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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
2
A New York Post account describes a Florida reef walk where yellow spiders spin strong vertical webs to shield themselves. The observer notes fruitlike cactus crabs, fruit moving crabs, and other mimetic tricks by birds, mantises, and eggs to evade predators.
A medical editor advises replacing the phrase a pen dipped in gall with a sharper clause. The suggested wording emphasizes deadly septicemia to convey urgency and risk.
A Milwaukee Journal quote notes the man who tries to turn out to the left returns home with the impression that streets are filled by boorish crowds.
A concise reflection asserts that age only matters when beauty is truly in motion. The quote frames beauty as a dynamic force rather than a static quality.
A Detroit Free Press report recalls Cyclone, a lanky foal near Ypsilanti, praised for speed after surviving a cyclone that levelled a barn and scattered two horses. The colt reportedly rode a flying coop to safety, emerging untouched and calm as witnesses recall the dramatic escape.
The Washington Star explains how patent applications numbered about 125 daily and handled by 385 principals with roughly 200 assistants face strict scrutiny. Examiners reject if any prior similar invention exists in print or use anywhere, risking many rejections on first review.
A Chicago Record anecdote presents a commercial traveler recalling a slanted ceiling room with a single window and no fire escape. He imagines improvised rope from bed, dampened knots, and a mattress drop, joking that a fire would make a star story.
In Billiton’s tin mines Dutch researchers described glass balls found in ore. Verbeek proposes they are natural glassy nodules, not volcanic bombs, unlike nearby rocks. He even speculates they may have originated from lunar eruptions and later fallen to Earth.
A Sun item quotes a doctor claiming one day of abstinence from food can cure summer complaint. The writer recalls curing dysentery years ago with alternating wineglassful doses of salt and cider vinegar in water. Two doses last week reportedly cured a person’s summer complaint.
The late Duke of Marlborough joked that Blenheim Palace required 4000 dollars worth of putty annually to keep its window panes in order, illustrating the mansion's grandeur and fragility in English lore.
Tomintoul in Banffshire Scotland claims the highest village status above sea level in Scotland and possibly Britain. The village was previously little known to tourists but is drawing more interest recently.
In 1891 Calmette directed experiments at the Saigon Bacteriological Institute studying cobra venom neutralization. A local cobra outbreak supplied 90 Naja tripudians. 40 arrived alive and venom glands were harvested. The venom proved extremely potent, with a single drop enough to kill a rabbit in five minutes, and various animals died quickly after exposure.
A brief note from St. Nicholas explains the peacock as native to India where it is hunted for meat. It clarifies the bird’s long train is made of tail coverts, mentions peacocks in the Bible, Job and I Kings, and notes Roman feasts slaughtered thousands for brains and other parts.
A line of seeds and fertilizers offered for fall seeding includes Barley Timothy Red Top Clover Millet Hungarian with Bowker's Celebrated Stockbridge Manures Clark's Cove Lowell and Essex Fertilizers. Specials feature SALT LIME and CANADA ASHES for fall planting.
In Tighe Hopkins's The Dungeons of Old Paris W A Haynes & Co recounts Louis XI's sardonic joke about transforming Vincennes Castle into a dungeon. The king, accompanied by Tristan the executioner and Oliver the barber, muses on repairs and the prisoners' groans.
A New York fashion writer notes red dominates this jubilee year with gowns, jackets, capes and accessories in shades from deep damask to bright geranium. Sisters in contrasting tastes wear adjacent gowns, the elder blond in red and the brunette in blue for a late afternoon tea.
The Rochester Political Equality club ordered a Susan B. Anthony medallion designed by Sidney Morse. The club owns the piece and will sell the medallions for one dollar each, calling them excellent.
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