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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1897
Page
2
A retrospective contrasts 1871 waterfall bonnets with 1897 hats, tracing shifts from demure bonnets to large showy hats. It notes the rise of massed floral decorations, the decline of ribbons and strings, and the enduring influence of color and dye on fashion.
A romantic couplet expresses devotion with repeated lines of Only one... to symbolize singular love and a plea for a mutual vow. The speaker asks for a single word to seal passion and commitment, framing love as the lone treasure and destiny.
A New York Park Row cafe operates on implicit trust with about 800 regulars. Customers self-bill weekly, paying Fridays and Saturdays, with no cashier or formal cash handling. The German proprietor notes no deliberate fraud and praises the system as a refreshing faith in humanity.
The piece recalls Admiral Nelson enduring amputation without flinching and ordering warm instruments for future battles, then shifts to the Great Eastern's decline as a show ship in Liverpool with ad hoc exhibits and a cable tank circus. It also includes brief anecdotes on contentment, frugality, and shaving rites across cultures.
Local yard announces stock from Bowker's Stockbridge Swift Co. Essex Fish and Potash fertilizers plus chemicals and Canada Ashes. New yard stock includes spruce frames boards shingles in spruce and cedar. Customers invited to call and examine offerings.
New stock in all departments including furniture iron bedsteads bedding lace curtains window shades and refrigerators. Also crockery glassware car peltings straw mattings floor oil cloths wall papers clothing caps wrappers shirts and blouses with low prices and a fine selection of laces and lace trimmings. For details visit the store.
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