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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
6
A description of Japanese children enjoying snow in mild winters. They build snowmen with charcoal eyes and mouths, use wooden stilts for shoes to stay above the snow, and wear lacedless wooden footwear held by a leather thong. The piece notes summers are warm but winters milder than in other places.
A Boston Globe excerpt notes women grow stronger physically and mentally under modern conditions. College athletics cycling physical culture and club lectures boost health. Salary earners cannot spare sickness time. sanitation and better food drive well being and reduced headaches and malaria.
A child Victoria visits a nobleman and gardener warns her of a slippery path. She falls, then replies she now understands the term slape. In a separate tale she plays with a dog with a bad temper and remarks the animal did not bite but warned her, promising to be careful.
A newsletter excerpt explains a party game where players guess objects by touch to reveal how little one really knows. It notes the value of touch and hearing, describing blind children learning to identify instruments and notes without sight.
A Youth's Companion tale recalls Rutherford B. Hayes learning safe gun handling. On his fourteenth birthday he received a rifle but instantly aimed at the giver saying he would shoot Grandma. The gift was recalled for six months, teaching a crucial safety lesson.
A French scientist named Cancani argues animals such as fowl sheep and horses detect slight tremors before a major quake. He contends these creatures become uneasy and frightened while humans miss the warning as they focus on other things until the main shock arrives.
A boy who had been to school and learned tricks told a Boston Post reader he is nine when standing and six when upside down. He explained his age changes with position, saying I’m 9 on my feet and 6 on my head.
A Creek gathering in ceremonial finery witnessed two elderly men recite prayers while two rainmakers directed a river plunge yielding a blue catfish. The fish was offered to the fire as others chanted, and rain followed that night, highlighting traditional weather forecasting through ritual.
Professor Arthur T. Hadley argues in Atlantic that lowest wages and worst abuses occur in tenement house industries, especially cigar makers and some ready made clothing workers. He notes these workers suffer amid old labor conditions surviving into a newer era with better practices.
The Levee cotton press built in 1832 cost 500000 dollars and stood two stories high, handling about 200000 bales annually. The Orleans press begun in 1833 and finished in 1835 occupied 632 by 308 feet, cost over 753000 dollars, stored 25000 bales and compressed about 150000 bales yearly, creating an imposing riverfront sight.
A World War II veteran recalls his Newfoundland Felix who followed the horse and, when fatigued, would lie in the shade and wait for the wagon to arrive so he could ride into camp. The anecdote highlights instinct and intelligence in animals.
The New Haven News advocates pruning catalogs like Cambridge and Yale to strip crimes from alumni rosters. It argues loss of honor deters those with social standing and cites the public shame as a stronger remedy than other punishments. The piece notes the Chinese calendar cycles 60 years with named days, months, and years.
The text states that women generally have a smaller proportion of bone in their bodies than men. The comparison highlights gender-based differences in skeletal composition.
The Fond du Lac Shirt and Overall company formed by 12 young women grows to 20 shareholders. Mrs Anna Meiklejohn is president as the plant, powered by a gasoline engine, turns out 25 dozen negligee shirts daily. Marshall Field Co. is a major buyer as the venture aims to double capacity with profits paid as dividends.
Mrs Hearst a prominent but modest figure at the congress of mothers in Washington she funds several free kindergartens and donates much of her income. Her home is a hospitality hub where guests may invite friends to meals and feel at home. Her generosity funded the congress and made it possible.
Mrs James Robottom of Jersey City is an indefatigable student of Egyptology. Her progress has drawn praise from French and German Egyptologists who urge extended study in Egypt. She lectured in Jersey City and Brooklyn and has spoken at Cornell on Queen Hatasee and inscriptions on Central Park obelisk.
The collection includes gem collars tiaras shoulder pieces and numerous lesser ornaments mounted as clasp pins and star crescent and spray shapes. These costume jewelry pieces are worn to create dazzling effects when desired, as noted by Jewelers' Circular.
