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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1893
Page
6
A lyrical rustic notice describes the bluebird’s return and the hope that its song foretells enduring affection. The speaker, observing shy beings hidden beneath leaves, pledges to prove the bluebird’s prophecy true through steadfast love and presence.
In Gimptown Mellie Rose, famed as the prettiest girl, defies an old saying by whistling openly. Her suitor, Joshua Jones, approves yet fears social scorn as Mellie captivates Rev. Haviland, the young minister, with her lively whistle and spirited nature.
Mellie, a whistling girl, accompanies Minister Haviland to aid poor neighbors after a gate encounter with Aunt Dorothy. A note leads to Mellie’s acceptance of marriage, transforming Aunt Dorothy from a cautious aunt to a happy mother of the parsonage. Rumor swirls about Miss Smith’s whistling skills.
A Boston jeweler famed for crafting Edwin Booths stage jewels emphasizes meticulous work to achieve historical accuracy. He even sent to London for the Richard III crown design and consulted top authorities for Richelieu props, insisting on best materials despite indistinguishable onstage effects.
A testimonial ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from womb displacement and ovarian trouble. The copy claims tumors dissolve, backache ends, and the system is invigorated, citing a weight gain and cures among the speaker and friends. The era advertisement notes all druggists sell it and provides the Lupia B. Pinkham Co. address in confidence.
Buyers are invited to inspect samples at the Maynard shop as the season opens. The store offers a wide line of bicycles and sundries, including top current makes.
An old newspaper advertisement touts the Lovell Diamond as the best wheel for the money and a first class bicycle in style and durability for $11. It also promotes the Waltham at 26 pounds, other makes on reasonable terms, and bicycle services including rentals, second hand sales, repairs, and light mechanical work.
A nostalgic poem extols childhood days in golden light. It reflects on orchards, meadows, wildlife, water, and simple joys. The speaker recalls barefoot youth, river songs, fairies, and innocent belief.
A well dressed man rests against a lamppost on a busy London street after dozing on a box. On waking he theatrically proclaims a privilege and promotes his corn and bunion eradicator to the surrounding crowd.
Chambers' Journal argues that reading shapes a boy during hobbledehoydom as he shifts from school life to a broader world. It contends that exposure to contemporary literature fosters controversy and erodes “sweet reasonableness” in the formative period.
Two Ohio river boatmen discuss a harsh winter. One says Cincinnati froze and the thermometer went down to 20 degrees below Cairo. The other mishears and says Nero, revealing a humorous misunderstanding about temperature reporting in a late 19th century readers’ joke.
Two strangers who met a year earlier at a hotel table in New York renewed their encounter six months later at the same table with no prior arrangement. Each had since traveled around the world in opposite directions, one eastward and one westward.
A Texas paper owner complains the reporter treated a double hanging with levity. The piece notes the managing editor’s objection to jokey coverage and cites a proverb about avoiding humor in executions.
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