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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1898
Page
2
A scanned Barre Evening Enterprise issue discusses city governance and public works, with mentions of a land deal, city council actions, and a plan for poste replacements. It salutes Commodore Dewey and Vermonter valor, praising national events and local sentiment.
A Victorian tone meditation on courage and service through hardship, praising the unrecognized who endure long years of toil and sorrow. The piece honors steadfast characters who forgive, persevere, and remain noble despite weariness and neglect.
A comic tale unfolds as Mr Smith, taunted by his wife, attempts to bake a cake with hasty improvised ingredients. The kitchen fiasco ends with a dubious loaf and a note from a baker apologizing for a substitute. The piece also includes unrelated items about a college aunt, canal boat piping, wrecking operations, and a brain theory excerpt.
A discussion on public appetite for authors personal details and privacy. It argues the public wants ideas and good writing, not biographical intrusions, suggesting Lewis Carroll should be published while preserving privacy and noting potential harms of overexposure.
A discussion of how Birmingham Liberal association candidates are chosen, highlighting the balance between party discipline and individual independence. It notes local Liberals may be invited, with central associations in Landau holding records of county Liberals, and how a candidate may craft a personal platform while remaining the party representative.
The article describes shifting from raising sunken canalboats to pumping coal out. A centrifugal pump on a wrecking boat creates suction to lift coal through long flexible iron pipes to depths from four to two hundred feet. The setup reduces time and cost, with pipes and flanges described for adaptable dredging.
A Welsh visitor in London reports his missing watch to Scotland Yard during extensive severing operations. He cautions that if the watch is not found by Sunday, further efforts will intensify as streets and miles are surveyed for the timepiece.
A New York Sun reminiscence recounts a burglar describing a gate trap in a house. He details his escape plan as a resident woke, the gate mishap aiding the pursuer who crash landed on him, and the thief’s odd warning about not closing the gate next time.
A Yukon Alaska feature recalls the impact of mosquitoes on wildlife and prospectors, noting how swarms drive caribou and moose upslope, threaten bears, and complicate mining work. It also cites rain and early snow as factors shaping mosquito activity and includes a brief humorous anecdote about a Scottish schoolgirl with a cold spelling her name.
An anecdotal portrait of Dana as a exacting editor famed for punctuation and typographic care. He corrected lines to small type for poetry within text and sent admonitory notes on improper verb use. He took blame for reader errors and valued precise language in editorial work.
Readers critique a journalist's typography and phrasing in an editorial about a writer named Dana. The letter discusses mockery of a phrase deemed offensive and notes editors in the San newspaper as examples, with mentions of Cameron and Cuttendea and a caustic remark by John Swinton.
The article recounts Maillard and associates allegedly transporting Spain’s crown jewels to Philadelphia including a belt with jewels valued at $1,000,000 and notes possible concealment in a Girard’s vault. It also mentions Queen Julie’s resistance and other curiosities from London and Paris.
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