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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
2
A five year old girl named Lillian Green is stung by yellow jackets after a boy throws a stone at a chip bird, causing the bird to break its wing. The girl is hurt chasing the bird and is treated with salt water by her mother, while the unpunished boy is blamed for the chain of pain. The piece concludes with a moral about how one bad act leads to more harm.
Eva Lovett recounts a dog's perspective on confinement in a city yard. The speaker laments lack of freedom despite comfort, questions whether liberty is better than meat, and vows to pull down the fence to provoke a reaction.
In a Golden Days exchange a nurse chides Master Todd for dirt and disobedience. Todd answers with innocence claiming mud pies as the mischief. The nurse notes his hat and hair are dirty, questioning how to handle the boy after a failed last request.
In a classroom a group of children read their giraffe themed pieces aloud. When it was Willie Doran’s turn he recited a quip about the giraffe being dumb because its long neck tires its voice on the way to its mouth.
A dialogue from Harper's Bazar presents Tommie asking if striking a smaller, defenseless object is cowardly. The father affirms the point while Tommie contemplates lighting gas with a match, revealing a moral or humorous reflection.
In a verse from St. Nicholas, a child is measured by Bister and teased for a Cheshire cat grin. Father approves, smiling at the three inch smile, while a brother suggests trying new things and a mother encourages the bold face.
A New York business man recounts losing a valuable heirloom watch on a crowded Sixth Avenue elevated train. The watch dropped to the street below but was recovered by a track walker that same night, the case slightly damaged yet the timepiece largely intact.
A Detroit News excerpt depicts a woman guiding a 4 year old boy into a barber chair. She hides fear as the barber snips the boy’s curls while the child reassures her, saying he will not be called a little girl anymore. The scene ends with the woman crying but resolute. Also notes brief quips about literary lions and Russian chronologists.
The New York Times notes Mrs. Charles Hazen Russell, Wells College alumna and former Eastern Association president, elected by alumnae as a trustee. Her career spans literature, club leadership, translations, and social circle influence, with lecturing duties at St. Lawrence University and a busy home life.
The legislature enacted a law effective July 11 prohibiting women in Massachusetts from possessing or wearing the body or feathers of wild birds as dress ornament. Violators face a ten dollar fine under the statute, which lists exceptions for game birds and several common species.
A quirky dialogue notes a close friend Hooley-Denny McSwatt and Dooley with playful barbs over a dollar. The excerpt also mentions Indian palampores used as summer decor and a remark about verbena attributed with almost animate reason by naturalists.
Moving and jobbing in all branches. Stones furnished, cellars cementing and grading done. Prices to suit. For sale hard and soft wood sawed and split in lots. Barges furnished for all occasions.
Advertisement states all goods and labor are guaranteed first class with a written guarantee included with every heater.
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