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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
7
In a Brooklyn Eagle tale a cherished doll named Lady Clair sits by a window as envy and decay among other eyeless and hairless dolls builds. A gust flings her chair and she is crushed, leading to a quiet grave in the garden where the other dolls mourn with flowers.
A sparrow in Anderson Indiana entered a knife and barber shop wheel, was drawn into a flywheel spinning at 130 revolutions per minute, and remained inside as the wheel endured 31 000 turns totaling about 73.8 miles. The bird survived and flew free after workers stopped the machine.
Charlee Devore of this city, only six years old, shows rapid progress and earns recognition as a familiar figure in cycling circles. He promises to become a famous cyclist and regularly appears at local events on his bike.
Fridtjof Nansen spent the day with Emperor William who introduced his children to the explorer. After dinner the princes stood at attention while the emperor urged them to shake hands and remember this man whose work they will one day understand.
A six year old girl in a London theatre with her sister in the pit exclaims upon the bright footlights that “They’ve put another penny in the slot.” The remark, reported by London Answers, captures a child’s literal interpretation of stage illumination.
Dr. Charles W. Purdy argues in the North American Review that modern indulgence and sedentary life exhaust the body beyond its natural 70 year wear, causing early disease and death. He notes the paradox of healthy stock producing premature breakdown due to luxuries and temptations, despite stronger constitutions from ancestors and larger wealth.
A Boston writer recalls a series of family deaths linked to anger and eggs. He notes a woman died after eating soft scrambled eggs during a rage episode, a 15 year old boy after four soft boiled eggs, and a Beacon Hill friend after a meal with five eggs. He argues these events form a chain of cause and effect.
The Chicago Record reports the so called Indian doctor near Belpre Ohio used medicated toad and animal based remedies to curb Joe Robinson’s drunkenness. A flock of hoptoads garter snakes and an owl disrupted Robinson in a boarding house leading to his lasting sobriety. The tale credits the Indian doctor with an early successful cure for thirst.
A young man aboard a wrecked vessel ponders quoting poetry to impress a girl in Boston. His friend warns against risky punctuation and referencing a semicolon error, recalling a past misstep. The Washington Star quote underscores caution in literary bravado.
An Aston constable in the witness box mocked a disturbance by describing a defendant with a sharp quip. He recalled the man making the worst row in the world and then a worser as he went up the street, provoking laughter in court.
The New England States' Veteran Firemen's League holds a 2 1/2 hour meeting in Veteran Firemen's Hall Boston as 70 veterans gather to finalize plans for the September 1 muster in Springfield. Five new associations join, boosting the League to 56 groups and 10,000 members. Special trains will bring over 3,000 veterans and 30 machines to Hampden Park for contests with $500 in prizes and silver trophies.
The Philadelphia Fountain society unveiled a public drinking place featuring a man’s face from which water streams from the mouth. Two Chinese laundry proprietors paused to observe, remarking with amused phrases about the sculpture and its likeness to their own shop.
Youthful monarch reviews sentences for desertion and forgives a gallant soldier. The court martial offered death for desertion, but the queen asked for his defense. The soldier declared he might be a good man despite misdeeds, and Victoria signed the pardon.
The Konversations Lexikon compiled by Daniel Sanders in Berlin occupies six cubic centimeters and supposedly holds 175000 words. Readings require a microscope special reader.
The excerpt notes that champagne is produced by squeezing grapes six times, each press yielding wine of distinct quality. It also describes summer baby dresses in lawn with very short waists and narrow lace edging, short puffs as sleeves, and lace trim.
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