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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1898
Page
2
The Barre Evening Enterprise discusses Arbor Day observance and April dates, urging improvement of highways and national holiday ideas. It cites editorials on journals and the Allied Powers naval actions, reflecting wartime public sentiment and calls for patriotic cooperation.
An analysis extols Anglo Saxon unity between England and the United States, urging stronger ties amid global tensions. It argues Britain would support the U S in any conflict, predicts joint naval action against enemies, and imagines banners of stars and stripes and Union Jack flying together in defense of Spain and liberty.
A Washington Star report explains how inner shoe uppers carry secret stamp codes used to suggest smaller sizes and mislead customers. Sales staff rely on visible marks while ignoring actual measurements, a tactic seen as preying on vanity.
A 1700 B C papyrus from Egypt reveals a primitive arithmetic system with addition and multiplication. It contains problems on fractions, unit divisions, area calculations, and pyramid volume measures, illustrating advanced practical math for its era.
A controversial article argues that the casual male handshake spreads disease risk and moral concern. It warns that free mingling in business life promotes promiscuous greetings, contrasting with women’s more restrained conduct and denouncing the practice as a vice.
An account notes rats in Brazil are abundant, with a large domestic rat kept as protection in Rio de Janeiro. It mentions a serpent that preys on rats, a domestic cat’s similar habits, and travel back to hotels. It also describes the pope’s seal bearing a fish engraving and a unique papal ring since the thirteenth century intended to prevent forged signatures.
The piece extols hot water and hot applications as immediate, effective medicine to ease violent symptoms, noting their value in treating disease. It references French Guiana’s severe thunderstorms and suggests widespread suffering could be reduced if people recognized hot water’s therapeutic benefits.
An examination of bulkheads versus doors on liners and battleships argues that strong bulkheads alone do not guarantee safety. It notes many lives and ships lost due to faulty doors, calls for safer doors and better operation, and highlights the complexity of watertight doors, hatches, valves and the need for rapid response during collisions as discussed in Cassier's Magazine.
A youth lures his father into Washington’s Statuary Hall and hides behind a pillar near the center circular chamber. By exploiting acoustics and a trick with a statue, he prompts the father to shout the time as the boy vanishes. The ruse leaves the old man bewildered until the son reappears and explains the prank.
A report on the Mouenzollern family talisman a tealid packet containing a ring with a black stone said to come from a toad attached to a royal birth. Frederick the Great allegedly found the ring with a memorandum from Frederick I detailing its value and transmission. The tale includes Lippen Schnei der and Geil ing in archival claims and confirmation by an emperor.
A Chicago News snippet quotes Clara and Gladys in a humorous exchange about Mrs. Young boasting of her family while admitting their ancestors arrived with William the Conqueror. The dialogue pokes fun at pretensions and old family reputations.
The New York Tribune asks whether D Annunzio’s putrid sensuality disqualifies him as art and if his death would change the judgment. The piece notes admirers defend art's rights while asserting D Annunzio never secured a lasting foothold on Parnassus and that talk of him as a classic may be futile.
A Nantucket resident hires Webster for a week and pays $1,000 to secure him for every case. Webster spends the week arguing all hearings, enabling the neighbor to benefit from his services at no extra cost while the litigants gain free access and Webster profits indirectly.
A Philadelphia Ledger essay argues wealth does not buy mercy or happiness. It contrasts harsh judgments with true charity, urging money be guided toward consideration, sympathy, and fellowship rather than hoarded or flaunted. The piece warns that with plenty comes responsibility to support others and practice gentle judgment.
A garbled, ink stained fragment recounts telegrams involving a figure named Bangs and a boastful letter exchange. It weaves crime, flight rumors, and odd quotations about phrases like cutting sticks, plus sketches of detective misdirection, a Georgia verdict, and a carnival of monkeys in New York. The tale blends rumor, historical aphorisms, and anecdotes from The New York World and other papers.
A corridor tale recounts a Southern justice of the peace scolding jurors and discrediting witnesses. It then shifts to a Lincoln anecdote: Captain Tompkins’s Rhode Island battery parades before Lincoln, who compliments the unit before remarking in private that he has seen few batteries.
The New York Sun describes Northwich Cheshire as the quirkiest town in England with a maze of crooked streets and houses. Largely a galt industry hub, its brine works pump vast quantities weekly, creating immense subterranean lakes and a weakened crust. Subsidences pull nearby structures, giving Northwich a dissipated, earthquake‑scarred look.
The text recalls Colonel Ibbetson as a capital whist player and avid reader who died in England. It mentions a sensational Gretna Green elopement with Lady Adela Villers, their scandalous return, and a quip about class. It also references Robert Morris Bank of North America and a Roman penny value, plus brief humorous exchanges from London Fun and New York Journal.
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