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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1898
Page
2
Barre Vermont honors Admiral Dewey with municipal cheers and a joint celebration with Central Vermont. The editorial urges unity over past rivalries, highlighting national pride in Dewey and urging a shared civic spirit between Barre and its twin city.
Fragmentary lines recount a lone figure amid a steep ascent and drifting clouds. The imagery mentions snow, crevasses, and a perilous slope as the solitary traveler faces a fading day and uncertain footing.
The article argues 3600 years of Chinese influence have dulled the native tongue and created class divisions in Korea. A Japanese prompted revival now mixes Enmun and Chinese in official documents, signaling potential national renewal despite lingering Chinese religious and cultural influence.
A rookie reporter fails to elicit comment from a Chinaman in a tea store as his experienced partner assigns him to questions about Chinese suffrage. The Chinese resident declines to express an opinion, noting no current necessity for input while the veteran navigates the awkward assignment.
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt jokes that reading at breakfast harms sociability and digestion. It notes a book at breakfast is no compliment to the cook, while a newspaper aids the doctor by provoking dyspepsia. It contrasts smaller, calmer periodicals with today’s large circulations and catalogues as risky.
A London court frees a prisoner who claimed respectability as a dressmaker. men and women’s self perception are debated. The Detroit Free Press notes women preferring tailor made status. Germany requires physician certification to sell poisons. England has 70,000 girls in pubs. Blix passes law exam. 95 of 100 laws could be evaded. Maxim’s cavalry gun weighs 80 pounds and fires 700 shots a minute. Sultan’s gun fires 770 shots. Shortsightedness is claimed hereditary in 60 percent of cases.
A correspondent reports on Professor Plateau of Ghent testing insect attraction to flowers. He concludes sight plays a minor role, not color, as insects visit green parts and nectarless blooms, while colored petals often attract no bees. The work challenges Darwinian ideas on insect origin of flowers.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch tale quotes Detective Mc Quaide about an elderly man who repeatedly dangled from a second story window to torment his wife. Neighborhood help ultimately stopped the habit after the man fell to the pavement, ending the dangerous stunt.
A decree confirms the coronation date as September six with the young queen taking a pledge before the states general. She vows to uphold the fundamental law defend national independence protect liberty and rights of subjects and use all lawful means for prosperity and advancement.
A cross section of notes covers tramp laws in many countries with workhouse, convict labor, or penal farm themes. It also mentions a Hungarian opal valued at $300,000 and describes a fire opal’s color and carat price range.
Miss Alice Belknap daughter of the late General Belknap will marry Barklee Henry of Philadelphia in June. The Washington society beauty has traveled Europe learned languages ridden horses and bicycles and is described as graceful and queenly. Henry is a prominent clubman of Philadelphia and New York Yacht clubs and plans to live at Ardmore after marriage.
Dr Mary H Green president of the National Household Economics association has led a long career in dietetics since graduating from Woman's Medical College Philadelphia in 1868. Her work blends scientific study with practical nutrition advice for daily life. The article also notes the healthful German zweiback and Vienna bread slices, popular in hospitals, warning against buying in bulk and advising storage in confectioners' paper.
The text notes Anna Prentiss Dole wife of President Doble of Hawaii is American and a descendant of John Adams. She studied at Eastern Normal School Castine Maine. In 1870 during a visit to her uncle Edward P. Adams a Honolulu merchant she met Sanford B E Dole son of a missionary and Hawaii’s president. they wed in 1873.
Peasant women accustomed to carrying weights on their heads train their muscles to keep balance. They walk smoothly and steadily and develop a queenly carriage that could rival that of many great ladies.
Whistling gas indicates unburned gas escaping. tighten the key until it stops and clean or renew burners. A misbehaving valve should not be tolerated. Mrs Susan L Winters leads the Christian Woman's Exchange in Dayton with a $50 000 accruing interest endowment. A strange tale about Azile the cat follows, recounting how a cat walked away after being run over, then survived in a cellar with fish bones nearby.
In a Philadelphia Times tale, a cat named Lab or labors recounts a strange scene. Mr Jones allegedly trapped mice using mint and a window at a house, then watched as the mice fed alongside the cat. Curious neighbors gather to see the unusual bond.
In the Pall Mall Magazine account, Gurkhas and Dogras under Lieutenant Manners-Smith and Taylor scale cliffs near fortresses to attack a sangar. They bait enemy fire, surge up the gully, breach the first defense, and force the defenders to retreat after a daring dawn ascent.
Describes coal unloading using water-borne scoops and horse or steam power onto wharf carts. Explains small steam scoops operate in boats and empty into elevated pockets for dual-cart loading. Then notes electric lighting in railway tunnels and future benefits for safety and visibility.
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