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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1898
Page
2
An account from Our Animal Friends recounts a gray kitten named Tom who shows deep love for a boy. The child describes feeding, cuddling, toms visits to bed, and companionship during school and travels, arguing the cat’s affection proves genuine despite family teasing.
The Movement to Provide Playgrounds seeks city maintained spaces in schoolyards for summer play. Miss Sadie American leads the Vacation Schools Committee, securing aldermanic funds and school-board consent to fit yards with simple play equipment and shade. A custodian will teach games while mothers bring infants to a shaded area, aiming to reduce street mischief and juvenile crime in congested districts.
The piece notes women embracing stylish pyjamas as comfortable and practical sleepwear, favored by bachelors for practicality. It contrasts with long nightdresses, praises wash silk and cotton options, and highlights benefits like staying down and avoiding entangled feet. It also mentions the Duchess of Marlborough and Queen Victoria using a typewriter, signaling rising social value of typing devices in England.
A fragmented verse from Youth's Companion laments April showers delaying work and play. The speaker urges time to plant and sow while describing spring flowers, wildwood bowers, and the hope of gardens growing.
The War Department reports a surge of boy volunteers eager to serve in any capacity. Navy towns favor naval service while rural youths prefer army duty, though shortages limit opportunities. Applicants for drummers decline as bands fill posts.
A Chicago Record note explains a simple chemical method for photographers to alter blue prints. Dissolve caustic soda in water, dip the print until orange yellow, then wash in tannic acid bath to brown. Leave until the desired tint develops, then rinse and dry slowly.
A New York Times item notes a girl who favors ribbon neckwear and visits cleaners frequently. She wears delicate ribbons multiple times, pressing them to reuse, then cleans them when soiled. Cleaning costs 10 cents per 10 yards of ribbon, cheaper than buying new ones.
A New York Commercial Advertiser passage questions why summer fashions for children cost more than adult apparel. It notes that modest income mothers face high ready made prices for dresses coats hats shoes and even undergarments for little girls while similarly sized adult items are cheaper to buy ready made.
The piece describes parasols with black lace inserts and white lace appliques in plaid and striped fabrics. It notes Frenchy styling, gold gum metal details, and diamond accents on black parasols. Also mentioned are primrose yellow sun shades with black lace borders and a blue silk parasol with birds and flowers.
A West Philadelphia girl displays a bottle that holds water and flowers in a hidden glass basin. The bottle splits lengthwise to reveal the basin, allowing the blooms to live in a glass house without being crushed. The maker says it was as easy as telling of age.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employs 18 women as station agents, handling freight and ticket duties with perfectly straight accounts. Stations are neater under their management, and 15 are single while 12 are widows of former employees. At the national suffrage convention in Washington a suffrage bazaar was planned in Philadelphia to support the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, urged by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania members. Massachusetts to leave a table at the national bazaar per state board decision.
In a clipped exchange a child recalls seeing an elephant ride a bicycle at Magen beck's while discussing heavy rides and a Sunday school paper about Jonah and the whale. The playful dialogue captures a whimsical moment from a recent day.
In a clash at Shadysides Willie, police confront the suspect who denies the accusation claiming a recent European trip proves his innocence. The exchange appears in a New York Journal report.
A terse, unfinished quotation shows a child or speaker reassuring a mother figure. The lines hint at a domestic moment with a playful dialect, mentioning holding on by the wings in a constrained, intimate exchange.
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