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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1895
Page
2
A poetic fragment from Beanie Gray quoted in Ladies' Home Journal. It evokes a newborn's purity with lines about a baby’s white skin like snow and delicate features, praising innocence, comfort, and endless grace.
George Littlecash falls for a South African boom. he loses 260 pounds chasing 2 500. Scherer lends cunning guidance and then outsmarts him by buying back shares. The joke ends with a prank as a misdated Evening Intelligence reveals the ruse.
The article cites agrarian and astrological writings urging sowing peas and beans in the old moon phase and during the waning period. It quotes Sir Anthony Fitz Herbert and Tusser, who claim crops cool and ripen faster when sown in the old moon and during the moon's decline.
A fisherman recounts hours spent at pound nets with escapes of bluefish Spanish mackerel shad and sheepshead. He notes many fish slip out Sunday catches. by Monday haul the numbers drop from hundreds to a handful. The anecdote compares fish movements to a flock of sheep.
In dialogue with Mr Meekton and his wife, a fleeting thought about theater manners surfaces. The speaker contemplates whether, by next season, the new woman will be manly enough to remove her hat in the theater, as noted in a Washington Star excerpt.
The article argues cycling clubs, now meeting in residential rooms, may become powerful in local elections as members become political leaders. It notes a pattern where social clubs gradually influence party alignment, using examples from volunteer fire companies to veterans and debating clubs, and suggests cyclists could follow this path despite hopes they stay apolitical. The piece cites growth in club membership and warns of potential political entanglement. It references George B McClellan and R A Chesebrough in a New York Sun context.
A Washington Post excerpt describes a shepherd dog family managing 5 000 sheep in a wire corral, with the old matriarch enforcing discipline, counting the flock, and hunting a missing sheep. New Jersey tales follow of two dogs punishing and provoking, including a terrier and a Newfoundland bickering over a ham bone and a coach and six chase.
An 1899 New York World summary notes the Prince of Wales improved earnings from £204 in 1889 to about £8000 this year with strong prospects and five wins by Florizelli totaling £3969 and Persimmon earning £2551 from two races.
Two inscribed stone slabs found in the Athenians treasury at Delphi by the French yield a second hymn to Apollo with musical notes. Using earlier fragments, scholars date the discovery after Rome’s conquest of Greece. The Greek system used 21 notes versus the modern 12.
Count Tolstoi is at work on a new novel about the peculiarities of Russian district courts. His unfavorable view of judicial methods may lead to censorship and a ban on sale in Russia.
The Chicago Times Herald remarks on a new type of woman described as horseslike, noting she enjoys loose rein and is unfazed by rough treatment as a social trend.
The Stevenson boom puzzling Alaska politicians is feared to be cutting ice as it unfolds.
Two women in Georgia start a distillery venture using varied methods to gain advantage. The Chicago Post notes evolving gender roles and business daring in a male dominated industry.
A recent notice confirms Prince Edward of York and his partner expect a baby soon. The couple has not released a name or exact due date, but news outlets anticipate a royal sibling to join their family.
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