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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1898
Page
3
A Lowell Journal reader submission laments the fading apron of grandmothers era. The poem cherishes old fabrics and apron strings linking mothers, homes, and Cupid, urging a return to domestic life amid fashion progress and modern roles.
The piece argues for sun exposure and practical household systems to avoid fading healthful furnishings and stresses sensible cleaning. It discusses mending routines, timely chores, and a talkative anecdote on squash pies and practical pie making, ending with a vignette about trimming lamp wicks.
A reader notes sensible tests for canned goods and poultry quality. Sunk can ends indicate wholesomeness, bulged cans suggest fermentation, damp or clammy meat signals poor quality, and small kernels in fat imply disease in pork. Melted butter may still yield good cakes, though creaming is preferred. A chicken’s skin, flesh, fat, and rump texture determine if it is sound. Young poultry may show underbill weakness when weighed.
Instructions describe layering sliced tomatoes with salt butter sugar curry powder rice and bread crumbs then baking. Also outlines cucumber ketchup and a spiced sweet pickle with cucumber slices cooked in cider vinegar sugar and spices for winter storage.
Instructions for curing calves liver with a brine of water brown sugar saltpeter and salt, soaking for a week, drying, and storage. Also describes curing beef liver with emphasis on choosing healthy liver from a young animal and processing steps.
Instructions advise taking rose slips in autumn before frost, burying most of each slip with about two inches above ground, then covering with inverted glass cans. Leave through winter. spring reveals rooted slips ready for transplant to mounds or borders. Author Helen E. Walton.
Pine tar is described as a disinfectant and sleep aid for a sick room. A cup of hot milk with orange flower water or beef tea is advised for invalids before bedtime. Beef tea’s value increases if mixed with a white of egg and heated to about 160 degrees.
A Chicago News phrasing offers blunt maxims about skepticism and behavior. It warns against assuming consent in silence and urges practical, discerning help. It notes varied beliefs like Spiritualism and that some mediums may be wealthy.
The will of Sherman Hoar of Concord filed in Middlesex probate names executors Samuel Hoar and Stedman Buttrick, exempts them from bonds, and details legacies to wife Mary Buttrick Hoar, children Roger Sherman Hoar Ellen Hoar Stedman B Hoar and nephew Sherman Hoar Bowles. It directs a Phillips Exeter prize fund and establishes residuary trust for wife and minor children, with a 1898 codicil reducing some specific legacies.
John Holland, 35, educated and genteel in appearance, was found guilty today by Judge Stevens in the superior criminal court on two counts of breaking and entering and an indictment for carrying burglar's tools. Three prior convictions suggest a long prison term. Holland’s family, once hopeful, has exhausted funds and efforts to reform him.
Brockton October 17 The fifth week of the lasters strike in southeastern Massachusetts begins with daily mass meetings and nightly district conferences. Union leaders hint at a new move for victory while officials withhold information. Central Massachusetts boot and shoe unions met in Worcester to discuss Brockton and state actions. Delegates from Hudson Marlboro Natick South Framingham Medway Milford Westboro Brookfields North Grafton and Spencer attended. no official statement issued.
A. M. Curtis of Meriden and James J. Casey of Vernon Cycle Club contend for amateur and professional distance records after a New York to Boston ride. Curtis finished in 18 hours 23 minutes, Casey in 19 hours 50 minutes with spills and unpaced segments, aided by tandem pacers from Worcester.
Attleboro Oct 16 Rev T J House chaplain of the Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers informs Congregational church members that due to his mother's serious illness he will resign his army post effective November 8 The church expresses satisfaction with his decision.
Boston on October 16 Gov Wolcott refuses to refer Ina E Darling serving a 20 year manslaughter sentence for Madeline Baudet death to pardon committee for a hearing.
Attleboro October 17 Stillman B. Pratt died at his son Elmer C. Pratt’s home this morning. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the residence of his daughter Mrs. G L Stevens in Marlboro.
A Neodesha Kansas pastor reports his boy suffered rheumatism in the knee until Chamberlain's Pain Balm was used. The first bottle brought relief, a second was bought, and the child was cured. Sold by Ellingwood & Co. at Merrimack Central and Middlesex Central streets.
A Providence slip caused hip injury followed by jaundice and a severe weakening state. After Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, Warren C. Nyr of Barre Vermont reports recovery and urges others to seek the doctor’s free consultation.
Winsted Connecticut October seventeenth reports the disappearance of Hubert Williams an attorney legislator and Lakefield post master. He has been missing over a week with police in New York Bridgeport New Haven and Hartford notified. Friends stress no financial or domestic clues and suggest a troubled mind as the unlikely cause.
Virden Illinois October 17 Supt Lukens of the Chicago Virden Coal company testified before the committee as military officers acting for the Governor vowed no change in policy. They are under orders to prevent further landing of Negro workers from Alabama or elsewhere. Troops to stay indefinitely unless the coal company abandons its plan to bring in Negroes to operate its mines.
St Paul dispatch reports a Walker Minn special saying the surrender of the Pillar Indians is expected tomorrow and hostilities may end soon. Gen Bacon thinks peace is near and will return to St Paul in a few days if negotiations proceed smoothly.
Representative Smith of Chittenden introduced a bill in the Vermont legislature to forbid the use of American flags for advertising within the state. A joint session of the House and Senate will meet Wednesday noon to elect a United States senator.
New Haven Conn Oct 17 Lieut George F Sanford veteran football coach snapped tendons of one arm and strained ligaments of the other while coaching Cullen the big candidate for center on the Yale eleven He will be at the field daily and render what assistance he can.
Albany returns show New York railroads paid vast sums for accident and wreck costs. New York, New Haven & Hartford led with 248,474 for injuries and 16,837 for wrecks, followed by Lake Shore & Michigan Southern at 176,656 for injuries and 10,346 for wrecks. Other lines list substantial injury and wreck totals, including Fitchburg, Boston & Albany, Erie, New York Ontario & Western, Long Island, New England, Chicago & St. Louis, and Western New York & Pennsylvania, reflecting broad financial impact from accidents.
In Chicago on October 17 the peace Jubilee featured President McKinley receiving the Doctor of Laws from the University of Chicago. Rain and mud did not dampen crowds as he was hooded and robed, with university leaders praising his leadership and service to the Commonwealth.
Seattle Washington October 17 The Post Intelligencer reports Captain Pratt of the coast and geodetic survey found the south mouth of the Yukon empties into Behring Sea 20 miles west of prior estimates adding about 2500 square miles to U S territory. The survey also shows the coastline from Cape Dyer to St Michael lies farther west than maps show. The added strip covers roughly 2500 square miles.
Cleveland October 17 Commander Ballington Booth of the volunteers of America says he nearly completed plans for a new Christian workers organization to be distinct from yet affiliated with the volunteers movement. The Federation of Christian Workers will have branches nationwide and aim to organize church workers.
The Rev Stephen Kaminski bishop of the Independent Polish Catholic church of Buffalo and rector of the Church of Our Mother of the Rosary has been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic church.
The Courier-Citizen offers low estimates on all engraving and guarantees work to match top New York and Boston houses. View the latest styles for personal and calling cards notes monograms and letter heads with prompt service assured.
An OCR fragment presents a childhood medicine advertising line stating Castoria is the kind you have always seen. It appears as a small, period-appropriate advert snippet with no clear date or publisher name. The readable portion emphasizes familiarity and trust in the product.
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