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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1900
Page
7
A Lowell Weekly Journal column appeals to readers to share household tips for the "About the House" section. The prose invokes a Victorian style Master Baker and a playful verse about baking pies, prompting practical household suggestions from Lady readers.
A draught from a past era discusses accessories such as a laced key and stone-set chain, the fit of hats with day skirts, and simple neckwear. It promotes politeness to clerks, practical sun protection with parasols, and notes how a shop clerk's taste shapes available fashions. It ends with a young woman’s remark on exclusive collars reflecting store leadership.
A fragment of household tips suggests saving white roths for illness, covering plants with new papers during sweeping, and using pepper on lettuce. It mentions silver polishing with oatmeal or baking soda, egg stains removable with salt water, and avoiding soiled linens by gentle care. A cook claims slow cabbage cooking reduces odor.
A Boston cooking school demonstration stressed careful drying of fried potato pieces. Potatoes cut lengthwise like an orange were soaked in ice water an hour, drained, dried, and fried in hot fat. Proper draining on brown paper prevents grease soaking. finished fries should be crisp, golden, tender inside.
A sugar syrup is cooked to a soft ball stage, then cooled and kneaded into a creamy mixture. Large berries with hulls are brushed clean, dipped in the cream, and laid on waxed paper to set. Do not keep longer than 12 hours.
Florence Hull Winterburn argues mothers must train children in proper speech before school, valuing home instruction over rigid rules. Emphasizes indulgence of early mistakes, expanding vocabulary with novel terms, and cultivating excellence through practical usage rather than textbooks.
Collectors await a new set ordered by Mrs. McKinley to be produced in Zanesville Ohio. The design features an American eagle and shield with E Pluribus Unum in the center and the 13 original states arms around the border. Some collectors doubt the design will show well on cups and small pieces.
A Brooklyn Hagle report notes a cooking class where a renowned instructor says she follows a different method than the one she prescribes. Pupils question whether their failures stem from the teacher’s inconsistent practice versus her stated technique.
A quirky exchange on origins and Darwinian theory features First Incubated Chicken challenging a belief in ordinary hens hatching ancestors while Second Incubated Chicken debunks the idea as nonsense.
Mood's Pills claim to cure liver biliousness indigestion and headache. The product promotes ease of use and operation with a price note of 25a.
Reuben D. Stillman in Review of Reviews reports Honolulu faced plague for over a month before Washington sent serum. About 10 recovered, one young Chinese boy injured. A quarantine system and makeshift hospital were set up, with four detention camps and strict disinfection. Antitoxins from Haffkine and Yersin show promise for lower death rate and prevention.
In Richmond Yorkshire Trinity church sits among market stalls with a dwelling dividing the nave from a tower and the chancel gone. The north aisle is two stories, its lower level turned into shops for tobacconists tailors butchers. The old church, Norman in origin, houses curfew bells wills of the North Riding and a consistory court. Shops now pay about £100 yearly rent.
The summer wardrobe features polonaise gowns with back plaits and train, worn over separate skirts in lace, foulard, or taffeta, heavily trimmed with stitching and satin bands. Tailor made gowns in peau de soie emphasize severe, minimal ornament, while lilac voile ensembles showcase layered skirts, violet satin bands, and decorative bodices with plastrons, guipure collars, and lilac accessories.
The piece details thin transparent millinery fabrics like gauze tulle and lace, with horsehair trims and flowers. It describes hats from tiny toques to wide brims and high to low crowns, including mauve straw designs, toques of taffeta, sailor hats, and La Valliere influenced large hats. It notes petals and flowers, pale mauve straw hat, and a back brim rise with a moss rose garland. Jenic CHOLLET
A disjointed fragment hints at a pulley belt behaving oddly toward a woman and a remark on a cold-air syndicate. It also asks about tapping the Boston subway, leaving readers without concrete event, date, or clear subject to anchor a fuller report.
A long article notes that well organized kitchens improve efficiency, with advice on placing kitchens, ventilation, windows, and storage. It covers layout, light, and avoiding multi use rooms, then shifts to cooking for children with croquettes baked instead of fried and a detailed croquette mixture recipe plus omelet tips, ending with cooking methods and future continuation.
In a buttered baking dish place a layer of seasoned crumbs, then sliced tomatoes with salt pepper and optional sugar, repeat layers until full, finishing with crumbs. Bake about fifty minutes.
Cook the hominy well until thick. Stir in one quart of boiled hominy, a half cup of sweet milk or thin cream, one egg, a little salt and flour to make a fryable paste. Fry in a greased pan until lightly browned and easy to turn.
Take chops of mutton season with salt and pepper and layer them with sliced apples and chopped onion in a baking dish. Cover with a pastry crust and bake for thirty minutes in a hot oven.
Fresher and boil the cod as usual. Dice onions and fry in butter until brown. Dust with flour, moisten with cream, add butter, and season. Add fish to the sauce and serve hot.
The simplest way to fry tomatoes is to cut thick crosswise slices, season with salt and pepper, coat each slice in flour, dip in beaten egg, and fry immediately in smoking hot fat.
Mince cold roast or boiled beef with little fat. Season with pepper salt and chopped parsley. Shape into rolls with puff pastry and bake about thirty minutes.
Cut corn from the cob and combine with peeled sliced tomatoes in equal parts. Stew for half an hour, season with salt pepper and a touch of sugar, stir in a liberal piece of butter, simmer moments longer and serve.
Elder Edwin Wright of Utah, visiting Washington, says the exclusion of Congressman Roberts aids the Mormon church. He notes 29 volunteers left for Europe on a two year mission, scattered to England France Holland and Scandinavia. He compares missionaries to soldiers, praising growth and self reliance fostered by the church.
In a Philadelphia Press vignette a mother questions her daughter about a kiss. The daughter explains she refused after the man asked if she would be very angry, illustrating a teaching moment on saying no and asserting boundaries.
Advertisement touts a Yusea Mantle with 50 percent more light and triple strength, claiming long life and a bright glow. It costs less than half a cent per hour and delivers 100 candle power per light. Sold at this office with first-class gas cooking ranges on installment plans.
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