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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
7
A Manchester inquiry noted a house used for gambling frequented by poor Jews who spoke Yiddish and English when swearing. The piece argues English oaths are simple and strong, outmatching Spanish Italian French German in various ways, while American swearing lacks mystery.
A fuse burned out on a Wethersfield streetcar causing a halt. The motorman asked for a hairpin from a passing woman to make a fuse cut. She lent it, the car resumed, and she rode free as other passengers applauded the incident.
A Harlem court heard a wife accuse her husband of ridiculous jealousy. An old Irish woman sought arrest for her 88 year old boy after misbehavior in her house. A battered German described the assault with a clumsy phonetic account of his head being cracked.
The report notes large peanut crops in Africa, dug up and traded with Batenean traders along the Gambia river. Nuts are shipped in steamer loads to European ports, mainly Marseilles, then crushed to extract a valuable oil for commercial use.
The February 21 1866 note states General Benjamin F Butler presented to Congress the first genuine American flag made entirely of American materials and labor, with 26 stars on the flag. The passage contrasts earlier flags and cites a Washington Star remark on lessons from everyday events and a wishbone anecdote.
English legal practice imposes numerous charges on clients including retaining fees, clerk dues, brief fees, and refreshments for leaders and juniors. Stories recount high costs, etiquette prohibitions on cross-circuit pleading, and anecdotes of notable figures like Lord Mansfield and Sir Anthony Malone illustrating the perils and practicalities of costly legal services.
The New York Press recounts how Fisk forged Jay Gould signatures using a clerk with access to Goulds checkbook. Over a month more than 30 000 dollars vanished while Gould was away. Investigations were halted by Fisk who taunted Gould claiming he had drawn the money.
The London Letter warns that a military despotism exists in the Channel Islands. Every male adult born in Guernsey or Jersey must serve long terms in the militia, with a 15 year period. Residents 82 and under must enter for 15 years or face penalties. Recent English settlers in Guernsey seek to avoid service by traveling to England or Jersey.
A story about a girl who knit silk mittens for the queen of Italy. She received a pair on the queen's birthday, and in return another pair arrived. One mitten held fire, the other bonbons. The queen asked which she preferred, and the girl replied that her father took the money for the mittens and her brother the bonbons, tears shed.
The passage notes a man with limited knowledge of pictures who agrees and disagrees with measured accuracy. He expresses enthusiasm when she praises a girl friend's coloring, exclaiming that blond coloring is superb and that he has always admired blonds. The Washington Star quote centers on perception and flattery in a casual conversation.
Before speeches, the lord chancellor and speaker read one bill for form in each house to assert deliberation. The Lords follow a standing order. Commons cite a 1608 resolution. The Clerk of the Parliaments reads A bill for effectually preventing clandestine outlawries, then it is faded until next session.
A quotation from William George Jordan in Ladies' Home Journal extols the human body as a perfect machine. It notes the body contains all major mechanical elements such as levers joints pumps pipes and wheels and claims hundreds of movements are adaptations of natural processes. The piece frames anatomy as fundamental engineering.
The piece extols Art tickings for versatile durable fabrics with beauty and patterns. It notes growing demand for college colors in upholstery and availability in chintz cretonne Persian and oriental designs through New York correspondence.
A New York Ledger description explains transferring prints to glass using alcohol cleaned glass, dammar varnish, and a water soaked print pressed between blotting papers. After adhesion, remove paper by wet rubbing, then seal with varnish and frame under thin glass to create window transparencies.
The article traces binding styles from Elizabethan simplicity to lavish gilding under James I, noting flowers-de-lauce motifs and coarse corner blocks. It covers Charles II era cottage binding by Samuel Mearne, then hints at a distinctive Edinburgh binder whose dark green morocco pieces stand out in the later period.
An enterprising maker produces dresses bonnets and curtains from spun glass threads. The material cleans with soap and water and resists fading and crushing. A Siberian stone fiber is drawn into filaments and woven then burned to cleanse it, sharing indestructible properties. Both take vivid dyes with silk like luster.
The new heavy harness belt reappears with a refined leather strap and a simple gold buckle, replacing last year’s harness look. Russian enamel belts in multiple colors and designs complement shirt waists, offered affordable and stylish for silk and crash fabrics.
Miss Mary Corbett sister of Senator Joseph J Corbett and daughter of ex Representative Rosnosky was one of two who passed the Massachusetts bar from a class of eighty at Boston University Law School. She began law studies in 1837 in her brother's office and has kept study routines alongside teaching at Frothingham school Charlestown since 1881. She plans to continue schooling for now.
The Pacific Ensign notes escalating importation of Chinese girls described as slaves between 18 and 22, with commercial values cited from $1,000 to $1,600. It claims laws ban Chinese immigration yet argues these women arrive as merchants' wives or native daughters, challenging official restrictions.
Mrs Laura M Johns, in her eighty sixth year, lived last summer on a Colorado ranch with a daughter near the voting place but health prevented her from voting. She is now in Salina Kansas able to cast a full municipal ballot. The Paris exhibition by woman artists of Paris is praised as the best yet.
F C Platt of 43 Austin Street testifies Puritana cured his nine month bowel inflammation with blood loss and weakness after doctors failed. He notes weight loss from 175 to 153 pounds, cold sensitivity, and long work incapacity, crediting Puritana for stomach health and full recovery.
Middlesex County invites sealed bids for road construction in Wayland and Sudbury. Proposals due April 20 1897 at 10 A M at East Cambridge Court House. Bids must be on blank forms with written and printed prices and bidder address. County reserves right to reject all bids.
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