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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1896
Page
7
In Westwood Ohio a herd of abandoned street cars is repurposed as playhouses and later as offices and lodging spaces. Children from afar visit fences to peek at the relics while demand grows for more uses, as the erstwhile horse car era fades.
In January a Philadelphia tenement house burned killing two and injuring several. Sixteen year old Jenny Zellers led the children to safety via ladder and a roof escape, dropping her younger brother to a neighboring roof and lifting the infant to safety. The infant and other siblings were lowered to the street through a skylight.
The players split into two opposing parties and sit in two half circles around a hat on the floor center. Each party gets a colored pack of cards and deals them to players. Teams try to toss cards into the hat, but cards often miss or land elsewhere. After both packs run out, cards in the hat are counted to determine the winning side by color.
Poetic verse describes a baby traveling to Shut Eye town in a white gown. The child rests in her mother's arms as they journey past Blinktum and snow covered ground. The scene evokes safe, sheltered sleep within a dreamlike landscape.
The article explains how to position a bicycle saddle for comfort and efficiency, detailing seat height reach tilt and handlebar alignment. It emphasizes trial riding, adjusting the handlebar first to set erect posture, and notes that saddle tilt varies by rider body type with no two riders identical. It warns that improper saddle setup often causes injuries and that many new riders, especially women, neglect adjustments.
A New York Times reminiscence notes humorous and curious ideas on wheels health and weight. It cites weighings in India Brittany and Kakima custom nurse weighs a stone to judge recovery and mentions a Breton shrine trial and a balance pun on fate.
The Boston Transcript recounts a guest clergyman strolling at dawn with a college president friend. Both men observe a shabby man peering into shady venues on the village main street. The drifter sighs that all places are closed.
A child named Charlie earns his geography with patient care, but a goat named Tom Saunders’ Billy ruins his maps. Mr Simmons intervenes as Charlie’s father forgives the mishap, highlighting early schooling and a cautious ride by Master Anson Clark.
The article notes Spain's king Alfonso XII inaugurates Arbor Day, following a visit near Madrid where he planted a tree and 2,000 saplings were planted by as many Madrid school children. Medals honor the event marked First Arbor Day 1896. The queen regent Maria Christina promotes progressive causes for Spain’s prosperity. The boy king reaches his tenth birthday with his family under one roof.
A playful experiment describes using a straight straw on each hand and two straw pieces bent into V shapes to create an apparent attraction as the tops meet. The setup rests on the first finger of each hand on a table to observe the effect.
A four year old in a sleeping car wakes and tells his mother he knows where he is. He claims he is in the top drawer, a curious mishearing that delights readers in Youth's Companion.
Middlesex County holds hearings in Cambridge with reps from 54 towns on creating new districts. Prospects include Natick, Framingham, Holliston, Ashland, Hopkinton as separate districts. Waltham may split or not. Somerville to gain an extra seat.
Col Robert G Ingersoll is among test converts to wheeling and the Marquis of Queensberry faces police court fines for bicycle sidewalk riding. Queen Margherita then learns to ride after lessons in Monza and later travels long distances with her entourage. Depew notes New York bills require railways to check bicycles as baggage at no extra charge and jokes that a bicycle is a trunk, not a vehicle.
The New York Tribune item outlines required bicycle equipment including a camera a foot brake a cyclometer repair outfit chronograph bicycle stand 1896 sweater bell luggage carrier 1896 name plate hygienic saddle detachable sprocket new toe clips adjustable handle bar detachable wheel guard a lamp resistant to jarring and ball bearing shoes.
An inventor claims a nonpuncturable single tube tire made from cotton fabric and rubber, partly braided and crocheted with chemical dressing. In a private up town yard show the tire survived a puncture test, suggesting punctures may be a thing of the past.
Thomas Wrigley of Chicago is credited with a 20 pound paper bicycle reportedly in daily use on Chicago streets. The tubing is described as paper fiber and patent applications are mentioned as forthcoming, signaling a wheel made of paper material.
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