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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1898
Page
2
A ragged Barre column extols soldiers in Cuba and McKinley while railing at opponents. It opines on wages, hunting, and Hawaii, praises Whitton and local vigilance, and interweaves poems and civic notices with religious references and national events.
Readers recount anxious days as Vermont braces for possible war with rumors of a Spanish or naval threat. Citizens rally behind Col Clark to lead a regiment, while towns small and large prepare to contribute a company of volunteers and support the effort.
The piece surveys popular summer hat shapes from Gainsborough, describing drooping brims, veiling fabrics, and pompadour hair shows. It notes straw and lace combinations, fancy woven mohairs, and decorative elements like bows wings and pins for street or travel wear.
Canon Francis Byrne of St. John’s Cathedral in Denver replies to a Jamaica Plain letter praising equal suffrage. He notes women voters are intelligent and in the majority, and that equal suffrage has closed many dens of iniquity and temperance problems in the city.
The London Lady's Pictorial contrasts Western gossips with Mitsukuri's view that Japanese women embody gentleness grace beauty and self sacrifice. He asserts they hold household authority are revered as mothers and respected in society, making them the best part of Japan.
A five story building has been purchased in Birlsin Avenue B New York to house a new girls clubhouse named Christadora Trouse. It aims to provide rooms for gossip, reading, singing and possibly meals for about 25 000 district girls who lack proper spaces and may otherwise resort to tenements theatres saloons and streets.
A Boston woman proposes a theater plan to split seating by hat policy. One section allows any hat styles while another is reserved for hatless patrons. The scheme aims to avoid protests and please all ladies by segregating head coverings.
A group conversation recalls the Civil War with an elderly woman born in 1862 answering the kittenish question with a spirited line about bearing arms for the eastern side. The exchange captures a moment of memory and regional sentiment from a past era.
A portrait of Luiz Milippe Duke of Braganza the 10 year old heir to Portugal's throne born in Lisbon and educated in Portugal with Queen Amelia guiding his training. He is kept close at home and shown as a charming royal child amid family schooling and a French governess.
Practical experts debate defects in steel rails plates and bars. A Mechanical World writer cites investigations showing holes within ingots cause weakness, with components rolled from non homogeneous ingots.
The Philadelphia Record notes Britain’s notable trees including Sherwood’s Major oak in legends, the Isle of Man’s famed fuchsia, Boreham Essex willow, and Ben Lomond’s two inch lilows highlight quirky arboreal trivia with Bentley and Winfarthing oaks two centuries old at Conqueror era.
The fragment describes two women saying goodbye on a street corner. One is healthy and round while the other appears ill. The healthy woman offers cheerful sympathy and advice, telling the sick one not to take any medicine and that God is love.
Nell questions Belle about rejecting about a hundred proposals as she contemplates engagement. Belle insists she must not marry soon, while noting the persistent suitor's determination. The Philadelphia Record captures a sharp domestic exchange on romance and hesitation.
A New Orleans Picayune item notes that talk is scattered and confusing as many speak without restraint, leaving much of the commentary unclear and discordant.
A Philadelphia Times reader recounts a mountain tale of a king snake battling a copperhead and rattler in the wild. The observer notes the dramatic fight, the king snake’s pursuit, and the struggle ending with the king constricting the rattler and swallowing a mouse before moving on.
A compact discussion on cleanliness as a health factor, noting how breathing impurities affect blood and disease and how skin cleanliness prevents disorders. The text then pivots to humorous exchanges about hair care and a princess’s interest in horses, reflecting period tone.
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