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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1893
Page
3
The passage urges timely furnace and stove maintenance to avoid cold weather shocks. It advises cleaning flues and chimneys, checking stoves, and ensuring fires are ready on short notice. A clear, warm day is recommended for these tasks to prevent soot and nuisance during winter.
A society woman notes two East Coast women in Central Park dressed in deep mourning with black horses carriages and somber footmen, praising the extreme display of grief as a fashionable fad observed by the vividly sorrowful pair.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports ongoing agitation among French reformers for shorter working days and a Sunday rest day. A law banning night work and mandating one rest day exists, but activists seek a ten hour day and a fixed Sunday rest, hoping the senate will act when chambers open.
The Lady Curate is new and well regarded. Originating in Chicago, she assists the pastor by visiting the poor, identifying charity needs, introducing ladies to the clergyman, managing parish charities, and welcoming strangers to the church. She receives a regular salary and earns it.
At the annual meeting a resolution protested selling cigars and tobacco in stores with school supplies. An effort to include groceries failed. Mrs Donseren suggested girls could curb male smoking by refusing boys who use tobacco, ending the discussion.
The Alabama state board of medical examiners admitted Hale Tanner Dillon, a young colored woman and Philadelphia Woman's College graduate, to practice medicine. She will teach anatomy and hygiene at the Tuskegee normal school and practice medicine, becoming the second licensee and first woman applicant in the state. A Toronto Parkdale Collegiate Institute selects a master of modern language, choosing a woman over a man in a two-candidate field. the board had ten men and two women. The woman earned the post and salary equal to the male candidate.
Colored and white crimped paper collars fit small and large pies and convert a plain earthen dish into an attractive table accessory. They are designed for meat and game pies and not for ordinary American pies.
Washington Letter reports a forthcoming vacancy as paymaster with major rank. Major Joseph W. Wham likely to retire, creating the second such vacancy. Secretary Halford slated for the first, and the president's son Harrison may seek the mother berth.
At a southern town a baldheaded man, using a gallery ticket and a wig gag, slips past a manager and optically hides while Primrose and Truss run the cage. The disguise fools the crowd but not Primrose who spots the curly haired interloper after the show.
The article reflects on the 1868 treaty and the 1874 gold rush in the Black Hills. It argues the Sioux fared well from land sales, noting a three-fourths male assent requirement. It credits government action during the 1874-76 war with aiding settlement and acknowledges advocacy by Indian rights groups to honor treaty terms.
The New York World notes Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt has a lavish ballroom under construction to host a coming out ball for the eldest Vanderbilt daughter. Ground costs around 600 000 dollars for three adjacent houses with frontage 75 feet on Fifth Avenue. The project aims to rival Delmonico for scale and elegance and to welcome distinguished visitors to town.
A couple attending a Sunday service at the Fourth church fled after girls in the gallery created a commotion. A frightened wife, fearing rats and mice, found a dead mouse in her dress folds, ending in humorous relief. Hartford Courant reports.
A simple science stunt demonstrates inertia using a paper ring and a coin over a bottle mouth. A quick sideways blow drops the ring while the dime falls into the bottle, illustrating inertia. Another demonstration places a fifty cent piece on a card and a sharp rap sends the card away, leaving the coin.
The crown prince and Princes Fritz and Adalbert rise at 7, have an 8 a.m. breakfast, study separately with joint sessions for the crown prince and Fritz, and fill mornings with gymnastics and games. They lunch at 9:45, then resume lessons, ride horses in or near the new palace, with Abdul the Arab horse given by the emperor to the crown prince.
The article explains the extraordinary workload of a watch by calculating its vibrations and wheel revolutions in a year. It compares these figures to a locomotive with large drive wheels, noting the engine would circle the Earth twenty eight times to match the watch’s wheel revolutions in a year.
A Chicago blind boy crafted a miniature forty piece wooden house inside a four ounce bottle. He glued and fitted each part with care and hidden a peg beneath the cork to secure the cork without removing it.
A steamer Evelena delivered fifty six Eskimos to Boston weeks ago. Secured last summer while coasting Labrador they are shown as World’s fair attractions. People enjoyed their pictures and the group portrait of father mother boy and girl.
An elegant trend reports ultra fashionable collars for dogs, with plain leather bands faltering and silver jewelry styles gaining favor. Examples include a King Charles spaniel collar over $100, richly engraved with a court scene and turquoise inlays, plus silver hoops for cats and Angora pets.
The Hansborough family of Chillicothe Ohio owns Mollie a Jersey Durham cow that produces coal black milk and pale cream. Calves grown on the black milk thrive while chemists report no explanation for the color. The butter from the milk tastes like golden yellow and is enjoyed by the family.
At a City Medical Society meeting a discussion explored whether deformities in the palatal arch indicate mental deficiency. The report cites studies linking palate deformity to brain development, noting 8 percent in healthy individuals and higher rates among the insane, drinkers, prisoners, and others.
A long scar under Senator Hill’s ear marks a violent episode when he defended a client against a corrupt foe. In early anger the assailant slashed him, giving the mark he bears to this day. The tale, cited from Kate Field’s Washington, reflects Hill’s chivalry and professional zeal.
A story recounts a hotel scene where a speaker mocks Africans as heathens then uses a charity game to collect money for Africa. The tale contrasts his monetary receipts with his calculated expenses and ends with a call to fund tracts. An accompanying depictions of a phrase about a washerwoman on Washington's birthday adds a regional prejudice note.
A London weekly offers a prize for the best letter of rejection that keeps friendship intact after refusal. The piece notes it may reward an inexperienced girl with no marriage offers, reflecting Fate’s irony.
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