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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1897
Page
2
An American couple touring Paris arrive to see the Louvre for the first time. The wife celebrates aloud yet the husband focuses on the Hotel de Louvre sign and asks who is stopping there.
A Lasalle Street lawyer seeking a power of attorney to seal a real estate deal entrusts the instrument to a stenographer. She tears up the original and returns a copy, claiming she shredded it to hide it. The lawyer mends the scraps and uses them to reassure clients, while attempting to obtain a new grant by mail.
The correspondence describes Hans Van Bulow as gifted with exceptional musical organization and imagination. It asserts his executive talent could place him among the greatest pianists and notes his aversion to any career that would separate him from art. It asks for maternal benevolence to support his vocation.
A law in Stratford, Prussian Pomerania remains in force from the 1840 police regulation. It declares that smoking in the streets or promenades is strictly prohibited with penalties including a fine or its equivalent in marks.
The article traces the history of lighting lamps from animal skulls and fat to sea shells, pottery, and metals. It notes that the invention of lamps, like many modern tools, is attributed to the Chinese.
Quotations from Miss Strong and Mr Northside advocate female labor capacity. The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes a street car seat claim and Oregon factory data claiming 18 798 workers and 41 433 174 dollars in annual goods. It also states royal etiquette places the queen kissing the wife after marriage.
Two men on a muddy Chicago sidewalk quarrel over a plank to pass each other. A woman balancing bundles uses the moment to walk by, leaving the men with one foot in mud and one on the plank and muttered blame toward the woman.
A humorous quip from the New York Sunday Journal where a mother asks about a kiss from a young man and the daughter replies she sat on him, implying a lighthearted rebuke in a domestic skit.
The Richmond Dispatch laments the disappearance of the old Virginia fiddler once essential at country dances and Christmas gatherings. It recalls how he called out figures in a fierce voice, compares him to a relic of bygone days, and credits Dr. George W. Bagby for immortalizing the figure before his decline as piano music rises.
The article notes English woman suffrage gains with petitions rising from 1499 signers in 1867 to 11000 in 1873 and 257000 by the current Parliament. It recalls the last defeat 175 to 152, and this year’s second reading passage 228 to 157, with Harold Frederic attributing real, growing backing.
A reader notes tour price often includes stateroom and meals while asking about reductions for seasickness. The piece contrasts Paris and London cab practices, and notes a long running notesry business in St Savin near the Pyrenees since 1598.
A congressman recalls a hunting ordeal in the upper peninsula. After chasing a bear mother, he climbed a tall pine and used a lit tow soaked in brandy to stun the bear. He then dropped the flame and the bear fled, ending the dramatic encounter.
An elderly Black man at a Chicago Union Station gate is aided by strangers after a long train arrives. A porter-like man deposits a quarter, followed by others as the hat fills with coins. Policeman approaches, the man escapes into the crowd, later discussed by two men in a saloon who celebrate exploiting white sympathy for profit.
French investigator M Mascart arranged a dark room with 150 diamonds and an ultraviolet lamp. Only three diamonds showed phosphorescence, notably a 154 carat Brazilian stone and an 8 carat gem, which glowed bluish white for 15 minutes after exposure. The test shows some diamonds absorb light and emit it in darkness.
Mrs. OFlaherty tells Tommy to hold the boy up while she hurries to fetch a policeman in a tense roadside moment from Pick Me Up. The scene centers on quick action and community aid as a bystander seeks help.
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