris exposition security figure.
Beacon Hill reports a compromise on the Locks and Canals bill. Senator Hanson offered a substitute landing plan to be agreed by the city council and company, detailing a free landing above the swamp locks and conditions for enactment. The act awaits mayoral approval and council assent within three years. The same session favors allowing women to serve on Lowell’s board of overseers of the poor.
The House considered reports on election laws and minors at Lyman school, with votes on liquor license limits and Laundries sanitary inspection. Amendments by Ames on Norton and Taunton Street Railway Co. to carry U S mails and act as common carrier were adopted after debate on two thirds vote and prior conditions.
In the Senate, committee reports were received on multiple items including a public health measure to probe the Concord and Sudbury river meadows with a $3000 cap, a plumbing licensing bill, tax collection in towns, and support for state poor by cities and towns. Also notes on women eligible as Overseers, Memorial Hall funding, and Cape Cod canal bill postponement. Time limits for reports extended to April 4. MANN.
Ridgeley Protective association of Massachusetts with headquarters in Worcester reports the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has recalled its order revoking the license to operate in the state. The action, tied to a Lancaster lawsuit by policy holder Jacob M. Hambright, is deemed a misunderstanding, and the firm will resume business in Pennsylvania.
Hyomet is pitched as an inhaled germicide claiming cure for catarrh bronchitis and asthma with routines of ten minutes four times daily and hourly options. It advertises money back if it fails and lists price for complete and trial outfits with mail order from H. R. Booth Co. Ithaca NY.
The Ridgeley association refused to pay a judgment and had its Pennsylvania license revoked. Israel W. Durham, insurance commissioner, reported the department acted from a misunderstanding and urged the company to return the revocation letter so it may continue business without interference in legitimate operations.
The Southern and Western Textile Excelsior argues Chinese cotton mills benefit from cheap labor and lax regulation. It notes day laborers earning about 10 cents daily, no Sabbath limits, and workers of all ages, but warns of abuses, gang dynamics, and the need for European supervision which raises costs. Rising wages likely as railways and industry grow. Chinese workers may unionize to sustain higher pay.
Norwich, March 27 Ira D Main a North Stonington farmer aged 45 was fined five dollars plus costs totaling seventy five dollars in the criminal court of common pleas for violating game laws He chose jail over payment The statute aimed to prevent quail or woodcock hunting during the closed season This was the first case under the new law in the court
Charles W. Mussey cashier of the Merchants National Bank in Rutland is jailed on embezzlement charges with bail set at 100000 dollars. He allegedly concealed loans to H A McClure, forged names on notes, and destroyed records to balance accounts. Proceedings progress toward further examination Friday March 30.
Mussey, the self confessional defaulting cashier of Merchants National Bank, is not likely to be heard in court Friday due to the absence of District Attorney Martin of Brattleboro who is in Texas. A telegram says he has started for Rutland. Massey is in a pitiable physical condition and friends fear he may not survive his trial.
Boston announces that most of the 250 granite cutters will join the strike at the start of next week when their wage-scale agreement expires. Worcester firms share a similar contract but the impact may be limited. Some large contracts have been refused due to the unsettled trade.
Tisbury's town meeting on March 27 elected Gilbert L. Smith, Herbert N. Hinkley, and Horace A. Tilton as selectmen and assessors, Wm. S. Swift as clerk, and Dean S. Luce as treasurer. Principal appropriations were Schools 2240, poor 1000, hydrant rental 1000, license vote Yes 13 No 94.
A fire ripped through the laundry room of the Danvers insane asylum on March 27, causing about $10,000 in damage. No injuries were reported.
Boston March 27 at the American Woolen company meeting a dividend of 14 percent on the preferred stock was declared.
Philadelphia March 27 report says a scheduled eight round sparring match between Fitzsimmons and Jim Daly at the First Regiment Armory ended in the first round after Fitzsimmons floored Daly three times and the referee stopped the bout. attendance figures were not stated.
An ex priest named Mr Rainnie who lectured at the village tonight was mobbed and driven from River Point. The incident occurred as crowds gathered in the street and forced him to leave town.
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