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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1900
Page
6
Section discusses domestic advice and reflections on fashion and cleanliness. Notes from About the House department invite reader submissions. Includes commentary on skirt fashion, cleaning routes, strawberries and berries, health notes on sand with meals, and upcoming changes in dress styles. Also provides recipes and sauce methods for fried fish and cucumber sauce.
White pique wanes but seaside gowns stay in fashion with elbow sleeves in thin fabrics. Fibhus draped over shoulders appear in new summer styles. Red dominates as the season color with black hosiery fading while red and blue gain favor. Mousquetaire gloves revive with elbow sleeves and mercerized gingham resembles silk and wool.
Plan the evening a day ahead to avoid last minute fixes. Chill skinned tomatoes for hours, wash woolen garments by dipping rather than rubbing, and keep sash curtains clean for outward appearance.
A brief kitchen tip describes making a tomato puree soup. It advises cooking strained tomatoes with milk, rubbing butter into flour to form a paste, then combining slowly to avoid lumps. The method emphasizes gradual heating and smooth blending for a creamy consistency.
The article outlines toothache types from tooth disease to surrounding tissue issues and neuralgia. It explains congested pulp pain, pain from inflamed pulp, abscess-related suffering, and neuralgia with tender, sound teeth. It notes remedies like oil of cloves and cold applications while urging dental consultation.
Charles Dudley Warner recalls a noon luncheon in a Massachusetts pasture high among the hills. The spread included baked beans rye and Indian bread doughnuts cheese pie and root beer. He contrasts it with Delmonico’s and Phillippe’s Paris dining while praising the simple hillside meal.
A Presque Isle housekeeper with a ten-person family kept a yearlong tally of baked goods. The list shows 421 loaves of bread 5140 biscuits 45 sugar cake loaves 32 marble cakes 66 jelly cakes 11 molasses cakes 382 puddings 1194 sugar rolls 502 molasses rolls 1491 sugar cookies 2906 molasses cookies 229 doughnuts and 383 pies. The record suggests a tiny in-home bakery and a strong family sweet tooth.
The essay argues there is no difference between rich and poor in church pews and payments. It urges households to ensure pews are affordable and that all can contribute to church homes for themselves and their families, maintaining dignity through providing rent for worship. The piece notes readers should tell advertisers they saw them in the Courier.
Washington May 21 Senate debate over extending floor privileges to Boer delegates featured opposition from Mr. Davis and Mr. Tillman. The body approved a resolution on printing and the Montanan senatorship matter was postponed. House activity included passage of a labor hours bill and a ban on interstate traffic in convict made goods.
A report on the appropriation bill faced rejection as an item to provide 5000 dollars for a Manila library was disputed. The bill was returned to conference with the House adjourning at five o clock.
Gen Albert E Shaw commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic with Mr Patrick of the G A R committee on legislation asked the President and Mrs McKinley to attend the national encampment in Chicago on August 27 the President said he would be present if possible Mrs U S Grant and her daughter Mrs Sartoris also accepted to be guests of the Grand Army at the encampment in Chicago in August
The Barker cotton mills at Mobile Alabama valued at 200000 dollars have reached the stage where structural iron work must begin. The Alabama Iron Works company of Mobile has secured the contract and will start immediately. A separate contract for the electric light plant has been awarded to General Electric Company of New York via its Atlanta office.
Fall River May 21 Special The Border City Manufacturing company meeting failed to spark full discussion. A proposal to bond the property for 500000 met objections as it would mortgage the entire value. Banks hold much stock and prefer steady income from bonds over uncertain stock dividends. Mill men expect Barnard, Merchants and Tecumseh mills to act before their next annual meetings to better align stock with investment.
In Fall River on May 21 4 at a special stockholders meeting the Union Cotton Manufacturing Company voted to raise capital from 750000 to 1200000. A 60 percent dividend will be paid in stock on June 25. The mill operates 114000 spindles, implying about 10.50 per spindle in capitalization. The plant could not be duplicated for less than 20 per spindle today.
Boston May 21 David Oransky driver for Novinsky Brothers was found after transporting Miss Maud Hunley of Gloucester to 15 Walk Hill Street Forest Hills where she died from a criminal operation by Boston physicians. The case hinges on a mysterious man who hired the carriage and fled, with police seeking the physician and any other involved parties while Hunley refused to name accomplices.
Boston officials deliberated on permitting a grade crossing between Lawrence & Reading Street Railway and Boston & Maine at North Reading. The railroad offered an 800 foot overhead solution. Residents urged Arlington express trains stop at West Somerville. both issues were sent to further review.
A meditation on early and late table training for children, stressing that poor manners at the table persist if not addressed in the first years. The author contrasts boys and girls, praises a mother’s influence on a son who becomes well bred, and urges consistent practice of proper utensil use and restrained eating, with notes on bread and muffin recipes for swift lessons.
Instructions describe pressing boiled chicken with separated white and dark meat in alternating layers, using the cooking liquor to moisten and press. Turkey can be prepared similarly with sliced meat. Also detailed is a transparent orange jelly made by simmering fruit, clarifying sugar, adding isinglass, and boiling briefly, with lemons prepared in the same fashion.
The red cabbage should be crisp and kept cool while preparing a dressing. Beat two eggs in a double boiler with salt dry mustard and cayenne. Add three tablespoons butter and half a cup vinegar, stir until cooked. Remove from heat add half cup cream and pour over the cabbage.
The recipe instructs cleaning and steaming fish until tender, removing bones, and seasoning. A milk based dressing is prepared by heating a pint of milk, thickened with a quarter pound of flour, then cooled with two eggs and a quarter pound of butter, plus a little onion and parsley. Layer fish and dressing in a baking dish, finish with bread crumbs, and bake thirty minutes.
A recipe describes frying two onions in butter until golden. Add curry powder and stock, simmer briefly. Stir in rich cream and ten sliced hard boiled eggs, heat through without boiling after eggs are added.
Cut one pound of round steak into bits and fry brown with one sliced onion and two tablespoons of butter. Add three quarts of cold water and boil slowly for an hour. Then add a pint of sliced okra and simmer three hours longer. Season with salt and pepper, strain and serve. May vary by adding canned tomatoes beans or celery bits before finishing.
Simmer cinnamon allspice and mace in water in a muslin bag then add vinegar. Boil eggs until hard, shell them, and place whole into a jar. Pour the hot spiced pickle over the eggs to preserve.
Boil potatoes mash them mix in chopped parsley minced onion and pepper salt to taste form into small balls coat with beaten egg roll in crumbs and fry in deep fat onion and parsley may be omitted. Also note Maine slang from Moosehead region where doing means road conditions per Lewiston Journal.
A labor leader bursts into the house exclaiming no supper yet. His wife calmly notes she began work at 6 this morning and her one hour watch expired at 2 this afternoon, explaining the delay. Chicago Post.
The philologist suggests a single origin for Indo Germanic Semitic Hamitic and Altaic families. He finds 200 to 800 Chinese roots, some vanished from Chinese but existing in Japanese, forming the basis of many languages.
Advert says Welsbach Light with Yusea Mantle delivers 100 candle power per lamp and three times the strength. It promises longer life, lower cost under half a cent per hour, and is sold at this office. Also offers first class gas cooking ranges on installment plans.
A local gas station announces a discount for customers who pay promptly. The notice outlines the price reduction offered when payment is made at the time of purchase and highlights the potential savings for regular customers.
Announcement notes no charge for meter use or running supply mains into consumers. Orders left at the office are promptly attended to, ensuring access when needed.
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