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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
6
Carrie E. Garrett argues in Woman's Home Companion that initial charm matters less than temper and shared goals. She emphasizes ambition, thrift, education equality, and lasting sympathy as keys to harmony, noting couples remain two individuals despite love.
An English wife of the colony's auditor general started Success House in Georgetown British Guiana five years ago. Two dining rooms service children and adults at minimal cost, feeding over 1 600 daily now. A French head cook runs the kitchen with 22 staff, offering 2 cent soups and 2 cent stews and puddings for a three course meal.
The January 17 event distributed the 43000 left by Henry L. Pierce to Baker Chocolate employees. Two hundred forty five men and 185 women received 100 checks after a meal and remarks from Pierce’s executor. The oldest employee received a 2000 legacy and Harper's Weekly praised Pierce’s benevolent will.
Velvet in all colors remains immensely popular this winter and appears in many forms for all ages. Velvet evening gowns shift from matronly wear to youthful style, with black velvet gowns accented by jet passementerie and lace. Skirts vary from plain to heavily trimmed with jets, silk embroidery, or chiffon rubes, and trains are seen in all versions.
A classroom exchange from Pearson's Weekly notes that on a clear day the sky is blue and on a rainy day an umbrella appears, illustrating simple weather observations for children.
In a Chicago News account Pat supplanting his brother Mike. Pat drains the whiskey while Mike sleeps. Mike awakes and, hiding in darkness, searches for the bottle. Pat directs him to the corner and says the bottle is there.
A quoted exchange shows Ethel noting Flossie attracts intellectual men and Maud describing Flossie planning gowns to project an interested expression. The dialogue reflects fashion and social perception themes within a magazine page excerpt.
An elderly Irishman aboard a voyage to California treasures a shamrock plant for his son, hoping the living root survives. The scene on deck shows Irish girls crying, singing, and old men cherishing the green token as the ship sails past the Irish coast.
The article discusses how painting portraits defies mechanical rules and tests an artist’s mood health and even weather. It argues that artistic progress varies with conditions, not a fixed method, and that critics blame temperament while the effect comes from the work itself. It notes some measure value despair as a gauge of artwork.
At the New Vi voli in Paris on July 26 1828 Dear Martenez a 43 year old Spaniard endured four hours of oven heat to stay inside a dome shaped oven with a fowl roasting beside him. He remained for 14 minutes while his pulse rose from 72 to 184 beats per minute as physicians observed.
The piece recounts Lady Caroline Lamb wife of Hon William Lamb who fell for Lord Byron, sparked a three year episode of social intrigue, illness, and eventual estrangement. It notes her life at Brocket Hall, a near fatal encounter with Byron’s hearse, periods of insanity, and enduring melancholy.
A collection of light social snippets with a humorous exchange about growing a mustache to save shaving time and a fleeting jab about a baby’s dolly, reflecting quirky humor and casual observations from a social page.
A collage of humorous quips from comic strips and the New York Journal features. Jokes about civilization curses, Klondike laundries, and tin can ties mix with a dog on usefulness and a weary punchline about a dead father.
A Kentucky visitor reports Princeton Indiana silent hackmen who once shouted for fares now stand mute on the platform. City council bans speaking and even uses tin plates bearing hotel names to wave without a word.
Excerpted reflections argue that women are by nature homemakers and that city life harms private homes. It cites historical roles of women in founding households and notes urban investment shifting toward apartment living, with quotes from Helen Watterson Moody and commentary on luxury creating new wants.
An Irish quack known as a hedge doctor faced an inquest into a patient’s death from treatment. He claimed ipecacuanha was given, while the coroner quipped the aurora borealis might have helped. The Hospital Gazette notes the Bank of North America, founded in Philadelphia in 1781, as the first banking institution on the American continent.
The British Museum preserves the first known envelope. This historic artifact marks the earliest example of envelope design and use, illustrating early paper packaging and communication methods.
F R Spearman discusses Missouri River leaks in a St Nicholas essay. He notes lower downstream flow measured by engineers, 20000 second feet less, while artesian wells inland supply water to farm fields. The piece imagines irrigation from underground leakage as a curious river behavior.
The Irish Ecclesiastical Journal recalls a late night tale in which a bishop, escorting a lady and a junior cleric, ends up touring Dublin in a drunk cab. The bishop then drives the cab to town and seeks his fare upon arrival, a feat noted as uncommon for curates.
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