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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1898
Page
2
Barre Evening Enterprise prints wartime commentary and civic issues. It discusses Spain and Cuba era topics, funds for water works, a possible Vermont special session, politics, and praise for Theodore Roosevelt and veterans.
Fragmentary lines describe a myrtle vine and its charm. A reader references an arching vine and an ode tone from Horace. The text imitates a Spectator style with affectionate, poetic phrases.
In the Lewiston Journal an old veteran is pressed by a wary woman to return home from a Grand Army of the Republic gathering. The scene unfolds with a clash of war memories and accusations as the man, Jabez, contemplates coming back to his wife and duties.
A life saving service tragedy near Point aux Barques on Lake Huron left the crew dead or vanished after a daring surfboat rescue. Keeper Jerome G. Kiah survived and later earned a gold medal and a senior post, his memory marked by the drowned crew and his own recovery.
A column recalls how house rats damage plumbing by gnawing lead pipes and creating sewer gas, noting methods to deter rats with mineral wool and iron pipes. It also touches on English prose ideals and a quip about cholera once blamed on unsound rice.
A Boston Transcript column cites Major Henry Kilbourne urging that height and physique determine work capacity and national strength. It notes measurements from 190,621 native white Americans and 125 naval cadets, claiming Celtic and Germanic blood preserve quality while “swarthy” migrants threaten ascendancy.
A wealthy hill resident gives a young friend a pair of slippers containing a ring set with opal and diamonds. The recipient returns the ill fitting slippers, they are shelved with other boxes, a shopper later reports missing jewels, and workers locate the slippers and recover the ring within two hours.
A historical note surveys early bicycle evolution from fifteenth century rope-driven carriages to the 1690 celerifere and later pedals. It mentions stories of Ricius, Ozanam, Ovenden, and a 1693 Royal Academy paper, noting Botany Bay and early colonial details alongside tangential remarks on Sydney Harbor and Captain Cook.
A reflection on why actors favor the center stage tracing back to oil lamp footlights called the focus. Kean's supper remark shows focus meant visibility the shift to electric light makes faces clear from any stage corner.
A large silk cotton tree near the post office and prison on New Providence features six buttress-like extensions and a 116 foot branch spread. The pods yield soft silk material used for pillows, and the site includes an avenue of Spanish laurel and other fig family trees with hanging roots. age unknown.
A fragment recalls a grim London scene with a laundry joke about starch as a cautionary note. The quote hints at a murder or grim fate linked to domestic work.
A Detroit Journal tale describes a tempest at sea and a dramatic woman’s suffering, while a New York Sun item recounts a comical moment on a rainy day as a woman drops a missing ticket, finds it in an umbrella, and returns it.
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