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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1893
Page
7
In a candid interview a former safe expert discusses lock-picking methods and safe construction. He explains the limits of modern combination locks, the importance of bolt placement, and how burglars exploit weak points. The piece frames burglary as skilled, methodical work rather than mere chance.
A high school science class is shown quizzing students on South American edentates, focusing on the nine banded armadillo and the three banded type. The scene illustrates poor teaching and the erosion of curiosity in science education. In contrast, a note mentions poets Longfellow and Lowell meeting a girl in Cambridge. A French quarry reveals a hidden gypsum cavern with an underground gallery and a distant opening, drawing scientific interest.
A Haines Falls correspondent reports a striking streak of black lightning during a recent storm. He photographed the flashes and notes several witnesses observed the anomaly from different points. He seeks an explanation and wonders if it could be a retinal image reversal.
The new government policy grants concessionaires the right to hunt alligators in Tecolutla Nautla Papaloapan and Coatzacoalcos rivers. It imposes a royalty of five dollars per ton of skins and seventy cents per ton of fat collected.
A Berlin paper exhibit features paper teeth crafted by a Luebeck dentist in 1878. The teeth have remained in constant use for over thirteen years and show no wear.
Fashion notes describe satin Empire jackets butterfly coats and collarettes replacing winter velvets furs with spring capes and jackets in black satin plaits and bright linings. London Paris and New York influence show capes en suite street wear moss green and golden brown color blocks. Includes anecdote of Paris dog owner and a reflection on American women's walking habits in the streets.
Instructions for making decorative curtains from unbleached muslin or blue denim. Create large floral patterns drawn with linen floss or painted, avoiding shading. Add a border and fringe, using contrasting colors, with a central motif of circles and crescents on denim versions.
The piece traces tea origins in China around 730 A.D. and its English adoption within two centuries. It notes the East India Company selling tea at 25 dollars a pound for royal use, Henry VII era terms like voide for tea and cakes, and a grand Katharine of Arragon wedding dinner with nobles bearing tea service. It ends citing Washington Irving’s reference to the teapot as a world power.
A tale of Tamberlik the tenor singer freeing birds in Madrid and a Virginian man releasing caged animals on Independence Day shows how acts of kindness shape children. The article notes Thanksgiving observance history from 1789 to Catholic and civic proclamations, including a 1884 Navy date and a 1886 Columbus anniversary proposal.
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