A tale from the London Telegraph recounts John Brown’s attempt to excuse his tobacco odor after a royal encounter. Brown claimed the scent came from a duke’s deer-keeper, not himself, and the queen forgave him on the spot.
New York Tires notes a firm protest by Sherry against butter plates at dinners. He claims no own butter plate and that butter is unnecessary when sauces or relishes accompany meals. He recalls a guest unhappy with a recent dining experience lacking butter.
A European statesman visited Bismarck at Friedricksruh and walked his pine and fir plantation. The talk turned to Boulanger. Bismarck said he knew little of the man, distracted by beetles chewing central shoots in the conifer display, and thus paid little attention to Boulanger.
A passage from the New York Ledger extols kindness as a divine efficacy shaping animals and humans. It argues love can subdue irrational beings, turning dog gratitude into loyalty and even taming a lion. If universal kindness spread, the world would become a moral garden, replacing thorn and desert with life and gladness.
A Maine inventor patented copper toe shoes on January 5, 1858 and earned about 100000 dollars. Heaton of Providence introduced a metal shoe button fastener in 1869, replacing the era of sewed buttons. The improvement gained rapid popularity and now most shoes with buttons use Heaton’s devices.
The stock belt is a bodice belt modification that starts at the back with folds reaching halfway up the figure. It narrows to about an inch at the front, with back knots and lowered loops to create a sash-like fullness. The construction hides fullness and lengthens the waist while preserving a sash effect.
A Swiss publication claims there are at least 6,655 women societies in Switzerland, together counting nearly 100,000 members. Most societies focus on charitable or utilitarian aims.
A Topeka Daily Capital report notes a woman attorney in Topeka courts filing the briefest petitions on record, challenging conventional legal practice and drawing attention to efficiency in filings.
The Saturday Review recounts Mark Twain traveling in Egypt with two Arab guides. Although he spoke some Arabic, he could not understand their speech. A friend explains that the guides’ ages caused the language to come out as gum.
A Potsdam veterinary surgeon Bougert says Berlin equestrian statues have faulty horse leg positions in all cases including the Great Kurfurst and Frederick statues. He faults many Berlin National gallery paintings as well, noting Eastern works show natural poses while Greek and Roman statues vary. The Balbi statues in Naples display correct leg placement.
Prospecting near Death Valley Arizona a miner and a companion found a decomposed horse corpse in borax deposits. Thirsty, they cut flesh to drink blood and discovered the flesh and blood tasted sweet due to borax preservation. The incident spurred studies and borax widely adopted as a valuable antiseptic by the medical faculty.
A description notes the fly uses a notably large sucking mouth relative to its body size. It imagines if a human mouth were similarly scaled, the head would need to expand about two feet on each side to fit lips and teeth.
A Chicago Tribune snippet quotes a dentist taunting a frightened patient in a chair. The quip suggests that with enough nerve the procedure could be quick, claiming the process would take about five seconds.
The article notes experienced yachtswomen favor white for general wear as it resists salt water staining and fading. Sun exposure deepens its creamy tone, and the color is deemed more chic than the traditional blue.
The quotation argues that constant repetition in machinery operations dulls the mind and harms faculties. It claims a worker becomes unfit for other tasks through repetitive work, attributed to Sir Humphry Davy.
A humorous exchange shows a mother noting her husband avoids the club while the daughter reveals a clever, mischievous tactic to curb his evenings. The dialogue captures domestic wit and playful family dynamics in a concise vignette.
The wheat fly feeds on the wheat flower causing abortion. The hessian fly lays eggs in the stem, injuring the entire plant.
A bushel of potatoes weighs 56 pounds in Pennsylvania while in nearly all other states the standard is 60 pounds, reflecting regional weight conventions used in commerce and produce markets.
A fragmentary exchange surfaces in a courtroom sketch where a defendant asserts innocence with a grim defiance. The dialogue touches on morality as a jurist weighs the case and the truth behind the accusations.
Mrs Commonwealth remarks on growth and plans to place him in spectacles next week recorded by the New York Sunday Journal.
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