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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1897
Page
6
In Bermuda, after a doctor’s warning and mounting hardship, a woman and her mother find renewal. A local elderly naturalist offers a hut and help, guiding her to manage an Easter lily cultivation that becomes a livelihood and heals her mother while binding them to the isle.
The New York Herald reports on rain gambling in Calcutta where crowds flock to a courtyard den in Burra bazaar. A spout tank on a roof is filled by continuous rain and odds reach 1 to 75, with fortunes won in days by those who study cloud patterns and weather reports.
Chicago writer J A Watrous recalls how Senator Timothy O Howe while visiting General Rufus King’s camp sat for half an hour composing franked letters for soldiers. A special dinner was prepared but Howe kept writing envelopes to please the men, finishing just as guests waited.
The daffodil is valued across gardens and cottages, dating back centuries to Ovid’s Narci sus tale. Florists now offer many forms, with single varieties rivaling doubles in popularity, and seed catalogs emphasize these sought after traits.
A Chicago Tribune editor explains a poem titled The Seven Ages Of Man was shortened to three ages due to limited space. A reader criticizes the piece as queer, prompting the editor to respond about editorial constraints and the original title.
In a Time and the Hour anecdote Sam Jones mocks attendees at a meeting. He asks men who have never spoken and who have not told their wives a word to stand, then women who have never spoken an unkind word to their husbands. Six rise, he chastises the crowd and invites prayers for the liars.
A tale from Toronto Saturday Night recounts how merchant Wolff shielded Hamburg by gathering 800 white robed children with fruit to feed thirsty soldiers. The enemy, moved by mercy, spared the city and peace was signed the next day. The story honors the children as a triumph of kindness over war.
A traditional rhyme recounts twenty four blackbirds baked in a pie who sing when the pie is opened. The verse asks if that is a dainty dish for the king and presents a playful medieval image.
A man named Jack draws a complete circle on a folded card without lifting his pencil mastering the trick after a boastful interruption. The scene, set by a warm fire, is recounting a lesson in quiet skill and composure.
Public auction will sell a parcel on Sudbury Road Concord at 2:30 PM April 24 1897 for breach of a September 7 1892 mortgage to The Middlesex Institution for Savings. The 65.37 acre lot includes a dwelling and land parcels with detailed boundary bearings and is conveyed from Galatia Heath to Calvin Keyser. Terms require $400 cash and balance within ten days. deed delivered at sale.
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